Facultad de Artes y Humanidades

Departamento de Lenguas

INGLS INICIAL

Student: _____________________

TEMUCO 2013

UNIT 1
MEETING PEOPLE

Hi Im Katy Perry, an
American singer. Im
from California U.S.A.
What about you?

I. INTRODUCING YOURSELF

EXPRESSIONS

A.

RESPONSES

Hello, Im Miss Perez.

Hello, Miss Perez. Im Susan Miller.

My name is Peter Travis.

Nice to meet you Mr. Travis. Im Mrs.

Crandall.

Im George. What's your

name?

My name is Amy Wells. Glad to meet

you, George.

Informal greetings
Howdy!

Hi!

Im fine, thanks.

Whats up?

Not too bad.

Hello!
How are you?
Hey, dude!

Im OK.

B.

Formal greetings
Good afternoon,
Mrs. Johnson.

Good morning,
Mr. Brown.

Good afternoon,
Ms Robinson.

Good morning,
Miss Chen.

C.

Leave-takings/farewells
Bye bye

See you later.

Good bye
See you tomorrow.

See you soon.

So long!

II. ORAL PRACTICE: Introduce yourself and others.

Examples:
St 1: Hello, Im Mike.
St 2: Hi, Im Nick. Nice to meet you.
St 3: Hello Mike and Nick. Im Roger. Its nice to meet you.
What do you do?

Alice Smith: Mr. Johnson, this is Miss Kate Moore. She is

an industrial civil engineer. Kate, this is Mr.
Johnson. Hes an environmental engineer.
Ray Johnson: Nice to meet you, Miss More.
Kate Moore: Nice to meet you too, Mr. Johnson.

Conversations: Read the conversations and number the sentences in the correct
order.
Conversation 1:

__1_ Excuse me. Are you Fred Browning?

____ Its nice to meet you, too. Im Greg Schultz.
____ Yes, I am. Nice to meet you.

Conversation 2:

1
____
____
____

Hello, Im Pablo Castillo.

Thank you
Its nice to meet you too. Welcome to Electronika.
Hello, Im Dimitri Krassakis. Nice to meet you.

Conversation 3:

____
1
____
____

Yes, just a little.

Can you speak English?
OK, no problem. Ill speak slowly.
Thanks.

Conversation 4

____
____
1
____
____

No, Im sorry.
Me too. So please speak slowly.
Can you speak French?
I only speak a little English.
OK. No problem.

III. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Question
Whats your name?
Where are you from?
How old are you?
Whats your nationality?
What do you do?
Whats your phone number?
Whats your address?
Are you married?

Possible Answer (s)

My name is .. / Im
Im from .
Im .years old.
Im Chilean.
Im a student.
Its ..
Its 2088, Green Street/Avenue.
No, Im not. /Yes, I am.

Group work: In groups of three introduce yourself and ask and give personal information.

IV. WRITING: Fill in this application form.

V. READING TEXT: Read about Wan Chen, a tutor student at a college, and answer the
questions as if you were Chen, using short answer (Ex.: Yes, I am/ No, I am not).
My name is Wan Chen and I am from China. Im 24 years old, and I am taking PreMaster courses in Glasgow International College this year. I live in universitys
accommodation (Kelvinhaugh Street) with my wife. Next year, I will start a MS
Civil Engineering and Management program at University of Glasgow, and will
graduate in 2012.
I plan to find a job in Scotland after I graduate, because my wife, who is an
environmental engineer, wants to do a Ph. D program.
I am interested in playing basketball and snooker in my free time. Otherwise, I
like listening to both Chinese and English lyric songs at midnight. My wife likes to
cook Chinese food for our Scottish friends, so we have people over every
weekend.
I am a humorous and friendly person, if you have any problems, please do not
hesitate to contact me.

Week 2 M: Questions to Chen

Example: Are you Italian?
1. Are you Chinese?
___________________
2. Is your father a doctor?
___________________
3. Is your wife a housewife?
___________________
4. Are you over eighteen?
___________________

No, I am not.

5. Are you an undergraduate student?

___________________
6. Is your wife a friendly person?
___________________
7. Are your friends European?
___________________

GRAMMAR FOCUS: Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives:

Subject Pronouns
I
You
He
She
It
We
They

Possessive Adjectives
My
Your
His
Her
Its
Our
Their

VI. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

A.
Complete the conversations using: my, his, her, its, or their.
A: Whats your name?
B: .. name is Carla.

3.
A: Whats name?
B: is Vanessa.

A: Whats .name?
B: .name is Scott.

4.
A: Whats Jim and Paul last name?
B: last name is Harley.

A: Whats .name?
B: ..name is Sasha.

5.
A: Whats your favorite color?
B: .favorite color is blue.

B.

Complete these sentences. Circle the correct expression.

1. Im Marcos and this is my / I / his garden. My mother is Susan and this is shes / her / his
hat.
2. They are Robert and Adam and this is our / their / theyre bedroom. Hes / his / you
Mario and this is hes / his / her living room.
3. We are Betty and Barbara and this is our / their / my book. My / its / its title is Twilight.
4. She / Shes / He Rachel and this is hes / her / shes sister.
5. These are my teachers. Their / Theyre / Our names are Paul and Rita.
6. This is my brother. Her / His / Hes name is Peter. His / Hes / He a student in Hungary.
7. We are friends. They / Their / Our hobbies are gardening and walking.
8. Im Sophie and this is I / my /her dog. Its / his / Its name is Aladin.

VII. READING TEXT: Read this short text and complete the chart with information from the
text.
Marie lise Santini is from France. Shes 28 years old, and
shes an actress. Shes married; her husband is a film director,
Karol Bolewski. Karol is 56 years old. He lives in Paris.

First name

A.

Middle
name

Last name

Age

Occupation

Grammar focus: Present of the verb to be:

Long form
Short form
Negative Form
I am
Im
I am not (Im not)
You are
Youre
You are not (arent)
Youre not
He is
Hes
He is not (isnt)
Hes not
She is
Shes
She is not (isnt)
Shes not
It is
Its
It is not (isnt)
Its not
We are
Were
We are not (arent)
Were not
They are
Theyre
They are not (arent)
Theyre not

Marital
Status

Nationality

Question
Am I ?
Are you ?
Is he?
Is she?
Is it?
Are we?
Are they?

VIII. CONVERSATION: Complete these conversations with a personal pronoun, a possessive

adjective, a question word or the verb to be as it corresponds. (*)
Yoko
Rick
Rick
Yoko
Kate
Lisa
Yoko
Rick
Yoko
Kate

: Rick, who are the two women over there?

: Oh, .names are Lisa and Kate.
: Hi, Kate. This..Yoko. .from Japan.
: Hello. Nice to meet you.
: Good to meet you, Yoko.
: Andname ..Lisa.
: Hi, Lisa.
: Lisa and Kate..from Canada.
: Oh! Where . you from in Canada?
: ..from Toronto.

IX. ASKING QUESTIONS: Write the appropriate questions to the following answers.
Question

Answer

(Name)..?

Paul

(Married or single)....................................................................................?

Im married.

(American)....?

No, Im Australian

(How old).?

Im thirty.

(Civil engineer) .....?

No, Im a lawyer.

...?

Its 462598

(Mark)..?

Hes from Ireland.

.?

Hes fifty three.

...?

Hes an engineer.

X. SPELLING: THE ENGLISH ALPHABET

A
J
S

B
K
T

C
L
V

D
M
U

E
N
W

F
O
X

G
P
Y

H
Q
Z

I
R

A.
Practice aloud:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm
B.

Write down the words your teacher is going to spell.

1. _______________________

6. ________________________

2. _______________________

7. ________________________

3. _______________________

8. ________________________

4. _______________________

9. ________________________

5. _______________________

10. _______________________

C.
PAIR WORK: With different partners, ask about names of people and places and
spell them:
Examples:
A : Whats your surname?
B : Its Bonnhardt.
A : Can you spell it, please?
B : B.O.NN.H.A.R.D.T

A : Where are you from?

B : Im from Cochrane.
A : Can you spell it, please?
B : C.O.C.H.R.A.N.E

XI. NUMBERS
One
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten

A.

eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty

READ THESE NUMBERS:

Telephone numbers

Addresses

45-57967
63-4922869
56-02-3908836
98701325

885, Oak St.

01933, Green Av.
2083, Forest Rd.
0237, Graham St.

