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LAST NAME: Lizarazo Rodriguez

FIRST NAME: Diana Andrea
GROUP: E 112A
SUBJECT: Activity 2 - Homework Unit 1 - 2

LISTENING (15 MARKS)

Exercise 1 Questions 1-3 (5 points each)

You will listen an audio about a very known celebration called Valentine’s Day and how
American people celebrate this holiday. You will find this audio in the folder RESOURCES
HOMEWORK from the platform Atena. After listening to this, answer the following questions in
a maximum of three lines USING YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Why does the speaker say that Valentine’s Day is not only about love?

Because in recent years Valentine’s Day it is also about money, in the States alone people spent a
lot of money in gifts, men spend their money on flowers and women buy more gift for their
couple, the most popular gift is the simple card. People exchange 180 million cards on Valentine’s
Day.

2. How can you compare and differentiate this celebration to the ones in your country?

Valentine’s Day is similar to love and friendship’s Day here in Colombia, but this day is not
celebrated in February like in the States but in September, and it goes way, people exchange gifts
and sweets, men send flowers to their significant other, women buy nice shirts or pants to their
boyfriends.

3. Have you ever celebrated Valentine’s Day? If so, what have you done to celebrate? If not, how
would you do it?

I have never celebrated Valentine's Day, but I would like to have a romantic date with my
boyfriend, go to an elegant restaurant, have a glass of white wine, have Italian food for dinner,
chat for hours and relax in an outdoor jacuzzi. I would also like to buy a nice jacket for my
boyfriend, he loves them.

READING (10 MARKS)

Exercise 2 – Questions 1-2 (5 each)

Read the text and answer the questions below USING YOUR OWN WORDS.

My Bucket List
Have you ever wanted to see the Great Wall of
China, or win an Oscar for Best Director, or
swim with dolphins? If so, you are not alone.
We all have things we want to do or achieve.
These are part of our "bucket lists." A bucket
list is a list of things that someone wants to
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experience in his or her lifetime. These things can be big or small. Have you ever thought
about what is on your bucket list?
Lindsay Doran, 15, created her bucket list when she was 14. She has given her list serious thought.
"I've always wanted to travel into space,” she says. “I don't really want to be an astronaut. But I do
want to go to space as a tourist. I want to see the Earth from above. “Other things on her list
include being on TV, seeing her favorite band in concert, learning how to speak Portuguese, and
living in a foreign country. "I've always wanted to live in Brazil. As part of my bucket list, I want to
attend Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro," she says.

Jose Noriega, 16, recently created a list of things he wants to achieve. It changes sometimes—he
adds and takes away things because he wants to keep the number of things at seven. One thing
has stayed at number one, though: he wants to visit a movie set. He would like to see the Harry
Potter or The Hobbit movie sets. Other things on the list include being on TV, meeting his favorite
sports star, living in a foreign country, skateboarding down a mountain, attending the World Cup,
and backpacking across Europe. He would like to spend two months visiting Eastern Europe with
his best friend Adam. "Maybe after I graduate from college,” says Jose.

Carrie Kincaid, 14, also has a bucket list. She first created it when she was 12. She would like to live
in a foreign country for at least two years. She also wants to learn as many foreign languages as
possible. But the number one thing on her list is to see her favorite band in concert. She also
wants to go on safari and to visit a movie set. Her favorite movies are the Hunger Games and Star
Wars series. Carrie is confident she will do most or of all the things on her bucket list. “I’m only
14”, she says. “I have my whole life ahead of me!”

1. According to the reading, how do you explain the reason why people have bucket lists?

I believe that these lists are born from the need of people to express their wishes and
feelings, I think that we should all have a list of things that we want to do and that for some
reason we have not been able to do, but that we hope to fulfill someday.

2. Whose bucket list in the article do you think is most like yours and explain why.

I think Carrie's list is the most realistic and the one that best suits my wishes and goals, I
would also like to live in a foreign country, learn a new language, get to know the African
continent and coincidentally Star Wars is my favorite movie saga of all times.

