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BASIC 4 FINAL LIFE

ELEMENTARY UNITS 3 - 4
TASK ONE
PUT THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN ORDER TO WRITE SENTENCES

|. Mexico / They / in / live / City /.

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2. We / study / at / don´t / the UNAM /.
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3. goes / She / to / by / bus / school /.
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4. listening / on / they / like / Sundays / music / to /.
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5. the / visit / we / friends / on / our / weekend /.

TASK TWO
COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS

Manuel and Lila Vega (1) __________ (have) a busy lifestyle. Manuel is a doctor at a hospital. He works at night, so he
(2) ___________ (go) to work at 7:00 p.m. and comes home at 7:00 a.m. His wife Lila works at a bank. She (3)
____________ (go) to work at 8:00 a.m. and comes home at 6:00 p.m. They don’t see each other a lot during the week.
Manuel and Lila also (4) __________ (have) two children, Luis and Carla. Every morning they all (5) ___________ (have)
breakfast together at 7:30. Then, Luis and Carla (6) __________ (go) to school, and Lila (7) ___________ (go) to work.
Manuel (8) __________ (do) the dishes, and then (9) ___________ (go) to bed. Carla usually (10) ___________ (do) her
homework at a friend’s house in the afternoon, and Luis (11) ___________ (have) soccer practice. Manuel gets up at
4:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., he (12) _____________ (have) dinner with Lila, Luis, and Carla. After dinner, he (13)
_____________ (go) to work. Manuel and Lila (14) _____________ (have) a busy schedule during the week, but on
weekends they relax.

TASK THREE
WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS

1. 520 ________________________________________________________
2. 5,000 ________________________________________________________
3. 620,000 ________________________________________________________
4. 60% ________________________________________________________
5. 7,000,000 ________________________________________________________

TASK FOUR: WRITE THE OPPOSITES

1. Expensive 3.dirty 5.Fast

2. Ugly 4.small 6.quiet

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ELEMENTARY UNITS 3 - 4

TASK FIVE
WRITE THE PLACES IN THE CITY

1. You can park your car at a __________________________

2. People go shopping at a ____________________________
3. You read a book at a _______________________________
4. You can see a musical at the _________________________
5. People who are sick go to the ________________________

TASK SIX
REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

1. We like tacos al pastor. (eat) __________________________________________________________

2. They like tennis. (play) ________________________________________________________________
3. My sister doesn’t like at the bank. (work) _________________________________________________
4. Does Harry like the gym? (go) ___________________________________________________________
5. They don´t like the homework. (do) ______________________________________________________
TASK SEVEN
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING THE FREQUENCY ADVERB IN BRQCKETS.

1. They go to the movies (often) _________________________________________________________

2. She listens to classical music. (sometimes) ________________________________________________
3. Sara smiles (never) ___________________________________________________________________
4. Frank is ill. (often) ____________________________________________________________________
5. We watch television in the evening (always) _______________________________________________

TASK EIGHT
READ AND UNDERLINE THE CORECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1. Can you / can you to play golf?

2. I can play tennis well but I can / can´t play basketball.
3. Alice can speak well English / English well.
4. How well can you / How well do you can swim?
5. Can you cook well / not very well?

TASK NINE
WRITE THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. I’m really busy. I _______________________ (study) for the exam. 2. Right now we _______________________
(ride) camels! 3. They said they _______________________ (have) a great time. 4. Daisy

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_______________________ (download) an album. 5. What _______________________ (you do) at the moment?
6. They _______________________ (wait) for me in the café. 7. _______________________ (Oliver work) hard?
8. The weather’s terrible, so we _______________________ (not go) walking much.

TASK TEN
WRITE FIVE TRUE SENTENCES FOR YOU. USE THE ING FORM.

