UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE

WORKSHEET 1

Last names and names: Group: Technical English I K

GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb TO BE- am/ is / are
Good morning colleagues. I ____ the new manager. My name _____George Smith. I _____35 years old.
I _____ from Argentina and I _____very excited to be part of this team. Let me introduce Mike Martin,
he _____ a software developer, he _____ 27 years old and he _____ from Chile. He _____ very creative
and hardworking. This is Michael Landon, he _____ an information technology consultant. He _____ in
his 20’s and he _____ from Australia, he _____ very talented and efficient. We _____ very happy to
start this new company and we _____ sure that it will be a success.

II. Read the text in exercise I and answer the questions

1. What is George’s last name?
2. How old is George?
3. Where is George from?
4. Where is Mike from?
5. Is Mike a software developer?
6. What is Michael Landon’s job?
7. How old is he?
8. Is Michael talented and efficient?
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III. Use the negative form of the verb TO BE to complete the sentences: am not, isn’t, aren’t
1. The engineer is at the conference. He _________ in his office.
2. The computer is old. It _________ fast.
3. We are part of team A. We _________ part of team B.
4. He is very slow. He _________ efficient.
5. The programmer and the web designer are not at work. They _________ on vacation
6. The mouse is old. It _________working well.
7. The screen is broken. It _________in good condition.
IV. Complete the sentence with: there is/ there isn’t/ there are/ there aren’t/ is there/ are there
1. _______________________an optical mouse on the desk. (+)
2. _______________________a mother board in the box. (-)
3. _______________________ two programmers in this company.
4. _______________________ some I-phones in the library. (+)
5. _______________________any pencils on the desk. (-)
6. _______________________any cars in the parking lot?
7. _______________________some staplers in the office. (+)
8. _______________________any water in the glass. (-)
9. _______________________any clients in the waiting room?
10. _______________________a lot of ink for the printer in the office. (+)

V. Complete the sentences with: a/an / some / any

1. Mike is ___________ database manager.
2. Susie is _________ web developer and Tina is _________ information security manager.
3. She found ___________ interesting book at the library.
4. She found ___________ interesting books at the library.
5. Is there ___________ ink in the bottle?
6. There isn’t ___________ ink in the bottle but there is ___________ in the printer.
7. Are there ___________ keyboards in the box?
8. Is there ___________ keyboard in the box?
9. Jim isn’t ___________ programmer. He is ___________hardware technician.
10. There isn’t ___________ notebook on the desk but there is ___________paper.

VOCABULARY
VI. Match column A with column B.
JOB JOB DESCRIPTION
IT consultant _____ a. Operate system and se the network
Programmer _____ b. Detect viruses and hackers
Network manager _____ c. Help discover problems
Database developer _____ d. Code and test software
Information security professional _____ e. Design web pages
f. Analyze data
VII. Look at the picture then write the correct word from this list in the box.

Bookshelf clock printer screen ruler files

Filing cabinet chair paper bin briefcase desk

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

VIII. Listen to the audio and CIRCLE true or false. (AUDIO 1)

1. Her last name is Susan True False
2. Her cellphone number is 212 382 0575 True False
3. Her cellphone number is 212 382 0175 True False
4. She is 84 years old True False
5. Her favorite music is Jazz and tango True False

IX. Listen to the audio and answer the questions. (AUDIO 2)

1. What is her first name? ________________________________________________________
2. Where is she from? ________________________________________________________
3. What’s her job? ________________________________________________________
4. How old is she? ________________________________________________________
5. What is her teacher’s name? ________________________________________________________