Exercise on Present Perfect Simple

5to Año - TAE

Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple).

1. I (not / work)  today.
2. We (buy)  a new lamp.
3. We (not / plan)  our holiday yet.
4. Where (be / you) ?
5. He (write)  five letters.
6. She (not / see)  him for a long time.
7. (be / you)  at school?
8. School (not / start)  yet.
9. (speak / he)  to his boss?
10. No, he (have / not)  the time yet.

Past Simple Tense

. Complete the sentences in simple past tense.

A. My parents _______________ [go] to Mendoza last year.

B. The doctor _______________ [see] my knee and said it was OK.

C. That is a lie! I _________________ [not – write] her a letter.

D. The class __________________ [visit] an old museum in Paris. It was wonderful.

E. We never __________________ [travel] to Montana. It’s too far away.

F. You ________________ [see] a new film yesterday.

G. He was angry, because nobody __________________ [go] to his birthday party.

H. I’m so excited! The Cougars’ team ________________ [win] the football tournament.

I. They called me last night from France. We ____________________ [speak] in French.

J. I __________________ [not – do] my homework because I was really tired.

K. Oliver Kahn was a great goal keeper. He ___________________ [catch] tones of balls.

L. My little brother ____________________ [learn] Argentine History.

M. The class was awful! We __________________ [do] too much work.

Past Simple Exercise

Reorder the following words to make sentences.

A . didn’t – New York – We – year – last – go – to

B. holydays – ? – go – you –Where – on – did

C. yesterday – met – my parents – I

D. got – very late – train – The

E. never – you – movie – that – saw

A.__________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________

C.__________________________________________________

D.__________________________________________________

E.__________________________________________________

Present Continuous Tense - Practice

 Rewrite these sentences in Present Continuous Tense.

1. She speaks English _________________     2. I do my homework _____________________

3. We study Mathematics ______________     4. He runs faster _________________________

5. Thomas comes to the school __________     6. The teacher asks a question ______________

7. My friend writes me a letter ___________    8. I learn Biology ________________________

9. Jonas eats a sandwich _______________   10. Robert and Tanne use a computer _________

PST - PCT Practice

 Put in the correct verb forms.

1. Andy __________________ the family car.                                                               2. His friend _________ to school.

   a) washs                                                                                                                         a) go

   b) wash                                                                                                                          b) goes

   c) washes                                                                                                                       c) going

   d) washing                                                                                                                    d) gos

3. Do you _________________ milk in your tea?                                                        4. It __________ a beautiful day.

   a) liking                                                                                                                          a) is

   b) liks                                                                                                                             b) ising

   c) likes                                                                                                                            c) are

   d) like                                                                                                                             d) areing

5.Mandy and Susan ___________________ films every weekend.                         6. John is ____________ handball.

   a) watch                                                                                                                         a) plays

   b) watches                                                                                                                    b) playes

   c) watcheing                                                                                                                 c) playing

   d) watching                                                                                                                  d) playing

Past Stories

Ok boys and girls, brainstorm your ideas here. put the sentences as a comment below.

REPORTED SPEECH

Change to reported speech using the introductory phrase in brackets!

1. Mary said:”I will play cards the day after tomorrow”. (Mary informed me…)
2. Sophie said:”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ….)
3. The teacher said to Jenny: “You have to learn your grammar”. (The teacher told Jenny…)
4. Monique to the immigration officer:” This is my first trip to England.” (Monique told the immigration officer…)
5. He told me:”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”. (He told me …)
6. Nick said:”I’m going to visit my parents next month”. (Nick declared that …)
7. Lilly: “My parents are fine and I really get on with them”. (Lilly said …)
8. Gloria:” I am sorry but I can’t come to your birthday party because I am going away for the weekend.” (Gloria explained that …)
9. Mark:”My friend Gary has found a new job in the music business.” (Mark said that …)
10. Judy: “I have already written this essay four times.” (Judy complained that …)
11. Peter: “I will not stop until this factory is shut down”. (Peter announced that …)
12. Her boyfriend told her: “You have bought yourself a wonderful dress. “ (Her boyfriend told her…)
13. Paul: “I don’t like my new flat” (Paul said that …)
14. My father to Ben:”I am sure I saw you here last week.” (My father told Ben…)
15. Betty:”If I knew the answer I would tell you”. (Betty assured me ….)
16. He said:” Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.” (He said that…)
17. Miss Jackson:”I warned you to study for the test a month ago.” (Miss Jackson reminded me...)
18. Dave:”I was outside the classroom during the break but I saw a group of my colleagues inside the room.” (Dave said that …)
19. Mrs Wilson: “No one has ever spoken to me like this before.” (Mrs Wilson said …)
20. Little Johnny to his neighbour:” I am not proud of what I have done”. (Little Johnny admitted…)

Student's Day Parade in Sarmiento

Sarmiento, September 28th



            Hundreds of people gathered around the town center on Friday to celebrate the Student's Day. Primary and Secondary students prepared the traditional carnaval known in Argentina as "murga". The sang songs, danced at the drums' rhythm, and wore exquisite costumes designed by themselves. The party was fantastic! Here are some of the pictures taken in the parade.

