INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL

CENLEX Santo Tomás

Centro de Auto Acceso
Guía de estudio

Idioma: INGLÉS
Nivel: Intensivo Básico 3 - 4 (Midterm)
Unidades: Traveller Elementary. Unidades 6 - 8

I. Organize the words according to the pictures.

1. tamppoushi 2. airts

__________ __________

3.dietcr darc 4. phindol

__________ __________

5.teriwa 6. thirdbay

__________ __________

7.ldba 8. serds

__________ __________

9.drengourdun 10. napel

__________ _________

II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in bold.
1. A motorcycle is __________ than a bicycle. fast
2. Does __________ know the answer? any
3. Marco doesn’t like those jeans. He preferred the black __________. one
4. This is the __________ English school of the area. good
5. Dolphins are __________ than turtles. intelligent

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 III. Look at Guadalupe’s organizer and make sentences about the plans that she has.

January
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1st 2nd 3rd
Carlos’
birthday party

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

Cinema with Trip to Breakfast with
Danny Cuernavaca Natalia

11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th

18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th

Lunch with Take the car to Take my cat “
Brenda the garage Vincent” to the
Vet

25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th

Pick up the
laundry

1. ___________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________

IV. Put the dialogue in order.

a) Yes, I’m travelling to China ( )
b) Would you take care of my cat for two weeks? ( )
c) How could I say no? I love Mr. Tibbles ( )
d) Sure, what do you need? ( )
e) Can you do me a favour? (1)
f) Are you going on holiday then? ( )
g) Thanks a lot! ( )

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 V. Write 4 comparative and 4 superlative sentences according to the pictures.

LAURA GREEN HANNA JONES RACHEL TYLER GRETA SIMON

AGE: 20 AGE: 21 AGE: 25 AGE: 30
HEIGHT: 1.65cm HEIGHT: 1.67cm HEIGHT: 1.70cm HEIGHT: 1.68cm
WEIGHT: 54 Kg WEIGHT: 50 Kg WEIGHT: 55 Kg WEIGHT: 55 Kg

1. ________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________

7. ________________________________________________

8. ________________________________________________

VI. Match the columns

a) borrow 1. Are there ________ chairs for all the students?
b) lent 2. I ________ clean the bathroom. I’m grounded.
c) too 3. Can I ________ your pen?
d) enough 4. This sweater is ________ small. I need a bigger size.
e) better 5. What is ________ way to arrive to Zócalo station?
f) the easiest 6. I don’t have my iPod because I ________ it to my brother.
g) have to 7. This new computer is ________ than my old one.

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 VII. Circle the correct word
1. Would you ______ my homework for me?
a) arrange b) do c) take
2. CENLEX Santo Tomás is ______ than CENLEX Zacatenco from Normal subway station.
a) closer b) closest c) the closer
3. I’m very sad because _____ came to my Christmas party.
a) someone b) anyone c) no one
4. My birthday is on ________.
a) November 21 b) November 21st c) November 21th
5. Michael Phelps is the best ______ in the world.
a) swimmer b) swimming c) swim
6. When I went to my cousin’s wedding, I wore a _____ and a suit.
a) dress b) bathing suit c) tie
7. This car is newer than that _____.
a) one b) ones c) too
8. A) Which shoes are you going to wear today?
B) I think the blue ____.
a) ones b) one c) enough

VIII. Write an experience you had during holidays.

________________________________________________________________________________________
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 IX. Write sentences and questions using the Present Perfect Simple.

1.( you / dial / the wrong number) ________________________________________________________

2.( I / read / just / the book) ______________________________________________________________

3.( they / answer / not / my question) ______________________________________________________

4.( he / speak/ not / to me / yet) ___________________________________________________________

5.( she / finish / her work / already) ________________________________________________________

6.( you / be / to England / yet ) ___________________________________________________________

7.( How often / she / call / you ) __________________________________________________________?

8. ( the kids / tidy up / their rooms) ________________________________________________________?

9.( Have / you / travel / abroad ) __________________________________________________________?

10.( How many letters / he / write ) ________________________________________________________?

X. Complete the sentences with the words provided and the correct form of the verb given using
present perfect or past simple.

1) I ____________________________ (never / go) to Vienna.

2) My great great grandfather ____________________ (have) five sisters.

3) He _________________________ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student.

4) Oh no! I _____________________ (lose) my wallet!.

5) _____________________________ (you / see) Julie today?

6) At the weekend, they ______________________ (play) football, then they ___________(go) to a

restaurant.

7) I ___________________________ (read) six books this week.

8) Amy ____________________________ (live) in Portugal when she was young.

9) She _________________________ (visit) her grandmother last month.

10) The Vandals _____________________________ (invade) Rome in the year 455.

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 XI. Rewrite the following sentences using reported speech.

1. ”Stay with us at the weekend,” said my cousin.

My cousin asked me ____________________________________________________.

2."Leave your bag on the sofa," said Kent’s mom.

Kent’s mom told me ___________________________________________________.

3."Don't be angry," said Sue.

Sue told me __________________________________________________________.

