CHRISTMAS

 CHRISTMAS 

Grammar-in-Context  Complete the paragraph by circling the correct words. 

When I was a young boy, I knew exactly who Santa Claus was. He was a fat, friendly, old man with a long, white beard that (1)_ my home once a year to put lots and lots of toys (2) the Christmas tree. He came only if my sister and I had been good – and only if we (3) asleep. Then, early the next morning, after we woke up, we (4) downstairs to open all our gifts (I never understood (5) my parents always seemed so tired on Christmas morning). As I got older, however, I stopped believing in Santa Claus. Many years later, I asked (6) the question, “Who is Santa Claus … really?” The answer surprised me. Santa Claus was a real person. He (7) _ a Greek man, a Christian called Saint Nicholas who lived about 1,700 years ago in the area that is now Turkey. He was famous because he gave many gifts to poor people. About a thousand years later, many people (8)_ Europe began the tradition of giving gifts to children to remember Saint Nicholas. The modern picture of Santa Claus – (9) dressed in red and white, with a long white beard – (10)__ about two hundred years ago in the United States and Canada. Nowadays, he is also known as Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy or just Santa. Saint Nicholas died (11) long time ago but I like to believe that the real “Santa Claus” lives in all of us. He is the goodness and love in (12) hearts that reminds us that true happiness comes from giving to other people. 

1. (A) visits (B) visit (C) visiting (D) visited 

2. (A) between (B) in (C) under (D) over 

3. (A) are (B) was (C) were (D) is 

4. (A) ran (B) runs (C) run (D) running 

5. (A) who (B) why (C) where (D) what 

6. (A) myself (B) me (C) mine (D) I 

7. (A) is (B) are (C) were (D) was 

8. (A) for (B) at (C) on (D) in 

9. (A) old men (B) a old man (C) old man (D) an old man 

10. (A) start (B) started (C) starting (D) is starting 

11. (A) very (B) a very (C) the very (D) an very 

12. (A) ours (B) we (C) our (D) us 

1. The article is about getting lots of toys for Christmas. 

(a) TRUE 

(b) FALSE 

(c) It doesn’t say. 

2. What did the man do when he was a boy? 

(a) He put lots of toys under a Christmas tree. 

(b) He slept a lot at Christmas. 

(c) He opened his gifts on Christmas morning. 

3. When did the man stop believing in Santa Claus? 

(a) when he was a boy 

(b) when his sister told him that Santa Claus was not real 

(c) when he grew up

 4. Why was Saint Nicholas famous? 

(a) He helped many people. 

(b) He believed in Santa Claus. 

(c) He lived in Turkey.

5. What does the word ‘he’ refer to?

(a) Turkey 

(b) Saint Nicholas 

(c) poor people 

6. What does the word ‘tradition’ mean? 

(a) how to remember things 

(b) a way of doing something 

(c) giving things to people 

7. Who is Kris Kringle? 

(a) a modern man 

(b) Santa Claus 

(c) It doesn’t say. 

8. When did Saint Nicholas die? 

(a) about 1,700 years ago 

(b) about a thousand years ago 

(c) about two hundred years ago

SANTA CARD

DECEMBER 9TH 2021

DEAR SANTA

BEST REGARD

THIS CHRISTMAS I WANT A HEADPHONES (WIRELESS HEADPHONES XBOX). I HAVE 42$ DOLLARS BUT I NEED 80$ DOLLARS TO BUY MY HEADPHONES.THIS YEAR ALMOST I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ANYTHING. I WANT HEALTH FOR MI FAMILY AND MORE FUNNY MOMENS WITH THEM. THIS CHRISTMAS HAVE A GOOD MOMENT .I DID MY RESPONSIBILITIES AND HAVE NOT BREACHED MY PARENTS, SO I HAVE BEEN GOOD

I SEND YOU A GREETING FROM PALMIRA TO THE NORTH POLE

GOODBAY

Present Perfect

 Complete the sentences using the past participle of the

verbs in brackets.

The train has ___________. We can go out now. (stop)

She isn’t ready. She hasn’t __________ her cases yet. (pack)

She has ___________ some photos. (take)

Sally hasn’t ___________ yet. Where can she be? (arrive)

I’ve never ____________ to your mother. (speak)

I haven’t ____________ which shoes to buy yet. (decide)

My father has ___________ to Rome. (drive)

Answer

1 stopped

2 packed

3 taken

4 arrived

5 spoken

6 decided

7 droven

mi año lectivo 2020 2021

 1.

 Este año lectivo fue bueno para ser con modalidad virtual. Me senti muy bien y muy comodo sin complicaciones en ningun momento en la modalidad virtual. Tambien se manejo muy bien el tema de recursos digitales como lo son el blogger y las salas de aulas para todos. La enseñanaza como tal no fue muy autodidacta porque aprendimos con la ayuda de nuestros profesores apesar de estar lejos de ellos.

 2.

 En la asignatura de ingles tu vimos muy buena educacion y disciplina en el tema de las clases con un buen manejo de recursos, y clases didacticas. Aprendimos muchos tema de gramatica como lo puede ser el report speech, (zero,first,second and third conditional), tuvimos en cuenta tambien nuestro apoyo que nos dio la profe con la guia de verbos y todas sus conjugaciones.

