Exercises Chapter 2: Years Ago

Alumna: Tianni Issell Peña Maldonado N.
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Exercises Chapter 2
1 a. What happened first?
 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to pay for the trip.
Columbus stopped in the Canary Islands
October 12, 1492
The Santa Maria left Spain and headed westward
b. Select all the places that Columbus visited on his voyage.
 Cuba
Florida
 Canary Islands
 Dominican Republic
c. Christopher Columbus thought he could find a shortcut to the Indies by sailing…
East
South
 North
West
d. About how many miles did the ships travel every day?
e. 5. What country eventually agreed to finance Christopher Columbus' trip?
Portugal
England
France
 Spain
2a. Where is the Great Pyramid NOT located?
 Southern Egypt
Sahara Desert
Giza
Northern Egypt
b. The Great Pyramid was built a little more than 4500 years ago.
c. How many stone blocks make up the pyramid?
 More than two million
4,500
2,560
3800
c. Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about . . . tons.
two or three
five
 80
4,500
d. The Great Pyramid of Giza has shrunk about 450 feet
e. Egyptians used polished limestone to make the pyramid shine in the sun.
f. The Pharaoh _____________ ordered the pyramid to build as his ___________.
1. Khufu; wonder of the world
 2. Khufu; tomb
3. Hemon; tomb
4. vizier; tomb
g. Which is NOT part of complex of pyramids?
 The Tomb of King Tut
2. The Pyramid of Khafre
3. The Sphinx
4. The Great Pyramid of Giza
PART 2: A: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, OR IN.
1. Do you think it is a good idea to ban smoking in public places?
2. Look at the picture in the wall.
3. My house is at the end of the street.
4. I stopped at Nancy's house.
5. Do you like walking on the garden?
6. I found my keys on the desk.
7. I met him in Paris.
8. He was crying at the back of the classroom.
9. I saw the film in TV.
10. These people live in my hometown.
COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH THE PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, OR IN.
Michael Phelps made sports history by winning twenty-eight medals, 23 of them gold medals,
in the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China, in the 2012 Olympics at London, and in the 2016
Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. Born on June 30, 1985, Phelps was just 15 years old when he
qualified for the Sydney Australia Olympics in 2000. Phelps shattered the 200-meter butterfly
by swimming it in record time. He swam it at 1:54:58 seconds. He went on to break many
more records at the 2004 Athens Olympics. On August 2008, he arrived at the Beijing Olympic
games determined to break, former Olympic swimmer, Mark Spitz' 6-gold medal record. He
qualified to compete in three team and five individual events. He swam 17 races in nine days
and won gold medal at all eight events. On August 16, Phelps won his seventh gold medal of
the Games in the men’s 100-meter butterfly event, setting an Olympic record for the event. He
did it at 50.58 seconds, edging out his nearest competitor by 1/100 of a second. When his
team won the 4 X 100-meter medley relay, he stood on the podium overwhelmed with
emotion as he received his eighth record-breaking medal.
PART 3: COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH THE SIMPLE PRESENT FORM OF THE GIVEN VERB.
1. My best friend doesn’t write to me every week. (not write)
2. I work in a bank. (work)
3. When do the bank close? (the bank/close)
4. We fly to La Mosquitia every summer. (fly)
5. Does your mother fry eggs every morning? (fry)
6. Where does it rain almost every day? (it/rain)
7. She lives in Trujillo. (live)
8. My life is so boring -- I just watch TV every night. (watch)
9. John doesn’t try very hard in class; I don't think he'll pass. (not try)
10. Johana is so smart that she doesn’t study for every exam. (not study)
PART 4: COMPLETE A DAILY ROUTINE WITH THE CORRECT VERB FORMS.
I got (get) up at 6 o'clock and went (go) into the bathroom. I have (have) a wash and cleaned
(clean) my teeth. Then my sister went (go) into the bathroom and had (have) a wash and
cleaned (clean) her teeth, too. My father made (make) breakfast. My mother usually
had(have) a cup of tea in bed and then she got (get) up, too. After breakfast I got (get) my
school bag ready for school. It was (be) very heavy. My bus left (leave) at 7 o'clock and so I
always left (leave) the house at quarter to seven. School started (start), for me, at quarter to
eight. My sister left (leave) the house at 7 o'clock, too. Her school started (start) at quarter
past seven. My father then left (leave) the house and went (go) to work. My mother stayed
(stay) at home, cleaned (clean) up the house and washed (wash) our clothes. She then went
(go) to the shops and bought (buy) lots of nice things for us to eat. We all have (have) lunch at
2 o'clock. I did (do) my homework after lunch and my sister did (do) her homework, too. My
little sister was (be) always loud, so we can’t do (can / not / do) our homework properly. In the
afternoon we played (play) a game or I went (go) on the computer and looked (look) for things
for school. I sometimes helped (help) my mother to program her website. We often have
(have) tea at 6 o' clock and after tea we sat (sit) down and watched (watch) TV. I usually
watched (watch) TV in my parents' room and my sister watched (watch) TV in the lounge. At 8
o'clock we went (go) upstairs to our bedrooms. I took (take) my clothes off in the bathroom
and cleaned (clean) my teeth. I always read (read) a good book in bed before I went (go) to
sleep. My sister sometimes learned (learn) her English vocabulary in bed or wrote (write) them
on a piece of paper. I usually took (take) a bottle of water upstairs with me and drank (drink) a
glass of water. After that I always went (go) to sleep.
PART 6: WRITE ABOUT YOUR DAILY ROUTINE. USE FIVE FREQUENCY ADVERBS.
I usually get up at 7 in the morning. The first thing I do is wash my face and brush my teeth! my
mom always makes me breakfast. after that I kick off and start cleaning the house. I never
sleep during the day because I don't sleep at night, I better start playing on the phone and at
the end of the day I take my classes online and then I fall asleep
WRITING: LOOK AT THE PICTURES. DESCRIBE ANTONIO’S DAILY ROUTINE.

