Te

chnological Institute of Santo Domingo

Intermediate English 1- SHI105

Name:

Laura Massiel

Last name:

Baralt Sánchez

ID:

1095543

Teacher:
Dany Parra

Date:

11/4/2020
 Unit 6: Eating well
Vocabulary and communication goals

Food passions:

Like Don’t like

 I’m crazy about seafood  I can’t stand fish

 I’m a big meat eater  I’m not crazy about chocolate
 I’m a big coffee drinker  I don’t care for streak
 I’m a chocolate addict  I’m not much of a pizza eater
 I’m a pizza lover  I’m not much of a coffee
drinker
Make an excuse to decline food:

 Coffee doesn’t agree with me

 I’m on a diet/ I’m trying to lose weight
 I don’t eat beef, it’s against my religion
 I’m allergic to chocolate
 I’m avoiding sugar
 I don’t care for broccoli

Discuss lifestyle changes:

People’s eating habits can be both good and bad, and some can cause serious
health problems such as heart attacks and is due to the large amounts of fat
they consume. Despite knowing this, people continue to have these bad habits
instead of starting to eat healthier and exercise

Describe local dishes:

 It looks terrific
 It smells terrible
 It tastes sweet/spicy/salty/sour
 It smells like
 It tastes like chicken
 It looks like
 It’s soft/hard
 It’s chewy/crunchy
Grammar

Use to/ Used to

Use use to and used to + the base form of a verb to describe things that were true in
the past but are no longer true in the present.

 I used to be crazy about the candy, but now I don’t care it.
 She didn’t use to eat cheese, but now she was it all time.
 Did you use to eat a lot fatty food? Yes, I did/ yes, I used to

No, I didn’t/ No, I didn’t use to

 What did you use to have for breakfast? (Eggs and sausage, but no anymore).
 Why did you use to eat so much? (Because I didn’t use to worry my health).

Negative yes/no questions…

 To confirm information you think is true

Isn’t Jane a vegetarian? (Yes, she is).

Didn’t he go on a diet last week? (Yes. He’s trying the Atkins Diet).
Unit 7: Eating well
 When you want someone to agree with you.

Don’t you love Italian food? (Yes, it’s delicious!)

Wasn’t that a terrible dinner? (Actually, no. I thought it was good)

 To express surprise

Aren’t you going to have cake? (I’m sorry, but I’m on a diet).

Hasn’t he tried the chicken? (No. He’s vegetarian).

Unit 7: About personality

Vocabulary and communication goals

Get to know a new friend:

When you want to meet a new person you ask them about their tastes and you
introduce yourself, all this with a kind and sincere personality.
 Cheer someone up:

It is when we see a person with a demented or low mood we try to give him
comfort or get a smile so that he stops being sad

Discuss personality and its origin:

The origin of our personality is 50-50 because one part is inherited from our
parents and another part is the one we acquire after being in our environment

Examine the impact of birth:

The birth order of the siblings affects their personality, an example is that the
oldest is more extroverted than the youngest; this is so because as the other
siblings are born their position changes and they take more responsibilities

Grammar

Gerunds and infinitives

 Gerunds and infinitives come forms but function as nouns in sentence,

often as direct objects.

Gerunds= an –ing form of a verb Infinitive= to+ a base form

She enjoys painting He wants to paint the kitchen

yellow

 Use a gerund after the following verbs and expressions: avoid,

discuss, dislike, don’t mind, enjoy, feel like, practice, quit, suggest.
 Use an infinitive after the following verbs and expressions: agree, be
sure, choose, decide, expect, hope, learn, need, plan, seem, want, wish,
would like.
 Other verbs and expressions can be following by either a gerund or
an infinitive: begin, can’t stand, continue, hate, like, love, prefer, start.
 Gerunds as objects of prepositions

A gerund can function as an object of a preposition.

Preposition object

I’m afraid of flying

She’s bored with cooking

She objects to discussing her feelings

Be careful! Don’t use an infinitive as the object of a preposition.

Unit 8: The Arts

Vocabulary and communication goals

Recommend a museum:

When we visit a museum and we are amazed with the works of art that we find there
and often when we see how amazing it is when we are with a friend we recommend
that you visit it

Ask about and describe objects:

When we go to the museum we ask about what we see and what they are made of,
usually these are made of:

 Wood
 Glass
 Silver
 Gold
 Cloth
 Ceramic
 Stone
Talk about artistic talent:

People have different approaches to art but we all have a bit of artistic talent, since we
have children we have developed the ability to paint and in some cases this talent
develops in a phenomenal way

Discuss your favorite artists:

Normally when we talk about our favorite artists we mention the ones that cause
sensations in us, some of these sensations are:

 Inspired
 Influenced
 Fascinated
 Moved

Grammar

The passive voice

Most sentences are in active voice: the subject of a sentence performs the action of the
verb. In the passive voice, the receiver of the action is the subject of the sentence.

