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Te Chnological Institute of Santo Domingo Intermediate English 1-Name
Te Chnological Institute of Santo Domingo Intermediate English 1-Name
Name:
Laura Massiel
Last name:
Baralt Sánchez
ID:
1095543
Teacher:
Dany Parra
Date:
11/4/2020
Unit 6: Eating well
Vocabulary and communication goals
Food passions:
People’s eating habits can be both good and bad, and some can cause serious
health problems such as heart attacks and is due to the large amounts of fat
they consume. Despite knowing this, people continue to have these bad habits
instead of starting to eat healthier and exercise
It looks terrific
It smells terrible
It tastes sweet/spicy/salty/sour
It smells like
It tastes like chicken
It looks like
It’s soft/hard
It’s chewy/crunchy
Grammar
Use use to and used to + the base form of a verb to describe things that were true in
the past but are no longer true in the present.
I used to be crazy about the candy, but now I don’t care it.
She didn’t use to eat cheese, but now she was it all time.
Did you use to eat a lot fatty food? Yes, I did/ yes, I used to
What did you use to have for breakfast? (Eggs and sausage, but no anymore).
Why did you use to eat so much? (Because I didn’t use to worry my health).
Didn’t he go on a diet last week? (Yes. He’s trying the Atkins Diet).
Unit 7: Eating well
When you want someone to agree with you.
To express surprise
Aren’t you going to have cake? (I’m sorry, but I’m on a diet).
When you want to meet a new person you ask them about their tastes and you
introduce yourself, all this with a kind and sincere personality.
Cheer someone up:
It is when we see a person with a demented or low mood we try to give him
comfort or get a smile so that he stops being sad
The origin of our personality is 50-50 because one part is inherited from our
parents and another part is the one we acquire after being in our environment
The birth order of the siblings affects their personality, an example is that the
oldest is more extroverted than the youngest; this is so because as the other
siblings are born their position changes and they take more responsibilities
Grammar
Preposition object
Recommend a museum:
When we visit a museum and we are amazed with the works of art that we find there
and often when we see how amazing it is when we are with a friend we recommend
that you visit it
When we go to the museum we ask about what we see and what they are made of,
usually these are made of:
Wood
Glass
Silver
Gold
Cloth
Ceramic
Stone
Talk about artistic talent:
People have different approaches to art but we all have a bit of artistic talent, since we
have children we have developed the ability to paint and in some cases this talent
develops in a phenomenal way
Normally when we talk about our favorite artists we mention the ones that cause
sensations in us, some of these sensations are:
Inspired
Influenced
Fascinated
Moved
Grammar
Most sentences are in active voice: the subject of a sentence performs the action of the
verb. In the passive voice, the receiver of the action is the subject of the sentence.
Active voice: Architect Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain.
Passive voice: The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, was designed by architect Frank
Gehry.
Form the passives voice with a form of be and the past participle of a verb.
It is common to use the passive voice when the performer of the action is not known
or not important. Use a by phrase in a passive vice sentence when it is important to
identify the performer of an action.
Was this stone figure carved by hand? Yes, it was/ No, it wasn’t
Were these wood bracelets made in Thailand? Yes, they were/ No, they weren’t
What is this made of? It’s made of wood
What is this ceramic bowl used for? It’s used for preparing food.
When was this picture painted? It was painted in the 1980’s
How were those handbags manufactured? By machine
Troubleshoot a problem:
A monitor
A screen
A mouse
A touchpad
A pull-down menu
A tool bar
A scroll bar
A cursor
When we compare the characteristics of the products that we are going to buy we realize
it said product will be necessary or not, also if its time will be long or not.
Describe how you use the internet
We use the internet more than we imagine and it is mostly to search for information
although we can also perform more actions such as:
Visit a website
Surf the internet
Join an online group
Post a message
Attach a file
Upload a file
Share a link
Download an application
Send an instant message
Look up information
The internet has had a great impact on the world and it is necessary in our daily life,
whether we use it for work or for entertainment, and it is because we have implemented it
in every task we do
Grammar
I scrolled down to read the text. (=because I wanted to read the text)
Put the cursor on the toolbar to choose a file. (=if you want to choose a file)
Why did you click on that icon? To save the file before I close it. (=because I
want to save it)
Why did you highlight that word? To select it so I can copy it. (=because I want
to copy it)
Comparisons with as…as
To express similarity
Use as…as with an adjective to indicate how two things are equal or the same. Use
the adverb just for emphasis.
Use the adverb almost in affirmative statements to indicate that two things are very
similar but not exactly the same.
To express difference
Use not as…as to indicate how two things are different. Use not quite when the
difference is very small. Use not nearly to indicate that there’s big difference.
You can use shortened statements with as when the meanings is clear.
The old monitor was great. But the new one is just as good. (=just as good as the old
one).
Have you seen Carl’s new laptop? My laptop isn’t as nice. (=as nice as his laptop)
When we find ourselves in a confusing situation we usually analyze our options and
consciously decide whether to do the right thing or not
Return someone else’s property:
When we find something that is not ours or that the person in front of us has dropped, we
usually decide to return it with a smile and that person receives them by giving us a return
smile.
We use different ways to express our personality and our way of being but the most used
are:
Get a tattoo
Pierce one’s ears, face or body
Dye one’s hair wild color
Our way of acting can say a lot about us and the one that attracts the most attention is when
we do something honestly, not because we were forced but when we want to do it because
we want to
Grammar
Meaning
Unreal conditional sentences describe the results of unreal conditions-conditions that don’t
exist.
If I found a wallet in the street I’d try to return it. (Unreal: I haven’t found one)
Formation
In the if clause, use the simple past tense. For the verb be, always use were. In the result
clause, use would + a base form.
In the real and unreal conditional sentences, the clauses can occur in either order. Use
a comma if the if clause come first.
Possessive pronouns/ whose
Possessive pronouns can replace nouns and noun phrases. They answer questions whit
Whose and clarify answers to questions with the Which
I My Mine
He His His
We Our Ours