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UNIT 2 : IM STUDYING ENGLISH

VOCABULARY
1.-

2.-

COLORS:
A.Color

a.- brown

b.-black

c.-pink

d.-blue

e.-white

f.-red

g.-yellow

h.-green

i.- gray

j.- light blue

k.- purple

L.-dark
green

CLOTHES
A.-Write the clothes in the appropriate column
*bathing suit
*underpants
*skis
*racket
*panty house

*wool cap
*shorts
*hat *shoes
*socks
*t shirt
*cap *sandals
*blouse
*coat
*sweater
*skirt
*shirt *ball
*sunglasses
* boots
*bat
*tennis shoes *sweater shirt
*raincoat boots
*scarf
*slacks
SPORTS CLOTHES
AND IMPLEMENTS

3.-

WEATHER
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EVERYDAY CLOTHES

*dress
* gloves
*pants
*belt

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A.-Match the weather with appropriate clothes

1.- Its cool
___ t-shirt, pants, socks , tennis shoes
2.- Its snowy
___ bathing suit, sandal , sunglasses , shorts
3.- Its warm
___ coat , gloves , wool cap, boots
4.- Its cloudy
___ sweater , hat , pants , socks
5.- Its sunny
___ sweater , shirt , boots
SEASONS
Draw the seasons in your city

January - March

April -

June

July - September

5.-

CONVERSATION
Listen and practice
Susan :
Uh oh
Peter :
What s the matter?
Susan :
It s snowing, and it s very cold
Peter :
Well, youre wearing a coat
Susan :
But I m not wearing boots! And its thirty two degrees
Peter :
That s zero degrees celcsius! That s really cold
Susan :
So lets take a taxi
Peter :
Great idea. Come on!

6.-

PRACTICE : Look at the weather information and write about the cities
1

THE WEATHER TODAY IN THE U.S. A

Boston
13 C

Los Angeles

22 C

New York

12 C

Denver

0C

Miami

31 C

Chicago

30
10

5C

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Hot
Warm
Cool
cold

October - December

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1.-

________________________________________________________________________

2.-

________________________________________________________________________

3.-

________________________________________________________________________

4.-

________________________________________________________________________

5.-

________________________________________________________________________

6.-

________________________________________________________________________

GRAMMAR
Present Progressive : Describe activities happening now , at the moment of speaking
_______________________________________________________
A.-

AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT
You / They / We
_______________
_
He / She
_______________
_
Tom and Mary
_______________
_
Sam

B.-

NEGATIVE
SUBJECT
You / They / We
________________
He / She
________________
Tom and Mary
________________
Sam
________________
My father

C.-

VERB TO
BE
Are
_______
Is
_______
Are
_______
Is

ACTION ( ING )
VERB
Studying
_______________
Playing
_______________
Drinking
_______________
Sleeping

NEGATIVE
VERB TO BE
Aren`t
_________
Isn`t
_________
Aren`t
_________
Isn`t
_________
Isn`t

COMPLEMENT
English now
________________
Basketball right now
________________
Juice now
________________
On the sofa now

ACTION ( ING)
VERB
Playing
____________
Driving
____________
Listening to
____________
Sleeping
____________
working

Spelling of verb + ing

Write in the chart the progressive verb from the word bank
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COMPLEMENT
In the class now
__________________
A bicycle right now
__________________
Music at this moment
__________________
Now
__________________
At the hospital now

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Wear
plan
win
sit
drive

ride
film
do
visit
have

clean
set
go
eat
play

NO CHANGE
Playing

WORD BANK
relax
wed
jog
dance
drink
Take
Give
rain
write
run

DROP THE - E
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skate
Sing
dive
swim

DOUBLE THE CONSONANT

Running

LISTENING
1.-

Listen and complete the names of relatives and activities

NAME
RELATIVE
ACTIVITY
son
Filming
Mom
Dad
Playing hula hoop
Playing soccer
Playing soccer

