Happy Holidays!!!

Well my beloved students, the semester has come to it's end as well as our class. There is nothing left to say but to wish you the best in these end of the year holidays.

Merry Christmas and see you soon!!


Your teacher, Patricia.

Pictures from the Science Week

Hello students!!

Here is a little of evidence of your work... Good job!!!

:D

Proyecto individual para el 1er parcial

Hola chicos....

Les escribo en español para que no haya dudas.


Esto es lo que tendrán que hacer como proyecto del primer parcial.

Instrucciones:

1. De forma individual, seleccionar una canción en inglés. Cuiden que no sea la misma que elijan sus compañeros, hay muchísimas!

2. Entrar a http://www.wordclouds.com y elaborar una NUBE DE PALABRAS con el generador utilizando la letra de la canción que seleccionaron.

3. Editar la nube de palabras hasta que quede como a ustedes les guste.

4. Imprimirla y llevarla a más tardar el día miércoles 30 de septiembre, incluso si ese día no nos toca clase. ES EL UNICO DIA QUE PODRAN ENTREGARLA.

El resultado es algo similar a esto:

Interesting links

Good evening students.

Here you can find a couple of links where you can find useful activities to keep on polishing your english skills.

Hope you can use them!

Regards

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/beginners.html

http://www.englishmedialab.com/beginnervideos.html

http://gamestolearnenglish.com

http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/easy_grammar_exercises.htm

Welcome! First Semester Students!

Hello guys! and welcome to your first semester at Cetis 156.

I hope that you may enjoy your english course and improve your second language skills.

In this page, you will find valuable information and links that you will use during our class.

If you have any questions, please let me know.



Gladly, your teacher Patricia.

The semester is over!

Dear students:

It was a pleasure to be your teacher along this semester.  I hope that all of your classes had gone right and that your grades were the best!

Keep on being such great guys!

Have a wonderful vacation!


Your teacher,
Patricia

2APV Grades

Guys, here they are. These are your 3rd evaluation grades.

Those that failed the semester are:
Aispuro Brian
Borja Anthony
Cardenas Edgar
Cruz Adnilec
Dueñas Jesus
Guzman Wendy
Limas Mayte
Peregrina Joselin
Rea Karen

2CPM Grades

Guys, here they are. These are your 3rd evaluation grades.

Those that failed the semester are:
Cervantes Omar
Cruz Xiadani
Garcia Juan
Gonzalez Karla
Hernandez Blanca
Leon Jaqueline
Madrid Michel
Ochoa Lucero
Villanueva Frania

2DPM Grades

Guys, here they are. These are your 3rd evaluation grades.

Those that failed the semester are:
Arce Natalia
Arellano Damian
Bernal Oscar
Carbajal Lizbeth
Chavez Arely
Correa Rosalinda
Cota Cesar
Garcia de la O Lizbeth
Gomez Briceyda
Medina Cecilia
Montes Helena
Ramirez Joselin
Trujillo Brenda

Final Exam for 2nd Semester

Hello students!!!

Our final evaluation is coming and you should be prepared now. As part of a little refresh, here I give you some study activities which you may answer to practice for the test.

If you have any doubts, please let me know.

Regards...

Complete each sentence with the SIMPLE PAST TENSE of the verb in parentheses.

Example: (break) I broke my arm last week.

1.     (drive) My brother ___________ to the hospital.

2.     (buy) Your parents _____________ you some aspirin.

3.     (do) Teresa ___________ some exercises.

4.     (eat) She ____________ a healthy breakfast.

5.     (drink) We ____________ a lot of orange juice.

Use MUCH, MANY or VERY and write it on the line.

1.     There are ___________ chairs in that room.

2.     That brown house is __________ old.

3.     The men drink __________ water everyday.

4.     Are there __________ students in this class?

5.     English is a __________ easy language.

Write a C next to the noun if it is COUNTABLE and UN if it is an UNCOUNTABLE noun.

1.     Restaurants _____

2.     Traffic _____

3.     Students _____

4.     Telephone _____

5.     Apple tree _____

6.     Traffic lights _____

7.     Markets _____

8.     Churches _____

9.     School transportation _____

10.  Air _____

Complete the following sentences with SOME or ANY.

1.     I don´t have __________ money with me.

2.     Please give me __________ more coffee.

3.     I´m sorry, but there isn´t __________ coffee.

4.     We need __________ oranges for breakfast.

5.     They aren´t __________ seats available in the waiting room.

Complete the following sentences with YOUR OWN INFORMATION.

1.     When I was in elementary school, I used to _____________________________.

2.     I used to ______________, but not anymore.

3.     When I was a kid, I used to play _________________.

4.     I _________________ when I was a kid.

5.     I used to ____________________.

Unscramble the sentences and questions using COULD.

1.     Get / as a waiter / I / a job / during summer vacation / could

________________________________________________

2.     Sports instructor / you / be / could / a / ?

________________________________________________

3.     Work / I / at a hospital / couldn´t

________________________________________________

4.     Juan / get / as a sales assistant / could / a job / ?

________________________________________________

5.     Volunteers / we / be / could not

________________________________________________

Irregular verbs

2nd semester students:

Please answer the questions contained in this next link, PRINT IT OUT, and bring it to our next class.


