UNIDAD 1 Y 2 - TAREA 2: PRODUCCIÓN DE ESCRITURA

PRESENTADO POR.

CARLOS ALBERTO ARROYAVE– 1.115.084.447

JUAN CAMILO CÁRDENAS – CÓDIGO 1.113.695.591

JORGE ARTURO HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ – CODIGO 1.113.623.476

JOSE LUIS REYES ALVAREZ – CÓDIGO 1.113.649.976

No. Grupo:

900002_188

PRESENTADO A.

LEIDY KATERINE ORTEGA

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD

CEAD PALMIRA

INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL

PALMIRA (VALLE DEL CAUCA) 25/03/2019

 Contenido
Phase I - Personal presentation of the students ........................................................................................... 3
Phase II - Writing practice ............................................................................................................................. 4
Phase III - Chart of Grammatical topics ...................................................................................................... 14
Phase IV - Drafting (letter to my mother) ................................................................................................... 19
 Phase I - Personal presentation of the students

My name is Carlos Arroyave and i have twenty three years old. my address is Cr
14 number 14-55 neighborhood sucre from Buga valle and my number phone is
3183388442. I'm married and I have a 9 month old daughter. I'm employee in a
plant birds and also study industrial engineering in the third semester. I love share
with my family and the music, I dislike negative people.

Hello, my name is Juan Camilo Cardenas, I am 20 years old, my profession is to

work in a sports store and school uniforms, I am currently in a very good
relationship, my address is carrera 38 Nº 23a10 palmira valle del cauca, my phone
number is 3045618088, I am a graduate of the school Domingo Irurita de palmira,
I studied in the accounting SENA and now I am studying Industrial Engineering in
the UNAD university, my occupation is being part of the winery in my work,
among my tastes is eating, doing sports, go out, play or watch football, I am of
little displeasure but I am very much deceived by the lies.

My name´s Jorge Hernandez, I am 32 years old, i work as an industrial designer in the

project department for an engineering consultancy firm for the sugar, papel,
petrochemical, etc. sectors, i am currently in a relationsship, my phone number; 313
7144681, I currenthly live in the city of palmira valle in street 37A # 7-16, a favorite
time pass the I have is to go on a motorcycle ride through the roads of colombia,
form my work I have little time for such enjoy shring with my family and couple.

My name is jose luis reyes alvarez, I am 27 years old, I am a technologist in

biotechnological processes applied to the industry, I find in a sentimental
relationship, my telephone number is 318 861 88 74, I work in the sugar sector
and I work as an operator, I love to ride a bike, share with my family and dislike a
sedentary lifestyle. My address is cr 32a number 28-14 Franciscan neighborhood
(Tulua, Cauca Valley)
 Phase II - Writing practice

Sentences about my family. Exercises 1.1-1.2 (jose luis Reyes)

1. my family is great and wonderful, I also have the fortune to belong to her.

2. Por I usually go for a bicycle ride with my cousin on Saturdays and Sundays, so at this moment I am
anxious for the weekend to arrive.

3. Every year my family makes a big Christmas party and usually we open the presents in front of the
tree.

4. The members of my family are very happy and united, that is why we spend a lot of time together.

5. my family has a picture of a family tree in the room, this shows us how we are divided, from my
grandparents, uncles, to my brothers and my cousins.

6. My cousin recently had 1 son so we had a big party for that new member of the family.

7. My aunt and uncle went to live in the city of Cali, which is why I often visit them.

8. My family always celebrates special dates and what makes us happier is that my grandmother
prepares her delicious food.

Daily activities

In the morning I wake up at 4:30 am, I shower, I brush my teeth and make my bed; I leave my house to
take the bus that takes me to work and often breakfast in the office.

In the afternoon almost always lunch at 12:30 pm, I talk to my colleagues and at 2:00 pm I return to my
work routine.

At night I arrive home around 7:45 pm, dinner, I do the work of the university, I'm going to ride a
bicycle, and around 11:00 pm I go home to sleep

Exercises 1.3 join sentences in the READING with “and”. - 2.1 Describe your favorite room (juan camilo
Cardenas)

1.3: Daniel Rangel and Gary are in a supermarket, Daniel and her friend Marisol meet, Gary and Marisol
know each other, Marisol tells Gary that if he studies too, and Gary says yes, he studies at Daniel's
school and says they see each other and say goodbye.