2.-

Listen and practice

Thin
In

3.-

PRONUNCIATION
clean
Cleaning

A: Hello?
B: Hi, Sue. This is Ed. Are you busy?
A: Well, Im making lunch right now.
Im sorry. Can I call you back?
B: Sure. No problem
A: Bye
B.- Listen again and practice
4.-

thing

plan
Singing
planning
Find more examples of these sounds throughout this unit

A.-Read and listen to the conversation

Listen and repeat. Then draw the actions

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Surf
come
walk
lay

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exercise

Make dinner

Do homework

Watch tv

Talk to a friend

work

Play volley

Fix the car

PAIR PRACTICE : complete the conversation and practice with your partner
A: Hello?
B: Hi, _________. This is ____________. Are you busy?
A: Well, Im _________________________right now.
Im sorry. Can I call you back?
B: Sure. No problem
A: Bye

LANGUAGE AND FUNTIONS

1.-

This is Sams family on vacation . Write the activities they are doing in each picture

a.b.c.d.-

Dad and Sam are drinking cold lemonade

Paul _______________________________on the beach
Jim ________________________________ in the sea
Jim and Sarah ______________________________old houses in the city
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2.-

Write the activities in the correct category. Then Add one activity to each category
*fishing
*surfing the net
*doing crossword
*playing video games
________________
________________
________________
________________
________________

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Leisure
Activities

*rollerblading
*chatting
*listening to cds
*walking
Sport
Activities

_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________

Fill in the blanks , Then according to their characteristics, write where the can go
Im sports
like,
Energetic
and athletic

1.2.3.4.5.6.-

Im a cyberboy
fan of
computers and
enthusiastic

Natalia can go to
Andrew can go to
_____________________
_______________________
At the mall , her brother is ____________________ cds
At the river , her parents are ______________________
At the park , her neighbors are ____________________
At the Library, his friend is ______________________ the net and ______________________
At home, his sister is ______________________crossword puzzle
At the video store, his best friend is _______________________ video games

4.-

Complete with the appropriate BE and PROGRESSIVE verb

a.- Bob ______ ____________________(walk)
b.- Pat and Tom _______ __________________( jog )
c.- Samy ______ ___________________ ( paint )
d.- Mia _____ _________________ ( eat ) lunch
e.- Sarah ______ _______________ ( write ) a letter

5.-

A.- Read the letter from Mike to his pen pal and underline the activities and circle the places . Then
translate the text into Spanish
Dear Sonia
Thanks for your letter and the photos. Here are some of my photos. In the first photo,
_______________________________________________________________________
Im playing basketball at school. In the second photo, Im swimming at the pool.
_______________________________________________________________________
In the next photo, you can see my family at home. Were eating dinner. In the last photo
_______________________________________________________________________
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Im with my sister Gina . She s doing homework --- I`m watching TV.
Mike

B.- Complete the letter

Dear Bob
Here are some ( 1 )______________ . In the first photo Im ( 2 )______________ volleyball
At school . In the second (3)__________. Im (4)______________ Tv . And in the third photo.
( 5 )________ doing homework.
6.-

Write the name of clothes under the season when they are worn
Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled ,saying. It is a spirit ;
__________________________________________________________________________
and they cried out for fear Mathew 14 : 26
_____________________________________________________________

READING :

THE FOUR SEASONS

A.- Read the paragraph. Then answer the questions

WINTER December 21 March 20

In the north there are four seasons. They

SPRING March 21 June 20

In spring it is windy and rainy. In summer it is hot and
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are winter, spring , summer and fall . The

weather in winter is cold and snowy

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sunny. It is cloudy and cool in fall, but there usually

isnt any snow

SUMMER June 21 September 20

FALL September 21 December 20

B.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8:_
9.10.-

How many seasons are there in the U.S ? _____________________________________________

What are the seasons ? ___________________________________________________________
Whats the weather like in the winter? ________________________________________________
How`s the weather in the spring? ____________________________________________________
Whats the weather like in the summer ? ______________________________________________
Hows the weather in the tall ? ______________________________________________________
Whats the weather like where you are from ? __________________________________________
How many seasons are there ? _____________________________________________________
What weather are you on ? ________________________________________________________
Hows the weather like ? __________________________________________________________

