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INSTITUTO FRANCISCO POSSENTI A.C.

Per crucem ad lucem

GUÍA DE INGLÉS IV

CLAVE 1407

Unidad 1. To be or not to be, that is the question [Ser o no ser...] (William Shakespeare)

1.1 Verbo to be. Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.

Tess and Jen ________(1) best friends. They do everything together. They spend every day
together.
One day they meet on the bus to school. They start talking.
“Hey Jen,” says Tess. “How ________(2) you?”
“Hey girl,” says Jen. “I ________(3) doing fine. What ________(4) going on? What ________(5)
you doing today?”
“Oh,” says Tess, “I _____ _____ (6)doing anything special. I don’t have any plans.”
“That ________(7) cool.”
“Yeah,” says Tess. “But I have something to tell you.”
“Really! Can I try to guess?”
“Umm…” says Tess. “Well…” “Okay, I get three guesses. Ready?”
“Umm, well…okay.” “________(8)we eating dinner together?”
“No, that _____ _____ (9) it.”
“Okay. Are we going to the soccer game together?”
“No. It ____ ____(10) that either.”
Tess looks nervous. Her eyes look sad. A tear starts to fall down her cheek.
“Oh,” says Jen, wiping a tear from her own eye. “Now I know. You ________(11) moving away.”

1.1.1 Frases y expresiones idiomáticas.

Annie) Hey Hilah, this is my boyfriend David.


Hilah) Hi David. I’m Hilah.
David) Hey. Nice to meet you.
Hilah) Nice to meet you too.

Jim) Carlos, I’d like you to meet Peter Brien.


Carlos) Let me introduce myself. I’m Carlos Velasquez of Telefonica Moviles in Argentina.
Peter) Pleasure to meet you.
Carlos) Good to meet you too.
Jim) Peter works for our New York Branch. He’s responsible for International accounts.

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Complete the sentences with the appropriate expression.

1. Hello! ______________________________. I’m Linda, your new colleague.


2. Hi Brian, ___________ my brother Tony.
3. Bill, __________________________ Charles Johnson. He’s the new manager.
4. Good to see you Mary, look, _________ my mom Diana.
5. Good morning. ______________________. My name is Daniel.
6. Mrs. Anderson, _________________________Mr. John Smith, our new neighbor.

1.2 Wh- Questions/Verbo to be. Order the following questions

1. the door / is / at / Who / ?


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2. this / What / is / ?
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3. your / is / When / birthday / ?
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4. are / Where / the keys / ?
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5. closed / Why / the street / is / ?
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6. parents / are / your / How / ?
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1.3 Preposiciones de lugar. Complete the table by writing the places on the correct
prepositions

Italy Possenti Hawai Universidad Av.


the car Toluca Bellas Artes Palace the table
Angel de la Independecia Seminario St. bus Loreto
Santa Fe World Trade Center Sydney

IN… ON… AT…

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1.4.1 Verbo have. Write the correct form of the verb to have.

1.They ________ a beautiful house in the city.


2.I ________ a fantastic apartment in Toronto.
3.My father ________ a new job.
4.My brother________ a lot of friends.
5.They ________ an English test tomorrow.
6.This woman ________ seven children.
7.We ________ a lot of money.
8.They________ an ugly monster.
9.My cousin ________ a new girlfriend.
10.You ________ a different name.

1.4.2 Adjetivos Posesivos y Pronombres Posesivos. Underline the correct option to


complete the sentences.

1. She's not his friend, she's my/mine.

2. Robert didn't drink his own coffee. He drank her/hers.

3. That is one of ours/our friends.

4. His neighbourhood is safe, while my/mine neighbourhood isn't.

5. His neighbourhood is safe, while my/mine isn't.

6. Did your/yours mother call?

7. That house is theirs/their.

8. I don't know theirs/their daughter very well.

9. I talked to my/mine grandmother for three hours last night.

10. I think I got my notes mixed up with your/yours.

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1.4.3 Caso genitivo (‘s). Write the correct form of the possessives into the gaps.

