Ejercicios de Contingencia

“MAGICIAN OF THE SEA”

What do three hearts, eight arms and one huge brain add up to? An octopus, a creature that can do amazing things.

Octopuses are extremely intelligent. They have even learnt a few tricks to get them out of sticky situations, as for example, when it is afraid of a predator. As octopuses don’t have teeth or sharp claws to defend themselves, they hide themselves in the sand on the bottom of the ocean floor. Do you want to know how they do that? Well, the octopus is like a chameleon because it can change the color of its skin to match the sand. This color change happens in less than a minute.

Some octopuses like to stay in more shallow water where there are rocks and coral. Because octopuses are invertebrates, they can squeeze themselves into small spaces between the rocks to get out of reach of predators. Another way an octopus can hide is by shooting ink. An octopus uses a part of its body called a siphon to shoot ink into the water. The ink forms a cloud that hides the octopus. It’s like a magician doing a vanishing act.

If an octopus is being attacked, it can actually make itself look like a venomous sea snake. It will bury itself in the sand, keeping two arms visible. It will change the color of those arms to match a sea snake. But if there’s no time to hide? If an octopus is in trouble, it can break off one of its arms. The arm will then change colors and squirm around the water to distract the predator while the octopus swims away to safety. Don’t worry though. The octopus’s arm will grow back.

There is one kind of octopus that has venom to use in defense. The blue-ringed octopus is tiny; it could fit in the palm of your hand. Predators might think this size makes the octopus a great snack, but they know to stay away. The blue-ringed octopus is very poisonous and can kill predators much larger than it, including humans.

       I.            Answer the following questions:

1.      What is special about the octopus’ body?

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2.      Why are octopuses intelligent?

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3.      What happens to an octopus if it breaks off one of its arms?

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4.      How do blue-ringed octopuses defend themselves?

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Ejercicios de Contingencia

English Excersices

    I.      Here are the past tense forms of some irregular verbs. Write the infinitive.

1.      ___________ was

2.      ___________ were

3.      ___________ went

4.      ___________ saw

5.      ___________ thought

6.      ___________ put

7.      ___________ did

8.      ___________ got

9.      ___________ had

10.  ___________ made

11.  ___________ came

12.  ___________ said

     II.        Make questions in simple present

1.      you / to speak / English

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2.      when / he / to go / home

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3.      they / to clean / the bathroom

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4.      where / she / to ride / her bike

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5.      Billy / to work / in the supermarket

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   III.      Make sentences in present continuous

1.      I / to read a book

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2.      it / to rain

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3.      he / to repair his bike 

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4.      they / to watch a film

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5.      the cat /to sleep on the chair

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   IV.          Put the verbs into the correct form

1.   When I phoned my friends, they (play) _______________ monopoly.

2.   Yesterday at six I (prepare) ________________ dinner.

3.   The kids (play) ____________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

4.   I (practise) ______________  the guitar when he came home.

5.   We (not / cycle) _______________  all day.

Past Continuous Negative

PAST CONTINUOUS

     µ    We use the past continuous to talk about actions which were still in progress at a certain time. The action had started before this time but hadn't finished.

         µ      Formula

             Ã  Negative: Subject + wasn't + weren't + verb with -ing + complement.

     µ     Forms of verb 'to be' in past:

Subject	Affirmative Form	Negative Form
I	was	wasn´t
You	were	weren´t
He – She – It	was	weren´t
We	were	weren´t
You	were	weren´t
They	were	weren´t

      µ     Examples:

            à Suewasn´t playing tennis.

            à He wasn´t cooking.         

         Ã They weren´t playing  basketball.

Past Continuous or Progressive

Past Continuous

·         The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.

      I.            Form

 

Subject	Positive
I / he / she / it	I was speaking.
you / we / they	You were speaking.

   II.            Exceptions in Spelling

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing	Example
final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)	come – coming (but: agree – agreeing)
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled	sit – sitting
l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English)	travel – travelling
final ie becomes y	lie – lying

III.            Use of Past Progressive

Ø  puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past

Example: He was playing football.

Ø  two actions happening at the same time (in the past)

Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

Ø  action going on at a certain time in the past

Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

 IV.            Signal Words of Past Progressive

v  when, while, as long as

Past Continuous/ Progressive

Exercise on Past Progressive

I.            Yesterday at 3 pm the following people were in the middle of an action.
Write positive sentences in past progressive.

1.      you / play / cards

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2.      Alice / walk / around the lake

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3.      Mafalda / listen / to the radio

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4.      we / read / a book about Australia

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5.      Linda / look for / her ring

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6.      Fiona and Sam / visit / the castle

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7.      Ben / wash / the car

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8.      Kim and I / wait / in the park

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9.      My sister / feed / the birds

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10.  Greg and Phil / count / their money

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English Exam

   µ El examen se aplicara el lunes 14 de octubre.

©    Los temas a estudiar son los siguientes:

      1. Verb to be en pasado

     µ     En  affirmative, negative and interrogative

2.    Simple Past

      µ  En  affirmative, negative and interrogative

 3. Los verbos del cuaderno

 4.Contestar los ejercicios del blog de dichos temas

Past Simple Negative Form

Simple Past Forms

Most Verbs

Most verbs conjugate by adding -ed like the verb "wait" below.

Positive	Negative
·       I waited. ·       You waited. ·       We waited. ·       They waited. ·       He waited. ·       She waited. ·       It waited.	·       I did not wait. ·       You did not wait. ·       We did not wait. ·       They did not wait. ·       He did not wait. ·       She did not wait. ·       It did not wait.

Irregular Verbs

Many verbs, such as "have," take irregular forms in the Simple Past. Notice that you only use the irregular verbs in statements. In negative forms and questions, "did" indicates Simple Past. 

Positive	Negative
·       I had. ·       You had. ·       We had. ·       They had. ·       He had. ·       She had. ·       It had.	·       I did not have. ·       You did not have. ·       We did not have. ·       They did not have. ·       He did not have. ·       She did not have. ·       It did not have.

To Be

The verb "be" is also irregular in the Simple Past. Unlike other irregular verbs, there are two Simple Past forms: "was" and "were." It also has different question forms and negative forms. Always remember that you DO NOT use "did" with the verb "be" in the Simple Past.

Positive	Negative
·       I was. ·       You were. ·       We were. ·       They were. ·       He was. ·       She was. ·       It was.	·       I was not. ·       You were not. ·       We were not. ·       They were not. ·       He was not. ·       She was not. ·       It was not.