jueves, 21 de abril de 2011

Unit # 3 Activity Nº 1 (Informal e-mail)

Hello my friend, I hope the passing of the best in "Ethiopia" is a beautiful country, and learning about different places you can go there, please do not forget to send something from there, it could be a shirt.

The idea to do a book about your trip is very good as it can perhaps pass a single time in the life and it is better to write all those things you went there.
And about that you ask for is a little hard to do provided I have not enough time, but I'll be you do, do not worry, I'll show you the most visited places here, and also know our local food.

We will go out with friends a few times to know the culture here and also to make new friends.

About my trip I hope to do as soon as I finish the semester in the university, I hope to meet eastern of Ecuador and learn many things about it, I would like to try the strange food.
Well, take care!!!!!.

Do not forget the shirt.

Jen. F

Unit # 2 Activity Nº 2 (Research on several people in the Army Polytechnic schoo)

This is an investigation we did in university, to know different things about the people who work there, and also see how their work.



 



 

lunes, 4 de abril de 2011

Unit # 2 Activity Nº 1 (Past Perfect)

Introduction

these are the uses for the past perfect and also some examples to understand

Past Perfect – Use

[had + past participle]

Examples:

•You had studied English before you moved to New York.
•Had you studied English before you moved to New York?

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

Examples:
•I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
•I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
•Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.
•Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
•She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
•Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.

USE 2 Duration Before Something in the Past (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, we use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.
Examples:
•We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
•By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.

Although the above use of Past Perfect is normally limited to Non-Continuous Verbs and non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach," and "study" are sometimes used in this way even though they are NOT Non-Continuous Verbs.

Exercise:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastperfect/exercise1.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises

conclusion
 
is important to know how to use the past perfect to talk correct English language and also understand