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INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA SIMÓN BOLIVAR
Decreto 1502 noviembre 26 de 2002 NIT: 891180109-8 DANE: 141298000019
GUÍA DE ACTIVIDADES
Decode and fill in the blanks with the hidden quote following the codes below.
CODES
2. ACTIVIDADES:
Read, understand and underline the verbs in the text and do the activities below.
Pablo is an American boy. He lives in Los Angeles, California. He lives with his family
in a modern house. He is thirteen years old and he has got an older brother,
Jacobo, and a younger sister, Emma. He starts his day at about half past seven.
He gets up, goes to the bathroom, takes a shower, brushes his teeth and gets
dressed. Then, he has breakfast and at a quarter to eight he leaves home and
catches the bus to go to school.
Classes begin at half past eight. He usually has lunch at the school canteen at half
past twelve. After school, at quarter past five, he goes home. There he does his homework and when
he finishes it he helps his Mom setting the table. At half past seven the family has dinner all together.
Pablo is a very helpful boy, so he helps his mother cleaning up everything after dinner. He usually
watches TV a while after dinner and at about ten o'clock the most he brushes his teeth again, puts on
his pajamas and goes to bed. His parents always kiss him good night before he gets asleep. Pablo is a
very happy boy.
1. Let’s practice the 3 present simple rules by organizing in the chart below the verbs you have
underline in the reading.
Rule 1: Add –es for verbs Rule 2: Drop the –y and add –ies, when Rule 3: Add –s when the
ending in:___,____,____,____ there is a ________ before the y. verbs ________ follow the two
and ____ . rules mentioned before.
OPPOSITES
2. Find the opposite of the words in the chart below following words in the puzzle. Words are hidden ↓
→ and ↘.
1. finish
2. dirty
3. before
4. bad
5. awake
6. girl
7. night
8. sad
9. antique
10. unhelpful
11. younger
12. alone
3. Complete the blanks with the correct verb and its correct form and mark with a cross (x) True or
False according to the text.
TRUE FALSE
a. Pablo and his family _________ dinner at half past eight.
b. Pablo _________ up at eight o’clock.
c. Emma __________ got two brothers.
d. He __________ to school.
e. He __________ his teeth twice a day.
Use these verbs to write the sentences with Present Continuous tense, follow the example:
TYPES OF FRIENDS
5. Look for the words in the puzzle, highlight them and then complete the text using those words.
1. acquaintances
2. best friend
3. boyfriends
4. buddies
5. close friend
6. colleagues
7. flatmates
8. girlfriends
9. husbands
10. mates
11. rommates
12. soulmate
13. teammates
14. wives
15. workmates
A ___________ is the friend you spend the most time with and are most attached to. A _________ is a
friend you spend a lot of time with and see often.
You can call your friends, _______ and ________. A guy will sometimes call his male friends his “bros”,
whereas a girl may call her female friends her “girlfriends”.
The people you work with are your ____________ but if you have a friendship with them you can also
call them your ____________.
The people you live with are your ____________ if you live in a house, shared apartment, or shared
room. _____________ are the people you live with in a shared flat.
Someone who you are friends with and are in love with can be called your __________. This is the person
you believe you are destined to be with.
The people you don’t know very well, but you know their name, are called _______________. If you know
them because of a friend, you can refer to them as “a friend of a friend”.
To meet new people, you are introduced to them by friends or acquaintances. Sometimes you
must introduce yourself. When you are introduced to people, in Britain, you shake their hands (if you
are in a formal environment otherwise you can just smile and talk). In France and other places in
Europe, you kiss them two or three times on the cheek. In Britain close friends normally hug to say hello
and goodbye.
If you are romantically interested in someone, you flirt with them. If you are successful, they become
your partner. ___________, ____________, _______________ and ___________ often have pet names for
each other (affectionate names) such as dear, darling, sweetheart, baby and my love.
Listen the audio and check if your answers are correct. Click here to listen the audio.
7. Choose your closest partner, roll the dice and get to know each other!
8. Let’s review the tenses learned throughout the year while playing. Have dice, notebook and
a pencil ready to be the winner!
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