GROUP ACTIVITY

WORKSHOP

DESCRIBING PLACES

MEXICO

AGUILAR PRADO YARITZA MICHELL

ANDRADE SÁNCHEZ ANDREA MELISSA

FIGUEREDO ANGÉLICA MARÍA

MARÍN PORTELA SANDRA LORENA

PEÑA QUILINDO MARÍA CAMILA

VALENCIA MENA DANIELA

March 08, 2021

SUBJECT: ENGLISH II

TEACHER: María Juliana Orozco

GROUP: 2B105 (Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM / Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM )

WORKSHOP N°1 OF THE SECOND CUT

SECTION 1: ADJECTIVES

LIST OF ADJECTIVES FOUND IN SONG NUMBER 1

Lenka - Everything At Once

ADJECTIVES SPANISH TRANSLATION

Sly Astuto

Strong Fuerte

Fast Rápido

Brave Valiente

Free Libre

Quiet Tranquilo

Big Grande

Mean Malo

Sharp Afilado

Deep Profundo

Dark Oscuro

Sweet Dulce

Right Correcto

Long Largo

Ugly Feo
 Pretty Lindo

Bright Brillante

Hard Duro

Grand Grande

Warm Tibio

Silly Tonto

Fun Divertido

Cool Fresco

Scary Asustadizo

Hot Caliente

Cold Frío

Nice Lindo

Old Viejo

Straight Recto

Royal Real

Buzzed Zumbido

Stealth Sigilo

Smooth Suave

Pure Puro

LIST OF ADJECTIVES FOUND IN SONG NUMBER 2

Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket

ADJECTIVES SPANISH TRANSLATION

Broke Quiebra

Happy Feliz
 Poor Pobre

Kind Generoso

Short Pequeño

Healthy Saludable

Sane Cuerdo

Overwhelmed Abrumada

Lost Perdido

Hopeful Esperanzado

Sober Sobrio

Drunk Ebrio

Young Jóven

Underpaid Mal pagada

Tired Cansada

Restless Inquieto

Wrong Equivocado

Alright Correcto

Free Libre

Focused Enfocado

Wise Sabio

Green Verde

Hard Duro

Friendly Amistoso

Sad Triste

Brave Valiente

Sick Enfermo

Pretty Lindo
 QUESTIONS

1. What is a noun?
2. What is an adjective?
3. Look at the dictionary the adjectives you don't know. Write their definition.
4. Choose 5 adjectives from the songs and adjectives from the second PPP
and write their antonyms.

SOLUTION

1. A noun is anything that has a real and independent existence. Rather

is a word that refers to a person, an animal, a place, a thing, an object or an
idea. That is to say, nouns are what give name to everything we know.
EXAMPLES:
● Woman: Mujer
● Bird: Pájaro
● Sofa: Sofá
● Kid: Niño
● Teacher: Profesor
● Driver: Conductor
● Shoe: Zapato
There can be more than one noun in a sentence:
FOR EXAMPLE: My mother is the English teacher at my school.
In the example above there are four nouns:
1. The first one, mother, is the subject of the sentence, that is, the one who
performs the action represented in the verb of the sentence, which in this
case is to be.
2. The second and third nouns, English teacher, fulfill the function of direct
complement of the action, since they are telling us what the person we are
talking about is.
 3. The fourth noun, school, is the indirect complement, since it shows us
where the action takes place.
Finally, all the words serve a different function, but they are all nouns.

2. An adjective is a describing word, which helps us to express a quality

of a certain thing, to qualify it, in turn, an adjective gives more information
about something. The adjective is used in any kind of words to modify the
noun, that is, the adjective is used for the following situations:

● Describe qualities.
● Indicate limits or quantities.
● Distinguish a characteristic.

The purpose of adjectives is to give a qualifier to nouns, that is, to characterize or

give a positive or negative quality. That is why there are positive and negative
adjectives.

FOR EXAMPLE:

NEGATIVE

● Dirty, dangerous, broken.

POSITIVE

● Beautiful, smooth, shiny, gleaming, glistening.

EXAMPLE 1: I sat on a hard chair.

Hard is the adjective

On the other hand, an adjective usually describes a noun.

EXAMPLE 2: The monster (it is the name of a thing, therefore the monster is a
noun).