Active voice: Architect Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain.

Passive voice: The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, was designed by architect Frank
Gehry.

Form the passives voice with a form of be and the past participle of a verb.

 These vases are made in Korea.

 The museum was built in the 1990’s.
 The Mona Lisa has been shown at the Louvre Museum since 1797.

It is common to use the passive voice when the performer of the action is not known
or not important. Use a by phrase in a passive vice sentence when it is important to
identify the performer of an action.

 This bowl was found by someone in Costa Rica. (Not important)

 This dress was designed by Donatella Versace. (Important)
 The passive voice questions

 Was this stone figure carved by hand? Yes, it was/ No, it wasn’t
 Were these wood bracelets made in Thailand? Yes, they were/ No, they weren’t
 What is this made of? It’s made of wood
 What is this ceramic bowl used for? It’s used for preparing food.
 When was this picture painted? It was painted in the 1980’s
 How were those handbags manufactured? By machine

Unit 9: Living in Cyberspace

Vocabulary and communication goals

Troubleshoot a problem:

Is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a

machine or a system. For these operations it is necessary to know our computer, some of
the parts are:

 A monitor
 A screen
 A mouse
 A touchpad
 A pull-down menu
 A tool bar
 A scroll bar
 A cursor

Compare product features

When we compare the characteristics of the products that we are going to buy we realize
it said product will be necessary or not, also if its time will be long or not.
 Describe how you use the internet

We use the internet more than we imagine and it is mostly to search for information
although we can also perform more actions such as:

 Visit a website
 Surf the internet
 Join an online group
 Post a message
 Attach a file
 Upload a file
 Share a link
 Download an application
 Send an instant message
 Look up information

Discuss the impact of the internet

The internet has had a great impact on the world and it is necessary in our daily life,
whether we use it for work or for entertainment, and it is because we have implemented it
in every task we do

Grammar

The infinitive of purpose

An infinitive can be used to express a purpose

 I scrolled down to read the text. (=because I wanted to read the text)
 Put the cursor on the toolbar to choose a file. (=if you want to choose a file)

Answering a Why question with an infinitive of purpose is similar to answering with

Because.

 Why did you click on that icon? To save the file before I close it. (=because I
want to save it)
 Why did you highlight that word? To select it so I can copy it. (=because I want
to copy it)
 Comparisons with as…as

 To express similarity

Use as…as with an adjective to indicate how two things are equal or the same. Use
the adverb just for emphasis.

The new speakers are as good as the old ones.

The IFriend tablet just as nice as the F40

Use the adverb almost in affirmative statements to indicate that two things are very
similar but not exactly the same.

The Zeta B is almost as fast as the Panasox

 To express difference

Use not as…as to indicate how two things are different. Use not quite when the
difference is very small. Use not nearly to indicate that there’s big difference.

Our new printer isn’t as noisy as the old one.

The G4 isn’t quite as expensive as the Z90.

The Panasox isn’t nearly as affordable as the Zeta B.

You can use shortened statements with as when the meanings is clear.

The old monitor was great. But the new one is just as good. (=just as good as the old
one).

Have you seen Carl’s new laptop? My laptop isn’t as nice. (=as nice as his laptop)

Unit 10: Ethics and values

Vocabulary and communication goals
Discuss ethical choices:

When we find ourselves in a confusing situation we usually analyze our options and
consciously decide whether to do the right thing or not
 Return someone else’s property:

When we find something that is not ours or that the person in front of us has dropped, we
usually decide to return it with a smile and that person receives them by giving us a return
smile.

Express personal values:

We use different ways to express our personality and our way of being but the most used
are:

 Get a tattoo
 Pierce one’s ears, face or body
 Dye one’s hair wild color

Discuss acts of kindness and honesty:

Our way of acting can say a lot about us and the one that attracts the most attention is when
we do something honestly, not because we were forced but when we want to do it because
we want to

Grammar

The unreal conditional

Meaning

Unreal conditional sentences describe the results of unreal conditions-conditions that don’t
exist.

Unreal action conditional result (if it were true)

If I found a wallet in the street I’d try to return it. (Unreal: I haven’t found one)

Formation

In the if clause, use the simple past tense. For the verb be, always use were. In the result
clause, use would + a base form.

Unreal action conditional result (if it were true)

 If I had to make a hard decision I would try to do the right thing.

 If I were you I wouldn’t do that

In the real and unreal conditional sentences, the clauses can occur in either order. Use
a comma if the if clause come first.
Possessive pronouns/ whose

Possessive pronouns can replace nouns and noun phrases. They answer questions whit
Whose and clarify answers to questions with the Which

A: Whose coat is that? B: It’s mine. (=It’s my coat).

A: Which is her cup? B: his one is hers.

Subject pronouns Possessive pronouns Possessive pronouns

I My Mine

You Your Yours

He His His

She Hers Hers

We Our Ours

They Their Theirs