QUESTION BANK

UNIT 1

1. Where were you born?

2. Did you grow up in your town

3. Where did you go to Elementary School?

4. Where was your best friend from in Elementary School?

5. Did you like English lessons in High School?

6. What did you use to collect as a child?

7. What sports did you use to practice in high school?

8. What video games did you use to play when you were little?

9. Did you use to go to the playground as a child/kid?

10. Where did you use to play with your toys?

UNIT 2

1. Are there too many cars in your town?

2. Should there be fewer in the cities? Why?

3. Do you think that having more subway lines, it could avoid traffic jams?

4. Are there enough buses in your town?

5. Nowadays there is too much traffic in the cities. What could be a solution?

6. Is there enough parking in the downtown area of your city?

7. Could you tell me where the nearest ATM is?

8. Do you know what time the banks open in your city?

9. Could you tell me how often the buses ran to different places in town?

10. Can you tell me where the nearest internet café is?

UNIT 3

1. Is an apartment big enough for a family to live in?

2. Some people say that the apartments are too small for families. What do you think?

3. Are houses as convenient as apartments?

4. Are there enough parking spaces in an apartment complex?

 5. Do apartments have just as many rooms as houses?

6. Do the apartments have just as much privacy as houses?

7. How do you use to improve your English?

8. What are the wishes you have regarding to your career?

9. Could you tell me what will you do in order to accomplish your best three wishes?

10. What do you wish to have after you finish your career?

UNIT 4

1. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN IN LOVE?

2. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN SNAKE?

3. HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN A HORSE?

4. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A U.F.O.?

5. HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO ACAPULCO? HOW MANY TIMES?

6. HAVE YOU EVER WON A PRIZE, WHEN, AND WHAT WAS THE PRIZE ?

7. HAVE YOU EVER COOKED SOMETHING SPECIAL? WHAT WAS IT?

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNACK?

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOUR FAVORITE SNACK?

10. HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN A LOVE LETTER? WHT DID YOU WRITE ON IT?

UNIT 5

1. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO ON VACATION?

2. DO YOU GO CAMPING ON VACATION?, WHERE DO YOU USUALLY GO?

3. WHERE DID YOU GO ON YOUR LAST VACATION?

4. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO NEXT VACATION?

5. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE YOUR VACATION?

6. IS ANYONE GOING TO TRAVEL WITH YOU?

7. DO YOU NEED A VISA TO GO TO UNITED STATES?

8. SHOULD I TAKE SOME TOURS IN GUANAJUATO CITY?

9. WHAT PRECES SHOULD I VISIT IN MEXICO?

10. WHERE SHOULD I TAKE THE BUS?

UNIT 6 From the next questions simulate a phone call conversation with your partner

1. COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

2. COULD YOU SPEAK MORE SLOWLY?, I CAN’T UNDERSTAND

3. PLEASE TURN ON THE COMPUTER?

4. CAN YOU TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE?

5. CAN YOU CLOSE DE DOOR, PLEASE?

6. CAN YOU PICK UP YOUR BOOK ?

7. CAN YOU LEND ME YOUR CELL PHONE?

8. COULD YOU HELP ME TO WASH THE DISHES?

9. WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR GARBAGE OUT?

10. WOULD YOU MIND OPENING THE WINDOW?

11. WOULD YOU MIND OPENING DE DOOR?

UNIT 7

1. What does your partner like doing’? To find out formulate and ask these questions to
your partner, using the proper grammar

a. watching horror films

b. needs to buy a new phone.

c. goes fishing.

d. wants to learn a new language.

e. likes travelling.

