BABAHOYO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

(CENID)

NAME:
ROBERTO ERISON VERA VERA

COURSE:
5th “B”

SUBJECT:
ENGLISH

TEACHER:
MARTA ÁLVAREZ

ACADEMIC PERIOD:
NOVEMBER 2020- MARCH 2021
MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
I am Roberto Erison Vera Vera. I am twenty years old and I live in San Juan with my parents. My
mother is María Doris Vera is fifty years old and my father is Julio Luis Vera is fifty-six years old and
I have two sisters Ginger and Adriana. I was born in San Juan on May 6, 2000. I study the career of
Information Systems Engineer at the Faculty of Administration, Finance and IT. My favorite color is
Black and my favorite movies and anime are Justice League, Aquaman, Papas a la fuerza.
GRAMMATICAL
EXPLANATION
SIMPLE PAST VERB TO BE

A) Verb to be
The verb to be is used in past like was or were.
 We use was with: I, he, she, it.
 We use were with: we, you, they.
To make negative sentences with verb to be in past we only have to add NOT after was or
were.
To make interrogative sentences we have to change the order between was or were and
the subject.
Examples:
Singular nouns
 I was your partner in primary school.
 He wasn´t a doctor in the war.
 Where were you last night?

B) There was / There were

We use there was or there were when we talk about things that existed in the past. We
use there was in singular and there were in plurals.
Examples:
 There was a movie in the center of Babahoyo.
 There wasn´t a shopping 10 years ago.
 Were there 5 banks in Baba 18 years ago?

Note: in affirmative form we can’t use contractions between the subject and the past
form of verb to be. In negative sentences we can use contractions between was or were +
not.
Simple past of other verbs
The simple past is used for actions that ended in the past, even if they occurred in the
recent past.

Example: Time expressions

 I had three exams last week. Yesterday. Last night/ week / year,
 John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. etc.
 We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
 Did he come to your party last night? In 2015/ Two days/ months ago.

Present Perfect

The Present Perfect is used to indicate an occurred action in an undetermined time in the
past, putting relief in the simple fact of having realized, without specifying when that
action took place.
1. The present perfect is composed of the verb to have as an auxiliary verb + the
passive participle of the main verb.
2. All regular verbs have the same form in the passive participle that the past simple:
walked, talked, etc.
3. This does not happen with irregular verbs like: see, saw, seen; break, broke,
broken.
We use the present perfect:
1. for something that started in the past and continues in the present:
2. when we are talking about our experience up to the present:
3. for something that happened in the past but is important in the present:
4. We use have/has been when someone has gone to a place and returned.
 AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

For example:
 She has lived here all her life. (Regular)
 They have written three letters already. (Irregular)
 He has finished his homework. (Regular)

QUESTION

Notice that when the simple past is employed, we refer to a past action without relation
to the present, while with the present perfect, we refer to a past action related to the
present.
Also, the present perfect is used to indicate an action that starts in the past and continues
until the present.
For example:
 Jerry has worked here since 1999.
 My family has lived here for 20 years.
Present Perfect Continuous
The Present Perfect continuous is used for:
Recent past activities: To talk about an activity that started in the past.
has recently finished. The time when it finished is not important but we can see the result
in the present.
Time expressions
FOR + a period of time
Example:
for six years, for a week,
 I’m tired. I have been correcting exams. for a month

To talk about an activity that started in the past and is continuing now. SINCE + a point in time
Since this morning, since
last week, since yesterday
Example:
since I was a child
 I’ve been trying to sleep for half an hour.
Repeated continuing events: We use the present perfect continuous to talk about
repeated activities which started at a particular time in the past and are still continuing up
until now.

Example:
 Aaron has been repairing cars since he was sixteen years old.

AFFIRMATIVE He, she, it Has been studying

I, we, you, they Have been writing

NEGATIVE He, she, it Hasn´t been studying.

I, we, you, they Haven´t been writing.

INTERROGATIVE Has He, she, it been studying?

Have I, we, you, they been writing?

