MÓDULO 12.

Mi vida en otra lengua

UNIT 1: What are you doing?

SECTION 1. I´m planning a trip

Present progressive

Affirmative

Subject Be + verb with - ing Complement

I am reading a book
You, we , they are reading a book
He, she, it is reading a book

Negative

Subject Be + not + verb with – ing or Contraction Complement

(pronoun + be) + not - ing
I am not reading a book
I´m not reading a book
You, we , they are not reading a book
You´re/ We´re/ They´re not reading a book
Is not reading a book
He, she, it He´s/She´s/ It´s not reading a book

Interrogative

Be Subject Verb with - ing Complement

Am I reading a book?
Are You, we, they reading a book?
Is He, she, it reading a book?

Present progressive short answers (yes/ no answer)

Yes, subject + be No, subject + be + not Contraction (pronoun + be) +

not
Yes, I am No, I am not No, I´m not
Yes, you, we, they are No, you, we, they are not No, you´re, we´re, they´re not
Yes, he , she, it, is No, he, she, it is not No, he´s, she´s, it´s not

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Personal pronoun Verb “to be” in present

I am
You are
He is
She is
It is
We are
They are

Rules to add – ing to a verb

When a verbs ends in – e, you drop the –e before adding – ing: make – making
When a one syllable verb ends in a vowel and consonant, you double the consonant
before adding – ing: run- running
When a verb ends with – y you just add – ing: lay – laying
When a verb ends in – ie, you change the ie- to –y and add – ing: die- dying
In all other cases you just add – ing: work- working

Wh- questions
Where indicates place: Where are you going? To the library.
When indicates time: When are you leaving? Tomorrow night.
Who indicates person: Who are you? I´m a worker.
Why indicates reason: Why are you sad? Because I can´t find
my pet.
What indicates thing o reason: What is this? It´s a magazine.
What are you doing? I´m Studying.

How indicates way to do or state of being:

How can I help you? Giving me a ride to my house.
How are you? Fine, thank you.

Wh – questions interrogative from

Wh – questions Auxiliary verb Subject Verb Complement

Present :
What does he like most? to?
Present Progressive:
When are you talking yesterday?
Past:
Where did you go last week?
Past Progressive:
How Was he feeling me?
Future:
When Will you visit

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Word list

Time and The Weather Natural Disasters Clothes Accesories Celebration

Dates
Spring Rainy Earthquake Drees Watch Custom
Summer Sunny Ice break Jacket Wallet Tradition
Fall Cloudy Tornado Blue jeans scarf Handbag Ceremony
Winter Snowing Hurricane Shirt Earrings Christmas
Monday Foggy Thunderstorm Shoes socks Bracelet Christmas Eve
Tuesday Windy Volcanic Skirt Ring Independence
Wednesday Dry Eruption flood Tie Sunglasses of México
Thursday Cold Avalanche Belt Necklace Day of the dead
Friday Ice Strom tsunami Suit Portfolio
Saturday Warm droughts Pants Hat
Sunday Hot Blouse Cap
January Mild T- shirt
February High heeled shoes
March Low heeled shoes
April Sneakers
May Boots Bathing
June suit Sandals
July trousers
August
September
October
November
December

SECTION 2. What did you do?

Auxiliary do/ does/ did

Present Tense: Auxiliary Do / Does Past Tense: Auxiliary Did

Affirmative I open the door I opened the door.
He opens the door He opened the door.
Negative I don´t open the door I didn´t open the door.
He doesn´t open the door. He didn´t open the door.
Do I open the door? Did I open the door?
Yes. I do. / No, he doesn´t Yes, I did. / No, I didn´t Did
Does he open the door? he open the door? Yes, He
Yes, he does. / No, he doesn´t did / No, he didn´t

PAST TENSE

Affirmative

Subject Regular Verb (-ed) Complement

I, you, he, she, it, we, they Played in the park

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Negative

Subject Auxiliary past didn´t Simple Verb ( Complement

/ did not without- ed)
I, you, he, she, it, we, didn´t or did not play in the park
they

Interrogative

Auxiliary did Subject Simple Verb (without - ed) Complement

Did I, you, he, she, it, we, play in the park?
they

Past tense short yes / no answers

Yes/ No Subject Auxiliary did / didn´t

Yes I, you, he, she, it, we, they did
No I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn´t

Adding –ed eding to regular verbs

When the simple form the verb ends in e, you only add-d Change –Changed
When the simple form the verb ends in –y, you changed it to I before adding Study – Studied
–ed.
When a one –syllable verb ends in one vowel + consonant, you double the Plan – Planned
consonant (excepting c, w, x, or y) before adding –ed (Exception: allow -
allowed)
When the verb of more the one syllable ends in vowel + consonant, the Omit – Omitted (the last
consonant is doubled before adding – ed if the last syllable is stressed. syllable sounds
stronger)
If the last syllable is unstressed, the consonant is not doubled (the last Visit – Visited
syllable doesn´t sound strong).

Verb be past tense: was / were

Personal pronouns Affirmative Negative was + not Example

or contraction
I, he, she, it was was not / wasn´t I was hungry
I was not hungry
I wasn´t hungry
(the same for he, she,
it)
We, you, they were Were not / weren´t We were hungry
We were not hungry
We weren´t hungry
(the same for you,
they)

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PAST PROGRESSIVE
Affirmative

Subject Be + verb in – ing Complement

I, he, she, it was reacting a book.
You, we, they were reading a book.

Negative

Subject Be + not + verb in – ing or Contraction Complement

(wasn´t / weren´t) + –ing
I, he, she, it Was not reading a book.
Wasn´t reading a book
You, we, they Were not reading a book.
Weren´t reading a book.