C.-

Write the weather or season

1.-___________

2.-____________

3.-____________

4.-______________

5.-_____________

6.-_____________

7.-____________ 8.-________

9.-________

CLOCK - TIME
1.-

Build a pyramid of words using the clues below. All the words end in y see the example
1.- A month of a year
2.- The seventh month of the year
3.- The opposite of sad
4.- The day before Saturday
5.- The third day of the week
6.- The day before Friday
7.- The day that is in the middle of the week

__ __ __
__ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

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8.- A person who is not a good friend

2.-

Draw the hands on each clock

a.- Its six oclock
b.- Its eight thirty- five
c.- Its twelve fifty five
d.- its one thirty

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
e.- its one oh five
f.- Its a quarter past two
g.- Its twenty five to four
h.- its a quarter to five

i.- Its half past five

j.- its six fifty-five

GRAMMAR
I.-

PREPOSITION OF TIME
1.-

IN: use before year , month , morning , afternoon, evening

Example: - in 2005
- in the morning
- in July
- in the afternoon
- in the evening

2.-

ON : Use before day of the week , date

Example : - On Monday
- On July 28th
- On Sunday 3rd

3.-

AT : Use before specific time on the clock, night, midnight , noon

Example . - at 3:30
- at night
- at midnight
- at noon

My birthday is On Saturday
and Im having lunch. Are
you coming? Its At 2:00 P.M

Sure ! And my birthday is

In June. Its ON June 22nd.
Are you coming to my
lunch, too

4.- WRITE : Complete the sentences with the corresponding prepositions of time
a.- People have breakfast _____ the morning and dinner ______ night
b.- I celebrate my birthday _____ June 29 th
c.- _____ Monday _____ 8:00 AM. Is the English class at school
d.- Every year _____ May 1st people celebrate Labor day
e.- _____ the morning I go to school and _____ the afternoon I go home
f.- The sun rises _____ 6:00 ____ the morning and sets ____ 6:30 _____ the evening
II.-

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1.- YES / NO QUESTIONS
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VERB TO BE
Are
________
Is
________
Are

SUBJECT
You
________
He / She
_________
They / We

ACTION VERB
Getting up
_____________
Having
_____________
Going to

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COMPLEMENT
Now?
_____________
Breakfast?
_____________
Work?

2.- WH QUESTIONS
Wh - word
What
_________
Where
_________
Who
_________
What
III.-

Verb to be
Are
_______
Is
_______
Is
_______
are

subject
You
_______
Sam
_______
------They

Action verb
Doing
_______
Going ?
_______
Working
________
wearing

EXERCISES
A.- Write the ING form
Example : cook cooking
1.walk ___________________
2.talk
___________________
3.use
___________________
4.exercise___________________
5.eat
___________________
6.do
___________________
7.turn
___________________
8.set
___________________
9.happen ___________________
10.taste ___________________
11.think ___________________
12.commit ___________________
13.drag ___________________

complement
Now?

14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.-

Now?
Now?

beg
occur
sew
say
delay
defer
run
cry
pay
grow
print
open

___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________

B.- Circle the correct present continuous verb in each sentence. Then translate in Spanish
Example : She deciding / is deciding to take the bus
Ella esta decidiendo tomar el bus
1.-

The Jones family are worrying / is worrying about the rent

_____________________________________

2.-

He are drinking / is drinking about the rent

_____________________________________
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You am reading / read your homework every night this week

_____________________________________

4.-

Jane is working / working all day

_____________________________________

5.-

We is having / are having a good time at our job

______________________________________

6.-

Those people is waiting / are waiting for the bus

______________________________________

7.-

The fish swimming / are swimming up the river

______________________________________

8.-

The baseball player is laughing / be laughing at the other team

______________________________________

9.-

I are doing / am doing my grammar exercises tonight

______________________________________

10.-

It is rain / is raining right now

______________________________________

11.-

our baseball team is winning / are winning today

_______________________________________

12.-

The hot dog vendor is selling / selling many hot dogs with onions
_______________________________________

C.- Make the following present continuous sentences in negative form

Example: Im driving to the city tonight
I m not driving to the city tonight
1.2.3.4.5.-

