Assignment 4.

Writing session - Unit 1, 2 and

Submitted by:

Nelly Johanna Fernandez Cod: 1069749325

Jorge Alexander Santacruz Cod
Jonnathan Alexander Cely Cod
Rubi Maryori Tisoy Cod: 1069744426

Group: 393

Presented to the teacher:

Rene Israel Lopez

Universidad Nacional Abierta Y a Distancia UNAD

English A2
March
2018
 CHECK GRAMMAR STRUCTURES/VOCABULARY:

GRAMMAR
TOPIC
EXPLANATION/STRUCTURE/EXAMPLES

PRESENT
EXPLANATION
SIMPLE
The present simple is a tense of the present that is used to talk about
facts or general truths that constitute habits, schedules or programs,
customs and routines of daily life.

STRUCTURE
Subject + present verb + complements

EXAMPLES
You work very hard
She likes to sit in the sun
He always walks to school.

EXPLANATION
When we are talking about an action that is happening in exactly in a
moment, we use the present progressive.
PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
STRUCTURE
PRONOUN + VERB TO BE + GERUND VERB -ING +
COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLES
I am waiting for you, for a long time.
He is talking with my friend.

EXPLANATION
THERE IS/ARE
 There is, there are and their variations serve to talk about the
existence (or not) of things or people. They are used daily to explain
something or something exists somewhere

STRUCTURE
THERE + VERBO TO BE

EXAMPLES
There is / There's one table in the room. (hay una mesa en la
habiltacion)
There are / there are Astrology books at the library. (hay libros de
astrologia en la biblioteca)

FREQUENCY
EXPLANATION
ADVERBS
Always, usually, sometimes & never.
Before speaking of the indicated grammar let's see the meaning of
the following adverbs of frequency:
Always - Siempre
Usually - Frecuentemente / Usualmente
Sometimes - Algunas veces / en ocasiones
Never - Nunca
We use these adverbs of frequency to say "how often" we do this or
that activity. What is relevant about these adverbs is that they do not
change depending on the type of person we are talking about.
3 rules for making sentences with frequency adverbs
1.1.- Adverbs of frequency usually go before the verb:
frequency adverb + verb
Example:
- I always eat cereal for breakfast (Yo siempre como cereal para
desayunar)
- She usually exercises on mondays (Ella usualmente ejercita en los
lunes)
- They sometimes play here (Ellos en ocasiones juegan aquí) - We
never buy oranges (Nosotros nunca compramos naranjas)
1.2 - With the verb "to be", adverbs of frequency usually go after this
verb.
"to be" auxiliar + frequency adverb

EXAMPLE:
- She is always happy (Ella está siempre feliz)
- I am usually late for this class (Yo usualmente llego tarde en esta
clase)
- It is sometimes boring (Esto es algunas veces aburrido)
- You are never on time (Tu/Ustedes nunca estas/están a tiempo)

1.3.- The words "Sometimes" and "Usually" can go to the beginning

or end of sentences

EXAMPLE:
-Usually I'm late (Frecuentemente llego tarde)
- Sometimes I watch TV (En ocasiones veo televisión)
- The internet is slow sometimes (El internet esta lento algunas
veces)
- They go to eat pizza usually (Ellos van a comer pizza usualmente)
As you can see in the grammatical rules, for the words "sometimes"
and "usually" can be put in different places of the sentence Taking
two examples seen before, look at the three different ways in which
the sentences can be structured:Usually I'm late
I'm usually late
I'm late usually
Sometimes I watch TV
 I sometimes watch TV
I watch TV sometimes
This condition is only for "sometimes" and "usually". It can not be
done with the other adverbs of frequency "always" or "never".
In case you want to ask questions we use the words "How often" to
know how often someone performs some activity, for example see
the following question and the various answers that are indicated:
-How often do you play video games?
- I always play video games.
- I play video games usually.
- I sometimes play video games.
- I never play video games.
Other examples, in this case there is no reply with a “frequency
adverb”:
- How often does Veronica go to the supermarket? She goes to the
supermarket every day
- How often do Richard and Lydia play tennis? They play tennis three
times a week
- How often does Matt exercise? He exercises once a week.
Note: The words "once" and "twice" indicate "once" and "twice"
respectively, after 3 the number plus the word "times" is used and
then the complement.

