COLEGIO NACIONAL NICOLAS E S Q U E R R A INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA DISTRITAL

"EDIFICANDO FUTURO"

PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTODE PERIODO I INGLES GRADO ONCE

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Grade: Date:

•^ne p r e s e n t perfect a n d the s i :

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*' ^eíth on Saturday. > orl:«d there last summen

* '.('nt ¡jerfect <for a t ime that incíud^s

I K^an since thirá grade. 1 5í*e's worked there_/br síx months.

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^ W r í t e e a c h t i m e e x p r e s s i o n i n t h e c o r r e c t c o l u m n o f t h e c h a r t .

• for a week • íast year • in1999 • yesterday • since 1 999 • for three years • Iast week • since my birthday

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R e a d t h e a r t i c í e a n d c i r c l e t h e c o r r e c t v e r b f o r m s .

-'-^nd the .vorid, 260 milHon young * ~ .- -en Aork Many chiídren h a v e w o r k e d ^

w o r k e d S f H c e the age of five. Craig er ^ h a s h e a r d / h e a r d about ibis

•j ^ h a s b e e n / w a s tweive years oíd, " -"te decided to do somethlng to he!p the

He * h a s s t a r t e d / s t a r t e d -izat'on calied Free the Chüdren :h hfs friends. Since 1995, they

nave h e l p e d / h e l p e d a mniion chüdren. "'.í. ^ h a v e buHt / b u i l t more than 400

^ r : i'.ar^ schools m poor countries, aríd h a v e r a i s e d / r a í s e d a lot of money.

C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s . U s e t h e p r e s e n t p e r f e c t o r s i m p l e p a s t f o r m .

1 . In 1995, Crajg Kielburger '---- '- ^ ^ about chüd labor, (fearn)

2 . Since then, he . to help the chüdren. {work)

3. He and his friends Free the Chüdren in 1995. {stari)

4. He a book ín 1998. iwñté) 5. Many peopie the book since

t h e n . (read)

6. Since 1 995, PTC a !ot of chüdren. {help)

U n s c r a m b l e t h e w o r d s t o f o r m s e n t e n c e s .

1 . been / He / three / for / has / weeks / sick / .

h^a be¿irt Bick ror Zhrsé? WCÍSK&.

2. leamed / read / to / year / Iast / She / .

3. has / famtne / íasted / íong / How / the / ?

4 . started / war / m / 20O2 / The /

5. helped / PTC / since / chüdren / has / 1995 / .

6. cíosed / park / How / has / the / Iong / been / ?

^ Write these verb forms in the correct column.

V.

• ridden • fallen • rodé

• seen •did • sav;

•spoke \ • eaten | • been

Simple past Past participle

Q Complete the dialogue with the present perfect

m: Hi Carla.! Tm sorry I ' h^mnt c<'^¡^órJ (cali) you m a while. My cousm Becca ^ (be) w i th US these past days, and I ^ {be) very busy.

CARu: OhlVVhat ( c) you with her so far?

m: A lot We ^ _™„_.„ {seé) two movies and we

C A R L A :

Japanese restaurant! ^ she (be) here Iong?

Au: More than a week now. She = (do) a loi of shopping!

CARIA: Lucky girl! By the way, you

ALi:

(speBk) to Darren this week? No, 1 havent. I inothavé) time for anything!

O Write questions and short answers about the pictures. Use the cues.

1. Nat / ever / play / rugby twe hmt ever playeé ru^bv Ye&, he has.

- T í — T

2. You / send / lette?

3, They / ever / ride / horse

4. We / buy / enough food

5. Sandra/ever/climb/mountain

Comparatives and superlatives

Elige la respuesta correcta.

My mother is tlmn my father.

r oíd

olcler

the oldest

^ the oíd

What is niovie vou have ever seen?

funny

funnier

the funniest

the funnv

Thaí movie was bad, but it wasf|-t I have ever seeii.

baddest

worsesí

•r worse

r theworsí

Raehel's hair is iiot as as Sarah's.

r . l O ü g

loílger

the iongesí

r more long

¥esterdav*s exam was than the oiie Iast month,

díffieult , •'•••,„•"""

r diffículter

ífie ditllcüflest

more díffieult

Feter is as as Alex.

iast

faster

r the fasiest

r the faster

I tliiiik Mary Is womaü I have ever seeii»

r beaiitifiil

r tlie iiiost beaiitiíii!

r the beautilulest

r the beautifuler

Her room is only a little bit tlian mine.

r bigger

r the bigger

big

r he biggest He is when he is pla\1ng fooíbail

c Ihe happier

r happlest

r the happy liappyesl

Miehaers house is from the train than Betty's,

far

r the fnrthest

c

the tarther

further

This is a crossword puzzle about food. Working in pairs or groups, look at the clues and complete the puzzle as fast as you can.