2.1: My favorite room: on the table is the computer, next to the closet, in front is the bed, on top of the
cabinet are the books, on the right side is the mirror and the shelf with the lotions, and below is a
briefcase.
Exercises 2.2 - 3.1 - Jorge A. Hernández

2.2. Practice #1

Welcome to the Lambubland city, the bookstore is on the corner of Grand Street and Clive Road.

Practice #2
Practice #3

Compression of the teams

Example: The Bank is opposite the School.
The bank is between the school and the park

3.1:
Oraciones present progressive

The children’s playing in the beach.

I am eating a sándwich.

We are watching a movie.

He's dancing

They're sleeping.

The children is making cookies.

It's snowing in New York.

I am telling you the truth.

He is wearing sunglasses.

She is singing better than my sister.

Exercises -3.2, 3.3 (Carlos Arroyave)

3.2:

My brother Fred.

My brother Fred likes to watch movies and he always prefer action movies like "road to perdition" and
"the exterminator". He say they are very much exciting than historical or romantic movies. However, he
love beautiful actresses like Nicole Kidman and Katherine zeta jones. He say Katherine is too much
beautiful than Nicole, however he think Nicole is a better actress.
I am lazy but Fred he is much lazy than me. He never like to ho out, however, he always accept an
invitation to go out to a restaurant. He is much fat than me. He eat a lot, but he rarely offer to pay. He is
less generous than I am.

3.3

Fill out the following from your personal information.

You can invent a name and the information if you want to.

Name: Carlos Arroyave Social Security No. 1.115.084.447

Date of birth: 07 de Abril de 1995.

Address: My address is Cr 14 number 14-55 neighborhood Sucre from of Colombia Buga valle and my
number phone is 3183388442. My identification No. 1.115.084.447.

Do you have a library card from another public library?

Yes, I have a library card from library neighborhood divine Niño from Buga valle.

Give the name of one person in this area who you know.

Bernubia Mendez is in charge of the library.

Do you accept the rules and regulations of this library?

I do not accept the rules of this library why the time is short to return the books

Signature: Carlos Arroyave. Date: 25/03/2019

Exercises 3.4 (Carlos Arroyave)

Search for information on a particular topic

Read articles or newspapers about current information about the country.

Prepare to present exams.

Be able to perform more comfortable tasks because of the silence that is handled.

Learn to classify books.

Perform technological activities that are available within the library

Share knowledge with other people interested in the topics to be discussed.

Investigate topics of personal interest, such as stories, legends and myths.