EXAMPLE:
- Once a week (Una vez a la semana)
- Twice a year (Dos veces al año)
- Three times a month (Tres veces al mes)
- Five times a year (Cinco veces al año)

CONNECTORS
EXPLANATION
IN WRITING
 The connectors are words or groups of words that are responsible for
joining the sentences and make sense.
In English there are many types of connectors, depending on the
type of connector we use, we will give a specific meaning to our text.

EXAMPLES
Consequence connectors-
Addition or copulative connectors
Contrast connectors
Causal connectors
Sequence connectors
order connectors

PRACTICE:
EXERCISE 1. From the picture of the refrigerator. Write 5 complete positive
sentences, three negative sentences and two interrogative sentences using THERE
+ BE

1. In the refrigerator there are fruits for you to eat

2. In the refrigerator there are sweet strawberries
3. There are tomatoes that are fresh and red
4. There is lactose-free milk in the refrigerator
5. There are peppers in the refrigerator

EXERCISE 2: write corresponding sentences to the images in Present simple tense.

Use The subject according to the pictures
 1. He bathes every day at 8 a.m.
2. every day dresses in white shirt and jean
3. she gets up late
4. She wakes up at sunrise
5. She goes out to study every day at 8 a.m.
6. breakfast cereal every day at 6:30 a.m.
7. She washes her hands after every meal
8. He brushes his teeth three times a day
9. She studies every day in the morning
10. He rests every day after work

EXERCISE 3: (Describe ten actions of the people in the picture. Use present
progressive in both positive and negative)

1. The orange child is lifting a kite

2. Maria and Dario go out to walk with their dog, taking a break they decide to
make a picnik
3. Mrs. Sandoval is having a snack while her son is playing the guitar
4. Fernando is looking on his computer for information about his systems task
5. the girl in orange blouse is admiring the landscape that is seen in the park
6. The young man in blue is crying. he is not eating
7. The man in the brown shirt is taking pictures of the birds. He is not reading
8. Julian is playing the guitar by himself. He is not accompanied by people
9. The lake is surrounding several plants. He is not near the buildings
10. Lucia is reading her favorite book on her blanket. she is not drinking a soda

EXERCISE 4: Answer five questions about you and five about one member from
your family. Use Adverbs of frequency

1. My sister likes to read a lot

 2. My sister has never traveled by plane
3. My sister likes to share with family
4. My sister likes to go to party
5. My sister rarely go to church

1. I often do physical activity

2. I never played the guitar
3. I like to share the weekends with my family
4. I like to share activities with my friends
5. Eventually we take family photos

PHASE THREE

D. PLANNING THE LETTER TO YOUR MOTHER:

Sacramento - California, March 2, 2018

Beloved mother, I miss you so much and I hope to see you soon, through this letter
we have contacted something like these two months of my marriage with Nelson,
we have understood each other very well, I have supported myself in the
adaptation in this city since everything for my new, I feel very happy and I am very
calm

Sacramento is a great city, with a diversity of people, in front of my house is at my

work, there is a very nice park on Independencia street where the children are
playing, I go there to run in the mornings and I am distracted walking around the
Afternoon with my husband in the central square to share with people in cultural
events, the street is quite narrow with little traffic concurrency but it has public
transport service, in the other corner of my house there is a church to go back and
they are organizing a charitable event, and what I like the most is that the two
blocks from my house on Calle Los Reyes where they are doing a spectacular
panoramic like the one they make me
where we live is the only house that others are buildings, in the second but very
beautiful, our house has two floors, on the second floor there are two very
comfortable and comfortable rooms, our main room and the visiting room, there is
also a bathroom it is in the middle of the rooms, on the first floor, there is a small
but very nice kitchen, next to it there is a room in the room and in the other the
dining room, in addition there is a garage for the car and bicycle, and outside the
house there a large garden where breakfast outdoors sometimes, if you come you
will love it
Every day I have to pay every day of work, I have to pay every day, I have to pay
with my husband and 30 minutes every day and I get to make breakfast for me and
my husband goes to work, usually I stay organizing the house, then I bathe and fix,
when you have the time to go to work, I pass the street and I arrive immediately, so
I never arrived late, at noon we went to lunch and we met with the husband in the
restaurant Normally you can not make lunch, after work we go to the square to
walk and distract a bit, and finally we return to the house, often I receive dinner,
and then to rest

MOTHER I HOPE YOU COME TO VISIT US, WE LOVE YOU, WITH MUCH
LOVE, YOUR DAUGHTER