Across 1 . (12letters)

5 ~ Frozen water. (3 iétters)

6 Planta relatad to 10 Dovyn, wLíh narrow grass-l ike leaves used. f ó rg i v ing f lavour to food . (6 letters)

7- You can eat f ish raw, but most peopie ~ _ it. (4 letters) .

8 If you eat too much food , you can feel . (3 letters).

13 You can cook wi th this or put it on salads, etc. (3 letters) .

14 (5 letters

16 A type of fish wi th a palé ^ -f-pink f lesh. (6 letters)

10 (5 letters]

11 Orange-coloured root vegetables. (7 letters)

12

15 Seeds of a plant grown in wet warm places. We usually eat it boiled or fried,

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ürammar practice

Future with going to and wUI

1 * * Complete the email with the correct form of going to or will and the verbs in the box.

• be (x 2) • buy • drive • leave • meet • not need • not take • send • write

From: Stefan

To: Katy

Hi Katy

Fm writing tfiis in an Internet café in Bristol. Tm staying witli Louis and tomorrow we ^ Ve Qoinq to drive to Glastonbury for the rock festival! I read that there ^ about 140,000 people there!

Later today, we ^ a tent. Louis wants to buy a big one but I think we ^ it. We ^ watchlng the bands most of the t ime. There are lots of people selling food at the festival so we ^ any food with us.

I think we ^ early in the morning so we have pienty of t ime to find the campsite. Louis ^ his brother Harry there. I think Harry ^ a text message with his tent's 'address'!

I ° again next week and teli

you all about the festivaL

Love

Stefan

Present continuous for future ; arrangements

2 Complete the sentences with the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

h E n d b n n d Diary dates for the summet Tour d a t e s 20, 21 Apríl London 23. 24 April Warsaw 2&, 27 Apríl Milán 29. 30 April Madrid

4-10 May NYC Recording Studios, USA

15 May charity concert, Los Angeles

June Head Band's holiday!

1 The band 's visitina (visit) Europa in April.

2 They (not play) in Brussels.

3 the band _ _ _ _ _ _ (go) to Reme?

4 The band (play) in London first.

_ (record) a new record.

_ _ _ _ (fiy) to Los

5 In May, they

6 On 15th May, they

Angeles.

7 The band (not work) in June.

3 * * Complete the text with the present continuous form of the verbs in the box.

• cycle «-do • have • move • not go • start • take • work

l've got lots of plans this year. Next week, 11 'm doinq some exams. After them, my

friends and I 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ fifty kilometres to raise money for charity.

My parents 3 US skiing in December so we 4 on holiday this

summer. In August, I 5

I 6 some skiing lessons at an indoor ski school.

in a shop so I can earn some money. In November,

Next term my friends and I 7 at a new school. I'm very excited about it.

It's much bigger than our oíd school so we're going to meet lots of new people.

8 you • to a new school later this year?

^ídiMiiicir piciuuut;

Present perfect simple with time adverbials ei^er, nei^er, already, just, yet

1 Complete the sentences with the present perfect simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1 1 have already boupht (buy) a snack for my lunch.

2 Kathy just (choose) a salad from

the menú.

3 lan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not take) the rubbish outside yet.

4 The children never (make) a mess

in their bedroom!

5 Dad _____ already (go) to the airport.

He's fiying later this morning.

6 the cat just _____ (run) up a tree?

7 We _ _ _ _ _ _ (not spend) all our money yet.

8 you ^ (find) your phone yet?

9 I just _ _ _ _ (go) to the library. Look, Tve

got two books.

2 Complete the telephone conversation with the present perfect simple form of the verbs in the box.

• go • leave • look • make (x 2) • not do • not tidy • start • tidy

Amy: Hi, Tom. Are you busy?

Tom: Yes, I am. My dad 1 has pone to work and he

2 ^__^_ a list of Jobs for Katy and me. He

wants US to do our homework, take the dog

for a waik, tidy our bedrooms and make a

pizza for dinner! I don't know how to make a

pizza. 3 you ever one?

Amy: No, I haven't. Can Katy make the pizza?

Tom: No, she 4 never _ _ _ _ _ one

before and she's a terrible cook.

Amy: 5 you ^ the other jobs yet?

Tom: Yes, I 6 already my bedroom

but I 7 my homework yet. Katy

8 _ _ _ _ ^ _ ^ _ for a walk with the dog but she

9 ^ _ _ _ „ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ her bedroom yet.

Amy: io you _______ on the Internet for a

pizza recipe?

Tom: No, I haven't but that's a good idea, thank you

Present perfect and past simple

3 * * Write sentences. Use the present peffect or the past simple with the time expression.

1 I / c o m e home / at eleven o'clock.

/ carne heme at eleven o'clock.

2 she / ever / win anything?

3 they / never / fall out

4 he / not see / his girifriend / yesterday

5 we / get on well / up to now

6 you / go out / with Alex / yet?

4 Complete the text with the present perfect or the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

• be • get • go • invite • learn • make • move • not start • sit • start

i 1 started at this school four years ago and, so far,

I 2 with the same classmates. Last

year I 3 _ with a boy called Callum

but his family 4 just _____ to Italy.

i 5 an email from him yesterday

and he 6 already some Italian.

He 7 school in Italy yet but he 8

already friends with the boys who live in his

Street.

Callum and his parents 9 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ me to visit

Italy! I'm very excited because I i o _ ^ never

to another country. I'm going to start saving

immediately!

Comparison of adjectives £í Write sentences comparing the two cinemas. Use íhe comparative form of the adjectives with much or not as... as.

1 Cinema Heaven / busy / The Grand

Cinema Heaven is much busier than The Grand.

2 Cinema Heaven / cheap / The Grand

3 Cinema Heaven / expensive / The Grand

4 The food at The Grand / good / the food at

Cinema Heaven

5 The Grand / oíd / Cinema Heaven'

6 Cinema Heaven / nice / The Grand

S ic^ Complete the text with superlative adjectives. The Ritz Cinema is 1 the ofdest (oíd) cinema in our

tov^n and it is aiso 2 (small). There are

oniy forty seats and they are 3 (bad)

seats in the worid. They are the original seats from

1932 and they are so uncomfortable!

However, the cinema is very popular because it

shows 4 (good) oíd films from the

1930s and 40s. Last year, The Ritz had a comedy

festival and they showed 5 (funny)

films ever made. Next month, my friends and I are

going to see Metrópolis - it's 6

(interesting) science fiction film from the 1920s.

6 Complete the text with comparatives and superlatives.

Ñame Voice Songs Clothes Crash Lee / / / / / / /

Di-Anna / / / /

RV / / / /

All three musicians are terrible! Crash Lee is bad

but Di-Anna's is 1 much worse than him. RV is

2 musician of them alL

Their songs are boring. Di-Anna's songs are

3 Crash Lee's or RV's. RV's

songs are 4 .

They all wear fantastic clothes. Crash Lee wears

5 clothes. RV's clothes are

6 Di-Anna's.

iS) Roundup

7 Complete the articíe with the correct form of the adjectives and verbs in brackets.

Young Musician Competition The winners of this year's Young Musician Compeíition are Jane Marshall (piano), Eric Yeung (violin) and Jason Hall (trumpet).

Jane Marshall is tweive years oíd and she is Htie

youngest (young) winner in the history of ' the

competition. She said, ' I t was ^ (scary) I expected. The competition was ^ (easy)

taking an exam! It was (fantastic) experience. I loved it. I ^ (be) here again next year!'

Eric Yeung said, ^When I won, it was ®

(awesome) moment of my ufe! Next month, I

_ (play) in another competition and I feel

^ (confident) now.'

The trumpet player, Jason Hall, lost his favourite instrument before the competition. ' I t was ^

(awñil) when I lost my trumpet. Luckily, my teacher gave me hers and it was much ° (good)

mine. But I hated the competition because it was scary. I \) next year!'

Defining relative c lauses: who^ which, that, whose, where 5 * * Complete what they are saying.

A

1 There's Don's wife who never does the cleaning.

2 That's my daughter's fiancé _ _ _ _ _ children

are living with his ex-wife.

3 Deborah and her husband are living in a small

fíat she lived when she was single.

4 My granddaughter is here with a boyfriend

she met at a football match.

5 Piona is wearing a dress was very

expensive.

6 There are my two grandchildren are

always noisy.

6 * * Joln the sentences with the correct relative pronoun from the brackets.

1 Jim is my únele. He always sings at weddings.

(which/who) Jim is my únele who always sinos at

weddinQS.

2 That's my sister-in-iaw. Her parents live in Spain.

(that/whose)

3 That is the restaurant. My father asked my

stepmother to marry him. (where/which)

4 This is the ring. My brother gave it to his fiancée.

(that/whose)

5 1 live with my dad, my stepmother and my

stepsister. My family isn't unusual nowadays.

(which/who)

(S) Roundup 7 Complete the interview with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect or the past simple.

Teacher: 1 Have you ever thought (think) about your

future?

Student: Yes, 1 have.

Teacher: 2 you (decide) what

Job you want to do?

Student: l've got some ideas but I 3

(not decide) yet.

Teacher: What jobs 4 you _____

(think) about?

Student: Well, last year I 5 (want)

to be a farmer. Now I 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(chango) my mlnd and 1 want to be a

primary school teacher.

Teacher: 7 _ _ _ _ _ you (spend) any

time with young children?

Student: Yes, I have. l've got three younger

stepsisters who are al! at primary school.

Two months ago I 8 (do)

some work experience at their school and I

9 (enjoy) it.

Teacher: Good. io ^ you (speak)

to your parents about your decisión?

Student: Yes and no. My stepmother and I

11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (talk) about it last night

but 112 (not speak) to my

dad yet.