B.

thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
100. one hundred
1,000. one thousand

Ages
13
15
18
12

23
38
55
67

PAIR WORK:

With your partner, ask and say your age, telephone number and address.
How old
are you?

Im
nineteen.

XII. SELF-STUDY
Oral presentation
Choose a character: your best friend, favorite actor (actress), singer, etc. and prepare an oral
report about his/her personal information with the help of a power point or prezi.
Tips to give a good oral report
Planning your presentation

Study your topic well (practice at home)

Simple and logical structure
Include and introduction & conclusion

Delivering your
presentation

Introduce yourself and your topic

Quality of voice
Eye contact
DONT read everything, use notes
Keep to time limit

Effective use of notes

Write key vocabulary

Should be LARGE enough to be seen

Visual Aids

Keep it simple!
Use appropriate colors
Use an appropriate font size (not too small, not too big)
Avoid sound effect
DONT WRITE too much information
Write only ideas
Check grammatical mistakes or misspelled words in the
slides
Summarize your topic
Ask questions to your audience

Conclusion

The first slide must include the following information:

XIII. LISTENING ACTIVITY

A. Listen to the survey on TV watching habits twice and choose the correct alternative.
Does the man have a TV?

a) Yes, he does. b) No, he doesnt.

What is his first name?

a) Allen

How do you spell his last name? a) Silver

What is his address

b) Allan

c) Allam

b) Sylver

c) Sylber

a) 13 Main Road b) 30 Main Road

c) 13 Maine Road

What is his telephone number? a) 6170063

b) 06177063

c) 86177863

Where is he from?

a) Manchester

b) London

c) Toronto

When was he born?

a) 08th/Nov /1959 b) 08th/Oct/1959

c) 18th /Oct/1969

Whats his marital status?

a) divorced

b) married

c) single

What does he do?

a) teacher

b) engineer

c) chemist

Where does he work?

a) school

b) university

c) laboratory

B. Listen to the survey and write the correct answer.

Question
Whats her name?
Whats her last name?
Whats her address?
Whats her telephone?
Where is she from?
Whats her date of birth?
Whats her marital status?
What does she do?
Where does she work?

Answer

C. Ask the questions in the surveys to a classmate and then report the information to
the class.

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XIV. ROLE-PLAYS:
Work with a partner and take turns asking and answering questions.
Here are some extra useful expressions:

Can I help you?

I need / I want / I would like
Come back next week

Role-play 1: Asking for a Visa

Student 1: You are an officer at the Australian Embassy. Ask personal information
questions to your partner who wants a work visa to your country.
Student 2: You are at the Australian Embassy to apply for a work visa. Introduce
yourself and answer the questions.
Role-play 2: Applying for a part time job

Student 1: You are the personnel manager at MacDonalds Restaurant. Interview a

candidate for a part time job.
Student 2: You are applying for a part time job at MacDonald. Answer the questions
from the manager.
Role play 3: At the Emergency Room

Student 1: You are a receptionist at the city hospital. Ask a patient personal
information questions to admit him in the emergency room.
Student 2: You just had a car accident and go to the ER to get medical attention.
Answer all the questions to the receptionist so you can get admitted.

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UNIT 2

I.

HERE AND THERE

PREPOSITION OF PLACE
A.

Most common prepositions

This diagram shows some of the most common prepositions of place and indicates their
meaning. Practice with the picture on your left.
Ex: There are papers on the table.

B. More practice on the next website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jE5NMRNAAs&feature=related
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/prepositions-of-place-esl-fun-game-online-grammar-practice/
http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/06/prepositions-of-place-game.html

C. Match the pictures with the words.

1 up
2 down

3 through
4 along

5 round
6 over

7 under
8 between

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D.

Look at the plan of a factory and answer the questions below:

CLEANING

1. Is the production machine opposite the drying room?

2. Is the show room near the heating room? .

3. What is next to the rest room?

4. What is opposite the laboratory?

5. Where is the raw materials storage?.

6. Where is the cleaning room?

E.

The pipe line

pipe line

Railway

oil derrick

road

swamp

bridge

hill

coast

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Read the instructions and draw.

The pipeline
The road

The electricity cable

The railway line

^^
^

1. The pipeline starts at the oil derrick. It runs along the coast, over the river, through a
swamp and through the jungle to Silversand. From Silversand it goes through a tunnel
under a hill. Then it runs between the two lakes to the oil refinery.
2. The electricity cable starts at the power plant in Silversand. It runs over the pipelines,
through the jungle, over the road and the river, and then to Bridgetown.
3. The road from Baytown runs round the hill on the right. Then it goes along the river,
through the jungle. When the road comes out of the jungle, it goes over a bridge over
the river. Then it goes under the railway line and between the two volcanoes to the oil
derrick.
4. The railway line starts at Bridgetown. It runs over two bridges over the road and the
river. It goes round the jungle, and between the jungle and the swamp. Then it goes
along the coast to Silversand.

Tunnel

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F.
Look at the map and read the directions. Write the names of the building you
arrive at.

1.
The factory is 10 kilometers from Stratton. Go over the bridge and take the first road
on the right. The visitors cars park is on the right-hand side. Park your car there and go to
reception and get a visitors pass.
After you have your visitors pass, walk down the road past the administration
building. At the end of the road, turn right and follow the road. It turns left at the power plant.
Go over the railway line. My office is in the second building on the right.
2. .
Please come to my office after your training course.
Go out of the training building and turn right (dont cross the railway line). At the
end of the road, turn left. Walk past the rework area and quality building, then turn left. Take
the first road on the left. My office is on the first floor of this building.

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3. ..
Please come to my office after lunch.
When you live the canteen, turn left and walk down the road, then turn right at the
end of the road. Walk down the road between the paint shop and the R&D building. Turn left
before the press shop and body shop. Follow the road and keep left. My office is on the third
floor of the triangular building on the right-hand side.
4. .
After your meeting with the works council, go out of their building and turn left.
Take the first road on your left, walk up the road over the railway lines and follow the road to
the right. You walk past the road that goes to the reception and go under the passage between
the administration building and canteen. My office is in the building after the administration
building. There are two entrances to this building; take the second one. My office is on the
ground floor.
5. ..
Its raining, so the best way there is to go to the second floor and use the passage to
cross from here into the paint shop. Then we go down to the ground floor and use the exit
opposite the canteen. We cross over to the canteen, go to the second floor again and use the
passage to cross over. Brians office is on that floor.

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II. BE ON TIME

A. Telling the time

B. Oral practice. Complete the clocks and then make and answer questions.
What time do you?
get up in the morning

have English
lessons

eat lunch

go home from college

go to sleep

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C. Practice the time on these websites.

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/timetables/index.htm

D. Write the times a different way.

1. Its five to one.
Its twelve fifty-five
2. Its eight fifteen. __________________
3. Its half past four. __________________
4. Its six twenty-five. _________________

5. Its half past three.

6. Its three oclock.
7. Its eleven forty-five.
8. Its ten to two.

________________
________________
________________
________________

E. Read the information and write the time.

1. Its 4:30 in Berlin. New York is five hours behind Berlin. Whats the time in New York?
11:30
2. You get up at 6:45. Breakfast takes half an hour. It takes you 20 minutes to drive to work.
When do you arrive at work?
_________________
3. Your train leaves at 9:25. The journey takes 45 minutes. When do you arrive? ____________
4. It is now 2:25 and you have a meeting. It takes 5 minutes to walk to the meeting. The meeting
lasts an hour. Then you walk back to your office. Whats the time when you arrive back in your
office? ___________________
5. Your flight is at 2:30. You want to arrive at the airport one hour before the flight leaves. It
takes 45 minutes to drive to the airport. When do you have to leave home?
________________
6. You finish work at 5:30. It takes you 40 minutes to drive home. Today you want to stop on the
way home and go shopping for an hour. When do you arrive home? __________________

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III. PREPOSITION OF TIME: ON IN AT

ON: Days of the week, dates and special celebrations.
On 14th January
On Christmas Day
On Monday, on Sunday afternoon.
IN: Months of the year, seasons and part of the day.
In April
In Summer
In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

Complete this agenda:

Customer meeting ..9:15
Read mails .the evening.
Check new machines Friday.
Book plane tickets August
30th.

AT: Time, festivities and with the word night.

