Simple

Activity 1
Present
A. Read the text and answer the questions.
A busy day

Peter is a very busy person. He gets up at 4:00 am. Then, he takes a bath, gets dressed and has a
sandwich for breakfast. He doesn’t drive to work. He takes the bus at 5:00 am. He starts work at
6:00. He’s an office worker at NY Lawyers. At noon, he has lunch near work. He doesn`t go home
because he starts work at 1:00 again. He finishes work at 5:00pm and goes to college. He doesn`t
eat anything there because he prefers to make dinner at home. He finishes his classes at 9:00pm.
Peter is very tired because of this schedule and wants to look for a different job
to work on weekdays. Besides, he wants to do more things over the day, like
going to the gym or playing sports.

A. Why is Peter a busy person?

B. Where does Peter work?
C. How does he get to work?
D. Where does he have lunch?
E. Why does he want to change his job?

B. Jason is talking about his family. Complete the sentences with the correct verb forms. Then
compare with a partner.

My family and I _live___ (live/lives) in the suburbs. My wife and I ______(work/works) near here,
so we ________ (walk/walks) to work. Our son Paul _________(work/works) downtown, so he
______(drive/drives) to work. Carolina, our daughter _____(don’t/doesn’t) drive. She
_______(ride/rides) her bike to school. My parents ______(live/lives) in Los Angeles. My mother
_____(don’t/doesn’t) work, she’s retired. My father _______(take/takes) a train to work.
He______(work/works) in a college. He is a teacher. My parents_________ like/likes to go out on
weekends.

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 C. Exercise. Underline the correct form of the verb.
1. Ex. I plays / play tennis every afternoon.
2. My parents live/ lives in New York.
3. Tom listens / listen to the radio in the morning.
4. We eat / eats eggs for breakfast every morning.
5. My dog barks / bark at night.
6. Mrs. Gold sweep / sweeps the stairs once a week.
7. My brother never watches / watch television.

Activity 2

A. FIND SOMEONE WHO…

Go around the class and find this information. Try to write a different name on each line. A: Do you
have breakfast in bed? B: Yes, I do.

Activity Question Name

Has breakfast in bed David
Works on weekends
Lives alone
Likes broccoli
Rides a motorcycle
Does exercise
Has two brothers
Likes English songs
Doesn’t like reggaeton
Get up at noon on Saturdays

B. Now write a paragraph with your answers.

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A.

C. Make the questions.

Ex: Do you speak English? No, I don`t.

1._Does she study French? Yes, she does.

2.__________________ ? No, they don’t.

3. ______________________? Yes, he does.

4. ____________________________? Yes, I do.

5.___________________________? Yes, it does.

6.____________________________? No, she doesn´t.

7. ____________________________? Yes, I do.

C. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN? Ask and answer the questions with your group. Check (✓ ) the
boxes with their answer A: Do you play video games? B. Yes, I do / No, I don’t.

Questions you Classmate

Yes No Yes No
1. Do you play video games?
2. Do you go shopping?
3. Do you read the newspaper?
4. Do you watch soccer on TV?
5. Do you do yoga?
6. Do you listen to music?
7. Do you do dancing?
8. Do you cook?
9. _______________________________
10. ________________________-

D. Use the same questions using family members. A: Does your father play video games? B:
No, he doesn´t.

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Activity 3

A. the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in the correct position.

Example: I play tennis on Sundays. (often).

Answer: I often play tennis on Sundays.

a/. Tom is very friendly. (usually).

________________________________________________________________

b/. Peter gets angry (never).

_________________________________________________________________

c/. David and Frank are hungry (often)

_________________________________________________________________

d/. They watch tv in the afternoon (never)

_________________________________________________________________

e/. Walter helps his mother. (sometimes)

_________________________________________________________________

f/. He listens to the radio (often)

_________________________________________________________________

g/. They read a book (sometimes)

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h/. Christine smokes (never).

_________________________________________________________________

i/. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening.

_________________________________________________________________

B. Put the sentences in order.

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a/. library the studies in usually Pablo.

b/. always football play in we playground the.

c/. cinema sometimes he Sunday he goes.

d/ Mary watches tv often night at.

e/. never I to beach the January on.

