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UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDIO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y BELLAS ARTES AMBIENTE VIRTUAL DE APRENDIZAJE CIDBA ENGLISH II EXERCISES UNIT 2  Read the e-mail and then answer the questions ( respuestas completas) To:

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From: [email protected] Our new home in Los Angeles is large and pretty. Los Angeles is beautiful. The weather is warm and sunny. Today is 26 ° C. Our family is in the park today, and we are having a good time. My mother is reading a book, and my father is listening to music. My sister Patty is riding her bike, and my brother Tom is skateboarding. My grandparents aren´t in the park today. They are at home. My grandmother is baking a pie, and my grandfather is planting flowers in the yard. I am taking photos from the family. 1. Where is Bob´s new home? ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How is the weather in Los Angeles? ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Where are Bob and his family today? _____________________________________________________________________ 4. What´s Bob´s mother doing? ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who is Patty? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What’s she doing? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Who is Tom? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What´s he doing? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Are Bob´s grandparents in the park? ____________________________________________________________________ 10. Where are they? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is his grandmother doing? ________________________________________________________________________ 12. What is his grandfather doing? ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. Is Bob swimming? _________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. What is Bob doing? _________________________________________________________________________________________

SIMPLE PAST  READING: Read about Christopher Columbus and ten answer the questions. Respuestas completas usando el verbo principal en pasado Christopher Columbus was an explorer. He said that the earth was round. People at that time did not believe him. They laughed at him. But at last Columbus got enough money for three small ships. In the year 1492 he began his trip. He was on the ocean for many, many weeks. His sailors became very much afraid. But at last they saw land. The land was America.  ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: Use complete responses ( Respuestas completas) Example : What did he say about the earth ? He said that the earth was round 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Who was Christopher Columbus? ___________________________________________________ What nationality was Christopher Columbus? ___________________________________________________ Why did they laugh at him? ___________________________________________________ How much money did he get at last? ___________________________________________________ For how long was he on the ocean? ___________________________________________________

6. Why did his sailors become afraid? ___________________________________________________ 7. What did they see at last? ___________________________________________________ 8. What was the land which the sailors saw? ___________________________________________________  Complete the text in the past tense. ( completar con el verbo en paréntesis en pasado simple) James Dean (1)___was____(be) born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. When he was five years old, he and his parents (2) ________________(go) to Los Angeles. After high school he (3)____________(study) at college in California. He (4)______________(want) to become an actor, so he (5) _____________(go) to Hollywood. He (6) ___________(do) some TV work and then, in 1954, (7) _______________(play) Cal in the movie Ernest of Eden. He (8)___________ (become) a star and (9)____________(get) money to buy a car. He (10) ___________(buy) a Porsche, but then he (11)_____________(have) an accident and died. He was only 24 years old. EXERCISE III. Escriba cuatro oraciones sobre sus actividades pasadas 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Write ten (10) sentences about what people are doing in the pictures.

Example : Concha is playing with a ball.