This document provides instructions for a student assignment in English class. It includes exercises on simple present tense, adverbs of frequency, comparative and superlative adjectives, and prepositions of time. The student is asked to complete sentences and questions using the specified grammar structures. Two reading passages are also included, with comprehension questions to follow. The assignment is to be completed on loose leaf paper and submitted by certain deadlines in April 2017.

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INSTITUTO EMPRESARIAL GABRIELA MISTRAL
PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTO
I PERIODO
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO INGLÉS 2017 8-01/8-02/8-03
ASIGNATURA AÑO CURSO
DOCENTE: LIC. CARMEN CECILIA RAMIREZ CAMARGO
Desarrolle el siguiente trabajo en hojas sueltas, a mano, preséntelo en carpeta blanca y susténtelo
en la fecha señalada:
8-01: ABRIL 25 DE 2017
8-02: ABRIL 25 DE 2017
8-03: ABRIL 24 DE 2017
A. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE/ ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
1. Responda las siguientes preguntas personales con la información apropiada:
a. What is your name?
b. Who is your English class teacher?
c. How old are you?
d. Where are you from?
e. When is your birthday?
f. Where do you live?
g. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
h. Who is your best friend?
i. What is your favorite sport?
j. What time do you get up?
2. Complete las siguientes frases con la palabra pregunta apropiada. Utilice las opciones
(where-why-what--who-how-when-)
A._____________is his name? His name is Nelson Mandela.
b. ____________does he come from? He comes from South Africa.
c. ____________ old is he? He is 86 years old
d. ____________ was he born? He was born in 1918.
e. ____________ have you got an umbrella? Because it is raining.
f. _____________is that girl? She is my sister.
3. Lea los siguientes textos y responda las preguntas que aparecen a continuación:
TEXTO N° 1
Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is
late, it is 6.30 and he is still in bed. He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving
to work. He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is still driving.
It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at
12.00, he is looking after his sick patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV.
He usually watches TV at half past seven because his favorite programme starts at half
past seven. Brian has his dinner at 8.30 every day and he is having dinner now.
It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to bed at midnight.

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a. What does Brian do?
b. What time does he usually get up?
c. How often does he have his lunch at noon?
d. What is he doing at 12.00 today?
e. How does he usually go to work?
f. Why does he usually watch TV at 7.30?
g. Why is he driving to work today?
h. What time does he go to bed?
i. What time does he arrive at work every day?
j. How often does he go to bed at midnight?
TEXTO N° 2
My name is Kate O’Hara. I live on a farm with my mother and father. I like it but I work very
hard. Every morning I wake up at five o’clock and feed the horses. Then I can go back to
the house. Mum makes breakfast at 5:30 and I’m not late for breakfast because I don’t like
cold eggs. After breakfast I help dad for an hour. Then I have a shower and get ready for
school. The school bus leaves at 8:15. I leave home at 8:00.
After school I can watch TV for an hour. Then we have our dinner. We have chicken for
dinner but I hate it. I eat it because mum gets angry. After dinner I do my homework. Then I
go out and feed the horses. I go to bed early because I’m always very tired at the end of the
day.
1. Where does Kate live?
2. What time does she get up every morning?
3. Who makes breakfast every morning?
4. Why isn’t she late for breakfast?
5. When does she have a shower?
6. What time does she catch the school bus?
7. How long can she watch TV?
8. What do they have for dinner?
9. When does she do her homework?
10. Why does she go to bed early?
Señale True or False según el texto anterior:
1. She doesn’t like the farm. _____________
2. Kate doesn’t work very hard. ______________
3. Kate has a shower before 8:15. ______________
4. Kate’s mother doesn’t like chicken. ______________
5. After dinner Kate feeds the horses. ______________
4. Responda las siguientes preguntas personales utilizando un adverbio de frecuencia:
a. How often do you go to the movies?
b. How often are you happy?
c. How often do you take out the garbage?
d. How often are you late for class?
e. How often do you clean your room?

