Quotations

" To have another language is to possess another soul."

Charlemagne

"Dominar otro idioma es como tener una segunda alma."

Charlemagne

miércoles, 30 de septiembre de 2015

Let's get Ready for the First Exam! / Preparémonos para el Primer Examen!




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Evaluation Criteria October: 

15%  Book and Notebook.
15%  Participations. 
20%  Classwork, Oral Practice.
50%  October Exam 

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Guías de Examen por Materia, Grado y Nivel

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GUÍA DE EXAMEN USE OF ENGLISH, OCTUBRE 2015


Alumno: _________________________________________________
Grado: 1º _____, Sec: V, VI Advanced

Unit 1 All About You

1.- Match the activities with the pictures:

















_____ They are talking and drinking.    _____ He's playing golf
_____ They're dancing                           _____ He's hiking
_____ He's asking for directions            _____ He's working in a lab
_____ They're having coffee                  _____ They're making a movie
_____ H'es traveling in a helicopter       _____ H'es visiting Egypt
_____They're celebrating                       _____ He's taking an exam
_____ He's taking pictures                     _____ He's eating chicken
_____ He's playing videogames.

2.- Complete the sentences with present simple or continuous

1.- Joe usually ____________________(play) chess after school
2.- He ___________________________(not watch) tv
3.- What __________ his sister __________________(do) right now?
4.- She __________________________ (chat) online
5.- Why _______ she _______________(chat)?
6.- Because she __________(be) bored of the tv, too.
7.- How _______ they ____________(go) to school?
8.- They _______________(take) the bus.
9.- __________ you _______________(play) videogames?
10.- No, I ______________________(not use) the computer right now.

3.- Complete the sentences with gerund or infinitive form:


1.- Sarah always avoids ____________________(ask) her parents for money.
2.- My friends often decide ___________________(go) to Six Flags on Fridays.
3.- I'm always looking forward to __________________(make) new friends.
4.- She __________________________ (not pretend) to look smarter; she is!
5.- My parents can't stand ___________________(listen) to loud music.
6.- Why did Jane refused_________________(help) you?.
7.- I don't mind ____________ (work) on Saturdays if the pay is good.
8.- Who suggested ___________________(see) a film tonight? Fantastic!
9.- We hope _____________________(finish) school early today.
10.- I imagine myself _______________________ (travel) first class.

4.- Rewrite the sentences; add a modifying adverb.


1.- Sandy is ambitious and impatient.  ( pretty / slightly)
_____________________________________________________________
2.- Matt isn't serious, but he's arrogant. (really / a bit)
_____________________________________________________________
3.- Melina is an honest person, and friendly. (quite / very)
_____________________________________________________________
4.- Nicole is confident, but impatient. (rather/ a bit)
_____________________________________________________________
5.- Johnny is smart, but a hard worker (not very / quite)
_____________________________________________________________


Unit 2 Winning and Losing

1.- Give names to these sports:










1. ________________________           6.  ________________________ 
2. ________________________           7.  ________________________
3. ________________________           8.  ________________________
4. ________________________           9.  ________________________
5. ________________________           10.  _______________________

2.- What sports are used with play, go or do? Complete the list:

Play                                          Go                                           Do

___________________       ___________________      ___________________
___________________       ___________________      ___________________
___________________       ___________________      ___________________
___________________       ___________________      ___________________
___________________       ___________________      ___________________


3.- Complete the sentences with past simple and auxiliary did / didn't

1.- What __________ you_____________(do) last weekend? 
2.- We _______________(go) to the museum. 
3.- __________ you __________________(have) a good time?
4.- Yes, we __________________(see) some interesting paintings.
5.- Great! When ____________ you ____________(visit) the museum?
6.- On Saturday, and on Sunday we ________________(play) soccer in the park.
7.- _________ you _____________(win) the game?
8.- No, but we ______________(have) a lot of fun!