Interrogative

Be Subject Verb –ing Complement

Was I, he, she, it reading a book?
Were you, we, they reading a book?

Past progressive short answers (yes / no answer)

Yes, subject + be Yes, I / he / she /it was

Yes, You / We/ They were
No, subject + be + not No, I / he / she/ it was not
No, You / We / They were not
Subject + contraction (wasn´t / weren´t) No, I / he /she / it wasn´t
No, You / We / They weren´t

Connectors while and when

While gives more emphasis to the time, the
duration of the action: While used in past
progressive and simple past to say that
something happened in the middle of something
else.
While I was reading, my mother came.
When refers to a specific or punctual action. Its
meaning changes if used in past or past
progressive
When Tom arrived, we had dinner.
(Past: Tom arrived, then we had dinner)
When Tom arrived, we were having dinner.
(Past Progressive: Tom arrived, we already
stared dinner)

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Word list

Pastimes Expressions of time

indoor dice games nature at the moment a long time ago
outdoor drawing painting ever day yesterday
adventure golf paper craft next last
board hide and go rappelling now night/ week/ month/ year
games seek sailing right now tomorrow
camping hiking tennis this next
canoeing hill walking valley morning/ afternoon/ day/week/month year
card jewelry making video games evening day after tomorrow
climbing jogging water sports this week in three days
cooking knitting zip - wire an hour ago
darts mountain bike

SECTION 3. We had fun!

Irregular verbs

Simple From Past Simple From Past Simple Past

From
be Was/were grow grew set set
beat beat hang hung shine shone
become became hear had shoot shot
being began have heard shrink shrank
bend bent hit hit sing sang
bet bet hold held sink sank
bite bit hurt hurt sit sat
bleed bled keep kept sleep slept
break broke know knew slide slid
bring brought laid lay speak spoke
build built lead led spend spent
buy bought leave left spring sprang
can could lend lent stand stood
catch caught let let stick stuck
choose chose light lit sting stung
come came lose lost strike struck
cost cost leave left string strung
cut cut make made sweep swept
dig dug mean meant swim swam
do did meet met swing swung
drink drank play paid take took
drive drove put put teach taught
eat ate quit quit tell told
fall fell read read think thought
feed fed ride rode throw threw
feel felt ring rang understand understood
fight fought run ran wake woke
find found say said weep wept
fly flew see saw wet wet
get got sell sold win won
give gave send sent writ wrote

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Simple past irregular verbs

Affirmative

Subject irregular Verb Complement

I, you, he, she, it, we, they wrote a letter

Negative

Subject Auxiliary past didn´t / did not Simple Verb Complement

I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn´t or did not write a letter

Interrogative

Auxiliary Did Subject Simple Verb Complement

Did I, you, he, she, it, we, they write a letter?

Simple past irregular verbs short yes / no answers

Yes / No Subject Auxiliary did/ din´t

Yes, I, you, he, she, it, we, they did.
No, I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn´t / did not

Change the next sentence to past Cambie la siguiente frase al pasado continuo.
continuous. Todos los renos están saltando en la nieve.
All of the reindeer are leaping around in the
snow. Todos los renos estaban saltando en la nieve.
All of the reindeer were leaping around in the
snow.

Fill in the blanks with the comparative and Llene los espacios en blanco con los adjetivos
superlative adjectives comparativos y superlativo
Comparative or superlative: larger, the Comparativo o superlativo: más grande, el más
largest grande.
a. Which state is larger Chihuahua or a. ¿Qué estado es mayor, Chihuahua o
Zacatecas? Zacatecas?
b. Michoacán is the largest_ than b. Michoacán es el más grande que hidalgo.
Hidalgo. c. ¿Qué ciudad tiene el la mayor población
c. Which city has the the largest__ Guadalajara, Ciudad de México o Monterrey?
population: Guadalajara, Mexico City or d. Ciudad de México tiene mayor población del
Monterrey? país.
d. Mexico City has larger population
of the country.

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The following sentences have the plural
pronoun.
1. These children are nice.
2. I have some mice in my house
Indicate which of the following words is an
uncountable noun: noise, street, star, bottle…
Noise
Las siguientes oraciones tienen el pronombre plural.
1. Estos niños son agradables.
2. Tengo algunos ratones en mi casa
Indique cuál de las siguientes palabras es un
sustantivo incontable, ruido, calle, estrella,
botella…ruido

Fill in the blacks whit the correct words
Some or any
a. We have one dog, two cats and some
fish.
b. There are some chocolate biscuits in
the cupboard.
c. I can´t find any books about Mexican
movies.
d. My daughter doesn´t have any friends
in Jalisco.
e. Would you like some grapes?
Llene los espacios en blanco con las
palabras correctas
Algunos o cualquier
a. Tenemos un perro, dos gatos y algunos
peces.
b. Hay algunas galletas de chocolate en el
armario.
c. No puedo encontrar cualquier libro
sobre cine mexicano.
d. Mi hija no tiene ningún amigo en
Jalisco.
e. ¿Quieres algunas uvas?

Identify the object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them)

Which object from of the personal pronoun can substitute the underlined
phrase in the sentence?

The boys are riding their bicycles.

Read the sentence: Mary works.

Change it to present progressive in the next forms:

1. Affirmative……. Mary is working

2. Negative………. Mary is not working
3. Interrogative….. Is Mary working?

Complete the sentences below with the appropriate word:

A. Did_ you go to Veracruz on Saturday?

B. No, we didn´t. We went to Acapulco.

Classify the following sentences as true (T) or false (F)

1. Negatives in the simple past tense are formed by adding DID NOT T
before the simple
2. The verb BE is not an exception ti the previous sentence. F
3. YES / NO questions in the simple past are NOT created using the F
auxiliary DID

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4. Questions with WH words in simple past are created by using the T

auxiliary DID before

Complete the following sentence in simple past using the correct verb
from and auxiliary:

What time did the last train leave?

Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense.

“The team has a party”

The team will have a party.

What does this sentence express?

“It will probably rain tomorrow morning”
A prediction about the futures

What does this sentence express?

“I´m fine now. When I get married, I´II have a lot of babies”
Something the person believes will happen in the future

Complete the sentence with the correct from of the verb “buy” and the form of
future using “going to”:

“I am going to buy a new car next year: I´m already saving money”

Complete the sentence using idiomatic future: “going to”

“Lupita and Lalo (rent) are going to rent a car to travel along the country”

What´s the right short answer for this?

“Would you like to go to the movies next weekend?”

No, I wouldn´t

Order the following words to make a coherent sentence.

1. Would
2. He
3. Not
4. The
5. Organizing
6. Be
7. Evidence
8. ?

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Respuesta: would he not the organizing be evidence?

Write the correct connector for the next sentence:

I was studying while Mom was making dinner.

Read the next sentence.

It´s not polite to make a lot of noise because you know that others are sleeping.
Now complete the same idea in a question of cause and effect:
Is it polite to make a lot of noise _ when _ you know that others are sleeping?

Choose a verb for the sentence.

“Peter watches TV in the evening”

The next sentences are in simple present.

Las siguientes frases están en presente simple.

1. I often write poems to my wife

A menudo escribo poemas a mi esposa
2. The sun barely shines with this weather.
El sol apenas brilla con este tiempo

If I want to thell something that happened during the day and the person in front of
me does not understand when speak in English, what happens to me?
Si yo quiero contar algo que pasó durante en día y la persona delante de mí no
entiende cuando hablo en inglés, ¿qué me pasa?
I feel frustrated.

The following sentence is gramatically correct.

La siguiente oración es gramaticalmente correcta.
Why is Julieta working as a hospital administrator this year?
¿Por qué es Julieta trabajando como administrador del hospital este año?

Based on the picture, answer the following question:

Sobre la base de la imagen responde a la siguiente pregunta:

What are they doing?

Qué están haciendo?
They are dancing
Ellos están bailando

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The expressions and words below are in order. Write the logical
sequence in present progressive.
Las expresiones y palabras de abajo están en orden. Escribe la secuencia lógica
en el presente progresivo.
1. When you are
2. Listening to
3. The radio
4. You can
5. Hear his voice

R= When you are listening to the radio you can hear his voce
Cuando usted está escuchando el radio puede escuchar su voz

Write a verb with the correct from of the verb to be for the sentence in past
progressive.
Escribe un verbo con la forma correcta del verbo ser para la frase en pasado progresivo.

“It was snowing last winter”.

“Estaba nevando el invierno pasado”.

Complete the next sentence using the correct tense and from of the verb:
Completa la siguiente frase con la forma del tiempo y correcta del verbo:

“When you rang me yesterday, I – was taking- a shower”.

“Cuando me llamaste ayer, yo –estaba tomando- una ducha”.

Why do we use the verb in past from only in affirmative sentence?

¿Por qué usamos el verbo en forma pasada solo en oraciones afirmativas?

In negative and interrogative we have the auxiliary “did”.

En negativas e interrogativas tenemos el auxiliar “hicimos”.

Change the sentence to simple past tense:

Cambie la sentencia a pasado simple

“Paty is going to bake cookies for the guests”.

“Paty va a hornear galletas para los húespedes”.

Paty baked cookies for the guests.

Paty hornea galletas para los huéspedes.

Choose a comparative adjective for the sentence.

Elige un adjetivo comparativo para la frase.

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“Sandy´s hair is longer than Nancy´s”.

“El pelo de Sandy es más largo que el de Nancy”.

Form the correct plural from or the following Word: Child

Formar el plural correcto de la siguiente palabra: Niño

Children
Niños

Rewrite the sentence using plural nouns and change the number 1 of 100.
Vuelve a escribir la frase usando nombres populares y cambiar el número 1 para 100.

“There is one mouse in the kitchen”.

Hay un ratón en la cocina.

There are one hundred mice in the kitchen.

Hay cien ratones en la cocina.

Determine which of the following sentences use the correct quantifier.

People should drink a lot of water.
I have a lot of work to do.

Choose the correct preposition (at, on, in or after) for the sentence:
Hidalgo was born in Guanajuato in 1753.

Choose the correct expressions “in – at – on” to complete the sentence:

1. “My mother´s birthday is in April”.

2. “I always get up early on Friday mornings”
3. “Please, try to be home _ at _ lunch time”

Complete the following sentence with the corresponding pronoun.

Laura saw _ them (her friends) last week.

The next sentences are incorrect based on the grammar for simple past.
1. Where did you picked up your English?
2. When does she had the accident?
3. What time did the match was start?

Complete the question:

“Will you please call me up when you _ arrive_ there?”

What´s the correct and logical question for this answer?

“Beto is presenting his findings to Andres”
R= What is Beto doing?

