UNIT 1

Assignment 4. Writing Session

By:
Alberto Tovar Código 12134414
Danna Valentina Rey
Edna Liliana Bubu Código 1117544472
Maira Alejandra Vargas Narvaez Código: 1.117.545.664
Yarledi Carrillo

For:
Royer dario Ramos

Group:
900002_309

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD

Escuela de Ciencias Sociales Artes y Humanidades
Psicología
English A2
MARCH 14 – 2018
 ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP
Chart with Grammar explanations
GRAMMAR TOPIC EXPLANATION/STRUCTURE/EXAMPLES
Present simple It is used positively, Negatively and in question:
And they always work in two groups.
1. How to use the affirmative sentences with the present simple
and to do this they use the

I/WE/YOU/THEY HE/SHE/IT (add “s” to the

verb)
I work in an office Tony Work(s) in
(He)
an office
We live in canada Anne live(s) in the
(she)
U.S
The children eat in The dog eat(s) in
(they) (It)
the house the garden
You read books Mrs. Garcia read(s)
(she)
Magazines
2. How to use negative sentences- Simple Present
I/WE/YOU/THEY HE/SHE/ IT
(DON´T) (DOESN´T)
I don´t work in an office He doesn´t in an office
We don´t live in canada She doesn´t live in the U.S
They don´t eat in the house It doesn´t eat in the garden
You don´t read books She doesn´t read magazines

3.Yes/ No questions: Simple Present

 I/WE/YOU/THEY HE/SHE/IT
(DO) (DOES)
Do I work in an office? Does he work in an office?
Yes, you do Yes, he does
No, you don´t No, he doesn´t
Do they eat in the house Does it eat in the garden?
Yes, they do Yes, it does
No, they don´t No, it doesn´t
Do you read books? Does she read magagines?
Yes, we do Yes, she does
No, we don´t No, she doesn´t

Information questions:

WH-WORDS: What, Where, When, Why

Why do I work in an office?
Where do you read books?
What do they eat in the house?
When does she read magazines?
Present progressive The present progressive is formed by combining the verb “to
be” with the present participle. (The present participle is merely
the “-ing” form of a verb.)
I am studying.
I am studying with María.
In English, present progressive can be used to describe what is
happening now, or what will happen in the future.
I am studying now.
I am studying with María tonigh
In Spanish, the present progressive is only used to describe an
action that is in the process of taking place. It is not used for
future actions.
I am studying now.
(use present progressive)
I am studying with María tonight.
(do not use present progressive)
To form the present progressive in Spanish, combine a form of
“estar” with the present participle.
Estoy hablando.
I am speaking.
Juan está comiendo.
John is eating.
María está escribiendo una carta.
Mary is writing a letter.
In order to form the present progressive, you must know how to
conjugate the verb estar, and how to form the present participle.
You already know how to conjugate the verb to be:
to be
I am
these
this
we're
you are
is it so
To form the present participle of regular -ar verbs, add -ing to
the stem of the verb.
talk: talk
(talk - ar + ing)
Work work
(work - arming)
study studying
To form the present participle of regular -er and -ir verbs, add -
ing to the stem of the verb.
talk: talk
(talk - ar + ando)
Work work
(work - arming)
study studying
living living
(live - go + going)
write writing
(write - go + going)
To form the present participle of -ir stem changing verbs,
change e:i and o:u in the stem, and then add -iendo to the stem
of the verb.
serve: serving
ask: asking
say: saying
sleep sleeping
die: dying
power: being able
Sometimes when forming the present participle it is necessary
to change the spelling of a word so that it agrees with the way it
is pronounced. We call this an “orthographic” change. Here are
some common examples:
fall: falling
 Believe: Believing
run away: running away
go: going
influence: influencing
hear: hearing
bring: bringing
read reading
follow: following
The following examples illustrate the rules for forming the
present participle.
talk: talking (-ar)
eat: eating (-er)
live: living (-ir)
say: saying (e: i)
sleep: sleeping (or: u)
read: reading (orthographic)
follow: following (orthographic)
To form the present progressive, simply conjugate the verb
estar to agree with the subject of the sentence, and follow it
with the present participle.
Juan está comiendo pan.
John is eating bread.
María y Carmen están hablando con nosotros.
Mary and Carmen are speaking with us.
There is/are in Spanish, the expressions "there is" and "there are" (and their
forms in the past and in the future), are used daily to explain
something or something exists somewhere. For example, in
Spanish, before making the purchase at the supermarket, we
can ask "Is there milk in the fridge?". In English this same
question would be "Is there milk in the refrigerator?". When we
need to know information about an event that has already
happened, we can ask "Were there too many people in the
lecture last night?" (Were there too many people in the
conference last night?).

Therefore, there is, there are and their variations serve to talk
about the existence (or not) of things or people.