The description of the monster will be the adjective.

EXAMPLE 3: It is colored green

 ● The color green is a description of the monster, therefore, the color green
is the adjective.

WHAT SHOULD BE THE POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVE? WHERE DO WE

PUT THE ADJECTIVES?

1. The green monster?

2. The monster green?

The correct order is the green monster because the order is:

● ADJECTIVE + NOUN

We can also use the verb to be plus adjectives:

● TO BE + ADJECTIVES

EXAMPLE 1: The monster is green.

It is a form of the verb to be, in this case, "the monster is", after that we include the
adjective "green" = The monster is green.

EXAMPLE 2: The sad monster

● ADJECTIVE + NOUN

EXAMPLE 3: The monster is sad

● NOUN + TO BE + ADJECTIVE

Finally, we can conclude that an adjective is a word that accompanies the noun. It
can expand, complement or quantify its size. They are words that name or indicate
qualities, traits and properties of the nouns or nouns they accompany.

3. UNKNOWN ADJECTIVES - DEFINITION.

UNKNOWN ADJECTIVES DEFINITION

CHEAP BARATO

POLLUTED CONTAMINADO
 CROWDED ABARROTADO

BUSTLING BULLICIOSO

NOISY RUIDOSO

DULL ABURRIDO

NARROW ESTRECHO

WIDE AMPLIO

4. Adjectives and their antonyms

Note: an antonym is a word with a meaning opposite to that of another word.

Five adjectives and their antonyms from the songs

WORD ANTONYM

BRAVE FEARFUL

WISE FOOLISH

SMOOTH ROUGH

FRIENDLY HOSTILE

SLY GUILELESS
Five adjectives and their antonyms from the Second PPP

WORD ANTONYM

DULL BRIGHT

EXCITING BORING

UGLY ATTRACTIVE

BUSTLING INACTIVE

POPULAR OUTCAST

DESCRIPTION WITH ADJECTIVES OF COLOMBIAN CITIES

1. Cartagena is ancient
2. Medellin is attractive
3. Armenia is bustling
4. Santa Marta is touristic
5. Bucaramanga is dull

MINI-PARAGRAPHS OF TOURIST SITE DESCRIPTIONS

1. Tahiti is a tourist island of the French Republic, this island is very attractive
and famous. On the other hand, we can highlight It is extensive, has
beaches, lagoons, waterfalls and 2 extinct volcanoes. For this reason,
visiting this place is very relaxing. Undoubtedly, a fantastic destination.
2. Argentina is a beautiful country located in South America, which has a lot of
fantastic landscapes worthy of admiration. It is also a very cultural country
and has amazing food. That is why, we cannot miss its capital, Buenos
Aires, which is a cosmopolitan city and has important monuments that are
very attractive to see.
3. India is a historic country, with attractive and important monuments such as
the Delhi Fortress and the famous Taj Mahal museum. However, those are
some of the reasons why this country is an amazing destination that you will
enjoy visiting and have a good time.
4. The Philippines is an overly expansive and ancient Asian country. In this
country there are a lot of tourist sites, there are very crowded and bustling
cities, but also very relaxing ones. In addition, it is a very interesting and
wide-ranging country.

5. Zambia is an amazing country in southern Africa, which is usually

recognized for its diverse wildlife and beautiful safari areas. It is important to
note that the climate in Zambia is tropical, although it can sometimes be
colder or hotter. On the other hand, the country is closed to the sea, that is,
it has no access to the sea.

SECTION 2: ADVERBS
 QUESTIONS

1. What is an adverbs?
2. What do we use adverbs for?
3. When do we use too as an adverb?

SOLUTION

1. Adverbs are a part of the sentence that describes adjectives and

verbs. In addition, adverbs are words that are used to change, modify or
add more information about a verb in a sentence. An adverb can also
modify an adjective, or even another adverb, in order to make the meaning
of the sentence more precise.

Adverbs are used to highlight positive (+) or negative (-) characteristics, and
adverbs also modify adjectives in terms of percentage, that is, depending on the
person's opinion about the percentage he/she wants to give to the adjective,
he/she will use it.

