UNIDADES TECNOLOGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE - ENGLISH 2

Skill or linguistic content: Grammar and vocabulary. Description: Reinforce the use and structure of
collocations, auxiliary verbs, WH- questions and generalization words. Unit: 1 Lesson: 1
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________
COLLOCATIONS
A collocation is two or more words that often go together, like "hard work" or "make a
mistake". Collocations sound "right" or "natural" to native speakers.
Look at these examples:
natural English... unnatural English...
the fast train the quick train
fast food quick food
a quick shower a fast shower
a quick meal a fast meal
There are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. We will
focus on: -verb + preposition. Examples:
✓ look at (She is looking at a photo.)
✓ listen to (They are listening to the radio.)
✓ pay for (Your shoes are nice. How much did you pay for them?)

A. Read the function/use and write the collocation that matches.

You use this collocation to…
• tell what you are obsessed with. → ____________________________
• talk about an activity in which you excel and have mastery of it. → ____________________________
• state the topics you discuss with people. → ____________________________
• say what you care or it is important for you. → ____________________________
• express the function/purpose you give to something. → ____________________________
• say what makes you feel concerned. → ____________________________
• tell what you are part of. → ____________________________
• state the way you invest your earnings. → ____________________________

B. Use the previous collocations to write (invent) new original sentences.

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AUXILIARY VERBS
Auxiliary verbs are also known as 'helping verbs'.
The three most common auxiliary verbs are:
be, do and have
Auxiliary Present Past
verb I, you, we, they he, she, it I, you, we, they he, she, it
DO Do Does Did
HAVE Have Has Had

WH- QUESTIONS WORDS

Question words are also called wh- questions because they include the letters 'W' and 'H'.
STRUCTURE

Negative sentences
DO/DOES/DID + NOT. You can use contractions.
✓ She doesn’t (does NOT) play volleyball. She plays basketball.
✓ We didn’t (did NOT) travel in the morning.

Yes/No questions and short answers

Question: Auxiliary verb + subject + verb + rest of the sentence. Answer: yes/no + subject + auxiliary verb
(positive or negative).
✓ Do they have a party? Yes, they do / No, they don’t.
✓ Did she study for the exam? Yes, she did / No, she didn’t.

Information questions
WH- question word + Auxiliary verb + subject + verb + rest of the sentence.
✓ Where do they have a party? They have a party in the company they work for.
✓ How did she study for the exam? She solved 20 exercises from the workbook.

C. Match the WH- question word with its use and icon.
What Options
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Where People
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When Objects 🙂
Which Reasons
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How Places / locations 
Why Manner
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Who Time / Dates
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D. Put in order the words to write yes/no questions.
1) play / you / any sport / do / ? → ________________________________________________________
2) a pet / have/ do / you / ? → ____________________________________________________________
3) you / this morning / eat / did / breakfast / ? → ______________________________________________
4) Have / you / abroad / travelled / ? → _____________________________________________________

E. Complete the questions with the proper WH- words.

5) _______________ do you live?
6) _______________ do you come to class?
7) _______________ do you study?
8) _______________ were you born?

F. Answer the previous questions so they are true for you.

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