3rd. Polimodal. Teacher: Raquel Griffiths

Practice 1..
a) Translate.
"In fifteen years, computers changed from clunky boxes to multimedia marvels. However, They are still expensive and difficult to use... At a survey conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the most important invention for American People was the car. Only 8% of people mentioned the P.C. "The simplicity is the Key", says Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation. Do you want to devote your life to reading the user manual?", asks David Gelernter, professor of computer science at Yale University."
B) Complete True or False. Correct the false ones.
1) Now, computers are very easy to use.
2) The text is about Transportation
.3) The principal invention for American peoples was the car.
4) Eighty per cent of American people mentioned the P.C.
5) Computers are difficult to use.

c) Make Int. and Neg. from these sentences.
1) The sun is shining.
2) Martin has recently moved to another town.
3) Marcos and his wife arrived here yesterday.
4) Susan goes to hospital every Monday.
5) Mary will work very hard next week.

d) Complete with Conditional "Type 1".
1) If you don't hurry up, we .......................
2) If you haven't got the concert ticket, they ..................
3) If you go to the cinema this weekend, you ..................
4) If I don't work, I ................
5) If ........................, I will not go on a camping day.

E) Complete with Conditional "Type 2".
1) If you found a wallet with money in it, you .................
2) If you saw a boy with his hand in someone's bag, .............................
3) If someone was lost, I ..............................
4) If I had much money, I .............................
5) If I missed the bus, I ...............................

F) Make 5 questions about this text. (in english)
"What do you know about Mapuche Indians?Most live in Chile, but a large population settled in the Andes in Argentina after the Spanish Conquest (1540). The chilean Mapuche resisted control during the Spanish colonial and early republican periods. They wer finally pacified and settled on more than 3,000 small reservations between 1884 and 1912. Today they are the largest indigenous society in South America, with a population of about 675,000. Many of the younger generation migrate to towns to become labourers. The reservation system has helped to perpuate traditional Mapuche Society and culture."