There is/ There’s (singular) – hay / existe

There are (plural) – hay / existen
“There is”, “there are” y los tiempos verbales
La estructura es fácil, basta con conjugar el verbo “to be” en el
tiempo que deseas usar: THERE + VERBO TO BE
Let's see some examples in the Simple Present and the Simple
Past:
 There is/ There’s one chair in the room.
(Hay una silla en la habitación.)
At English Live, there are classes 24/7.
(En English Live, hay clases 24/7.)
Last night there was a bird on my window.
(Anoche había un pájaro en mi ventana.)
There were few people at the meeting yesterday.
(Había pocas personas en la reunión de ayer.)
References
https://englishlive.ef.com/es-es/blog/laboratorio-de-
idiomas/there-is-there-are/
Frequency adverbs Adverbs are used to define the periodicity with which a certain
activity is performed
Adverbio con el verbo TO BE:
AFIRMATIVE O NEGATIVE SENTENCE
STRUCTURE:
Sujeto + Verb TO BE + adverbio de frecuencia + Verbo
Principal + complemento.
EXAMPLES:
I am always happy
He isn´t usually bored.
INTERROGATIVE:
STRUCTURE:
Verbo TO BE + Sujeto+ Averbio de Frecuencia + Verbo
Principal + complemento.
EXAMPLES:
Are you sometimes sad?
Is Peter occasionally dishonest?
Is Mary always so angry?

VERBOS EN PRESENT SIMPLE:

Affirmative and negative sentence:
STRUCTURE:
Sujeto + Adverbio + verbo + complemento
EXAMPLES:
You always come to class late
I hardly never drink beer.
NEGATIVE SENTENCE:
STRUCTURE:
Sujeto + Verb auxiliar negación+ Adverbio + Verbo principal +
complemento.
EXAMPLES:
They don't usually eat in the cafeteria
I don't usually drink beer.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE:
STRUCTURE: Does + Sujeto + Adverbio + verbo +
 Complemento.
EXAMPLES:
Do you never play squash?
Does she never smile?
Do they usually speak English?
Connectors in writing Written connectors are words or groups of words whose main
function is to establish some kind of relationship between
sentences that are part of a text. Depending on the type of
connector we use, we will give a specific meaning to our text,
That is, if we change the connector, we'll give it a totally
different meaning.
This is how the connectors in English are important, because it
is an essential tool to be able to express yourself properly and
fluently in your second language.
First, they help to structure a written or spoken discourse. This
is vital for your readers or listeners. A text works as a kind of
map, where the reader must know, at all times, where he is with
respect to the global whole. The connectors can help you offer
that important structure.
Now there are some classes of essential
 Chart with answers to practical exercises

Exercise Respuesta
From the picture of the refrigerator.
Write 5 complete positive sentences,
three negative sentences and two
interrogative sentences using THERE
+ BE.
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

1. there are four bottles

2. there is a soda
3. there are three tomatoes
4. there is a cauliflower
5. there is a chard

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

1. There is not an apple.

2. There is no an yogurt
3. There are not five pears

INTERROGATIVE SETENCES

1. Are there four bottles?

2. There is no yogurt?

Write corresponding sentences to the

2 images in Present simple tense. Use
The subject according to the pictures.

1. I brush my teeth after eating

2. I get dress in the morning
3. He eats breakfast and drinks
orange juice
4. The child takes a shower in the
afternoon
5. The man gets dress in the
morning
6. The girl goes to school with
her pink bag
7. My dad watches tv after work
 8. My sister does the homework
in the school
9. My mother wakes up very
early
10. My female cousin gets up of
the bed.
3 Describe ten actions of the people in the
picture. Use presente progressive in both
positive and negative.
1. The man in the blue pants is
playing the guitar/ the man is
not playing the guitar

2. The couple who are sitting eat

pizza/ they are not sitting

3. The boy is flying his kite/ the

boy is not fliying his kite

4. The boy in the red shirt is

singing a song/ the child is not
singing

5. The man in the gray shirt is

reading the newspaper/ the
man is not reading

6. The women who is lying down

is studying/ the women is not
studying

7. the man in the white shirt is

riding the bicycle/ the man is
not riding on the bike

8. the man in the coffee shirt is

taking pictures/ the man is not
taking pictures

9. the blue diver man is running/

the man is not running

10. the short-haired woman is

walking her dog/ the woman is
not walking the dog.
 Letter with pictures and the paragraphs with different colors

hello mother good morning I hope you are very well in health I need you very soon I will
visit you I really want to tell you how everything is in this country, I am very excited and at
the same time sad without your absence, New york is very big, There is a lot of technology,
beaches.....
beloved mother

my home is full of love and that's why I enjoy being at home, it's certainly a large place.
My house is quite big; There are four bedrooms, three bathrooms and two living rooms.
There is a large kitchen too, where my wife and I cook every day. In my room is my bed, a
TV and my own space to do my homework. My house has a patio, there
is a pool which we use on weekends.
I forgot to say, that there are stairs too, since it is a two-story house. In
that house we live, my two children, the dog and the cat.

...My day to day is full of new experiences. I usually get up at 6:00 a. M. I bathe, I fix the
house, I raise the children to go to study, prepare and serve breakfast, Sara takes care of
taking the children to school and I go to work. The children have lunch at school, Sara and I
go to the restaurant. When we get home we try to stay together as a family as long as
possible until 7:00 p.m., when we sleep them to finish the day...
beloved mother:
I wish you to be very well in health, I ask God all the days of my life so that you do not
lack anything; I also want to tell you that I am very happy, these two months in Paris have
been wonderful, the nights are lovely and the food delicious, the landscapes very beautiful,
the streets very neat, definitely the light city, with my husband we get up to work all the
days, He is a professor at the University of Paris I Pantheón-sorbonne, and I am a
psychologist from the same university, we usually have lunch in a restaurant that is in the
Eiffel Tower, in the afternoons we will walk through the beautiful parks of the city , at
night we prepare everything for the other day.
These are just our first two months, and I hope you can be with us on vacation, my husband
misses your delicious meals.
I love you mama.
Attentively: your dear daughter.