She is sitting beside him

________________________________________________
He is marrying her soon
________________________________________________
The flowers are opening in the sunshine __________________________________________
Im wiping off the tables
_________________________________________________
The customers are waiting for the check __________________________________________

D.- Write the missing part of each sentence Then translate in Spanish
Example: He s eat ing a sandwich
El esta comiendo sanduich
They are playing baseball
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Ellos estan jugando beisbol

1.-

I m think________ of you
___________________________________________

2.-

My mother and father ________ riding the train

__________________________________________

3.-

Karla _______ wearing a new dress

__________________________________________

4.-

The students in my class are speak_________ English

__________________________________________

5.-

He s learn________ Chinese
__________________________________________

6.-

My teacher _______ writing on the board

__________________________________________

7.-

I ______ taking notes

__________________________________________

8.-

The boats _______ sailing on the water

__________________________________________

9.-

The sun _______ shining down

__________________________________________

10.-

My brother is study________ computer science

__________________________________________

E.- Write a sentence in the present continuous tense using the words given
Example: the cat / sleep The cat is sleeping
1.-

my brother / cook / dinner

_________________________________________________

2.-

my sister / talk / on the telephone _______________________________________________

3.-

my father / use / his computer _________________________________________________

4.-

my mother / do / exercise ____________________________________________________

5.-

the dog / eat

6.-

I / do my homework

7.-

The earth / turn

_______________________________________________________

8.-

the sun / set

_______________________________________________________

9.-

plants / grow

_______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

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10.-

I / think / about my friend

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F.- Answer the questions using the present continuous tense with true information about yourself
Example: Who is helping you with your homework?
My friend Lee is helping me with my homework
1.-

What are you doing now?

_________________________________________________

2.-

What are you thinking about?

_________________________________________________

3.-

Where are you sitting ? _______________________________________________________

4.-

What are you writing with?

_________________________________________________

5.-

Is anyone sitting near you ?

_________________________________________________

6.-

Who is teaching you English?

_________________________________________________

7.-

What other classes are you taking ? _____________________________________________

8.-

What are you wearing? _______________________________________________________

9.-

Are you sleeping? ____________________________________________________________

10.-

Are you eating ? _____________________________________________________________

G.- Write a question about each sentence using the words given
Example: A girl is jogging
Why / jog
Why is she jogging ?
Where / jog
Where is she jogging ?
Why / not / relax
Why isnt she relaxing?
1.-

The professor is writing

a.- What / write
b.- Where / write
c.- Why / not / eat
d.- Whom / write / to

___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

2.-

He is leaving
a.- Who / leave
___________________________________________________
b.- Where / he / go ___________________________________________________
c.- How / he / get / there
_____________________________________________
d.- What / he / take / with him _____________________________________________

3.-

The leaves are turning brown

a.- Why / leaves / turn brown _____________________________________________
b.- Which / leaves / turn brown _____________________________________________
c.- Who / not / water / the plant _____________________________________________

4.-

Jorge is studying English

a.- why / study / English
_____________________________________________
b.- Where / study / English
_____________________________________________
c.- Who / practice / English / with
______________________________________
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d.- Why / not / study / computer science ______________________________________

H.- Write a short answer to each question
Example : Are you dreaming about flying ? ( no )
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.-

No, I m not

Is he thinking and worrying about his friends? (yes)

___________________
Are they going home soon ? ( no ) _______________________
Is she answering the test questions correctly ? ( no ) ___________________
Are we studying a useful language ? ( yes)
_____________________
Is my life changing? ( yes ) ____________________
Am I waiting for the wrong train ? ( no ) ____________________
Is the taxi driver heading in the right direction ? ( yes ) ___________________
Are you eating lunch at twelve oclock today ? ( no ) ___________________
Are they wearing funny shoes ? ( yes ) ____________________
Am I working and thinking too much ? ( yes )
___________________

READING : IMPORTANT DATES

1.- Listen and read the text for todays Cultural Review Program on the HKJ 7:00 PM. News.
Underline the dates , places , traditions and celebrations. Then translate into spanish

