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MÓDULO 12
“MI VIDA EN OTRA LENGUA”
Present progressive
Affirmative
Subject Be + verb with -ing Complement
I am reading a book.
You, we, they are reading a book.
He, she, it is reading a book.
Negative
Subject Be + not + verb with -ing or Contraction Complement
(pronoun + be) + not + -ing
I am not reading a book.
I'm not reading a book.
You, we, they are not reading a book.
You're/We're/They're not reading a book.
He, she, it is not reading a book.
He's/She's/It's not reading a book.
Interrogative
Be Subject Verb with –ing Complement
Am I reading a book?
Are You, we, they reading a book?
Is He, she, it reading a book?
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Word list
Time and Dates The Natural Clothes Accessories Celebrations
Weather Disasters
Spring Rainy earthquake Dress Watch custom
Summer sunny ice break Jacket wallet tradition
Fall cloudy tornado blue jeans scarf handbag ceremony
winter Monday snowing hurricane shirt earrings Christmas
Tuesday foggy thunderstorm shoes socks bracelet Christmas Eve
Wednesday windy volcanic skirt ring Independence
Thursday Friday dry eruption flood tie sunglasses of Mexico
Saturday cold avalanche belt necklace Day of the
Sunday January ice storm tsunami suit portfolio Dead
February warm droughts pants hat
March hot blouse cap
April mild T-shirt
May high heeled shoes
June low heeled shoes
July sneakers
August September boots
October November bathing suit
December sandals trousers
turtle neck
sweater coat
short sleeved
blouse
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Past tense
Affirmative
Subject Regular Verb (-ed) Complement
I, you, he, she, it, we, they played in the park.
Negative
Subject Auxiliary past didn't / did not Simple Verb (without –ed) Complement
I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn't or did not play in the park.
Interrogative
Auxiliary Did Subject Simple Verb (without -ed) Complement
Did I, you, he, she, it, we, they play In the park?
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Negative
Subject Be + not + verb in -ing or Contraction (wasn't / weren't) + -ing Complement
I, he, she, itwas not reading a book.
wasn't reading a book.
You, we, they were not reading a book.
weren't readin a book.
Interrogative
Be Subject Verb -ing Complement
Was I, he, she, it reading a book?
Were you, we, they reading a book?
Word list
Pastimes Expressions of time
Indoor dice games Nature at the moment a long time ago
Outdoor drawing painting every day yesterday
adventure golf paper craft next last
board hide and go rappelling now night/week/month/year
games seek sailing right now tomorrow
camping hiking tennis this next
canoeing hill walking valley morning/afternoon/evening day/week/month/year
card jewelry making video games this week day after tomorrow
games jogging water sports an hour ago in three days
climbing knitting zip-wire
cooking mountain bike
darts
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Negative
Subject Auxiliary past didn't / did not Simple Verb Complement
I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn't or did not write a letter.
Interrogative
Auxiliary Did Subject Simple Verb Complement
Did I, you, he, she, it, we, they write a letter?
Simple past irregular verbs short yes / no answers
Yes / No Subject Auxiliary did / didn't
Yes, I, you, he, she, it, we, they did.
No, I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn't / did not.
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Irregular adjectives
Irregular adjective comparative superlative
Good better best
Bad worse worst
Far further furthest
Little less least
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Always plural
Scissors, trousers, pants, tongs, binoculars, jeans, shoes, earrings, glasses.
Deer, sheep and fish are always the same in singular and plural form.
Foreign plural forms
A few nouns of Greek or Latin origin retain their original plurals.
analysis – analyses, basis – bases, crisis – crises, datum – data, curriculum – curricula.
