INSTITUCIN EDUCATIVA ALCALDIA DE

MEDELLIN
ESTRATEGIA DE APOYO
GRADO 8
AO: 2013

OBJETIVO:

Facilitar al estudiante con dificultades acadmicas en el ao 2013, la

adquisicin de los logros pendientes.

LOGROS ESPERADOS
En este plan se favorecer la competencia gramatical. Para ello se verificar la
adquisicin de los siguientes logros:
Organizacin de prrafos coherentes cortos, teniendo en cuenta elementos
formales del lenguaje como ortografa y puntuacin.
Estructuracin de textos teniendo en cuenta elementos formales del lenguaje
como la puntuacin, la ortografa, la sintaxis, la coherencia y la cohesin

INSTRUCCIONES:
Estimado (a) estudiante, en las tablas encontrars explicaciones a los
contenidos vistos en clase. Lelas y luego haces los ejercicios.
Debes entregarle al profesor los ejercicios resueltos y presentar una
sustentacin.

VALORACIN:
Este taller tendr un valor del 40%
La sustentacin tendr un valor del 60%

THE PRESENT
FORMS OF SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
SIMPLE PRESENT

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

AFFIRMATIVE

I-you-we-they verb
He-she it
verb + s

I
You-we-they
He-she-it

am verb + ing
are verb + ing
is
verb + ing

NEGATIVE

I-you-we-they do
not verb
He-she-it
does not verb

I
You-we-they
He-she-it

am not verb + ing

are not verb + ing
is not verb + ing

QUESTION

Do
Does

Am
I
Are you-we-they
Is
he-she-it

I-you-we-they verb?
he-she-it
verb?

verb + ing?
verb + ing?
verb + ing?

EXERCISE 1

A.

B. Re write these sentences in the correct order

1. Dont / Wake up / every day / I / at Seven oclock _I wake up at seven oclock every day
2. Watching / my / are / parents / TV ____My parents are watching TV_______
3. Are / studying / English / you______________________________
4. Do / you / when / ? / watch TV

_____________________________________

5. go to school / do / where / ? / you _______________________________

6. her book / Marcela / forget / doesnt _______________________________

7. music / listen to / always / my brother ____________________________
8. you / clean / do / your / shoes / ? ________________________________
9. I / dont / chat in the internet ________________________________
10. My father / in a factory / works / everyday ___________________________
11. Speak / in class / dont / English / the students _____________________________

EXERCISE 2
A. Look At the picture. Andrs and Tatiana

B. What is he doing at the moment?

Complete the texts with the verbs in the table in the correct form. You will need to
use some of the verbs more than once.
be - dance go - fight - shout talk - write
Andrs and Tatiana (1) _____ boyfriends. They usually (2)
______ by phone many hours a day. She (3) ______him many
letters.
He (4) _______ to visit her every day. They (5)________a lot.
But at the moment They (6) __arent dancing__ . He (7)
_______________ her. She (8) _____________ letters. They
(9) ___________ speaking by phone. What (8) ___are they
doing___? They (9) _______________, they are (10)
______________ each other.

EXERCISE 3
Write these sentences in the correct order

1. Wake up / every day / I / at Seven oclock _I wake up at seven oclock every

day
2. Watching / my / are / parents / TV ____My parents are watching TV_______
3. You / what / are / ? / doing _______________________________________
4. Speak / in class / English / the students _____________________________
5. Am / preparing / my / English exam / I ______________________________
6. My father / in a factory / works / everyday ___________________________
7. Do / you / where / ? / study

_____________________________________

THE PAST
FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE

I You He She It We They Worked Yesterday

NEGATIVE

I You He She It We They did not (didnt) Work

Yesterday

QUESTION

Did I You He She It We- They Work Yesterday?

SHORT
ANSWER

Yes, I You He She It We They did

No, I You He She It We They didnt

FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: BE

AFFIRMATIVE

I He She It was in class Yesterday.

We You They were in class yesterday.

NEGATIVE

I He She It was not (wasnt) in class Yesterday.

