Ingles A2

Activity 3
Writing Assignment

Sujeila Sánchez del Valle

Karen Polo Montaño
Jaider Cervantes Gamero
Luis Fernando Martínez
Jafet Caleb Martínez

Vladimir Ahumada Blanco

Docente

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD

Colombia, Octubre 7 de 2
 Grammar Explanations
Chart 1

GRAMMAR TOPIC EXPLANATION/STRUCTURE/EXAMPLES

Present simple Use Present Simple:

To express habits and routines, general facts, repeated
actions or situations, emotions and permanent desires:
I smoke (habit); I work in London (stay); London is a large
city (general fact).
Examples
Habits and routines:
-He drinks tea at breakfast.
-She only eats fish.
-They watch television regularly.

Present Progressive Use of the Present Progressive:

-Actions happening at the moment of speaking
Example: Xue is reading about gramar topics.
-Fixed plans in the near future
Example: Im going to dance on Friday.
-Temporary Actions
Example: im working in medellin this month.
-Trends
Example: More and more people are using their computers
to listen to music.
-Repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with
always, constantly, forever)
Example: Mariajose is constantly waking up late.
 -Actions happening around the moment of speaking
(longer actions)
Example: My friends is preparing for his exams.

There is/are
We use there is for singular and there are for plural.

For example:

The structure is:

There is/are + subject + complement

There is a cat in the table

There is a hospital down the street

There is a woman at the window.

There are many dogs in the park

There are several cars in the street

There are five students in the course

In negative sentences you can use there is and there

are:

There isn´t a cat in the table

There isn´t a hospital down the street

There isn´t a woman at the window.

There aren´t many dogs in the park

 There aren´t several cars in the street

There aren’t five students in the course

For interrogative questions:

Is there a cat in the table?

Is there a hospital down the street?

Is there a woman at the window?

Are there many dogs in the park?

Are there several cars in the street?

Are there five students in this course?

Frequency adverbs Explanation:

The frequencies we refer to are those adverbs that are used

to express the periodicity with which an action is
performed, that is, when we want to talk about how often
we do something, or how often something happens. One of
the main problems that Spanish speakers find to use
frequency adverbs in English correctly, has to do with the
position in which we must place them in a sentence.

Rules for using frequency adverbs in English.

 With the adverbs of frequency in English, you must be
especially careful, since they can not be placed anywhere
in the sentence. Depending on the type of verb we will use
it in one position or another, taking into account that, as
almost everything in English also exists some exception

In the case of adverbs of frequency, the general rule is that

they are placed before the verb:

I always go to bed at 10 pm.

She never says “good morning” when she arrives at the
office.

As you can see the basic structure of the sentence would

be: Subject + Frequency Adverb + Main Verb + Add-ons

In the case that the adverbs of frequency accompany the

verb to be, they will be placed behind:

She is always happy.

You are never on time.

In this case, the structure is different from the previous

one: Subject + Word Be + Frequency Adverb + Add-ons

The connectors are elements that put in connection

different parts of a writing or different texts
Connectors in writing
There are many kinds of connector:
Contrast: But, yet, althought, on the other hand,while
Addition: Futhermore, as well as, instead of, besides
Example: Such as, one such example is
Sequence: first of all, then, finally
Time: once, before, after
Result: as result of, therefore, thus, for this reason
Cause: Because of, as since, due to, thanks to, in order to
 Practical Exercises
Chart 2

GRAMMAR TOPIC EXERCISES

The man takes a shower in the morning.

Present Simple
The kid dress up after the shower.

She wakes up very late.

She get up very early every morning.

She goes to school.

He has a breakfast with cereal.

The boy brush his this after the breakfast.

She cooks a delicious soup.

The man watch tv in his couch.

She makes her homework in the desk.

The man on the grass is reading. The man is

Present progressive not walking.

The guy with guitar is playing. The guy is

not dancing.

The girl es riding bike. The girl is not

eating.

The photographer is taking the foto. He is

not running.

The women is taking a walk with her dog.

She is not taking the foto.

The guy is jogging. He is not taking a nap.

The guy is flying a kite. He is not sleeping.

 The guy in the blue skirt is working on the
computer. He is not playing guitar.

The girl with a book is resting. She is not

running.

The girl with dog is looking arround. She is

not having food.

