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Exercises For Task 5 (English Grammar)

1) The document is a report submitted by Jose A. Baez for his English Grammar course at Universidad Abierta Para Adultos. It includes exercises on past continuous tense and using different verb tenses to describe a natural disaster. 2) Jose describes Hurricane Maria, which occurred in September 2017 in Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. He discusses the damage and aftermath, including power outages and housing issues still impacting Puerto Rico years later. 3) Jose includes a link to a YouTube video where he discusses the natural disaster in more detail.

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Exercises For Task 5 (English Grammar)

1) The document is a report submitted by Jose A. Baez for his English Grammar course at Universidad Abierta Para Adultos. It includes exercises on past continuous tense and using different verb tenses to describe a natural disaster. 2) Jose describes Hurricane Maria, which occurred in September 2017 in Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. He discusses the damage and aftermath, including power outages and housing issues still impacting Puerto Rico years later. 3) Jose includes a link to a YouTube video where he discusses the natural disaster in more detail.

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UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA PARA

ADULTOS

ASIGNATURA:
English Grammar

PARTICIPANTE:
Jose A. Baez

MATRICULA:

Facilitator:
Eddy Muñoz, M.A.

TEMA:
Task # 5

FECHA:

11/06/22

Exercises for Task 5 (English Grammar)


Complete the exercise that are below. Include a presentation to your report.
A. Imagine that each sentence is the beginning of a story. Write two sentences in
the past continuous to give background information.
Example: The beach was gorgeous. The sun was shining on the water. The waves
were moving quickly.

1. The bank was full of customers. The ATM wasn’t working. People were getting
mad.
2. The students were late to class. The class was being interrupted every five
seconds. The students were arriving every five seconds to class.
3. My boss was very angry. I was getting mad too. He ended up firing everyone.
4. The cafeteria was very crowded and noisy. There were people dancing
everywhere. I was passing by that day.
5. The sky looked cloudy and dark. It started raining. The party was being
canceled.
6. The school was empty. Students were going on vacation. It was very exciting.

 
B. Complete the text below. Use the simple past or the past continuous.
1. A: What (you, do) _were you doing ____when the accident occurred?
B: I (try) _was trying ________to change a light bulb.

2. After I (find) ____found ___ the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) __went
immediately ___ to the police.
3. The doctor (say) _______said____ that Robert (be) ____was_____ too sick to go to
work and that he (need) ___needed____ to stay at home for a couple of days.

4. Carlos (arrive) ____arrived____ at Tony’s house at 10 PM, but he (be, not)


___wasn’t __there.
5. Randy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, he (watch,
also) _____watched also_______ television. That's all he ever does!

C. Write about a natural disaster. It could be about a hurricane, flood, or other


natural disasters. Use different forms of the past. Past continuous or simple past.
Use the information given below to help you.
What was the disaster? When and where did it occur? Hurricane Maria occurred in
September 2017. It occurred in Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico.
What did people do? People hid as much as possible and tried to survive the strong
winds of the hurricane which lasted for several hours.
What kind of damage did the event cause? Hurricane Maria resulted in about $90
billion in damage, making it the third costliest hurricane in U.S. history. In December,
Puerto Rico was hit by a sequence of seismic events that triggered multiple strong
earthquakes that brought down hundreds of homes and schools in January.
What happened after the disaster? Include any other types of information that
you consider relevant about the topic.
Five years after Hurricane Maria, thousands of Puerto Rico’s residents are still
recovering from the storm, although power has been restored and access to clean water
has greatly improved, Puerto Ricans are still recovering from the destruction and trauma
of the hurricane.
Day-long power outages still happen from time to time, especially in rural areas. Some
homes still have tarps instead of roofs. Collapsed utility poles and uprooted trees are
common. The continued challenges have driven hundreds of thousands of Puerto
Ricans from the island entirely
 
D. After you complete exercise B. Record a video talking about the natural
disaster you described on exercise B and upload it on you YOUTUBE, include the
video link with this report.
https://youtu.be/pxWc7hann-0

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