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Example: An important writer is from this country Colombia

1. Tea is drunk in… China

2. Skiing and snowboarding can be practiced in… Switzerland

3. Italia is spoken in… Europe

4. Visitors are nicely received in... Italy

5. More than one language is spoken in… Switzerland

6. Expensive clothes are made and sold in… Colombia

7. Many rich people have studied and lived in… Switzerland

8. Very cheap products are exported from this country… China

9. Its name derives from a famous historic person… Colombia

10. Is main attraction can be seen from space… China

C) Read the ideas below and complete them with the information in the pictures

1. Sean food and rice Are eaten in China


2. Winter sports Is exported from Colombia to the world
3. Venice Is located in the Northeastern of Italy
4. Switzerland Are practiced in Switzerland
Base Form Past Past Base Form Past Past
Participle Participle
Buy Bought Bought Cook Cooked Cooked

Drive Drove Driven Wear Wore Worn

Write Wrote Written Hear Heard Heard

Play Played Played Find Found Found

See Saw Seen Build Built Built

Visit Visited Visited Take Took Taleen

Use Used used Paint Painted Painted

Fix Fixed Fixed Clean Clean new Cleaned

Give Gave Given Do Did done

Get Got Gotten Establish Establish Estabilished

Box Boxed Boxed Send sent sent

1. They are only made in the USA. False


2. The factory is opened at 7:00 a.m. _______________________
3. Employees are given assignments once a week. _______________________
4. The battery is installed before the motherboard. True
5. Touch screens are tested at the end. True
6. iPads are boxed and kept in the factory. True

G) Complete the following ideas using the words from the box

1. The iPad is designed By Apple Inc.


2. Its components are made ___of____ different materials
3. iPads are use ___for________ playing video games
4. It is made ______in______ USA and China
5. They are used ____at_______ any time of the day
Listen to the conversation between a noter concierge and Sussan. Complete the conversation with
the expressions. Then practice the conversation with a partner

What did you say? Excuse me? Im sorry? Did you say?

Concierge: Hi Can I help you?

Sussan: Yes. It is my first time in Guadalajara. What is there to do around here?

Concierge: Well, there is a mall just around the corner

Sussan: ____Excuse me_______ Where?

Concierge: Around the corner. But if you want to do something more exciting. You can visit Tequila

Sussan: ___Did you say? ____ Tequila? Isn’t it a drink?

Concierge: Yes, but it is also a town.

Sussan: ___what did you say? ___ A town? Wow!

Concierge: Or you can go to the plaza to listen to mariachis

Sussan: _I’m sorry___ listen to, what?

Concierge: Mariachis

G) Bryan is being applied a teste. Help him find the answers to these questions. Go online if the
questions are difficult

Example: Who discovered America?

America was discovered by Christopher Columbus

1. Who discovered penicillin?

2. Where was the first photo taken?

3. Who wrote Harry Potter books?


4. Who wrote Romero and Juliet?

5. Who invented the light bulb?

6. When was the first airplane made?

7. Who painted the Mona Lisa

8. Who invented the color TV?

9. When was the cell phone invented?

10. Who created the first iPhone?

Which quality is the most important in a person?

Write 1,2 & 3 according to the importance you give to this characteristics. Discuss with a partner

Good Feelings Nice physical appearance A lot of money

3 2 1
Example: Nice My English teacher

1. Intelligent ___My girlfriend <3_____________

2. Attractive____My girlfriend <3 __________

3. Patient _____My dog____________________

4. Sociable __My friends__________________

5. Punctual ____Yes____________

What kind of person are you?


A) Answer the questions with the words Yes, No or Sometimes

1. Do you work hard? Yes


2. Do you talk a lot? No
3. Do you do all you homework? No
4. Is it difficult for you to make friends? No
5. Do you like to go to parties? No
6. Do you treat people with respect? Yes
7. Do you always have a good attitude? Yes
8. Do you always say the truth? Yes
9. Is it important for you to have a successful career? YES
10. Do you get angry easily? No

C( The opposite of responsible is responsible. Form the opposites by adding the prefixes from
the box to the adjectives below

Dis Il Ir Un In Irn

Example: Dishonest

1. _Un___ friendly 6.___un____ prepared


2. _Ir___ responsable 7. ____im_____important
3. __im___ patient 8. __in______ adequate
4. __un____ considérate 9.____ir_____ decent
5. ____un_____ happy 10. ____ir_____ legal
D) Do you think that Mexican people are optimistic? Write some of the characteristics you
think Mexican people have

Positive Negative
__Happy______ ______ugly__________
___Responsible___ _____impatient____________
___sociable_______ __________________
_____________________ __________________________
_____________________ __________________________
_____________________ __________________________
Mexican Wonders