We You They were not (werent) in class yesterday.

QUESTION

Was I He She It
Were We You They

in class Yesterday?
in class yesterday?

SHORT
ANSWER

Yes, I He She It was

No, I He She It wasnt

yes, We You They were

No, We You They werent

EXERCISE 4
Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the PAST of verb, then match the sentences to
the picture
Use the verbs:

Sleep sell swim drive play drop cut lie skip study hang go run give
change

1. Daisy __jumped__ the rope in the garden

2. Anne __________ on her homework
3. The young lady __________ on the beach
4. Mary __________ the litter into the recycling bin
5. Tom __________ lemmonade.
6. Joe __________ the paper into smaller pieces
7. The family __________ on holiday on Monday
8. The bus driver __________ the bus to the station
9. Robert __________ a birdhouse on the tree.
10. Paul and james __________ presents to each other
11. The lorry driver __________ the wheel of the lorry
12. Jasmine __________ the piano
13. Hanna __________ for the test at home.
14. Leila __________ in the sea
15. Kyle __________ home

EXERCISE 5

Where's Your Homework?

The teacher Alvar is angry because you didnt bring your homework to
class. Explain what happened.

Find the meaning of the following words and place them in the chart
Alien bag Come Eagle Eat Explode Land Light Nest Queen Steal Take Think
VERBS
NOUNS
PRESENT
PAST
SPANISH
ENGLISH
SPANISH

Use the chart as a guide

My
ate
father
The
exploded.
queen
An eagle stole

With it

My
brother
My
compute
r
Some
boys
A
teacher
The dog

came

my school bag.

landed in our
garden

with it.

took my
homework
made a paper
plane
lit the fire

it.

Aliens

thought it was
brilliant

and used it to make a nest

and took it to his university

to visit us.
and took my homework back to their planet.

FORMS OF GOING TO
AFFIRMATIVE

I am going to come tomorrow

you- we-they are going to come tomorrow
she-he-it- is going to come tomorrow

NEGATIVE

I am not going to come tomorrow

you- we-they are not going to come tomorrow
she-he-it- is not going to come tomorrow

QUESTION

Am I going to come tomorrow?

Are you- we-they going to come tomorrow?
Is she-he-it- going to come tomorrow?

SHORT ANSWER

Yes, I am going / No, I am not

Yes, you- we-they are / No, you- we-they are not
Yes she-he-it- is / No, she-he-it- is not

EXERCISE 6
MAKING PREDICTIONS: What is going to happen then?
Use the verbs:
Break - catch fire - Eat - Fall - Push over - Steal - Take

Example:
1. The bull is going to push over the
woman
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

FORMS WITH WILL

AFFIRMATIVE

I-you-she-he-it-we-they will come tomorrow

NEGATIVE

I-you-she-he-it-we-they will not (wont) come tomorrow

QUESTION

Will I-you-she-he-it-we-they come tomorrow?

SHORT ANSWER

Yes, I-you-she-he-it-we-they will

No, I-you-she-he-it-we-they wont

CONTRACTIONS

Ill youll shell hell itll well theyll

EXERCISE 7
Exercise
Complete the sentences. Use be going to and the given expressions (or your own
words)
Call the police
Go to the bookstore
See a dentist
Get something to eat
Go to a restaurant
Stay in bed today
Go to the pool
Lie down and rest for a while Take a walk in the park
Go to bed
Look it up in my dictionary

1. I need to buy a book. I ____will go to the bookstore__________________

2. Its midnight. Im sleepy: I__________________________________________
3. Susana is hungry. She ___________________________________________
4. I have a toothache. I___________________________________________
5. I dont know a word. I ___________________________________________
6. Its a nice day. Mary and I _________________________________________
7. Ana and I want to go swimming. We _________________________________
8. I have a headache. I ___________________________________________
9. Its late at nigt. I hear a burglar! I ____________________________________
10. I feel terrible. I think I have the flu. I __________________________________
11. Alex and Maricela want to go out to eat. They __________________________
Referencias online
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=734