USED TO
Write the sentences in all ways using USED TO
1. She _____ (wash) the dishes
2. They _____ (buy) books
3. I _____ (tell) the story)
PASSIVE VOICE
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1. She dances a ballad
2. We spoke French
3. They are studying a poem.
4. You have eaten hamburgers.
5. Susan should sleep a nap.
6. Carla will prepare the dinner
7. Vicky was cooking the soup
CONDITIONAL PERFECT
Write the sentences in ppoint 1 in conditional perfect.
jueves, 28 de octubre de 2010
jueves, 21 de octubre de 2010
READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY FOR 11°
Red Telephone Box
The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was a once familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom. It has all but disappeared in recent years, replaced by a number of different designs. The few kiosks that remain have not been replaced because they are regarded as being of special architectural and historical interest.
The first standard public telephone kiosk introduced by the United Kingdom Post Office was produced by Somerville & Company in 1920 and was designated K1 (Kiosk no. 1). This design was not of the same family as the familiar red telephone boxes.
The red telephone box was the result of a competition in 1924 to design a new grander kiosk. The competition attracted designs from a number of noted architects. The Fine Arts Commission judged the competition and selected the design submitted by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as the winner. The Post Office made a request that the material used for the design be changed from mild steel to cast iron, and that a slight modification be made to the door; after these changes, the design was designated K2. The kiosks were painted red was so that they might be easily recognised from a distance by a person in an emergency. In some rural areas the boxes were painted green so as not to disrupt the natural beauty of the surroundings.
From 1927 K2 was mainly deployed in and around London. K3 designed in 1930, again by Gilbert Scott was similar to K2 but was constructed from concrete and intended for rural areas. K4 (designed by the Post Office Engineering Department and proposed in 1923) incorporated a machine for buying postage stamps on the exterior. Only 50 kiosks of this design were built. K5 was a plywood construction introduced in 1934 and designed to be assembled and dismantled and used at exhibitions.
In 1935 K6 was designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V K6 was the first standard telephone kiosk to be used throughout the country. Many thousands of K6 boxes were deployed in virtually every town and city and it became a British icon. K6 telephone boxes eventually began to be replaced in large numbers in the early 1990s Thousands of old K6 kiosks were sold off at public auction. Some kiosks have been converted to be to used as shower cubicles in private homes. In Kingston upon Thames a number of old K6 boxes have been utilised to form a work of art resembling a row of fallen dominoes.
In 1959 architect Neville Conder was commissioned to design a new box. The K7 design went no further than the prototype stage. K8 introduced in 1968 was designed by Douglas Scott and Bruce Martin. It was the first box to replace K6 in significant numbers, and the last design be painted predominantly red.
Upon the privatisation of Post Office Telephone's successor, British Telecom (BT), the KX100, a more utilitarian design, replaced almost all the red boxes; a few remain, mainly in rural areas. The KX100 PLUS, introduced in 1996 featured a domed roof reminiscent of the familiar K2 and K6. Subsequent designs have departed significantly from the old style red telephone boxes.
In response to BT's plans to replace red boxes with more modern designs, several of the former have been listed.
Questions about the text
1. The red telephone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
2. The first telephone box was known as
a. red.
b. Sommerville & Company.
c. K1.
3. The red telehone box was known as
a. K1.
b. K2.
c. Scott.
4. In rural areas the telephone boxes were painted green.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
5. Some kiosks had also postage stamps machines.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
6. Many old K6 boxes were thrown to the Thames.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
7. British Telecom telephone box design is known as
a. K10.
b. BT.
c. KX100
8. What is your opinion about the text?
9. Write the main idea about the text.
The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was a once familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom. It has all but disappeared in recent years, replaced by a number of different designs. The few kiosks that remain have not been replaced because they are regarded as being of special architectural and historical interest.
The first standard public telephone kiosk introduced by the United Kingdom Post Office was produced by Somerville & Company in 1920 and was designated K1 (Kiosk no. 1). This design was not of the same family as the familiar red telephone boxes.
The red telephone box was the result of a competition in 1924 to design a new grander kiosk. The competition attracted designs from a number of noted architects. The Fine Arts Commission judged the competition and selected the design submitted by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as the winner. The Post Office made a request that the material used for the design be changed from mild steel to cast iron, and that a slight modification be made to the door; after these changes, the design was designated K2. The kiosks were painted red was so that they might be easily recognised from a distance by a person in an emergency. In some rural areas the boxes were painted green so as not to disrupt the natural beauty of the surroundings.
From 1927 K2 was mainly deployed in and around London. K3 designed in 1930, again by Gilbert Scott was similar to K2 but was constructed from concrete and intended for rural areas. K4 (designed by the Post Office Engineering Department and proposed in 1923) incorporated a machine for buying postage stamps on the exterior. Only 50 kiosks of this design were built. K5 was a plywood construction introduced in 1934 and designed to be assembled and dismantled and used at exhibitions.