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Which object pronoun can substitute ¿Qué pronombre puede

underlined phrase in the sentence? sustituir la frase subrayada en la
Can you tell the people the way to the train oración?
station? ¿Puedes decirle a la gente el
Them camino de la estación de tren?
Ellos

Which object pronoun can substitute
underlined phrase in the sentence?
Can you help my sister and me to
finish the homework, please?
Us
¿Qué pronombre objetivo puede sustituir la
frase subrayada en la oración?
¿Puedes ayudar a mi hermana y a mí
a terminar la tarea, por favor?
Nosotros

Turn this statement into a question:
“Molly buys gift certificates at the department stor
Did Carla buy gift certificates
at department store?
What´s the correct question to get this
answer? :
I went to the movies yesterday.
When did you go to the movies?
Convierta esta declaración en una pregunta:
“Molly compra certificados de regalo en
en la tienda departamental”.
¿Compró Molly certificados de regalo en la ti
departamental?
¿Cuál es la pregunta correcta para
obtener esta respuesta?
Fui al cine ayer.
¿Cuándo fuiste al cine?

The following phrases remember the this things that you experienced as a kid.
1. On my first birthday I was afraid of clowns.
2. When I see pictures from my childhood I feel nostalgic.
3. I still see some of my schoolmates from elementary school.

What would you do if you´re waiting for some at the airport and a foreigner
approaches you and asks you this:
“Do you know what time the bank opens?”
R= I´d try to answer using my knowledge in English.

Choose a logical verb with the correct from of the verb to be for the sentence in
future.
“I am going to eat hot chips”

You´re invited to a wedding and the invitation says: “After the ceremony, there´s a
reception whit family and friends”
Usted esta invitado a una boda y la invitación dice: “Después de la ceremonia, hay una
recepción con amigos y familiares”
You understand that: Usted entiende que:
There will be a reception after the end of the ceremony.
Habrá una recepción después de la final de la ceremonia.

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Match the concepts in left column with their corresponding examples

on the right column.
Relaciona los conceptos de la columna izquierda con sus correspondientes
ejemplos en la columna de la derecha.

We use the present continuous Examples:

tense to express:
Usamos el tiempo presente continuo para
expresar:
1-. Actions that are happening right
Now.
Acciones que están sucediendo en
este momento.
2.- Future plans
Futuros planes.
3-. Actions that are happening
around now or are temporary.
Acciones que están sucediendo alrededor,
ahora o son temporales
a. My cousin is building his new house next
month.
Mi primo construirá su nueva casa el
próximo mes.
b. Liz is studying hard these days in
Canada.
Liz está estudiando arduamente estos
días en Canadá.
c. Two policemen are following the
suspect… watch them, right there!
Dos policías están siguiendo al
sospechoso… míralos, justo ahí!
d. They are starting samba lessons this
evening.
Ellos empezarán las lecciones de samba
esta noche.

1-. C , 2-. A y D, 3-. B

How do you offer a drink in a polite way?

¿Cómo ofrece una bebida de una manera cortés?

What would you like to drink?

¿Qué le gustaría beber?

What option complete the expression below?

¿Qué opción de completar la siguiente expresión?:
“I´m a Little worried. She´s 2 hours late”
“Estoy un poco preocupado. Ella está retrasada en tiempo por 2 horas.”

R= Why would she be so late?”

¿Por qué se le habrá hecho tan tarde?”

Write a logical sentence with the given words:

Escribe una oración lógica con las palabras dadas:
Told / he / me / 10:00 / would / after / be / he / here
R= He told me he would be here after 10:00.
Él me dijo que iba a estar aquí después de las 10:00.

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In the next sentence, identify the type of verb, not the tense.
En la frase siguiente, identifica el tipo de verbo, no el tiempo verbal.
The girl live in México.
La niña vive en México.
R= Regular verb
Verbo regular

Is it possible to distinguish irregular and regular verbs in a sentence in

present? Why?
¿Es posible distinguir los verbos irregulares y regulares en una frase en presente?
¿Por qué?
R= No, because the verb in present has no indication of its conjugation.
No, por que el verbo en presente no tiene ninguna indicación de su conjugación.

Is it possible to distinguish in the third person if the verb is regular or

irregular?
¿Es posible distinguir en tercera persona si el verbo es regular o irregular?
R= It´s impossible to distinguish them, no matter what the form is.
Es imposible distinguirlos, no importa lo que la forma es.

Mayra has to do some homework about: “Subject pronouns” and “object

pronouns”. Instead of consulting a book, Mayra decide to check a forum on a
website called “mitarea.com”. After asking her questions she got several
answers she has to analyze before she can take one as correct.

This is the dialogue:

Mayra Hello everyone: Can anyone tell me when we use a

“subject pronoun” and when an “object pronoun”?
Sent 2 hours ago
Juan When that noun is in the position of the object and we
don´t want to repeat the noun, bye.
Miguel When we want to substitute a noun in a sentence. If the
Noun is before the verb we use the “subject pronoun”. If
the noun is after the verb we use the “object pronoun”.
1 person liked this answer
Ismy When the noun has the function of a subject and we
don´t want to repeat it, oxoxo
1 person liked this answer
Jonás When we want to substitute a noun. If the noun is
singular, we use a “subject pronoun”… if the noun is
plural we use the “object pronoun” ok?
Mayra Thank you everyone, all your answers are interesting but
I think only one its correct.
1 hour ago

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Who gave the right answer?

¿Quién le dio la respuesta correcta?
R= Miguel

Is this sentence correct? Why?

¿Es correcta esta frase? ¿Por qué?
“I does get amazed at Day of the Death offerings on November 2nd.”
“Estoy sorprendido por el Día de las ofrendas de muertos el 2 de noviembre”

R= No, because you can use the auxiliary in affirmative, but “do” goes whit the
subject “I”.
No, porque se puede utilizar el auxiliar en afirmativo, pero “do” (no does) va con el
sujeto “I”.

The sentence “These days I´m sleeping a lot” express:

La frase en estos días me estoy durmiendo mucho”. Expresa:
R= Temporary present, even though it´s not happening at the moment.
Presente temporal, a pesar de que no está sucediendo en el momento.

