Unit 

One – Written practice 
Lesson One
Read the following dialogue:

Liz:  Hi, Daniel. How are you today?

Daniel: Hi, Liz. I'm not good. My pet is lost.

Liz: Oh, that's terrible. Can I help you?

Daniel: Yes, of course. Let's look around the neighborhood. 
May be we find it. 

Answer these questions. Say True (T) or False (F):

TRUE FALSE

Daniel missed his pet ________ ________

Daniel was good ________ ________

Liz though that it was wonderful ________ ________

Liz offered help to Daniel ________ ________

Now,   work   with   a   partner.   Try   to   complete   following   the 

instructions:

Your partner: ___________________________________________
(Ask about his/her health)

You:  ___________________________________________________

(Answer pessimistically)

Your partner: ___________________________________________
(Express pain/offer help)

You: ____________________________________________________
(Thank your friend)
    Lesson Two

Read and comment the following paragraph:

Appearance.

Most   of   the   time   we   complain   about   the   way   we   look.   So 

expressions like these are common: 

­If I am short, I want to be tall.
­If I am blond, I want to be brunette.
­If I have straight hair, I want to have it curly.

So, people will say:

­I don't like the color of my hair so I will dye it.
­I don't like my body so I will undergo surgery.
­I don't like my weight so I will go on a diet.

The   worst   situation   is   when   people   do   what   their   friends 

want them to do, in order to be accepted.

Answer these questions:

1. What is the paragraph about?
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2. Do you agree with this?
__________________________________________________________

3. What is your opinion about appearance? 
__________________________________________________________

4.   What   do   you   think   about   kindness,   humbleness   and 

friendliness? 
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Read   the   following   dialogue.   Somewhere   in   the   city,   a 
reporter is asking a few questions to a citizen:

Reporter: Good morning, Sir. My name is Miss X. I'm a T.V. 
Reporter, and want to ask you a few questions. Would you 
help me?

Citizen: Yes, sure.

Reporter: Good. What's your name?

Citizen: My name is Mr. Z.

Reporter:  Good.  Mr.   Z,   what's   your   opinion   about   Global 

Warming?

Citizen: Well, I think it's a serious threat, a phenomenon 
caused by human actions. 

Reporter:  That's right. And how do you think we all human 
beings would help to reduce its impact?

Citizen:  I   think   around   the   Globe,   workers,   factories, 

governments   and   people   should   be   a   little   more   conscious 
about this, and agree in a way to solve this problem.

Reporter: Thank you, Mr. Z.

Citizen: It's nothing at all, Miss X. 

Now, imagine you are an interviewer in a T.V. program. You 
interview a guest. Ask for his/her opinion about any given 
topic. Follow this example:

You (interviewer): _______________________________________

Your guest: ______________________________________________

You (interviewer): _______________________________________

Your guest: ______________________________________________
     
 Lesson Three

Look at these pictures. Then answer the questions:

What is he doing?
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What is she doing?
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What is the dog doing?
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What is the boy doing?
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Change these sentences to the negative form. Example:

You: Is your father traveling? (work)

Your partner: No, he's not traveling. He's working.

Now you continue. Use the words in parentheses:

Is Robert sleeping? (make the bed)
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Is Ana watching T.V.? (do the laundry)
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Is Aunt Carmen reading the newspaper? (help mom to cook)
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Is Uncle José drinking coffee? (repair the clock)
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 Lesson Four 

Look at this picture:

TRAVELING

BASEBALL MOVIES

SHOES
Carlos thinks about what he would do if he got good marks 
this term:

If I get good marks this term, I will...

… go with my friends to see the baseball game

… travel with my family to Porlamar

… buy a new pair of shoes

… go to the cinema and see a movie

Make four sentences. Use the conditional to talk about the 
things you would do, if it were possible.

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Use your dictionary. Look for these words:

Nouns

plastic __________________

plate __________________

player __________________

post­card __________________

regards __________________

rest __________________

road __________________

shape __________________

ship __________________

silk __________________

size __________________

soap __________________

speaker __________________

stair __________________

store __________________

suit __________________

suitcase __________________

teeth __________________
 Other words

afraid __________________

alone __________________

at once __________________

awful __________________

boring __________________

both __________________

brave __________________

darling __________________

during __________________

each __________________

else __________________

empty __________________

everything __________________

glad __________________

how long __________________

how much __________________

if __________________

just __________________

louder __________________

narrow __________________
 Verbs
base form  simple past  past participle

hate hated hated     ________________

hide hid hidden    ________________

hit hit hit       ________________

hope hoped hoped     ________________

hurt hurt hurt      ________________

invite invited invited   ________________

pass passed passed    ________________

receive received received  ________________

rest rested rested    ________________

ride rode ridden    ________________

run ran run   ________________

set set set   ________________

show showed shown   ________________

smoke smoked smoked   ________________

suppose supposed supposed   ________________

telephone telephoned telephoned _______________

thank thanked thanked    _______________

throw threw thrown    _______________

underline underlined underlined _______________

wish wished wished     _______________