Defining Relative Clauses

relative pronoun	use	example
who	subject or object pronoun for people	I told you about the woman who lives next door.
which	subject or object pronoun for animals and things	Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof?
which	referring to a whole sentence	He couldn’t read which surprised me.
whose	possession for people animals and things	Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse?
whom	object pronoun for people, especially in non-defining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses we colloquially prefer who)	I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference.
that	subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible)	I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen.

Simple Past - Exercises

EXERCISE 1

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Simple Past. Example: ____ she ____ the Internet? (to surf) Answer: Did she surf the Internet?

1) I  my Maths homework yesterday. (to do) 2)  Susan  to England by plane? (to go) 3) They  a farm two weeks ago. (to visit) 4) Jenny and Peggy  their brother. (not/to help) 5) The children  at home last weekend. (not/to be) 6) When  you  this wonderful skirt? (to design) 7) My mother  into the van. (not/to crash) 8) The boys  the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off) 9)  you  your aunt last week? (to phone) 10) He  milk at school. (not/to drink)

EXERCISE 2

Now write your own sentences using verbs from exercise 1.


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Simple Past (Past Simple)

Exercises on Simple Past

The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

Form of Simple Past

	Positive	Negative	Question
no differences	I spoke.	I did not speak.	Did I speak?

For irregular verbs, use the past form (2nd column). For regular verbs, just add “ed”.

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

Use of Simple Past

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
  Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
• actions in the past taking place one after the other
  Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
• action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
• if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
  Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.

Signal Words of Simple Past

• yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday
• If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, …)

Movie: 17 Again

Activity:

1. Write the name of the main character and also mention the name of the family members.
2. What is (the MC) dealing with?
3. How different was his life back in 1989?
4. Describe his best friend as well as you can.
5. Set differences between the MC and his friend using comparatives (at least three).
6. If you had the chance to get back in the past, which changes would you do?

3ero Polimodal - Turismo

Chicos, dejen como comentario las oraciones del ejercicio. Un saludo, Felices Vacaciones


Diego.

Tell the time

Write the time.

Example:   

          5:20 - it's twenty past five.

a) 2:30 - 

b) 1:15 - 

c) 5:40 - 

d) 6:45 - 

e) 12:20 - 

f) 7:55 - 

g) 8:00 - 

h) 4:50 - 

i) 9:05 - 

Doble Negative in English

As we stated previously, there isn't such a thing like "double negative" in English though it's rellay common to do it in Spanish. now, we'll try some examples in class. Please translate these sentences into English.

1. Nada quiero hacer hoy.
2. El no ha hecho nada.
3. No he visto a nadie desde entonces.
4. Jamás creerás que nunca he jugado fútbol.
5. Nunca comprenderemos que jamás hemos sido inútiles.
6. Es innecesario pensar siempre en las cosas que jamas hemos hecho.

New Facebook account

As the title states above, I am now managing a Facebook account as Englishwith Diegojimenez... search for me on facebook.

Present Continuous Tense

Parts of the Body

The Family

Here's a Family Vocabulary..

aunt	tía
boyfriend	novio
brother	hermano
brother-in-law	cuñado
cousin	primo/a
dad	pá
daddy	papi
daughter	hija
daughter-in-law	nuera
father	padre
father-in-law	suegro
girlfriend	novia
godfather	padrino
godmother	madrina
grandad	abuelito, "abue"
grandchildren	nietos
granddaughter	nieta
grandfather	abuelo
grandma	abuelita, "abue"
grandmother	abuela
grandpa	abuelito, "abue"
grandparents	abuelos
grandson	nieto
great-grandfather	bisabuelo
great-grandmother	bisabuela
husband	esposo, marido
mother	madre
mother-in-law	suegra
mom	má
mum	má
mummy	mami
nephew	sobrino
niece	sobrina
parents	padres
sibling	hermano/a
sister	hermana
sister-in-law	cuñada
son	hijo
son-in-law	yerno
stepdaughter	hijastra
stepmother	madrastra
stepfather	padrastro
stepson	hijastro
uncle	tío
wife	esposa, mujer
firstborn	primogénito
oldest	el/la mayor
youngest	el/la menor
the baby of the family	el benjamín de la familia
twins	gemelos
adopted	adoptado
orphan	huérfano/a
relative	pariente
acquaintance	conocido
generation	generación
ancestors	antepasados
descendants	descendientes

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