VACABULARY

Kind: doing things to help others and showing that you care about of them.
Amable: hacer cosas para ayudar a los demás y demostrar que te preocupas por ellos.
Difficulty: the state of quality of being hard (to do) or not easy.
Dificultad: el estado de calidad de ser difícil (de hacer) o no fácil.
Comfort: a nice feeling of being relaxing and without pain.
Confort: una agradable sensación de relajación y sin dolor.
Natural: make or caused by nature and not by people or machine.
Natural: hecho o causado por la naturaleza y no por personas o máquinas.
Health: the state of being well or ill.
Salud: el estado de estar bien o enfermo.
Danger: the possibility that someone will be harmed or killed.
Peligro: la posibilidad de que alguien resulte herido o muerto.
Patient: able to stay calm and not upset.
Paciente: capaz de mantener la calma y no estar molesto.
Popularity: the quality of being liked by many people.
Popularidad: la cualidad de gustar a mucha gente.
Roofers: is a construction worker who specializes in roof construction.
Techador: es un trabajador de construcción que se especializa en construcción del tejado.
Aircraft: An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
Avión: Un avión es un vehículo que puede volar, por ejemplo, un avión o un helicóptero.
Cold: Cold refers to the condition or subjective perception of having a low temperature,
the absence of heat.
Frio: Frío se refiere a la condición o percepción subjetiva de tener baja temperatura, la
ausencia de calor.
Fever: Fever is one of the most common medical signs and is characterized by a rise in
body temperature above the normal range of 36.5-37.5 ° C due to an increase in the
regulatory temperature set point.
Fiebre: La fiebre es uno de los signos médicos más comunes y se caracteriza por una
elevación de la temperatura corporal por encima del rango normal de 36,5-37,5 ° C debido
a un aumento en el punto de regulación de la temperatura reguladora. 
Stomach ache: is a common symptom associated with transient disorders or serious
illness. Diagnosing the cause of abdominal pain can be difficult, because many diseases
can cause this symptom. Most often the cause is benign and / or self-limiting, but more
serious causes may require urgent intervention.
Dolor de estómago: El dolor abdominal es un síntoma común asociado con trastornos
transitorios o enfermedad grave. Diagnóstico de la causa del dolor abdominal puede ser
difícil, porque muchas enfermedades pueden causar este síntoma. Con mayor frecuencia
la causa es benigna y / o autolimitante, pero las causas más graves pueden requerir una
intervención urgente.
Headache: A headache or headache is pain in any part of the head or neck region. It can
be a symptom of a number of different head and neck conditions.
Dolor de cabeza: Un dolor de cabeza o cefalalgia es dolor en cualquier parte de la región
de la cabeza o el cuello. Puede ser un síntoma de una serie de condiciones diferentes de la
cabeza y el cuello.
Toothache: A toothache is usually the result of tooth decay or an infection or irritation of a
tooth. Tooth decay is often caused by poor dental hygiene. They can also be partly
hereditary.
Dolor de muela: Un dolor de diente o de muela suele ser el resultado de caries dentales o
de una infección o de la irritación de un diente. Las caries dentales a menudo son
causadas por una higiene dental deficiente. Tambien pueden ser en parte hereditarias. 
Sore throat: A sore throat is a sore, scratchy, or sore throat that is often made worse by
swallowing. The most common cause of a sore throat (pharyngitis) is a viral infection, such
as a cold or the flu.
Dolor de garganta: El dolor de garganta es dolor, carraspera o irritación de la garganta que
a menudo empeora al tragar. La causa más frecuente del dolor de garganta (faringitis) es
una infección viral, como un resfrío o la gripe.
Souvenirs: Characteristic object of a place that serves as a souvenir of a trip to that place.
Recuerdo: Objeto característico de un lugar que sirve como recuerdo de un viaje a ese
lugar.
Sightseeing: Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure, family or business purposes,
generally of limited duration. Tourism is exclusively associated with transnational travel,
but it can also refer to traveling to another place within the same country.
Turismo: El turismo es el viaje para fines recreativos, de ocio, familiares o de negocios,
generalmente de duración limitada. El turismo se asocia comúnmente con viajes
transnacionales, pero también puede referirse a viajar a otro lugar dentro del mismo país. 
 PORTFOLIO
1.- Write about the city you visited on your last vacation, give details about the facilities
that people can find there. Use simple past tense, and “there was,” “there were.” Write
on the platform Moodle, in the forum section.
My name is Roberto Vera, my vacations were in Salinas, we enjoyed the beach at the fall of the
sun, and the sea at its splendid. After playing volleyball on the sand we went to taste the delights
of the sea. The next day we get up early to watch the sunrise and do some exercise. Then we
visited different restaurants where there were excellent typical dishes of the place. There were
also very kind and generous people. At twelve o'clock in the afternoon I went to swin to pool with
my sister, there were also people enjoying the pool. the experience went very beautiful. the
experience went very beautiful.

