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NAME:
Mari Guevara Tello
TEACHER:
Ana Medina
 WRITING 1
MEANINGFUL FRIENDSHIPS

1. One of the most meaningful friendships I have had is the one I had with
 2. my friend Nicole. We became friends by going to the same school. We
Gerund as object of a
preposition

3. both entered the same year, we were new. For me making friends wasn't

4. easy at first, but over time everyone seemed kinder. All my friends love

5. going shopping, having funny moments together and taking short trips.
Gerund as a subject Gerund as a subject

6. Also, we were forced to ignore people's attitudes in our school, but

7. despite that we've made our friendship stronger by going through many
Gerund as object of a
preposition

8. difficult things together and we have learned to support each other.

Infinitive as an object

9. Since Nicole and I became friends, we have enjoyed sharing all kinds of

10. experiences. We've stayed friends by constant communication and above

Gerund as object of a
preposition
11. all the trust we have. Nicole is a good friend, but her constantly interrupting
Object pronoun + gerund

12. people is annoying. I’m saying that because trusting is fundamental for a
Gerund as a
subject
13. true friendship. We are very close, even though we don't talk or see each

other 14. very often, but the trust remains the same. We admit having been
Passive past gerund

involved in 15. some fights, but nothing that cannot be solved and that is why we

Infinitive as an object
have moved 16. on, because we tried to trust each other and we have learned to

say what bothers 17. us and what doesn't. She is happy to have been become in

my practically sister 18. and her friendship means a lot to me. Having met Nicole

when we were in 19.school was the best.

ADDED
(LINE 18) PAST GERUND
PAST INFINITIVE
(LINE 14) PASSIVE PAST GERUND
(LINE 17) PASSIVE PAST INFINITIVE
 WRITING 2
MY STUDY HABITS: HOW CAN I IMPROVE
THEM?
1.I would like to improve my study habits. The first thing I need to do is to get

2.more sleep. I do most of my studying in the late evening, and I don't get to

bed 3. until about 12:00a.m.I get up at 6:00a.m.so I'm tired all day. When I try to

4.studyI have very little energy, so I don't remember many of the things I work

on.

5.Another thing I need to work on is to take more note in class. All my teachers

6.have said I can use phone to take so much notes during the class, but I don't

7.have enough speed as a typist to take down everything my professors say, so

8.I prefer take notes in my notebook. Normally I have a great deal of homework,

9.but since I learned to organize myself, I have very few tasks to deliver.

10.Most of my homework are reports of physics, and they need plenty of

Irregular non-count
nouns
research 11. and reading of the topics to be discussed. I bought fewer books
“the” before definite
noun
this year.

12. A lot of people recommend me to improve my diet, because it is important to

“People” with plural
nouns
13.be well fed to study. My diet is generally good.
14.At breakfast I usually have a sandwich, a juice, and milk. At midmorning I eat
“a” or “an” with singular
count nouns
15. some bananas. Bananas are delicious for me.
Noun ending in -s

ADDED
(LINE 10) IRREGULAR NO-COUNT
NOUNS
(LINE 6) MUCH
(LINE 11) FEWER
(LINE 7) ENOUGH
 GLOSSARY
1. FED  Is defined as to have given someone food in the past

2. DESPITE  Used for saying that something happens even though

something else might have prevented it.

3. MEANINGFUL  If you describe something as meaningful, you

mean that it is serious, important, or useful in some way.