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Ingls IITenses and sentences

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Paco is relaxing in the hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa. He doesn't like flying and he gets really

excited whenever he has to fly. The flight fro !reat "ritain to the #nited States was really short in

co$arison with the flight fro the States to South Africa. So, he feels very tired. After having a cu$ of

soft drinks in the bar of the hotel and en%oying soe usic, he has gone to bed and has dreat. &an you

iagine what he has dreat of That's it( He has dreat of $lanes and $arachuting( )ow he is ha$$y.

He has woken u$. He feels relieved because his feet are on the ground. At this very oent, he is

netsurfing and he is reading a new introduction of hiself he wrote soe weeks ago, %ust before his

travel around the world started.

Read what Paco has written about himself on the web.

Hello, everybody, y nae is Paco !on*+le*. et e introduce yself a little so that you ay know e andy faily a bit better. - a twenty one years old. - live in &rdoba with y $arents and y sister Sonia. - astudying /orld History at #niversity. )ow, - can s$eak 0nglish better than before thanks to y sister. She is

hel$ing e i$rove y 0nglish because - a travelling around the world in a few weeks. - don't like flying,well, in fact, - hate flying. - get really anxious and excited whenever - have to fly. 1irst, - a going to the#nited 2ingdo, then to the #nited States and then to South Africa. - a looking forward to it(

Sonia is very kind, attentive and $atient. She is co$letely different fro y elder brother, Alex. Alex is anengineer. He lives with Susan, his girlfriend, in 3adrid. He is a very hardworking $erson, but very i$atient

and a bit arrogant and egocentric. He is always s$eaking about hiself. 3y $arents, on the contrary, are veryhuble and gentle and y father, s$ecifically, is far ore courageous than e. He is not afraid of anything.

About y everyday activities - ust say that - get u$ very early in the orning to go to university. After thelessons, - have lunch with y $arents and Sonia. -n the afternoon, - usually $lay tennis or football and go outwith y friends. -' keen on s$orts. However, what - like best is fishing. - usually go fishing with y father

and $ractise 'catch and release fishing'. - also like the cinea. 3y friends and - often go to the cinea onSaturday evenings. )ext Saturday, we are eeting at the usual $lace. After that, we usually go to a burger barand have a sandwich and a coke. /e don't drink any alcohol. /e don't like alcohol. )ow, could you tell ethings about yourself

Paco.

1.The following sentences from the passage are either in the Present Simple or the Present Continuoustenses. Write them in the correct place and fill in the rest of the chart. Pay attention to the third personsingular!!!!!! When you write the questions, ask aout the information underlined. f there is nothingunderlined, ask a "es#$o question. %&' puntos(

).g.*

Affirmative Negative Question(use "you" instead of

"I/we")

My name is Paco GonzlezMy name isn't Paco

Gonzlez What's your name ?

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1. I live in C+rdoawith my parents 2. I am studying World istoryat University 3. She is helping meimprove my English 4. I am travelling around the world in a few weeks 5. I don't lie !lying ". #e lives withSusan $. #e is not a!raid of anything %. &e are meeting at the usual place . &e don't drin any al(ohol

1). &e usually go to a urger ar

Present Simple

-ffirmatie $egatie /uestion%use 0you0 instead of 0#we0(

Present Continuous

-ffirmatie $egatie /uestion%use 0you0 instead of 0#we0(

&. -s you can see, Paco has used two tenses mainly, the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.Choose one of the main uses of these tenses from the o to complete the chart. -n eample is gien. %1'puntos(

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*epeated a(tion + ,(tion o((urring at the moment o! speaing + -lanned !uture events +Simple statement or !a(t + ,(tion happening around now + eneral truth + /er0 o! the senses or mental

pro(ess + *epeated and irritating a(tion

Sentences 2se %P. Simple#P. Cont.(

I live in rdo0a with my parentsSimple statement or fact (P. Simple)

I am studying &orld #istory at the University

She is helping me improve my English

I am travelling around the world in a !ew wees

I hate !lying

She is (ompletely di!!erent !rom my elder 0rother

#e is always speaing a0out himsel!

I get up very early in the morning

I usually play tennis or !oot0all

I also lie the (inema

&e are meeting at the usual pla(e

3. 4ewrite the following sentences in the forms asked. %1' puntos(

-. e thought it would e a good idea to help antiracist associations.

1. Interrogative o! the -resent Simple2. egative

3. -resent Simple

4. egative+Interrogative

5. egative o! the -resent Simple

5. -t this point had to inform my wife.

1. Interrogative o! the -resent Simple

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2. egative

3. -resent Simple

4. egative+Interrogative

5. egative o! the -resent Simple

6. 7ie a question for the underlined word.%1' puntos(

1. he 0alls (ost one poundlast year2. &e attend English (lasses three times a week3.The new managerstayed three months in England.4. The e8mailwarned a0out terri0le viruses in!e(ting (omputers.5. I6ve 0een married for twenty years.

1.2.3.4.5.

9. :ill in the lanks with the ers in rackets in the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense.%; puntos(

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, &hen 839 8you ? eat9 @sushi !or the !irst time@

A I 849 8eat9 @sushi !or the !irst time on my dad's 5)th 0irthday. #e 859 8invite9 @the whole

!amily to a Capanese restaurant.

, 8"9 8you ? lie9 @it@

A ,0solutely. In !a(t7 it 8$9 80e9 ...so good that we 80e9 to that restaurant three times . ,nd

on my mum's 0irthday7 we 8%9 8order9 ...some sushi and 8have9 it at home.

A. Complete these sentences with :B4 or S$C) and supply the correct form of the present perfect%'.9 1'?9 puntos(

1. Steve DDDDD.8not play9 the guitar ...................... he le!t the 0and.

2. #eDDD.. 80e9 the (lass representative ....................... one year.

3. liverDDD..8wor9 here ...................... 1).3).

4. She DDDD8live9 here ...................... the 0eginning o! the year.

5. :ie DDD.80e9 ill ..................... a long time.

>. ook at these pictures %http??-i=ton.(om?es?v2edewht(. They are part of a story. "ou hae toimagine the relation that there is etween the three pictures. We can tell you that the girl in the firstpicture is thinking aout something that happened at an art gallery last weekend. Write the ideas thatconnect the pictures to make the story. We proide you with some words in a o that may help you. "ouhae to use all these tenses* Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous.Write the story in >' words. %1A puntos(

0rother ? e=(iting ? (inema ? 0ored ? yesterday ? !riend ? gallery ? water ? sho(ed ? interesting ? email ? ugly ?0rea ? last weeend ? party ? answer ? e=hi0ition

;. Complete the oes in the following tale with the correct degree of the adDecties.%A puntos(

Positie degree Comparatiedegree

Superlatiedegree

interesting more interestingthan

the most

interesting

white

reasonable

hotter than

the best

more worried than

polite

worse

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1'. Complete the following sentences with one of the adDecties aoe.%6 puntos(

1. Some parts o! ,!ri(a are (onsidered FFFFFFFFFFFFFF areas in the world.

2. -a(o thins ,nthropology is FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF #istory.

3. -eople nowadays are FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF a0out mistreatment.

4. Edward S(issorhands is one o! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF (hara(ters I've ever seen.

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