2.- You are taking part in the scouting of an area of your career with some classmates
and one of your professors, you have had the chance to know more about the problems
that have been addressed in this research. Write a summary about that scouting. Then,
answer the following questions.
 What area of your career have you researched?
The programming area.
 Who has participated in the scouting?

Eight classmates from the course have participated in this research .

 How has been the study experience?
I found it a very good experience to learn more about programming and how to develop software.

 Have you had the opportunity to work on a similar work?

I have never had the opportunity to work on something like this.
3.- Write a letter to a person who has inspired you. What would you like to say to him or
her? Do not forget to use connectors, correct punctuation, and capitalization.
Hello Pablo Giralt.

My name is Roberto, I am twenty years old and I am from the province of Los Rios, Capital. I
wanted to tell you that you greatly inspired me to make the great decision of what I am going to
do for the rest of my life. For me you are my Storyteller to follow, I really love what you do and I
hope you never leave what you are so passionate about. This year I have already finished the third
level after finishing my third level I have decided to study a Bachelor of Social Communication,
honestly it is something that scares me a lot, but I will not let my fears or what people say stop
me. I would like you to advise me a little on how I should take things, this to start facu, follow my
dreams, do the things I like.

I thank you from my heart for doing what you do, for loving what you do and above all for sharing
what you do with so many people. You are my Storyteller to follow, thank you. I send you a big
greeting, good luck.

Roberto Vera Vera.

4.- Write about the main routines you have been repeating during all of your life.
(Include the use of Present perfect, present perfect continuous and the time expressions
that applied). Upload it to Moodle. Explain minimum 10 routines.
I in my daily routines I get up at 7am o´clock and after I have showered, I have taken
breakfast and I have been watching tv the series Riverdale, also I have been playing video
games with my friends and I have done my homework, after I have studied the lesson. I
have been visiting to my grandparents and to finish I have been playing soccer in my
neighborhood.
SPEAKING
1. PAIRS. Yesterday you attended the farewell party of your best friend who will travel
abroad to study for several years. You and your best friend talked about the experiences
lived in the school for several minutes to remember good moments in their lives.

Did you have fun at the farewell party? What were the most remarkable
moments?

Yes, I did fun at the party, it was very
entertaining and I had a great time with
all of you.
The most notable moments were when
they gave the farewell speech as it was
very emotional to say goodbye to one
of my best friends and to know that I
will not see him for a long time.

2. Answer the following questions and then record a video of 3 minutes. Share it in the
platform Moodle.
Have you traveled around Ecuador? Which places?
Yes, I have traveled to Quito and Ambato with my family for 2 days.
Have you ever visited a different country? Which one?
No, I haven´t visited another country.
Would you like to live in another country?
Yes, I like to live in another country, because that way I will meet new people and learn
their culture.
Have you ever dreamed of living abroad? Where
Yes, I have dreamed that I live in Japan.
3. Do you know about your grandparents? If not, try to talk to your grandparents and get
information from them. Include actions or habits that started in the past and actively
continue. Use the present perfect tense and another tense you consider appropriate.

My grandmother has been playing

Bingo since she was a young
woman.