In 1935 K6 was designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V K6 was the first standard telephone kiosk to be used throughout the country. Many thousands of K6 boxes were deployed in virtually every town and city and it became a British icon. K6 telephone boxes eventually began to be replaced in large numbers in the early 1990s Thousands of old K6 kiosks were sold off at public auction. Some kiosks have been converted to be to used as shower cubicles in private homes. In Kingston upon Thames a number of old K6 boxes have been utilised to form a work of art resembling a row of fallen dominoes.
In 1959 architect Neville Conder was commissioned to design a new box. The K7 design went no further than the prototype stage. K8 introduced in 1968 was designed by Douglas Scott and Bruce Martin. It was the first box to replace K6 in significant numbers, and the last design be painted predominantly red.
Upon the privatisation of Post Office Telephone's successor, British Telecom (BT), the KX100, a more utilitarian design, replaced almost all the red boxes; a few remain, mainly in rural areas. The KX100 PLUS, introduced in 1996 featured a domed roof reminiscent of the familiar K2 and K6. Subsequent designs have departed significantly from the old style red telephone boxes.
In response to BT's plans to replace red boxes with more modern designs, several of the former have been listed.
Questions about the text
1. The red telephone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
2. The first telephone box was known as
a. red.
b. Sommerville & Company.
c. K1.
3. The red telehone box was known as
a. K1.
b. K2.
c. Scott.
4. In rural areas the telephone boxes were painted green.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
5. Some kiosks had also postage stamps machines.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
6. Many old K6 boxes were thrown to the Thames.
a. True.
b. False.
c. We don't know.
7. British Telecom telephone box design is known as
a. K10.
b. BT.
c. KX100
8. What is your opinion about the text?
9. Write the main idea about the text.
jueves, 7 de octubre de 2010
PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVITY FOR 11°
ACTIVITY
A. Underline the sentences written in passive voice and write what tense is.
Example:
She washes the dishes
The apples were eaten by him Simple past
1. They listen to music.
2. She is reading an e-mail.
3. These cars are produced in Japan.
4. Alan teaches Geography.
5. German is spoken in Austria.
6. Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake.
7. Henry Ford invented the assembly line.
8. The bus driver was hurt.
9. You should open your workbooks.
10. Houses have been built.
11. Boys like to play soccer.
12. This room has been painted blue.
13. Cricket is played in Australia.
14. I am given a book.
15. We have lost our keys.
16. You might see dolphins here.
17. The report must be completed by next Friday.
18. They were singing a song.
19. A letter was written to her.
20. The bike is being repaired.
B. Rewrite the given sentences in passive voice
1. They arrested her last week.
2. John wrote a letter.
3. They invited ten friends to the party.
4. They have just built a new house.
5. The police caught the thieves yesterday.
6. The maid will clean all the house for tomorrow.
7. My brother hit me.
8. They removed two cars from the street.
9. They have just cleaned the room.
10. We will build a new house.
A. Underline the sentences written in passive voice and write what tense is.
Example:
She washes the dishes
The apples were eaten by him Simple past
1. They listen to music.
2. She is reading an e-mail.
3. These cars are produced in Japan.
4. Alan teaches Geography.
5. German is spoken in Austria.
6. Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake.
7. Henry Ford invented the assembly line.
8. The bus driver was hurt.
9. You should open your workbooks.
10. Houses have been built.
11. Boys like to play soccer.
12. This room has been painted blue.
13. Cricket is played in Australia.
14. I am given a book.
15. We have lost our keys.
16. You might see dolphins here.
17. The report must be completed by next Friday.
18. They were singing a song.
19. A letter was written to her.
20. The bike is being repaired.
B. Rewrite the given sentences in passive voice
1. They arrested her last week.
2. John wrote a letter.
3. They invited ten friends to the party.
4. They have just built a new house.
5. The police caught the thieves yesterday.
6. The maid will clean all the house for tomorrow.
7. My brother hit me.
8. They removed two cars from the street.
9. They have just cleaned the room.
10. We will build a new house.
lunes, 4 de octubre de 2010
READING COMPREHENSION FOR 10° GRADE
ACTIVITY
Read the text and answer the questions about it.
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St. Paddy's Day or simply Paddy's Day, is an annual feast day that celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 387–493), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 March.
The day is a national holiday of Ireland, a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland), Australia, New Zealand and Montserrat it is widely celebrated, while in the United States it is a public holiday.
St. Patrick's feast day was placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding in the early part of the 17th century, although the feast day was celebrated in the local Irish church from a much earlier date. St. Patrick's Day is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The feast day usually falls during Lent. The church calendar avoids the observance of saints' feasts during certain solemnities, moving the saint's day to a time outside those periods. St. Patrick's Day is very occasionally affected by this requirement. Thus when 17th of March falls during Holy Week, as in 1940 when St. Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and again in 2008, having been observed on 15 March. St. Patrick's Day will not fall within Holy Week again until 2160 - when it will fall on the Monday before Easter.
WHO IS ST. PATRICK?