4.- Complete the sentences with past simple and continuous:

1.- When I _______________(arrive) at Sam's party, lots of people
________________________(dance) in the living room.
2.- I ____________________ (get) into the kitchen and ___________(see)
that Mike ______________ (be) there.
3.- He ________________________(stand) in front of the refrigerator and
_______________________(eat) some pizza.
4.- I ___________________(say) Hello, but he _______________________
(not hear) me.
5.- I ___________________(leave) the kitchen and ________________(go)
into the living room.
6.- Linda ________________________(seat) on the stairs.
7.- She _____________________(hold) her head in her hands; her shoulders
___________________________(shake), but she _____________________
(not cry); she ____________________________(laugh).

5.- Complete the sentences with past simple and auxiliary did / didn't

1.- What __________ you_____________(do) last weekend? 
2.- We _______________(go) to the museum. 
3.- __________ you __________________(have) a good time?
4.- Yes, we __________________(see) some interesting paintings.
5.- Great! When ____________ you ____________(visit) the museum?
6.- On Saturday, and on Sunday we ________________(play) soccer in the park.
7.- _________ you _____________(win) the game?
8.- No, but we ______________(have) a lot of fun!

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GUÍA DE EXAMEN SCIENCE HUMAN BODY, OCTUBRE 2015

Alumno: _________________________________________________
Grado: 1º _____, Sec: III, IV Inter

Chapter 1, section 1, Body Organization

1.- Give names to the cell's structure:

  A.- ______________________________
  B.- ______________________________  
  C.- ______________________________
  D.- ______________________________



2.- Give names to the four tissues:











 A.- ______________________________
 B.- ______________________________
 C.- ______________________________
 D.- ______________________________

3.- Answer the questions:

1.- What's the basic unit of structure and function in a living thing? _____________
2.- What's the group of cells with similar structure? _________________________  

3.- What tissue covers and protects underlying tissue? ______________________
4.- What tissue sends electrical signals through the body?____________________

5.- What tissue joints, supports, protects, nourishes and cushions organs?
_________________________________
6.- What's a group of tissues working together? ___________________________
7.- What's the group of organs wotrking together to perform a major function?
_________________________________
8.- How do we call the heart, the liver, the stomach, the kidneys or the lungs?
_________________________________
9.- What's the maintenance of a stable internal environment inside the body in a
     changing external environment? _____________________________________
10.- Three examples are Cardiovascular, Muscular, and Skeletal. What are they?
___________________________________

Chapter 1, section 2, The skeletal system

1.- Give names to the bones in this skeleton:























3.- Answer the questions:

1.- What organ system has some functions like blood cell formation, 

     movement and protection? ________________________________________
2.- How many bones make up an average human adult skeleton?    206    
3.- What's the place where two or more bones meet?    A joint    
4.- What are three examples of joints? _________________________________
________________________________________________________________
5.- What are strong elastic bands of connective tissue that hold joints together?
__________________________________
6.- What's a condition in which bones become less dense, weak and break
     more easily? ___________________________________________________
7.- What's a painful disease in which joints may swell or stiffen? _____________
__________________________________

4.- Give names to the parts of the bone:













5.- Answer the questions:

1.- What organ system has a primary functions movement and flexibility?
__________________________________________
2.- What are the three kinds of muscles? ________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
3.- What muscle is attached to your bones for movement? __________________
4.- What muscle moves food through the digestive system? _________________
5.- What muscle is found only in the heart? ______________________________
6.- What's the muscle movement that is under your control? _________________
7.- What's the muscle movement that is not under your control? ______________
8.- What are the strands of tough (hard) connective tissue that connect skeletal
     muscle to the bones? _____________________________________________
9.- What exercise is a great way to strengthen skeletal muscles? _____________
10.- What exercise strengthens your heart and makes you more flexible? Some 
     examples are jogging, swimming, skating and cycling.____________________
11.- What's the injury in which a muscle or tendon is overstretched or torn?_____
____________________________________________
12.- What's the injury in which the tendons become inflamed? ________________


Chapter 1, section 3, The integumentary system

1.- Complete the definitions:

1.- The _______________________ system is made up of your skin, hair and nails.