Good evening ! Todays cultural note is

________________________________________
about celebrations and holidays around the world.
________________________________________
Holidays are special days and very nice,
________________________________________
too! For example, some countries celebrate
________________________________________
Independence Day , that is , their birthday . In the
________________________________________
United States they celebrate it on July 4 th , In
Colombia they celebrate it on July 20 th.
________________________________________

Second , lets talk about New year .It is a

________________________________________
common holiday that many countries celebrate the
________________________________________
first day of the year . In the United States . There
________________________________________
are parades and great football games on January
________________________________________
1st. New years Eve, on December 31st, in Latin
America countries, is a family celebration. In some
________________________________________

countries , families make a funny scarecrow that

________________________________________
represents all the sad things of the year . It is a
________________________________________
big puppet called Ao Viejo that people burn
________________________________________
at 12 oclock ( midnight ) Families dance around it
________________________________________

In Africa, the Mandingo people celebrate

________________________________________
New year in March or April. On this day. They give
________________________________________
thanks for the rain that will come . They feel
________________________________________
worried about the dry weather
________________________________________

he Chinese New year is celebrated on

________________________________________
January 21st or February 19th.
________________________________________
Chinese people celebrate the first day of the year
________________________________________
with a parade and a giant paper dragon.
________________________________________

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How do you celebrate New Year?

________________________________________
They are happy and excited
________________________________________
2.-

Complete the sentences below with prepositions of time in, on, at and some personal information
when necessary
a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.I .j.-

Christmas is ________________________________________________ ( date )

My mothers birthday is ________________________________________( date )
My birthday is ____________________________________( month)
This year , my birthday is ___________________________________( day of the week )
My best friends birthday is __________________________________( date )
My countrys Independence Day is _____________________________ ( date )
My English class is ___________________________________ ( time )
Christopher Columbus discovered America _____________________________ ( year )
This year, Christmas is __________________________________( day of the week )
There arent classes __________ Sunday

LISTENING
1.-

Listen and Practice

DEBORAH : Hello?
JOHN:
Hi , Deborah! This is John. Im calling from Australia?
DEBORAH ; What are you doing in Australia?
JOHN :
Im attending a conference in Sydney this week. Remember?
DEBORAH : Oh , right . What time is it there?
JOHN :
Its 10 P.M. And its four oclock in Los Angeles, right?
DEBORAH : Yes four o clock in the morning
JOHN :
4:00 A.M ? Im really sorry
DEBORAH : Thats OK. Im awake now

2.-

Listen and Write the time

A.What time is it ?
Its _______________ oclock in the morning
Its __________ A.M.

3.-

B.-

Its ____________ oclock

in the morning
It s __________ A.M

C.-

It s ______________ o clock
Its noon
( Its _____________ noon

D.-

It s ____________o clock
in the afternoon
Its ____________ P.M

E.-

Its ______________o clock

In the evening
Its _____________ P.M

F.-

Its _____________o clock

at night. Its midnight
Its _____________ midnight

Listen and Complete the chart

CITY - TIME
Los Angeles 4:00 A. M
Mexico 6: 00 A.M

NAME
Victoria

ACTION
Sleeping

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New York 7:00 A.M

Brasilia 9 : 00 A.M
London 12 :00 noon
Moscow 3: 00 P.M
Bangkok 7:00 P.M
Sydney 10 :00 P.M
Callao

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Having breakfast
Paul and Ann
working
Permsak

4.-

Answer questions about the chart

1.What time is it in Los Angeles? ____________________________
2.What is Victoria doing ? __________________________________
3.Where are Sue and Tom ? ________________________________
4.What are they doing ? ___________________________________
5.Who is working right now ? _______________________________
6.What is Juan doing ? ____________________________________
7.Where is Permsak ? _____________________________________

5.-

SONG : Listen and number the paragraph

Loving God , Loving each other

We tent to make it harder
Built steeples out of stone
Fill books with explanation of the way
But is wed stop and listen
And break a little bread
We would hear the Master say
Repeat chorus

chorus
Loving God , loving each other
Making music with , my friends
Loving God , loving each other
And the story never ends
And the story never ends
Still the story never ends

They pushed book from the table

To listen to his words
His secret plan before He had to go
Its not complicated
Dont need a lot of rules
This is all youll need to know

Repeat chorus

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