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SEMANA 1
TEMA: PRESENT SIMPLE OF BE

PASSAGE 1 4. Which of the following statements its false

A A) They are on Holidays
Jane: Excuse me. Are they free? B) Some people live in United Kingdom
Rachel: Yes, please sit down. C) Some people live in USA
Jane: Thanks. D) All of them speak English
Joe: I’m Joe. E) They are working there
Jane: And I’m Jane. We’re from Texas.
Charlie: We’re English. I’m Charlie. Passage 2
Rachel: And I’m Rachel. Nice to meet you.

B
Jane: Where are you from in the UK?
Charlie: We’re from London.
Joe: London’s a great city! Are you on holiday?
Rachel: Yes, we are. Are you on holiday, too?
Jane: No, we aren’t. We’re on business.

1. Where is Jane form?

A) She is from USA
B) She is from Canada
C) She is from UK
D) She is from South America Gatesbridge’s new Merriwether Mall is opening
E) She is from Europe this September. With an area of 320,000 square
metres, the Merriweather Mall will be the
2. Where are Rachel and Charlie from? biggest mall in the south west. It’s located close
A) They are from USA to the motorway, has its own bus station and
B) They are from Canada 2000 car parking spaces, so it is convenient for
C) They are from UK everyone.
D) They are from South America The mall has five areas, all under cover. The
E) They are from Europe largest, Main Street, is a shopping area on three
floors. Here, you’ll find all the major chain stores
3. Which of the women lives in the UK? and department stores. You can buy fashion
A) Jane items and all the famous brand names. There is
B) Rachel also a large chemist.
C) Joe Situated on two levels, the market square is
D) Charlie where you can find traditional market stalls. On
E) Mariah the lower floor, there are food stalls, including a

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butcher’s, baker’s, a fishmonger’s, greengrocer’s 7. buy some Nike trainers?

and delicatessen. On the upper floor, you will A) Main Street
find stalls selling hardware and haberdashery. B) Market Square
Bohemia is at the rear of the mall. Here, you’ll C) Bohemia
find quirky, independent shops selling everything D) The Palisade
from second hand music and books to clothes E) The Showground
and handicrafts.
The Palisade is more upmarket. Here you will find 8. buy a used CD?
fashion boutiques, jewellers, antiques and A) Main Street
furniture. There are also two banks and a post B) Market Square
office located along The Palisade. C) Bohemia
D) The Palisade
The Showground is the entertainment centre of
E) The Showground
the mall. On the ground floor, there is a food
court where you’ll find cuisine from around the
9. have a meal?
world, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai and
A) Main Street
Italian food. There is a large arena where events
B) Market Square
will take place through the year. There is also an
C) Bohemia
eight-screen cinema, a night club and a bowling
D) The Palisade
alley.
E) The Showground
And if that is not enough, we are offering you a
voucher which will give you £10 off any purchase 10. buy an expensive, old cupboard?
over £40 that you make in the Merriwether Mall A) Main Street
between 10th and 16th September. You can’t B) Market Square
afford to miss it! C) Bohemia
D) The Palisade
5. Where is the best place in the mall to buy an E) The Showground
expensive necklace?
A) Main Street 11. see a film?
B) Market Square A) Main Street
C) Bohemia B) Market Square
D) The Palisade C) Bohemia
E) The Showground D) The Palisade
E) The Showground
6. Where is the best place in the mall to buy
some bacon? 12. buy some bacon?
A) Main Street A) Main Street
B) Market Square B) Market Square
C) Bohemia C) Bohemia
D) The Palisade D) The Palisade
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13. buy some shampoo? CepreUNI, I want to be a civil engineer. My

