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ACTIVITIES

GRAMMAR

1. Write the correct possessives.

a) Carl’s lastname is Contreras His last name is Contreras_______.

b) Maria´s parents are Carlo and Sue. ____________________________.
c) Julio’s sister is Martha ____________________________.
d) Cesar’s grandparents are friendly ____________________________.
e) Maria and Fabi’s friend is kind ____________________________.
f) Fabi and Maria’s friends are tender ____________________________.
g) My professor’s name is Cristina ____________________________.
h) My professor’s surname is Vega ____________________________.
i) My dog’s name is Dinky ____________________________.
j) Sue’s brother is tall and handsome ____________________________.

2. Complete the next paragraph with subject pronouns and possessives.

Hello. ____ name is Daniel and I’m going to introduce my family. _____ father’s name
is Esteban. ___ is 70 years old. ____’s a theologies and____ birthday is on August 3rd.
My mother___ name is Ivone. ____´s 65 years old. ____ is a housekeeper and _____
birthday is on April 20th. I have one brother and two sisters. My sisters__ names are
Katherine and Kelly. Katherine is 31 years old. ____ is a teacher and _____birthday is
on April 20th. Kelly is 30 years old. ____ ‘s an economist and ____ birthday is on May
26th. ____ brother___ name is Juan Manuel. ____ is 27 years old. ____’s an agronomy
engineer and ____ birthday is on October 4th.

READING COMPREHENSION
My name's Carlos Mejía and I’m from Cuzco. I'm married and I have three children, a
son and two daughters. My son's name is Alan. He’s 12 years old. He's tall with brown
hair, and he’s really clever. My daughters’ names are Estela and Silvia. Estela’s 21 years
old. She's short and thin. She’s really beautiful. Silvia’s 19 years old. She’s tall and thin.
She’s beautiful too.

1. After reading, answer these questions.

a) What’s Carlos’s surname? ____________________________.

b) Where is Carlos from? ____________________________.
c) Is he single? ____________________________.
d) How old is Alan? ____________________________.
e) Is Alan clever? ____________________________.
f) What are his daughters’ names? ____________________________.
g) Who’s thin and short? ____________________________.
h) How old are Carlos’s daughters? ____________________________.
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1. Find the family members in the puzzle. Then write a sentence for each one.
Follow the example.

Father
F H J Y K A U N G X W N
Mother
Sister A A F V B U M G Y P I Ñ
Brother C E T C Q N S Q P S N M
Cousin F Q N H R T R Ñ U T G U
Grandparents
G A P Z E D Z O V R W N
Uncle
Aunt T F I U H R C X N S Q C
N S I S T E R O M T Y L
M P B R O T H E R Q P E
G A M I M S W S X D L V
G R A N D P A R E N T S
H F S Q S Z R G V C S L
M O T H E X U N C L A Z

Example.

My father’s name is Esteban. He’s 71 years old. He’s short and a kind person. He’s a
driver. And his birthday is on August 3rd (third).
My mother

My brother

My sister

My cousin

My uncle

My aunt

My grandparents

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ACTIVITIES
VOCABULARY

1. Look at the pictures and write the correct names of the different places.

________________________ _______________________ ________________________

_______________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

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GRAMMAR

1. Change the sentences into plural. Then create 5 more ones using
demonstratives adjectives.

a) This book is expensive _________________________________.

b) This eraser is on the table _________________________________.
c) That wallet is inside the pocket _________________________________.
d) That cloud is gray _________________________________.
e) This man is clever _________________________________.
f) That child is playful _________________________________.
g) What is this? _________________________________.
h) What is that? _________________________________.
i) This bottle of water isn’t cheap _________________________________.
j) That glass isn’t inside the cabinet _________________________________.
k) ___________________________ _________________________________.
l) ___________________________ _________________________________.
m) ___________________________ _________________________________.
n) ___________________________ _________________________________.
o) ___________________________ _________________________________.

2. Put in order the next words.

a) Children/those/their/aren’t/in/school
__________________________________________________________.
b) Is/this/she/university/in
__________________________________________________________.
c) Aren’t/women/these/office/the/in
__________________________________________________________.
d) University/on/is/avenue/independence/this
__________________________________________________________.
e) Faculty/my/very/is/modern
__________________________________________________________.
f) Career/this/interesting/is
__________________________________________________________.
g) Is/where/director’s/office/the/?
__________________________________________________________.
h) Isn’t/teacher/our/this/classroom/in
__________________________________________________________.
i) South/Peru/of/city/Arequipa/is
__________________________________________________________.
j) Professor/that/really/is/smart
__________________________________________________________.