4."Be nice to your brother," said Tom.

Tom asked me _______________________________________________________.

5."Don't waste your money" said my dad.

My dad told me ______________________________________________________.

XII. Listen to the recording and circle the correct answer.

1. Ravi is planning his holidays. T F

2. Chris has broken one arm. T F
3. Tess is going to Scotland. T F
4. Ravi doesn’t like the beach. T F
5. Tess has been to Spain. T F

XIII. Listen again and answer the questions.

1. Where did Ravi want to go originally? _______________________________________________________

2. How did Chris broke apart of his body? ______________________________________________________
3. What cities in Spain has one of the speakers visited? ___________________________________________
4. What does Ravi usually like to do when he is on holiday? _______________________________________
5. What does Tess suggest Ravi does in Barcelona? _____________________________________________

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 INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL
CENLEX Santo Tomás
Centro de Auto Acceso
Guía de estudio

Idioma: INGLÉS
Nivel: Intensivo Básico 3 - 4 (Midterm)
Unidades: Traveller Elementary. Unidades 6 - 8
ANSWER KEY

1. Hippopotamus b)3
2. Artist c)4
3. Credit card d)2
4. Dolphin e)1
5. Waiter f)6
6. Birthday g)5
7. Bald
8. Dress IV. SUGGESTED ANSWERS
9. Underground 1. Laura Green is younger than Hanna
10. Plane Jones
2. Rachel Tyler is more beautiful than
I. Greta Simon.
1. faster 3. Laura Green is heavier than Hanna
2. anyone/anybody Jones.
3. ones 4. Greta Simon is older than Rachel
4. best Tyler.
5. more intelligent 5. Laura is the shortest of all.
6. Laura is the slimmest of all.
II. EXAMPLE 7. Laura is the Youngest of all.
8. Rachel is the tallest of all.
1. On January 1st, Guadalupe is going to
Carlos’ birthday party. VI.
2. On January 5th She is going to the 1.d
cinema with Danny. 2.g
3. On January 7th She is going to take a 3.a
trip to Cuernavaca. 4.c
4. On January 10th She is going o have 5.f
breakfast with Natalia 6.b
5. On January 18th she’s going to have 7.e
lunch with Brenda
6. On January 22nd She’s going to take VII.
her car to the garage. 1. b
7. On January 24th She’s going to take 2. a
her cat to the vet. 3. c
8. On January 27th she’s going to pick up 4. b
her laundry 5. a
6. c
7. a
8. a
III.
a)7

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 IX. 1.You have dialed the wrong number XIII.
2.I have just read a book.
3.They have not answered the questions  Where did Ravi want to go originally?
4. He has not spoken to me yet.
5.She has already finished her homework Scotland
6.You haven’t been to England yet  How did Chris broke apart of his
7.How often has she called you? body? He fell off a bike.
8.Have the kids tidied their room?  What cities in Spain has one of the
9.Have you travelled abroad? speakers visited? Barcelona,
10.How many letters has he written? Zaragoza, Valencia and Granada
X.  What does Ravi usually like to do
1. Have never gone when he is on holiday? Relax
2. Had  What does Tess suggest Ravi does in
3. Lived
Barcelona? Go out and buy clothes.
4.Have lost
5. Have you seen
6.Played / I went
7.Have read
8.Has lived
9.Visited
10 Invaded

XI.
1. to stay with them at the weekend
2. to leave my thing on the sofa.
3. not to be angry
4. to be nice to my brother..
5. not to waste my money.
6. not to waste their money

XII.
Ravi is planning his holidays. T F
Chris has broken one arm. T F
Tess is going to Scotland. T F
Ravi doesn’t like the beach. T F
Tess has been to Spain. T F

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TRANSCRIPT
BASIC 3

Tess: What’s new with you this week, Ravi?

Ravi: Not much, not much. I’m thinking about my holidays though. I can’t decide where to go.
Tess: Really? You’re going to Scotland, aren’t you?
Ravi: With Chris? Well, yeah, I was going to... Sorry, listeners, Chris is a good friend of mine and we were planning to go on
holiday together. No, bad news. Chris has broken his leg so we can’t go to Scotland.
Tess: How did he break his leg?
Ravi: He fell off his bike.
Tess: So, what are your plans now?
Ravi: Well, that’s the thing. I’m not sure. I’m thinking of going to Barcelona but ...
Tess: Oh, fantastic. Have you ever been there? I love Spain.
Ravi: No, I haven’t. I’ve heard it’s pretty cool though. You’ve been to Barcelona then?
Tess: Yeah, I went there when I was a student. We had a great time. We did kind of a tour of Spain. We went to Barcelona then
to Zaragoza, then Valencia and then all the way down to Granada – Granada’s fantastic – you’d love it.
Ravi: Sounds great but, you know, Tess, when I go on holiday I just want to stay in one place. I don’t want to be catching trains
and all that. I want to relax. Do you know what I mean?
Tess: Well, there’s loads of things to do in Barcelona. The nightlife’s great. There are lots of good clothes shops for you. I think
you’d really like it.
Ravi: How far is it from the beach?
Tess: Well, I don’t think you go to Barcelona to go to the beach but I think it’s pretty easy to get to the beach You could probably
go to the beach for a day trip then go out in the city in the evening.
Ravi: Hmm. Right, I think I’ve decided. I’m going to go to Barcelona. Great.

