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GUIA # 3 GRADOS OCTAVOS–INGLES- 2 PERIODO
FULL NAME: ______________________________________________________LEVEL:______ DATE: __________

Nota: La guía se debe ser enviar al correo oscarodri72@gmail.com Plazo máximo de entrega Jueves 7 de Mayo
12:30 pm. Trabajos entregados fuera de la fecha y hora no serán tenidos en cuenta para ser evaluados. Con el fin
de organizar sus actividades y las mías.

"Talking about past events" GUIA # 3 GRADOS OCTAVOS 2do PERIODO –INGLES-

1. LISTENING Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2vxmBDAG8

(Copie la ruta, péguela en el buscador, vea el video y responda verdadero o falso)

Listen to the following sentences and write TRUE or FALSE in front of each statement.

SENTENCES TRUE / FALSE

1. It didn’t snow all day
2. My mom likes the snow
3. My sister and I cannot play
4. My mom puts on her scarf

2. READING: Read the following conversation and underline the best answer according to
each question.

Betsy: I telephoned you yesterday afternoon but you didn't answer? Where were you?
Brian: I was in another room when you called. I didn't hear the phone ringing until it was too late.
Betsy: What were you working on?
Brian: I was photocopying a report that I needed to send to a client. What were you doing when you telephoned?
Betsy: I was looking for Tom and couldn't find him. Do you know where he was?
Brian: Tom was driving to a meeting.
Betsy: Oh, I see. What did you do yesterday?
Brian: I met the representatives from Driver's in the morning. In the afternoon, I worked on the report and was just
finishing when you telephoned. What did you do?
Betsy: Well, at 9 I had a meeting with Ms Anderson. After that, I did some research.
Brian: Sounds like a boring day!
Betsy: Yes, I don't really like doing research. But it needs to be done. 
Brian: I agree with you on that, no research - no business!
Betsy: Tell me about the report. What do you think of it?
Brian: I think the report is a good. Tom believes it's good, too.
Betsy: I know that every report you write is excellent.
Brian: Thank you Betsy, you are always a good friend!

1. What was Brian doing when Betsy telephoned?

3. What did Brian do yesterday morning?
He was photocopying a report. He worked on the report.
He was having a coffee-break. He drove to a meeting.
He was at a meeting. He met representatives from Driver's.

2. What was Betsy doing when she telephoned 4. . When did Betsy have a meeting with Ms
Brian? Anderson?
She was writing a report. this afternoon
She was looking for Tom. yesterday afternoon
She was planning a meeting. yesterday morning

3. VOCABULARY: COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE PAST TENSE OF THE VERBS GIVEN
IN PARENTHESES.

William Shakespeare 1. ___________(be) born in Stratford , April 23, 1564. He 2._______ (go) to the local Stratford
Grammar School, where he was 3. ___________ (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons 4.___________ (begin)
punctually in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.
His father 5. ________ _ (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He 6.________(send) William to
the local grammar school in 1571, but when William was only 14 years old, his fortunes 7. ___________(fall) so low
that William 8.__________ (have) to leave school. Some historians say he 9. _____________ (work) in his father's shop.
At the age of 19, William 10_____________ (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford.
Three years later Shakespeare 11. __________ (go) to London. Now, he 12. ___________(live) there we do not know.
In about 1587 he 13. _____________(become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which 14.
_________(exist) in those days. Around 1590, he 15. _____________ (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There 16.
______ (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts were played by boys. It is thought that he 17.
_________(write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.
His most famous play, Hamlet, was probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare 18. ___________
(continue) to write about 2 plays a year. He 19._____________ (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he lived the life of a
country gentleman. He 20._______________ (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.

4. WRITING. Complete the following chart writing about the things you did last vacation.

Things you 
did your last
vacation.