Unit 2: Countries, cultures and customs
Countries, cultures, customs, comparisons and intercultural respect.
Lecciones
Proceso de escritura
55 min
Diagnóstico
Preguntas disponibles: 8. En Smart TV se muestran como material de práctica con solución desplegable.
¿Qué versión suena más apropiada para presentar una recomendación?
- Students should check privacy settings before posting.
- Students privacy posting maybe.
- Check stuff, I guess.
- You always must never share anything, a recommendation that uses contradictory absolute words and is not clearly expressed.
Solución: La oración es completa, específica y comprensible.
¿Cuál frase pide ayuda con vocabulario?
- Why is English a language?
- Can you change the topic?
- How do you say “feria” in English?
- Do you know every word?
Solución: La pregunta solicita una palabra necesaria para continuar.
¿Cuál oración expresa una opinión y una razón?
- I prefer the train because it is more comfortable.
- The train arrives at the station before lunch.
- The train is comfortable, but the sentence gives no personal preference.
- I prefer travelling, but I do not give a reason for my choice.
Solución: La oración contiene preferencia y justificación con because.
Completa un plan: “We ___ visit the recycling centre on Friday.”
- going
- will to
- are going to
- are go to
Solución: be going to expresa un plan ya decidido.
¿Qué mejora más una presentación oral?
- Read every word as fast as possible.
- Practise the key sentences and speak at a steady pace.
- Use very long sentences you cannot control.
- Avoid looking at the audience at all times.
Solución: Practicar y controlar el ritmo favorece comprensión.
¿Cuál estrategia ayuda a conectar ideas mientras hablas?
- Use unrelated words between ideas so the listener notices each sentence.
- Avoid verbs and rely only on nouns when you want to connect ideas.
- Change tense randomly whenever you move from one idea to another.
- Use words such as first, because, but and finally.
Solución: Los conectores muestran relaciones y secuencia.
Completa correctamente: “The bus is ___ than the taxi.”
- more cheap
- cheaper
- cheapest than
- cheaply
Solución: El comparativo regular de cheap es cheaper.
¿Cuál oración da un consejo?
- You will bring a reusable bottle because the speaker predicts the future.
- You will bottle the water before the activity begins.
- You are bringing a bottle yesterday for the school activity.
- You should bring a reusable bottle.
Solución: should + verbo base expresa consejo.
Evaluación de unidad
Preguntas disponibles: 16. En Smart TV se muestran como material de práctica con solución desplegable.
Para explicar dos ventajas, ¿cuál frase está mejor organizada?
- First, the app saves time. Second, it keeps deadlines in one place.
- The app is good and things and second maybe.
- Second comes first and first after.
- There are advantages but I will not explain them.
Solución: Los marcadores first/second ordenan dos puntos.
Quieres describir “museum” sin recordar la palabra. ¿Qué opción sirve?
- It is a place where you can see art, objects and history.
- It is the place called museum, but I am repeating the missing word instead of describing what people can see or do there.
- It is a place maybe no.
- It is a transport ticket.
Solución: La descripción por función permite transmitir el concepto.
¿Cuál comparación es correcta?
- The train is more comfortable than the bus.
- The train is comfortabler than the bus.
- The train is more comfortable that the bus.
- The train more comfort than bus.
Solución: Los adjetivos largos suelen usar more + adjective + than.
Completa el first conditional: “If it rains, we ___ the activity indoors.”
- will move
- will moved
- move will
- are move
Solución: En este patrón: if + presente, will + verbo base.
¿Qué oración adapta mejor el mensaje a estudiantes de 8.º básico?
- Use the most technical vocabulary possible, even if students may not know it.
- Use a strong password that you can remember but other people cannot guess.
- Passwords exist and every student already knows everything about them.
- Use a password that is simple enough for all your classmates to guess.
Solución: La primera explica la idea con lenguaje accesible y preciso.
¿Cuál respuesta mantiene mejor una interacción?
- I agree, so there is nothing else to discuss or ask.
- I agree because this custom brings families together. What do you think?
- I disagree, but I will not explain my reason or invite a response.
- I agree with the idea and I will end the conversation immediately.
Solución: La respuesta opina, justifica y devuelve el turno con una pregunta.
¿Cuál respuesta reacciona al texto y agrega experiencia personal?
- The article contains several words about cycling and pollution, but this response only identifies the topic and adds no personal reaction.
- The article says cycling reduces pollution. I agree because I cycle to school when the weather is good.
- The article is about cycling, so I will repeat the topic without giving an opinion.
- I read the article, but I will not connect it with any personal experience.
Solución: La respuesta conecta información del texto con una experiencia y una razón.
¿Cuál oración describe correctamente una dirección?
- Go straight and turned left tomorrow.
- Go straight and turn left at the library.
- Going straight left library because.
- You straight to lefting.
Solución: La forma imperativa es adecuada para dar indicaciones.
En una presentación, ¿qué frase muestra una comparación clara?
- This tool simple, old and free, and those words are enough to compare two systems without using a clear comparative structure.
- Everything is better always.
- This tool is simpler than the old system, but both are free.
- The systems are exactly different.
Solución: La oración compara un criterio y agrega contraste.
Si pronuncias mal una palabra pero el mensaje se entiende, ¿qué estrategia es razonable?
- Restart the entire conversation every time.
- Stop after every small error.
- Correct it briefly if needed and continue speaking.
- Avoid using the word forever.
Solución: La fluidez mejora cuando se corrigen errores relevantes sin cortar toda la interacción.
¿Cuál comparativo irregular es correcto?
- gooder
- more good
- better
- best than
Solución: El comparativo irregular de good es “better”; no se forma con -er ni con more.
¿Cuál pregunta sirve para pedir una cantidad?
- How much volunteers are coming?
- How volunteers many?
- How many volunteers are coming?
- How old volunteers coming?
Solución: How many se usa con sustantivos contables en plural.
¿Cuál cierre invita a una acción concreta?
- Before you leave, remember that devices are used for many different purposes.
- Devices are useful, so no specific action is needed after this presentation.
- Before you leave, think about technology in general without checking any setting.
- Before you leave, check one privacy setting on your own device.
Solución: El cierre propone una acción relacionada directamente con el tema.
¿Qué opción muestra mejor autonomía al hablar?
- Wait until you know every possible word.
- Translate every sentence completely in your head before speaking, even if this makes the interaction stop for a long time.
- Avoid asking any question.
- Use familiar vocabulary, paraphrase when necessary and ask for clarification.
Solución: Combinar recursos permite sostener la comunicación aun con vocabulario limitado.
¿Qué expresión introduce una opinión de forma clara?
- At opinion in
- Opinion because the
- Very opinion
- In my opinion
Solución: “In my opinion” introduce explícitamente un punto de vista.
¿Cuál oración expresa preferencia?
- I rather walking than taxi.
- I will rather to walk.
- I prefer than walking taxi.
- I would rather walk than take a taxi.
Solución: would rather + verbo base + than expresa preferencia.