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: Alex@ttm.com

From: Bob@aal.com

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. Who was Christopher Columbus? ___________________________________________________

2. What nationality was Christopher Columbus? ___________________________________________________
3. Why did they laugh at him? ___________________________________________________
4. How much money did he get at last? ___________________________________________________
5. 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. _______________________________________________________________________________

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

Example : Concha is playing with a ball.