Republic Bolivarian of Venezuela

Ministry of Popular Power for Defense

National University Politechnical of Armed Force (UNEFA)
Subject: English I
Professor: Thais Silva
Maracaibo-Edo. Zulia

Members:
Luís Carrizo
Naybelin García
Mervin González
Angel Pirela
Section:
CBV-2X1

Maracaibo, October of 2007

 ACTIVITY

1. THE WEATHER

Crizzle
Rain
Deluge
Flurry
Downpour
Hailstones
Snow
Storm
Blizzard
Thunderstorm
Breeze
Drought
Dew
Hot spell
Hot
Cold snap
Humid
Cloudy
Rainy
Misty
Sunny
Windy
Cool
Shaddy
Foggy
Muggy
Warm

Examples:
 It's very hot
 It's warm
 It's cold.
 it's freezing
 It's rainy.
 It's windy.
 It's foggy.
 It's snowy

2. SEASONS OF THE YEAR

a) Spring

Ex: It's cool and it's raining. It's spring.

b) Summer

Ex: It is hot and humid. It's summer.

c) Autumm/fall

Ex: It's windy and cloudy. It's fall.

d) Winter

Ex: It's snowing. It's winter.

3. EXISTENCE STRUCTURE

a) There is

1. Use there IS for singular nouns (one item).

2. Use there IS for non-count items(group nouns).

Ex: There is a spider on the wall.

There is milk on the floor

b) There are

1. Use there ARE for many items (plural nouns).

2. Use there ARE for count ítems

Ex: There are pencils on my desk

There are many animals in the zoo

Negative Form.

a) There is not or There isn´t

Ex: There is not water in my house

There isn´t pollution in Merida

b) There are not or There aren´t

Ex: There are not cars on the street

There aren´t pencils on the floor.
4. TIME, PLACE, WAY, MOVEMENT PREPOSITIONS

a) Time Prepositions

Time prepositions
in on at
about after before
from through towards
against around by
above across behind
upon under up
out near beneath
down over until
where wherever from
for like of
far till with

Ex:

 I lived in Japan from 1989 through 1995

 The night before

b) Place Prepositions

Place Prepositions
in on at
about after before
from through towards
against around by
above across behind
upon under up
out near beneath
down over until
where wherever from

Ex:
 Arnold Schwarzenegger is at the hospital
 The new century began on Saturday January 1, 2000
 The coca tea is on the table
 They are from Iraq
 Today I am still in prison
 No matter where they live
 Where is Africa?

c) Way Prepositions
Preposiciones De Circunstancia
in on at
about after before
from through towards
against around by
above across behind
upon under up
out near beneath
down over until
where wherever from
for since far from
beyond during  

Ex:

 It's a book about Colombia

 Kabul is a city without hope

d) Movement Prepositions

Movement Prepositions
in
into
at
to
from
out of
through
toward

Ex:

 Where are you from?

 I am from France and I came from Paris
 I go to Tokyo, capital city of Japan
 I was into the school
 I went out of my House
5. OBJECT PERSONAL PRONOUNS

They are placed after verbs or prepositions.

Pronoun Object Personal Pronoun

I Me
You You
She Her
He Him
It It
We Us
They Them
You You

Ex:

 We come to him
 He said to them
 He has seen me
 I am lending you some money

Note: to (except for you), with, for, like are used frequently for short phrases.

6. PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Pronouns
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They

Ex:
 I am twenty-nine years old
 You live in Barcelona
 She has got a dog
 He makes the bed every morning
 It runs inside the house
 We sing a good song at the disco
 They write an e-mail to the teacher
7. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Pronoun Reflexive
Pronoun
I myself
You yourself
She himself
He herself
It itself
We ourselves
You yourselves
They themselves

a) Self is used for singular pronouns

b) Selves is used for plural pronouns

Ex:

Singular

 I looked at myself in the mirror

 You looked at yourself in the mirror
 He looked at himself
 She looked at herself in the mirror
 It looked at itself in the mirror

Plural

 We looked at ourselves in the mirror

 You looked at yourselves in the mirror
 They looked at themselves in the mirror