UNIVERSIDAD SANTA MARÍA 

                                                           
FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA 
I SEMESTRE.  SECCIÓN: B.   INGLÉS I. PROF. GLICERIA GIL 
 
THE STUDENTS WILL BE PREPARED TO READ AND WRITE USING BASIC VOCABULARY THEY USE IN
THIS CAREER. 

REVIEW.

 Capital letters are used in the following situations:

1.- At the beginning of a sentence.

2.-With some nouns and adjectives, usually if a noun indicates a proper noun. Capitalize
the pronoun “I.”
3.- In the names of people, places, or related words.
4.- In the titles of books, films, organizations, etc.
5.- When we write the days of the week, we always use a capital letter at the start of the
word. The days of the week are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday.
6.- We use capital letters when writing the months of the year: January, February, March,
April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
7.- The names of the countries, their languages and the nationalities are written in capital
letters.

.- I am from Venezuela.. I am Venezuelan... I speak Spanish.

.- Brigitte is from France.. She is French… She speaks French.

.- Troy is from USA.. He is American… He speaks English.

.- You are from Japan.. You are Japanese... You speak Japanese.

.- She is from Brazil.. She is Brazilian.. She speaks Portuguese.

.- My English teacher is a nice woman.

.- My father has read a new German book.

We must use a period in the following situations_

1. At the end of a complete sentence that is a statement.

2. If the last item in the sentence is an abbreviation that ends in a period, do not
follow it with another period.
3. Question marks and exclamation points replace and eliminate periods at the end
of a sentence.

 
VOCABULARY 
ENGINE: Máquina, motor. 
ENGINEER: Ingeniero. 
ENGINEERING: Ingeniería. (The career that you study) 
 
BASIC VOCABULARY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS. 
 
Accuracy  Angle  Arch 
Bridge  Building  Cement 
Circuit  Combustion  Compression 
Computer  Conductor  Cylinder 
Data  Dish  Electricity 
Electronic  Engine  Engineer 
Engineering  Facilities  Factory 
Friction  Hammer  Hardware 
Mechanics  Perimeter  Plug 
Power  Pump  Resistance 
Resistance  Screw  Screwdriver 
Soft ware  Screen saver  System 
   

 
 
 
 
To Be. Present Tense:   I am // ….    He, She, It is// …   We, You, They are. 
            Past Tense:         I was//….    He, She, It was//… We, you, They were. 
                 
�Interrogative:          Are you an engineering student? 
 
Affirmative:    Yes, I am an engineering student.// Short aff.:Yes, Iam.  
 
Negative:        No, I am not an engineering student.// Short neg.: No, I am not. 
 
Interrogative:  Is your mother at home?  
Affirmative:    Yes, my mother is at home.// Yes, she is at home.// Yes, she is. 
Negative:        No, she isn´t at home. // No, she isn´t 
 
Present Progressive: Be (present) + ing.  
 
.- I am studying engineering at Santa María University. 
.- My father is working in a big Factory. 
.- Those engineers are building a new hospital in this city. 
 
Past Progressive: Be (past) +ing.  
 
.- I was reading a very interesting book. 
.- My English teacher was explaining new words. 
.- You were listening to the music last morning.  
 
 
 
 
EXERCISES. 
 
Complete with the corresponding form of the verb Be. 
 
.- The engineering students  are  learning many new verbs. 
.- My father ____is__ a very good doctor. 
.- We _____are_____ drinking lemon juice yesterday. 
.- Those children _____are____ enjoying with their classmates in school last week. 
.- I ____am______ writing many new English sentences at this moment. 
.- Rose ___is_____ at home with her grand parents yesterday. 
.- My classmates ____are___doing their exercises last night. 
.- I ____am_____ living in Miami last year.
.- Those children ______are_________ enjoying at the park.
.- This _____is______ the screen saver I want to use on my computer.