Cultures of our World – Exercises for the Present Continuous & the Simple Present Tense

Denice Culqui Martinez

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D E

F G H

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Denice Culqui Martinez

J K L

LL M

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Denice Culqui Martinez

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T U V

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Cultures of our World – Exercises for the Present Continuous & the Simple Present Tense
Denice Culqui Martinez

I. Instructions: Look at the pictures above (A – Z) and in the blank space provided
immediately after each one of the sentences below (1 – 31), write the corresponding
letter of the picture that the sentence describes:

1. An Inuit mom is kissing her baby, and the Inuit daddy is holding the baby. ________
2. A group of Bedouins are competing in a camel race. ________
3. A North American man and a woman are dancing a Ranchera and kissing. ________
4. Members of a Dani clan are playing with a laptop computer. ________
5. A Maya woman is carrying a basket on her head and a man is next to her. ________
6. Three Woodabe bachelors are smiling for the picture. ________
7. A Saami mother is holding her baby and sitting among her eleven children. ________
8. A group of Maori dancers are performing a traditional Haka for tourists. ________
9. An Inuit woman is carrying her child on her back. ________
10. An Aboriginal elder is blowing his traditional Didgeridoo. ________
11. A Saami man and his reindeer are standing in front of a tent. ________
12. A Hula dancer is performing at the beach. ________
13. Five soccer players are holding their handbags and waiting for the free kick. ________
14. Four Khmer Rouge soldiers are looking at the camera with contempt. ________
15. A man and an ape are making faces in ten funny gesture close-ups. ________
16. A Rabona is asking her wounded husband’s enemy for mercy. ________
17. Three Samurai warriors are posing for a photographer. ________
18. An Aboriginal hunter is preparing a Kangaroo for dinner in front of his son. ________
19. Woodabe tribesmen are performing for their potential brides. ________
20. A tattooed Maori warrior is sticking out his tongue. ________
21. Some Dani hunters are cooking their meat under the ground. ________
22. Two Ainu women are pounding rice with their wooden clubs. ________
23. A bearded Ainu elder is posing for a picture and holding his wooden club. ________
24. An Aboriginal hunter is holding his boomerang and weapon in his right hand. ________
25. A man and a woman are dancing Tango in Buenos Aires. ________
26. A Shuar Healer is holding a Tsantsa and teaching his children about it. ________
27. Two San hunters are following the tracks of their game. ________
28. Native American warriors are riding their horses. ________
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Denice Culqui Martinez

II. Instructions: Please look at the letters placed on the world map and match the
sentences that follow with the corresponding letters to indicate the region where
some of the people in the pictures come from:

B F

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C
K
G

A D H L

E M

I N

Map Source: www.mapsofworld.com

29. The San of the Kalahari…

30. The Sioux of the plains…

31. The Woodabe nomads…

32. The Shuara of the sacred falls…

33. The Saami reindeer herders…

34. The Ainu farmers…

35. The Maori warriors…

36. The Maya peasants…

37. The Bedouin nomads of the desert…

Cultures of our World – Exercises for the Present Continuous & the Simple Present Tense
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38. The Aborigines…

39. The Inuit nomads…

40. The Samurai warriors…

41. The Dani hunters…

42. The Khmer Rouge soldiers…

43. The Hula dancers…

III. Instructions: Please write the corresponding YES/NO Question or WH-Question for
the answers provided below (NOTE: Some answers might have more than just one
correct question):
Example:
What re the Ainu women doing_____________________________________________ ?
The Ainu women are pounding rice with their wooden clubs.

44. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
The San hunters hunt kudu or giraffes once a month.
45. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
No they don’t. The Ainu farmers live in North Japan.
46. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
No, I never watch National Geographic documentaries about the Samurai.
47. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
A Woodabe woman always looks at a young bachelor’s smile and teeth.
48. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
The Inuit woman is kissing her baby.
49. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
The San hunters are carefully looking at the animal tracks.
50. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
No, she isn’t. She is dancing at the beach.
51. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, he is. The tattooed Maori warrior is sticking his tongue out.
52. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
The Khmer Rouge soldiers are looking at the camera with contempt.
53. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
He blows his traditional Didgeridoo twice a day.
54. ______________________________________________________________________ ?
The Woodabe men are dancing and smiling for their potential brides.
55. _____________________________________________________________________ ?
The Ainu farmer is wearing a kimono and holding a wooden club.
56. _____________________________________________________________________ ?
No, they aren’t. The Khmer Rouge soldiers are wearing a uniform
57. _____________________________________________________________________ ?
The Australian Aborigine is cooking a kangaroo.
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IV. Instructions: Discussion in Pairs – Look at the common geographic expressions

below, discuss them with your partner, and together try to match the human groups
from the pictures with their corresponding regions and countries:

 They live in (country name).

 The (Name of the human group) live in (country name).

REGIONS:
 It’s (located) to the north (N) of…
 It’s (located) to the south (S) of…
 It’s (located) to the east (E) of…
 It’s (located) to the west (W) of…
 It’s (located) to southeast (SE) of…
 It’s (located) to southwest (SW) of…
 It’s (located) to the northwest (NW) of…
 It’s (located) to the northeast (NE) of…

CONTINENTS & THEIR

SUB-SECTIONS:
 They live in Europe…
 They live in Northern Europe…
 They live in America…
 They live in South America…
 They live in North America…
 They live in Central America…
 The live in the Caribbean…
 They live in the Pacific Islands…
 They live in Australia…
 The live in the Arctic…
 They live in South East Asia…
 They live in Asia…
 They live in Africa…
 They live in North Africa…
 They live in South Africa…
 They live in the Middle East…

EXAMPLE:
A: Where are the San of the Kalahari?/Where do the San of the Kalahari live?

B: They live in South Africa and Namibia.

A: Where is South Africa?

B: It’s (located) to the southeast of Namibia. …(It’s to the) Southwest of

Madagascar. It’s in Africa.

A: Oh, I got it. Thanks./Oh, I see. Thanks.