● Extremely 100%
● Very 90%- 80%
● Really 70%- 60%
● Pretty 50%
● Fairly 40%
● Somewhat 30%- 20%
● Too 100% (Negative characteristics / Sarcastic meaning)

FOR EXAMPLE: Juliana wants to describe her favorite city in this case, "Cali",
meaning that for her Cali is extremely beautiful.

But, Daniela doesn't think Cali is extremely beautiful, she just thinks it is a really
beautiful city.
 ● Both are right since each one is describing the city from her own point of
view. This is why we must keep in mind that adverbs and adjectives are
based on opinions, therefore, there will never be a wrong opinion unless we
misuse "too".

● As we could see above "extremely" and "too" have a percentage of 100%

but the difference between "extremely" and "too" is that the adverb
“extremely” can be used to express something positive or negative, unlike
the adverb “too” which is only used in negative cases or when we want to
express ourselves sarcastically.

In turn, we can find different categories of adverbs, such as:

● Mode
● Place
● Time
● Duration
● Frequency
● Order
● Grade
● Certainty

EXAMPLE 1: MANNER ADVERBS

“This is the type of adverb we use when we want to express the way in which an
action is performed. In English they are usually formed by adding "ly" to the end of
the adjective.” (Inglaterra en casa)

ADJECTIVE ADVERB

SLOW – LENTO SLOWLY – LENTAMENTE

EASY – FÁCIL EASILY – FÁCILMENTE

SIMPLE – SIMPLE SIMPLY – SIMPLEMENTE

 CAREFUL – CUIDADO CAREFULLY – CUIDADOSAMENTE

NATURAL - NATURAL NATURALLY – NATURALMENTE

HAPPY – FELIZ HAPPILY – FELIZMENTE

EXAMPLE OF A SENTENCE:

● Jane was singing slowly while she was holding her baby carefully.

EXAMPLE 2: ADVERBS OF PLACE

“This is the type of adverb that we use when we want to indicate where an action is
taking place. They help us to indicate the point, the place, the sector or the area
where the action is taking place.” (Inglaterra en casa)

ADVERB TRANSLATION ADVERB TRANSLATION

HERE AQUÍ UPWARDS HACIA ARRIBA

THERE ALLÁ DOWNWARDS HACIA ABAJO

OVERSEAS AL /EN EL EVERYWHERE EN TODAS

EXTRANJERO PARTES

OUT AFUERA SOMEWHERE EN ALGÚN LUGAR

RIGHT HERE JUSTO AQUÍ OUTDOORS AL AIRE LIBRE

ALL OVER POR TODAS IN FRONT EN FRENTE

PARTES

Finally, we can conclude that adverbs are words that modify or complement other
words, mainly verbs, or phrases.
FORMULA:

SUBJECT + ADVERB + VERB + COMPLEMENT

FOR EXAMPLE:

● She usually goes to the park.

In the example above, the verb go / ir is modified by the adverb usually /

usualmente, as it adds a frequency of repetition to the activity.

Adverbs are divided according to their function since, as mentioned above, there
are adverbs of place, adverbs of time and adverbs of form.

“Most adjectives can be transformed into adverbs by adding the ending "ly", which
is the equivalent of the suffix "mente" in Spanish.” (Inglaterra en casa)

EXAMPLES:

● High / alto - Highly / altamente.

● Maria is highly qualified for the job.

2. Adverbs are used to specify and describe the meaning of other

words, such as adjectives, verbs or prepositions. In other words, adverbs
serve to modify or specify the meaning of other words. They usually modify
verbs, telling us how, how often, when, or where something happens.

EXAMPLES:

● Suddenly, the lights came back on and we could see the city of Cali
perfectly.
● The bus I was on to Armenia was moving slowly.
● Cali is a very beautiful city.
● China is extremely big.

3. "Too" is an adverb indicating that there is more than enough.

EXAMPLE: You are too young to understand.

On the other hand, we must bear in mind that we use too to express equality,
coincidence or similarity with a phrase, we also use too to express negative
characteristics or a sarcastic meaning.

In addition, we can say that we use too when we talk about a word of the adverb
class. It means too much.

WITH ADJECTIVES OR ADVERBS:

● You are too old to know this – Eres demasiado mayor como para saber
esto.
● I don’t like to wake up too early. – No me gusta levantarme demasiado
temprano.

Finally, we can conclude that, unlike the adverbs mentioned above, "too" is always
used in a negative form, because "too" is only used when a negative quality is to
be emphasized.