There is/are Affirmative sentences:

There is a bowl with strawberry in the

refrigerator

There are two bottle of milk below the

tomatoes

There are two eggplants next to the broccoli

There are two peppers in the fridge

There are sausages and ham in the fridge

Negative sentences:

There isn´t eigth eggs in the fridge

There aren´t two oranges next to eggs

There isn´t chocolate in the fridge

Interrogative sentences:

Are there two oranges in the fridge?

Is there a lot of broccoli next to eggplants?

Frequency adverbs Five Questions About Me Exercise

1. How often do you play soccer?

R/ I play soccer on the weekend
 2. How often do I go to the gym?
R/ I'm going to the gym every other day

3. How often do you eat fast foods?

R/ like fast foods Sometimes

4. How often do I scold my friends?

R/ I visit my friends every fifty days

5. How often do I go to church?

R/ I go to church on Sundays

Five questions about a member of your

family:

1. How often do you go to the movies with

your brothers?
R / I go to the movies with my brothers
whenever I can

2. How often do you play soccer with your

father?
R/ I play football with my father when we
rest in our Jobs

3. How often do you go out with your

cousins?
R/ I go out with my cousins every fortnight

4. How often do you share ideas with your

father?
R/ I share ideas whenever we talk

5. How often do you talk to your aunts?

R/ I talk to my aunts always

Connectors in writing
Examples:
I need a lot of money, but I don´t have a job
We prefer eat water instead of tea
You are fat, due to eat so much
I was born in Bosconia, therefore I am
coaster
I am so boring, because of I don´t have
nothing to do.
 Lettter with pictures and the paragraphs

Salutation and Greetings

Paragraph One Dear Mom

I am writing this letter from New York City.

I feel very good in this new city, I started
university a few weeks ago. It's cold, it's not
like Colombia. In this letter I want
to describe what the city is like, how it is an
apartment, how it is the part time job that I
got and also what my daily routine is. I
know that all these things you ask the
questions that I want to describe so that you
know and do not worry, I'm really happy to
be here, it's a wonderful city, big and with
many things to see and learn…

Present simple-questions TO BE-

greetings

Describing your city

Paragraph Two

When I go for a walk in the streets I notice

that it is a very big city in which many
people walk down the street, some people
are on their way to work and others are
walking their babies. I can watch people
waiting for the bus and those that are
crossing the street.

In the market I can see how people are

talking at the restaurant tables, besides
eating their food and some are walking
watching what to buy.

Present porgressive-There is/are

,

Describing your house

Paragraph Three
We have a small apartment in Manhattan,
the apartment is on the 5th floor, has two
rooms one is Javier my roommate, and the
other is mine. In my room I have a bed, a
desk next to the window, overlooking the
bay, on the desk I have my computer and
there are also some books. Next to the bed I
have a small reading lamp at night and also
a small wardrobe. We have a small room
with a table and four chairs, next to the
entrance door is the kitchen with which we
prepare our food and a refrigerator where
we keep some things. The apartment has
several windows through which the sun and
breeze enter. In the surroundings there is a
small park in which I play basketball on the
weekends, there is a small supermarket and
several restaurants besides a school and a
tavern when I want to have something.

There is/are. Prepositions of place

Describing your and your partner´s

routine
Paragraph Four

I always get up when I work at five in the

morning after I bathe I organize I almost
never see news for lack of time I often carry
out activities work sometimes I play sports
before going to work and always at the end
of the day at eight or nine in the evenings I
do my studies at UNAD.
 My wife always carries out activities as a
housewife, daily goes to university to take
her studies in activities and days off Watch
television regularly perform sports on
weekends she only eats chicken before
going to university just drinks a coffee and
returns at night to rest for the next day to
make the diary.

Present simple/adverbs of frequency

Farewell

Paragraph Five
We are planning a quick visit to the points
of interest in the city, so we can get use to
the United States transportation in a fastest
way. There are a lot of place to check and a
lot of restaurants to go. I hope you have a
the chance to visit us someday.

We are going to travel back to Colombia in

a future, for vacations of course. We just
arrived and we miss you already. Let`s keep
in touch constantly.

We are happy of being here, but it´s been

dificult to get used to the time zone change.

But life is a matter of challenges, keep that i

mind.

I hope you can reply soon.

Sincerely.

Say good bye