2.- The two layers of the skin are the ________________________ and the     
      _________________________
3.- The ______________________ is the surface layer of skin in a plant or animal.
4.- The ______________________ is the layer of skin beneath (below) the epidermis.
5.- The chemical that determines skin color is the _______________________
6.- ____________________ is a protein that helps make the sking tough (hard); 
     it fills up dead epidermis cells.
7.- The dermis has many fibers made of a protein called ____________________

2.- Answer the questions:

1.- What are hair and nails made of? ___________________________________

2.- What's a tiny sac where hair forms? _________________________________
3.- Where are the living cells that make a nail grow? In the __________________
4.- What’s the injury when genetic material in cells is damaged?______________
____________________________________________________
5.- What’s the injury when too much oil clogs the hair follicles?_______________
 
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GUÍA DE EXAMEN READING - LITERATURE, OCTUBRE 2015

Alumno: _________________________________________________
Grado: 2º _____, Sec. III, Intermediate

1.- Answer the questions with the text on page 10:
     The experience of a lifetime

1.-  What's Gavin's first degree?________________________________________
2.- Where did he study? ______________________________________________
3.- What did he decide to study?________________________________________
4.- Where did his friend study a degree? _________________________________
5.- Where did Gavin decide to go? ______________________________________
6.- How long did he stay there? ________________________________________
7.- What city did he went back to?______________________________________
8.- What new place did he decide to go to study Spanish? ___________________

2.- Complete the sentences.

1.- "In Mexico City I stayed with a _________________ family..."
2.- "I worked ____________________ in a restaurant and ______________ some
     money..."
3.- "I moved to Guadalajara, my ________________ was bigger and I 
     ___________ an apartment"
4.- My ____________ months there were the best!"
5.- "...I graduated _____ __________ later with a _____________ in Spanish"
6.- "I started working for an ___________________ company in Madrid"
7.- "Madrid is such an ____________________ and historic city to live in"
8.- " I met a Spanish girl named _________________. Six months ago, we
     _________ ________________!

3.- Define these expressions:

1.- When someone gets annoyed, he gets irritated or __________________
2.- To have differents values is to have different _______________________
3.- When someone investigates, he / she makes a _____________________
4.- When something is mislead, it it _________________________________
5.- To prevent from something bad is to __________________ something.
6.- To have a budget is to have a ________________  _________________
7.- When something is economical, it is _____________________________
8.- To socialize with someone is to ________________  ________________
     with someone.

4 - A Study these notes about defining relative clause words:

Defining relative clauses are two sentences joined by "Wh-" words. These words
refer to specific information: 

That:      It introduces a piece of information that is necessary.
Where:   It refers to a particular place or event
Who:      It refers to a person or a group of people
When:    It refers to time

Other "Wh-" words are:

Which:   It refers to any object or animal
Whose:  It refers to the possession of someone. In other words, it refers to 
              something that a person has.

4 - B  Complete the sentences:

1.-  The university ___________ Gavin chose to study a degree in Spanish 
       was Temple University.
2.- The job ___________ he got in Madrid was in an advertising company.
3.- The people ___________ he studied with, in Panama were very friendly
4.- Adela was the girl ___________ he got married with.
5.- Mexico City was the place _________________ he was for just a month.
6.- The place _______________ he got a part-time job was in a restaurant.
7.- A year later his graduation at Temple University was __________ he got 
     a job in Spain.
8.- Six months ago is __________________ he got married.



