EXTERNADO CARO Y CUERVO

GRADE A1-1
Grading Exam
PROFESSOR: Fredy Alejandro Martínez Aguilar.
2020
ST
1 TERM
Name: ___________________________________________ SCORE: ________

Welcome to this English program. Here, we are going to watch new concepts in which we
are learning English strategies to know how to communicate well with other people.
Please read carefully all the information here to identify what you have to do; you will find
topics with grammar explanations, briefly, to be upgraded to the class.

1. Present Simple
The Present Simple is used for mentioning routines and general actions that we
say in a daily routine. For example, <<I read a book every month>>...

It is important to know we have to recognize the subject for the actioner of the sentences
(That subject, who does the action):

Person Subject

1st I (‘Yo’, the person who talks)

Person 

You (‘Tú’, the person who is in front of the actioner)

2nd We (‘Nosotros’, you and I)

Person
They (‘Ellos’, Not you, not me)

He (‘Él’, a boy, a man) 

3rd Person She (‘Ella’, a girl, a lady a woman)

It (‘Eso’, an object, a place, a situation, an animal; something that is not a

person).

Also, it is important to know that each subject goes with a verb. Here, we say that the
subject is in a place or the subject is something:
Person Subject Verb to be
(Ser/Estar)

1st I (‘Yo’, the person who talks) am

Person 

You (‘Tú’, the person who is in front of the actioner)

 We (‘Nosotros’, you and I)

2nd They (‘Ellos’, Not you, not me) are

Person

He (‘Él’, a boy, a man) 

She (‘Ella’, a girl, a lady a woman)

3rd It (‘Eso’, an object, a place, a situation, an animal; is

Person something that is not a person).

Now complete the sentences by adding the correct verb to be for each sentence:
 He ___ in the school.
 She ___ my teacher.
 They ____ the students.
 It ___ my car.
 I ___ your partner.
 The students ____ working in the computer.
 My class ______ is located to the corner of the institution.
 My friends ____ opening the windows because it ___ too cold.
 Charlie and Bryan ____ my best friends since I was a child.
 Marcos, Lorena, and the auditorium _____ so excited due to the concert.

Also, if we want to say a negative sentence, we add a ‘not’ after the verb to be:
 I am not your coach.
 She is not my sister.
 We are not the visitors.
Then, you can create a contraction adding an apostrophe ( ‘ ) to link the subject with the
verb to be:
I am = I’m
You are = You’re
We are = We’re
They are = They’re
He is = He’s
She is = She’s
It is = It’s

So, you can say the same action with the contractions:
 I am your coach… I’m your coach.
 She is my sister… She’s my sister.
 We are the visitors… We’re the visitors.
Or, you can make the contraction with the verb to be and the negatives:
 I’m not your coach.
 She isn’t my sister.
 We aren’t the visitors.

Activity
Organize the words and create a sentence by using the correct form of each person:
 1. You/(Verb to be)/in/bathroom/the.
2. They/(Verb to be)/the/in/school.
3. I/(Verb to be)/in the park.
4. Rose/(Verb to be)/crossing the park.
5. Suzy/(Vwerb to be)/calling to her mom.

Be careful with the 3rd Person, because we have to conjugate the verbs ONLY with the
third person when we use action verbs (action verbs are words that express and action,
such as jump, run, watch, study, go, etc...): 

I jump so high.
You jump so high.
She jumps so high.

I study English.
We study English.
He studies English. (Notice here we have to omit the ‘y’, erase it and put the letters ‘ies’
only if before the ‘y’ there is a consonant. If before the ‘y’ we have a vowel we just put an
‘s’ after the verb).

For example: 
I play soccer.
You play soccer.
She plays soccer. 

Activity 
A. Complete the paragraph using the correct form of the verbs. You are given the words in
base form in parenthesis.

Dear mom,
I ______ (want) to tell you how much I _____(love) you. This letter ___ (be) to express the
happiness I ____ (feel) when I say I ___ (am) your son. I ____ (feel) proud when someone
asks me: Hey, why do you love her? … And I answer: Because, she ___ (is) my life. She
____ (love) me a lot and she _____ (want) he bes for me.

Mom, I love you so much.

