Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”

Bachelor in Education
Lilian Del Carmen Ramírez Rivas
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on: Compound sentences
EXERCISE 1:

Are the following sentences correct or incorrect? Identify their subjects and verbs with a color
convention and mark with a (C) if they are correct and with an (I) if they are incorrect. Please correct
the incorrect sentences. Check the following examples:

E.g.: * In the mornings always have a big breakfast and a little water. I. (no subject)
Correction: In the mornings we always have a big breakfast and a little water

1- Recently has not rained enough for the plants to be healthy. __Incorrect____
Recently it has not rained enough for the plants to be healthy.
2- Our CEO is considering a joint venture with an Italian company. ____Correct__

3- Of all the courses in the program, this is the most difficult. ___Incorrect___
Correction: Of all courses in the program, this course is the most difficult
4- Next month will be opened a new branch of our company. _Incorrect_____
Correction: Next month it will be opened a new branch of our company.
5- Several passwords are required to turn on the computer. __Correct____

6- The most important documents are filed in the locked cabinet. __Correct____

7- Our systems staff development new accounting software. __Incorrect____

Correction: Our systems staff develops a new accounting software
8- In November starts the new environmental project developed by the Ecology committee. __Incorrect____
Correction: In November it stars the new environmental project developed by the Ecology committee

9- With all the necessary tools can complete the task in no more than 2 weeks. __Incorrect____
Correction: With all the necessary tools, I can complete the task in more than 2 weeks.
10-The company manager is considering a serious layoff policy to improve the finances. ___Correct___

11-We must pay all our bills immediately. ___Correct___

12-Amanda did not continuation the course due to her multiple responsibilities with the new project.
___Incorrect___
Correction: Amanda did not continue the course due to her multiple responsibilities with the new project.
13-The day of the Colombian national team match many employees called in sick. _Correct_____

14-The package with all the documents for our wholesaler was mailed yesterday morning. _Correct_____

15-The HHRR department has designed some activities to improve the worker’s mood during working hours.
__Correct____

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Lilian Del Carmen Ramírez Rivas
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on: Compound sentences

EXERCISE 2

Write a 5-to-7-line paragraph describing your job in your company.

- It’s a paragraph not a list of sentences.

- Don’t try to write as in Spanish. Use only SIMPLE SENTENCES in your paragraph.
- Check the structure of your sentences by identifying and marking SUBJECTS and VERBS with a color
convention as in the explanations and previous exercises.

- Use PUNCTUATION AND TRANSITION EXPRESSIONS to connect the ideas and sentences in your
paragraph.

“A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY JOB”

Hello, my name is Lilian Ramírez and I study from Istmina-Chocó.it is very gratifying because I receive a lot of
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love , I do my homeworks in the mornings from 7am to 10am . Then , I start to prepare the lunch in five minutes
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cooking the rice,the fried meat,cucumber salad and last drink is guayaba juice. In the afternoon, i´m going to
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work with my mother to the Pertenencia Foundation. In the other hand, my mother teachs me to print
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employees documents, stapler A-Z books , every day. I help my mother to deliver Fuxion products and to
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claim parcel by envientrega. Finally , i learn that all in the life i work very Hard.
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EXERCISE 3

Step 1 - Please, check the following paragraph. It is made only of simple and compound sentences:

HOW LAYOFFS AFFECT SURVIVORS

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés
A recent study has demonstrated the consequences of layoffs on survivors.Adapted
//In other words, it tries to show the
by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
perspectives of employees that continue working in a company after the company fired several employees. //The
study suggests very interesting facts. // For example, 81% of the workers do not recommend their company
because they do not consider it a good place to work. // In addition, the level of productivity of 74% of the
employees has declined since they were very more worried about their stability than about their performance. //
69% of the survivors see serious problems in the customer service department after the layoffs. //Finally, many
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Lilian Del Carmen Ramírez Rivas
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on: Compound sentences

Step 2 - Separate each sentence of the paragraph with a double slash “// ”. Remember that you will find
simple and compound sentences:

For example:

John is a wonderful student. // In addition, he also works in an international restaurant in the capital city of his
country. // John wants to be an excellent lawyer because all the members of his family were lawyers too. //….

Step 3 - Identify the elements of each sentence of the paragraph as follows:

Transitions

Connectors

Subjects

Verbs

For example:
John is a wonderful student. // In addition, he also works in an international restaurant in the capital city of his
country. // John wants to be an excellent lawyer because all the members of his family were lawyers too. // …

EXERCISE 4

Now write a new paragraph about “education in Colombia”. Take into account the following
instructions:

Your paragraph must have minimum 5 lines and maximum 10 lines.

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz
 Corporación Universitaria del Caribe “CECAR”
Bachelor in Education
Lilian Del Carmen Ramírez Rivas
Subject: Introduction to English translation
Workshop on: Compound sentences
Your paragraph must contain “transition expressions”, “simple sentences” and “compound sentences”.

As in the previous exercise, you must separate sentences using - //

Indicate Transitions Connectors Subjects Verbs . with a color convention as indicated.

You must use font: Arial 12 and a space of 1,5

The education in Colombia is defined as a permanent learning, // In other words it is a personal process
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Formation that covers cultural and social apects.Our political constitution are given the fundamental notes of
the
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nature of educational services. // In addition, indicate that education is an individual right,it has a function and
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That state is responsable for the inspection and supervisión of educational services,for the best
moral,intelectual
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And physical training for students. // However, The colombian education is made up for: early childhood
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Education,preeschool,basic education,it is refer to five grades of primary and four grades of secondary.
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Bibliography:
https://www.mineducacion.gov.co/portal/secciones/English-version/Vice-ministry-of-Pre-school-Primary-and-Secondary-
Education/355502:Colombian-Education-System

Author: Mauricio Buitrago Avilés

Adapted by: Rubén Mauricio Muñoz