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150 residences in New York City
got the first televisions in 1936.
The first program NBC broadcast to
them was a cartoon of Felix The Cat!

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Every citizen of Kentucky is required
by law to take a bath once a year.

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The oldest capital city in the U.S. There is one birth every 7 seconds in
is Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded the United States, one death every13
in 1610. seconds and one net international
migrant every 37 seconds. In total,
• there is a net gain of one person to
the American population every 10
Ford Motor Company paid its auto
seconds! totaling the more than 300
workers $5 per day in 1914.
million that we are today.
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The Missouri River is 2,466 miles long
16% of the American population move
and the Mississippi River is 2,348
every year.
miles. Why is the Mississippi called
our longest river? The Missouri is
not continuous. More correctly, the •
Mississippi should be referred to as the By race 74 percent of the American
longest continuous river. population is White; 12 percent is Black
or African American and 4 percent
• is Asian.

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EJERCICIOS
Completar los espacios para expresar las horas sugeridas.

1 12:45 It’s ....................................... 5 11:20 It’s .........................................

a. a quater to twelve a. eleven after twenty
b. a quarter after twelve b. twenty after eleven
c. a quarter to one c. twenty to eleven

2 03:10 It’s ....................................... 6 10:50 It’s .........................................

a. three after ten a. ten to ten
b. ten to three b. ten after eleven
c. ten after three c. ten to eleven

3 01:30 It’s ....................................... 7 17:20 It’s .........................................

a. one half past a. twenty to five pm
b. half past one b. twenty after five pm
c. one past half c. twenty after five am

4 02:35 It’s ....................................... 8 08:15 It’s ........................................

a. twenty-five to three a. eight fifty
b. twenty-five after two b. eight fifteen
c. thirty-five to two c. eight fifty-five

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EJERCICIOS
Elegir la oración correcta.

9 a. What time is the match on television?

It’s at quarter to nine.

b. What time is the match in television?

It’s at a quarter to nine.

c. What time is the match on television?

It’s at a quarter to nine.

10 a. The meeting is at seven forty.

b. The meeting is at seven fourty.
c. The meeting is at seven forteen.

television? It’s at a quarter to nine. / 10.- a) The meeting is at seven forty.

7.- b) twenty after five pm / 8.- b) eight fifteen / 9.- c) What time is the match on
4.- a) twenty-five to three / 5.- b) twenty after eleven / 6.- c) ten to eleven /
Soluciones: 1.- c) a quarter to one / 2.- c) ten after three / 3.- b) half past one /

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