Thank you for everything.
Love. Gabriel

B. Complete the following text filling the blanks with most appropriate word to give
coherence to the complete text:
Today, Stephen _________(return) from a trip to Washington, D.C., the capital of the
United States. His _________(visit) ______ (take) place during the week prior to the
Fourth of July. Logically, there ________(are) many activities and celebrations in town in
preparation for Independence Day. During his stay in the city, Stephen _________(visit) a
lot of important historical sites and monuments, and he _____________ (leave) with a
deeper understanding of the political history of the United States. 
Stephen ___________(spend) a lot of time outdoors exploring the important monuments
surrounding Capitol Hill. Of course, he _______ (see) the White House from its outside
gate at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Stephen also _______ (visit) the Washington
Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. These statues and pavilions
______ (Verb to be) dedicated to former U.S. presidents. They
______________________(commemorate) the contributions that these leaders
______________ (make) throughout American history. Washington, D.C. also has several
war memorials dedicated to fallen soldiers during the major wars of the 20th century.

2. Present Continuous
The Present Continuous is for telling an action you do in the present, in the moment. You
have to use the Subject + Verb to be + Verb with ‘ing’ + complement. Here, the ing form
gives the (ando,endo,indo; In Spanish)... But, it works only if there is a verb to be before
the verb with ‘ing’.

For example, 

1. I am running in the park with my friends.

2. You are eating a hamburger.
3. She is studying French in a Language Centre.

Activity
Complete the sentences using Present Continuous with the following words. There is an
example.
 Eg: I go to the park…=> I am going to the park.

 It works well… =>______________________

 They play soccer...=>______________________
 I listen to music…=>______________________
 I read the most interesting book in the world… =>
_________________________________________
 The students study English with the computer…=>
_________________________________________
 My parents take care of us while we travel abroad…=>
_________________________________________
 My computer doesn’t work due to it was under the rain…=>
_________________________________________
 The clown makes me laugh at loud…=>
_________________________________________
 The guitar sounds beautifully during the song…=>
_________________________________________
 The cellphone and the TV show weird images when they are turned on…=>
_________________________________________

- Read the sentences bellow. Then, underline the subjects with green, the verbs with
blue, and the complement with orange.

1) My dad bought a new car last weekend.

2) Juana has drunk some water in a glass.
3) The car doesn’t work as well as it did.
4) Max composes ona song at his home.
5) The book has been bought by the reader.
2. Directions: Write the verbal tense that each sentence is written.
Example: Elise is going to sing in the concert tomorrow. (Future with going to)

1) The dentist charges $6200 for an office visit. ___________________

2) The baby weighed 7.2 pounds at birth. ___________________
3) We need to make a new plan. ___________________
4) I want to go to the concert, but I don’t have enough money. ___________________
5) My friend and I are going to the movies tonight. ___________________
6) The English teacher have collected the exams, when they were finished.
___________________
7) If you do not take notes, you will fail the exams ___________________
8) If you had had enough money, you would have bought a new house in the main city.
___________________

Directions: Now, write one sentence in each one of the verbal tenses, here said.
The structures of each one are given:

1) Present Simple: (Subj+Verb+Complement)

_____________________________________________________________________
2) Present Continuous: (Subj + Aux. Verb + Verb (ing) + Complement)
_____________________________________________________________________
3) Past Simple: (Subj + Verb + Complement)
_______________________________________________________________________
4) Past Continuous: (Subj + Aux. Verb (in past) + Verb (ing) + Complement)
_____________________________________________________________________
5) Present Prefect Simple: (Subj + Aux. Verb + Verb (past participle) + Complement)
_____________________________________________________________________
6) Present Perfect Continuous: (Subj + Aux. Verb + Verb (ing) + Complement)
_____________________________________________________________________

Complete the Sentences 2

Write the sentences and complete them by choosing the best option below:
1. Did you have to bring...

a) butter? b) Joan’s. c) Joe’s brother?

2. At eight o’clock there’ll be...

a) a concert. b) a county. c) a council.

3. When will you learn to...

a) drives? b) driver? c) drive? d) drove?

4. Have you seen my...

a) patience? b) phone? c) phone call?

5. I couldn’t get through to...

a) hers. b) him. c) myself. d) their

6. What a mess! What...

a) happen? b) happened?

7. I’ve never been to...

a) my house. b) Devon. c) upstairs. d) a compost.

8. We’ve just made fresh...

a) cornflakes. b) sandwich. c) jam. d) eggs.

9. It’s lonely without...

a) Bruce. b) he. c) my friend’s. d) his magazine.

10. I never have enough...

a) thyme. b) time. c) times. d) timing.

11. Pass me the...

a) window. b) television. c) ketchup. d) floor.

12. It’s good to...

a) cork. b) walking. c) fork. d) talk.

13. Annabel loves...

a) to sunbathing. b) sun. c) sunbathe.

14. Tim is ready to...

a) get gone. b) goes out.

15. The rain is good for our...

a) holiday. b) birthday. c) birthdays. d) break.