1. I am good at ______________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________________________

TASK ELEVEN
READING
READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN SECTION I AND II
HELPING AT HOSPITAL

Every year many young people finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to college. Some of
them go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work
in schools or hospitals, or they help with conservation. Mike Coleman is 19 and lives in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United
States. He wants to become a teacher, but now he’s living in Namibia. He’s working in a hospital near Katima Mulilo. He
says, “I’m working with the doctors and nurses here to help sick people. I’m not a doctor but I can do a lot of things to
help. For example, I help carry people who can’t walk. Sometimes I go to villages in the mobile hospital, too. There aren’t
many doctors here so they need help from people like me. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK, I’m not here for the
money.” “I’m staying here for two months, and I’m living in a small house with five other volunteers. The work is hard
and the days are long, but I’m enjoying my life here. I’m learning a lot about life in

Southern Africa, and about myself! When I finish the two months’ work, I want to travel in and around Namibia for three
weeks. For example, I want to see the animals in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.”

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ELEMENTARY UNITS 3 - 4

SECTION I
MARK THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES T (TRUE) OR F (FALSE)

1. Mike usually lives in Nebraska. __________ __________

2. Mike is studying to become a doctor. __________ __________
3. Mike is unhappy because he doesn´t get any money. __________ __________
4. Mike is living in a house with other five people. __________ __________
5. Mike wants to go home when he finishes his work __________ __________

SECTION II
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Where do volunteers work? ___________________________________________________
2. How old is Mike? ____________________________________________________________
3. Why does Mike like what he´s doing? ____________________________________________
4. Is Mike a doctor? ____________________________________________________________
5. What does he want to do when he finishes his work? _______________________________

TASK TWELVE

LISTENING
LISTENING EXERCISE - Present simple vs continuous
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LISTEN TO THE AVATAR AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES I N PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

1. What is that noise? Somebody ________________the piano.

2. We _______________to the cinema this Friday
3. We ________________on holiday every winter.
4. She ___________________a shower at the moment.
5. Right now, she ________________ down the hill.
6. My dog ____________ vegetables.
7. My brother ___________animals
8. I never ____________out in the evening.
9. I´m looking at that woman, she ______________ a nice hat.

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10. He usually _____________ with paints and brushes.

TASK THIRTEEN
WRITING
WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND TELLING HIM /HER ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE CITY. USE THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES TO HELP YOU.

1. What is the name of the city?

2. What are good places to visit?
3. What is a good way to travel around the city?
4. What is a good month or season to visit? Why?

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ANSWER KEY

TASK ONE TASK TWO TASK 3 TASK 4 TASK 5 TASK 6 TASK 7

1.They live 1. Has 1. Five hundred 1.Cheap 1.Car park 1. We like eating 1. They often go
in Mexico 2. Goes and twenty 2.pretty 2.Shopping tacos al pastor. to the movies.
City 3. Goes 2. Five thousand 3.Clean center 2. They like 2. She
2. We don´t 4. Have 3. Six hundred and 4.Big 3.Bookshop playing tennis. sometimes
study at the 5. Have twenty thousand 5.Slow 4.Theatre 3. My sister listens to
UNAM. 6. Go 4. Sixty percent 6.Noisy 5.Hospital doesn´t like classical music.
3. She goes 7. Goes 5. Seven million working at the 3.Sara never
to school by 8. Does bank. smiles
bus. 9. Goes 4. Does Harry like 4. Frank is often
4. They like 10. Does going to the ill.
listening to 11. Has gym? 5. We always
music on 12. Has 5. They don´t like watch television
Sundays. 13. Goes doing the in the evening.
5. We visit 14. have homework.
our friends
on the
weekend.

TASK 8 TASK 9 TASK 10 TASK 11 TASK 12

READING LISTENING
1.Can 1.I´m 1. am good at dancing (SECTION I) 1 .is playing
you studying 2. am good at cooking 1. T 2. are going
2.Can´t 2. We are 3. am good at studying 2. F 3.go
3.English riding 4. am good at painting 3. F 4.is having
well 3. are having 5. I am good at playing soccer 4. T 5.is running
4.How 4.is (You can also say I am good 5. F 6.Doesn´t eat
well can downloading at maths, at geography, etc.) (SECTION II) 7. Doesn´t like
you 5.are you 1. In schools and hospitals 8. Go
5.Well doing 2. He is 19 9. Is wearing
6.are waiting 3. He likes helping people 10. works
7.Is Oliver 4. No, he isn´t
working 5. He wants to travel
8.are not around Namibia for 3
weeks.

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