INSTITUTO SUPERIOR GRANADEROS- PROFESORADO DE INGLÉS
INTRODUCCIÓN AL INGLÉS CON FINES ACADÉMICOS
LET´S START WITH THE COURSE- class 1-2
READING COMPREHENSION.
1-READ THE TEXT BELOW FOM THE BOOK CALLED DEVELOPING GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT, AND
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Each unit of the book begins with a section called Getting started. In this, you read a short text and
answer some questions about it. The text has examples of the new grammar in the unit. Then the
Looking at grammar section explains the new grammar, and has some short exercises. The
Getting it right section provides four exercises. You should always start with Exercise 1, which has
a ∆ sign. This exercise checks you understand the grammar points in the unit. The exercises 2-4
give you practice in using the grammar. These exercises have a < sign to show that you can choose
which ones to do. You can use the last section, Classwork, in class. Here you can practice the
grammar by speaking to other students.
There are 50 units in the book and five Review units. The Review units revise the grammar
points in the previous group of units and let you practise the different grammar points in the same
exercise.
1- Explain in a few words what the text is about.
2- How many sections does each of the units of the book have?
3- Why is Exercise 1 in Getting it right important?
4- Where can you find a variety of grammar points in the same exercise?
2-NOW LOOK AT THESE THREE SENTENCES FROM THE TEXT. FIND EXAMPLES OF THE FOLLOWING
GRAMMAR ITEMS IN THEM.
a-You read a short text and answer some questions about it.
b-You should always start with Exercise 1.
c- You can use the last section, Classwork, in class.
a- A plural noun: …………………………..
b- A singular noun: ……………………….
c- A verb: ………………………………………
d- A modal verb: ……………………………
e- An indefinite article: …………………
f- A definite article: ………………………
g- A preposition: ………………………….
h- An adjective: …………………………….
i- A personal pronoun: ………………..
j- A connector: ……………………………
3-WRITE THE GRAMMATICAL TERMS FOR EACH OF THE HIGHLIGHTED WORDS IN THE STORY
BELOW, FOR EXAMPLE: noun, verb, adverb, preposition, adjective, etc.
Edgard Lunden was easily caught and arrested after he stole six pounds of potatoes from a
supermarket. One reason for his quick arrest was that Edgard Lunden had his full name tattooed
across his forehead.
1- Edgard ……………….
2- was ……………………
3- easily …………………
4- he ……………………..
5- stole …………………..
6- six …………………….
7- potatoes ……………
8- from ………………….
9- his …………………….
10- quick …………………
11- arrest ………………..
12- full ……………………..
13- forehead …………….
4-LOOK AT THE PAIR OF SENTENCES AND PUT AN X NEXT TO THOSE WHICH ARE NOT CORRECT
a- I´ve been to New York in 1999.
b- I went to New York in 1999.
a- She used to live in a big old house in the country.
b- She would like living in a big old house in the country.
a- She told me he couldn´t come with us.
b- She said me he couldn´t come with us.
a- There were too many people in the room and it got very hot.
b- There were too much people in the room and it got very hot.
a- Do you think could you pass me that pen?
b- Do you think you could pass me that pen?
a- If I can, I´ll get that book for you.
b- If I would, I´ll get that book for you.
7-
a- if I find out who´s done this mess in the kitchen, I´ll kill them
b-If I find out who´s made this mess in the kitchen, I´ll kill them
a- It´s easiest to see faults in people I know; it´s hard to see the good, especially when the
good isn´t there.
b- It´s easy to see faults in people I know; it´s hard to see the good, especially when the good
isn´t there.
6-SOME OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ARE INCORRECT . FIND THEM AND CORRECT THE
MISTAKE.
a- At the moment, I ´m assisting to a short language course in an institution near my house.
b- In my spare time I enjoy listen to music and read storybooks.
c- You will putting the card in the cash machine and the money comes out immediately.
d- People need a stadium for sport, although it can be also use for entertainment.
e- I was born in Singapore, but I ´ve lived in Kuala Lumpur since I started to working .
f- I have not been to a single-sex school, but I feel it is more easier for a teacher to teach in a
single-sex school.
g- The party was really excited and the guests were thrilled with the music.
h- My teacher said me I had to work more harder for my next exams.
i- There are still people who are reluctant to accept Darwin´s theory of evolution.
j- When you are reading, you stop your reading and look up new words in a dictionary?
k- ´What a lovely clock!´ ´It not work, I´m afraid- it was broken for years.´
l- My cousin has a medical problem, and although the doctors have done some tests, they
still can´t decide what is the problem. What are they going to do?
m- I stopped to smoke last month, but I´m not actually feeling better.
n- There isn´t no need for the meeting to start before eight.