At half past nine
At Chistmas, at Easter
At night
A. Complete these sentences with in on at.
1. I have a meeting 9am.
2. The shop closes . midnight.
3. Jane always go home . lunch time.
4. In England, it often snows December.
5. We go to Pucon .Summer.
6. I prefer to study night.
7. Do you work ..Mondays?
8. Her birthday is 20 November.
9. Families eat delicious food New Year's Day.
10. I don't usually work ..the weekend.
DATES
British English
American English
01/07: The first of July
July seventh

B. Write the dates in two ways.

1. 08/12
.
2. 06/03
.
3. 10/04
.

..
..
..

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Tims day
Tim works for a company in Sacramento, California. He's a customer service
representative. He gets up at six o'clock each workday. He drives to work and begins his job at
eight o'clock. He speaks to people on the telephone to help them with their banking problems.
People telephone the bank to ask questions about their accounts. He doesn't give information
about accounts until people answer a few questions. Tim asks callers their birth date, the last
four digits of their social security number and their address. If a person gives incorrect
information, Tim asks him to call back with the correct information. Tim is polite and friendly
with everyone. He has lunch in a park next to his office. He returns home at five o'clock in the
evening. After work, he goes to the gym to work out. He has dinner at seven o'clock. Tim likes
watching TV after dinner. He goes to bed at eleven o'clock at night.
C. Fill in the chart with information about Tim.
Job
Place
Means of transport
Time and activities

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UNIT 3
DESCRIBING OBJECTS
I.

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
A.

Look at these pictures. What do they show?

more expensive

big

A
B
smaller
a. A tortoise is slow but a worm is _________________
b. 25 is ______________ than 75.
c. Camera B is __________________ than A.
Describe your mobile phone
A. Answer these questions.
When did you buy it?
How much did it cost?
Is it your first phone?
What do you like about it?
What dont you like about it?

In_______________
About $ __________
_________________
It is ______________
It is ______________

CHART
Adjectives
light
big
small
cheap
expensive
interesting
modern
old

B. Tell to your partner the characteristics of your mobile phone. Use adjectives from
the chart.
Ex: My mobile phone is modern.
It isnt
C.

Write the characteristics of your mobile phone.

1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .

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II. HOW TO COMPARE ADJECTIVES

Short adjective

Long adjective

Irregular forms

Adjective
large
short
small
big
thin
pretty
heavy
important
interesting
appealing
remarkable
expensive
good
bad
far

Comparative
larger than
shorter than
smaller than
bigger than
thinner than
prettier than
heavier than
more important
more interesting
more appealing
more remarkable
more expensive
better
worse
farther

Which line is longer?

Is A shorter than B?

Incomparable adjectives.
perfect, unique, fatal, universal, dead, wrong, straight, blind, final, vertical,
right, left.

A.

Work in groups. Compare your mobile phones.

Ex: Enzos phone is cheaper than Carmens.

Carmens phone is more expensive than Enzos.

1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
6. .

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B. Pair work. Compare the following objects.

computer

Ferrari

bolt

Honda

battery

mobile phone

iPhone

C. Write down the comparisons.

1. ..
2. ..
3. ..
4. ..
D.

Answer these questions.

1. Is a battery more expensive than a bolt?

..
2. Which is cheaper, Honda or Ferrari?
..
3. Is an iPhone cheaper than a mobile phone?
..
4. Is Bio-Bio Bridge shorter than Malleco?
..
5. Which lake is deeper?
..
a) Nahuel Huapi: 464 m
b) General Carrera: 586 m
6. Who is younger than you in your family?
..
7. What subject is more difficult for you?
..
8. Which car is better, a Chevrolet or Peugeot?
..

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E.

More adjectives and their opposites.

cheap
easy
long
safe
III.

expensive
difficult
short
dangerous

clean
fast
beautiful
interesting

dirty
slow
ugly
boring

good
wide
new (young)
hardworking

bad
narrow
old
lazy

Superlative Form of the adjective

A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use a

superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.
In the example below, "biggest" is the superlative form of the adjective "big":

AB

Formation of Superlative Adjectives

As with comparative adjectives, there are two
ways to form a superlative adjective:

short adjectives: add "-est"

long adjectives: use "most"

A is the biggest.

Rule
Short adjective

Long adjective

Irregular forms

Adjective
large
short
small
big
thin
pretty
heavy
important
interesting
appealing
remarkable
expensive
good
bad
far

Superlative
the largest
the shortest
the smallest
the biggest
the thinnest
the prettiest
the heaviest
the most important
the most interesting
the most appealing
the most remarkable
the most expensive
the best
the worst
the farthest

2010 Triumph Thunderbird ABS

2010 BMW S 1000

RR

Look at the motor-bikes (or motor-cycles) above and answer: Which is the best motor-bike for
you?

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MATERIALS: QUANTITIES AND COSTSl

A.

How to say numbers

100
1,000
752
8,427
90,563
3,740,033

B.

one hundred
one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-two
eight thousand, four hundred and twenty-seven
ninety thousand, five hundred and sixty-three
three million, seven hundred and forty thousand, and thirty-three

Write the numbers (digitally) on the right to match the words on the left.

ten
thirty
seventy five
one hundred and fifty
two hundred and eighty
six hundred
one thousand, two hundred
four thousand
eleven thousand
seventeen thousand
seventy thousand
two hundred thousand
three hundred and fifty thousand
six hundred thousand
one million
two million eight hundred
five million two hundred thousand
thirteen million
thirty million
a hundred million
seven hundred and fifty million

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READ THESE NUMBERS ALOUD

409

100,020

726

108,001

905

657,330

153

750,200

6,008

495,470

10,095

300,012

24,700

1,000,100

33, 333

3,600,000

49,209

11,560,320

62,967

33,333,333

63,005

240,000,100

80,012

999,376,210

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IV.

LETS PRACTICE

I. Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1) _____________________________ country in South America is Brazil. (large)
2) ________________________ tourist attraction in the United States is Disneyworld. (popular)
3) __________________ songwriters are Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon. (successful)
4) ______________baby at birth was a boy of 22 lbs. 8 oz. He was born in Italy in 1955. (heavy)
5) The Antarctic is one of the _________________________ places in the world. (cold)
6) One of ______________________ building in the world is The Taj Mahal in India. (famous)
7) ________________________________ bridge is The Causeway in Louisiana, USA. (long)
8) Son Doong is_____________________________ cave in the world. It is in Vietnam. (big)

A. Specifications. Read the chart and underline the correct adjective.

Specifications

ENGINE
A

Shaft length

25 in

20 in

20 in

20 in

25 in

Engine weight

349 lb

496 lb

442 lb

370 lb

407 lb

Power
Price

115 hp @ 5500 rpm

$10,000

$10,520

$9,490

$8,934

$9,150
shaft

1. Engine A has a (shorter / longer) shaft than Engine B.

2. The heaviest engine is Engine (A / B / C / D).
3. Engine D is the (cheapest / most expensive) engine.
4. Engine B is the (cheapest / most expensive) engine.

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C.

Reading 1.

Engineering facts and figures.

The worlds largest office building by floor size is the Pentagon in Virginia, USA, with over
half of its 6500000 square foot (604000 square meters) floor area used as offices.
The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are the worlds tallest twin buildings,
standing at a height of 452 meters (1483 feet).
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, is the tallest building in the world. It reaches an amazing
828 meters (2717 feet) in height.
The Zhaozhou Bridge is the oldest standing bridge in China and the worlds oldest stone
segmental arch bridge. Built in 605 AD, it is still standing strong today, over 1400 years
later.
The longest suspension bridge in the world is the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Kobe, Japan. It
spans an incredible 1991 meters (6529 feet)
At 137 kilometers (85 miles) in length, the Delaware Aqueduct in New York, USA, is the
longest tunnel in the world.
As of 2010, the tallest dam in the world is Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. Completed in 1980, it
reaches 300 meters (984 feet) in height.

D.

Complete the chart below with information from the reading.

Building
Pentagon

Country
USA

Characteristic
Largest office building

Dimension
6500000 square foot

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E.

Use the given information to compare the following constructions.

Tsing Ma Bridge

Location: Hong Kong.

Architects: Not Known
Date Completed: May
1997
Height: 206 metres
Length: 1377 metres

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Location: Bristol, England
Architects: Ismabard Kingdom
Brunel
Date Completed: 1864
Height: 26 meters
Length: 214 meters

1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________

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F. Read the information about these electric vehicles and complete the table of
specifications.
ZAP ZAPPY
ELECTRIC SCOOTER

NISSAN
HYPERMINI

ESTELLE COMFORT
ELECTRIC BICYCLE

Price: 328.00

Price: Approx. 30,000

Price: 1,759

Range: Up to 40 km

Range: .

