Instrucciones: Responde las siguientes preguntas.

• De acuerdo con el texto, ¿qué información es correcta?

  One of the most common causes of errors in identifying the subject of a sentence is confusing it with a noun used as the object of a preposition. This kind of error can also lead to mistakes in subject–verb agreement. To avoid making this type of mistake or confusion, you first must learn to recognize prepositions and prepositional phrases. Prepositions are the short words in our language that show the position or relationship between one word and another.

  • Las preposiciones son palabras que separan las oraciones
  • Sujeto y objeto de una preposición, no se pueden confundir
  • En la oración, es común confundir el sujeto con un objeto
  • Para evitar confusión, hay que saber conjugar los verbos

• De acuerdo con el diálogo, ¿cuántos años va a cumplir el padre de A?

  A: This is a photo of my parents.
  B: How old are they?
  A: My father is 39 years old, and my mother is 35.
  B: Wow. Your father’s in a very good shape. He looks like he’s only 33 years old!
  A: That’s true. His birthday is next month. He will be 40 years old.
  

  • 33
  • 40
  • 39
  • 35

• De acuerdo con el texto, ¿qué información es correcta?

  If nouns show number by adding -s to the plural, what do verbs do to show whether a verb is singular or plural? A long time ago, English verbs had many different endings for this purpose, but most of those endings have been dropped. Today most English verbs look the same whether the subject is singular or plural: “I talk,” “we talk,” “the men talk,” “I remembered,” “they remembered,” “the class remembered,” and so on. However, there is one place where English verbs have kept a special ending to show number. That special ending is also an -s, and the place where it is added is in the present-tense singular with the subject pronouns he, she, it and with any singular noun that could replace any of these pronouns

  • Los verbos en inglés no distinguen singular del plural
  • En el pasado, los verbos tenían las mismas terminaciones
  • Se agrega “s” al verbo, si el pronombre no es he, she o it
  • Los sustantivos denotan número al agregar -s al plural

• Identifique en qué oraciones se mencionan datos personales del sujeto.

  1. My address is Pattor St. 78
  2. Your telephone isn't ringing
  3. The president isn’t a lawyer
  4. An elephant ate the apples
  • 2, 3
  • 2, 4
  • 1, 3
  • 1, 4

• Identifique en cuáles oraciones se hacen comparaciones.

  1. There are thirty-one days in September
  2. TVs are more expensive than cell phones
  3. Mice tend to be more intelligent than cats
  4. I always watch the news before breakfast
  • 2, 4
  • 1, 4
  • 1, 3
  • 2, 3