Indicate if the following sentences are in simple present (S) or present

progresive (P):
Indique si las siguientes frases son en presente simple (S) o presente progresivo (P):

1. He reads the newspaper at mornings. S

Lee el periódico en la mañana
2. I´m speaking English to you because you want to practice it. P
Le hablo en inglés a usted por que usted quiere practicarlo
3. They speak Italian and Chinese every day. S
Ellos hablan italiano y chino todos los días.

Read the following sentence:

Lea la siguiente frase:
“Every word on that page is working hard to highlight you talents and skills”
“Cada palabra en esta página está trabajando arduamente para poner de relieve sus
talentos y habilidades”
Now, change it to the grammatically correct interrogative from asking “¿Why?”
Ahora, cambie la forma interrogativa gramaticalmente correcta para preguntar ¿Por
qué?
R= Why is every Word on that page working hard to highlight your talents and skills?
¿Por que cada palabra en esa página trabaja arduamente para poner de relieve sus
talentos y habilidades?

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Relate the tense on the left to their corresponding questions on the

right.
Relaciona los tiempos de la izquierda para sus correspondientes preguntas a la
derecha.

Tenses Questions
1. Simple Present b. What do you do?
d. Is your sister at school?
2. Present continuous a. What are you doing?
c. Where is Mexico playing?
e. Is Rafael working in the office, now?

(1-. b, d) (2-. a, c, e)

Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous.

“They football at school”

Were playing
Vivamos

Complete the following sentence:

Completa la siguiente frase:
The simple past with regular or irregular verbs indicates an action: _
El pasado simple con verbos regulares e irregular indica una acción:_
Completed or finished in the past.
Completado o terminado en el pasado.

Change the next sentence into a question.

Cambie la siguiente frase en una pregunta
Pepe was sleeping because the Math class was boring.
Pepe esta durmiendo por que la clase de Matemáticas era aburrido.
because the Math class was boring?
Por que la clase de Matemáticas era aburrida?

Was Pepe sleeping

Fue Pepe durmiendo

What is the tense for each sentence?

¿Cuál es el tiempo de cada oración?

The british Trevor Bayils invented in 1996 a wind – up radio. It doesn´t need
electricity or batteries. You wind it up by hand. He go the idea for the radio
while he has watching TV.

El británico Trevor Bayils inventó en 1996 un radio de cuerda. No necesita

electricidad ni baterías. Usted enrolla para arriba con una mano. Él tuvo la idea de la
radio mientras él estaba viendo la televisión.

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Past, present, present, past, past progresive.

Pasado, presente, presente, pasado, pasado, pasado progresivo.

We call them regular verbs because the past tense of each is formed by adding
“ed” to the end of the verb.
Los llamamos los verbos regulares por que el tiempo pasado de cada uno se forma
añadiendo “ed” al final del verbo.

But some verbs have many different was of forming the past tense, because
there is no regular pattern, these verbs are know as irregular verbs. Pero
algunos verbos tienen muchas maneras diferentes de formar el tiempo pasado, por
que no hay un patrón regular, estos verbos son know como verbos irregulares.

Change to past tense the following verbs: choose, weep, like, beat, drive fly
Cambio de tiempo pasado los siguientes verbos: elegir, llorar, como, batir, conducir,
volar.
Chose, wept liked, beat, drove, flew.
Eligio, llorando, me gustó, golpe, condujo, voló.

The following sentence:

La siguiente frase:
“Mi automóvil corre más rápido que el tuyo”, would be traslated to English as:
“Mi automóvil corre más rápido que el tuyo”, se traducirá a inglés como:
My car runs faster tan yours.
Mi coche corre más rápido que el suyo.

Choose the correct words to complete the following sentence:

Elegir las palabras correctas para completer la siguiente frase:
Javier has _ _ books on his desk, but Sandra doesn´t have _ books on
her desk.
Javier tiene libros sobre su escritorio, pero Sandra no tiene _ _ libros sobre
su escritorio.
Some y any
Algunos y cualquier

Choose the correct preposition for the sentence:

Elige las preposiciones correctas para la frase:
at, on, in, or after.
en, sobre, en o después

The telephone and the door bell rang _ the same time.
El teléfono y sonó el timbre de la puerta al mismo tiempo.
at
en

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Analyzes time expressions on the left with the right phrases.

Analiza las expresiones de tiempo de la izquierda con frases de la derecha.

Time expressions Sentences

1. at A) They arrived theree o´clock in the afternoon.
D) I went to Saltillo age five.

2. on B) Maradona was born the 3rd of february.

C) My children got up Sunday morning.
D) I went to Saltillo age five.

Read the text and complete it with the correct pronouns:

Lea el texto y completarlo con los pronombres correctos:

1. He came to church with _ (her/she), as (him/he) always did.

Él vino a la iglesia con (ella/ ella), como (él/ ella) siempre lo hicieron.
2. (her/ she) took the precaution to place _ _ (him/he) next to her.
(ella/ ella) tomaron la precaución de colocar__ (él/ ella) a su lado.

Her  her  she  him

Su (de ella) él ella su (de él)

Observe the picture and complete the sentences with the correct pronoun:
Observa la imagen y complete la frase con el pronombre correcto

Susana: I´m so nervous! This is our first time in a contest!

