martes, 23 de septiembre de 2014

Week 12. Uses of the Infinitive

1. Use the infinitive (to play, to walk, to eat, etc.) after some verbs such as need, plan, promise, want, would like, pretend, learn, hope, forget, decide, among others. 

- My mom wants to buy a new car

-I hope to finish this report by 5

2. Use the infinitive after adjectives (beautiful, smart, tall, etc.):

-It's easy to make a sandwich

-It's difficult not to eat chocolate (negative infinitive)

-It's important not to fight with your friends (negative infinitive)

3. Use the infinitive to indicate a reason, a purpose:

-I went to S-Mart to buy milk

-My mom stayed home to rest

Now take Quiz 15:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QbHobHZgz9IP2cdJo9eCnJBUMFNtrT_TxQwda0tEgr0/viewform

jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2014

Week 11. Describe a Product of Your Company



This goal of this quiz is to describe a product of your company. You decide which one. Make sure you include its function (what does it do?) applications ( what is it used for?), and technical advantages (why is it a good product?) Look at this example:



HI, I ‘m _________. I am a production planner. I would like to tell you about a great product, the LSER. Firstly, I will talk about its  features and applications, and secondly, I will highlight its advantages. Serrano LED was launched in October of 2012 with a better design than our competitors.
This fixture is  versatile, and you can use it in many different settings such as hotels, stadiums, hospitals, and food plants. It comes in lot of different lumens: 30K, 35K, and 40K. And it comes in different sizes such as 2x2, 2x4, and 1x4.The BOM (which stands for Bill of Materials) of a LSER fixture contains the following components: mounting plate, cover wire ways, and internal driver.
Other features in the LSER are exclusive wi-HUBB technology (preinstalled) and a five year warranty, which is very important to the customers.

The LED technology saves energy because LED doesn’t waste energy and the lumen output is better than the fluorescent lamps.LED technologies do not contribute to global warming and do not contain mercury.The advantages of the LSER lamps compared to other products are that they have a much lower energy consumption. They also have a longer life, smaller size, and offer more durability and resistance.Thank you very much. Do you have any questions?  


Now do the same and take Quiz 14:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12mBn-fBfyB_M3z6px-1drC24B3Y_De22DM9yZYQnW30/viewform



lunes, 8 de septiembre de 2014

Week 10. Your Favorite City


Talk in detail about your favorite city. How many times have you gone? What can you do there? What's attractive about it? Why do you like it? Read the example:

Well, being from Mexico, I’m very proud of one of our oldest cities – Guanajuato. I think it’s a great place to live or to visit. I’m not from Guanajuato, but I’ve been there two times and my sister’s at university there. The university is very famous and very popular as well, and the city is great for students.

I think Guanajuato is one of the most attractive cities I’ve been to. There are lots of very old, beautiful buildings. And it’s clean and the people are polite and friendly. It’s smaller than my city, but it feels there are more people from many parts of the world living or studying there.

The main reason I like Guanajuato so much is that there’s a really wide variety of things to do. It has the beast art galleries and museums I’ve ever been to. There’s a concert hall and an old theatre. There are lots of cafés and restaurants and the nightlife is brilliant.


Useful phrases:
The main reason I like…
it’s a
(great) place to (live)
it’s great for (students)

it’s (more beautiful) than…
it’s the (largest)…

it’s one of the (most interesting)…

it’s not as (dangerous) as…
it’s got the best (museums) I’ve ever seen / been to.

a wide variety of…
spend time (doing)

Useful vocabulary:
proud of
famous
beautiful / ugly
clean / polluted
safe / dangerous
old / modern
expensive / cheap
exciting / interesting


buildings / history / sightseeing / nightlife / shopping
art galleries / museums / theatres / movie theatres
sports centers / stadiums


Now talk in detail about your favorite city on Quiz 13:



lunes, 1 de septiembre de 2014

Week 9 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Look at these sentences:

1. Learning English is easy

2. Learning English is easier than learning Chinese

What differences do you see?  In sentence 2 we are comparing two things, learning English and learning Chinese. When we compare two things you must conjugate the adjectives (easy) to transform them into comparative adjectives (easier).

Please watch this video:



Now look at these sentences:

-My brother is tall (tall: regular adjective)

-My brother is taller than me (taller: comparative adjective)

-My brother is the tallest in the family (the tallest: superlative adjective)

We use superlative adjectives to say that something in number 1 in a group. Other examples:

-My job is the most difficult job in the world!

-My friend Felix is the craziest person in Juarez!

Please watch this video:


Now take two quizzes. Quiz 11:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Rb6IrEtj_f90LH-VaxlGWApv8ydpllpacBSS9Nx5VBM/viewform

 And Quiz 12:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IpQLRF_FwBOltSC15bD3UTpvFoBu1pf_5Bpwz-Sm9bo/viewform