Cultura y noticias hispanas del Valle del Hudson
Suplemento Educativo
Supplemento Educativo- Inglés
January 2004
Talking with your child’s teachers
DIALOGUES:
Registering the kids for school.
Ximena: Excuse me, I need to register my children for school.
Tom: OK, how many kids do you have?
Ximena: Three.
Tom: How old are they?
Ximena: They are ten, thirteen, and fifteen years old.
Tom: What is the ten-year-old’s name?
Ximena: His name is Roberto Gonzales Garcia.
Tom: OK. Roberto will be in the fifth grade, in Mr. Clark’s class.
Talking with teachers.
Mr. Clark: Hello Ms. Garcia. I wanted to talk to you because Roberto is having trouble in English class.
Ximena: What does he need to do?
Mr. Clark: He needs to do his homework on time. Right now he has a D in the class.
Ximena: A “D”?! I didn’t know.
Mr. Clark: He gets an assignment every Monday, and it is due every Friday.
Ximena: I didn’t know. I’ll talk to him.
Mr. Clark: If he needs help with his homework, we can get a tutor.
Ximena: Thank you…
VERBS
Present (presente) Past (pasado) Past Participle (participio) En Español
VOCABULARY En Español
PHRASES En Español
EXERCICES
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb from the above list.
Llene los espacios con el verbo cierto de la lista de arriba.
Answers:
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DIALOGUES:
Registering the kids for school.
Ximena: Excuse me, I need to register my children for school.
Tom: OK, how many kids do you have?
Ximena: Three.
Tom: How old are they?
Ximena: They are ten, thirteen, and fifteen years old.
Tom: What is the ten-year-old’s name?
Ximena: His name is Roberto Gonzales Garcia.
Tom: OK. Roberto will be in the fifth grade, in Mr. Clark’s class.
Talking with teachers.
Mr. Clark: Hello Ms. Garcia. I wanted to talk to you because Roberto is having trouble in English class.
Ximena: What does he need to do?
Mr. Clark: He needs to do his homework on time. Right now he has a D in the class.
Ximena: A “D”?! I didn’t know.
Mr. Clark: He gets an assignment every Monday, and it is due every Friday.
Ximena: I didn’t know. I’ll talk to him.
Mr. Clark: If he needs help with his homework, we can get a tutor.
Ximena: Thank you…
VERBS
Present (presente) Past (pasado) Past Participle (participio) En Español
To have (she/he has) To be able to To do (she/he does) To get (she/he gets) To know (she/he knows) To need (she/he needs) | had could did got knew needed | had been able to done gotten known needed | Tener Poder Hacer Obtener/conseguir/entender Saber/conocer Necesitar |
VOCABULARY En Español
Register grade | Matricular Año en el colegio/ nota |
Excuse me. How many Class How old are they? Trouble Ten-year-old Homework On time Assignment Right now To have a D (A, B, C, F) Due every Friday | Permiso. Cuantos Clase ¿Cuántos años tienen? Problemas El que tiene 10 anos Tarea En la hora cierta Tarea asignada En este momento; ahorita Tener una D (o otra nota; A es la mejor y F la peor) Para los viernes |
EXERCICES
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb from the above list.
Llene los espacios con el verbo cierto de la lista de arriba.
- Roberto _________ help with his homework.
- Roberto’s friend James _________ help him.
- Ximena did not _________that Roberto needed help.
- Now Roberto _________a friend to help him.
- Sometimes I don’t understand English. I am having _________with it.
- Yesterday I _________to take classes at an English school.
- Now that I understand English, I can help my kids with their _________.
- My son Miguel is in the 4th _________at school.
- My kids are 3 years old and 5 years old. Do you have kids? _________?
- We leave the house at 6:00 in the morning so the kids will get to school _________.
- _________, where is the Main Office?
- Yeni needs to leave school _________, because she has a doctor’s appointment at 2:00. We want to get there _________.
Answers:
- Needs 2. Can 3. Know 4. Has 5. Trouble 6. Register 7. Homework 8. Grade 9. How old are they? 10. On time 11. Excuse me. 12. Right now… on time.
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