My grandmother has been traveling

My grandfather has been repairing every Friday of every week to Babahoyo
his car by himself every time it City to visit her daughter.
doesn’t work properly.

My grandfather has been walking down

the street in my neighborhood
everyday from 2 in the afternoon to 4 o
´clock, I think it´s a routine that he
follows every day because he almost
always does the same thing, he walks
down the road he returns to drink
water and continues again walking.

4. Talk about the most dangerous situations in which you have been spending time with
friends.
 Where have you been spending time with your friends?
I have been spending time in the coliseum playing football.
 Who have you been spending time with?
I have been spending time with my friends.
 What happened?
My friends Carlos had problems with a player from the other team and they wanted to
sight.
 What did you do to help?
My friends and I talked to him and we left the coliseum so that Carlos could calm down.

EXTRA INFORMATION
PAST SIMPLE
The simple past is used to talk about a concrete action that began and ended in the past.
The time period of these actions is not important as in Spanish. In the simple past there
are regular verbs and irregular verbs.
To form the simple past with regular verbs, we use the infinitive and add the ending "-ed".
The shape is the same for everyone (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).
Examples: Want – wanted Learn - learned
Exceptions:
1. For verbs that end in an "e", we just add "-d".
Examples: Change – changed Believe – believed

2. If the verb ends in a consonant, vowel, consonant (except "y" or "w"), we double the
final consonant.
Examples: Stop – stopped Commit - committed

3. With verbs that end in a consonant and an "y", the "y" is changed to an "i".
Examples: Study -studied Try – tried

4. Irregular verbs have their own form.

Examples: write – wrote Buy - Bought
Affirmative Sentences
 I wanted to dance.
 I bought a blue car.
Negative Sentences 
 I didn´t want to dance.
 I didn´t buy a blue car.
Interrogative Sentences
 Did you want to dance?
 Did you buy a blue car?
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
Present perfect or present perfect is a verb tense that we use to talk about something that
happened in the past, but has relevance in the present, either because it happened very
recently or because it is an action that has not yet finished.
It is formed with the verb have / has and the past participle of the main verb of the
sentence, like this:I have worked here for a year.
 He has been in London for six months now.
Negative form / Forma negativa:
To form a negative sentence in the present perfect simple you must add the conjunction
not between the verb have and the past participle of the main verb of the sentence.
Examples:
 You have not (haven't) said anything.
 She has not (hasn't) talked to me.
Interrogative form / Forma Interrogativa:
To form a question in the present perfect simple, precede the verb have / has to the
subject of the sentence. If you are using a question from Wh Questions, you only need to
add the question to the sentence.
Examples:
 Have you eaten Indian food?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Present Perfect Continuous, or present perfect progressive, serves to express that an

action that has begun in the past continues to occur in the present. This time highlights
the duration of the action. It is formed with the present of the auxiliary verb have, the
participle of the verb be and the gerund of the main verb.
Conjugation
To conjugate a verb in the present perfect continuous, the present of the auxiliary verb
have is used, the participle of be (been) and the gerund of the main verb: have / has +
been + -ing.
Examples:
  He has been working in this garage for ten years.
 Aaron has been repairing cars since he was sixteen years old.

I, you, we, I have been speaking I have not been speaking Have I been speaking?

they
he/she/it he has been speaking he has not been speaking Has he been speaking?

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Reglas de ortografía
In general, the gerund (present participle, in English) is formed by adding the ending -ing
to the verb in the infinitive without having to change the spelling of the word. However,
there are some exceptions.
1. If the infinitive ends in -e, it is necessary to remove this vowel before adding -ing.
Example: come - coming

2. In words with a short pronunciation vowel before a final consonant, the final consonant
is doubled. This is not so with final consonants -w, -y, or -x.
Example:
sit - sitting (but: mix - mixing)

3. In British English, the final l must be doubled after a vowel. This is not so in American
English.
Example:
travel - traveling (British English), traveling (American English)
4. Verbs that end in -ie replace these vowels with a y before adding the ending -ing.
Example:
lie - lying