PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA

WORKSHOP LEVEL 1
STUDENTS NAME: ____________________________________________

VOCABULARY
Complete the sentences with appropriate words from the box below. Write the
corresponding letter in the space provided.
A. grandson B. taking C. delicious D. journalist E. nephew
F. Germany G. Swiss H. tuna I. sunbathing J. friendly K.
expensive L. postman M. cousin N. cheap O. niece P.
reading
1. I cant buy this car. It is really _____.
2. My _____ Sue is my brothers daughter.
3. We love this city because people are very _____ .
4. Janet writes for a newspaper, shes a famous _____ .
5. Arnold isnt from our country, hes _____ .
6. We like _____ photographs in our free time.
7. The food at that restaurant is _____ ! I loved that lasagna.
8. My sisters daughter is coming to the party, but her brother my ____ Pete isnt.
9. In the kitchen theres a good _____ salad for you.
10. Theyre from ____, but their pronunciation is perfect in English.
GRAMMAR (1)
Tina Pavlova is a famous sportswoman. She told us about a typical day in her life. Read the
text and complete the missing information with the appropriate form of the verbs in
parentheses.

Her days are really tiring. She _______________ (get up) at 6.00 oclock and _______________
(have a shower). Then her aunt _______________ (make) breakfast for her and at about 6.45 she
_______________ (have breakfast). She ________________ (not eat) much because she has to
train hard for three hours at the slope. At 7.15 she drives to the training place and practices until
10.30. When her coach leaves, she changes her clothes and _______________ (go) to college
where she has classes until 4.00 p.m. Thats why she often eats some salad and a sandwich for
lunch but not everyday because sometimes she can go home at noon and eats with her relatives.
In the afternoon she __________ (return) to the gym and practices from 4.30 till 6.30.
In the evenings, she says, I get home at around 7.00 or 7.30 and take a shower again. Later
my aunt, my cousins and I _______________ (have dinner). After that I _______________
(start) doing my college assignments for the next day and I usually go to bed at 11 or 12 p. m.

Tina _______________ (not have) much free time, but she says she is very happy with her
present life.
GRAMMAR (2)
Check your knowledge in question making by unscrambling the words in order to ask
appropriate questions about Tinas life. Write the corresponding letters in the space
provided.
1. bed what does time she go to ?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
_____
2. when breakfast she have does ?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
_____
3. who with does she dinner have ?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
_____
4. she the gym does how go to ?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
_____
5. she usually have lunch at home - does?
__________________________________________________________________ ?
_____
READING (1)
Read about Tina again and choose the correct answer for the questions from the grammar
section 2. Write the corresponding letter in front of each question.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

with her parents.

when she finishes her homework
with her family.
walking.
at 7.00 or 7.30 p.m.
sometimes only.
by car.
before 7.00 a.m.
usually.
at home with her aunt.

READING (2)
Read about Tinas routines and write T (true), F (false) or NI (no information) in the space
provided. Sometimes you have to infer the correct answer using the context.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

_____ The best heading for this article is Tina, a busy sportswoman.
_____ We can conclude that Tina doesnt have any brothers or sisters.
_____ Tina doesnt usually have a big lunch.
_____ Tinas coach probably stops the practice at about 10.40
_____ She is often late to class because of her training in the morning.

WRITING
Write a ten-line informal letter to a pen friend in another country. Write about the
place where you live, what you do, your abilities, your hobbies, your family, etc.
Take into account the organization of a letter.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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LISTENING
Click on the following links and do the exercises. Then send them to
www.edmodo.com
1. http://www.inglesmundial.com/Ingles_Basico_Leccion4/Ingles_Basico_Leccion4_Co
mprensionOral.html
2. http://www.inglesmundial.com/Ingles_Basico_Leccion5/Ingles_Basico_Leccion5_Co
mprensionOral.html
3. http://www.adelescorner.org/listening/Australia/Australia.html