University of Costa Rica Modern Languages School Conversational Courses

Prof: Silvia Ortega Meza English-Level 1 ING01L01

Virtual Class
Week 5

Self – Study Guide

November 15th & November 17th

Unit 3 (Food and drink)

General Instructions: Read all the instructions carefully and do the activities by following the indicated
order. Make sure you understand what you have to do. Let me know if something is not clear. Write
your answers or take notes in your notebook.

Aims of the activities: At the end, you are expected to . . .

. . . use the present simple in positive and negative statements correctly.

. . . use the present simple in questions correctly.

. . . use a lexical set of time phrases to say the time correctly.

. . . understand texts about people’s eating habits.

. . . talk and ask about eating habits and meal times.

. . . use adverbs of frequency correctly.

. . . understand a conversation in a cafeteria.

. . . use appropriate phrases to order and pay in a cafeteria.

 Monday, November 15th

Activity 1 – Reading and Grammar – Food and drink: Go to page 24 from your student’s book, and
do exercises a – b – c – d – e in part 2.

Activity 2 – Vocabulary – Food and drink: Complete the following exercise.

What’s in the fridge?

Maria goes grocery shopping and fills her fridge with delicious food.
Write down the products she has in her fridge.
Activity 3 – Grammar – Present Simple: Let’s focus on present simple. Watch the following videos,
and pay attention how this verb tense is applied. Take notes.

• Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9AWrJnhsRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkY4mo0VcIQ

After that, review and study the following grammatical structure:

Activity 4 – Grammar – Present Simple: Go to the following websites, and do some exercises related
to present simple tense. The exercises are checked automatically.

• Affirmative sentences:
✓ https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present/affirmative-forms-2
✓ https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present/third-person
✓ https://www.englishmaven.org/HP6/Present%20Tense%20Exercise%206.htm
✓ https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_statements.htm

• Negative sentences:
✓ https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/do-does-exercises/negative-1.htm
✓ https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present/negative-write-2.htm
✓ https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_negation2.htm
✓ https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/present-negation2.htm

• Questions:
✓ https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present/do-does-2
✓ http://www.english-room.com/grammar/do_does.htm
✓ https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_present.htm
✓ https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present/questions-write-2.htm

Activity 5 – Listening and Grammar – Present Simple: Go to page 25 from your student’s book, and
do exercises a – b – c in part 3.

You can use the following link to listen to tracks 1.78 & 1.79.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLAXr_WTYo&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2Vfiuvjie3Sk9m2HiQSkWb&index=
3
Activity 6 – Grammar – Present Simple: Now go to page 116 from your student’s book, and study
the Grammar Focus 3A.

Activity 7 – Grammar – Present Simple: Now go to page 117 from your student’s book, and do
exercises a – b – c in part 3A.

Activity 8 – Reading – Meals: Now go to page 26 from your student’s book, and do exercises a – c –
d - e in part 1.

Activity 9 – Vocabulary – Meal times: Go to page 26 from your student’s book, and do exercise a in
part 2. Match the sentences with the appropriate picture.

Activity 10 – Vocabulary – Food: Now go to Vocabulary Focus 3B Food 2 on page 143 and do
exercises a - b. You can use the following link to listen to tracks 1.82 & 1.83.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLAXr_WTYo&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2Vfiuvjie3Sk9m2HiQSkWb&index=3
 Wednesday, November 17th

Activity 11 – Vocabulary – Time: Let’s focus on time. Watch the following video, and pay attention
how we can tell the time. Take notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq2tRfHu5s8

After that, look at the following image and review this topic.

Activity 12 – Vocabulary and Listening – Time: Go to page 27 from your student’s book, and do
exercises c - d in part 2. Use the following link to listen to tracks 1.84 & 1.85.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLAXr_WTYo&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2Vfiuvjie3Sk9m2HiQSkWb&index=3
Activity 13 – Vocabulary and Listening – Time: Go to the following websites, and do some exercises
related to time. The exercises are checked automatically.

• https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/time/time-1
• https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/time/time-3
• https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/audio/time/time-1
• https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/audio/time/time-2
• https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1648

Activity 14 – Grammar – Adverbs of frequency: Let’s study some adverbs of frequency. Watch the
video and take notes. Pay attention where the adverbs of frequency are placed in a sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWo65QwP2c

After that, review the adverbs and frequency and analyze the examples given.
Activity 15 – Grammar – Adverbs of frequency: Go to the following websites, and do some exercises
related to adverbs of frequency with present simple tense. The exercises are checked by the website
automatically.

• https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/adverbs-frequency/
• https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/adverbs-frequency/2/
• https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/adverbs-frequency/3/
• https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverbs_of_frequency.htm

Activity 16 – Grammar – Adverbs of frequency: Go to page 27 from your student’s book, and do
exercises a – b - d in part 4 (Grammar).

Activity 17 – Grammar – Adverbs of frequency: Go to page 118 from your student’s book, study
Grammar Focus 3B, and pay attention how those adverbs of frequency are applied.

You can use the following link to listen to the audio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLAXr_WTYo&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2Vfiuvjie3Sk9m2HiQSkWb&index=3
Activity 18 – Listening – Food & drink: Read the menu on page 28 from your student’s book and
write down what food you like.

After that, do exercises b - c in part 1 (Listening)

You can use the following link to listen to tracks 2.2 & 2.3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLAXr_WTYo&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2Vfiuvjie3Sk9m2HiQSkWb&index=3

Activity 19 – Listening – Food & drink: Watch Sophia and Megan’s video, and do exercises e – f– g
on page 28 from your student’s book.

• Video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiO-KRJxjOg&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2ijvJONYtFF6lM3ZNxuo_S&index=3

Activity 20 – Useful language – Ordering and paying in a café: Go to page 29 from your student’s
book, and do exercises a – b – d in part 3.

You can use the following link to listen to tracks 2.7 – 2.8 & 2.9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLAXr_WTYo&list=PLbTxxEOMTzB2Vfiuvjie3Sk9m2HiQSkWb&index=3
Due Date: Monday, November 22nd, 2021

• Work on the UNIT 3 - ONLINE WORKBOOK. Do all the exercises on lessons 3A- 3B & 3C.

LINK: https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/splash
Our class code is LL4eb6

• Activity 1:
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• Activity 20: