GUÍA DE ESTUDIO

R E I N I C I A N D O

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2011

[CÍRCULOS DE ESTUDIO ] [Prof. Gustavo Vázquez Martínez, Plantel 6 Vicente Guerrero ]

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CÍRCULOS DE ESTUDIO: es una forma de estudio grupal sin grandes

complicaciones y posible de concretar con mínimos recursos, el tamaño de los

grupos es variable. No existen las calificaciones formales, ni quienes asuman la

función de profesores, lo importante es la construcción colectiva del conocimiento.

Son, sus participantes quienes determinan la orientación y planificación de sus

estudios conforme a sus propias necesidades y realidades.

El principal objetivo de los círculos de estudio es lograr una comprensión cada vez

más amplia de la realidad y un crecimiento personal y colectivo permanente.

Exige una actitud cooperativa. Todos tienen que sentirse responsables y contribuir

con su aporte a la labor común. Se intercambian experiencias y se produce una

comprensión más profunda de las situaciones. Pero se necesita también de otros

conocimientos: buscar e investigar nueva bibliografía, hacer visitas de estudio,

consultar a los equipos especialistas, etc.

El trabajo consta, por un lado, de la actividad individual que se realiza entre

encuentro y encuentro (estudio del material) y, por otro, de un trabajo colectivo de

análisis y discusión de la información conseguida.

CONSIDERACIONES

1. El círculo de estudio consta de 25 hrs. presenciales y 10 hrs. virtuales.

2. Los temas deben de estar revisados previamente

3. Trabajar en equipos

4. Cumplir con tareas

5. Participar entusiastamente

6. Inscribirse al grupo virtual, que le indique el profesor

7. Conformar un portafolio de evidencias

8. Aclaración extra de dudas (manifestarlas en nuestro grupo en yahoo).

READ AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE QUESTIONS IN THE BOX.

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And you? How are you? Are you a doctor? What do you do?

What´s your name? Are you Pedro Dorantes?

1. ______________________________________

2. Fine, thanks. ______________________________________

3. Not bad.

4. ______________________________________

5. No, I´m not. I´m Pedro Torres.

6. ______________________________________

7. No, I´m an Architect.

8. ______________________________________

9. I´m Tony Wilson

10. ______________________________________

11. I´m a nurse.

MATCH THE COLUMNS TO COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE.

1. Good morning. I´m Ronald Smith.

What‟s your name? a. Nice to meet you

2. How are you‟ b. No, I´m an actress

3. How do you spell your last name? c. I´m Cristy Yoli

4. I´m Norma Díaz d. B-R-O-W-N

5. Are you a singer? e. I´m a carpenter

6. What do you do? f. Fine, thanks. And you?

MATCH THE COLUMNS TO COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE.

1. What‟s your last name? a. No, they aren´t

2. How do you spell your first name‟ b. It´s 558-2456

3. How are you? c. yes, I am

4. What´s your phone number? d. C-H-A-R-L-Y

5. Are they from spain? e. No, she isn´t

6. Are you a student? f. Wagner

7. Is she American? g. Fine, thanks. And you?

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.COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT NATIONALITY.

1. I´m from Japan. I´m _______________________.

2. I´m from Australia. I´m ____________________.

3. I´m from ________________________.I´m Spanish

4. I´m from ________________________.I´m Egyptian

5. I´m from the USA. I´m _____________________

6. I´m from ________________________.I´m French

7. I´m from ________________________.I´m Mexican

8. I´m from Italy. I´m ______________________.

COMPLETE THE CROSSWORD WITH NATIONALITIES AND COUNTRIES

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Questions with What, where and how old

QUESTION

What Where How old

Is are are

your name? you from? you?

What Where How old

Is is is

his/her name? he/she from? he/she?

LOOK AT THE SENTENCES AND MAKE QUESTIONS.

1. Kate is at home. Where is Kate?

2. Cairo is in Egypt. ________________________________________

3. Her name is Kelly. ________________________________________

4. The student is in class today. ________________________________________

5. W-H-I-T-E-L-Y ________________________________________

6. My name is Pedro. ________________________________________

7. The post office is on Main street.________________________________________

8. P-E-R-E-Z ________________________________________

9. The train station is on Grand ave.________________________________________

10. You are at the market. ________________________________________

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1 one 1st first

2 two 2nd second

3 three 3rd third

4 four 4th fourth

5 five 5th fifth

6 six 6th sixth

7 seven 7th seventh

8 eight 8th eighth

9 nine 9th ninth

10 ten 10th tenth

11 eleven 11th eleventh

12 twelve 12th twelfth

13 thirteen 13th thirteenth

14 fourteen 14th fourteenth

15 fifteen 15th fifteenth

16 sixteen 16th sixteenth

17 seventeen 17th seventeenth

18 eighteen 18th eighteenth

19 nineteen 19th nineteenth

20 twenty 20th twentieth

21 twenty-one 21st twenty-first

22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second

30 thirty 30th thirtieth

40 forty 40th fortieth

50 fifty 50th fiftieth

60 sixty 60th sixtieth

70 seventy 70th seventieth

80 eighty 80th eightieth

90 ninety 90th ninetieth

100 a/one hundred 100th hundredth

101 a/one hundred and one 101st hundred and first

200 two hundred 200th two hundredth

1.000 a/one thousand 1.000th thousandth

10.000 ten thousand 10.000th ten thousandth

100.000 a/one hundred thousand 100.000th one hundred thousandth

1.000.000 a/one million 1.000.000th one millionth

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SOLVE THE MATH PROBLEMS TO FIND THE NUMBERS.

N T H R E E I G H T E E N Q W O E N

E S W F F T T Y U I Y O P Y Y N E A

S X I O N E S D F F T G H T J E K L

S V U X E N I Z X O R C F N T H V B

E R N M Q L S G W U O I E E R U T Y

V T U E I E V O H R F S N W P N A S

E H W L V D N E E T R I H T F D G H

N I N E S I X T E E N X J K L R Z X

C R N V L V S E V E N T E E N E B N

M T Q E W V N E R N T Y Y U I D O P

Y Y A N I N E T Y S D F G H J K L Z

WRITE THE NUMBERS. FOLLOW THE MODEL

a. 44 ___forty four__________

b. 15 _____________________

c. 21_____________________

d. 98_____________________

e. 70_____________________

f. 32_____________________

g. 15 _____________________

h. 99 _____________________

i. 73 _____________________

j. 55 _____________________

PRACTICE THE NUMBERS WRITING THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLES

1. Seventeen plus twenty two equals ____________

2. Seventy three minus twenty one equals ____________

3. Forty eight plus twelve equals ____________

4. One hundred minus eighty equals ____________

5. Sixty four plus thirty three equals ____________

6. Fifty one minus nineteen equals ____________

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

PRONOUN POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE

I You He She We You They

My Your His Her Our Your Their

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO FILL IN EACH GAP.

A. Does she like tennis?

B. Yes, it´s ________ favorite sport.

A. Do you have a telephone number?

B. Yes ________ number is 424-1809

A. Does he like football?

B. Yes, it´s ________ favorite sport.

A. Is Beth your sister?

B. No, ________ is my cousin.

A. Is this Doug´s book?

B. Yes, give it to ________ .

A. Is this Lisa´s pencil?

B. Yes, it´s ________ .

REFER TO THE ITALICIZED WORD OR WORDS WITH THE CORRECT POSSESSIVE

ADJECTIVE.

1. The man is studying his English assignment.

2. Miss Peters is writing in her notebook right now.

3. They usually eat_____lunch at the Ritz Cafeteria.

4. We always study_____English lesson very carefully.

5. That girl always takes very good care of_____clothes.

6. The children are playing with_____toys.

7. I always put_____pens and pencils in the second drawer.

8. You don‟t do_____English lesson.

9. Tom and Bill are walking home with_____friends.

10. Mr. Brown seldom drives_____car to_____office.

11. Miss Davis is using_____sister‟s book today.

12. We write letters to_____friends once or twice a month.

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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE A OR AN.

1. Bob is eating an apple. 2. Tom is eating_____banana.

3. Alice works in_____office. 4. I have_____idea.

5. I have_____good idea. 6. Sue is talking to_____man.

7. Sue is talking to_____old man. 8. I need to see_____doctor.

9. Cuba is_____island. 10. Mary is reading_____article in the newspaper.

11. Bill is_____uncle. 12. He has_____niece and two nephews.

13. _____hour has sixty minutes. 14. _____horse has hooves.

FILL IN THE BLANKS, WRITE THE CORRECT ARTICLE, A OR AN

1. a Frenchman 2. __an Englishman 3. _____German

4. _____book 5. _____apple 6. _____student

7. _____umbrella 8. _____banana 9. _____orange

10. _____important lesson 11. _____elephant 12. _____egg

13. _____argument 14. _____difficult exercise 15. _____hour

16. _____article 17. _____friend 18. _____uninteresting lesson

19. _____house 20. _____car 21. _____automobile

22. _____unimportant lesson 23. _____island 24. _____month

25. _____honest man 26. _____interesting lesson 27. _____old house

28. _____horse 29. _____easy exercise 30. _____excellent teacher

31. _____bad lesson 32. _____big house 33. _____idea

34. _____very easy lesson 35. _____easy lesson 36. _____late class

37. _____early class 38. _____very early class 39. _____good lesson

40. _____cheap car

Possessives

To show that a person possesses something, add an

apostrophe („) and –s to a singular noun.

THE WORKER’S MOTHER

Add an apostrophe („) at the end of plural nouns

(after the –s)

THE WORKERS’ MOTHER

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FAMILY WORDS.

1. Your mother‟s brother is your ____________

2. Your aunt´s children are your ____________

3. Your mother´s sister is your ____________

4. Your father´s father is your ____________

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE POSSESSIVE FORM OF THE NAMES GIVEN.FOLLOW

THE MODEL.

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MODEL: Jean This is ____jean´s_________ book.

1. William Scott Sam is _________________ son.

2. Jane Ann is _________________ sister.

3. Ann Jane is _________________ sister.

4. Kathy Ken is _________________ brother.

5. Ken Kathy is _________________ sister.

6. Grace Scott Ann is _________________ daughter.

7. Helen Baker Kathy is _________________ daughter.

8. Ken Helen Baker is _________________ mother.

9. Sam William Scott is _________________ father.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW USIN THE INFORMATION OF THE PREVIOS

EXERCISE. FOLLOW THE MODEL.

MODEL: Is Kathy Ken´s sister? ___yes, she is Ken´s sister_

1. Is Helen Richard Baker´s wife? _________________

2. Is Ken Richard baker´s son? _________________

3. Is Jane Sam´s sister? _________________

4. Is Helen Baker Ken´s mother? _________________

5. Is William Scott Jane´s father? _________________

6. Is Ann Grace´s daughter? _________________

7. Is Sam Jane´s brother? _________________

8. Is Richard Baker Helen´s husband? _________________

9. Is Grace William´s wife? _________________

10. Is Grace Ann´s mother? _________________

Be questions with who

(a) Who is that (man)? That‟s Mr. Lee.

(b) Who are they? They are Mr. and Mrs. Lee.

(c) Who‟s that man?

Who asks about people.

Note: In questions with who:

is is followed by a singular word.

are is followed by a plural word.

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WITH WHO AND IS OR ARE.

1. A: Who is that woman? 2. A:_________that?

B: she‟s my sister. Her name is Sonya. B: That‟s Ms. Walenski.

3. A:__________your grammar teacher? 4. A:__________your favorite teachers?

B: Mr. Cook. B: Mr. Cook and Mr. Rosenbrg.

Adjectives

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(a) I don‟t like cold weather. (adj)+(noun) (b) Alex is a happy child. (adj)+(noun) (c) The hungry boy has a fresh apple. (adj)+(noun) (adj)+(noun)

Ajectives derscribe nouns. In grammar, we say that

adjectives ”modify” nouns. The word “modify”

“change a little” Adjectives give a little different

meaningto anoun: cold weather, hot weather, nice

weather, bad weather.

Adjectives come in front of nouns.

(d) The weather is cold. (noun)+(be)+(adj)

Reminder: an adjective can also follow be, the

adjective describes the subject of the sentence.

PUT THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE DESCRIPTIONS.

1. is / and / tall / heavy / she __________________________________________________

2. has / she / hair / brown __________________________________________________

3. James/black/and/hair/eyes/green/has ______________________________________________

4. heavy/is/average height/Mike/and ________________________________________________

5. have/brown/I/and/eyes/blue/hair _________________________________________________

Present simple I, you, we, they

1st person

2nd

person

3rd

person

Singular

I talk

You talk

Plural

We talk

You talk

They talk

The simple present tense expresses habits. Eating

breakfast is a habit, a usual activity. Every morning.

READ THE STORY. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

Mrs. and Miss Nahón are chemistry teachers. They love school. They go to school everyday at 6:30 in the

morning, and they get back home at 2:00 in the afternoon. They go to school by car. They don´t go to school

on weekends. They don´t go to school on holidays either.

Mrs. and Miss Nahón don´t usually watch television after dinner. They don´t usually go to sleep early either.

1. Do Mrs. and Miss Nahón go to school on weekends? ________________________

2. Do they go to school at 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning? ________________________

3. Do they watch television after dinner? ________________________

4. Do they go to sleep early? ________________________

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Present simple he, she, it

FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW WITH THE SINGULAR FORM OF THE VERBS

GIVEN.FOLLOW THE MODEL.

MODEL: WATCH He watches the parade.

1. go He _______________ to the game on Saturday.

2. work She _______________ in a hospital.

3. walk Ann _______________ to school.

4. teach Mrs Scott _______________ a class.

5. talk He _______________ to the children.

6. do _______________ she like candy?

7. listen Mr.Smith _______________ to his children.

8. read She _______________ the books.

9. come He _______________ home at 5:00 in the afternoon.

10. play

11. } Sam _______________ football.

CHANGE THE SENTENCE BELOW FROM PLURAL TO SINGULAR. FOLLOW

THE MODEL.

MODEL: The men listen to me. The man listens to me.

1. The women talk to Andy. _________________

2. The men listen to music. _________________

3. The girls draw houses for fun. _________________

4. The boys play the piano. _________________

5. The children wait for the bus. _________________

6. My English teachers teach me with funny activities. _________________

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS TO COMPLETE THE STORY OF

THE NAHÓN´S DAUGHTER.

Zaira Nahón is a teacher,too. She ________ (teach) English in Marshal‟s school. She ________ (go) to

school every saturday at 6:30 in the morning, and she ________ (get)back home at 12:00 in the afternoon.

She ________ (not/go) to school by car. She ________ (arrive) to school by taxi. She ________ (work) in a

public school, too.

Zaira Nahón ________ (watch) television after dinner. She ________ (go) to sleep late.

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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE QUESTION WORDS FROM THE BOX.

1. ___________ is your name?

2. ___________ town or city were you born?

3. ___________ old are you?

4. ___________ do you live?

5. ___________ is your telephone number?

6. ___________ many languages can you speak?

7. ___________ do kangaroos live?

8. ___________ is the smallest ocean in the world?

9. ___________ won the Novel Prize for literature in 1971?

10. ___________ invented the telephone?

Be + adjectives

FIND THE ADJECTIVE IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. THEN COMPLETE THE SECOND

SENTENCE WITH BE + AN ADJECTIVE THAT HAS AN OPPOSITE MEANING. USE THE

ADJECTIVE IN THE LIST. USE EACH ADJECTIVE ONLY ONCE.

1. I‟m not sad. I ‘m happy 2. Ice isn‟t hot. It _______________.

3. Mr. Thomas isn‟t rich. He _______________. 4. My hair isn‟t long. It _______________.

5. My clothes aren‟t dirty. They _______________ 6. Flowers aren‟t ugly. They _______________.

7. Cars aren‟t cheap. They _______________. 8. Airplanes aren‟t slow. They ______________.

9. Grammar isn‟t difficult. It _______________. 10. My sister isn‟t short. She ______________.

11. My grandparents aren‟t young. They ______________.

12. The dormitory isn‟t quiet. It _______________. 13. The door isn‟t close. It _______________.

14. Guns aren‟t safe. They _______________. 15. Lemons aren‟t sweet. They ______________.

MAKE SENTENCES BY USING IS OR ARE AND AN ADJECTIVE FROM THE FOLLOWING

LIST. USE EACH ADJECTIVE ONLY ONE TIME.

beautiful expensive open clean fast

poor cold happy short dangerous

noisy sour easy old tall

beautiful hot sour cold important

square dry large/big sweet flat

round wet funny small/little

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1. Fire is hot.

2. Ice and snow _______________.

3. A box _______________.

4. Balls and oranges _______________.

5. Sugar _______________.

6. An elephant _______________.

7. A rainforest _______________, but a dessert _______________.

8. A lemon _______________.

9. A joke _______________.

10. Good health _______________.

11. Flowers _______________.

12. A coin _______________, small, round and _______________.

Frequency adverbs

Always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom,

rarely, and never are called

“frequency adverbs”

They come between the subject and the

simple present verb.

always

usually

often

Subject + sometimes + verb

seldom

rarely

never

WRITE THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE SENTENCES.

1. in math class /never /speak /we /English ___________________________________________

2. I /study/ on Friday /sometimes ___________________________________________

3. rarely /sugar /Sonia /eats ___________________________________________

4. does /always /Carla /her /homework ___________________________________________

5. early /Susan /gets up /usually ___________________________________________

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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF USING THE

FRECUENCY ADVERBS

1. I ____________ dance at parties

2. I ____________ buy records

3. I ____________ watch TV on sundays

4. I ____________like my English class

5. I ____________ walk to school

6. I ____________ go to the novies on fridays

7. I ____________ eat a big breakfast

8. I ____________ play baseball

9. I ____________ go to church

10. I ____________ sing in my English class.

Before and after in time clauses

A clause is a group of words that has a

subject and a verb.

A time clause can begin with before or after:

Before + S V = a time clause

After + S + V = a time clause

FIND THE MAIN CLAUSES AND THE TIME CLAUSES.

1. before I eat the banana, I peel it.

Main clause = I peel it.

Time clause = Before I eat the banana

2. We arrive at the airport before the plane lands.

3. I go to a movie after I finish my homework.

4. After the children get home from school, they watch TV.

5. Before I move to this city, I live at home with my parents.

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There + be

There + be is use to say that something exists in a

particular location.

Notice: the subject follows be:

There is + singular noun

+ plural noun

Contractions:

There is = there’s

There are = there’re

READ THE STORY BELOW. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. WRITE COMPLETE

SENTENCES.

The Martinez family likes their new apartment. Their apartment is very big and is located in

the Condesa colony. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room. All

the rooms are very big, especially the living room. It has four windows and two doors. There

are seven pictures on the walls and a rug on the floor. There is a big television next to the

door. There is a table by the window, and there are two beautiful chairs by the table.

1. Is there a television in the bedroom? _______________________________________

2. Are there two chairs by the table? _______________________________________

3. Are there two pictures on the bedroom´s walls? _______________________________

4. Are there two bathrooms? _______________________________________

5. Is there a kitchen? _______________________________________

6. How many windows are there in the bedroom? _______________________________

WRITE THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE SENTENCES.

1. are /music /there /great /stores /two

___________________________________________

2. modern /is /theater /a /movie /there

___________________________________________

3. many /restaurants /are /good /there /how

___________________________________________

4. supermarket /there /your /house /is /near /a

___________________________________________

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Should/shouldn‟t

Should is fallowed by a verb.

Incorrect: He should goes.

Incorrect: He should to go.

Negative: should not

Contraction: should + not = shouldn‟t

. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. BEGIN THE SENTENCE WITH “YOU SHOULD…” USE THE

EXPRESSIONS IN THE LIST.

1. A: I want to mail a package.

B: You should go to the post office.

2. A: I‟m sleepy. 3. A: I need to cash a check.

4. A: I have a toothache. 5. A: I‟m flunking all my courses at school.

6. A: The plumbing in my apartment doesn‟t work. 7. A: I need to renew my visa.

8. A: My shoes have holes in the bottom.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE USE SHOULD OR SHOULDN’T

1. Students should come to class everyday.

2. Students shouldn’t cut class.

3. We __________ waste our money on things we don‟t need.

4. It‟s raining. You __________ take your umbrella when you leave.

5. Jimmy, you __________ pull the cat‟s tail.

6. People __________ be cruel to animals.

7. Your plane leaves at 8:00. You __________ go to the airport by 7:00.

8. Life is short. We __________ waste it.

9. You __________ smoke in a public place because the smoke bothers other people.

10. We __________ cross a street at an intersection. We __________ jaywalk.

11. When you go to New York City, you __________ see a play on Broadway.

12. You __________ walk alone on city streets after midnight. It‟s dangerous.

13. When you go to Bangkok, you __________ visit the floating market.

14. When you go to a football game, you __________ throw things on the field.

Buy a new pair of shoes √go to the post office

Call the land lady go to bed and take a nap

Go to the bank see a dentist

Go to the immigration office study harder