I.

READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE

Read through the text and answer the questions that follow:

Scientists describe the brain as having two halves-a left side and a
right side. Each half performs special functions. The left side appears to do a better job with some
activities; however, the right side is superior with other tasks.
The left brain works on details, so it is used in reasoning, mathematics, and writing. The right
brain is in charge of processing the entire picture instead of separate parts. For example, when you
distinguish a person's face, the left half of your brain focuses on separate features such as eye
color, shape of the nose or the presence of glasses. The right side of the brain looks at the whole
face for recognition.
Some people are left brain dominant and are better at work that involves details. Others are right
brain dominant and are good at activities such as art, music, and poetry.
Although people often use one half of the brain more than the other, both sides are important.
People need to exercise both halves of the brain as much as possible.

Q-1: Which is the main idea presented by the text? Write it in Spanish.
Explicar el cerebro humano y su funcionamiento.

Q-2: Which title would be the best one for this passage? Write it in English
The amazing brain.
Q-3: What can you say about the content of this passage? Write a personal comment in
Spanish.

Es muy interesante conocer como funciona el cerebro humano, y entender porque hay
personalidades variadas dependiendo si eres dominado por el hemisferio derecho o el
izquierdo.

Check Your Understanding - Choose the correct answer

Q-1. The article suggests that right brain dominant people
__A. are the same as left brain dominant people
__C. rely on details too much

__ B. are smarter than left brain dominant people

_X_ D. are likely good at art

Q-2. Which side of the brain is used mostly to solve a math problem?
__A. the right side

__B. the right side

_X_C. the left side

__D. both sides equally

Q-3. According to the article, people who are left brain dominant
_X_A. should try to do right brain activities as well

__B. recognize a person's face as a whole

__C. should avoid right brain activities such as listening to music

II. ENGLISH GRAMMAR EVALUATION

Exercise # 2.1. Write the past forms of the following (regular / irregular) verbs.
1. Begin
6. Eat

2. Take
7. Be

11. Put

12. Read

1
2
3
4
5

Began
Took
slept
saw
drove

6
7
8
9
10

Exercise # 2.2.
Example:

3. sleep
8. walk
13. Leave

4. See
9. Speak

5. Drive
10. Go

14. Stop

Answers
Ate
Was / were
walked
Spoke
went

11
12
13
14
15

15. Open

Put
read
left
stopped
Opened

- Make Negative Past Simple sentences:

(we / watch TV)

We did not watch TV

1. (I / hate mushrooms) I didt hate mushrooms

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2. (she / visit her grandmother every Christmas) She didnt visit her grandmother every
Christmas
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3. (they / use the Internet every evening) They didnt use the internet every evening
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4. (you / often go swimming) you didnt go swimming often
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5. (Lucy and Jill / want to go out tonight) Lucy and Jill didnt want to go out tonight
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Exercise # 2.3. Fill in the questions with the correct verb using the simple past.
do/go/have
Did you have a good weekend?
What did you do Saturday?
Where did you go?
come/forget/wear
Why did you come to class on time?
Did you forget what time it was?
did you wear a watch?
look/see
did you see your brother this morning?
Why did he look so sad?

Exercise # 2.4. Complete the table in simple past tense

Declarative
I did my maths homework
yesterday

Negative
I didnt do my maths homework
yesterday

Interrogative
What did I do yesterday?

The children were at home last

weekend

The children werent at home last

weekend.

Were the children at home

last weekend?

He play soccer

He did not play soccer.

Did he play soccer?

III.

WRITING

The story below is written in the present tense with the action happening now. Read it
carefully, then do the following activities:
Activity # 1: Copy the principal verb in each sentence
Activity # 2: Write each one in the past tense form.
Activity # 3 Rewrite the story using the past tense verbs.
The Playground It is time for recess. I am on the playground with my friends. First, we play
hopscotch. Next, we throw a ball. Later, we see the swings, and we race over to them. I
pump my swing faster and higher than my friends Jennifer and Peter. We get off and run to
the slide. We have to wait in line for the slide. When my turn finally comes, I climb to the top
of the ladder and sit down on the slide. I push off with my hands and go down very fast. I
laugh because it is fun. Then the bell rings. I quickly drink some water and wave goodbye to
Jennifer and Peter.
Activity # 1: Copy the principal verb in each sentence

1
2
3
4
5

Is
Am
Play
Throw
see

6
7
8
9
10

Race
Pump
Get
Run
have

Answers
11
12
13
14
15

Come
Climb
Sit
Push
go

16
17
18
19
20

Laugh
Is
Ring
Drink
Wave

Activity # 2: Write each one in the past tense form.

1 Was
2 Was

6 Raced
7 Pumped

Answers
11 Came
12 Climbed

16 Laughed
17 Was

3 Played
4 Threw
5 saw

8 Got
9 Run
10 had

13 Sat
14 Pushed
15 went

18 Rang
19 Drank
20 Waved

Activity # 3 Rewrite the story using the past tense verbs.

Present tense form of the verbs
The Playground It was time for recess. I was on the playground with my friends. First, we
played hopscotch. Next, we threw a ball. Later, we saw the swings, and we raced over to
them. I pumped my swing faster and higher than my friends Jennifer and Peter. We got off
and ran to the slide. We had to wait in line for the slide. When my turn finally came, I
climbed to the top of the ladder and sat down on the slide. I pushed off with my hands and
went down very fast. I laughed because it was fun. Then the bell rang. I quickly drank some
water and waved goodbye to Jennifer and Peter.

Past tense form of the verbs

ANSWERS

GOOD LUCK!!!!!