5.- Answer the questions with the text on page 16:
     Hertford House

1.- What's Hertford House? _______________________________________
2.- How many students are there? __________________________________
3.- What are the ages of the students? ______________________________
4.- Additional to academic subjects, what are the four creative classes?
_____________________________________________________________
5.- How often are the school meetings held?__________________________
6.- Except for safety regulations, who makes the rules? _________________ 
7.- What two activities do parents usually do in the school? ______________
_____________________________________________________________
8.- What two activities have an extra cost? ___________________________
_____________________________________________________________
9.- What is the monthly cost of $65 for? ____________________________
_____________________________________________________________

6.- The next sentences have a mistake; correct it.

Example: Hertford House is located in Vancouver, Canada
                No, it's in Toronto               


1.- This school develops feelings of individuality, responsibility, and independence.
      No, ___________________________________________
2.- At Herford House, parents  are encouraged to take classes.
     No, ___________________________________________
3.- Parents accept partial responsibility in the life of the school.
     No, ___________________________________________
4.- Students are forced to take cklasses and do homework.
     No, ___________________________________________
5.- Parents are expected to give at least 100 hours to the school per semester.
     No, ___________________________________________

7.- Define these expressions with words from page 23:

1.- When you and your friends share the bill in a restaurant, you all
     __________________________________
2.- When you do things in the typical way of your country, you do things
     __________________________________
3.- When your friends bring someone so you can meet him / her, your friends
     _____________________________ you to that person.     
4.- When you do something in a regular way, always the same, you do
     something in a _____________________ way.
5.- When you tell something to a friend again and again, you _____________
6.- When love is involved in a relationship, that relationship is _____________
7.- When your parents don't like your boyfriend, he's someone that they
don't _________________ ________.

8.- Complete the comparative sentences, use information from page 27:

1.- Jenna is 15, she's ________________ to travel alone
2.- Mike is _____________________ to play basketball, he's just 1.45 m
3.- John spent ________________ money in that car; now he's broke.
4.- Lynn put _____________________ hours to that project, and failed anyway.
5.- Studying a degree is _________________ than just high school.
6.- Having a car is ___________________ than taking the bus
7.- It's so sad that _____________________ people left the Italian course.
8.- It's horrible that ____________________ countries are into war.
9.- He doesn't have ____________________ time to help me.
10.- We don't have ____________________ information to finish tis work.

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GUÍA DE EXAMEN USE OF ENGLISH, OCTUBRE 2015

Alumno: _________________________________________________
Grado: 2º _____, Sec. V, Advanced

1.- Write the adjectives to these categories with words from page 4:

Patterns:   ____________   ____________   ____________
                 ____________   ____________
Shape:      ____________   ____________   ____________
                 ____________   ____________
Texture:    ____________   ____________   ____________
                 ____________   ____________   ____________
                 ____________   
Materials: ____________   ____________   ____________
                 ____________   ____________   ____________

2.- Use the chart 1.1 on page 108 to create sentences about yourself:

1. I love ____________________________________________________           
2. Look at these______________________________________________
3. I bought __________________________________________________
4. I'm wearing _______________________________________________
5. That's a __________________________________________________
6.- I have ___________________________________________________
7.- I don't llike _______________________________________________

3.- Complete the sentences with present simple or continuous:


1. (wear) My dad often ___________________ a suit at the ofifice, but today 
              is Friday, so he  _______________________________ a jacket.
2. (leave) The flight usually _________________________ at 7 pm, but
                 today, it's delayed, so I_________________________ at 8:20 
 3. (not go)  I usually __________________________ out on the weekend.
                   Today is Sunday, so I________________________ anywhere.
4.- (take)   __________ you __________________ English classes today?
                 Yes, I _______________________ classes every week.
5. (not see)  Mina ______________________________ her boyfriend every day.
                    She _____________________________ him until next Saturday.
6.- (play)  __________ you often ________________ golf?
                Yes, but not real golf. I_________________________ mini golf now.
7. (not work)  We _______________________________ on weekends. Today
                      is Monday, buy I’m sick, so I ____________________________. 
8.- (have) It's 5 pm! __________ you __________________ dinner so early?
                No, it's lunch. I always _______________ lunch very late

4.- Complete the sentences with gerund or -ing:

1. Do you want __________________ some tv?           
2. I can’t stop _________________________ when I see "Shrek"
3. Did you decide _____________ to Portugal?
4. He refused …. with the project.
5. I couldn’t face ___________ what you told me.
6. Just imagine ______________________ a facebook account yet. 
7. They agreed ___________________ in the pool after 5 pm.
8. Paul suggested __________________ some pizza.
9. She's angry at Phil. She pretended ______________________ him. 
10. I avoid _____________________ in the city when it's raining.


 5.- Write the opposite; use il-, im-, in-, ir-, dis-:

1. Reversible     _____ reversible       6. Comfortable     _____ comfortable
2. Usual            _____ usual               7. Credible           _____ credible
3. Legal             _____ legal               8. Separable        _____ separable
4. Logical          _____ logical             9. Satisfied           _____ satisfied
5. Possible        _____ possible         10. Responsible      _____ responsible

 6.- Complete the sentences with the negative adjectives above:
  
     1.- Oh, no! It’s _____________________to chat without my laptop!.
     2.- In this country, it's _____________________ to drive drunk. 
     3.- Wow! It’s _______________________ that you won the match!
     4.- After the accident, the damage was __________________________ 
     5.- Auch! This bed is too _______________________, I’ll sleep on the sofa.
     6.- Having fish for breakfast is very ___________________ in Mexico 
     7.- That couple is _______________________; they do everything together.
     8.- It's so ____________________ to take the bus if I have a car. 
     9.- My kids are so _____________________, they never do what they have to.
     10.- I got _____________________ with just one hot dog; give me two more. 

7.- Complete the sentences with past simple, continuous or perfect:

1. The kids ____________________(walk) at the beach last summer when they
     ___________(see) a beautiful shell.
2. While they ______________________________ (watch) the game on tv, they  
    ____________________(hear) a too much noise outside.
3. Jenna ________________(break) his arm while she 
     ________________________(go) up the stairs.
4. The sun ______________________________(not shine) so we ____________________________(decide) to stay home.
5. By the time Phil __________________(get) to the library, the lecture
     ___________ already  _________________________(begin).
6.- When Beth finally _______________________(arrive) to the movie theater, 
     the film ____________ already ____________________(start)
7.- While we __________________________ (play) videogames, the light 
     ________________________(go) off.
8.- The children ___________(run) to the store, _______________ (buy)
     some candy, and ________________________(come) back home. 

8.- Complete the sentences with used to / didn't use to / ...use to...?:

1.- My brother _______________________ like baseball, but now he’s
     a player in the school team
2.- Did you  ________ eat candy when you were a child
3.- He __________________________ watch the news, but now he does.
4.- Phillip __________ play the piano, but now he’s taking some lessons
5.- Did you __________________ soccer in elementary school?
6.- Joana ____________________________ read anything, but now she loves
     to read fantasy books.
7.- Paola ___________________________ cook, but now, she's a chef.
8.- Did your father ______________________ get angry with you as a kid?

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GUÍA DE EXAMEN SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL, OCTUBRE 2015

Alumno: _________________________________________________
Grado: 2º _____, Sec: VI, VII Advanced

Chapter 1, section 1, Everything is Connected

1.- Give names to the Levels of Organization:
     (see picture in the book, page 6)



1.- ____________________________




2.- ____________________________



3.- ____________________________


4.- ____________________________

5.- ____________________________



2.- Complete the definitions:

1.- A single living thing like a prairie dog is called an ________________________
2.- All the living parts of the environment such as plants and animals make up the
     ____________________ factors in the environments
3.- All the nonliving parts of the environment such as water. soil, temperature and 
     light make up the ____________________ factors in the environment.
4.- A _________________________ is made of a group of similar organisms.
5.- A _________________________ is formed by different groups of populations.
6.- A community of organisms living in their abiotic environment make up an 
     ______________________________________
7.- The _______________________ is the place of Earth where life exists.
8.- ______________________ is the study of the interaction of living organisms 
     with one another and with their environment.


