GUA DE ESTUDIO

PARA EL EXAMEN EXTRAORDINARIO

INGLES VI BASICO
Summit 1

ACADEMIA DE IDIOMAS

INDICE
Pgina
Introduccin 3
Objetivo de la asignatura.. 4
Modulo I . 5
Modulo II. 7
Modulo III... 9

Introduccin.

Esta es una gua de estudio en la cual el alumno de

primer semestral la tomar como herramienta para el
estudio de los temas vistos durante el periodo
cuatrimestral. Cabe resaltar que como el nombre lo
indica es tan solo una herramienta ms y es
obligacin del estudiante apoyarse tambin en los
apuntes tomados en clase, ejercicios y explicaciones
del libro de texto y trabajos desarrollados. Por lo tanto
es responsabilidad del alumno la bsqueda de
informacin para completar esta gua.

Objetivo de la signatura.

El estudiante:
Practicar utilizando la lengua inglesa en la
realizacin de funciones interactivas y transactivas
elementales a travs de las cuatro habilidades
comunicativas
(produccin
oral
y
escrita,
comprensin lectora y auditiva), mostrando en todo
momento
actitudes
de
inters,
respeto,
responsabilidad, tolerancia y autonoma.

UNIT 1
Grammar. Gerunds and Infinitives
Some verbs are followed by either a gerund or an infinitive with no change in
meaning. For example. Love, hate, cant stand, like, prefer, begin, start, continue, etc.
Some verbs change meaning, depending on whether they are followed by a gerund
or and infinitive.
REMEMBER

FORGET

STOP

Look for the differences in meaning on page 5 of your book and complete the
following exercise.
Exercise.
Create sentences using the correct meaning by using gerunds or infinitives.
1. Remember + infinitive. Remember to do something.
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2. Remember + gerund. Remember something that happened in the past.
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3. Forget + infinitive. Forget to do something
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4. Forget + gerund. Forget something that happened in the past.
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5. Stop + infinitive. Stop in order to do something.
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6. Stop + gerund = stop an ongoing action
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Vocabulary. Write the meaning of the following words. Page 6

A sweet heart.

A people person

A pain in the neck

A team player

A tyrant

A wise guy

A brain

A workaholic

Vocabulary Page 7.
Describe one of your friends by using the following words of description. Use
dictionary if you dont know the words.
Positive Description: Easygoing, outgoing, funny, lovable, hardworking,
professional, smart, friendly, helpful, reliable, fun, modest.
Negative Description: Annoying, impolite, offensive, unfair.
Both: Silly, nervous, talkative, serious.

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UNIT 2.
Grammar. Present perfect and present perfect continuous. Page 16.
Complete the following sentences using either present perfect or present
perfect continuous according to the explanation on your book.
1.

I (play)_________________ football for five years.

2.

My team (win / only) _________________ two matches so far.

3.

The others (be / always) _________________ better.

4.

Are we not there yet? We (walk) _________________ for hours.

5.

But we (cover / only) _________________ an area of five miles so far.

6.

I (finish/just) _________________ my homework.

7.

I (work) _________________ on this essay since two o'clock.

8.

Jane (go out) _________________ with Bob for seven years.

9.

Martin (date) _________________ three girls this week.

10.

How long (wait / you) _________________ for us?

Vocabulary. Elements of music.

Beat

Sound

Lyrics

Voice

Melody

Vocabulary. Describing creative personality. Page 20

Write P if the characteristic is positive or N if it is negative.
Egotistical. __________

Eccentric__________

Moody__________

Difficult__________

Imaginative__________

Energetic __________

Passionate__________

Gifted __________

UNIT 3
Grammar. Finishes future actions. Page 28
Complete the following sentences using the information on your book.

1 By 2005 we _________ (live) in London for 14

years

2 He __________ (write) a book by the end of the

week.

3 He ____________ (write) this book for 3

months by the end of this week.

4 __________(finish, you) this project by the next

week?

5 We __________ (married, be) a year on June

25th.

6 If it doesn't come tomorrow, I ___________ (be)

without the projector for a month.

7 ____________ (be, she) pregnant for 5 month

this week?
Vocabulary. Expressing buyers remorse Page 30
It costs so much to maintain
It takes up so much room
Its so hard to operate
Its so hard to put together

Its just sits around collecting dust.

Grammar. The past unreal conditional: inverted form. Page 31.

Rewrite the following past unreal conditional sentences, using the inverted
form.
1. They would have gone to the party if the car hadnt broken down
2. If she had studied, she would have passed her test.
3. If I hadnt robbed that bank, I wouldnt have been 5 years in prison
4. Carlos would have been happier if he hadnt suffered that accident.

Vocabulary. Charity and investment.

Charity
Contribution
Investment.
Philanthropist
Profit.

UNIT 4.
Grammar. Quantifiers. Page 40
Complete the following tenses.
1. They have had _____________ homework in mathematics recently.
2. How ______________ time do you need to finish the work?

3. There are too ______________ students in the library.

4. Have you visited ______________ foreign country?
5. Although he's very ill, he didn't take ______________ medicine.
6. ______________ people know as much about linguistics as John does.
7. They say ______________ knowledge is a dangerous thing.
8. He's having ______________ of trouble passing his driving test.
9. I spend ______________ of my time reading novels.
10. He knows_____________ English. He knows enough English to manage.

Vocabulary. Describing fashion and style. Page 42.

Circle in red the words that are attractive in meaning and circle in blue the
ones that are unattractive in meaning

Shocking

flashy

striking

Fashionable

old fashioned

stylish

tacky

elegant

trendy

out of style

Vocabulary. Using the prefix self. Page 46

Self-confidence

self-pity

self-conscious

Self-esteem

self-centered

self-critical.

Self-image

self-confident

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UNIT 5
Grammar: Possessives with gerunds.
Combine the two statements, using a possessive with a gerund.
1. They allow drinking. I disagree with it.
2. They smoke cigars in the car. My father objects to it.
3. Shes making her project. We dont mind it.
4. My sister litters. Im really annoyed by it.

Vocabulary. Ways to perform community service.

Write example of the following community services.
Beautify your town. ________________________________________________________________________
Clean up litter. ______________________________________________________________________________
Donate your time __________________________________________________________________________
Volunteer. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Donate your organs. _______________________________________________________________________

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