Range: Approx. 27 km

Weight: 16.7 kg

Weight:

Weight: 28 kg

Battery charging time:

Battery charging time: 4 hrs

Battery charging time: 2.5 hrs

Top speed: ..

Top speed: ..

Top speed: 22 km/h

Length: 104 cm

Length:

Length: 195 cm

Width: 28 cm

Width: 147.5 cm

Width:

Height: Approx. 100 cm

Heigth: ..

Height: ...

Wheels: .

Wheels: ..

Wheels: ..

1. The cheapest of these three vehicles has a range of up to 40km; the most expensive has a
range of about 115 km.
2. It can travel the furthest, but it is also the heaviest vehicle. It weighs 840 kg.
3. The slowest vehicle has the slowest charging time, 5 hours.
4. The lightest and cheapest vehicle is slower than the other vehicles. It has a top speed of 20.8
km/h, thats 79.2 km/h slower than the fastest vehicle.

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5. The Hypermini is 162.5 cm longer than the scooter and 71.5 cm longer than the electric
bicycle.
6. The fastest vehicle is 55 cm higher than the scooter and 119.5 cm wider.
7. The smallest vehicle has 11 inch wheels.
8. The bicycle has the largest wheels; they are 26 inches in diameter.

V.

ORAL REPORT USING A POWER POINT PRESENTATION

A.

Describing features

Pair work
1) Choose bridges, famous buildings, and means of transport or machines
2) Prepare an oral report about their characteristics and then compare each other using
comparative and superlative forms.
3) Remember: the first slide must have the logo, name of the work, students names, major,
section, teachers name and date.
4) Consider this information in your report:
What is the name?
Where is it?
Who build it?
When was it built?
How much does it weight?
How tall is it?
How long is it?

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VI.

METRIC SYSTEM AND ENGLISH UNITS

Length

Mass

Volume
Vo

Taken from: http://www.learner.org/interactives/metric/length.html

Write
8000 m2
250,000 m3
5 kg
2.675

Say
eight thousand square meters
two hundred and fifty thousand cubic meters
five kilograms/kilos
two point six seven five

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VII.

TALKING ABOUT QUANTITIES

Language Focus

COUNTABLE NOUNS can be both singular and plural.

Examples: screw(s), nail(s), bottle(s).
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS are always singular.
Examples: concrete, cement, sand, oil.

screws are countable

a/an
screw
one
some
two
screws
a bag of
two bags of..

cement is uncountable

How many (screws) do you need?

How much (cement) do you need?

VIII.

some
a bag of
two bags of..

cement

HOW TO MAKE QUESTIONS

Question Word
What (color/kind/time/size)
When
Where

Function
asking for information about
something
asking about time

Example
What is your name?
What color do you need?
When was the stadium
inaugurated?
Where do they live?

Why
How

asking in or at what place or

position
asking about choice
asking what or which person or
people (subject)
asking for reason
asking about manner

How far

distance

How far is Angol from Temuco?

How long
How tall
How many
How much
How old

length (time or space)

High
quantity(countable)
quantity (uncountable)
age

How long will it take?

How tall are you?
How many cars are there?
How much money do you have?
How old are you?

Which
Who

Which colour do you want?

Who build the house?
Why do you say that?
How does this work?

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A.

Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.

How

- many - much - some - What color - What size

MR. JOHNSON: Good morning. Can I help you?

SAM
: Hello. Do you have (1) __________________ screws?
MR. JOHNSON: Certainly. (2) ___________________ do you need?
SAM
: Ten mm.
MR. JOHNSON: OK. And (3) ________________ do you need?
SAM
: Fifty, please.
MR. JOHNSON: Right. So thats fifty 10 mm screws. Anything else?
SAM
: Yes. I need to buy (4) ____________________ paint, please.
MR. JOHNSON: (5) ____________________ ?
SAM
: Black.
MR. JOHNSON: OK. So (6) _____________________ black paint do you need?
SAM
: Six large tins, please.
MR. JOHNSON: Anything else?
SAM
: No, thats all, thanks.
IX.

READING
The Vasco de Gama Bridge

Id like to talk about the cable-stayed bridge, which is a relatively recent type of bridge
design. Its characterized by large upright supports, which transmit the load into the ground,
and steel cables, which are stretched between the supports and the deck, and give a very
elegant appearance to the bridge. A good example of a cable-stayed bridge is the Vasco de
Gama Bridge, near Lisbon in Portugal. Its the longest bridge in Europe, with a total length of
17,200 meters and spans the Tagus River. As an engineering project, the bridge was a great
success and built at a cost of one billion US dollars. It took only eighteen months to construct and was
completed in 1998, slightly ahead of schedule.
The technical details of the Vasco de Gama Bridge are impressive. As I said, its a cablestayed bridge, using a fan arrangement of cables, and H-pylons. The pylons are made of
reinforced concrete and each pylon is 155 meters high. There are 192 cables and the total span
of the bridge is 450 meters long. The bridge has being designed to ensure a minimum seismic
damage. It can withstand wind speeds of 250 kilometers an hour and its design life expectancy
is 120 years. The length of the bridge meant that engineers had to take the earths curvature
into account when sitting the supports.
The Vasco de Gama Bridge is a motorway bridge and allows traffic between the north
and the south of Portugal and bypass Lisbon, cutting journey times and reducing congestion in
Lisbon. Traffic travelling north pays a toll of a fifteen- minute drive across the bridge, but theres
no toll for southbound traffic. The bridge was built by an international consortium and financed
by European and the private sector.

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A.

Match the words and expressions with their meaning.

1. spreading out from a central point

_____ upright

2. vertical

_____ load

3. part of the bridge that cars go along

_____ pylon

4. area of bridge between two supports

_____ deck

5. putting in a particular place

_____ cable

6. tall vertical support

_____ span

7. thick rope made of twisted metal

_____ fan arrangement

8. amount of weight supported

_____ toll

9. amount of money charged to cross the bridge

_____ sitting

B.

Answer these questions about the bridge.

1. What is the name of the bridge?

-------------------------------------------------------

2. Where is the bridge located?

-------------------------------------------------------

3. How long is the bridge?

-------------------------------------------------------

4. What is the bridge made of?

-------------------------------------------------------

5. How tall is the bridge?

-------------------------------------------------------

6. How many steel cables does it have?

-------------------------------------------------------

7. Who built the bridge?

-------------------------------------------------------

8. How much did it cost?

-------------------------------------------------------

9. When was the bridge completed?

-------------------------------------------------------

10. How long did the construction take?

-------------------------------------------------------

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C.
Read again and correct 9 errors in the notes about the bridge.
The Vasco de Gama Bridge:
1. total length 16,200 meters.

___________________________________

2. completed in 1988.

___________________________________

3. pylons made of steel.

___________________________________

4. total of 450 cables

___________________________________

5. main span 155 meters long.

___________________________________

6. expect to last 250 years.

___________________________________

7. southbound traffic has to pay a toll.

___________________________________

8. takes 10 minutes to drive across the bridge.

___________________________________

9. cost 1 million dollars

___________________________________

X.

POWER POINT PRESENTATION

Complete the next chart with the information you obtained from the PPTs presentations.
Object

Height

Length

Weight

Country/Engineer

Make and answer questions about the object presented in the PPTs.
Ex: How tall is it?
Where is it?

How much does it weight?

Who built it?

How long is it?

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XI.

MONEY CONVERSION
D.

Converting Currency (*)

When you travel abroad you have to change the pounds that you usually use as money
for the local currency (currency means money).
However 1 pound usually isnt worth 1 of whatever the currency is in the place you are visiting.
If this sounds confusinghere is an example.
1.00 = $1.50
1. Using the Currency Converter try to work out what 5 would be worth in each of the
currencies.
A) Chilean Pesos (CLP)

B) American Dollar (USD)

C) EURO

E.

Now you have to think really carefully about these questions. Good luck!

Look at the prices of the following things then try to work out how much they would be
in the currencies written underneath them.
7. 125
American Dollars:

8. 125
Spanish Pesetas:

..

9. 199
German Dmarks:

10. 199
Netherland Guilders:

..

