REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN

UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PRUDENCIO ESÁA
CHAGUARAMAS – ESTADO GUÁRICO

PRACTICAL ENGLISH TASK 5TO AÑO SECCIONES B-D

1.- The present continuous tense is used to refer to:

a).- something happening now at this moment
b).- a temporary activity or situation which may not be happening now
c.-) Arrangements made regarding the future
d) Complain or express irritation about something or someone (with the word always)

2.- Different the uses of present continuous tense according to the definition above.
Example.-
a.- He´s writing three books about architecture ( b)
b.-Its raining ( )
c.- you´re always looking at yourself in the mirror ( )

d.- the phone´s ringing ( )

e.- I ´m taking German lessons at the Humboldt Institute ( )
f.- We´re leaving on Saturday ( )
g.- I´m saving to buy a new computer ( )
h.- They´re arriving at 8:30 am ( )

i.- What are you doing with the knife ( )

j.- she´s doing a lot of overtime this week ( )
3.- Underline the verbs in the present continuous tense that appear in the following
paragraph and indicate its uses.-
It´s 8:30 pm, Jessie´s doing her English homework ( ) this year she´s studying English,
mathematics, and phisycs ( ) she´s going out with Peter, a boy who is in her class ( ), they
are spending a lot of time together ( )Jessie´s father doesn’t think she´s doing enough
schoolwork. ( ) he´s also worried about his son Tim, who is always playing games on his
computer ( )
Dad: you´re playing on the computer again! ( ) you are wasting your time. ( ) why don´t
you do something useful?
Tim: Oh, you´re always saying that, Dad ( ) you´re always complaining

4.- Complete the dialog.

You are at home and the telephone rings….
Its your father. He wants to talk to your mother but she cannot come to the telephone.
Your parents have a conversation with your help. WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS.
1.- father says:________________________________
2.- you said:_________________________________
- Mother asks: why?

You say:______________________________________
Father says: something very important came up. I have to work through lunch
You say__________________________________-
Mother asks: will he be able to pick up jimmy at school?
You say:_____________________________________

Father says: I don’t think so. She´ll have to pick him up

You say:______________________________________

NOTA: EL TRABAJO PRÁCTICO DEBE SER MANUSCRITO A LAPIZ, Y ORIGINAL DE CADA

ESTUDIANTE, DONDE LO INDIQUE.
PROFESORA: DEYANIRA AGUIRRE
 REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA
MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN
UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PRUDENCIO ESÁA
CHAGUARAMAS – ESTADO GUÁRICO

PRACTICAL ENGLISH TASK 5TO YEAR.- SECCIONES A Y C

1.-Use reported speech to write the orders that the teacher gave to the students.
The teacher has given the following orders to the students: “First, read the text silently.
Then write the unknown words in your notebook. Look up at the words in a dictionary.
Use the English- Spanish dictionary on your books”.

Example.-
a).- the teacher said them to read the text silently
b):____________________________
c_____________________________
d)___________________________

e)___________________________
2.- Answer these questions
a).- What did the teacher say the students to do first?
b).- How should they do it?

c).- Where should they do it?

d).- what did the teacher say the students to do next?
e).- What did the teacher say the students to use?
f).- What did the teacher say the students not to do?

3- Read the conversation in present continuous.

Karen: Hi Mary! What are you doing?
Maria: Chatting and listening to music from my pc
Karen: And what about Mike?
Maria: As usual, playing the violin
Karen: and your mom and dad?
Maria: mom is talking on the phone and daddy is looking for some information for his
research you know, he´s a researcher! Oh, Sorry, I have to go! Dad is calling me! Bye, bye.

Write a paragraph about what Maria and her family are doing. You can use different
verbs tenses in your place of writing. WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS
Example.-

Maria is chatting via Internet……………-________________________

4.- Write sentences with the following verbs in present continuous.-
Example:
0. Cry.- The baby is always criying
1. Shake
2. Amuse
3. Scold
4. Gather
5. Greet

NOTA: EL TRABAJO PRÁCTICO DEBE SER MANUSCRITO A LAPIZ, Y ORIGINAL DE CADA

ESTUDIANTE DONDE LO INDIQUE
PROFESORA: DEYANIRA AGUIRRE