lecciones de ingles II segundo parcial

1. Sep degti sems
Centro de Bachillerato
Tecnológico Industrial y de
Servicios No. 205
E N G L I S H II

2. First part.
Aim: Students will identify the
past simple tense of the verb to
be in a singular form to talk
about biographies of famous
people in the past.

3. • 1. Who was the first president of the
United States?
• _________________________________
___________________

4. 2. George Washington
1732 – 1799
George Washington was the first president
of the United states. He was born on
February 22nd, 1732 in Wakefield, in the
state of Virginia. When he was young he
was a soldier. Later, he became a
president. He was president from April
30th, 1789 until March 3rd , 1797. He
married Martha Dandridge Custis. They
didn’t have any children. George died on
December 14th, 1799.

5. • 3. Use the information in the biography to
solve the following activities.
• a) Write the missing information.
• Name:
• Date of birth:
• Place of birth:
• Profession:
• Married to:
• Died:

6. • b) Write True or false.
• A) George Washington was a president. ( )
• B) It was his profession after being a soldier. ( )
• C) He wasn’t born in 1932. He was born in 1732( )
• D) He wasn’t born in Dakota. He was born in
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .( )
• E) Martha Dandridge Custis was his wife ( )
• F) She wasn’t mother. They didn’t have any
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. Second part
Aim: Students will identify the past simple
tense of the verb to be in a plural form to
talk about biographies of famous people
who lived in the past.

8. 1. Order the following word to write the
names of these muralists.
• Alfaro Clemente Siqueiros Jose
Orozco David
a)_________________________________
b)_________________________________

9. 2. Read the text.
• Jose Clemente Orozco
He was born in Jalisco on November 22nd, 1883. When
he was seven years old he moved to Mexico City where
he studied. He painted murals in Mexico and in the
United states. His main topics in his murals were about
Mexican history. He was an excellent and famous
muralist. He died on September 7th , 1949. You can
admire some of his murals in the Palacio de Bellas
Artes.
• David Alfaro Siqueiros
He was a Mexican muralist and painter. He was born in
Chihuahua in 1896. when he was young he was a soldier
in the Venustiano Carranza´s army. At the end of the
Mexican conflict he went to Europe where he studied.
When he came back to Mexico he participated painting
the murals in the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. His
most famous murals are Proceso al Fascismo (1939)
and Muerte al Invasor (1940) He died in Cuernavaca in
1974.

10. 3. Complete the sentence with
information.
• a) ________________ and ______________
were muralist.
• b) They weren’t German. They were _______
• c) They _______________in other countries.
• d) _____________________________ was
born in Jalisco on November 22nd, 1883.
• e) ____________________________ was a
soldier in the Venustiano Carranza´s army.

11. THE CHAMPION
• Jim: Hello, Bob, It’s nice to see you again. You’re looking great.
• Bob: Hi, Jim. You’re looking fine, too. Are you still playing on the University
team?
• Jim: No, not any more. I was on the team three or four season ago when
were the champions. We won a big cup.
• Bob: Who was on the team then?
• Jim: Can´t you remember? Harry Lewis, Fred Robins, and Joe Tracy were
on it. Harry was the captain. I was quarterback.
• Bob: Now I can understand why you were the winners. I can remember
what a fine player you were at school. You were always good at all kinds of
sports: football, baseball, soccer, tennis, even in track. The girls shouted
when you came out on the field. You were very popular.
• Jim: Boy, those were the days!
• Bob: Are you taking part in any sport now?
• Jim: I only have to drive my car, and once in a while to go to
Tequesquitengo. We have two boats: a motorboats and a sailboat. My
cousins and I are water skiing almost every weekend this summer. Let’s go
together some day.
• Bob: Yes, and let’s invite some of our old friends from the university.

12. Comprehension questions. Answer orally.
• 1. Who were Bob and Jim?
• 2. Is Jim still playing on the university football team?
• 3. How long ago was Jim on the team?
• 4. Why did they win a big cup?
• 5. Why was Jim so popular in those days?
• 6. What did the girls do when they saw him come out on the field?
• 7. Is Jim still taking part in some sport?
• 8. What are Jim and his cousins doing almost every weekend?
• 9. What other game did Jim play when he was at the university?
• 10. Who are they going to invite to Tequesquitengo some day?