UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA

ENGLISH LEVEL 2 - Group 6

Class Number: 4914

E-PORTFOLIO

KEVIN DE JESUS BETANCUR VILLA

2023-1
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Activity 1

Past simple video – verb to be

Use Examples from the video Your examples

1. Positive and plural
When we talk about our ➢ Yesterday, I ate soup.
experiences in the past, we use I was in a concert las Last month, I danced with my
the past simple tense weekend. friends.

This is the verb TO BE which • As a child, Leonel Messi Last week, I met new friends at
means in Spanish era or was un soccer player in my university.
ESTUVO. Newell’s Old boy soccer
team.

• Messi’s parents were a

teacher and a
housewife when they
lived in Rosario,
Argentina.

(Here we are describing Messi’s

parents).
•
Verb forms in past Examples from the video Your examples
 2. Negative And interrogative
➢ Adverbs • Yesterday breakfast
Last: • Lionel Messi wasn´t a with my friend of at
• Night good student university
• Year
• Week • Were you a good
• Month student at school? • Were they put my cell
• Time in my bag?
• Yesterday
• today

Activity 2

According to the information given in the CPS, answer the following questions.

In your last vacation...

1. where were you?

I was in my house studying.
__________________________________________________
2. who were you with?
I was with my father and my bother.
___________________________________________________________________
3. Was it a good vacation? why? why not?
Yes, it was a good vacation because I was with my family.
___________________________________________________________________
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Activity I

Identify the irregular verbs in the texts and practice their pronunciation. You can use the following
websites to check the pronunciation of the verbs:

1. https://tophonetics.com/

2. https://howjsay.com/

Base Form Irregular Verb Irregular Verb in Past

have Had
get got
Run Run
Think Thought
Bet Bet
go Went
Sleep Slept
Spend Spend
Begin Began
Write Wrote
Become Became

Cook Cooked
Buy Bought

Notes
Verbs in past

When we describe actions in past we need regular and irregular verbs. Take a look
at this short explanation.

Regular verbs

Those verbs finish with "ed". Those verbs do not have major changes.

Examples:
Share → Shared Want→Wanted Scare → Scared Kill →killed

Irregular Verbs
Those verbs that have noticeable changes. These verbs do not follow specific rules.

You can see a list of irregular verbs on page 127 in your books.

Examples:

Go→went Run →run Think → thought Bet →bet

Match the verb in infinitive with its corresponding simple past verb:
call [called] sleep [slept] return [returned]
try [tried] spend [spent] begin [began]
work [worked] carry [carried] die [died]
say [said] walk [walked]

Activity II

Rewrite the following sentences using simple past.

Ex: 0. Eleane writes a letter to her son. Eleane wrote a letter to her son.

1. Miguel goes to the swimming pool on Sunday. ………………Miguel went to the swimming pool on
Sunday.

2. Luna and David don’t have breakfast at 7 o´clock. ……………… Luna and David didn’t have breakfast
at 7 o´clock.

3. Juan cooks a delicious chicken pie. ……… Juan cooked a delicious chicken pie.

4. Doris doesn’t drink a lot of coffee. ……… Doris didn't drink a lot of coffee.

5. We buy a sandwich at the shop. We bought a sandwich at the shop.

6. I get up at 6 o´clock and go to university. … I got up at 6 o ´clock and went go to university

Activity III

MORE FAMOUS FACES - CELEBRITIES

Think about the following questions:

Who is the alive celebrity you admire? Why?

AN ADMIRABLE CELEBRITY
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Name of the celebrity: Ariana Grande

Profession of the celebrity: Singer
When was the celebrity born? She was born on June 26th, 1993.
Where was the celebrity born? She birth place in Boca Ratón, Florida, Estados
Unidos.

What was the celebrity first important event?

The first important event of she, was when won two awards grammy.

What was the celebrity last important event?

The last important event of she, was when won the grammy for better Interpretation with Lady
gaga.

Why is this person important for you?

Because this person has inspired me to be better person and fight for my dreams.
(Fnac, 2023)

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Activity 1

1. When do we use the present perfect?

To express past events or experience, sometimes these wents are still connected to the
present.