Antonio gets up after that takes a shower, then they serve him food. He leaves for work and
when he leaves, he is distracted, he goes to the supermarket to buy things and takes his dog
for a walk. After dinner with his wife, watch TV for a while and read something before going to
sleep

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Alumna: Tianni Issell Peña Maldonado N.

2a. Where is the Great Pyramid NOT located?

c. How many stone blocks make up the pyramid?

 More than two million

c. Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about . . . tons.

d. The Great Pyramid of Giza has shrunk about 450 feet

f. The Pharaoh _____________ ordered the pyramid to build as his ___________.

1. Khufu; wonder of the world

g. Which is NOT part of complex of pyramids?

 The Tomb of King Tut

2. The Pyramid of Khafre

4. The Great Pyramid of Giza

1. Do you think it is a good idea to ban smoking in public places?

2. Look at the picture in the wall.

3. My house is at the end of the street.

4. I stopped at Nancy's house.

5. Do you like walking on the garden?

6. I found my keys on the desk.

7. I met him in Paris.

8. He was crying at the back of the classroom.

9. I saw the film in TV.

10. These people live in my hometown.

COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH THE PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, OR IN.

1. My best friend doesn’t write to me every week. (not write)

2. I work in a bank. (work)

3. When do the bank close? (the bank/close)

4. We fly to La Mosquitia every summer. (fly)

5. Does your mother fry eggs every morning? (fry)

6. Where does it rain almost every day? (it/rain)

7. She lives in Trujillo. (live)

8. My life is so boring -- I just watch TV every night. (watch)

PART 4: COMPLETE A DAILY ROUTINE WITH THE CORRECT VERB FORMS.

WRITING: LOOK AT THE PICTURES. DESCRIBE ANTONIO’S DAILY ROUTINE.

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