1. This is Peter’s book. (Peter)


2. Let's go to the __________. (Smiths)
3. The __________ room is upstairs. (children)
4. __________ sister is twelve years old. (John)
5. __________ and __________ school is old. (Susan – Steve)
6. __________ shoes are on the second floor. (men)
7. My __________ car was not expensive. (parents)
8. Those are _________ shoes (Mike)
9. __________ CD player is new. (Charles)
10. This is the __________ bike. (boy)
11. These are the __________ pencils. (boys)
12. The __________ keyboard doesn’t work. (computer)

1.5 Textos descriptivos.

What is a descriptive text?


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Name 2 important elements of a descriptive text
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My Best Friend, Ernesto

My best friend is Ernesto and he is my classmate. We go to school together.


Ernesto comes from an educated family. His father is a school principal and his mother is also a
teacher.

He is punctual, well-educated, and has good manners. He is really hard working. He always does
his homework. He is also well-dressed and well-behaved. All teachers have a high opinion of him.
Ernesto has a well-built body. He is gentle but fearless. He takes part in all sports, scout, trekking
and mountaineering activities. He has a good heart. He is truthful, honest and obedient.

He also plays the guitar, and he makes his parents very proud of him. He secures good marks and
is usually top of his class in examinations. He inspires me to work harder. He keeps me away from
bad company. I am happy to have such a friend.

Write a description of a friend or a place you like. Remember to write an introduction,


describe colors, forms and features. Write 50-70 words.

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1.6 Redes semánticas

A semantic framework is (generally) a graphic notation for representing knowledge in patterns of


interconnected nodes. It is a knowledge base that represents semantic relations
between concepts in a network. This is often used as a form of knowledge representation. It is
a directed or undirected graph consisting of vertices, which represent concepts, and edges, which
represent semantic relations between concepts, mapping or connecting semantic fields.

Complete the semantic framework below.

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UNIDAD 2. It is quality rather than quantity that matters [Lo que importa es la calidad, no la
cantidad] (Séneca)

2.1.1 Adjetivos cualitativos:

1. Lucy has a brown cow.


2. New York is a ___________ city.
3. Their ________ performance gave them an award.
4. Mr. Antonio is an __________ policeman.
5. It is a ___________ box.
6. That animal was very _______________.
7. Our Chairman is an ____________ man.
8. Exam was very ______________ but; intelligent candidates passed it easily.
9. Children ate ______________ pieces of chocolate cake.
10. Sneha is a ___________ girl.
11. See the ____________ rose in the garden.

2.1.2 Adjetivos demostrativos. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. ____________ was such an interesting experience.


A. That B. These C. Those
2. Are ___________ your shoes?
A. That B. Those C. This
3. You’ll have to get your own pen. ______________ is mine.
A. That B. Those C. This
4. There is no end to ___________.
A. Those B. This C. These
5. Because of their bad behavior, ____________ children were given allowances.
A. That B. Those C. This
6. ____________ boy had seen it before.
A. Those B. These C. This
7. Is ____________ yours?
A. This B. Those C. These

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2.1.3 Expresiones idiomáticas

It’s a question used to ask about physical


What is … like?
appearance.
It’s a question used to ask about someone’s
What does Sarah's new boyfriend look like?
personality.
He's tall, dark and handsome
What's Sarah like?
She’s great. She’s funny and smart.

What … look like?

Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings.


1. What's she like? ___ a. They are smart and sensitive.
2. What do they look like? ___ b. He's ambitious and very hard working.
3. What's he like? ___ c. She's quiet and very serious.
4. What does she look like? ___ d. I’m tall, blonde with blue eyes.
5. What does he look like? ___ e. She's short with black hair and green eyes.
6. What do you look like? ___ f. They're not identical twins but they're both
7. What are they like? ___ blonde with green eyes.
g. He's quite cute with curly hair and huge brown
eyes

2.2.1 There is / There are. Write the words in the correct order.
1. books in There are the cupboard.
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2. the Are towels bathroom? there in
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3. bed. the There aren't on pillows
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4. TV, there aren't but There's a books.
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5. hotel? there me, a in is the bar Excuse
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