Expressions of time
Use AT with times and Use ON with days and dates. Use IN for months, years,
expressions. seasons and periods of time.
at 5 o’clock, On March in April in 2012
at lunch, On 12 December in winter
at lunch, On Saturday in the 201h century
at the age of..., On Friday evening in a few minutes
at the same time...,
at the moment...,
at Christmas / at Easter
at night
at the weekend
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Family Stages of Life
great grandparents Baby
great grandmother Toddler
great grandfather Child
grandparents Adolescent
grandmother Young Adult
grandfather Adult
parents middle age
mother senior adult
father birth
uncle childhood
aunt adolescence
cousin adulthood
niece
daughter
son
brother
sister
Countable nouns
Rules Example
Is a word that you can count and are preceded A newspaper, a car, an animal, an idea.
by a or an.
Countable nouns have plural form. Trees, children, women, boats, fish, shoes, etc.
How many apples do you need? I need a lot of
Countable nouns use how many, many, a lot of, apples. I need some apples. I don't need any
some or any. apples.
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Word list
Discoverers and Inventors World's events Inventions and discoveries
Thomas Alva Edison Olympic Games car gasoline
Brothers Wright World Cups light bulb
Alexander Graham Bell World War II telephone
Alexander Fleming polonium and radiation
John L. Baird cinematographic projector
Karl Benz television
Augusto and Louis Lumiere relativity theory
Albert Einstein penicillin
J. Samuel Morse flight in aircraft
Charles Darwin telegraph
theory of evolution
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Adverbs of frequency
never Least Frequent
rarely
seldom
hardly ever
occasionally
sometimes
generally
often
regularly
frequently
usually
always
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Affirmative
Subject Contraction (pronoun + be form) or Be + going to + verb Complement
Negative
Subject Contraction (pronoun + be form) or Be +not + going to + verb Complement
I I'm not going to write a letter.
am not going to write a letter.
You, we, they You're, we're, they're not going to write a letter.
are not going to write a letter.
He, she, it he's, she's, it's not going to write a letter.
is not going to write a letter.
Interrogative
Auxiliary am, is, are Subject Going to + verb Complement
Am I going to write a letter?
Are You, we, they going to write a letter?
is He, she, it going to write a letter?
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What do you consider is the best way to correct ¿Cuáles considera que es la mejor manera de corregir
spelling on your writings? la ortografía en sus escritos?
Looking up in books the words you aren´t sure Mirando hacia arriba en los libros de las palabras que
about. usted aren't seguro.
Complete the following sentence with the correct Complete la siguiente frase con la forma correcta del
verb form. verbo .
“We planted an apple-tree in the backyard; " Plantamos un árbol de manzanas en el patio trasero;
unfortunately it died. desafortunadamente murió .
Choose the correct form of the verb to be for the Elija la forma correcta del verbo ser para la sentencia
sentence in future. en el futuro.
“ I am going to eat hot chips.” "Me voy a comer patatas fritas calientes. "
Complete the following sentence: Complete la siguiente frase :
The simple past with regular or irregular verbs El pasado simple con verbos regulares e irregulares
indicates an action: completed or finished in the indica una acción: terminado o terminado en el
past. pasado.
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Fills in the blanks with the correct words: at, on, in or after
Llena los espacios en blanco con las palabras correctas: a, sobre, dentro o después.
The telephone rang _ after _ the doorbell.
In the next sentence, do you need any of these prepositions: “in”-“on” or “at”? or nothing?
“All our relatives came for a celebration __ nothing __ last Christmas.”
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Complete the next sentence with the correct object pronoun:
“I love Mary, I've just bought a nice bunch of flowers for__her___.”
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Why is the following question incorrect?
“Why do you did that during last class?”
Because the auxiliary in past is "did", the verb should be in infinitive without "to".
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Fill in the blanks with a superlative adjective for Llene los espacios en blanco con un adjetivo superlativo para
the next sentence. la siguiente frase.
“China's population is were leaping of all the "La población de China se saltaban de todos los países."
countries.”
Fill in the blanks with the comparative and superlative Llene los espacios en blanco con los adjetivos
adjetives. comparativos y superlativos.
