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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
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
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.
 
  1. Roberto _________ help with his homework.
  2. Roberto’s friend James _________ help him.
  3. Ximena did not _________that Roberto needed help.
  4. Now Roberto _________a friend to help him.
 
  1. Sometimes I don’t understand English. I am having _________with it.
  2. Yesterday I _________to take classes at an English school.
  3. Now that I understand English, I can help my kids with their _________.
  4. My son Miguel is in the 4th _________at school.

  1. My kids are 3 years old and 5 years old. Do you have kids? _________?
  2. We leave the house at 6:00 in the morning so the kids will get to school _________.
  3. _________, where is the Main Office?
  4. Yeni needs to leave school _________, because she has a doctor’s appointment at 2:00. We want to get there _________.


   Answers:
  1. 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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