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SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

PROGRAMA DE ARTICULACIN CON LA EDUCACIN MEDIA
TRANSVERSALIDAD INGLS
PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTO
NAME: ______________________________ PROGRAM CODE: _________________

Verbal Tenses Workshop

Resultados de Aprendizaje a promocionar:

Leer textos muy breves y sencillos en ingls general y tcnico.

Encontrar vocabulario y expresiones de ingls tcnico en anuncios, folletos, pginas web, etc.

Realizar intercambios sociales y prcticos muy breves, con un vocabulario suficiente para
hacer una exposicin o mantener una conversacin sencilla sobre temas tcnicos.

Objetivos:

Prepararse para la ltima prueba virtual de ingls.

Promocionar los tiempos verbales: pasado, presente y futuro; simples y progresivos.

Activity 1.
Underline all the verbs in simple present.
Lifestyles
Teacher Patricia is a great teacher, she lives in Buga, but she works in Cali. She teaches
English and she loves her students. The problem is that her students dont really
appreciate her sacrifice. They dont study seriously, dont do homework, they copypaste from the Internet. Sometimes I think, the teacher saysthey ignore how
necessary education is. She has to take the bus from Buga to Cali every day. How long
does the journey take? It takes an hour and a half. Do you find the journey stressful?
Well, a little bit. I take the bus at 5:30, then I get off at the bus terminal, then I get
another bus to school. Doing the same journey every day by bus is hard because the
traffic is complicated at that hour and I have to get 2 buses! Teacher Patricia spends a
lot of money in transportation and she arrives home late. Currently she studies music
and she buys great books, I buy books because I love knowledge, but I study music
because its my therapy.

GRAMMAR TIME!
PRESENT SIMPLEhe/she/it
Read the examples and grammar rules.
Positive
Teacher Patricia lives in Buga, but she works in Cali. Her journey takes an hour and a
half.
Currently she studies music and she buys great books.
Negative
She doesnt live in Cali, she lives in Palmira.
QuestionShort answer
Does she work in your school?

Yes, she does.

Does she think her students appreciate her sacrifice? No, she doesnt.
Question Answer
How long does the journey take?

It takes an hour and a half.

What time does she arrive back to Buga?

She arrives late.

Look at the verb endings listed in the table below.

live

lives

work

works

take

takes

study

studies

buy

buys

love

loves

Can you say what the difference is between them?

Yes, the difference is los verbos de la primera fila estan en presente simple pero
hablan de la primera persona, los de la segunda fila hablan en 3ra persona
Activity 2

What are the spelling rules for third person singular verb forms in the present
simple?

For most verbs we add Sujeto + verbo.

For verbs ending with consonant and y we add ies____

For verbs ending in -s, -z, -ch, -sh, or -x we add es_____

For verbs ending with o we add es_____

For the verb "have" we has___

Activity 3

For the third person singular verb forms in the present simple, we add s, -es
or ies at the end of the verb.
Add s / es / ies to the following verbs.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Teach __________________
Fly ____________________
Run ___________________
Push ___________________
Fix ________es____________
Do ______es______________
Dance ______s____________
Watch _____es_____________
Guess ________es__________
Buzz ____________es_____

Activity 4
Complete the description of Karina Fisher. Use the correct form of the verb on
brackets:
Karina Fisher____comes__ (come) from Germany. She ___lives (live) in Hamburg and
_____works______(work) for a company which_____developies____(develop) computer
software. She ______goes______ (go) to work by car and ____starts____(start) work at

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8:00 am. At work she ____does not have_____ (not, have) time for lunch, so she usually
___eats___ (eat) a sandwich at her desk. She ____works___(work) late so she
____doesnt___ ___go out___(not, go out) a lot in the evenings. Her hobby ___is__(be)
painting.

She ____paints____(paint)

landscapes

and she _____has_____(have)

exhibitions of her paintings in Hamburg.

Activity 5
What do you do first in the day? What do you do next? Name and number the
activities next to the pictures, choose the right phrase from the box.

leave the house

get to school

go home
have a shower
watch TV
go to bed
do my homework
have dinner
breakfast

get up
eat

Your turn
Write YOUR daily routine. Mention at least ten activities you do during the day. Be
ready to tell your SENA instructor this information.
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GRAMMAR TIME!
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
The present continuous tense is formed from the present tense of the verb be and the verb
in the continuous form (-ing form) of a verb:
Basic form
Subject + IS/ARE + Verb (continuous form)
Use:
The Present Continuous is mainly used to express the idea that something is happening
at the moment of speaking. The Present Continuous also describes activities generally in
progress (not at the moment). Another use of the tense is to talk about temporary actions
or future plans.

