FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT (UNAH-VS)

UNIT 5:
IS THERE
ANYTHING TO DO IN
HONDURAS?

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UNIT 5: IS THERE ANYTHING TO DO IN HONDURAS?

PART 1: A: READING COMPREHENSION. READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

Copan: Maya Ruins in Honduras

By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | June 18, 2013
Copan is an ancient Maya city, located in modern-day western Honduras. It was ruled by a dynasty of
16 kings between roughly A.D. 426 and 820.

The city’s ancient name may have been Oxwitik and its official emblem was in the shape of a bat. The
city’s core covered only about 37 acres (150,000 square meters), and archaeological work shows that
it was remodeled and rebuilt continuously over a period of 400 years. In its final form, it contained a
great plaza to the north and a built-up “acropolis” to the south.

The city was one of the most densely populated in the Maya world, and its people built great
monuments and sculptures out of a greenish volcanic tuff. Among the monuments they constructed
was the “Temple of the Hieroglyphic Stairway.” It’s a pyramid-like structure that has more than 2,000
glyphs embellished on a flight of 63 steps, the longest ancient Maya inscription known to exist.

Since “most of it was found in extremely jumbled condition, it is far from easy to reconstruct,” writes
Yale University professor Michael Coe in his book "The Maya" (Thames and Hudson, 2011). From
what scholars have deciphered, it appears to tell the history of Copan’s rulers.

Further evidence of Copan’s history comes from its numerous steles and altars. One important
monument, called “altar Q” by archaeologists, was built by Yax Pasah, the last of the city’s kings, and
tells of the 15 rulers who came before him. It shows Yax Pasah receiving the baton (or scepter) of
office from Copan’s first king, a revered man named K’inich Yax K’uk Mo’.

1. What do archaeologists know about “altar Q” so far?______________________________

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They discover it was built by
Yax Pasah, the last of the city's kings.
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2. What is the Temple of the “Hieroglyphic Stairway” ? ______________________________

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It's a Pyramid-like structure tha has more than 2,000 glyphs.
__________________________________________________________________________

3. Where is Copán located and who built it? _______________________________________

It's located in the Western Honduras and it was built by a dinasty of 16 kings.
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4. A. What was Copán’s official name? It's Oxwitik

_________________________
B. What was its official emblem? In the shpe of a bat
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C. How big was it? _________________________
150,000 square meters
D. what did the Mayas use to build monuments? Copan firts king (revered him)
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B: READING COMPREHENSION. READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

Butterflies are some of the most interesting insects on the planet Earth. There are more than
seventeen thousand different kinds of butterflies! Butterflies come in all shapes and sizes.

Butterflies go through four main stages of life. The first stage is the egg stage followed by the larva
stage. As a larva, or caterpillar, the future butterfly eats as much as possible. As it grows, it sheds it
outer skin, or exoskeleton. This may happen four or five times. After a few weeks, the caterpillar
enters the next stage of its life, the chrysalis stage. In the chrysalis, the caterpillar will liquefy into a
soup of living cells. Then, it will reorganize into a butterfly and the metamorphosis is complete. In
later parts of the chrysalis stage, you can see the forming butterfly through the chrysalis.

When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, it pumps its wings to send blood through them so
that it can fly. Most butterflies only live a couple of weeks, just enough time to drink flower nectar
and to mate. Some, like the Monarch Butterfly, however, may live many months.

1. What is the third stage of life 5. Which is true?

for a butterfly? a. There is only one kind of butterfly in
a. larva the world.
b. chrysalis b. There are about a thousand
c. egg different kinds of butterflies in the
d. butterfly world.
c. There are more than a thousand
2. What is the first stage of life different kinds of butterflies in the
for a butterfly? world.
a. larva d. There are less than a thousand
b. chrysalis different kinds of butterflies in the
c. egg world.
d. butterfly
6. In what stage does the
3. What is the fourth stage of life metamorphosis happen?
for a butterfly? a. egg
e. larva b. chrysalis
f. chrysalis c. caterpillar
g. egg d. butterfly
h. butterfly
7. How many stages of life does a
butterfly go through?
4. Why does the caterpillar shed its skin?
a. It is growing
b. The butterfly is coming.
c. It is hungry Four
d. To defend itself against predators

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PART 2: A: COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH WAS OR WERE.

