UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA PARA ADULTOS

(UAPA)

Subject:
Grammar English
Activities:
Task 1
Facilitator:
Eddy Muñoz
Participant:
Ramón de Jesús Arno Contreras
Registration Number:
15-5328
Major:
Education, Major in Foreign Languages Didactics
Date:
07/09/2017
Task 1
Chapter 1 - Task 1.
Exercise B1. Page P8

Listening for Form

Listen to this paragraph. Write the verb forms you hear.

Many people in Hawaii live in two different worlds—the world of traditional

Hawaiian culture and the world of modern American culture. Keenan Kanaeholo is

a typical Hawaiian. He lives on the island of Oahu. Like many Hawaiians, Keenan

speaks two languages. At home, he and his family don’t speak English. They talk

to each other in Hawaiian. Keenan works in a large hotel. At work, he speaks

English. Keenan’s wife, Emeha, doesn’t work in the hotel. She teaches at an

elementary school. Both Keenan and Emeha like to dance. They go

dancing on the weekends. Emeha also knows the hula, but Keenan doesn’t .

Exercise B2. Page P8

Working on Affirmative and Negative Statements

Complete this paragraph with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Use contractions
where possible.

An okapi looks (look) like the child of a zebra and a giraffe, but it isn’t

(not/be). It has (have) stripes like a zebra, and it has (have) a body like a

giraffe. The okapi’s stripes hide (hide) it from its enemies. The okapi is

(be) a relative of the giraffe, but it doesn’t have (not/have) a long neck. It doesn’t need

(not/need) one to find food because it eats (eat) fruit and leaves near the ground.

Okapis play (play) in a strange way. They put (put) their heads down,

move (move) their tails, and run (run) in circles. Okapis live (live)

only in Central Africa and is (be) very rare.

Exercise B4. Page P10

Forming Yes/No Questions

Use these words and phrases to form Yes/No questions. Punctuate your sentences correctly.

1. study/do/a lot/you Do you study a lot?

2. teacher/does/your/speak/language/your Does your teacher speak your language?
3. have/do/homework/you/a lot of Do you have a lot of homework?
4. a/do/use/you/dictionary Do you use a dictionary?
5. speak/you/do/English/of/class/outside Do you speak English outside of class?
6. your/computers/school/does/have/many Does your school have many computers?

Exercise B5. Page P10

Changing Statements into Questions

A. Write an information question about each underlined word or phrase.

1. Water freezes at 32o Fahrenheit. What freezes at 32o Fahrenheit?
2. Kim has a test today. Who has a test today?
3. A power plant makes electricity. What makes a power plant?
4. Niagara Falls is in North America. Where is Niagara Falls?
5. Dan drives Lee to school every day. Who drives Lee to school every day?
6. Dan drives Lee to school every day. Whom Dan drives to school every day?
7. It is hot in Chicago in the summer. When is hot in Chicago?
8. The eucalyptus tree is from Australia. Where is the eucalyptus tree from?