 Phase III - Chart of Grammatical topics
TOPIC EXPLANATION/USE
Present simple To conjugate the present
simple we use the infinitive
(jose luis
for the subjects "I", "you",
Reyes)
"we" and "they" and for the
third persons "he", "she"
and "it", we add a "-s" to
the end of the verb. ... Note:
There are spelling
exceptions in the third
person, according to the
letter in which the verb
ends.
STRUCTURE EXAMPLES
-The structure of the verb in simple I, you, we, they
present is normally the same as the
(Talk, eat, learn, do,
form of the infinitive in all people
go…)
except the third person singular,
where an 's' or 'es' is added Ej. I talk. (Yo hablo.)
-With verbs that end in consonant he, she, it
'y', we change the 'y' for 'i' + 'es' in
the third person singular (Talks, eats, learns,
does, goes…)
-Negative sentences in simple
present are formed by writing (do Ej. -He eats. (Él come.)
not) or (does not) before the verb, in
-She does the tea. (Ella
this case do and does they work as
hace el té)
auxiliary verb. Does you write for
the third people of the singular " -she/he/it cries (del
He", "She", "It"; and do for "I", verbo, cry - llorar)
"you", "we" and "they. When
negative sentences are written for Ej. Negative sentences
third parties, the s or es must be I do not work (Yo no
eliminated at the end of the verb, trabajo) / I don’t work
and written in its simple form. The (Yo no trabajo)
contractions don’t (do not) and
doesn’t (does not) .They are He does not work (Él
commonly used. no trabaja) / He
doesn’t work (Él no
trabaja)
-Interrogative sentences in simple Ej. Interrogative
present are formed by writing do or sentences
does before the subject or personal
pronoun. Does is used for third ¿Does she read the
parties of the singular " He", "She", newspaper every day?
"It"; and do for "I", "you", "we" and (¿Ella lee el periódico
"they. cada día?)
do and does They function as an ¿Do we come to
auxiliary verb. For third parties, you school by bus?
must eliminate the s or es at the end (¿Nosotros vamos a la
of the verb, and write it in its simple escuela en autobús?)
form. The question mark is only
written at the end
Present The progressive or
progressive continuous present is a verb
tense of the present which
(Juan camilo
is used in two cases:
Cárdenas)
1. To describe facts or
actions that the subject is
doing at the moment of
speaking.
2. To talk about an action or
plans that we are going to
carry out in the near future.
Forms of the verb "To be" Ej.
Pronoun Verb "To be" Cut-cutting (cortar –
cortando)
I= am
Sit-sitting (sentar –
He= Is
sentando)
She=is
Ej.
It=is
Come – coming ( venir
– viniendo) Write –
We = Are
writing (escribir –
You= Are escribiendo)
They=Are Ej.
For the formation of sentences in Admit –
Present Progressive, the verb should Admitting (aceptar –
be used “To be” of each of the aceptando) Begin –
personal pronouns, followed by the Beginning(empezar –
verb or action in gerund. Remember empezando)
that in the English language, for a
verb to be in its gerund form, the Ej.
ending must be added at the end of
Cancel –
each verb “-ing” which in Spanish, is
Cancelling (cancelar –
translated as the terminations “-
cancelando) Impel –
ando”,”-iendo” o “-yendo”.
Impelling(impulsar –
There are some rules to convert a impulsando)
verb in its simple form to a gerund,
Ej.
according to its completion.
Lie – Lying (mentir –
-If the verb has a single syllable and
mintiendo)
ends in a consonant preceded by a
single vowel (following the Ej
Consonant-vowel-consonant
Affirmative sentences
structure), that consonant must be
duplicated and then we add the Kelly is eating in her
ending “-ing”. home at the moment.
- If the verb ends in "-e" and it is - Kelly está comiendo
preceded by a consonant, the "e" is en su casa en este
deleted and "-ing" is added instead. momento
- If the verb has more than one Ej. Negative
syllable and the accent falls on the sentences
last one, we have to double the last
consonant when we have only one Kelly is not eating in
vowel and only one consonant on her home
the last syllable. at the moment.

Adverbs of The main adverbs of
frequency frequency in English are:
never (nunca), hardly
ever (casi
(Jose Luis
nunca), seldom (raramente
Reyes)
), rarely (raramente), occa
sionally(ocasionalmente),
sometimes (algunas
veces), often (a
menudo), usually (normal
mente) y always (siempre).
- When a verb ends in "l", and this is - Kelly no está
preceded by a vowel, said "l", it must comiendo en su casa
be duplicated and then "-ing" will be en este momento.
added.
- In the verbs that end in "-ie", this
Ej. Interrogative
particle must be replaced by a "y" to
sentences
then add the "-ing".
Is Kelly eating in her
Finally, as in all verb tenses, time
home at the moment?
expressions should be used to
indicate that the action in which the - ¿Kelly está comiendo
prayer falls is being performed at the en su casa en este
time it is spoken or to indicate that momento?
we are describing future plans.
Affirmative sentences
(Am, is are)
Pronombre/sujeto + Aux. “To
be” + Verbo-ing + Complemento +
Expresión de tiempo
Negative sentences
(Am not, isn´t, aren´t)
Pronombre/ sujeto + Aux. “To be” –
not + Verbo ing+ Complemento+
Expresión de tiempo
Interrogative sentences Aux. “To
be” + Pronombre/ sujeto + Verbo-
ing + Complemento + Expresión de
Tiempo + ?
they are always placed after the Advertise of
subject and before the main verb frequency after the
Except with the verb to be and the subject and before the
modal verbs, in which the adverb of verb:
frequency is placed after these.
Ej. He never buys
Also, some of them like usually, expensive clothes:
sometimes and occasionally can go Él nunca compra ropa
to the beginning of a sentence. cara.
Advertise of frequency after the
subject and before the verb: In all
Advertise of
sentences the adverb of frequency is
frequency after the
placed after the subject and before
verb to be or a modal
the verb, except when the main verb

