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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Reported Speech. Statements and Questions.


John: I haven’t been to Santiago.


Maria: Do you like dancing?


Peter: I didn’t study for the exam!

Anna: Did you come to classes yesterday?


Lucy: I saw a ghost last night.

Paul: How old is your mother?


Anna: I heard a girl singing.

Mark: Do you want to go out tonight?


Lucy: I ran after the boy.


Rick: When did you see Peter?

Gaby: I won’t say anything.

Tom: Were you alone last night?


Mark: I don’t believe in ghosts.

Paul: Can you play a guitar?


Peter: They aren’t my friends.


Fred: What have you done?

Gaby: I was at school at 6.

John: Did you know him?


Paul and John: We will wash the dishes.

Lucy: Did you eat spaghetti for lunch?

Mark: I lost my jacket.

Rick: Why don’t you like me?


Paul: I didn’t practice English.


Lucy: Are you scared?

Anna: I will see you tomorrow.


Mary: Have you tried Chinese food?

Lucy: My dog disappeared!


Jim: When is the ceremony?

James: Tom is waiting for us.


Peter: How long did you talk to my sister?

Fred: I finished my report.

John: Where have you been?


Paul: I have had this problem before.


John: Who is him?

Tom: I will work here.

Anna: Is she your friend?


Paul: I feel sick.


George: Are you listening to me?

Richard: I can’t help you now.


John: Will you call me tomorrow?

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Pre test Reported Speech.

Pre-Test on Reported Speech.





Objective: To apply Reported Speech to provide information given by another person..





I.              Transform the following statements to Indirect Speech.





1)   John: "Tom was on time yesterday."
John said that Tom had been on time the day before.



2)   Max: "Frank comes everyday here."
Max told me that Frank came everyday there.



3)   Susan: "I didn’t buy anything."
Susan said that She hadn’t bought anything.



4)   Simon: "David will finish the report."
Simon said that David would finish the report.



5)   Peggy: "People can help more."
Peggy said that People could help more.



6)   Richard: "I’m tired."
Richard said that he was tired.





II.            Report the following questions.



1)   Christopher: "Are you ready to start?"
Christopher asked me if I was ready to start.
2)   Betty: "Why do you read these books?"
Betty asked why I read those books.

3)   Mark: "Have you eaten Thai food?"
Mark asked me if I had eaten Thai food.
4)   Ronald: "Were you waiting for me?"
Ronald asked me if I had been waiting for him.

5)   Elisabeth: "Do you enjoy x-games?"
Elisabeth asked me if I enjoyed x-games.
6)   Mandy: "Who do you live with?"
Mandy asked who I lived with.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Masque of the red death: Questionnaire.

1.- Who was not afraid of the Red Death?

2.- Who does Prince Prospero invite to his castle?

3.- Why could nobody enter or escape from the castle?

4.- What were the colours of the sevenroomsin the castle?

5.- What was against the wall in the last room?

6.- What do people notice while the clock is chiming midnight?

7.- What was the stranger wearing?

8.- How does the prince feel when he sees the stranger?

9.- Why didn’t anyone want to touch the stranger?

10.- What happens when the stranger turns and looks at the prince?

11.- What was inside the stranger’s clothes and mask?

12.- What was left in the castle when the clock stopped chiming?

Worksheet: "Chinchorro Culture"

WORKSHEET

“THE CHINCHORRO CULTURE”

           



I.              Read the following statements. Correct the inaccurate ones.



1.    Chinchorro culture was developed after the Incan Empire.

2.    Chinchorro culture was sophisticated in all aspects.

3.    Max Uhle was a German investigator.

4.    Mummies are created artificially only.

5.    Chinchorro started to inhabit the area 7,000 years A.C.

6.    Egyptians first removed the extremities.





II.            Find the meaning of the words in column B.



A                                                        B

1. Springs                                         ____a necessity of something.

2. Lungs                                           ____ powerful, relevant.

3. Withstanding                               ____ people without a specific place to live.

4. Effigies                                         ____ big.

5. Natron                                          ____ Flow of water.

6. Circa                                             ____a body in which liquids have been extracted.

7. Village                                          ____ family, close friends.

8. Lack                                              ____ around, not accurate.

9. Care                                              ____ in spite of.

10.Mighty                                         ____ collector.

11.Nomad                                        ____ figure.

12.Dessicated                                 ____Human organ.

13.Folks                                            ____ importance.

14.Large                                           ____ a small town.

15.Gatherer                                      ____ drying salt.



III.           Define the following words in English.



1.    (to) inhabit:



2.    Glimpse



3.    (to) stuff:



4.    Scholar:



5.    Mummy:



IV.          Put the events in the correct order.



a.    Nomads start to settle down   _____

b.    Child of Cerro del Plomo is found. ______

c.    Max uhle published his discoveries. ______

d.    Chinchorro abandoned their elaborate practices. ______

e.    Technological achievements appear in Arica.______













V.           Complete the text with the missing words in the box.



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Mummies are desiccated________, whether created by ___________l processes or _________ manipulation by folks who want to preserve the body.  The _________ of Guanajuato are an example of naturally __________ bodies as are the dry bodies commonly found in the coastal desert of ________________.  A cold and dry climate can also produce mummies such as the __________ of the Cerro Del Plomo found in 1954 in the peaks of the hills that surround Santiago. Ampato Mountains of __________ are other cases of semi-freeze-dried of frozen bodies.

            In comparison with natural mummification artificial mummification does not leave the _______________ to chance or to the capriciousness of nature.  Relatives or specialists intentionally perform a series of procedures in order to ________ decomposition of the cadaver.  Egyptians first removed the internal organs, such as the ________, lungs, and intestines because they decompose quickly.  Next they _________ the cavities with natron, a drying salt found along the banks of the Nile River.  Then they covered the entire body with balsam and a linen __________. 

            The natural mummified bodies often have intact internal organs permitting the study of ____________related issues of the individual and populations of the past.  Artificial mummification, on the other hand, allows us a ____________ of what was important in death rituals and the techniques of dissection and conservation used by specialists in order to create intentional mummies.





VI.          Answer the following questions.





1.    How are the Chinchorro different from the Egyptians?













2.    Who are Iván Muñoz and Juan Chacama?











3.    What do we understand by “internal organs”?











4.    Explain the process of mummification.













5.    Explain the scholars’ theory.