This document contains an English language assignment given to students at the Gabriela Mistral Business Institute. The assignment covers topics related to the simple present tense and present progressive tense, including ordering sentences with adverbs of frequency, rewriting sentences using frequency expressions, filling in verb forms, and answering comprehension questions. Students are asked to complete exercises practicing these grammar points and illustrate a short text as a comic strip.

1. INSTITUTO EMPRESARIAL GABRIELA MISTRAL
PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTO
II PERIODO
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO INGLÉS 2014 8-02 8-03 8-04 8-05
ASIGNATURA AÑO CURSOS
Docente: Lic. CARMEN CECILIA RAMIREZ CAMARGO
Desarrolle el siguiente trabajo en hojas sueltas, a mano, preséntelo y susténtelo en la fecha
señalada.
A. SIMPLE PRESENT / ADVERBS AND EXPRESSIONS OF FREQUENCY
1. Ordene las siguientes oraciones:
a. Sundays. / on / late / go / bed / sometimes / to / I /
b. for / don't / have / We / usually / eggs / breakfast. /
c. They / the / morning. / a / in / always / shower / have /
d. She / never / weekend/. housework / does / at / the /
e. usually / bus/. by / Daniel / goes / work / to /
f. never / gym / before / go / to / You / the / lunch/.
g. on / work / Fridays. / early / finish / sometimes / I /
h. sport / TV! / watch / You / always / on /
2. Reescriba las siguientes frases reemplazando la parte subrayada por la expresión correcta:
*once a year *twice a week *three times a day *twice a year * every day *once a week
a. I take out the garbage on Thursday evening.
b. He usually goes to the dentist in January and June.
c. I brush my teeth at 7a.m.,after lunch and before go to bed.
d. My parents and I go on vacation in December.
e. She often takes an English course on Wednesday and Saturday.
3. Reescriba las siguientes frases colocando el adverbio o la expresión de frecuencia en el lugar
correcto dentro de la frase:
1. Susan is late for school. (never)
2. My brother doesn’t write letters to his friends. (usually)
3. We go on holidays. (twice a year)
4. Peter wears a tie. (sometimes)

2. 5. I eat fish. (once a week)
6. Do the children watch TV? (often)
7. My father is very busy. (always)
8. Peter tidies his room. (never)
9. My brother and I go fishing. (every week)
10. My mother goes shopping on Saturdays. (always)
11. Do you get up late at the weekend? (usually)
12. I drink tea. (every morning)
13. Mary rides her motorbike to work. (three times a week)
14. I exercise in the afternoons. (often)
15. Does Jane have lunch at home? (usually)
4. Responda las siguientes preguntas personales( en forma larga) utilizando un adverbio o expresión
de frecuencia:
1. How often do you eat hamburgers?
2. How often do you go to the movies?
3. How often do you brush your teeth?
4. How often do you do exercise?
5. How often do you use the computer?
6. How often do you cook?
5. Escoja la oración correcta para cada punto:
1. a) Jim never is at work.
b) Jim is at work never.
c) Never is Jim at work.
d) Jim is never at work.
2. a) We have usually lunch at 12 o’clock.
b) We usually have lunch at 12 o’clock.
c) We have lunch at usually 12 o’clock.
d) We have lunch at 12 usually o’clock.
3. a) She travels always by train.
b) Always she travels by train.
c) She always travels by train.
d) She travels by always train.
4. a) They go out sometimes in the evening.
b) They sometimes go out in the evening.
c) They go out in sometimes the evening.
d) They go sometimes out in the evening.

3. 6. Interprete el siguiente texto e ilustre la secuencia como una historieta.
Mary's Hobbies and Interests
Mary has a lot of hobbies and interests. She usually gets up early so she can run before
work. She doesn't often have time to ski, but she occasionally goes on Saturdays during
the winter. Mary often rides a horse at a stable near here home. She sometimes goes after
work, but she usually goes horseback riding on Sundays. She loves music. She always
goes to choir practice on Wednesday evenings and sings in church on Sundays. She
doesn't have much extra money, so she rarely goes to concerts in the city. She seldom
watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the gym if it's
raining outside. She isn't often alone because she has a lot of friends. She occasionally
does something alone, but she usually does her activities with one of her friends. She's a
happy woman!
B. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE OR CONTINUOUS
1. Complete el siguiente cuadro:
VERB ING FORM MEANING
1. clean
2. swim
3. look
4. study
5. write
6. eat
7. put
8. read
9. get up
10. drive
2. Utilice el presente progresivo para completar los espacios con la forma correcta del verbo dado en
paréntesis:
For example:
He ____________ hard. (to work)
He is working hard.
We ____________anxious. (to feel)
We are feeling anxious.
1. I _________the questions. (to answer)
2. You ___________ boots. (to wear)
3. We ____________for work. (to look)
4. She ____________her friend. (to call)
5. He _____________a house. (to build)
6. They ___________ supper. (to cook)
7. We _____________ a story. (to tell)
8. You ___________ for the bus. (to wait)
9. I _______________ a book. (to read)
10. They ___________ berries. (to pick)
11.They ________ the lemons. (to squeeze)
12.I_____________ the groceries. (to carry)
13. She ____________ a letter. (to write)
14. They ___________ about it. (to worry)
15. He _____________ jam. (to make)
16. We ______________ to school. (to hurry)
17. She ______________ us to do it. (to are)

4. 18. He ____________ the problem. (to solve)
19. I _______________ now. (to leave)
20. They _____________ to help us. (to try)
21We ___________ to come. (to plan)
22.They _________ the lawn. (to mow)
23.It __________. (to rain)
24. I ______________the grass. (to cut)
25. It ____________ downstream. (to float)
26.. They ___________ the game. (to win)
27. We ____________the present. (to wrap)
28. She ______________ lettuce. (to grow)
29. He _______________ for us. (to look)
30. I ________________ a sweater. (to knit)
3. Traduzca a español las oraciones anteriores.
4. Señale con X la frase correcta de cada punto:
1. a) He is studying for an exam. b) He are studying for an exam.
2. a)They are talkking. b) They are talking.
3. a ) She is no running. b)She is not running.
4. a) Are you listening? b) Is you listening?
5. a)They are swimming. b) They are swiming.
6. a)The women is working. b)The women are working.
7. a)Sleeping is the dog? b) Is the dog sleeping?
8. a) Where is she working? b) Is where she working?
9. a)The people is singing. b)The people are singing.
10. a) Why are you not helping? b) Why are you no helping?
5. Lea el siguiente texto. Responda las preguntas y tradúzcalo a Español.
* Right now I am looking at a picture of Barbara. She is not at home in the picture. She is
at the park. She is sitting on a bench. She is eating her lunch. Some boys and girls are
running on a patch in the park. A squirrel is sitting on the ground in front of Barbara. The
squirrel is eating a nut. Barbara is watching the squirrel. She always watches squirrels when
she eats her lunch in the park. Some ducks are swimming in the pond in the picture, and
some birds are flying in the sky. A policeman is riding a horse. He rides a horse in the park
every day. Near Barbara, a family is having a picnic. They go on a picnic every week.
a. Where is Barbara in the picture?
b. What is she doing?
c. What is the squirrel doing in the picture?
d. What does Barbara always do when she has lunch in the park?
e. What are the ducks doing?
f. How often does the policeman ride his horse?
g. How often does the family have a picnic at the park?