CORONAVIRUS DISEASE

1. TAKE OUT AT LEAST TWO SENTENCES IN DIFFERENT TENSES. IDENTIFY

THE PART OF THE SPEECH.

 The WHO (World Health Organization) has stated that the risk of spreading
someone without symptoms is "very low
 The cases varied; there was one that the incubation period lasted 27 days.

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PRONOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
PREPOSITION
CONJUNCTIONS
INTERJECTIONS
ARTICLES

2. TAKE OUT AT LEAST FIVE CUE IDEAS FROM THE TEXT (PRINCIPAL AND
SECONDS IDEAS).
IDEA PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL IDEA
Covid-19 is a virus that can become asymptomatic, therefore, the proper
precautions of this virus must be known.

SECOND IDEAS
 The usual incubation period (the time between infection and
symptom onset) ranges from one to fourteen days; it is most
commonly five days.
 The symptoms of COVID-19 are not specific, they can be confused
with the symptoms of flu, and some of those infected may have no
symptoms.
 prevention include good hygiene, such as washing hands when
appropriate, avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with your
hands without washing, coughing or sneezing a tissue and putting
the tissue directly into a garbage can.
 The world health organization says the risk of spreading someone
without symptoms is very low.
3. ELABORATE A SYNOPTIC SQUARE OR MENTAL MAP WITH THE MAIN IDEAS.

Symptoms of
COVID-19 are
non-specific

Misconceptions are can develop flu like

circulating about how to symptoms such as
prevent infection: rinsing fever, cough,
the nose, gargling with fatigue, shortness
mouthwash, and eating
garlic are not effective. COVID-19 of breath, or
muscle pain.

Many governments advise

he primary mode of
against all non-essential
transmission is via
travel to countries and
respiratory droplets
areas affected by the
that people exhale, for
outbreak. China has banned
example when
the trade and consumption
coughing or sneezing.
of wild animals.

4. WHAT IS THE WRITER TRYING TO DO IN THIS TEXT?

What the author of the text wants is to inform about Covid-19, the virus that is currently
infected to a large part of the world population, does not talk about its symptoms and
possible preventions.

5. DO YOU CONSIDER THE TEXT IS IMPORTANT? WHY?

Yes, the text is very important since it is a social issue that concerns us all, it is necessary
to know the possible ways of contagion of this virus and to know how to prevent it.