Susana: estoy tan nerviosa esta es nuestra primera
vez en un concurso!
Mateo: You are doing great, don´t be afraid.
People will notice it, as I do.
Mateo: Lo estás haciendo muy bien, no tengas
miedo. La gente lo notará, como yo.
Mateo: (they/ them) will clap a lot. Mateo:
_(ellos/ellas) darán muchos aplausos.
Other competitors: Watch (they/them) they
are incredible)
Otros competidores: Mira (ellos/ellas), que
son increíbles!
Other competitors: Let´s ask _ (they/them) to
teach _ (we/us)!
Otros competidores: Pidámosle a (ellos/ellas)
nos enseñen a _ (nosotros/nosotros)!

They them them us

Ellos ellos ellos nos

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Change the next sentence into a question.

Cambie la siguiente frase en una pregunta.
“My sister and I needed to get up early the last month, because we didn´t have
a car”.
“Mi Hermana y yo teníamos que levantarnos temprano el ultimo mes, debido a que
no tenemos coche”
_ need to get up early last month?
¿ era necesario levantarnos temprano el mes pasado?
Did we
Hemos

Change the statement below to the negative from in past tense:

Cambie la instrucción abajo para la forma negativa en tiempo pasado:
“She mixes the ingredients for the Thanksgiving stuffing”.
“Ella mezcla los ingredientes para el relleno de Acción de Gracias”
She the ingredients for the Thanksgiving stuffing this morning.
Ella los ingredientes para el relleno de Acción de Gracias esta mañana.
Didn´t mixed
No mezcló

Complete the sentences below with the appropriate word:

Completa las frases siguientes con la palabra adecuada:
A. _ you go to Veracruz on Saturday?
_ vas a Veracruz el Sábado?
B. No, we _ We went to Acapulco?
No, nosotros _ _ fuimos a Acapulco?

Did and didn´t

Hizo y no lo hizo

Classify the following sentences as true (T) or false (F).

Clasifica las siguientes frases como verdaderas (T) o falsas (F).

Sentences True (T) or False (F)

1. Negative in the simple past tense are fromed by adding T
DID NOT before the simple form of the verb.
2. The verb BE is not an exception to the previous sentence. F
3. YES/ NO questions in the simple past are NOT created F
using the auxiliary DID.
4. Questions with WH words in simple past are created by T
using the auxiliary DID.

Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense.

Vuelva a escribir la frase con el futuro simple:
“The team has a party”
“El equipo tiene una de la las partes”
The team will a have a party.
El equipo tendrá una fiesta.

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Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense.

Vuelva a escribir la frase con el futuro simple:
“Juan is an expert on using computers”
“Juan es un experto en el uso de las computadoras”
Juan will be an expert on using computers.
Juan va a ser expert en el uso de computadoras.

Order the numbers of the following words to make a logical sentence in the
conditional for future.
Ordene los números de las siguientes palabras para formar una frase lógica en
condición para el futuro.

1. every day
2. your brain
3. read
4. work
5. better
6. if you
7. will

If you ready every day your brain will work better.

Si usted lee todos los días su cerebro funciona mejor.

631274 5

Read the sentence and choose which answer is the correct one for this
situation.
Lee la oración y elige qué respuesta es la correcta para esta situación
You arranged to play tennis today.
Usted arregló para jugar al tenis hoy.
Now you decide that you don´t want to play.
Ahora usted decide que no quiere jugar.
You say: .
Usted dice: _ _ _.
I don’t´think I´II play tennis today.
No creo que voy a jugar tenis hoy.

Order the Word to make a coherent sentence.

Ordenar las palabras para formar una frase coherente.

1. movies
2. the
3. I
4. to
5. am
6. going

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I am going to the movies.

Voy al cine

3 5  6  4 2 1

Complete the sentences using the correct from of “going to”

Completa las frases usando las forma correcta de “ir a”.
Choose affirmative, interrogative or negative.
Eliga afirmativas, interrogativas o negativas.

1. Pedro´s sweater is dirty. He (wash) it.

2. I´ve decided to pick up some eggs. I (fry) them.
3. Rosa needs that sofa. She (sell) it.
4. My tooth is a aching a lot. I (visit) . My dentist.

1-. Is going to wash 2-. am going to fry

1-. Se va a lavar 2-. Voy a freír

3-. Isn´t going to sell 4-. am going to visit

3-. No va a vender 4-. Voy de visita

What´s the right short answer for this?

¿Cuál es la respuesta corta justo para esto?
“Would you like to go to the movies next weekend”
“¿Quieres ir al cine el próximo fin de semana?”
No, I wouldn´t.
No, yo no lo haría

Order the following words to make coherent sentence.

Ordena las siguientes palabras para formar una frase coherente

1. he
2. be
3. Would
4. the
5. organizing
6. not
7. ?
8. evidence

3  1  6  2  5  4  8  7

Would he not be organizing the evidence?

¿No le organizará las pruebas?

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Is the underlined part correct? Why?

¿Es correcta la parte subrayada? ¿Por qué?
“Ignacio wanted to leave early, but his boos wouldn´t let him”
“Ignacio quería salir temprano, pero su jefe no se lo permitió”
It´s correct to use “wouldn´t for a refusal negative in past
Es correcto usar “no” para una negativa en negativo en el pasado

Choose a verb for the sentence:

Cambia el verbo en cada frase
“The Gomez family members _ dinner together every night.”
“Los miembros de la familia Gómez comen juntos todas las noches”
Eat
Comer

The following sentences are in present progressive or simple present tense.

Las siguientes frases están en presente progresivo o tiempo presente simple.

1. Simple present  I otfen write poems to my wife

Escribo poemas a mi esposa
 The sun barely shines with this weather.
El sol apenas brilla con este tiempo.
2. Present continous  My brother is playing the guitar at the moment
Mi hermano está tocando la guitarra en este momento
 Your parents are talking now
Sus familiares están hablando ahora
 Jose is talking his grandparents to his house in the moment.
José está hablando a la casa de sus abuelos en este momento.