FOR EXAMPLE:

1. Manizales is too dangerous.

2. Neiva is too boring.

On the other hand, "too" can be used with a positive adjective, but only when I
want to be sarcastic.

FOR EXAMPLE:

● Cali is too safe.

That is, in this case we are saying that the city of Cali is not safe at all.

EXAMPLE 2:

● Medellín is too clean.

 ● Loboguerrero is too big.

The opposite is meant to be implied.

SECTION 3: CONJUNCTIONS

Conjunctions are an invariable part of speech, usually unstressed, and are defined
as words or a set of words used to join two or more elements of a sentence or two
or more sentences. It should be noted that conjunctions are used to join words in a
sentence and are important because they function as links or nexuses which serve
to connect the elements of a sentence.

On the other hand, a conjugation is a part of speech that is used to connect two
words, phrases, clauses or sentences. In turn, we use conjugations to connect or
show the relationship between ideas.

EXAMPLE 1:

● Barranquilla is a wonderful city, and the weather is nice.

● Medellín is a wonderful city, and a joyful one.

In the examples above you can see how two ideas are connected. At the same
time, you can see how "and" functions to link simple sentences, making the
compound sentence take on a complete meaning.

EXAMPLE 2:

● Santo Domingo is modern, but it has too much traffic.

In the previous example "but" is the opposition between two ideas.

In this case, in the class we are trying to describe various places, the purpose of
conjunctions is to talk about the characteristics of these places, and this is where
we must apply the concepts we have learned about: nouns, adjectives and
adverbs.
 AND

QUESTION

What kind of sentences can we join using and? Write 3 examples using
places.

It's used to connect 2 positive (+) or two negative (-) sentences.It goes between the
sentences AFTER a comma. In addition, "and" is a very common connector since
it is used when we join two or more expressions, usually by adding and before the
last expression.

EXAMPLES: With the "and" we connect two ideas in which both are positive
or two ideas in which both are negative.

● Cartago is very beautiful, AND it has extremely delicious typical food.

● San Antonio is very dirty, AND at the same time it’s too expensive.
● Cancun is extremely beautiful, AND has very amazing landscapes.

BUT

QUESTION

1. What kind of sentences can we join using but? Write 3 examples using
places.

It's used to connect two (+/-) opposite sentences. Therefore, "but" is used to link a
negative sentence with a positive sentence or vice versa. That is, all ideas that are
opposites are connected with "but".

EXAMPLES:

● Valledupar is somewhat famous, BUT it’s very boring.

● Buenaventura is extremely attractive, BUT it’s really dangerous.
● San Andres is very touristic, BUT it’s pretty crowded.
Finally, "and" and "but" are direct connectors, which means that they are used to
connect sentences, therefore, they go in the middle of sentences. Also keep in
mind that you must always put a comma before "and" and "but".

HOWEVER - THOUGH

QUESTION

1. What kind of sentences can we join using however or though? Write 4

examples using places.

It's used to connect two (+/-) opposite sentences. It goes at the end of the last
sentence. We need a point to join the sentences in the middle and we need a
comma to join the connector at the end.

HOWEVER

EXAMPLES:

● Dagua is really expensive. It’s too popular, HOWEVER.

● Palmira is very beautiful. It’s extremely dangerous, HOWEVER.
● Bogotá is fairly calm. It’s pretty dull, HOWEVER.
● Cartagena is extremely lively. It’s somewhat polluted, HOWEVER.

THOUGH
EXAMPLES:
● Armenia is really touristic. It’s fairly boring, THOUGH.
● Barranquilla is pretty fascinating. It’s very bustling, THOUGH.
● Cali is very noisy. It’s pretty beautiful, THOUGH.
● Pasto is fairly dangerous. It’s somewhat popular, THOUGH.

In conclusion, "However" and "Though" are indirect connectors which are used to
join negative ideas with positive ideas or vice versa; the only thing we must take
into account is that the difference lies in the position within the sentences because
both connectors will always be used at the end of each sentence when making
descriptive or comparative texts. In addition, the sentences cannot be translated
textually into Spanish because they would not make any sense, but even so, in
Spanish it is assumed that both connectors ("However" and "Though") go in the
middle.

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