Listen to the information and organize the place from 1 to 7 as they are mentioned
Match the two halves of these sentences

1. This is the beach a) where I met my husband


2. Alex is the guy b) who wiil take us to the top of the hill
3. Traveling is something c) who travels a lot
4. Swimming is something d) where we used to come when we were kids
5. Puerto Vallarta is e) that I only do when I go to the beach
6. My boss is a person f) who gave us the information about the trip
7. Baja California is g) that I enjoy a lot
8. Silvana is the person h) where whales mate

Complete the sentences with who, where or that

1. She had a boyfriend _________ used to be a model


2. I talked to the girl ___________ you told me
3. I faxed my friend _____________ lives in china
4. That’s Tony, the guy ___________ comes from Italy
5. I broke the cell phone __________ my mother gave me last Christmas
6. She phoned the doctor _________ lives on the other street
7. They love movies _____________ have happy endings
8. She is the teacher _____________ told me to study more

Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Compare with a partner

Ex: I have a dog that is barking all night long

1. I have a friend who is _________________________________________


2. I live in a place where _________________________________________
3. I don’t like people who ________________________________________
4. I would like to live in a place where ______________________________
5. I saw a movie that l ___________________________________________
City or Country
Complete the sentences with who, where or that. Then discuss a partner if your prefer the city
to the country

Living abroad

Since I was a little girl I knew I was made to be a city girl. I never actually enjoyed the natural wide
open place ___________ my father used to take me when I was little

I have always found it difficult to cope with nature. All those insects flying around me really drive
me crazy. I decided _______________ I wanted to live in a city since the last time my look me to
my grandma’s house, _______________ he was born. That was 20 years ago

There are greal citis where you can frind all the facilities and leisure activities __________ you
need. Paris is one of thern. Now I live in this wonderful City

By the way,I’m Colimbian. That means that I come from a country ___________ you will always
have this changing weather. The weather in Paris in not that not. I love it. And that means that I
can drink something ____________ l really like, Colombian coffee, it is one of the products that ha
made my country famous

I’m a technician, I work in a place _____________ we fix all kinds of gadgets. It is grat to work
here, learn and make money, My boos is from India. He is very intelligent. He is someone
__________ I really trust

When I arrived to this city, is was really hard to make friend. Fortunately, I met Olivier __________
is my French teacher. He is my only friend
Complete the conversation with the expression. Practice the conversation with a partner.

How much, What, time What

a) There are lots of rockers in the concert


b) There are a lot of ______________
a) The concert starts at 7:30
b) Excuse me, it start at ________________
a) The ticket cost $ 500
b) It costs ________________

How do you write the numbers below? Complete the missing information. Compare your
answers whit a partner

Ex: 120 = One hundred and twenty

630= ______________________________________________________________

1,000= ______________________________________________________________

85= _________________________________________________________

Ask the following questions to a partner

1. How much is an iphone? ____________________________


2. How much is an ipad? ___________________________
3. How mucho is a car? ___________________________
4. How much is a soda? ____________________________
5. How much is a movie ticket? _____________________

Match the two halves of these sentences

1. If had more money ______ a) I would go to Enlande for vacation


2. If I spoke English ______ b) I would be a soccer player
3. If the teacher were more patient ______ c) Many more people would study it
4. If I were rich _______d) I would go to more often
5. If I had more friends _______ e) her students would enjoy the class
6. If I were taller ________f) I would buy a house in New York
7. If I traveled to Japan ________g) I would eat sushi every day
8. If Chinese Weren’t so difficult _________ h) he would travel more often
Circle the correct verb form for each of the ideas
Ex: If I did / do more exercise, I would be healthier
1. If I were the president, I would/ wouldn’t find more solutions to help people
2. If you had / did have more time, you would study more
3. If my parents were / be less stick, my brother and l would be happier
4. If were / am a famous singer, I would be very rich
5. If ot were / weren’t summer, I would go to the beach
6. If you were not / were so irresponsible, you parents wouldn’t be so angry
7. If Toluca weren’t / isn’t so cold, more people would visit it
Social Issues
Match the social problem to its definition. Check the pronunciation with you teacher

1. Is is when people semm not to find a job


2. It is when the street are full of cars and the trasit
Becomes slow
3. Is is when people are not accepted jus
for the fact of being different
4. Children are not given the proper education
5. Is is the act of damaging public property, buildrings,
Park, house. The most commom form of this graffiti

6. The problems causes by the unstoppable


Changes in the weather

7.It is given in many forms, the most common


Is water contamination and littering

A) Vandalism
B) Traffic
C) Pollution
D) Unemployment
E) Discrimination
F) Low education level
G) Climite change

