UNIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
HOMEWORK UNIT 1 – DDI009

LISTENING (15 MARKS)

Exercise 1 Questions 1-3 (5 points each)

You will watch a video about “Healthy Eating and Active Living: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice”.
You will find this video in the folder RESOURCES HOMEWORK. After watching the talk, answer the following
questions in a maximum of three lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2-H7botZBg

1. What are the consequences of living in a particular place according to the video? Explain your answer.
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2. Why is almost impossible to be a healthy person? Give examples.

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3. According to the video, what can you do to avoid bad unhealthy habits and the positive thing about it?

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READING (10 MARKS)

Exercise 2 – Questions 1-2 (5 each)

Read the text and for questions 1 to 8, match each sentence with the person who might say it.

Why do people collect?

Petra Engels owns 19,571 erasers, Carol Vaughn has 1,221
bars of soap, and Ralf Shrőder has a collection of 14,502
packets of sugar. Many people love to collect things, but
why? Psychologists and collectors have different opinions.

The psychologist Carl Jung believed that collecting is part

of our ancient human history. Thousands of years ago,
humans collected nuts and berries. They kept them
carefully and ate them when there was no food. The best
collectors survived long cold winters or seasons without
rain. Their genes passed to future generations. Nowadays,
we still have a collecting instinct.

Historian Philipp Bloom has a different opinion. He thinks

collectors want to make something that will remain after their death. By bringing many similar items together, the
collector gains historical importance. Sometimes their collections become museums or libraries, for example, Henry
Huntington, who founded a library in Los Angeles to house his collection of books.

Author Steve Roach thinks that people collect things to remember their childhood. Many children collect things, but few
have enough money to buy the things they really want, and they lose interest. In later life, they remember their collections
fondly. Now, they have enough money and opportunity to find special items, and they start collecting again. This way,
they can re-live and enjoy their childhood years.
Art collector, Werner Muensterberger, agrees that collecting is linked to childhood. But he believes we collect in order to
feel safe and secure. While babies hold blankets or toys to feel safe when their mother isn’t there, adults collect things to
stop feeling lonely or anxious.

Autograph collector Mark Baker agrees that collecting is emotional, but he doesn’t collect to reduce anxiety. “For me, it’s
the excitement,” he says. “I love trying to get a famous person’s autograph. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I fail.
Also, by collecting autographs, I feel connected to famous people. I don’t just watch them on television. I actually meet
them.”

1. According to the article why do people collect? Make a list.

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2. Write a short paragraph about 3 things that you would like to collect and why?
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LANGUAGE USE (25 MARKS)

PART ONE – 5 marks (0,5 mark each)

Fill in the chart for yourself. Then look at the example. Choose and write TEN sentences from the chart:

Always Usually Often Sometimes Never

Tom You Tom You Tom You Tom You Tom You
Drink fizzy drinks *
buy fast food *
play tennis *
eat sweets *
watch TV in the evenings *
save money *
listen to cassettes *
play computer games *

Example: Tom always drinks fizzy drinks.

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

PART TWO – 5 marks ( 0, 5 mark each)

Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Susan usually ………………. 1. (go) to school by bus, but now she …………………….. 2. (go) to school by train.
Mary often ……………….. 3. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she ………………………. 4. (not / read).
The boys usually ………………… 5. (ride) their bikes to school. They ……………………………… 6. (like / ride) their bikes. They are
very naughty boys. They always …………………… 7. (go) to school late. Today their teacher …………………. 8. (be) very angry,
because they are late again. Mary ……………………….. 9. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she ……………. 10. (have) coffee
with a lot of sweets and chocolate.
 PART THREE – 5 marks (1 mark each)

Complete each sentence with the correct past tense of be. Use contractions when possible.
Example: How long ____was____ the concert?

1. How the meals you had while you were gone?

2. No one went with me. I by myself the whole time.

3. Where you when I stopped by your house?

4. I felt fine. I sick at all.

5. They in class yesterday. They stayed home.

PART FOUR – Questions 5 (1 mark each)

Choose the word from the box that best matches each definition. Not all the words from the
box will be used.

bumpy scary scenic comfortable boring relaxing exciting unusual cold

Example: not common; strange. _______unusual________

6. causing you to feel afraid.

7. unfriendly.

8. making you feel calm and peaceful.

9. pretty; interesting to see.

10. not interesting

PART FIVE – Questions 5 (1 mark each)

Each sentence contains one verb that is incorrect. Write the word correctly on the blank line.

11. They had fun when they seen new animals and found new plants. _____________

12. We visited museums and went everywhere yesterday, so we sleep very well last night.

13. She gone to the beach, swam in the ocean, and took a lot of pictures.

14. I changed my plans and stayed longer in Rome, so I spend more money.

15. He leave home so early that he never drank his coffee or ate breakfast.
 WRITING PRODUCTION – 10 MARKS

Write about your last vacation. Try to use the ideas in the boxes and use the
adjectives words from the boxes. It must have a beginning, middle and end. Use the
narrative tense. Past Simple

Finally, pay special attention to punctuation, capital letters, tenses and spelling.
Remember to write between 100- 110 words. Include a photo of the movies you
mention.

Awesome - Great - Incredible –

 The trip/the flight/the bus
 The weather/The food/ the hotel Nice – Perfect – Scenic –
 The activities/ Shopping
 Entertainment Terrific – Wonderful - Beautiful -
 The places you visit
Boring - Cool Excellent
 The server
 Your luggage Famous - Fantastic - Great
 The money that you spent

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