Chapter 1, section 2, Living things need Energy

1.- Answer the questions:

1.- What's the source of energy for almost all living things?
 ___________________
2.- What are the organisms that use sunlight to make food?
 ___________________
3.- What are the organisms that eat other organisms?
________________________
4.- What are the organisms that eat only aminals?
___________________________ 
5.- What are the organisms that eat only plants?
____________________________ 
6.- What are the organisms that eat both plants and aminals? 
      ______________________________ 
7.- What kind of herbivore eat dead plants an animasl?
_______________________
8.- What organisms get energy by breaking down dead organisms? 
______________________________ 
9.- What kind of organisms are bacteria and fungi?
__________________________
10.- What is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms?
______________________________
11.- What is a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism
       to another?
 _____________________________________________________
12.- What is a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy?
______________________________

2.- Choose the best answer, write the letter on the line.






Detritus: solid
decomposed remains
from animals and
plants







1. _____ What is the correct food chain of four organisms?
A) Cord grass                      B) Detritus                             C) Cord grass
    Periwinkle snail                    grass shrimp                          detritus
    Blue crab                              blue crab                           diamondblack terrapin
    Herring gull                          sheepshead minnow              otter

2. _____ What is the correct food chain including a producer?
A) Cord grass                       B) Cord grass                        C) Grass shrimp
    Blue crab                              periwinkle snail                   sheepshead minnow
    Herring gull                           blue crab                                otter

3. _____What is a correct food chain with no producer?
A) Cord grass                       B) Periwinkle snail                 C) Cord grass
    Periwinkle snail                     diamondblack terrapin           grass shrimp
    Sheepshead minnow            herring gull                             blue crab
                                                                                                Herring gull

4. _____What is a correct food chain of three organisms?
A) Cord grass                       B) Detritus                             C) Grass shrimp
    Periwinkle snail                     diamondblack terrapin           Sheepshead minnow
    Sheepshead minnow            blue crab                               otter

3.- Answer the questions:

1.- What are the resources that are so scarce that limit the size of a population?
 __________________________________________
2.- What is the largest population that an environment can sspport?
 __________________________________________
3.- What are the three types of Interaction between organisms?
________________________________________________________________

4.- Complete the sentences.


1. __________________________ is when two or more individuals or populations
    try to use the same resources to live
2. __________________________ is the organism that hunts, kills and eats parts
    or all of another organism.
3. __________________________ is the organism that killed and eaten.
4. ________________________________ is the group of methods and abilities
    of organisms to keep from being eaten.
5.__________________________ is a relationship in which two organisms live
    in close association with each other.
6. __________________________ is a relationship between two species in which
    both species benefit.
7. __________________________ is a relationship in which one organism
    benefits and the other is unaffected.
8. __________________________ is a symbiotic relationship in which
    one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
9. _______________________ is the organism that benefits from the host, harming it.
10.               Pollinator                       is an organism that carries pollen from
    one flower to another.
11. __________________________ is a long term evolution of two species
    because of their close interaction.

5. Explain the next concepts:

1. Camouflage: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2.- Defensive chemicals: _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
3. Warning coloring: ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________


6. Match questions and answers. 

1. What happens if the rainy season in an ecosystem is less than the one last year?
      _____
3. What happens if, in a habitat, plants cannot get enough sunlight? _____
2. What happens if climate conditions change in an ecosystem?  _____
4. Wolves’ diet includes eating rabbits. What happens if wolves disappear? _____

A. The population of rabbits increases.
B. The growth of many plants and trees will be reduced, competition will be harder.
C. Species and Populations emigrate to a better place or adapt to survive.
D. They cannot produce food, there’s no photosynthesis. 

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