..

11. 4.50
Japanese Yen:

12. 4.50
Italian Lira:

..

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XII. MONEY CONVERSION

A. Express the currency values in words.

1. US$82.01: _____________________________________________________
2. 62.33: ________________________________________________________
3. 84.10: ________________________________________________________
4. 22.36: ________________________________________________________
5. 35.93: ________________________________________________________
6. US$88.91: _____________________________________________________

XIII. POPULAR CURRENCY PROFILES

USD - US Dollar
EUR - Euro
GBP - British Pound
AUD - Australian Dollar
INR - Indian Rupee
CAD - Canadian Dollar
CHF - Swiss Franc
AED - Emirati Dirham
CNY - Chinese Yuan Renminbi
MYR - Malaysian Ringgit
NZD - New Zealand Dollar

http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

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B. Listening activity. Fill in the amounts you hear.

http://www.audioenglish.net/english-learning/money_amounts_listening_test_online1.htm
1. cents
2. .U.S. dollars
3. .Swiss francs
4. .Euros
5. cents
6. . yen
7. .Canadian dollars
8. Australian dollars
9. Swiss francs

XV.

READING:
What number is it?
Becca and Kai played together all day. The two friends played outside in the morning.
They rode bikes and scooters. They ate lunch on the porch. Beccas mom made

sandwiches and lemonade. They played hide-and-seek in the house right after lunch. Then they
did not know what to do.
I know! Lets play the number game, said Becca. What number am I thinking of?

Is it five? asked Kai.

Well, is it higher or lower than twenty-five?
No, it is higher than five, Becca said.
It is lower, Becca said. Okay, I think I know. Is it twenty-two?
is it oneit.
hundred?
Yeah!Okay,
You guessed
Becca said. Good job!
No, it is lower than one hundred, Becca said.
Lets see, said Kai. Is it sixty?
Becca gave Kai a hint. It is between twenty and thirty.
Hmm, is it twenty-five?
No, but you are very close! Becca said.

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A.

Questions

1) Whose idea was it to play the number game?

A. It was Kais idea.
B. It was Moms idea.
C. It was Beccas idea.
D. It was Kai and Beccas idea.
2) What was Kais second guess?
A. five
B. twenty-two
C. sixty
D. one hundred

3) Why does Kai guess one hundred?

A. It is lower than twenty-two.
B. It is higher than sixty.
C. It is higher than five.
D. It is lower than sixty.

4) Which is correct?
A. 178 is lower than 177
B. 178 is higher than 177
C. 178 is between 177
D. 178 is the same as 177

5) Which is correct?
I. 239 is lower than 247
II. 224 is higher than 256
III. 224 is between 220 and 230
A. I only
B. I and III
C. II and III
D. I, II, and III

6) Kai's guess of twenty-five was close

because
A. twenty-five is a big number
B. it is near the number Becca was
thinking about
C. it is far away from the number Becca
was thinking about
D. it is lower than the number Becca was
thinking about

7) What does it mean to give someone a

hint?
A. to give someone a clue
B. to make a question hard
C. to tell someone to give up
D. to give someone the answer

8) What number was Becca thinking

about?
A. nineteen
B. twenty
C. twenty-one
D. twenty-two

9) What other number could Becca have

been thinking about?
A. ten
B. fifteen
C. twenty-three
D. twenty-eight

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XIV.

BUILDINGS AND MATERIALS

Look at these buildings. What kind of materials are they made of?

1. It is made of.
2. It is made of.
3. It is made of.
4. it is made of.

A.
steel girder

MATERIALS
shingle

lumber

bricks

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cinder block

concrete

ceramic tiles

paint

plaster

rebar

gravel

cement

wire rope

marble

glass
metal mesh

pipes/tubes

sand
Made of iron, copper,
bronze, steel, aluminum

B.

CONTAINERS

Complete this chart: Which materials can be bought in the following containers?
bags:
bundles:
boxes:
bars:
buckets:
rolls:

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Calculate building materials

1. You need 750 bags of cement to make a small building; each bag has 60 kg of cement.
How many kilos /tons are needed in total?
_______________________________________________
2. There are twenty 300 x 300 mm tiles in a box. You need 240 tiles to cover a lobby. How
many boxes of tiles do you need?
_______________________________________________
3. There are 7 buckets of white paint. Each bucket has 5 gallons of paint. How many liters
are there in total?

_____________________________________________

4. A truck can carry 18 yd of sand. How many m of sand is that?

_____________________________
5. Each roll of metal is 50 foot. How many rolls do you need to build a 12 m long fence?
___________________________________________________
6. The length of a metal pipe is 1,25m. You need 18 pipes for irrigation. How long is it in
total?
__________________________________________________

TIP: 1 US gallon = 3.78541178 litres

C.

Complete these charts:

MAKING A SWIMMING POOL
Material

Cement
Sand
Gravel
PVC pipes
Steel rebar N 3
Paint

Quantity
30 bags of 20 kg
1,5 ton
1ton
8 pipes of 10 ft length
20 rebar of 20 ft length
8 buckets of 5 gallon each

Total
kg
kg
kg
m
m
l

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MAKING A FENCE
Material
Posts
Mesh fence
3/8" bolts
1/4" (1/2" thread) screws
Cement
Paint
XVI.

Quantity
12 approx 8' Long
10 panel of 1800 mm
2 boxes of 50
4 boxes of 10
2 bags of 20 kg
5 gallon waterproofing

Total
m
units
units
kg
l

READING

Bridge of the Future: Europe-Africa Bridge (*)

RadioTech presenter Tom Burns interviews engineer Galal Hamdy.
Tom: What project are you working on now?
Galal: Were designing the worlds longest bridge.
Tom: Where will it be?
Galal: Between Morocco and Spain. Itll connect Europe with
Africa.
Tom: What are the specifications of the bridge?
Galal: It will be almost 15 km long. In our design, the bridge will
have two spans. Each span will be 4800 m long.
Tom: Thats a very long span. How will that be possible?
Galal: The bridge will have three steel pylons, on concrete piers. The pylons will be 1000 m high.
The deck will be very light and strong. Itll be made of fiberglass.
Tom: Many engineers think you wont be able to build this bridge.
Galal: I dont agree. I think well complete it around 2030.

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A. Complete the specifications of the bridge.

Location

Height of pylons

Completion date

Material: pylons

Length

Material: piers

Number of spans

Material: deck

Length of spans

Deck characteristic

Number of pylons

Engineers name

B. Now write complete sentences with the information of the chart in I.

1. The bridge will be in
2. ..
3. ..
4. ..
5. ..
6. .
7. ..
8. ..
9. ..
10. ..
11. ..
12.

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A. READING N 2
County Starts Using Electric Buses
(8/2/2006) http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity2&topicID=8&storyID=245
A city in California recently got some new buses. They cost $490,000 each. The new
buses are different than the old ones.
These new buses are better for the environment. They are
called hybrid buses. They run on diesel and electric power. This
will help keep the air cleaner.
One bus driver said that the air smells much cleaner
when he drives the new buses. He smells diesel all day when he
drives the old ones.
The company that builds the buses had many good things to say about them. For
example, they said that they use a lot less fuel. They also said that they are 90 percent cleaner
for the environment. The buses are very quiet too.
The buses have a diesel engine in the back and batteries on top. When the engine startsup it is powered by electricity. Then the diesel power takes over. The motor recharges the
batteries.
Over time the city would like to replace all 50 of their buses with the new hybrid buses.
They hope to do this over the next three years. The city has had help purchasing the buses with
grant money.
(This was adapted from an original story provided by News10 KXTV Sacramento.)

B. Complete this diagram with the characteristics of the new buses.

New buses
are

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C. What do these numbers in the article mean?

490,000
90
50
3

D. What did you learn?

1. The company that builds the buses say that they use_____________
a. more energy
b. fewer wheels
c. more diesel
d. a lot less fuel
2. A city in California recently got some new______________
a. buses
b. parks
c. taxis
d. trains
3. One bus driver said that the air smells _____________when he drives the new buses.
a. much cleaner
b. much like gas
c. much more toxic
d. much dirtier

4. The buses have a diesel engine in the back and ________________

a. batteries on top.
b. engines on each side.
c. power booster below.
d. solar panels on top.
5. These new buses are better for________________
a. the business
b. the streets.
c. the environment
d. the passengers
6. Each new bus costs_________________
a. $490.00
c. $49,000

b. $490,000
d. $49.00

7. The new buses will run on both with diesel and_____________

a. electric power
b. man power
c. solar power
d. gas power

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8. These buses are 90% cleaner for________________

a. the drivers
b. the environment
c. the car washes
d. the passengers
9. Over time the city would like to replace all 50 of their buses with____________
a. less expensive ones
b. new taxis
b. electric trains
d. the new hybrid buses
10. The city has had purchasing the buses with____________
a. money with the mayor
b. grant money
c. citizens money
d. new taxes

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UNIT 4
I.