There + be EXPLANATION/USE
(Carlos We use there is and there
Arroyave) are when we first refer to
the existence or presence of
someone or something:
There’s a letter on your
desk. Julia brought it from
the mail room.
There are three Japanese
students in my class.
Connectors for EXPLANATION/USE
writing
Connectors are words or
(Jorge groups of words whose
Hernandez) main function is to establish
some kind of relationship
between sentences that are
part of a text. Depending on
the type of connector we
use, we will give a specific
meaning to our text. That is,
if we change the connector,
we will give it a totally
different meaning.
is a modal verb or the verb to be. verb:
Advertise of frequency after the
verb to be or a modal verb: In
Ej.
sentences in which the main verb is
to be or a modal verb, the adverb of She is always late:
frequency is placed after these. Ella siempre llega
tarde.
Advertise of frequency at the
beginning of a prayer: Frequency After the verb to be or
adverbs a modal verb:
sometimes, usually, ocasionally, In
addition to following the above rules, Ej. Sometimes I
you can go to the beginning of the wake up at 3 pm:
sentence.
A veces me
despierto a las 3 de la
tarde.
STRUCTURE EXAMPLES
There is and there’s are both singular There is a new cafe in
forms. We use there’s more the centre of town
commonly in informal speaking: which sells Indonesian
food.
There are is the plural form of there
is and there’s She’s very determined
and there’s no chance
she will change her
mind.
There are two new
buildings next to the
school. They are both
science buildings.
STRUCTURE EXAMPLES
These are words or groups of words I don't like to the
whose main function is to establish beach in summer.
some kind of relationship between Firstly, it's always
the sentences that are part of a text. crowded. Secondly
Depending on the type of connector sometimes people are
we use, we will give a specific sitting very close.
meaning to our text. that is, if we Then, you can listen to
change the connector, we will give it their conversations.
a totally different meaning. There is And last but not least,
a wide variety of connectors, it you can even smell
depends on the type of connection their sunscreen lotion.
between ideas that you want to give.
Example:

* Adicion: used to add ideas, the

most used are: (furthermore -
Moreover - In addition - Not only ...
But also)

* Contrast: used to oppose two

ideas: (Although / though - Whereas
- Whereas / While)

* Casual: as its name implies, casual

connectors show the cause of
something: (because / because of -
therefore - Since - As a result / as a
consequence)
 Phase IV - Drafting (letter to my mother)

Greetings, dear mother, receive a big hug from me, I want you to know that I am very well and that I
have had a great time in these last days, I am very happy to live in this place; But tell me ... ¿How do you
feel about health? ¿Are you already less worried? So that you feel more calm I will tell you a little about
this city.

This city is very big and very important in the United States,
here in New York there are many buildings, here in New York
they are not resting, this city also has a lot of culture and places
to visit and know, such as the Statue of Liberty.

The people here are very hardworking, it has a great variety of

restaurants and boulevards, It is a very welcoming environment
and there are also people from all over the world here.

My house is next to a park,

outside I park my car, when
you enter to the left I have
your picture hanging on the
wall and in front I have the
diploma of when I graduated
from the university, at the bottom is the living room and kitchen, at
the top, is the room, the bathroom and the office.

In the morning I wake up at 6:00 am, I take a shower and make breakfast with my wife Merry, after that
I talk a little with her and we go in the car to work, often around 12:00 pm lunch In an Italian restaurant,
at 2:00 .m I go back to my working day. I leave work at 5:00 p.m. I pick up Merry at her job and we go
home, we almost always prepare dinner or, sometimes, we just order pizza, watch our favorite TV show
and, when it's over, she makes tea. After this we go to bed.

I hope to hear from you soon, I love you ... bye