ICFES Autonomous Training
ICFES Autonomous Training
ICFES Autonomous Training
1. A. on a window
TODAY OPEN FROM B. on a tree
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. C. on a mat
2. A. in a toy room
CARE FOR CHILDREN B. in a computer room
From 4 – 8 years old C. in a music room
3. A. in the street
DO NOT EAT HERE B. in a classroom
C. in a bedroom
4. A. at a zoo
PLEASE DO NOT STAND NEAR THE B. at a park
ANIMALS C. at the playground
5. A. in a candy store
COME AND TRY THE NEW BEAUTIFUL B. in a flower store
RED SHIRTS AND BLACK SKIRTS C. in a clothes store
Ejemplo:
0. Children can ask teachers questions about their lessons here. (H)
0. Ejemplo Tom:
Sara: It´ll be an amazing race! A. I agree
B. Keep right
C. As soon as possible
ENTRENAMIENTO PARTE 4
CONOCIMIENTO GRAMATICAL
-Valor 18% para el ICFES-
¿Qué evalúa esta sección?
En la parte 4 se mide su conocimiento de las reglas gramaticales del idioma inglés. En esta
parte de la prueba encontrará un (1) texto con ocho (8) espacios que deberá completar eligiendo
una palabra de acuerdo con su uso o tiempo verbal.
Lea todo el texto antes de empezar a responder y busque la idea general de la lectura,
acerca de qué trata, qué sabe usted sobre el tema y si están relatando una situación o
hablando de un personaje en el presente, pasado o futuro.
A medida que va leyendo el texto, trate de predecir cuál sería la categoría (preposición,
adverbio, conector, verbo modal) y palabra correcta para llenar cada espacio.
Lea nuevamente la oración y preste atención a las palabras ubicadas antes y después de
los espacios en blanco.
Una vez seleccione la respuesta correcta, lea toda la oración para asegurarse que el
texto tiene sentido a nivel de uso, categoría gramatical o tiempo verbal.
The term “fast food” is (0) ___ for restaurants that serve cheap meals (16) ___ in paper bags
or boxes, for example burgers or French fries. Fast food (17) ___ popular in the United States
in the 1950s, but today, it´s known that it´s bad for your body.
There´s also “slow food”. It began in 1986 thanks to Carlo Petrini, an Italian journalist (18) ___
found a Mc Donald´s restaurant in Rome. He thought it was horrible.
(19) ___, Petrini started “slow food”, which is about (20) ___ fresh food that is cooked for a
longer time; that´s why this food is (21) ___. It has two goals: to make the food of one´s town
popular, and to buy food grown (22) ___ small farmers. This movement now has (23) ___
80.000 members in 100 countries.
Ejemplo:
I´m an English runner who has won the world marathon six times. I also won four marathons in
the USA and three in London. These are the activities I do when I´m not in competition:
8:30 a.m. – My daughter Vicky comes to our room and says good morning to Gary and me.
Later, I have some melon while giving cereal to her. Then, I have to look at the newspaper.
9:45 a.m. – We leave Vicky at her theater course; then, I run and Gary cycles next to me to
keep me close to my time goal. I sometimes surf after this.
12:30 p.m. – After meeting Vicky at school, we get home and have a big lunch. Then, I play
with her.
2:10 p.m. – Gary usually takes Vicky out while I sleep. When I get up, I boil some water for tea.
7:30 p.m. – In the evening, Gary gives Vicky tea while I finish doing my exercises. Afterwards, I
cook dinner while Gary gives Vicky a bath.
8:20 p.m. – Vicky goes to bed. I read my friend´s messages on the computer, watch volleyball
on TV, and have a conversation with Gary.
10:30 p.m. – Time for bed. I brush my teeth and use some soap for my hands and face. I enjoy
reading, but I haven´t read much since Vicky was born. I also wish I had time for playing the
drums, but I would get Vicky up.