COLLEGE LIFE

Whats the life of a UCT student like?

Daily Activities

comb your hair

sleep

get up

take a shower

get dressed

have breakfast

brush your teeth

go to work

take the bus

get to work

surf the net

study /do homework

read the paper

go home

have dinner

go to bed

A.

Oral Activity

Pair work. Take turns asking and answering these questions.

1. What days do you get up early? Late?
2. What are two things you do before 8:00 in the
morning?
3. What are two things you do on Saturday nights?
4. What days do you have lunch with your family?
5. What time do you clean your room on weekdays?
6. How often do you make your bed?

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II.

REMINDER: TELLING THE TIME

Its three oclock.

A.

III.

Its a quarter past three.

Its half past three.

Its a quarter to three.

Fill in the blanks with the correct time.

GRAMMAR TIP
A.

Daily routine

I get up at seven oclock every morning.

My mother gets up at eight oclock.

I go to school in the morning.

My sister goes to school in the afternoon.

I have lunch in the school cafeteria.

My mother has lunch at home.

I watch TV at night.

My father watches TV in the evening.

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Exceptions for third person singular (he, she, it)

Ending
o + es
Go
Do

Examples
My mom goes to work every morning at half past
seven.
My sister does her homework in the afternoon.

ch-sh-ss-x-zz + es
watch
wash
pass
fix
consonant + y
fly
study
Vowel + y + s
stay
play
have
has

My dad watches the news every evening.

Stephanie washes her hair every other day.
Paul passes his English exam.
The mechanic fixes cars every day.
ies
A pilot flies airplanes.
George studies Law in Santiago de Chile.
My grandma stays at home in the mornings.
Cristiano Ronaldo plays soccer in Real Madrid.
Kathy has breakfast at school with me.

C. Write the appropriate form of the verb for these subjects:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

I sing
We read
I ask
I say
I call

- He sings
- Peter
- She
- Carol
- Kevin

6. I play
7. I go
8. They carry
9. I wash
10. We cry

She
My dad
He
My friend
George

.
.
.
.

D. Complete Marias daily routine with the verbs from the box.
get start brush go play do have take finish
surf have take finish surf go take listen
go have watch get - play
Marias week. (daily routine)
On weekdays, I ___________ up at half past seven. I _____________ a shower,
__________my hair and ___________dressed. I ____________ to school by car. School
__________at a quarter past eight and it ____________ at half past two.
I
_____________lunch at three oclock.

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In the afternoon, I ___________ to the gym, I also ______________computer games,

_____________TV and ____________ the net. On Saturdays and Sundays I ___________
basketball.
E.
Report: Marias mother says:
Every day, Maria ___________ her homework and at nine oclock, she _____________ a
shower and ___________dinner. Then, she _____________ to her bedroom to ____________
to music.

II.

WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST?

Sequencers:

First,
After,
Later,
Afterwards, Then,
Finally,

A.
Example:

Complete the sequences using first, then, later, after, afterwards and finally.

First, he has lunch after

school.

Then, he listens to music in

his bedroom.

Afterwards, he does his

homework.

First, he gets up at half past

seven every morning.

Later, he washes his teeth

in the bathroom.

Then, he has toasts and

coffee for breakfast.

______________________

______________________

______________________

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______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________

B. LISTENING ACTIVITY
http://www.esl-lab.com/school1/scholrd1.htm
Listen to the following conversation and choose the correct alternative.
1.What does the man want to do after he graduates?
A. He wants to become a teacher.
B. He hopes to go on to graduate school.
C. He'd like to work at a hotel.
2. What is the woman majoring in?
A. history
B. French
C. computer science
3. How does the woman pay for college?
A. She has a part-time job.
B. She received a scholarship.
C. Her parents are paying for it.
4. Where does the man work part-time?
A. at a bakery
B. in a library
C. at a restaurant
5. What thing did the man NOT say about his job?
A. His co-workers are friendly.
B. He works long hours.
C. The pay is okay.

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B.

Listen to a womans routine and fill in the gaps with the missing words.

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resources/audio-bank/short-texts
She gets up at about ______________ and then drinks a cup of ____________. When
she feels a bit more alert she showers and changes. She buys ____________ at the caf below
her block and _____________ it to work to eat. She _____________ something sweet in the
_____________ so she gets croissants and Danish pastries. She _________ to work on the
underground and arrives at about ___________. She chats to her colleagues for a while and
starts work at ____________o'clock. She checks her __________ and then spends the rest of
the morning on the telephone to customers.

She ____________ the office for lunch at 12 o'clock.

She goes home after work or

sometimes ____________ out or meets her friends for a drink. She _____________ to bed at
midnight most weekdays and ___________ her energy for the weekends.

D.

Writing a paragraph

What does a typical student from UCT do during a school day?

What do you do in the morning, afternoon, evening and night?
Write your daily routine using frequency adverbs (always, usually, never, etc.) and
sequencers (first, later, then, etc.)
Give it an original title.

.(Title)

..
..
..
..

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....
..
.

..

E.

Oral Activity
CLASS SURVEY
SURVEY

Classmates
name:_____________________________________________Date:______________
Question

Answer

What time do you get up?

What do you usually do after you get up?
What time do you leave for school?
How do you get to school?
What time is your first class?
What time do you have lunch? Where?
What time do you go home?
What do you do before you go to bed?
What time do you go to bed on weekdays?
F.
Report your results to the class. Here there is an example:
My classmate is.. He/she gets up at________________After he/she gets up
he/she takes a shower and later he/she has breakfast.

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III.

SELF STUDY:

Frequency Adverbs

almost
always always usually frequently often sometimes rarely
100%

seldom

50%

almost never
hardly ever
never
0%

Position of adverbs in a sentence

Subject + frequency adverb + verb + complement
I usually watch TV in the evenings.
My mother sometimes goes to the gym on weekends.
Subject + verb to be + frequency adverb + verb
The teacher is never late to class.
I am usually tired on Friday afternoon.
Adverbial Phrases and adverbs
every day
once a week
every year
twice a week
every week
three times a week
They go at the end of the sentence.

IV.

once in a while
every other day
very much

What is engineering?

Engineering is about problem solving, creative thinking, and applying new technology
and ideas to our physical world. Studying engineering can lead to a challenging, flexible, and
rewarding future with international opportunities.
Belong to the greatest profession in the world, responsible for almost everything that
makes life worth living - from leisure activities to medical treatment, mobile communications to
modern transport systems.

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A.

What subjects does an engineer study?

Basic Courses
Calculus
Algebra
Math (mathematics)
Chemistry
Biology
Physics

B.

Specific courses
Applied Mathematics
Differential equations
Methods in science

How many subjects are you studying this semester? Which ones?