Comparative or superlative: larger, the largest Comparativo o superlativo: más grande, el más
grande
a. Which state is __ larger _______, Chihuahua or Zacatecas? a. ¿Qué estado es -mayor- , Chihuahua o Zacatecas?
b. Michoacan is _ the largest __ than Hidalgo. b. Michoacán es el _más grande _ que Hidalgo.
c. Which city has the __ the largest __ population: Guadalajara, c. ¿Qué ciudad tiene el _la mayor_ población:
Mexico City or Monterrey? Guadalajara, Ciudad de México o Monterrey?
d. Mexico City has __ larger ______ population of the country. d. Ciudad de México tiene _ mayor_ población del país.
The following sentences have the plural pronoun. Las siguientes oraciones tienen el pronombre
1. These children are nice. plural.
2. I have some mice in my house. 1. Estos niños son agradables.
2. Tengo algunos ratones en mi casa.
Tu asesor de Módulo 3 “Mi vida en otra lengua”, te da material de un tema nuevo para que lo estudies sobre
"el uso de los plurales irregulares" , pero no logras entenderlo, ¿qué haces?
Buscas más referencias para entenderlo, si es necesario pides ayuda al asesor.
Indicate which of the following words is an uncountable Indique cuál de las siguientes palabras es un
noun: noise, street, star, bottle…. sustantivo incontable: ruido, calle, estrella, botella
Noise ....
ruido
Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Llene los espacios en blanco con las palabras
correctas.
Some or any Algunos o cualquier
a. We have one dog, two cats and _ Some _ fish. a. Tenemos un perro, dos gatos y _ Algunos_ peces.
b. There are Some chocolate biscuits in the cupboard. b. Hay _ Algunas_ galletas de chocolate en el armario.
c. I can't find _ any __ books about Mexican movies. c. No puedo encontrar ningunos libros sobre cine mexicano.
d. My daugther doesn't have __ any ____ friends in Jalisco. d. Mi hija no tiene _ ningún_ amigo en Jalisco.
e. Would you like __ Some ___ grapes? e. ¿Quieres __Algunas_ uvas?
Identify the object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us , you, them)
Which object form of the personal pronoun can substitute the underlined phrase in the sentence?
The boys are riding their bicycles.
them
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Read this sentence: Mary works.
Change it to present progressive in the next forms:
1. Affirmative……. Mary is working
2. Negative……… Mary is not working
3. Interrogative….. Is Mary working?
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Complete the following sentence in simple past using the correct verb form and auxiliary:
What time ___ did ___ the last train__ leave __?
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Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense.
"The team has a party".
The team will have a party.
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What does this sentence express?
“It will probably rain tomorrow morning.”
A prediction about the future.
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¿Qué debes hacer si te encuentras en medio de una plática en inglés y,al estar hablando de los planes que
tienes para tu futuro, de pronto ya no sabes de que manera continuarla?
Reconocer que ya no sabes como seguir hablando del tema y solicitar le ayuda a alguien.
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Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb “buy” and the form of future using “going
to”:
“I ___ am going to buy ___ a new car next year. I´m already saving money.”
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Al revisar la forma de formular preguntas en futuro, observas que hay distintas maneras para hacerlo. ¿Qué
opciones aprendes?
Todas para tener diferentes alternativas para preguntar.
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Write the correct connector for the next sentence:
I was studying __ while __ Mom was making dinner.
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Read the next sentence.
It`s not polite to make a lot of noise because you know that others are sleeping.
Now complete the same idea in a question of cause and effect:
Is it polite to make a lot of noise __ when __ you know that others are sleeping?
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Choose a verb for the sentence.
“Peter _ watches _ TV in the evening “
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The next sentences are in simple present.
Las siguientes frases están en presente simple.
1. I often write poems to my wife.
A menudo escribo poemas a mi esposa.
2. The sun barely shines with this weather.
El sol apenas brilla con este tiempo.
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If I want to tell something that happened during the day and the person in front of me does not
understand when I speak in English, what happens to me?
