Listen to tapescript 1.7, exercise on page 12 and practice the strategies explained in class today:PredictingTaking notesFilling in the blanksReading the tapescript while listening to the recording
martes, 12 de agosto de 2008
EXERCISE 3. (VOCABULARY AND SENTENCES)
Look up the meaning of words in table 1a on page 10 and write a sentence with each one of them. You can use you mini dictionary to do so. 

- ACQUAINTANCE: someone you know, but not know well.
Pablo is a friend that my boyfriend but he only is a acquaintance because we haven´t shared time. - BOSS: someone who in charge of people in a organization.
I should have a new boss in my job becouse carlos is a wrong person. - COUSIN: a child of you aunt or uncle.
John is the cousing of Pablo. - HEADTEACHER: the teacher who is in charge of a school
The headteacher of my college is an excellent person. - NEIGHBOUR: Someone who lives next to you or near you.
The neighbor of my friend is gossipy. - RELATIVE: your relatives are the others menbers of your family.
she is in London with her relatives. - AUNT: the sirter of father or mother.
The aunt of Paola sick. - CLASSMATE: someone who is in the same class as you at school or collage.
carolina is in my classmate and she is very funny. - EX-GIRLFRIEND: a girl or woman with whom you formely had a romantic relationship which has now ended.
I end with my ex-boyfriend because I didn´t want to him. - HUSBAND: the man that a woman is married to.
I went out to dance with my husband the weekend. - NIECE: the daughter of your brother or sister.
My niece is the prettiest girl of the world, she is a newborn child. - STEPMOTHER: a woman who is married to your father, but who isn´t your mother.
My stepmother is a very special person,but she will never be like my mother. - BEST FRIEND: that friend that you know and like better than anyone else.
My best friend and I, always are joined for everything and we us have confidence - COLLEAGUE: someone you work with.
I had a meeting with my colleagues of the district attorney's office yesterday. - FLATMATE: someone who shares a flat with other people.
The police said that we cannot do a holiday party without consulting with our flatmates. - MOTHER-IN-LAW: the mother of your husband or wife.
my mother in law is very special with me, She is like my second mother. - PARENT: someone´s father o mother.
I live with my parents and i´m the woman more happy of the land with them. - STRANGER: someone you don´t know.
I don´t know him, he is a stranger for me.
EXERCISE 2 .(RECORDING VOICE)
Record your own voice saying the 14 questions in exercise 1a on page 7 and post the recording in a blog post.
STRESS
1. How are things with you?
2.How do you do?
3.What are you full name and adress?
4.How was your flight?
5.When did you get here?
6.Did you have a good journey to school this morning?
7.where were you staying while you´re here?
8.Do you got any special reason for learning english?
9.Do you speak any other languajes?
10.How is your job going?
11.Do you got any brothers and sisters?
12.Did you have a nice holiday?
13.is this your first visit to New York?
14.How is all your family?
sábado, 9 de agosto de 2008
EXERCISE 1.( CORRECTION OF MISTAKES)
Rewrite the incorrect sentences in your diagnostic test and find 4 more examples in internet.
PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE

1. He opens the door. - The door is opened by him
2.She pays a lot of money. - A lot of money is paid by her
3. You do not write the letter. - the letter isn`t written by you
4.They wear blue shoes- blue shoes are worn by them
5.I draw a picture- the picture is drawn by me
PREPOSITIONS
1. What are you doing at the weekend?
2.We could go there together in the afternoon
3.That would be great. But I would prefer to go there in the evening. I am visiting my grandma on Saturday.
4. That's okay. The film starts at eight o'clock.
5.That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema for so many years.
PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE
1. We stopped the bus - the bus was stopped by us
2. he Somebody hit me - I was hit by he somebody
3. I did not tell them - they weren´t told by me
4. A thief stole my car - my car was stolen by a thief.
5. They didn't make their beds - their beds weren´t made by them
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT
1. Last year (spend) spent my holiday in Ireland.
2. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) had build
3. I (travel) travelled around by car with two friends and we (visit)visited lots of interesting places.
4.The doctor took off the plaster that he(pun on) had put on six weeks before.
5.we /a mountain /climb- we climbed a mountain
SECOND CONDITIONAL
1. If the midfielders had passed the ball more exactly, our team would have had more chances to attack.
2.If the forwards had run faster, they would have scored more goals.
3.Their motivation would have improved if they had kicked
4.If our team had won the match, they would have moved up in the league.
5. The game would have become better if the trainer had sent a substitute in during the second half.
PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE

1. He opens the door. - The door is opened by him
2.She pays a lot of money. - A lot of money is paid by her
3. You do not write the letter. - the letter isn`t written by you
4.They wear blue shoes- blue shoes are worn by them
5.I draw a picture- the picture is drawn by me
PREPOSITIONS
1. What are you doing at the weekend?
2.We could go there together in the afternoon
3.That would be great. But I would prefer to go there in the evening. I am visiting my grandma on Saturday.
4. That's okay. The film starts at eight o'clock.
5.That's interesting. I haven't been to the cinema for so many years.
PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE

2. he Somebody hit me - I was hit by he somebody
3. I did not tell them - they weren´t told by me
4. A thief stole my car - my car was stolen by a thief.
5. They didn't make their beds - their beds weren´t made by them
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT
1. Last year (spend) spent my holiday in Ireland.
2. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) had build
3. I (travel) travelled around by car with two friends and we (visit)visited lots of interesting places.
4.The doctor took off the plaster that he(pun on) had put on six weeks before.
5.we /a mountain /climb- we climbed a mountain
SECOND CONDITIONAL
1. If the midfielders had passed the ball more exactly, our team would have had more chances to attack.
2.If the forwards had run faster, they would have scored more goals.
3.Their motivation would have improved if they had kicked
4.If our team had won the match, they would have moved up in the league.
5. The game would have become better if the trainer had sent a substitute in during the second half.
viernes, 8 de agosto de 2008
INFORMATION ABOUT ME
My name
is INGRID PAOLA PINZON RAMIREZ, I am 21 years old, I live in zipaquirá, I am a person got mad about the law,I love to read, to play basketball, to swim and especially to share a lot of time with my family and friends, I´m stadying in the Sabana university in sixth semester of law, actually I´m in level V of english "Low-intermediate" . In this portfolio I keep my classwork, and my homework, I can be said that this is my guide of study in English and, this is a support that I can use to learn this language.

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