3

Claro que si preste atencion en todas las clases y segui todas las ordenes de los profesores y coordinadores como prender la camara, cumpli con mis obligaciones y aprendi nuevos temas para estar listo el siguiente año lectivo (2020-2021) en noveno.

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De los temas que mas me gusto fue el zero conditional por el hecho de que era facil de aprender y porque tuvimos buena participacion en clase cuando la profesora nos dejaba trabajos o nos hacia preguntas en mitad de clase. Esto nos facilito el aprendizaje en esta tematica. Igualmente nos explico bien los distintos ejes tematicos.

REPORT SPEECH EXCERCISES

 

GRAMMAR REPORTED SPEECH – EXERCISES

1. He said her that he loved her.

He said that he loved her.

2. She said she knows the answer.

She said that she knew the answer.

3. Ryan said had bought the tickets.

Ryan said that he had bought the tickets.

4. She told me don't speak in the library.

She told me not to speak in the library.

5. Sara asked if had he finished.

 Sara asked if he had finished

6. She asked me where was my sister.

She asked me where my sister was.

7. They asked me come back later.

They asked me to come back later.

8. She asked did I spoke French.

She asked whether I spoke French.

3. Check your grammar: gap fill

Write the bold sentence in reported speech.

1. 'I feel ill.'

Sandra said that she felt ill

2. 'I'm going into town.'

Mark said that he was going into town

3. 'I studied music for five years.'

Alex said he had studied music for five years

4. 'I've been to Shanghai.'

She said that she had been to Shanghai

5. 'We can help you.'

Will said  they could help me

6. 'It will rain on Tuesday.'

The weather forecast said  it would rain on Tuesday.

7. 'What’s your name?'

The police officer asked me what my name was

8. 'Are you over eighteen?'

The teacher asked Amy if she was over eighteen

Workshop part3

 7. Rellena los huecos con la forma correcta de Present o Past (negativa o afirmativa) de los auxiliares ‘be’, ‘have’, o ‘do’.

1. I have working tomorrow. It’s my day off.

2.  have you ever read Macbeth? It is  written by Shakespeare.

3. Why do you phone to tell us you have going to come at all? We waited for you all afternoon and you haven’t turn up!

4. Paper don’t made from wood.

5.When I phoned John, his wife told me he had already left for the office.

6. Oh dear! Someone did broken into our house while we had out.

7.  Does your sister still live in Sweden?

- Yes, she has been living in Malmö for seven months now but she’ll stay there for very long. She says she does want to spend another winter in Sweden!

8. What do the children doing? I  don’t know. I’ll go and have a look.

9. When we are paying for our meal, a gang of robbers came into the restaurant and stole all the guests’ wallets.

10. We didn’t bring our camera because nobody had told us to bring it.

Workshop part 2

 5. Escribe los verbos que se encuentran entre paréntesis en las formas   correctas del Past simple, Past perfect o Past continuous.

1. Someone knocked (knock) on the door while I was sleeping (sleep).

2. When we got (get) to the station, the train already departed  (already depart).

3. Just after he   closed (close)  the door, he realised (realise) he leaved (leave) the keys inside.

4. The boy fell (fall) off the tree when he tried (try) to pick up a cuckoo’s nest.

6. Escoge un elemento de cada columna y construye frases con ‘because’.

We looked nice/ /they had been playing all afternoon/

The room/  /didn’t go on holiday/   we hadn’t tidied up after the/ party.

The passengers/ /didn’t get a table/ /he had been driving overnight/

The guests/ /fell fast asleep/ /we had painted it only a week before/

My parents/ /stopped at a motel/ /they had forgotten to reserve one./

The driver/ /got angry/ /we hadn’t saved enough money./

The children/ /were disappointed/ /Nobody had told us there was overbooking./

1.  The children fell fast asleep because they had been playing all afternoon.

2.  we didn’t get a table because we hadn’t saved enough money

3.  The room looked nice we had painted it only a week before.

4.  The passengers stopped at a motel because they had forgotten to reserve one.

5.  The guests didn’t go on holiday because Nobody had told us there was overbooking.

6.  My parents were disappointed because we hadn’t tidied up after the party.

7.  The driver got angry he had been driving overnight.

Activity workshop

2. Escribe los siguientes ‘statements’ y ‘questions’ en estilo indirecto.

1. The girl said to her mum: ‘I don’t want to go to school’.

 she said her mother that she didn't want to go to school

2. Karen said: ‘I’ve met a wonderful boy’.

Karen said she met a wonderful boy

3. The teacher said: ‘you have to study harder’.

Teacher said that you had to study harder

4. She said: ‘I’m afraid I won’t come to work tomorrow’.

She said that she would not come to work tomorrow?

5. The child asked: ‘what are we having for lunch?’

child asked what are were having for lunch?

6. Sonia asked her husband: ‘can you help me with the housework?’

Sonia asked her husband if he could help her with the housework?

7. The man explained: ‘we went fishing but we didn’t get any fish’.

The man explained when we went fishing but we didn't get any fish  

8. ‘I have something to tell you’. I said to her.

Did you tell her you had something to tell her

9. ‘What country do you come from? The boy wanted to know.

The boy asked what country i come from?