Ejercicio 1

Prepositions of place, time and movement

4th semester students:

Please fill out the questions contained in these links, PRINT THEM once answered and bring them to our next class.

Ejercicio 1
Ejercicio 2
Ejercicio 3

Study guide for the 4th semester 2/2

Complete the sentences with the correct tag question.

1.     Bob doesn´t have a black cat, does he?

2.     Your parents are traveling around Europe, ________________?

3.     You didn´t bring lunch, _______________?

4.     Rosie lives next to Jim, _______________?

5.     Tanya found a wallet, ______________?

6.     Your friends won´t go to the movies tonight, _________________?

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Simple of the verbs in parentheses.

1.     By the time we arrived  (arrive) at the movie theatre, the movie had started (start).

2.     After Peter ___________ (wash) his car, it __________ (start) raining.

3.     They _________ (rob) three banks before the police ____________ (arrest) them.

4.     ___________ Martha _________ (come) back from work when you ____________ (call) her?

5.     Karen ____________ (not clean) her room by 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

Study guide for the 4th semester 1/2

Circle the correct words

1.      The tourists on the bus SHOWED / WERE SHOWN the best sights in the city.

2.      The Red Sox PLAYED / WAS PLAYED against the Tigers last night.

3.      A lot of tea PRODUCES / IS PRODUCED in India.

4.      Barry’s car GAVE / WAS GIVEN to him by his parents for his birthday.

5.      All my friends WATCH / ARE WATCHED too much television.

6.      In the movie, humans TOOK / WERE TAKEN to another planet by aliens.

7.      Scientists FOUND / WERE FOUND lots of oil under the ocean a few years ago.

8.      Dr. Howard PERFORMS / IS PERFORMED surgery almost every day.

9.      The machines at the gym USE / ARE USED by many people every day.

10.    This salad OFTEN MAKES / IS OFTEN MADE with ricotta cheese.

Complete the letter with these prepositions.

Off                                    In                                    After                                    From                                    Into

Around                                    On                                    At                                    In                                    For

Dear Michael,

I’m having a great time here on our sailing trip. It’s much more fun than staying __________ a hotel. We’ve been sailing __________ almost a week now. We set out ____________ Seabourne _____________ the 6^th and we arrived ____________ Felixstone yesterday.

Every morning ___________ breakfast my sister and I usually jump ____________ the yatch _________ the ocean and swim for a few hours. There are lots of fish and you can see the big ones swimming ___________ the yacht. ________ the afternoon we spend most of the time fishing so, guess what’s for dinner: Fish, of course. That’s only if we catch some.

Anyway, sailing is awesome! You should try it some day.

Bye for now,

Jonathan

Join the pairs of sentences using the linking words / phrases in the box. More than one answer may be correct.

But                                    When                                    While                                    As soon as

Because                                    So…that                                    So / as

1.      I heard someone screaming in the street. I ran outside.

__________________________________________________________

2.      Her leg hurt very much. She started crying.

__________________________________________________________

3.      Terry got lost in the forest. He wasn’t scared.

__________________________________________________________

4.      We were exploring the attic. We found an old map.

__________________________________________________________

2nd Semester Study Guide for the 2nd Exam

Dear Students:

This is the study guide for the 2nd exam. If you need any help or want to check the answers, please let me know during class or by this way.

Good luck!

English Guide

2nd Exam

2nd Semester

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

Complete the sentences with the correct superlative or comparative from the list.

Best taller more talented younger oldest

1.     Kirk is _____________ than Whitney. He was born before her.

2.     She is not ___________ than he is. She is a very short girl.

3.     Peter is the _______________ of his class. He is from 1971.

4.     They are the ___________ dancers.

5.     She is ___________ than anyone.

NUMBERS

Answer the questions

1.     April is the ____________ month of the year.

2.     January 1st is the ___________ day of the year.

3.     February 3rd is the ______________ day of the year.

4.     3pm is the _________ hour of the year.

5.     10pm is the ________ hour of the day.

OBJECT PRONOUNS

Complete the sentences with the correct object pronoun.

Me you him her them us it

1.     Is she writing to Luis Miguel? Yes, she is in love with ___________!

2.     Carlos is making a lot of Boise! I´ll ask ________ to be quiet.

3.     Please tell Mrs. Montes to come in. Sorry, I don´t know ____________.

4.     I can´t find my glasses! You are wearing _____________!

5.     Do you like bananas? I love ___________!

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Complete the text using the correct form of the verbs in the past continuous tense.

Sergio and Maggie ___________________ (watch) TV last night, when their children _________________ (come) and ________________ (interrupt) them, they __________________ (want) to go to the movies; but Sergio, ________________ (be) tirad and ________________ (not want) to drive all the way to downtown.

REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Put the regular verbs in the correct category.

Like Stop Wait Stay Fail Enjoy

Agree Marry Explain Care Use Jog

Clap Prefer Decide Cry Beg Change

Pack Start Study Supply Sign Work

Hope Live Climb Believe Dress Ask

Cook Die Close Kiss Play Practice

Visit Love

-d Only	-ed only	-ied	Double consonant + -ed

Write 3 sentences in the past simple tense using regular verbs. Write each sentence in its affirmative, negative and question form.

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