2. What is the structure for affirmative, negative sentences and questions?

• I have tried sushi before.
• I have not tried sushi before.
• Have you ever climbed a mountain?

Structure
- Affirmative sentences
Structure – Subject + has/have + verb III + Object

-Negative sentences
Subject + have/has + not + verb + object

-Questions sentences
Have/Has + Subject + Verb past participle + Complement +?
Write 3 sentences about you in your notebook. You need to use the present perfect.

You can write about your life experiences, but one sentence should be false. (2 truths and 1
lie)

Example:

I have studied in another country. (True)

I have visited Rome. (True)

I have been to Australia. (This is False for me).

1. We have studied English.

2. Majo has eaten pizza.
3. Juanita and Luisa has not found the books

Activity 3
Now you are ready to write some questions and answers using present perfect!

4. Organize, create and answer the following questions on your notebook.

5. Be ready to share your answers in class.
6. Ex: Have / study / another country?

Have you ever studied in another country?

Yes, I have studied English in the USA.

1. Have / take / an English exam?

Have you taken an English exam?

No, it’s my first exam

2. Have / study/ an interesting subject?

Have you studied an interesting subject?

Yes, I have studied human anatomy

3. Have / learn to play / a musical instrument?

Have you learned to play a musical instrument?

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Review of Past of the verb BE

In a word document write 5 sentences about your life experiences and upload the document to your
portfolio.

You can use ideas from the box:

e.g. I have never been to Canada, but I have been to Peru.

e.g. I have eaten sushi, but I have never tried curry.

1. I have been playing piano since I was 15 years old.

2. I haven't been traveled to Europe, but I was traveled to Medellín Colombia.
3. I don’t like horses because I have given fear.
4. I have never played tennis, just volleyball.
5. I have been with a French at university.
We use ever in questions and never in answers.

ACTIVIDAD TEAMS 4.1

 Present Perfect Workshop
Activity 1

The past participle of the irregular verbs is the principal parts of a sentence/question in present perfect. The
past participle of regular verbs is the same as the SIMPLE PAST form: both end in -ed. The past participle of irregular
verbs is the third column of the list of verbs that we need to remember.

REGULAR VERBS finish finished finished

stop stopped stopped
wait waited waited

IRREGULAR VERBS see saw seen

make made made
put put put

Activity 2
How many past participles can you write in a minute? Write the past participles that you remember without looking at
the phone or book.

Wrote Slept Eaten Sent heard

Seen Thought Been Come become

When you finish, check your verbs with your partner and correct them. (Use your students’ book pg. 182).

Activity 3

Fill the puzzle with the appropriate past participle of the following verbs:

1W o r n

r 8 S

i 4 6 T
 2T h o u g h t T O

r U A L

e R U E

n T 7 G R O W N

5 U n d e r s T o o d

Activity 4
Write the correct form of the verb in the Present Perfect Tense on the line. Use the negative when necessary.

Roberta Stack is making a lot of progress in her career as a concert pianist. This year she (give) given more than thirty
concerts in the U. S. and twenty other countries around the world. She (travel) traveled to almost every country in
Europe and Africa, but she still (visit) .Visited. any countries in Asia. She wants to do an Asian tour next year, if
possible. Right now, she is busy working on her newest album. She (finish) finished recording all of it yet, but she has
to stop working on the album soon, because she (accept) accepted an offer to compose music for a movie.

SIMPLE PAST vs. PRESENT PERFECT

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Activity 5
Complete the following sentences using simple past or present perfect:

a. I moved (move) to Seattle in January. I have lived (live) here for 3 months now. I was lived (live) in Canada
from 1978 to 1980.
b. My friend has lived (live) in Seattle since 1990.
c. My teacher in my country was British. I studied (study) with her for 1 year.
d. Now my teacher is American. I have been studying (study) with her since the beginning of the quarter.
e. My father worked hard all his life. (He is dead.)
f. My father has been working hard all his life. (He is alive.)
g. My friend works at Microsoft now, but before that, she had (have) a job with Boeing.
h. Since January, I have been (have) a great job. I feel very lucky.
i. My parents have liked (like) my girlfriend since they met her.
Activity 7
Complete the following paragraphs with the correct tense (present perfect or simple past).
1. Last night, I talked (talk) to my friend and she had (have) great news. She’s getting married soon. But
she hasn’t told (tell/not) her parents yet. They were (be) angry at her for two weeks because she had
borrowed (borrow) their car and had (have) an accident two weeks ago.
2. Last week, I met (meet) my friend at a restaurant. We have (have) many things to talk about. He is
married now. He was (be) married for 2 years. Since 1990, he worked (work) for a travel agency. He
traveled (travel) around the world twice and he is going to go again next year. I never met
_______________________ (meet/never) his wife. He said (say) she likes to travel, too.
3. Film maker George Richards (be) was interested in the cinema since he (be) was a small child. He
(make) made his first film when he (be) was just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and he (make)
made thirty films. George loves travelling. His work (take) took him all over the world. He (be) was to
Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year, he (visit) visited Russia for the
first time. George is married to the singer Kathy Burke. They (be) were married for ten years. They live
with their two children on the Greek island of Kos. They (buy) bought a house on the island in 1987 and
they (live) lived there since then.
4. Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change) changed a
great deal. The first computers (be) was simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have, not) didn’t
much memory and they (be, not) weren’t very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and
customers often (pay) paid thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do) does very little. Most
computers (be) separate, individuales machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing
games.

Notes The WEEK 6

Should and Shouldn't - Use

➢ We use should and shouldn't to give advice or to talk about

what we think is right or wrong.

➢ You should means something like I think it is a good idea for

you to do it.
 ➢ You shouldn't means something like I think it is a bad idea for
you to do it.

➢ Should is used to express the opinion of a speaker and often

follows I think or I don't think.

Examples
You look tired. I think you should take a break.

Alice works very long hours. She should to talk to her boss.

- I have an English test tomorrow.

- I shouldn't worry because you have worked really hard.

- I never have enough money.

- I think you shouldn't go out so often.
Write the corrections of the following sentences on your notebook. Be ready to share
them in class.

E.g: You should studying English every day. -

You should study English every day.

1. You should to book a hotel room.

2. He doesn't should work late.

3. Do we should buy a ticket here?

4. She shoulds check in her bag.

5. You don't should rent a car.

6. What should we to eat?

Notes The WEEK 7

 Note the week 8

Adjectives are words that modify or describe a noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be used to
describe the qualities of someone or something independently or in comparison to something
else.

Adjectives are the key-words for the coming grammar topics. Think about and apply the best
strategy to store this vocabulary in your mind.

Blog- Activity
Grammar
3. Complete the text using the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.

There is an example at the beginning (0).

Ice cream is one of the (0) most popular (popular) desserts. But do you know about the journey of vanilla and
chocolate ice cream, the world’s favourite flavours? It’s possibly the (1) longest (long) journey of all your
favourite foods. In Ancient Greece, people ate snow with honey. In Ancient China, there was a dessert with ice,
too. Ice and snow, at 0°C, are (2) colder (cold) than ice cream, which is 0°C–2°C. This means that they were (3)
worst(bad)

for people’s teeth. Teeth can break when we eat cold things, but the Greeks and Chinese possibly had (4)
stronger (strong) teeth than us. Was the Greek recipe (5) older (old) than the Chinese one? Nobody knows
which one was first. What we do know is where modern ice cream comes from – France. The English had an (6)
earliest (early) recipe with milk. Later a man from Sicily put eggs and sugar in it too, in his café in Paris in the
seventeenth century. This made the dessert (7) sweetest (sweet). The ingredients travelled a long way, too.
Vanilla and chocolate were both from Mexico. Chocolate was the (8) best (good) drink for men who went to
fight against other villages. It was also

