Departamento de Gestión Inglés I

Facultad Politécnica
Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Name: Herlan Gustavo Torales Salinas_________________________________

Exercise 1: Complete the missing words with the right noun – Completa
los espacios en blanco con el sustantivo correcto. (5pts)

Paraguay – house – table – Coronel Oviedo - car

1. The ……car…….. is red

2. The ……house…….. is big
3. The …table….. is small
4. …Coronel...Oviedo…..is a big town
5. ..Paraguay….. is a democratic country

Exercise 2: Complete with the correct personal pronoun – Complete con

el Pronombre personal correcto. (8pts)

1. ……I….. play tennis. Yo juego al tenis

2. …You….. are French. Tú eres francés

3. ……We….. have a car. Nosotros tenemos un coche

4. ……She….. is blond. Ella es rubia

5. ……You….. go to the movies. Vosotros vais al cine

6. ……I….. study English. Yo estudio inglés

7. ……They….. speak Italian. Ellos hablan italiano

8. ……We….. watch TV. Nosotros vemos la tele

Change the subject for a pronoun. (5pts) 3. My father is an architect. __He__ is an

architect.
1. Mary is a student. __She___ is a student.
4. The teacher and the students are watching a
2. Mario and Pedro are cousins. video. __They__ are watching a video.
__They___ are cousins.
5. The car is fast and modern. __It__ is fast
and modern.

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Facultad Politécnica
Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Exercise 3: – Choose the right option a/an; the; X (9pts)

a

1. Look at woman over there! She is a famous actress.

the

2. I do not like basketball.

a

3. That is girl I told you about.

The

4. night is quiet. Let's take a walk!

The

5. price of gas keeps rising.

an The
6. I live in apartment. apartment is new.
the
7. My brother doesn't eat chicken.
an
8. They are staying at hotel.
the
9. Sara can play guitar.

Exercise 4: Put in What, Where, Why, When, How into the gaps and form
meaningful questions. (10pts)

Example: ____ often do you play volleyball?

Answer: How often do you play volleyball?

1) ……How…….is the weather like today?

2) ……Why…….don't you like apple juice?
3) ……What…….about a walk through the forest?
4) ……How…….do you play volleyball?
5) ……Where…….is my red sweat shirt, Mum
6) ……How…….do Anne and Betty get to school every day?
7) ……Where…….. does your father go to work?
8) ……Where……. is the dog's bone?
9) ……When…….are we going for a holiday by the sea again?

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10) ……How…….do you like your coffee?

Exercise 5: Write the correct preposition - at, in, on- in the missing words
and form correct time phases. (10pts)

in
1. September
at
2. 12 o'clock
in
3. winter
on
4. Easter Monday
on
5. 4th July, 1776
on
6. Christmas
on
7. Tuesday
on
8. the weekend
on
9. my birthday
on
10. the end of the week

Exercise 6: Look at the following sentences and complete with an

appropriate preposition. Write the full sentences below. (12ps)

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1. There are many people in the room____________

2. I saw him at the station______________________
3. There were many people at the concert__________
4. The shop is at the left________________________
5. They were having a picnic at the park___________
6. There is a little milk in the cup_________________
7. Do you take sugar in your coffee_______________
8. The garden is on the back of the house__________
9. What was there in your room? There were many things_
10. All fishermen are on sea_________________
11. There were many pictures in that museum___
12. There wasn’t any butter in the fridge________

Exercise 7: Complete with There is or There are and complete the

sentences. Mind singular or plural of the nouns. (10pts)

There is
1. a bag on the table.

There is
2. a calendar on the wall.

There are
3. two posters in my room.

There is
4. a banana in this basket.

There are
5. six chairs in the kitchen.

There are
6. lots of books on the shelf.

There is
7. a mirror in our hall.

There are
8. 12 cushions on the sofa.

There is
9. a big wardrobe in my sister's bedroom.

There are
10. children in the yard.

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Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Exercise 8: Completa las oraciones con There is /There are (8 pts)

¡Mira! Hay un coche de policía delante de la universidad.

There is
1. Look! a police car in front of the university.

Señorita Jones, hay algunos ejercicios que no entiendo.

There are
2. Miss Jones, some exercises that I don't understand.

Mamá, hay un poco de agua sobre la mesa.

There is
3. Mum, some water on the table.

Toma el bus 16. Hay una parada de autobús justo allí.

There is
4. Take bus 16. a bus stop right there.

Hay pescado y ensalada.

Thereare
5. fish and salad.
No se preocupe. No hay mucho tráfico a esta hora.

There isn't
6. Don't worry. much traffic at this time.

Disculpe profesora. ¿Hay pingüinos en Inglaterra?

There are
7. Excuse me teacher. penguins in England?

¡No hay un lápiz cuando lo necesitas!

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Universidad Nacional de Asunción

There isn't
8. a pencil when you need one!

Exercise 9: Read the following students describing their bedrooms. Then look
at the bedrooms and match them with each student. (8pts)

Whose room is it?

Name:_________Sam__________ room:__F_______
Name: _________Tina_________ room:___D______
Name:__________Carly________ room:___C______
Name:_________Sean_________room:____A______

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Universidad Nacional de Asunción

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Facultad Politécnica
Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Exercise 10- Writing: Write some sentences describing your bedroom.

For each sentence use there is/are, articles and prepositions. (15pts)

Hi, I’m Herlan and this is my room. There is not much furniture but it is
quite cozy. In the corner of my room, I have a table, on top there are
some books, notebooks and a computer. I have a window and in front of
it a closet. In the center of the room, I have a blackboard. My bed is in
another corner of the room, there are pillows on top. At the side of the
bed, I have a small piece of furniture, inside are personal items among
other things.
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