Si yo quiero contar algo que pasó durante el día y la persona delante de mí no entiende cuando hablo en Inglés, ¿qué
me pasa?
I feel frustrated.
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the following sentence is gramatically correct.
La siguiente oración es gramaticalmente correcta.
Why is Julieta working as a hospital administrator this year?
¿Por qué es Julieta trabajando como administrador del hospital este año?
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R= When you are listening to the radio you can hear his voice
Cuando usted está escuchando la radio puede escuchar su voz
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Which object pronoun can substitute the Qué pronombre objeto puede sustituir la frase
underlined phrase in the sentence? subrayada en la oración ?
Can you tell the people the way to the train ¿Puedes decirle a la gente el camino a la estación
station? de tren ?
ellos
them
Which object pronoun can substitute the underlined Qué pronombre objeto puede sustituir la frase
phrase in the sentence? subrayada en la oración?
Can you help my sister and me to finish the homework, ¿Puedes ayudar a mi hermana ya mí para terminar la
please? tarea, por favor?
Us nosotros
Turn this statement into a question: Gire esta declaración en una pregunta:
"Molly buys gift certificates at the department store". "Molly compra certificados de regalo en la tienda por
Did Carla __buy___ gift certificates at the department departamentos".
store? Por favor, certificados de regalo Carla __compra___ en
los grandes almacenes?
What's the correct question to get this underlined ¿Cuál es la pregunta correcta para obtener esta
answer?: respuesta subrayada ?:
I went to the movies yesterday. Fui al cine ayer.
When did you go to the movies? ¿Cuándo te vas al cine?
The following phrases remember the things that you experienced as a kid.
1. On my first birthdays I was afraid of clowns.
2. When I see pictures from my childhood I feel nostalgic.
3. I still see some of my schoolmates from elementary school.
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What would you do if you´re waiting for someone at the airport and a foreigner approaches you and asks you
this:
"Do you know what time the bank opens?"
I´d try to answer using my knowledge in English.
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Choose a logical verb with the correct form of the verb to be for the sentence in future.
“ I _ am going to eat _ hot chips.”
You're invited to a wedding and the invitation says: "After the ceremony, there's a reception with family
and friends”.
Usted está invitado a una boda y la invitación dice: "Después de la ceremonia, hay una recepción con amigos y
familiares".
You understand that:
Usted entiende que:
There will be a reception after the end of the ceremony.
Habrá una recepción después de la final de la ceremonia.
Match the concepts in left column with their corresponding examples on the right column.
Relaciona los conceptos de la columna izquierda con sus correspondientes ejemplos en la columna de la
derecha.
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Mayra Hello everyone: Can anyone tell me when we use a "subject pronoun" and when an "object
pronoun"?
sent 2 hours ago
Juan when the noun is in the position of the object and we don´t want to repeat the noun, bye
Miguel when we want to substitute a noun in a sentence. If the noun is before the verb we use the
"subject pronoun". If the noun is after the verb we use the "object pronoun".
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Ismy when the noun has the function of a subject and we don´t want to repeat it, oxoxo
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Jonás when we want to substitute a noun. If the noun is singular, we use a "subject pronoun"...if the
noun is plural we use the "object pronoun" ok?
Mayra Thank you everyone, all your answers are interesting but I think only one is correct.
1 hour ago
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Order the numbers of the following words to make a logical sentence in the conditional for future.
Orden los números de las siguientes palabras para formar una frase lógica en condicional para el futuro.
1. every day
2. your brain
3. read
4. work
5. better
6. if you
7. will
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1-is going to wash 2- am going to fry 3- isn't going to sell 4- am going to visit
1-se va a lavar 2- voy a freír 3- no va a vender 4-voy de visita
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Si conocieras a una persona de habla inglesa a través de una red social ¿cómo intercambias información con ella sobre
tu proyecto de vida?
Expresarías de manera autónoma tus ideas utilizando las nociones gramaticales y vocabulario propias para su
formulación.