A) Main Street father is an electronic engineer and my
B) Market Square mother is a nurse. My father has 45 years
C) Bohemia old and my mother is 42. We live in the Los
D) The Palisade Olivos, in Lima. Our house are a small flat
E) The Showground but it is new and modern. My grandparents
live with us. They are retired. My best friend
14. mail a parcel? is Pedro, he is a student at Cepre-UNI he
A) Main Street wants to be a systems engineer. He have
B) Market Square 17 years old. His parents is lawyers. They
C) Bohemia live in near Plaza Norte. Their house is very
D) The Palisade big and it has got a big garden. We is always
E) The Showground together after classes.
A) am - is - is – is – are – are
15. Find the six mistakes in the text and choose B) am - has - is – is – are – are
the alternative with the correct answers. C) am - are - is – is – are – are
Hello! My name is Carlos. I am from Perú. D) am - is - is – is – are – is
I have 17 years old and I am a student at E) am - is - is – has – are – are

HOMEWORK

1. Choose true (T) or false (F) for each statement They are two Chinese people living the
related to the following report. American Dream, this is Susan Myers
Good morning, I am Susan Myers, I am a reporting from the Community College, and
reporter at Central News and today I am tomorrow we will have more guests in “living
making a report on immigrants, today´s in America”, see you then!
guests are two immigrants from China, they I. Susan Myers is a teacher at Central News.
are Jane Lee, and Peter Lee, they are II. They are from Vietnam.
students at the Community College, she is III. They live in downtown.
19 years old and he is 20. They are students IV. Jane is 25 years old.
but they are not workers. They live in an V. Peter is a student at Harvard
apartment down town. A) FFTTF B) FFFTF C) FFTFT
Susan: Are you happy in America? D) FFTFF E) TFTFF
Jane: Yes, we are, we enjoy living here.
Susan: Jane, is your real name Yang Lee? 2. It ___________ a good day to do the laundry.
Jane: No, it’s not, it is Dai-xia, and it means It is raining
summer. A) does B) Am C) Is not
Susan: Thank you very much. D) Isnt’ E) Does not

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3. Marie and You ______ 22 years old.______ D) felt nearly as nervous about the recital as
so Young. the writer did
A) Is – She is B) Are – They are E) couldn’t think of a way of helping the
C) Is – They are D) Are – You are writer to stay calm
E) Is – He is
7. The writer stopped feeling nervous ______.
4. Sofia is a doctor but I _________ a doctor. A) because he had practised a great deal
A) Am B) Am not C) Are B) when the audience began to applaud
D) Don’t know E) Don’t be C) before he walked onto the stage
D) as soon as the concert was over
5. ................ you from Perú? Yes, I ................. E) when he found he couldn't see the audience
A) Are – is B) Are - am
C) Am – am D) Am – are 8. In the passage, it is explained that ________.
E) Are – Are A) the writer was always nervous on the day
of a concert
Passage 2 B) the writer played to some cabbages
On the day of my first piano recital, I became because there was no real audience
more and more nervous. To help me calm down, C) the writer finally began to relax just
my piano teacher told me to place several before he began his recital
cabbages in the room where I practised. I was so D) the room was so cold the writer's hands
eager to get over my nerves that I was willing to felt like ice
try anything. For the next few hours, I played to E) the writer always practised in a room
an audience of cabbages. When the time of the where there were cabbages
recital finally arrived, I was still terribly nervous.
My hands felt like ice. When I finally walked 9. My shorts ______ Brown. _______ White.
across the stage, I looked out into the dark A) Is – It isn’t
audience. I could not see anyone! All those B) Are – they are
people out there could just as easily have been C) Are – they aren’t
cabbages! As I sat down to play, my hands D) Isn’t – It is
relaxed. Before I knew it, I had played all my E) Are – they
pieces without a mistake. For the first time, the
cabbage heads applauded! 10. ___________ that your pencil?
A) Do B) Are C) Is
6. On the day of the recital, the music teacher D) Am E) Does
______________ .
A) advised the writer to put cabbages in the
room where he practised and play for
them
B) warned the writer not to look at the CLAVES
audience 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
C) had no patience with the writer because
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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