1. What …………………………………….……
were you doing at 7’O clock in the morning?
2. I …………………………………………..
was here when the telephone rang.
was
3. When you phoned I ………………………………..…… working in the garden.
was
4. When I got up this morning the sun …………………………………..…….. splendid.
was
5. I ………………………………………………. there, working on it, two hours ago
6. I ………………………………….………..
was out of town all day yesterday.
were
7. The children ………………………………………….. at the video games store yesterday
was
8. She ………………………………………..…………. working in the garden.
was
9. The teacher …………………………………..……. alone, evaluating the answer sheets.
was
10. It ……………………………………………… dark outside.
B: LOOK AT EACH PICTURE. WRITE FOUR SENTENCES: 1-AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE; 1-
NEGATIVE SENTENCE; 1-YES/NO QUESTION AND 1-INFORMATION QUESTION. USE WAS OR
WERE.
1. _____________________________________________
The pizza house was open.

_____________________________________________
The restaurant wasn;t open at 8:00.

What was in the menu?

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________
Did they sell pizza?

2. They were celebrating thanks giving.

____________________________________________

They weren't singing in the party

____________________________________________

Were they dancing last nigth?

____________________________________________

Where did they go?

____________________________________________

She was a nurse.

3. __________________________________________

She didn;t want to be on odontology.

__________________________________________

Whey did she work last sunday?

_________________________________________

Did she become in a doctor?

_________________________________________

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PART 3: A: CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE PRONOUN FORM THAT COMPLETES EACH SENTENCE.

1. Can you help _____

us with this? b. I don't like _____
them
we they
us them

2. We usually see them

_____ at the weekend. c. she understands me.
I don't think _____
they she
them her

3. How did you teach _____

him to read? d. Please don't wait for _____
us
he we
him us

4. _____
I write to her twice a year. e. Did _____
they tell her the news?
I they
Me them

5. We loved _____
him very much f. Would you like to come with _____?
Me
his I
him Me

B: WRITE A SENTENCE ABOUT THE PICTURE WITH EACH GIVEN PRONOUN.

1. I _________________________________________________________
go running every nigth

Don't wait me for dinner.

(me) _____________________________________________________

2. (she) _____________________________________________________
She sleeps early on fridays.

Let her take a rest in peace.

(her) _____________________________________________________

3. (they) ____________________________________________________
They are cying a lot.

How can we quiet them?

(them) ____________________________________________________

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PART 5: LOOK AT THE PICTURES. PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. USE WILL.

He will send his house.

1. ___________________________________________________

There will be a new movie.

2. _____________________________________________________

He will sleep too much.

3. ____________________________________________________

He willfix the washing machine.

4. ____________________________________________________

They will jump the rup later.

5. ____________________________________________________

6. They will sing in a concert.

____________________________________________________

He will stay in home.

7. ____________________________________________________

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PART 6. A: PUT THE VERB IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST FORM. NOTE THAT SOME OF
THESE VERBS ARE REGULAR AND SOME ARE IRREGULAR.

Emily Carr, British Columbia's most famous artist, was (be) born in 1871.

Her parents died (die) when she was still a teenager. She studied (study) art

in San Francisco and Paris, but when she came (come) back to Victoria,

she kept (keep) a house called "The House of All Sorts", where

she was
(be) the landlady. Many years later, she began (begin) painting

again. To find subjects for her paintings, she took (take) trips into the

forests of British Columbia, and she often met (meet) with the First Nations

people and painted (paint) them too. Emily Carr also wrote (write) several

books, and she won (win) the Governor General's Award for one of them.

B: COMPLETE THE CHART WITH THE CORRECT PAST TENSE FORMS.

INFINITIVE PAST TENSE INFINITIVE PAST TENSE

1. Fly flew 11. Choose chose

2. Teach taught 12. Ring rang
3. Go went 13. Steal stole
4. Read read 14. Do did
5. Spend spent 15. Give gave
6. Buy bougth 16. Be was/were
7. Keep kept 17. Say said
8. Sit salt 18. Tell told
9. Build bult 19. Bring brougth
10. Run run 20. Rise rase

PART 7: WRITE THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM. USE BE GOING TO.
is going to tel
1. Bruce (tell) ____________________________________the truth in a few hours.
are going to read
2. We (read) ____________________________________ Don Quixote next week.

3. Stacy and Bill (not sell) ___________________________________their

are not going to sell car this year.

4. ________________________________
Is Mr. Sinmons going write (write/ Mr. Simmons) a book this summer?

5. Where ________________________________________________
are they going to stay? (stay/they)?
is not going to travel
6. Jessica (not travel) ______________________________________ this weekend
am not going to scream
7. I (scream) ____________________________________ if you scare me!

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WRITING: LOOK AT THE PICTURE. WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH

ABOUT THE SIMPSONS’ DAY. USE PAST TENSE VERBS.

___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
There is the Simpson's family. Theyare tired Homer was working with his son.

___________________________________________________
They made an incredible game. His wife cleanned all the house.

___________________________________________________
After that their dog started to bite everything. It created a big Chaos.

___________________________________________________
Then Homer felt a sleep, his son started to play with the dog and his wife started

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to clean again.

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