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B. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
1. Elabore un cuadro con los siguientes adjetivos señalando el significado, la forma comparativa y la
forma superlativa:
ADJECTIVE MEANING COMPARATIVE
FORM
SUPERLATIVE
FORM
clean
clear
cloudy
colorful
crowded
cute
dark
bad
distinct
dull
elegant
ugly
Busy
Light
Dark
Crazy
Dangerous
Great
Noisy
Friendly
Fantastic
Modern
Sweet
Sharp
Heavy
Strong
Dirty
good
Proud
Successful
2. Complete las siguientes oraciones con el adjetivo dado en su forma comparativa:
1. Philadelphia is...larger than...Washington (large)
2. John is ____________________________ William (short)
3. Henry is ____________________________ I (tall)
4. This book is ____________________________ that book . (old)
5. The weather today is ____________________________ yesterday (bad)
6. This summer is ____________________________ last summer (hot)
7. This article is ____________________________ that one. (interesting)
8. Is this exercise ____________________________ the last one? (difficult)
9. These apples are ____________________________ those. (good)
10. Some people are ____________________________ others. (healthy)
11. This room is ____________________________ that one. (light)
12. Is this exercise ____________________________ the last one? (important)
3. Cambie las siguientes frases a positiva utilizando el opuesto del adjetivo subrayado:
EXAMPLE:
1. Henry is not taller than I. Henry is shorter than I.
2. New York is not smaller than Chicago.
3. Helen is not younger than her sister.
4. This street is not wider than that street.
5. This exercise is not more difficult than the last one.
6. This book is not thicker than my French book.
7. This book was not more expensive than my French book.
8. The weather today is not better than it was yesterday.
9. The weather today is not colder than it was yesterday,.
4. Reescriba las siguientes frases expresando comparativo de igualdad:
Example:
1. John is taller than his brother. John is as tall as his brother.
2. This street is wider than that one.
3. This exercise is longer than the last.
4. Helen is more beautiful than Mary.
5. New York is more important than Washington D.C.

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6. Our apartment is larger than yours.
7. This corridor is cleaner than the room.
8. The sky is darker than it was yesterday.
9. This book is better than the other.
10. The weather today is worse than it was yesterday.
5. Complete las siguientes frases con el adjetivo dado en su forma superlativa:
1. John is the tallest boy in the class (tall).
2. Today is ____________________________ day of the year.(hot)
3. New York is ____________________________ city in the United States. (interesting)
4. New York is also ____________________________ city in the United States. (large)
5. This is ____________________________ apple of all. (sweet)
6. This is ____________________________ park in the city. (beautiful)
7. John is ____________________________ boy in the class. (intelligent)
8. He is also ____________________________ student in the class. (good)
9. Henry is ____________________________ dancer in the school. (bad)
10. Which is ____________________________ city in this country? (large)
6. Lea el siguiente texto y complete los espacios con el adjetivo dado en forma superlativa:
Michael Jordan was ___________ (good) known basketball player of his time. His career started in
the early 1980's, when he played college basketball with the University of North Carolina. Although
he was not _________ (tall) or __________ (strong) player, he won the attention of his coach for
being an excellent athlete. Probably his _____________ (important) achievement at that time was
scoring the winning basket in the 1983-1984 championship game.
Jordan left college early to join the professional basketball team, the Chicago Bulls. He led the Bulls
to the best record in professional basketball history. He was voted ___________ (valuable) player
five times. Jordan holds several records: ____________ (high) scoring average and the most points
in a playoff game.
Many people think that Michael Jordan was ___________ (spectacular) basketball player of all time.
A statue of Michael Jordan in Chicago reads, "The best there ever was. The best there ever will be."
Jordan retired from basketball in 1999 at the age of 35.
Jordan's popularity with his fans brought him to the attention of advertisers. Jordan is paid a lot of
money to have his name appear on sports products and to appear in TV commercials, making him
__________ (high) paid athlete in the world. He is also one of ___________ (rich) people in the world.
Forbes Magazine in 1997 said that he earned over 78 million dollars that year.
C. PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
1. Complete los espacios con la preposición correcta (in – on –at):
a. Jane goes to work _________ the mornings.
b. My birthday is ________ March.
c. We are going to meet ________ 4:00 p.m.
d. Students must go to school _________ weekdays.
e. Do you do play tennis ________ the weekend?
f. His birthday is _________ November 5th .
g. We have art lesson _________ Mondays.
h. They are travelling _______ spring.
i. We have lunch ______ noon.
j. She has Spanish class ________ half past nine.