1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________

C.
Time

Outside courses
Statistics
Languages
Finance
Computer science
Economics

4. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
6. _____________________________

Schedule: When do you have these subjects? What days? What time?
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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THE LIFE OF A COLLEGE STUDENT

A.
Read about Mikes week. Then, choose one day from his routine and compare
it with your own routine. Compare the times and the activities.
Mike is a Secondary Education (Science) major. He is a senior from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

MONDAY
8:45 Wake up, get in the shower
9:02 Get dressed. Watch Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN2. Check Facebook, email, blogs, and
anything else online I feel like doing.
9:54 Go to the bus stop to catch the 9:58 to campus.
10:14 Read the paper until my
10:30 Physics class starts. I take notes, answer questions, and wish I was anywhere else in the world.
11:30 Analytical Chem starts. Again, I take notes and do my best to pay attention.
12:22 Chem lets out. I go off campus to eat lunch at a fast food restaurant.
1:45 I head (go) to Willard to use a computer lab until my next class.
2:30 Physics lab starts. Its actually mildly interesting this week, so it didnt quite feel like a 2 hour trip to the
dentist.
4:20 Catch the bus home.
4:45 Videogames with the roommates!
6:20 Make a sandwich for dinner.
6:35 Remember that I have class at
6:45, frantically drive back to campus.
6:45 Educating the Exceptional Learner. Not a bad class, just a lot to take in 2 hours at a time.
9:00 Get home, do some homework. Pre-labs for Tuesday, and read some for Wednesday.
10:30 More videogames with the roommates.
11:45 Bed!
TUESDAY
8:45 Wake up and shower. My first class is always at
10:30, so I just leave my alarm set for the same time every day.
9:05 Took a longer shower today. The usual morning Internet routine: Facebook, email, and watching ESPN.
9:35 Im actually hungry today, so I eat some blueberry muffins for breakfast.
9:58 Bus to campus.
10:20 Read the paper until Astronomy starts.
10:30 Astronomy lecture. I enjoy this class, mainly because its all stuff I already know and am interested in.
11:45 Astronomy ends. I dont have long, so I run to the library to grab a sandwich before lab starts.
12:15 I get to Chem lab early to get set up. Hopefully Ill get out early this way.
12:30 Start Chem lab. Its a boring experiment about analyzing weights and statistics.
3:00 Meet my physics lab partner at the library to work on homework thats due Friday.
4:20 Catch the bus home.
4:45 As is tradition, videogames with the roommates.
6:00 Go to Taco Bell with my roommates for dinner.
6:45 Homework. I finish the physics assignment, do pre-class reading, and work some chemistry problems.

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9:30 Watch a movie with my roommates.

12:00 Read a little bit, and then go to bed.

WEDNESDAY
8:39 Wake up before my alarm. I HATE that. Get in the shower.
8:55 Breakfast and daily Internet.
9:58 Bus to campus.
10:20 Read the paper in physics class until time to start.
10:30 Physics.
11:30 Analytical chemistry. Even though its kind of a boring subject, I feel really good about it, mainly because
so far I understand it without needing to work too hard.
12:20 Eat a granola bar as I go to my
12:30 class. Today is my least favorite day, because I have no time to eat a real lunch.
12:30 Methods in Secondary Education. This class is really interesting to me, because its all about what I want
to do after graduation.
3:30 Go eat at Joes with some people from my class. We all miss eating lunch at a normal time.
5:00 Get a ride home from a classmate, and beat my roommates at videogames again.
6:30 Cook up some Hamburger Helper for dinner. Its one of the best meals for broke college kids.
7:10 Homework. I get ready for day 2 of this weeks Chem lab, and read up on some Astronomy.
9:00 Go to my neighbors apartment to hang out and play some more videogames.
11:15 Get home and read some more (for fun, not for school).
12:00 Bedtime!
THURSDAY
8:45 Get up with the alarm today.
8:59 Get dressed. I prepare a big breakfast.
9:13 Watch ESPN and morning internet.
9:58 Bus to campus.
10:22 Read the paper until Astronomy starts.
10:30 Astronomy.
11:45 Astronomy ends. I realize that I forgot to pack my lunch, and grab another sandwich at the library. I
should have remembered, it gets expensive eating on campus like this all the time.
12:20 Talk to friends in a different chemistry lab in the Physical Science building lobby.
12:30 Chemistry lab starts. Im done with my experiments and data, and just spend today doing calculations
and finishing the lab report.
2:20 Catch the bus home.
2:45 Naptime! For some reason, Im really tired today.
3:30 Wake up and watch TV.
5:45 Videogames with the roommates. Its a daily tradition since we were freshman.
7:00 Go to Little Caesars for some cheap pizza.
7:10 Eat the cheap pizza while watching Transformers on TV.
8:00 Homework time. I answer pre-class questions for physics, and try to read some Analytical chemistry, but
Im too distracted by the football game on TV.
10:45 Read for fun.

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12:30 Bedtime. I should have gone to bed earlier, but my book was really interesting.

FRIDAY
8:45 Wake up and shower time. Im already in a good mood, because its FRIDAY!!!
9:02 ESPN and the Internet.
9:20 Blueberry muffins for breakfast.
9:58 Bus to campus.
10:15 Newspaper. Im already thinking about watching football all day on Saturday.
10:30 Physics. Its clear that Im not the only one ready for the weekend; lots of people seem to be eager to
get out of class.
11:30 Analytical chem. Its my last class of the week; therefore it feels like the longest.
12:13 Class is over! The weekend starts now!
12:20 Bus home.
12:45 Time for an extra healthy lunch that consists of a cheap can of Spaghetti-Os.
1:30 Quick nap on the couch.
3:00 My roommates got back from class, so its videogame time.
4:45 Drive back to campus to play sand volleyball with my roommates and our friends from class.
7:30 Dinner at McAllisters.
8:30 Movie night at a friends house. I end up staying really late over there, and the weekend begins!!!

SATURDAY
9:05 Wake up, get in the shower
9:23 Get dressed, eat poptarts, and listen to my favorite loud music from my computer.
9:30 Watch College Gameday Live on ESPN with my roommates.
10:05 Check the weather, and get ready to head to the football stadium.
10:20 10:40 Find our seats in the stadium. We decide that its not really that crowded yet, and our seats wont
get taken if we walk around the covered parts to stay dry.
11:00 Meet up with my dad, who came to town for the game. Hes hungry, so I make him buy me lunch too.
About
3:30 Game ends, and we begin the process of trying to get home through the traffic.
4:05 Finally get home, change out of my wet clothes.
4:30 Make my dad take me to a nice restaurant before he goes home.
6:00 Powernap on the couch.
6:40 Watch college football with my roommates.
10:30 After the football games are over, we watch a movie with our neighbors.
1:00 AM Bedtime!

(Taken and adapted from http://www.collegeprep101.com/articles/day_in_life_mike_3.htm)

Example:
Mike gets up at a quarter to nine on Mondays but I get up at seven oclock

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B.

Questions about the reading

1.

How many subjects does Mike have this semester?

____________________________

2.

What is his favorite subject?

____________________________

3.

What will Mike do after his graduation?

____________________________

4.

What is his favorite TV show?

____________________________

5.

Does Mike have a hobby?

____________________________

6.

What are Mike and his roommates tradition?

____________________________

7.

Does Mike live on or off campus?

____________________________

8.

Is Mike a first year student?

____________________________

9.

Does Mike take a shower every day?

____________________________

10.

Does Mike live with his parents?

____________________________

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UNIT 5
LIFE AT WORK
I.

JOBS
A.
Answer these questions about you:
What do you do?
_______________________________
Where do you study?
_______________________________
What do you have to do at school? _____________________________________
B.

Look at the pictures and Complete the answers

What does he do?

He is a doctor.
Where does she work?
He works at the hospital.
1.

What do they do?

They ____________________
Where do they work?
They ____________________
2.

What does he do?

He __________________.
Where does he work?
He ___________________.

4.

3.

What do they do?

They __________________.
Where do they work?
They ___________________.

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Jobs Crossword:
3

Across
5

1. Somebody who
catches fish.
2. Someone who digs
for metal ore in the
ground.

7
8

9
10

7. A person who
paints pictures.

11
12

8. A person who
makes computer
games.

13

10. A person who

helps a doctor.
11. Somebody who
fixes teeth.

16

14

17

15

18

19

20

14. A person who goes

to outer space.

21

16. Somebody who

helps sick animals.

22

23
24

20. Someone who

builds houses.

25
26

22. Someone who

cooks food.
24. A person who
protects a country.

27

25. A person who tells

us the news.
26. A person who plays sports.
27. Someone who grows crops.

Down
1. Somebody who puts out fires.
2. Somebody who plays an
instrument.
3. Somebody who helps sick
people.
4. Somebody who catches
criminals.
5. A person who fixes toilets.
6. A person who does research.
9. A person who raises cattle.

12. Someone who cleans buildings.

13. Someone who stars in a movie.
15. A person who drives a truck.
17. Someone who fixes cars.
18. Someone who delivers mail.
19. A person who sings songs.
21. Somebody who flies airplanes.
23. A person who serves food.

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C.

Grammar

Question with Simple Present. Notice the differences between the pairs.
Me

What time do you get up?

My
mom

What time does your mom get up?

What time do you watch TV?

What time does your mom watch TV?

Where do you have lunch?

Where does your mom have lunch?

What time do you go to bed?

What time does your mom go to bed?

Direct questions Yes/No questions

Do you live in the country?