Quick examples:

He is sleeping.
I am visiting grandpa in the afternoon.
You are always coming late for the meetings!
Lets Practice!
Activity 6
Complete the text with the present continuous. Use each of the verbs once. Use short forms
where possible.

work

listen

watch

write

study

read

sit

play

do

sing

I (1) am ___working____on the computer. I (2) am listening a story for our school magazine.

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My father (3) __is_ watching TV and my mother (4) _are_ __writing_ a magazine.
My sister (5) __is_ __studing_ to her Walkman because she loves music. She (6) _is_ __reading__
but she is not a good singer! My brother (7) __is sitting__ very hard. He (8) _is_ __playing__ at a
desk and he (9) _is_ ___doing__ his homework. Our dog and cat (10) _are_ __singing_ in the
corner.
Activity 7
Read the following text carefully and underline the sentences in present continuous.
Then answer the questions below.

Its a rainy Saturday. Its raining a lot and Mary and her family are spending the afternoon
at
home. Her uncles are visiting them. Mary and her father are in the living room. Mary is
making a draw and her father, Mr.Harris, is surfing the net. They are also talking.
Marys older brother, Peter, is in his bedroom playing computer games. He is a computer
fanatic and he spends much time playing on the computer. His little brother, Jim is also in
the living room. He is playing with his dinosaurs collection. Sometimes he teases Mary, he
is a really naughty boy. Marys mother, Mrs. Harris, is in the kitchen preparing a snack for a
ll of them. She is making some tea and talking to Marys uncles Lucy and Tom. They are
from the nearest town and stopped by to say hello.Fluffy, the family cat, is sleeping on the
kitchens sofa. We cant see him in the picture, buthe is a true fluffy cat.

A. Answer the questions about the text.

1. What day of the week is it? ---------------------------------------------------------------2. Where is Mary? ---------------------------------------------------------------3. What is she doing? ---------------------------------------------------------------4. What is Mr. Harris doing? ----------------------------------------------------------------

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5.

Is

Mrs.

Harris

preparing

-----------------------------------------------------6.

a
What

snack
is

Fluffy,

in

the
the

cat,

kitchen?
doing?

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B. What are they doing? Use the following verbs to write affirmative, negative and
interrogative sentences using present continuous: play / read /sleep / write.
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Grammar Time!

PAST SIMPLE
Activity 8.
Read the article The road to success. Answer the questions.
1. What kind of travel was a new idea in 1972?
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2. Why did Tony and Maureen decide to write a book about budget travel?
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3. What company did Tony and Maureen start?

The road to success

In 1972 Tony and Maureen Wheeler bought a mini-van for $100 and left England on
a journey to Australia. They travelled through Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
They lived very cheaply and didnt spend much money.
Cheap, independent adventure travel was a new idea at that time, Tony says, and a lot of people
were interested in our 11,000 mile journey. They wanted a lot of information. They asked us about
the routes we followed, the places we went to, the things we saw, and where we ate. At that time
there werent any books about budget travel so we decided to write one. We didnt have a
typewriter so Maureen borrowed one from work. We worked on the book in the evenings and on
the weekends.
When they finished the book Tony took it to bookstores in Sydney. The buyer at one bookstore
really liked the book and showed it to his girlfriend, who was a journalist for the Sydney Morning
Herald. She wrote an article about it. Then a TV channel invited Tony to appear in a TV show. A lot
of people were interested in the book and in independent travel. More and more bookstores began
to sell the book. It was the start of the Lonely Planet publishing company.

Use:

Past Simple
Positive
Regular verbs
They wanted a lot of information.
We worked on the book in the evenings and on the weekends.

Irregular verbs
They bought a mini-van for $100.

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She wrote an article about it.

Negative
They didnt spend much money.
We didnt have a typewriter.
Use the Past Simple for finished situations and actions in the past.
To make the Past Simple of regular verbs, add ed to the end of the verb.
To make the Past Simple of irregular verbs, see the list of verbs below.
To make the negative, use didnt (did not) + base form (example: spend, have, go ).

A question for you

Is the Past Simple the same for all persons? (I / you / he / she / it / we / they)?
Your answer:

Correct the mistakes:

1. He didnt worked.
2. She didnt studied.
Your correction:
1.___________________________________
2. ___________________________________

Lets Practice:
Activity 9.

