FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES

MODERN LANGUAGES - BASIC BUSINESS ENGLISH II

SELF STUDY GUIDE 1
DATE WEEK 4
TOPIC WORD FORMATION REVIEW, GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, PARTS OF A SENTENCE,
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

ALLOTED TIME 6 HOURS

COMPETENCY IDENTIFYING WORD FORMATION, GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES AND PARTS OF A
SENTENCE
DESCRIBING ROUTINES AND CURRENT EVENTS

AIM POINTER STUDENTS IDENTIFY AND USE GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES AND PARTS OF A
SENTENCE APPROPRIATELY
STUDENTS USE THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

I.Reading

A. Read the following text. Then use the words in capital letters to derive a word which fits in
each line gap. There is an example given:

ME AND MY JOB

The Palace is a busy provincial (PROVINCE) theatre with usually a month gap between shows.

Once I have the _measurement_ (MEASURE) of all the actors, I can start work.

It’s a _creativity____ (CREATE) job and I get a lot of ____pleased___(PLEASE) out of making and
adapting the clothes needed for each production.

_____patience______ (PATIENT) is essential in the weeks leading up to new

productions as the actors can be very ____demandant_____ (DEMAND). It’s probably only due to
nerves

and the fact that they must feel __comfortable__ (COMFORT) with what they’re wearing.

Overall, it’s an ___enjoyed__ (ENJOY) job and, although the pay isn’t brilliant, there is plenty of

__varied__ (VARY). But money is less important to me than a job __satisfied___ (SATISFY).

It isn’t essential to have ____qualified____ (QUALIFY) to get a job like this but you do have to be

skilled.
B.Fill in the following chart with the words above and explain what the changes were. There
is an example given:

GIVEN WORD GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE

PROVINCE NOUN PROVINCIAL( ADJECTIVE)
MEASURE NOUN MEASUREMENT(NOUN)
CREATE ACTION VERB CREATIVITY(ADJETIVE)
PLEASE ACTION VERB PLEASED(ADJECTIVE)
PATIENT ARTICLE PATIENCE(NOUN)
DEMAND ACTION VERB DEMANDANT(ADJECTIVE)
COMFORT NOUN COMFORTABLE(ADJECTIVE)
ENJOY ACTION VERB ENJOYED(ADJETIVE)
VARY ACTION VERB VARIED(ADJECTIVE)
SATISFY ACTION VERB SATISFIED(ADJECTIVE)
QUALIFY ACRION VERB QUALIFIED(ADJECTIVE)

C.Find in the text above:

-an example of an article: An

-an example of a noun: Theatre

-an example of a pronoun: I

-an example of an auxiliary verb: Is

-an example of an action verb: Enjoy

-an example of an adjective: Comfortable

-an example of an adverb: Usually

-an example of a preposition: Of

-an example of a conjunction: Although

-an example of a connector: And

D. Read the following sentences and underline the SUBJECT once, the PREDICATE twice
and circle the VERB:

a. The company sells dairy products worldwide, but it also imports raw material from Canada.

b. What the CEO agrees with has nothing to do with this final decision.

C. The assistants are making the yearly financial report.

d. Mrs. Wilson doesn´t often call our company clients, so she usually sends them e- mails.

e. The engineers aren´t making the proposal for the project which has presented in our monthly
meeting.

II.Grammar

A.Complete the sentences with these words and phrases:

hypermarket spends try it on discount pay (x2) customers online

shopping price

0. Can you _pay_ for it?

1. Is there a __discount________ on this coat?

2. I want to ___try it on_______ before I buy it.

3. I don’t like shops so I do _online_________.

4. It’s bigger than a supermarket, it’s a __hypermarket________.

5. George _spends__ £100 a week on magazines.

6. How would you like to ___pay_______ for the ticket?

7. Can you tell me the ____price______ of this jacket?

8. How many ___costumers_______ do you have every day.

B.Put the words in the right order to make sentences:

0. going to are we the park .

_We are going to the park._

1. this is at happening school what week ?

_______What is happening at school this week__________________

2. Germany president visiting today the is .

________The Germany president is visiting today_________________

3. studying much not at am moment I the .

_________I am not studying much at the moment.________________

4. at staying hotel is a Maria?

____Is Maria staying at hotel._____________________

5. lorry to shop driving is the he the .

____He is driving to shop the lorry._____________________

6. it raining today not is .

______It isn’t raining today._________________

C.Complete these sentences in the Simple Present tense or the Present Continuous tense.
0. The train leave now. ___The train is leaving now?__

1. He can not play tennis. He can’t play tennis__

2. What you do this week? What are you doing this week_
3. What time the train leave on Saturdays? What time does the train leave on Saturdays?

4. The bus arrive now. The bus is arriving now

5. The house not have a big kitchen. The house has a big kitchen __

6. I study Biology this year. _I am studying Biology this year__

7. I not smoke. __I doesn’t smoke_______

8. Ola not buy many clothes these days. Ola doesn’t buy many clothes these days

D. Complete this email:

From: Paul Smith

To: Mary Jones

Subject: Hi!

(0)_Dear_ Mary

(1)___How___ are things? I (2)_want know__ you are OK. I am staying at the Warsaw Hyatt Hotel
at the moment (3)_____and too_____ Sarah is staying there. The weather is very cold (4)__so___
Sarah and I are staying in the hotel all the time. It’s very boring. We (5) __don’t___ know what to
do. Can you give me (6)____your___ ideas? I am at the hotel all day today (7)___so that__ please
call me.

See you (8)__soon__.

Paul