Practice 2
Complete the chart with the missing positive tags

Positive tag Positive tag


Aren’t Wasn’t
Isn’t Weren’t
Don’t Didn’t
Doesn’t Won’t
Can’t Wouldn’t
Make a list of the things you can find in each of these places
If you were an important Mexican person, who would you be and why? Share your
answer with a classmate

I would be _________________________ Because ___________________

Write something you know about these important Mexican people. Discuss your
information with a partnet

Carlos Slim Porfirio Diaz Javier Hernandez

The best Mexican

Ask the following questions about important Mexican people to two or four classmates

1. Who is the best Mexican Singler? _____________ ____________ ________

2. What is the best Mexican music band? ____________ _____________ ____________


3. Who is the best actor? ________________ ________________ _______________

4. Who has been the best athlete? _______________ ________________ ___________

5. Who has been the best president?______________ ______________ _____________

Si – Si: YouTuber
Her friends call her Si-Si. She is a very famous and influential youtuber. She has her own channel
with hundreds of visit a day. We asked her what it feels to be famous at such a young age: and this
is whats she said

As you said people call me Si-Si it is short for Silvana Sierra I’m Mexican. I’m eighteen and I live
with my parents and two dogs

Well, all this _______________ a couple of yeats ago when my sister asked me to help her do her
hair. I _________________________ that I had a special talent. So, l __________________ to start
making. My own tutorial, Girls live theam, l try to ipload as many tutorials as possible

But that is not the onlie thing I do. In my Youtube channel I also tal about sports, society,music,
video games, etc

For example, yesterday l ______________________ this tutorial in which I gave my watchers some
tips about how to beat other video gamers, l adore videogames

In my channel I have also ________________ about my favorite music, important, people in our
society, and books
In the first block you checked the verb forms. Lets see how much you can remember. Complete
the chart with the missing verb forms, you wiil find regular and irregular verbs mixed

Base Form Past Past Participle

Be

Buy

Make

Go

Get

Know

Write

Read

Spend

Call

Arrive

Break

Drink

Eat

Givi

Study

Live

Talk
Write the number 1 for what happended first and 2 for what happened later

1. Si si had read city of bones before she watched blade


2. By the time read Dracula she had already read a lot of vampire books
3. Before she entered hing school she had read twilight
4. Hear sister had read the twilight books before si si dis
5. Si si hadn’t read anthing about vampires before she entered secondary school

Write True of False in front of each statement

1. He had attended trinity college before he took a job with civil service________
2. He had published Dracula fifteen years before he died __________
3. He had moved to London before he met Henry Irving ____________
4. He had published his first book before he got married ______________
5. His friend had died many years before he did ___________________________
6. Dracula had been published by the time Herny Irving died______________

Use the ideas above to choose the best option for each of the following sentences. Circle the
correc answer

1. He had studied / studi math before he discovered his love for theater and literature

2. He had get married / gotten married before he became a famous written

3. He hadn’t worked / work in differente theater companies before he met his friend

4. He had published / publish some books before he wrote Dracula


5. The movie Dracula hadn’t been / be taken on screen by the time he died
Very Important Mexican People: VIMP

Can you identify one of these people. Match the name and the occupation to the correct
photograph

Eugenio Derbez

Actor

Film Director

Carlos Slim Painter

Guillermo Del Toro Businessuman

Guillermo Ochoa Film director

Octavio Paz Goalkeeper

Gael García Bernal Writer

Salma Hayek Actor

David Alfaro Squeros Actress


What is your favorite celebration during the year? Share your answer with a classmate

My favorite is:

Because:

Write the date when we celebrate the following events

Independence Day The Day of the Dead

The Revolution’s Anniversary Mother’s Day


What did they do?
All these people have been part of our history. Listen to the information and match what they did
to the correct picture

1. _________________________ Has been one of the richest men in the world

2. __________________________ was one of the mos important leaders in the Mexican


Revolution

3. ___________________________ Has been the most importan Mexican boxer

4. ____________________________ Started the independence war

5. ___________________________ Won the Nobel Prize for literature

Miguel Hidalgo

Carlos Slim

Julio Cesar Chavez

Octavio Paz Miguel Hidalgo


Read about these important Mexican people and answer with the correct name the exercise on
the next page

Mexican Misfortune
Martin Luther King

The following people had more than one occupation / profession, underline the correct ones

1. Miguel Hidalgo
A) Priest B) Doctor C) Independence loader

2. Mahatma Gandhi
A) Lawyer B) Teacher C) Independence loader

3. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz


A) Activist B) Writer C) Nun

4. Ernesto Che Guevara


A) Doctor B) Writer C) Writer

5. Martin Luther King


A) Pilot B) Activist C) Activist

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