Yes, I do.

Does your mother work in an office?

No, she doesnt.

Do you usually go to the movies?

Yes, I do.

Does your best friend study with you?

No, he doesnt.

I, you,
we, they
dont
He, she, it

do/

does/
doesnt

Open Questions
Wh-question words + auxiliary + subject + verb in infinitive
Where do you live?

I live in Temuco.

What kind of music do you like?

I like pop music a lot.

Where do you study?

I study at the Catholic University.

What does your mother do?

She is a social worker.

II.

WH-QUESTIONS

Question
Word
What

Function
Asking for information about

Example
What is your name?

something
When

Asking about time

When is your birthday?

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Where

Asking about a place or position

Where do you study?

Who

Asking about a person or people

Who is your English teacher?

Why

Asking for reason, asking what...for

Why do you study Engineering?

How

Asking about manner

How does this work?

How old

Asking about age

How old are you?

How often

Asking about frequency

How often do you watch TV?

How many

Asking about quantity

How many subjects do you have?

A. Write appropriate questions for these answers.

1.____________________________________? I study Chemistry Civil Engineering.
2.____________________________________? She studies Industrial Civil Engineering.
3.____________________________________? She lives near the university.
4.____________________________________? She has four subjects this semester.
5.____________________________________? No, I dont. I live with a friend.
6.____________________________________? I like Calculus and Algebra.
7.____________________________________? She goes to school at 8:00 every
morning.
8.____________________________________? Yes, I do. I study English language.
B. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets ( ).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

She __________________(speak) four languages.

Jane is a teacher. She ____ _________(teach) French.
Where _________you ______________(study)?
How often _________you and your friends ____________(go) to the library?
I _____________________(not/have lunch) at the canteen, I go home.
Charlie __________________(not/have) Algebra in the morning, he has Algebra in the
afternoon.
7. My first class on Monday mornings _______________(be) Calculus.
8. A: ____________she _____________(do) her homework every day?
B: Yes, she does.
9. I __________________(like) actions books but Jill __________________(not).
10. I __________________(drink) coffee in the morning but Mary _____________tea.
11. A: What ___________your sister ______________(study) at the university?
B: She studies Law.
12. A: What kind of music ____________you_______________(like)?
B: I like jazz music.

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C.

Duties and Responsibilities for Different Jobs

What does a/an ________________have to do? Complete the sentences with the information
from the box.
defend peoples rights in court take care of a building and clean it - take peoples
orders in restaurants treat patients in a hospital answer the phone and type
letters help doctors in a hospital maintain public security help to put out fires
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

A doctor has to _________________________________________________

A lawyer ______________________________________________________
A police officer__________________________________________________
A waiter/waitress________________________________________________
A janitor_______________________________________________________
A firefighter____________________________________________________
A nurse________________________________________________________
A secretary_____________________________________________________
D.

What does an engineer have to do?

Tick ( ) the activities you think an engineer has to do.

1.

write letters

7.

send e-mails

2.

do filing

8.

surf the Net

3.

have meetings

9.

write reports

4.

sell products

10.

make coffee

5.

fill in forms

11.

distribute the post

6.

do research

12.

organize information

E.
Write three affirmative sentences and three negative sentences using the
information on exercise IV and has to / doesnt have to.
Example: An engineer has to write letters.
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________________

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III.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

Civil engineers have a very important role in todays society. They are the people behind
the scenes of construction jobs which result in important buildings and structures throughout
ones city or hometown.
Items that civil engineers must take part in and use include:
chemical testing applications
drafting and design software
electrical test devices and equipment
land surveying techniques and the metric system

Some other specific duties of Civil Engineers are:

Inspect and analyze the proposed construction project.
Go to the site location.
Write detailed reports stating what is acceptable and what needs to be
changed prior to beginning the project.
Check the proposed changes are made before the beginning of the project.
Follow the project from start to finish.
Check on safety features of the project.
Use many different equations and applications.
Have to read and interpret many complex charts, diagrams, maps and reports.
Have superior analytical skills.
IV.

PAIR WORK PROJECT

Interview an engineer and ask him/her about:

his/her schedule,

job responsibilities and

job satisfaction (why he/she likes the job).

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AN ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

RESPONSIBILITES

Job Satisfaction

Engineering Technicians
Engineering technicians assist
engineers in designing and testing
new products.

Engineering technicians use the principles and theories of science, engineering,

and mathematics to solve technical problems in research and development,
manufacturing, sales, construction, inspection, and maintenance. Their work is
more narrowly focused and application-oriented than that of scientists and
engineers. Many engineering
technicians assist engineers and scientists,
especially in research and development. Others work in quality control,
inspecting products and processes, conducting tests, or collecting data. In
manufacturing, they may assist in product design, development, or production.
Although many workers who repair or maintain various types of electrical,
electronic, or mechanical equipment are called technicians, those workers are
classified as installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.
Engineering technicians who work in research and development build or set up
equipment, prepare and conduct experiments, collect data, calculate or record
results, and help engineers or scientists in other ways, such as making prototype
versions of newly designed equipment. They also assist in design work, often
using computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) equipment.
Civil engineering technicians help civil engineers plan and oversee the
construction of highways, buildings, bridges, dams, wastewater treatment
systems, and other structures. Some estimate construction costs and specify

10

15

20

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materials to be used, and some may even prepare drawings or perform landsurveying duties. Others may set up and monitor instruments used to study
traffic conditions.
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Environmental engineering technicians work closely with environmental
engineers and scientists in developing methods and devices used in the
prevention, control, or remediation of environmental hazards. They inspect and
maintain equipment related to air pollution and recycling. Some inspect water
and wastewater treatment systems to ensure that pollution control requirements
are met.
30
Industrial engineering technicians study the efficient use of personnel, materials,
and machines in factories, stores, repair shops, and offices. Working under the
direction of industrial engineers, they prepare layouts of machinery and
equipment, plan the flow of work, conduct statistical studies of production time
or quality, and analyze production costs.

IV.

READING COMPREHENSION
A.

Vocabulary. Write the appropriate word from the text under the pictures.

1.______________

B.

2.________________ 3.___________________ 4._________________

What do these words refer to?

Their in line 3 ______________________

Some in line 21_____________________

That in line 4 _______________________

Some in line 21 _____________________

Other in line 6______________________

Others in line 22____________________

They in line 7 ______________________

They in line 25______________________

They in line 16______________________

They in line 30______________________

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C.
1

Tick ( ) the activities that an engineering technician can do.

2.

Inspect products and processes

Repair washing machines

6.
7.

Collect data (information)

Calculate results

3.

Plan the flow of work

8.

Install mechanical equipment

4.

Plan the construction of bridges

9.

Analyze production costs

5.

Create product design

10.

Build dams

D.
Complete the chart with the information required
Engineering Technicians work in these different areas. What activities do they perform in each
of them?
Quality Control

Manufacturing

Research and development

Activities:
a)______________________
b)______________________
c)______________________

Activities:
a)______________________
b)______________________
c)______________________

Activities:
a)______________________
b)______________________
c)______________________
They help scientists in:
________________________
________________________

V.

CONSOLIDATION
A.
These activities are not in the correct order. Number them so they are in the
correct order.
A day in the life of Stephanie.

_____Stephanie watches TV for one hour.

_____ She has dinner at 6:00 PM.
_____ She brushes her teeth and eats breakfast.
_____ She has lunch at 12:30 PM.
_____ She does her homework after watching TV.
_____ She has Math and English lessons in the morning.
_____ She goes to bed.
_____ Her mother picks her up after school.
_____ Stephanie gets up in the morning.
_____ She has music and computer lessons in the afternoon.

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_____ Her mother drives her to school.

_____ She has a sound sleep.
_____ Stephanie turns off the lamp.
_____ She reads a story book in bed.
B.

Find the grammatical mistake and correct it.

1. My mom cooks always pasta on Sundays.

2. Where does your parents live?
3. How often does Marianne goes to the gym?
4. Robert gets up at half past seven, takes a shower and have breakfast.
5. What time you go to school every day?
6. A civil engineer doesnt has to serve coffee.
7. Where does Steven studies?
8. I do take the bus to school every day.
9. My sister and I lives together.
10. I not like Calculus, I prefer Lineal Algebra.
11. You study Environmental Civil Engineering?
12. I am study Chemical Civil Engineering.
C.

Complete Juns email with the correct form of the verbs.

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