This document outlines an English language assignment for ninth grade students at the Instituto Empresarial Gabriela Mistral. It includes instructions for completing various exercises using tag questions, the present perfect, present perfect continuous, and since/for by specific due dates in September 2013. Students must also bring their notebook, textbook, and a folder with evidence of work from the entire year to present and defend their assignment. The exercises cover tag questions, the present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses, and using since and for to indicate time periods.

1. INSTITUTO EMPRESARIAL GABRIELA MISTRAL
PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTO
III PERIODO
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO INGLÉS2013 9-01 A 9-05
ASIGNATURA AÑO CURSO
Docente: LIC. CARMEN CECILIA RAMIREZ CAMARGO
Desarrolle el siguiente trabajo en hojas sueltas, a mano, preséntelo en carpeta y susténtelo el
día asignado.
9-01: Jueves 12 de Septiembre de 2013
9-02: Miércoles 11 de Septiembre de 2013
9-03: Jueves 12 de Septiembre de 2013
9-04: Viernes 13 de Septiembre de 2013
9-05: Lunes 9 de Septiembre de 2013
NOTA: Como requisitos para poder presentar la sustentación presente su cuaderno de apuntes
y su libro texto al día y una carpeta de evidencias de todo el año.
A.TAG QUESTIONS
Construya la tagquestion al final de cada frase:
1. Tom won’t be late, __________________?
2. They were very angry, ______________ ?
3. Ann’s on holiday, _________________ ?
4. You weren’t listening,___________________?
5. Susan doesn’t like onions,____________________?
6. Jack has applied for the job,_________________?
7. You’ve got a camera, ___________________ ?
8. You can type,_________________________?
9. He won’t mind if I go early,______________________?
10. Mary could help you,__________________ ?
11. There are a lot of people here, ________________ ?,
12. This classisn’t very interesting,__________________?
13. I’m too fat,____________________ ?
14. You wouldn’t tell anyone,________________ ?
15. I shouldn’t have got angry,__________________?
16. They had to go home,____________________ ?
17. He’s never seen you before, _________________?
18. You don’t like this music, ……………………………. ?
19. Robert isn’t at work today, …………………………… ?
20. I’m too late, ……………………………………………?
21. You haven’t seen the newspaper, …………………….. ?
22. Lynne speaks French and German, ……………………?
B. PRESENT PERFECT/PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS/SINCE/FOR
1. Elabore un cuadro con los siguientes verbos:
VERB ING FORM PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
*eat*write*learn*work*look*use*die*rain*snow*walk*lie*ring*go*read*see

2. 2. Utilice el PRESENTE PERFECTO para completar los espacios:
1. I’m tired. We ______________________ (walk) for over an hour. Let’sstop and rest for a while.
2. I love that movie. I _______________________(see) itmany times.
3. I _______________________ (write) my friends at least a dozenletters since I left home and
come home.
4. The telephone _______________________ (ring) four times in the lasthour, and each time it has
been for my roommate.
5. She is 80 and she ________________________( read) a lots of books in her life.
6. The secretary is very tired. She ________________________ (type) allmorning.
7. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53.
He ____________________________. (read) for two hours.
8. I ___________________________ (clean) three windows and there are two more to do.
9. My grandfather __________________________(not-fix) his car since he bought it.
10. Karen ___________________ (not-visit) his parents since she moved to Bogota.
3. Utilice el PRESENTE PERFECTO CONTINUO para completar los espacios:
1. I________________________(not-work) because I’m on vacation.
2. He ____________________________ (write) letters all morning.
3. Catherina is getting fatter because she __________________________(eat) too much.
4. My mother _____________________________ (peel) the potatoes all afternoon.
5. Cathy _______________________________ (attend) a cookery course since March.
6. How long ___________ you ____________________ (learn) English?
7. Where are my eye-glasses? I _____________________(look) for themfor an hour.
8. Charles __________________________ (escape) from the police for years.
9. How long ______________ you ________________ (use) a computer?
10. Elizabeth _________________________ (live) with Mike for three years.
11. She ______________________ (earn) quite a lot of money for the lasttwo years.
12. It _________________________ (rain) for six hours.
4. Reescriba las siguientes oraciones utilizando SINCE y FOR con el complemento apropiado:
Example: I haven’t seen you. (Christmas / 3 days)
a) I haven’t seen you SINCE Christmas.
b) I haven’t seen you FOR 3 days.
1.We’ve been here. (two hours / 4 o’clock)
2. She hasn’t spoken to me. (2 weeks / last week)
3. They’ve lived in this street. (1970 / a long time)
4. I haven’t had time to do it. (last Monday / a few days)
5. We haven’t bought a new car. (I got married / many years)
5. Complete los espacios utilizando since o for:
1. I have been a teacher ______30 years
2. Bob has worked in that import export company _______he was twenty-five
3. I have studied English _______four years
4. Jenny has eaten five hamburgers _________ 7p.m
5. My parents have been married ________ twenty years
6. I have known my best friend _________I met him at high school
7. They have travelled in the USA________ one month
8. The boys have played tennis _________two hours
9. Kevin has been in Greece _______ July
10. I haven't eaten anything _________lunch

3. LIC. CARMEN CECILIA RAMIREZ CAMARGO NINTH GRADE