OPT1131 Practice

From unit 7 to unit 10

​Practical contents in Basic English

1. Unit 7: questions, imperatives and object pronouns

2. Unit 8: Enjoy + v(ing), can/ can't

3. Unit 9: present continuous and present simple

4. Unit 10: there is/there are, was/were

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Table of contents

Remember that we have:

• Closed questions: only answer yes/no

• Open questions: use WH-words to obtain more information.

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Word order in questions

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct question:

(Escoge la pregunta correcta)

• You are a student?

• Are you a student?

• Is you a student?

Open Ended

Answer the following question (Responde la pregunta):

What do you usually do on weekends? Write 2 sentences

When we talk about people or things, we use pronouns — short words that replace nouns. They always answer: WHO or WHAT after the verb.
For example:

• “She helps Carlos.” → “She helps him.”

• I like who? → him.

Object pronouns

Multiple Choice

I like ____

• He

• She

• him

• me

Use words to express preference in different actions like routines and free time activities.

Preference + v(ing)

Use to talk a​bout ask and give permissions and talk about possibilities

Can/can't

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct question.

• Can you to help me?

• You can help me?

• Can you help me?

Use present simple to talk about general actions and permanent

Use present continuous to talk about actions you are doing right now

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​Present simple and present continuous

Draw

Draw the following person:

She is wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and glasses

Open Ended

Give 2 ideas to answer:

What do you usually wear on summer and winter?

There is - There are

Prepositions

Multiple Choice

Complete:

There ___ a restaurant near the hotel, and there ____ 40 chairs in the restaurant

• is - are

• are - is

Multiple Choice

Complete the prepositions:

The boy is ____ the umbrella

• on

• in

• behind

• under

Use to talk about general information and location in past.

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was/were

Multiple Choice

I ___________ a good student.

• was

• were

• weren't

• wasn't

Multiple Choice

We ___________ old friends.

• were

• was

• wasn´t