LANGUAGE USE (15 MARKS)

PART ONE – Questions 1-10 (0,5 point each)

A. Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.

1. I’ve already been to India, but I’d like to go again.

2. Have they already been to the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago?

3. Sarah has eaten Mexican food, but she hasn’t tried sopapilla yet.

B. Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box. Look at the example. Write negative
when necessary.

Play See Try Go Take

Example: A: I ___have played___ this sport since I was eight years old
B: Oh Really? I think you must be a great tennis player
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4. A: I have gone sightseeing in New York 5 times and I always find something new
B: Yes, you’re right. I went last year. It was fantastic!

5. A: I think I´ll go to the movies this weekend. I want something about comedy
B: Haven’t you seen the last movie of Adam Sandler yet? It’s really fun!

6. A: Have you ever tried Korean food?

B: No, I haven’t I think they eat raw fish and all kind of animals that are still alive

7. A: I think my mom Has taken a lot of pictures in this tour!

B: You’re right! She really loves to do that when she goes sightseeing.

C. Write the movie genre according to the description.

8. These films are designed to frighten and invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a horrifying,
shocking end. They are horror films.

9. These films are films in which several songs sung by the characters are mixed with the
narrative. The songs are used to advance the plot or develop the film’s characters. They are
musical films.

10. These films are visionary and imaginative, with heroes, aliens, impossible guests, fantastic
places, great futuristic technology, unknown forces and extraordinary monsters. They are
Science-fiction films.

PART TWO – Questions 11-15 (1 point each)

D. Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect and/or the Past Simple tenses. Use the
verbs in parenthesis with the right conjugation.

1. I have visited (visit) many different countries in my life. Last summer went (go)
I
to Italy and 3 years ago, I was (be) in Spain. I didn’t visit (not visit) Germany
yet.

2. I have met (meet) some nice people at university this year. They studied (study)
different subject last year, but they chose (choose) some subjects I’m studying, so we
shared (share) some seminaries together so far and they are really nice.

3. Haven’t you decided (decide) when you’re coming to London yet? Promised
You
(promise) you would come as soon as you Have (take) some days off. Don’t forget
taken
your promise!

4. Have your applied (apply) for the job he told me last week? He really wanted
brother
to make a good impression at the interview. I know that he Has wished (wish) that job
for many years.

5. My PC Broke (break) down yesterday morning, so I Have had (have) to borrow

my boyfriend’s laptop this week. Thanks to it I Have already (already write) most of
written
my literature essays. However, I Haven´t finished (not finish) them all yet.

Read each conversation. Then choose the correct answer.

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1. Jenn is tired. She’d not rather go out to see a movie.

2. A: I would like to see a horror movie. How about you?

3. B: I’d rather not Horror movies really scare me!

4. A: What would the kids rather to do: watch a movie at home or go to the theater?
5. B: I think they would rather watch one at home.

WRITING PRODUCTION (10 MARKS)

TOPIC: MY MOVIE PREFERENCES

Write two paragraphs about a movie genre you like and a genre you dislike. Explain
your reasons. Give examples of movies for each genre. Use words from the boxes or
your own ideas.

Finally, pay special attention to punctuation, capital letters, tenses and spelling.
Remember to write between 100- 110 words. Include a photo of the movies you
mention.

 funny
 action  hilarious
 horror  silly
 science-  boring
fiction  weird
 animated  unforgettable
 comedy  romantic
 drama  thought-provoking
 documentary  violent
 musical

My favorite movie genre is action, I just love to watch action movies with my family at
home. Some action movies I like are The Fast and The Furious saga, The transporter,
Mission Impossible I, II, III and IV, and so many other. On the other hand, the movie genre
I dislike is horror, I hate horror movies because I got scared all the time, also every time I
watch a horror film, I have nightmares that same night, it is not funny and I do not enjoy it.
Also, documentaries are thought-provoking, comedies are hilarious, science-fiction movies
are boring, animated films are wonderful and unforgettable, but horror movies are the
worst.
Like: Dislike:
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