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Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous.
Cambia la conjugación correcta del verbo para las frases en pasado progresivo.
“My parents ________ for me.”
“Mis familiares _________ por mi”
were waiting
están esperando
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Choose the correct verb conjugation for the sentence in past continuous.
Cambia la conjugación correcta del verbo para las frases en pasado progresivo.
“ We ____ the four o'clock bus.”
“Nosotros ________ el autobús a las cuatro en punto”.
were taking
tomamos
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Past progressive indicates:
El pasado progresivo indica:
An action in progress in the past at a specific time.
Una acción en progreso en un tiempo pasado especifico.
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Complete the conversation using the correct form of the verbs for past progressive. Use the verbs in
parenthesis.
Completa la conversación usando la forma correcta de los verbos en pasado progresivo. Usa los verbos en paréntesis.
Lupe: I’m afraid I’ve broken the pot for the mole.
Me temo que he roto la olla para el mole.
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Pedro: Oh no! What _____________ (do)?
¡Oh, no! qué estabas haciendo (hacer)?
2
Lupe: I __________ (take) it into the dinning room.
yo estaba tomando (tomo) en el comedor.
3
I bumped into Chayo. She ____________ (come) out just as
Me topé con Chayo. Ella estaba saliendo (vamos) justo cuando
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I _________ (go) in.
Yo estaba entrando (ir).
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“Now I’m reading about how to be a lot more careful about the environment. I’m living in Mexico City and
Correcto Incorrecto
there´s a lot of pollution. There were trees and birds everywhere in the past, the sun was shining and people
Incorrecto
enjoyed the city a lot more. Moreover, currently violence and crime are affecting us very hard, although
Correcto
everybody is fighting against them. Time’s running fast and we’re requiring some kind of solution.
Correcto Correcto Correcto
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Complete the conversation with the correct past forms of verb.
Complete la conversación con las formas correctas del verbo en pasado.
"to be"
“ser o estar”
Lore: I ________ in Istanbul last summer.
Lore: Yo estuve en Estambul el verano pasado.
Roberto: Really? How long ________ you there?
Roberto: En serio? Cuánto estuviste aquí?
Lore: For three weeks
Lore: Por tres semanas.
Roberto: ________you there on business or on vacation?
Roberto: Estuviste aquí de negocios o de vacaciones?
Lore: I _______there for fun.
Lore: Yo estuve aquí por diversión.
was were were was
estuve estuviste estuviste estuve
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Choose the correct answer according to the picture below.
Cambia la respuesta correcta de acuerdo a la imagen.
Which is the nearest mainland neighbor?
South Korea
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Choose the correct form of the adjective in parenthesis for each of the following sentences.
Cambia la forma correcta de los adjetivos de los parentesis para cada una de las siguientes frases.
1. "This is (cheap, cheaper, cheapest) than that one", said the seller.
"Este es (barato, más barato, más barato) que el otro", dijo el vendedor.
2. Today there are (nice, nicer, nicest) people than yesterday.
Hoy hay (bonito, bonitos, agradables) personas que ayer.
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“Did she tell you what time did the last train leave?”
"¿Le dijo a qué hora dejó el último tren?"
It's incorrect because in an embedded question after the Wh word we can't use
another auxiliary before the subject, the second sentence has to be affirmative or
negative.
Es incorrecta porque en una pregunta incrustada después de la palabra Wh no podemos utilizar otro auxiliar
antes el tema, la segunda frase tiene que ser afirmativa o negativa.
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Order the next words to make a meaningful sentence.
Ordene las siguientes palabras para hacer una frase con sentido.
1. you
2. last
3. ?
4. go
5. week
6. did
7. where
7 614253
Where did you go last week?
¿A dónde fuiste la semana pasada?
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Rewrite the sentence using the simple future tense
Vuelva a escribir la frase con el futuro simple
"I am a teacher".
"Yo soy un profesor".
I will be a teacher.
Voy a ser un maestro.
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