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WRITING

1. DIRECTIONS
AREQUIPA’S DOWTOWN MAP

Puente Grau Ayacucho

6
Zela Melgar
Santa
Catalina
Av. La Marina

Ugarte
Santa catalina

Rivero
San Francisco

Jerusalén
9
Moral San José
10

8 2
San Agustín Mercaderes

3 12
1 11

Puente Bolognesi Morán

13 7 4 5
Álvarez Thomas
La Merced

Palacio viejo

1. Main Square
2. The Chatedral
3. San Agustín’s church
4. Compañía ‘s church
5. Santo Domingo’s church
6. San Francisco’s church
7. The museum
8. UNSA
9. The pharmacy
10. The chocolate store
11. The bank
12. Estilos (Clothes store)
13. The supermarket

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2. Look at the Arequipa’s map. Then answer the next questions. Use the phrases
in the box. Follow the examples. Add two more questions.

turn right across from next to there it is

turn left go straight cross the path, street How do I get…?

Example

I´m on Main Square now.

 How do I get to San Agustin’s church, please?

Go along San Agustin street, it’s on the corner.

I’m on the cathedral now.

a) How do I get to Compañia’s church?

b) How do I get to Santo Domingo’s church?

c) How do I get to San Francisco’s church?

d) What’s the way to the museum?

e) What’s the way to UNSA?

f)

g)

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GRAMMAR (2) PREPOSITION OF TIME

IN Parts of the day: morning, afternoon, I work in the morning.
evening.
Months: January, February, March, April, I travel to Lima in October.
May, June, July, August, September,
October, November, December.
Years: 1998, 2010, 2019 …
Seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter. She studies Literature in 2019.
She goes to the beach in summer.
ON Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, On Monday I work from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. p.m.
Dates: Christmas eve, Independence day. My birthday is on October 29th.
th th
July 28 , May 16 .
AT Short parts of the day: midday, midnight, He goes to bed at midnight.
dinner, lunch, breakfast, night, noon,
sunset, bedtime, the moment.
Hours: 7:00, 8:30, 12:00 … You start work at 7:00 a.m.
Festivals and holidays: Christmas,
Independence.

PRACTICE (3). Complete the sentences with the Prepositions of time.

a) She works _______ Saturdays.

b) We go to the school _______ 8:00 ___ the morning.
c) I have lunch ____ noon.
d) My friends and I play soccer _____ 2:00 ____ the afternoon.
e) _____ Thursday she visits her grandparents.
f) Everyday I wake up _____ 5:30 _____ the morning. Then I take a shower. I
have breakfast ______ 6:30 a.m. After that I start work ____ 8:30 a.m.
g) _____ Friday she has lunch _____ 1:30 p.m. She finishes work ____ 5:00
____ the afternoon. Then, she has dinner _____ 8.00 p.m. Finally, she goes
to bed ____midnight.

VOCABULARY (2) FOOD

Listen and repeat.

MEAT DRINKS GRAINS TABLE SETTINGS

chicken tea rice glass
fish juice wheat fork
shrimp wine corn knife
guinea pig beer barley spoon
lamb water oat napkin
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ACTIVITIES
VOCABULARY
1. Look at the pictures and write the correct names of the different kind of food.

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

_______________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

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ACTIVITIES
VOCABULARY
1. Look at the pictures and write the names of the different things in the house.

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

_______________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

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GRAMMAR
1. Correct the following sentences.
a) Carlos are doing her homwork.
________________________________________________________.
b) My relatives is runing in Selva Alegre park.
________________________________________________________.
c) I am swiming in the pool.
________________________________________________________.
d) Why are you cring?
________________________________________________________.
e) The secretary aren’t working now.
________________________________________________________.
f) Tomorrow, He’s travel to Chivay.
________________________________________________________.
g) We isn’t climbin Chachani.
________________________________________________________.
h) What are Maria eatting?
________________________________________________________.
i) The dog is chase his tail.
________________________________________________________.
j) The Principal ins’t talking in class.
________________________________________________________.

READING COMPREHENSION
Dear Milagros,
I’m working at San Agustin University and I’m having a really good time. In this
moment we are having a break and as it is very cold I’m having a hot cup of coffee with
some biscuits. My students are doing different free activities. Some are also having
snacks, the boys are practicing their English pronunciation and there are few girls
talking in English too. I feel very pleasant here because my students are very clever and
I can share all I know. Send me some pictures. Don’t forget!
Kisses, Cristina
1. Answer the following questions.
a) Where’s Cristina working? __________________________________.
b) What’s she doing now? __________________________________.
c) Why is she drinking a cup of coffee? __________________________________.
d) Is she hungry? __________________________________.
e) What are the girls doing? __________________________________.
f) What are the boys doing? __________________________________.
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WRITING
Imagine you and some people are in these places. Follow the examples.
You/church
- What are you doing in the church?
- I’m praying.
Mother/market
- What is your mother doing in the market?
- She’s buying some food.

Berly/University

Jose/Mine

Maria/office

You/house

Milagros and
Carlota/cinema

Alan/gym

My friend/store

The dog/street

My brother/pool

You/restaurant

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