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Write the Past Simple forms of these verbs. They are all in the article The road to
success.
Regular verbs

travel ______________ follow __________

finish _____________

live ______________

decide ___________

like ______________

want ______________

borrow __________

show _____________

ask______________

work _______

invite _____________

Write the Past Simple forms of these verbs. They are all in the article The road to
success.
Irregular verbs

buy ____________ go ___________ eat ___________ leave ____________

see ________ take _________ begin ____________ write _____________
Activity 10.

Tony Wheeler

When Tony Wheeler _______ (be) a child, he _________(live) in Pakistan, the West Indies and
the USA, so he _____________ (travel) a lot from an early age. He _________ (go) to university
in England and _______________ (study) engineering. Then he ____________ (get) a job with a
car company Chrysler, but he only _______________(work) there for a short time. He
____________ (meet) his wife, Maureen, a secretary, on a park bench in Regents Park, London in
1970 and ____________(marry) her a year later.

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Correct the sentences that are not true. Use the negative form of the verb.
1. Tony worked for Chrysler for a long time.

2. He met his wife, Maureen, in Sydney.

3. They traveled to Australia by plane.

4. Maureen bought a typewriter.

5. A journalist wrote an article about the book.

More grammar!

Past Simple
Read the examples and grammar rules. Watch and learn:
Question
Did you write your first book in Sydney?
Did you return to London?

Why did you go to Australia?

How much money did you spend?
How did you sell the book?

Correct the mistakes:

1. Did he returned yesterday? _________________________________

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2. Did they went to the USA? _________________________________

Activity 11.
Complete the questions with a word from the box.

Did? When? What ? Why ?

1. _______________ you go to work yesterday?
2. _______________ did you leave school?
3. _______________ did you do last weekend?
4. _______________ did you begin English lessons?
5. _______________ you have a vacation last year?
6. _______________ you do any sport last weekend?
7. _______________ did you learn in your last English lesson?
8. _______________ you speak English yesterday?
Past Continuous
Find out about these questions
Why is the Past Continuous called Past Continuous?
Are there differences between Past Progressive and Past Continuous or are they
the same?
Think about this:
Today in the morning

What were you doing?__________________________________________

What was your teacher doing?____________________________________

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What was your best friend doing?__________________________________

What was James Rodrguez doing on June 14th at 11:00 am?

Where were you living a year ago?

What was your family doing on December 31st at 11:30 pm 2013?

Organize the sentences:

4:00 am / was / sleeping / I / at / not _____________________________________
working / my friends / were / all / Saturday / day ___________________________
? / were / you / doing / what / yesterday __________________________________

Grammar Time!

FUTURE WITH WILL

Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions.
Answer Yes, definitely. / Yes, I think so. / Maybe. Im not sure. / No, I dont think so.

In your working life do you think you will:

1. Change jobs more than three times?

2. Study to get two careers?
3. Spend more than a year working in another country?
4. Start your own company?

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5. Work freelance?

Future: will
Positive
John will start his own company.
Negative
John wont start his own company.
Question
Will John start his own company?

Remember:
Use will to predict future situations and actions.
will + base form
Will not = Wont

Practice using contractions with will. Write the correct contraction for the words in
parentheses. Practice pronunciation.
For example: (I will) Ill be home at eight tonight.
1. (We will) ________________ see you tomorrow.
2. (You will) ________________ succeed because you work hard.

Make a sentence using will in the positive, negative, question forms where
necessary.
I /go / tomorrow / school: _____________________________________________.
We / take a test / next week. __________________________________________.
Helen / study / tonight: _______________________________________________.

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I / see you / later: ___________________________________________________.

I / not / go / school / tomorrow: ________________________________________.
We / not / take a test next week: _______________________________________.
Steve / not / study tonight: ____________________________________________.
You / go / school / tomorrow / ?:________________________________________.
We / take a test next week / ?: _________________________________________.
Steve / study tonight/ ?: ______________________________________________.

Bibliography
TAYLOR, L & LANE, A. International Express Students and Workbook Elementary.
Oxford Press 2013.

Webgraphy
http://www.englishtenses.com/tenses/present_continuous
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-grammar/verbs/presenttense/present-continuous
https://elt.oup.com/student/newhotline/grammar
CONTROL DEL DOCUMENTO (ELABORADA POR)
LicenciadaDiana Marcela Grueso Gmez
Instructora Transversalidad ingls CGTS
Cali, Valle. Marzo de 2016