2. Jill doesn’t know how to use a digital video camera recorder, please help her giving her
instructions. Use the following expressions:

a. Remember to

b. make sure to

c. don’t forget to

d. try not to

e. be sure to

3. What do you like doing?

 a. In the morning

b. In the evening

c. At te weekend

4. Discuss the time. You are going to discuss various topics using gerunds and infinitives
with to.

a. What is the best way to learn a language?

b. What are the things you do to relax after a long day?

c. Mention something you started to do but decided to stop doing

d. What is the best way to make new friends?

e. What is a film that’s good to watch when you’re feeling sad?

f. Mention something you think is important to teach young children

g. Mention something you learned to do as a child but you can’t do it now

h. What are the things you think are important to do for a healthy life

i. why tourists come to your country?

j. Say something you sometimes forget to do before you go to bed

5. The student creates a sentence combining one word from set “a” and one word from
set “b” to make a logical sentence. The sentence can be in any tense and can be
positive or negative, but it must contain a gerund or infinitive

a. Try, remember, advise, begin, like, can't stand, refuse, avoid, eager, encourage
opportunity keep enjoy need have trouble keen on unable practice stop dislike
regret suggest can’t help understand

b. Get, write, build, walk, take, learn, read, change, live, play, ignore, make.

6. Complete the sentences talking with true information about yourself. Use a gerund or
an infinitive in each sentence your teacher mention

a. On the weekend, I love ............

b. Tomorrow, I must

c. After class, I want

d. I can’t stand

e. When I was a child, I enjoyed

f. One day, I would like

g. I sometimes forget ...

h. Once, I helped ...

 i. I have never tried...

j. I wish people would stop .....

k. I dislike ...

l. I would never refuse ....

m. My teacher often tells

UNIT 8

 TWO-PART VERBS

WITH NOUNS WITH PRONOUNS REQUESTS AND RESPONSES

Turn down the TV Turn it down Please turn down the music
Turn the TV down   OK. I’ll turn it down
Pick up your things Pick them up Pick up your clothes, please
Pick your things up   All right. I’ll pick them up
 
. Request with modals and Would you mind?

Modal + simple form of verb Would you mind + gerund

Can you turn the stereo off? Would you mind turning the stereo down?
Could you close the door, please? Would you mind closing the door, please?
Would you please take your garbage out? Would you mind not putting your garbage
here?

UNIT 8

1. In “Mexican Independence Day”

1. What is your favorite holiday or festival?

2. When is the holiday celebrated?
3. Is it celebrated as a family or a group?
4. When does the celebration for this holiday generally start?
5. Is it a religious holiday?
6. Are there special foods connected with the holiday?
7. Is gift giving a part of this holiday?
8. What are some of the things that are done to show that this holiday is
being observed?
9. Is it strictly an American holiday?
10. What does the holiday stand for? Why is this holiday celebrated?
11. Are the banks, post offices or schools closed for this holiday?
12. Is there is a person or god connected with the holiday?
a. Who are they and do you believe in them?
 b. If you do not believe in these people or gods, does the celebration
of these bother you in any way (e.g., ignored, dismissed, angry,
etc.)?
13. Do you enjoy the holiday?
a. Why or why not?
14. Do you decorate the outside of your house for the holiday?
a. Do your neighbors decorate their house?
b. How is the house decorated?
c. Is the inside decorated? How?
15. Are there special songs associated with the holiday?
a. Do you know the songs?
b. Can you sing some of them?
16. Do schools, temples or churches have special programs for this holiday?
17. Are there parties?
a. Are these for adults, children or both?
18. Do you see your relatives during this holiday?
a. Who did you visit?
b. Do you visit them every year on this holiday?
19. How many different nationalities or ethnic groups do you see celebrating
this holiday?
20. What do you usually do for this holiday?
a. What did you do last year?
b. What would you like to do next year?
21. Are cards sent or given for this holiday?
a. Did you send any cards last year?
b. How many cards did you send?
c. Who did you send cards to?
22. What traditional colors are associated with this holiday?
23. Do you do something different during this holiday?
24. Would you like to go on a cruise? Why or why not?
25. Will you go back to the same place again?
26. Have you ever entered a competition to win a holiday?
27. Compare the experience of being a tourist with being an international
student.
28. Would you take a job where you had to travel at least once a month?
29. In your opinion, what are the five most essential items to pack on any
holiday?

2.- Use adverbs of time are such words as ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘when’, ‘while’, ‘until’ and ‘as soon
as’ used to show the time link between two actions.
Read the passage and talk creating sentences using the words above.

“This morning, I got up as soon as the alarm clock rang at 6:10 a.m. I had breakfast after I had
brushed my teeth. I got dressed before I left home. I waited in the MTR station until the train
arrived. I read a book while I was traveling on the train. I went to the library when I arrived at
school.”