(9) hotter (hot) than modern hot chocolate and (10) most bitter(bitter) to drink, because there was no sugar.
Sugar was originally from India. So when you have ice cream on your plate, you have a map in front of you!
Enjoy it.
4. Here are some sentences about a famous walk in Spain. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence. Use no more than THREE words. There is an example at the beginning (0).
1. The Camino de Santiago is more important than other walks in Spain. The Camino de Santiago is the
most important walk in Spain.
2. There are many routes, but the part along the north of Spain is more famous than the others. There
are many routes, but the most famous part is along the north of Spain.
3. Some parts of the walk are difficult. Some parts of the walk aren’t very difficult. Some parts of the
walk are more difficult than others.
4. Some months are not good for doing the walk, particularly July. July is the most particularly for doing
the walk.
5. Most of the Camino is flat across the north of Spain. The last 200 km are not flat. Most of the Camino
across the north of Spain is flatter than the last 200 km.
6. There are interesting towns and cities along the Camino, in particular León and Pamplona. León and
Pamplona are more interesting than the other towns and cities along the Camino.
7. Santiago is in the region of Spain with more wet weather than the rest of Spain. Santiago is the region
that has the most weather in Spain.
8. The Camino along the north is about 767 km. The Camino from Seville to Santiago is 884 km. The
Camino from Seville to Santiago is further away than the Camino along the north.
9. The hotel at the end of the Camino de Santiago is older than all the hotels in the world.

The oldest hotel in the world is in Santiago de Compostela, at the end of the Camino.

10. April, May, June and September are better than the other months for the Camino.

The better months for the Camino are April, May, June and September.

11. The Camino in April is not as crowded as it is in July. The Camino in July is more crowded than in April.

3. Read the article about journeys into space. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? There is an example at the
beginning (0).
In the 1950s, when the popular science-fiction programme Journey into Space was on the radio, the idea of space
travel was just a fantastic story. Nowadays, it is still one of our most exciting dreams. We love films and TV
series like Star Trek and Star Wars, but it is also a real possibility. We know a lot more about space now – and
some people can go there! Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space. He went on 12th April 1961 and he flew
around the world for 108 minutes. The Americans wanted to be first, but the Russians were quicker. Alan
Shepherd was the second man in space in May 1961, a month after Gagarin, but his flight was shorter – it was
fifteen minutes long. Shepherd also went to the moon. He was the fifth person there, and the oldest. He also
played golf there, so he was the most famous golfer on the moon!

Nowadays, the Russians and the Americans work together with fourteen other nationalities on the International
Space Station. The ISS first went into space in 2000 with two Russians, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, and
an American, Bill Shepherd. Their journey was 141 days long. There are still people on the ISS now.

Russian Valeri Polyakov spent the longest time in one visit to space. He spent 437 days and eighteen hours
there between 1994 and 1995. The American with the longest time in space is Peggy Whitson. She broke the
record in 2017 after 665 days in space (in more than one visit). Her last journey ended on 3rd September 2017
after 288 days. In that time, she travelled 196.66 million kilometres. That’s a very long journey.

0. In the fifties, Journey into Space wasn’t about a real journey. T

1. The article says the idea of journeys into space is a little boring now. F
2. The article doesn’t say what country Gagarin was from. F
3. Gagarin spent more time in space than Shepherd. F
4. Shepherd was older than all other people who walked on the moon. T
5. Shepherd was also one of the most famous golfers in the world. F
6. More than fifteen countries work together on the ISS project. T
7. One of the first people on the ISS had the same first name or surname as the first two men in space. T
8. Polyakov spent 437 days on more than one space journey. T

9. Whitson spent 665 days on more than one space journey. T

10. Whitson travelled over 196 million kilometres in one journey. T

1. Read the descriptions and write the words. There is an example at the beginning (0).
1. The opposite of interesting. boring
2. A type of film: a boy, a girl, funny problems, a happy ending. romantic comedy
3. Water that has salt in it. sea
4. When a show makes people laugh. funny
5. When a film makes you feel worried. scare
6. An exciting film with police and bad guys. t_______
7. A film with lots of magic in it. fancy
8. A TV competition with questions. q _ _ _ s _ _ _
9. Thin green leaves but not on trees. grass
10. It can fly and sing.bird
11. You watch this to get information about the day. t _ _ n_ _ _
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Forest

Island

Lake

Montains
Ocean

RIver

Sea

Desert