ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMICS SCIENCES FACULTY

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FIRST WORKSHOP

NAME: Andres Felipe Zorro giron

VERB TO BE

Complete with the verb to be.

a. John _is a_ excited.

b. Tifanny and Jessie _ are_ friends.
c. George, Mike and I __am____watching a movie.
d. Katie ___is____ a very kind woman.
e. My parents ___are____ cooking dinner.

Complete the text with the verb To Be.

My name ___is_____ (be) Juan. I _____am____ (be) twenty-five years old. I live in the
city. It ___is____ (be) quite small and beautiful. It ____is not_____ (be/not) noisy. I
____am not_____(be/not) a student anymore. I ___am ____ (be) a business manager.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE WITH OTHER VERBS

Type in the verbs in the correct Simple Present form.

1. Anne (work) _______works________ in a language school.

2. She (teach) _________teaches_____ English.
3. Her students (come) _______comes________ from all over the world.
4. Anne usually (go) ________goes_________ to school by bus.
5. On the bus she (have) ____haves_____________time to correct a few tests.
Change the following affirmative sentences to negative.
1. They play volleyball every weekend.
They do not play volleyball every weekend.
2. He likes computer games.
He doesn´t likes computer games
3. The students don´t have a nice pronunciation in English.
The is not students have a nice pronunciation in English.
4. The manager needs the CV for today.
The manager doesn´t needs the CV for today.
5. The company hires new personnel every year.
The company doesn´t hires new personnel every year.

Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in parentheses in its right
position.

1. He listens to the radio. (often)

He listens often to the radio
2. They read a book. (sometimes)
They sometimes read a book.
3. Peter gets angry. (never)
Peter never gets angry
4. Tom is very friendly (usually)
Tom usually is very friendly
5. I put sugar in my coffee. (seldom)
I put sugar seldom in my coffee