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GRAMMAR SECTION.

Units Grammar Vocabulary

6a Going to Dates

6b Requests: may, can, could, will, would, Take, pick up, borrow, lend,
have to made, arranged cancelled

6c Compounds: some, any, no every Word building: -er,-or

6d Inviting: let’s, how about, why don’t we Animals

6e Phrases for invitations (writing) Celebrations

7a One / ones, too / enough Cloths

7b Comparatives Describing people

7c Superlatives Transportation

7d Prepositions of movement Places in the

neighbourhood

7e Describing personality. Super heroes

8a Present perfect simple Geographical features

8b Present perfect simple vs past simple Collocations related to

misfortunes

8c Reported speech Equipment used when

travelling
8d Understanding and giving information Giving information about a
about countries country

8e Telling anecdotes Action sports

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Exercise #2/5. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS

 We use the comparative of adjectives when we compare two people, animals or things.
 We use superlative of adjectives when we compare one person, animal or thing with several of the same kind.
FORMATION
COMPARATIVE: SHORT ADJECTIVE + -ER
+ THAN
MORE + LONG ADJECTIVE
SUPERLATIVE: THE + SHORT ADJECTIVE+ -EST
+ OF / IN
MOST+ LONG ADJECTIVE

IRREGULAR FORMS
POSITIVE FORM COMPRATIVE FORM SUPERLATIVE FORM
GOOD BETTER THE BEST
BAD WORSE THE WORST
FAR FARTHER / FURTHER THE FARTHEST / THE FURTHEST
MANY / MUCH MORE THE MOST

ONE / ONES

 Want to repeat a singular countable noun

 We use ones when we don’t want to repeat a plural countable noun.

COMPOUNDS OF SOME, ANY, NO AND EVERY

SOME ANY NO EVERY

PEOPLE SOMEONE ANYONE NO ONE EVERYONE
SOMEBODY ANYBODY NOBODY EVERYBODY
THINGS SOMETHING ANYTHING NOTHING EVERYTHING
PLACE SOMEWHERE ANYWHERE NO WHERE EVERYWHERE

This compounds always go with singular verbs

We use the compounds of some, no and every in affirmative sentences.

We use the compounds of any in questions and negative sentences.

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Exercise #3. FUTURE BE GOING TO: is used to describe future plans.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

I am going to … I am not going to… Am I going to…?
You are going to… You are not going to Are you going to…?
He is going to… He is not going to… Is he going to…?
She is going to… She is not going to… Is she going to…?
It is going to… It is not going to… Is it going to…?
We are going to… We are not going to… Are we going to…?
They are not going to... They are not going to... Are they going to…?

Time expressions used to describe future plans

Tomorrow, tonight, next weekend / month/week/ Monday, etc, soon , in an hour / year,etc.

Exercise #6.

TOO / ENOUGH

 We use too before adjectives and adverbs. Too has a negative meaning and it means “more than
necessary”
 We use enough after adjectives and adverbs, but before nouns. Enough has a positive meaning

Exercise #9.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

Is used to describe actions that happened in the past, but we don’t mention when exactly.

For actions that happened in the past and their results are obvious in the present.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

I have + verb in past participle I have + not+ verb in past participle Have I + verb in past participle ?
You have + verb in past You have + not+ verb in past Have you + verb in past
participle participle participle?
He has + verb in past participle He has + not+ verb in past participle Has he + verb in past participle?
She has + verb in past She has + not+ verb in past participle Has she + verb in past
participle participle?
It has + verb in past participle It has + not+ verb in past participle Has it + verb in past participle?
We have + verb in past We have + not+ verb in past participle Have we + verb in past
participle participle?
They have + verb in past They have + not+verb in past Have they + verb in past
participle participle participle?

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 TIME EXPRESSIONS
ALWAYS , NEVER, EVER, BEFORE, ONCE, TWICE,
ETC

Exercise #10.

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

WE USE PRESENT PERFECT TO: WE USE PAST SIMPLE TO:

For actions that happened in the past, but we don’t For actions that happened at a definite time in the
say when exactly past.
With time expressions: With time expressions:
always , never, ever, before, once, twice, etc. Yesterday, in 1995, ago, last week / month, etc.

Exercise #11.
REPORTED SPEECH
When we repeat the exact words that someone said, we usually use the verb say and put the words I
quotation marks.
We use reported speech when we report the meaning of what somebody said, but not with the exact words.
We usually tell when we report commands and ask when we report questions or requests.
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
AFFIRMATIVE “Give me a lift to the station”, said Ask or tell + to + base form of the verb. Joe
Joe. asked me to give him a lift to the station.
NEGATIVE “Don’t use the computer”, said Harry. Ask or tell + not + to + the base form of the verb.
Harry told me not to use the computer.

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