St. Patrick was born as Maewyn Succat during the fourth century in Britain. His parents were very wealthy. His father was also a Christian deacon for tax incentive reasons. When Maewyn was about sixteen his family and their home was attacked by Irish raiders. Maewyn was kidnapped and forced to become a slave working as a shepherd in County Mayo in Ireland. It was during his time as a slave that he turned to God. He had a dream one night to escape the next day and travel back home to Britain. The next day he did just that and travelled the 200 miles back home to Britain. Once he returned, Maewyn had another religious dream. An angel told him to become a missionary and spread Christianity back in Ireland. He then spent the next fifteen years training to become a priest and chose Patrick as his Christian Saint name.
In 432 AD he went back to Ireland as a priest. He tried to convert the Irish people from a Pagan polytheistic religion that worshipped the sun and the moon to Christianity. He also created and taught at many schools along Ireland's west coast. One of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of teaching and spreading God's word he died on March 17th 461 AD. Soon after his death the country of Ireland decided to remember his death with a day of his own and thus St. Patrick's Day was born.
WEARING OF GREEN
Originally the color associated with St. Patrick was blue, not green. However over the years the color green and its association with St. Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century. He is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the day. Then in 1798 in hopes of making a political statement Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on March 17th in hopes of catching attention with their unusual fashion gimmick. The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from the song of the same name.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT
1. Saint Patrick's Day is only celebrated in Ireland.
True.
False.
We don't know.
2. In 1940 it was celebrated during Holy Week.
True.
False.
We don't know.
3. Saint Patrick's family was very poor.
True.
False.
We don't know.
4. Saint Patrick was a priest and a teacher.
True.
False.
We don't know.
5. Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity.
True.
False.
We don't know.
6. When is celebrated Saint Patrick’s day?
7. What happened in 432 AD?
8. What color is associated with Saint Patrick’s?
ACTIVITY ABOUT FUTURE.
Write the sentences in future in all ways.
1. Nosotros vamos a caminar en el parque.
2. Ellas habrán terminado la tarea para las 4:00
3. Él dormirá en mi casa esta noche
4. Para el viernes, ustedes habrán leído el libro.
Read the text and answer the questions about it.
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St. Paddy's Day or simply Paddy's Day, is an annual feast day that celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 387–493), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 March.
The day is a national holiday of Ireland, a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland), Australia, New Zealand and Montserrat it is widely celebrated, while in the United States it is a public holiday.
St. Patrick's feast day was placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding in the early part of the 17th century, although the feast day was celebrated in the local Irish church from a much earlier date. St. Patrick's Day is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The feast day usually falls during Lent. The church calendar avoids the observance of saints' feasts during certain solemnities, moving the saint's day to a time outside those periods. St. Patrick's Day is very occasionally affected by this requirement. Thus when 17th of March falls during Holy Week, as in 1940 when St. Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and again in 2008, having been observed on 15 March. St. Patrick's Day will not fall within Holy Week again until 2160 - when it will fall on the Monday before Easter.
WHO IS ST. PATRICK?
St. Patrick was born as Maewyn Succat during the fourth century in Britain. His parents were very wealthy. His father was also a Christian deacon for tax incentive reasons. When Maewyn was about sixteen his family and their home was attacked by Irish raiders. Maewyn was kidnapped and forced to become a slave working as a shepherd in County Mayo in Ireland. It was during his time as a slave that he turned to God. He had a dream one night to escape the next day and travel back home to Britain. The next day he did just that and travelled the 200 miles back home to Britain. Once he returned, Maewyn had another religious dream. An angel told him to become a missionary and spread Christianity back in Ireland. He then spent the next fifteen years training to become a priest and chose Patrick as his Christian Saint name.
In 432 AD he went back to Ireland as a priest. He tried to convert the Irish people from a Pagan polytheistic religion that worshipped the sun and the moon to Christianity. He also created and taught at many schools along Ireland's west coast. One of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of teaching and spreading God's word he died on March 17th 461 AD. Soon after his death the country of Ireland decided to remember his death with a day of his own and thus St. Patrick's Day was born.
WEARING OF GREEN
Originally the color associated with St. Patrick was blue, not green. However over the years the color green and its association with St. Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century. He is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the day. Then in 1798 in hopes of making a political statement Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on March 17th in hopes of catching attention with their unusual fashion gimmick. The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from the song of the same name.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT
1. Saint Patrick's Day is only celebrated in Ireland.
True.
False.
We don't know.
2. In 1940 it was celebrated during Holy Week.
True.
False.
We don't know.
3. Saint Patrick's family was very poor.
True.
False.
We don't know.
4. Saint Patrick was a priest and a teacher.
True.
False.
We don't know.
5. Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity.
True.
False.
We don't know.
6. When is celebrated Saint Patrick’s day?
7. What happened in 432 AD?
8. What color is associated with Saint Patrick’s?
ACTIVITY ABOUT FUTURE.
Write the sentences in future in all ways.
1. Nosotros vamos a caminar en el parque.
2. Ellas habrán terminado la tarea para las 4:00
3. Él dormirá en mi casa esta noche
4. Para el viernes, ustedes habrán leído el libro.
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