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C. Create a PowerPoint Presentation about your ideal self. Describe the frequency in which
your ideal self does the activities you associate with success. You should include at least 12
different activities. Write in 3 rd. person example:
 My ideal self hardly ever drinks alcohol.
 My ideal self always practices English before he/she goes to bed.
Illustrate your presentation with appropriate images.
Activity 4.

Activity 1: Reading

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 A. Complete the text with the words from the box.

Financial Internet electronic print design microchips

A digital Area

Computers have changed the way we do everyday things, such as working,

shopping and looking for information. We (1)______________ houses with
help PCs; we buy books or make flight reservations on the
(2)_______________ ; we use gadgets that spring to life the instant they are
switched on, for example the mobile phone, the music player, or the car
ignition, all of which use (3)___________________. Many people now work
at home, and they communicate with their office by computer or telephone. This is called
“teleworking”.
With the appropriate hardware and software, a PC ca do almost anything you ask. It’s a magical
typewriter that allows you to type and (4) _______________ any sort of document. It’s a
calculating machine that makes (5) _____________________ calculations. It’s filing cabinet that
manages large collections of data. It’s a personal communicator that lets you interact with friends.
It’s a small lab that helps you edit photos and movies. And if you like (6) ___________________
entertainment, you can also use it to relax with games.

B. Choose 6 unknown words and create one sentence for each unknown word(6sentences).

C. Match the words with the following definitions.

Financial Internet electronic print design microchips

1. Tiny pieces of silicon containing complex electronic circuits. ____________________

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 2. To make or draw plans for something. ________________
3. Relating to money or how money is managed. __________________
4. Involving the use of electric current in devices such as TV sets or computers.
______________
5. The large system of connected computers around the world. _____________________
6. To produce text and pictures using a printer. __________________

Activity 2: Listening

1. Listen to the audio and complete the text with the words from the box.

Freezes Hospitals envelope Paperwork find computers

It’s hard to believe that no one had (1) _____________ a few years ago. I wonder how people
lived. There must have been a lot of (2) _______________. I can’t imagine writing everything by
hand. I also wonder how everything worked without computers. We need computers today for
everything. (3) _______________, airports, the police… nothing can work without computers. I’m
sure I’d be ten times busier than now if I didn’t have a computer. Imagine having to (4) _________
a piece of paper and an (5) _________ and then walking down the street to mail a letter! I love my
computer. It makes everything in my life so convenient. Sure, it (6) ________ and crashes
sometimes. Sure, I lose some data. But that’s not often. Most of the time my computer is like my
best friend.

1. Complete the 15 sentences with the words from the box.

A. I can send you a message if you let me know your

__________________.
B. If you click on that __________________, it will take you to a
new website.
C. I sent you a message this morning. Did you check your
__________________?
D. How many hours a day are you __________________?
E. I bring my __________________computer to work.
F. How do you upload and ________________ files?
G. Be careful when you decide to open a _____________. It
may have a virus!  attachment
 blog
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 e-mail address
 H. I write about my travel experiences on my own personal __________________
I. You can ________________ any computer document. or e-mail message that you don’t
want to keep.
J. Oh no! I just spilled my coffee on my computer ________________! My boss will be angry.
K. I almost never buy books at a bookstore anymore. I usually read ________________s.
L. You can ________________ to your e-mail account with your username and password.
M. Our teacher sent us an e-mail with an attachment called homework.doc – ‘doc’ means
_______________.
N. My ________________ is a secret. Only I know it.
O. I took a photo of our school yesterday and sent it to you as an ________________.

2. Answer the following questions.

A. What do you use computers for?

B. How often do you use a computer?
C. What is your favorite Internet site? Why?
D. What are three really good things about computers?
E. What are three really bad things about computers?
F. Do you like to read books on-line? Why? / Why not?
G. What is your favorite on-line video game? Describe it.

ACTIVIDADES DE EVALUACIÓN

Evidencia de desempeño

In pairs, prepare a job interview using present simple tense (At least 10 questions)
Practice your pronunciation. Present it to your teacher and partners.

Check your pronunciation https://www.wordreference.com/

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