Decide which sentences are true.

Decide cuales frases son verdaderas.

1. We use the present continuous to talk about what´s happening now. True
Usamos el presente progresivo cuando hablamos de lo que está pasando
ahora.
2. “Now”, “at the moment” are simple present time expressions. False
“Ahora”, “en este momento” son expresiones del tiempo present simple.
3. In the simple present tense we add “ing” to all the verbs. False
En el tiempo presente simple agregamos “ing” a todos los verbos.
4. We use the auxiliary verb “to be” with the Present progressive tense. True
Usamos el verbo auxiliary “to be” con el tiempo presente progresivo.

Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous.
Cambia la conjugación correcta del verbo par alas frases en pasado progresivo.
“My parents for me.”
“Mis familiares _ por mi”
Were wating
Están esperando

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Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past

continuous.
Cambia la conjugación correcta del verbo par alas frases en pasado progresivo.
“We the four o clock bus.”
“Nosotros el autobús a las cuatro en punto”
Were taking
Tomamos

Past progresive indicates:

El pasado progresivo indica:
An action in progress in the past at a specific time.
Una acción en progreso en un tiempo pasado especifico.

Complete the conversation using the correct from of the verbs for past
progressive. Use the verbs in parenthesis.
Completa la conversación usando la forma correcta de los verbos en pasado
progresivo. Usa los verbos en paréntesis.
Lupe: I´m afarid I´ve broken the pot for the mole.
Me temo que he roto la olla para el mole.
Pedro: Oh no! What 1 (do)?
¡Oh, no! ¿qué estabas haciendo (hacer)?
Lupe: I 2 (take) it into the dinning room.
Yo estaba tomando (tomo) en el comedor.
I bumped into Chayo. She 3 (come) out just as
Me tope con Chayo. Ella estaba saliendo (vamos) justo cuando
I4 _ (go) in.
Yo estaba entrando (ir)

1-. Were you doing 2-. Was taking

Haciendo estaba tomando

3-. Was coming 4-. Was going

Estaba saliendo Estaba entrando

Analyze in the highlighted forms of present or past progressive are adequately used
in this context by choosing correct (C), or incorrect (I) if simple present or simple past
should be used. Make the sequence of the words in the text when you answer in the
chart:

“Now I´m reading about how to be a lot more careful about the environment.
Correcto
I´m living in México City and there´s a lot of pollution. There were trees and
Incorrecto
birds everywhere in the past, the sun was shining and people enjoyed the city
incorrecto
a lot more. Moreover, currently violence and crime are affecting us very hard,
Correcto

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although everybody is fighting against them. Time´s running fast and we´re
Correcto Correcto

reguiring some kind of solution.

Correcto.

Complete the conversation with the correct past forms of verb.

Complete la conversación con las formas correctas del verbo en pasado.
“to be”
“Ser o estar”
Lore: I in Istanbul last summer.
Lore: Yo estuve en Estambul el verano pasado.
Roberto: Really? How long _ you there?
Roberto: ¿En serio? ¿Cuánto estuviste aquí?
Lore: For three weeks
Lore: Por tres semanas.
Roberto: _ you there on business or on vacation?
Roberto: estuviste aquí de negocios o de vacaciones?
Lore: I there for fun.
Lore: Yo estuve aquí por diversión

was were were was

estuve estuviste estuviste estuve

Choose the correct answer according to the picture below.

Cambia la respuesta correcta de acuerdo a la imagen
which is the nearest mainland neighbor?

Choose the correct from of the adjective in parenthesis for each of the
following sentences.
Cambia la forma correcta de los adjetivos de los parenthesis para cada una de las
siguientes frases.

1. “This is (cheap, cheaper, cheapest) tan that one”, said the seller.
“Este es (barato, más barato más barato) que el otro”, dijo el vendedor.
2. Today there are (nice, nicer, nicest) people than yesterday.
Hoy hay (bonito, bonitos, agradables) personas que ayer.
3. Sorry, teacher, could you thell me who the (smarter, smartest, most smart)
pupil in your class is?
Lo sentimos, maestro, ¿Podría decirme quién es el (inteligente más inteligente más
inteligente) de los alumnos en su clase?
4. There is no doubt about it. She is the (better, best, more good).
No hay duda de ello. Ella es la (mejor, mejor, más bien).

Choose the correct plural noun for the following sentence.

Elija el sustantivo plural correcto para la siguiente frase.

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“As we get older, so do our !”

“A medida que envejecemos, también lo hacen nuestros _ !”
Teeth
Dientes

Decide which answer matches each question.

Decide cual respuesta corresponde a cada pregunta

Questions Answers
Pregunta Respuesta
1. How many servings of fruti do you eat Two or more.
each day?
¿Cuántas porciones de fruta come al día?
2. How much junk food do you eat? Very little.
¿Cuánta comida chatarra come? A lot of it.
3. How often do you exercise or play a Never
sport per day?
¿Con qué frecuencia hace ejercicio o de
practicar deporte al día?

Why is the following sentence incorrect?:

¿Por qué es la siguiente frase incorrecta? : “Too
much mouses threatens public health”
“Demasiados “mouses” amenaza la salud pública”
Because the plural of “mouse” is “mice”. The verb is not used in the correct
from.
Debido a que el plural de “mouse” es “ratones”. El verbo no se utiliza en la forma
correcta.
We don´t use “much” with countable nouns.
No usamos “mucho” con sustantivos contables.

What is the difference between countable and uncountable nouns?

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre los sustantivos contables e intocables?
Countable nouns have a plural from and the uncountable nouns can´t be used
in plural from.
Sustantivos contables tienen una forma plural y los sustantivos incontables no se
pueden utilizar en forma plural.

Indicate which of the following words in the sentence is an uncountable noun:

Indique cuál de las siguientes palabras en la oración es un sustantivo incontable:
The school has 5 backyards, 3 slides and 2 bookstores.
La escuela cuenta con 5 patios, 3 toboganes y 2 librerías.
None
Ninguno

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Check if the prepositions “in”, “at”, are correct in the following the
sentences.
Compruebe si las preposiciones “en”, “a”, son correctas en las siguientes frases.
I heard a terrible noise in the middle of the night. I was awake because I usually
work at night.
Oí un ruido horrible en el medio de la noche. Yo estaba despierto por que yo suelo
trabajar en la noche.
Both are correct because they are standard expressions.
Ambas son correctas porque son expresiones normales.

In which of these sentences are the prepositions used correctly?

¿En cual de estas frases las preposiciones se utilizan correctamente?

1. My daughter is coming home next Monday. Yes

Mi hija viene a casa el próximo lunes
2. I am used to watching TV in the morning Yes
Estoy acostumbrado a ver la televisión por la mañana.
3. In Mexico everybody usually goes home at every No
Christmas.
En México todo el mundo por lo general va a casa cada navidad.

4. My children always get up late on Sunday mornings. Yes

Mis hijos siempre se levantan a última hora del domingo
por la mañana

Match the correct grammar preposition of time. Preposition may repeat.

Relaciona con la preposición gramatical correcta del tiempo. Las preposiciones
pueden repetirse.

Example Preposition of time

1. On February 14 th, is Valentine´s day. On
El 14 de febrero, es el Día de San Valentín
2. At half past three, i ´m going to the At
cinema.
A las tres y media, voy al cine.

3. In June, I will do it. In

En junio, lo haré

Complete the next paragraph with the correct time expressions give in
parenthesis.
Completa el siguiente párrafo con las expresiones temporales correctas dadas en
paréntesis.
Writhe the answer following the sequence of the numbers.
Escribe la respuesta siguiendo la secuencia de los números.

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“We traveled 1 on (on- it- at) Friday.”

“Viajamos el viernes”
We go to the airport 2 on (on- it- at) time to have a coffee before checking in, 3
at (on- it- at) the airline´s counter.
Llegamos al aeropuerto a tiempo para tomar un café antes de registrarse, antes del
registro del contador de la aerolínea.
Fortunately, the plane took of4 on (on- it- at) time.
Afortunadamente, el avión despegó a tiempo.

Choose the correct words to complete the next text in English.

Elige las palabras correctas para completar el siguiente texto en inglés.
If it´s necessary you can use a Word more than once.
Si fuera necesario, puedes usar una palabra más de una vez
“Tell me, please. Why did you invite him when Mary did know he was the
thief”?
“Dime, por favor. ¿Por qué María sabe que él era el ladrón? ”

What´s the contraction of “will not”?

¿Cuál es la contracción de “no”?
Won´t
No lo hará

Order 6 of the following numbers to make a coherent sentence.

Ordena los 6 números siguientes para hacer una frase coherente.

1. Potato chips
2. The salitiest
3. Why
4. Are
5. Snack
6. ?

3  4 1  2  5  6

Why are potato chips the saltiest snack?

¿Por qué son las papas fritas las botanas más saladas?

Is this question correct or not? Why?

¿Esta pregunta es correcta o no? ¿Por qué?

“Did she tell you what time did the last train leave?”
“¿Le dijo a qué hora dejó el ultimo tren?”

It´s incorrect because in an embedded question after the Wh word we can´t use
another auxiliary before the subject, the second sentence has to be affirmative
or negative.

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Es incorrecta porque en una pregunta incrustada de la palabra Wh no

podemos utilizar otro auxiliar antes el tema, la segunda frase tiene que ser
afirmativa o negativa.

Order 6 of the following numbers to make a coherent sentence.

Ordena los 6 números siguientes para hacer una frase coherente.

1. you
2. last
3. ?
4. go
5. week
6. did
7. where

7614253

Were did you go last week?

¿A dónde fuiste la semana pasada?

Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense.

Vuelva a escribir la frase con el futuro simple
“I am a teacher”
“Yo soy un profesor”
I will be a teacher.
Voy a ser maestro.

What does this sentence express?

¿Qué expresa esta frase?
“I´ll take a seat. Look over there, there´s an empty chair”
“Voy a tomar un asiento. Mira hacia allá, hay una silla vacía”

A decision made at the moment of speaking.

Una decisión tomada en el momento de hablar.

Order 6 of the following numbers to make a coherent sentence.

Ordena los 6 números siguientes para hacer una frase coherente.

1. be
2. will
3. christmas
4. where
5. eve
6. you
7. on
8. ?

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42617358

Where will you be on Christmas eve?

¿Dónde vas a estar en la víspera de Navidad?

Complete the conversation using the modal auxilliary would.

Completa la conversación utilizando el auxiliar modal haría
You are on a bus. You have a set but an elderly man is standing you offer him
your seat.
Usted esta en un autobús. Usted tiene un asiento pero un anciano está de pie. Tú le
ofreces tu asiento.
You: _ _
Usted: __
Man: Oh, that´s very kind of you. Thank you very much.
Hombre: oh, eso es muy agradable de su parte. Muchas gracias.
Would you like to sit down?
¿Quieres sentarte?

If we are planning to buy a new book in preparation for an exam, it is best to

use:
Si estamos pensando en comprar un Nuevo libro en preparación para un examen, lo
mejor es:
Going to buy
Ir a comprarlo

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