Exercise 1

Exercise 1
Due date: Week 1
Objective: To practice a variety of activities based on elemental grammar structures and
vocabulary from your English I course to improve your skills in the four areas of language as
an A1 Level student, so that you can be prepared for the Oxford English Test.
Theme / competencies to achieve: To develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing
skills as an A1 level student according to the CEFR while practicing the verb “to be” in simple
present, the subject pronouns, and the use of definite and indefinite articles. 
 
Instructions:
This activity consists of 5 parts. When you finish each activity, take a screen shot of your
results and you upload ONE word document of your results.

Please read the instructions carefully.

Activity 1: The verb to be-Affirmative statements.

a. Click on the link below and complete the statements with the best option.
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/33853753

b. When you finish, take a screenshot of your result and add the image to the document
or presentation you will turn in.

Activity 2: The verb to be-Negative statements.

a. Click on the link below and read the statements carefully, decide if they are True or
False according to the images. https://forms.gle/4YqJgXY23uMKdVbWA

b. Remember to take the screen shot of your results.

Activity 3: Questions with the verb to be.

a. In the next exercise, you will practice the grammar structure of the verb to be to form
questions. Drag and drop the words to form the questions.
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/33855694

b. Take a screen shot to your result and include it on your document.

Activity 4: Definite and indefinite articles.

a. Read and complete the following text using the words “a”, “an”, or “the”. Look at the
example “0”
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Famous Canadians.

Celine Dion is 0. _an_ award-winning artist. She is the best-selling Canadian recording singer.
She once said, “I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love”. She is now part of pop
culture and is well known for the song “My heart will go on” from 1. ___ movie Titanic.

Justin Bieber is 2. ___ Canadian singer. He is successful around the world and a very talented
performer who is loved and appreciated by many people. He is one of the most popular singers
today and 3. ___ amazing performer.

Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as “Deadpool”. 4. ___
actor is also known for his sarcastic sense of humor. Ryan is married to 5. ___ actress Blake
Lively. They are parents of three daughters.

Avril Lavigne is a singer and songwriter. Her album “Let go”, released in 2002 is the best-selling
album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist. Lavigne is also known for having 6. ___ original
and weird fashion style.

b. Click the following link and complete the answers of this exercise.
https://forms.gle/X5nUAF9arZQCJao5A

c. Take a screen shot of your result.

Activity 5: The first English class.

a. Listen to the audio from the next link:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a1-listening/the-first-english-class

b. You will have to complete Task 1 and Task 2. Try to listen to the audio just two times,
since that is the number of times the Oxford English Test will let you hear the recording.

c. Take a screen shot of your results and include the image on the document you will turn
in.

Deliverable:
Hand in a Word document with what is asked in each exercise. Number the answers according
to the exercises.

Type: Word document.

Format: docx
Characteristics: Use the report template from Tecmilenio University.
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Checkpoint

Make sure your activity complies with the following characteristics:

Activity 1: Include a screen shot of your result from “The verb to be. Affirmative statements”.

Activity 2: Include the screen shot from “The verb to be. Negative statements”.
Activity 3: Include the screen shot from the exercise “Questions with the verb to be”.
Activity 4: Include the screen shot from your result. The exercise is “Famous Canadians”.
Activity 5: Include the screen shot from the 2 tasks. The exercise is “The first English class”.

Additional resources
To learn about simple present and verb to be, watch the following video:

 Education Mania. (2020, December 30). English Grammar 1 - Present Simple - Verb To

Be. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qnw4Uboh-8

Bibliography
 The British Council. (2019). The first English class., Retrieved from
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a1-listening/the-first-english-
class.