Ejemplo: A. three
1. How many times was Paula the winner B. four
of the competition in London? C. six
To the editor:
The ability to work together towards a common goal is absolutely essential. I consider it
appears in childhood, when kids get involved in positive experiences. I have personally
discovered how nature acts positively in their development. I used to organize expeditions to
natural reservations with my son and daughter, and we would discover magnificent landscapes
from which we learned a lot. Those occasions were marvelous.
Vincent, author of “The Natural Rule”, argues how family environmental organizations are a
suitable way to get families outside to learn from nature and to consider the importance of
protecting this planet. Families are more willing to go to natural spaces if another family
arranges to go with them.
In my opinion, getting involved in such experiences creates suitable conditions for working
together, and I agree, children will feel more comfortable being outside, if others their age are
involved too. This new approach can also be transferred to schools where children realize the
importance of wildlife and its protection. Students will get to actually see the animals and
habitats they are learning about in subjects such as biology or science.
Active involvement in EE should be applied in the classrooms because kids will learn better
and recognize its real world applications. Therefore, they would be able, for instance to confirm
in what region penguins are normally located. Such involvement may be introduced in
academic events aiming at discussing environmental education, so kids could gain more
knowledge of how our planet works and what they can do to take care of it.
A. B.
Allow your students to develop a sense of Environmental instruction is a recent trend to
responsibility with our planet. Provide them make your students improve their academic
with broad and realistic opportunities to face performance in science subjects. Give them
environmental issues. that opportunity.
C. D.
An advantage of EE is that kids will employ to Encourage the children in your classes to use
this knowledge to favor their social demands. EE in order to create environmental
Accompany them in this extraordinary action. organizations. Our planet will thank your
effort.
ENTRENAMIENTO PARTE 7
CONOCIMIENTO GRAMATICAL Y LEXICAL
-Valor 22% para el ICFES-
¿Qué evalúa esta sección?
En la parte 7 se mide su conocimiento tanto gramatical como lexical. El conocimiento gramatical
es la capacidad de reconocer y utilizar diferentes tiempos y formas verbales. El conocimiento
lexical está relacionado con el uso de vocabulario de acuerdo con el contexto. El ejercicio de
esta parte consiste en leer un (1) texto y completar diez (10) espacios con la palabra adecuada.
Se debe seleccionar la opción correcta entre cuatro (4) posibilidades.
¿Cómo responder este tipo de pregunta?
1. Lea cuidadosamente el texto completo haciendo caso omiso a los espacios en blanco y
trate de encontrar el tema general del texto.
2. Lea nuevamente el texto y preste atención a las palabras que están antes y después de
los espacios en blanco. Luego, lea las opciones de respuesta, esto le permitirá identificar
si la pregunta requiere un conocimiento gramatical o lexical.
3. Si es una pregunta de conocimiento gramatical, observe qué categoría gramatical le da
un desarrollo lógico al texto, identificando partes de la oración y conjugaciones verbales.
4. Si es una pregunta de conocimiento lexical, identifique que la palabra que usted elija de
las opciones de respuesta le dé sentido y un desarrollo adecuado al texto.
Piense en la palabra que necesita para completar la oración: ¿se trata de un verbo, una
preposición, un sustantivo, adjetivo?
Si se trata de un verbo, lea cuidadosamente la oración para determinar la forma en que
debe ser usado.
Use estrategias de las secciones 3 (Conocimiento comunicativo) y 4 (Conocimiento
lexical).
Scott Kelly, officer of the International Space Station, has (0) ___ become the US astronaut
that NASA has (36) ___ to stay for the longest period in space. Up there, he said that his
hobby was taking photographs of the (37) ___ planet underneath. Kelly calls his pictures
“Earth Art”. These pictures have shown us what to (38) ___ next in terms of technology. Kelly
is not (39) ___ a man with camera orbiting Earth – he is (40) ___ an artist.
It’s the human mind (41) ___ work that makes art unique (42). ___ having robots near other
planets capturing images, their photographs haven´t been called pieces of art. Robots cannot
(43) ___ these kinds of poetic pictures, they have taken some interesting images, (44) ___.
These works have (45) ___ that automatically operated space research is not enough; it
should be done by men.
Ejemplo:
0. A. recently B. previously C. freshly D. lately