Profile:

My name is Marvin Eduardo Chana Arrieta, I am 27 years old, I live in Guacimo and I`m single. For 2 years I am a student of dentistry in ULACIT, before I had studied dental mechanics which I graduated in 2009. My parents name are Marvin Chana Holnnes and Jenny Arrieta Arana, I have five brothers and two sisters: Luis Carlos, Carlos Eduardo, Bryan, Ivan, Donovan, Sharlin and Daniela.

Actually I work in a Dental laboratory, in my job I make different works as dentures, braces and others. I like practice sports for example soccer, basquetball, ping pong and others, also I like going to the beach, rivers and mountains. I am a calm and happy person that enjoys every minute of the life.     

Proyect # 1 Music 

History of reggae

“Reggae”

O The Word “reggae” was coined around 1960 in Jamaica to identify a “ragged” style of music that grew up in Jamaica.

Rastafarianism

O In Jamaica started to incorporate African music, so that’s why it also explicit the relationship with the underworld of the “Rastafarians”     ( adepts of a millenary African faith ).

How did reggae influence society?

Bob Marley

• Reggae singe
• Song writer
•  Guitarist

Songs of Bob Marley

OThis is love

OOne love

OBuffalo Soldier

OExodus

ONo woman, no cry

ORedemption song

OThree little birds

ONatural Mystic

E-portfolio

Unit 1: Making Connections

Tag questions

- Use tag questions in speech and informal writing to check information or ask agreement.

- Negative tag questions are usually put after affirmative sentences and affirmative tags after negative sentences.

Example: It`s warm today, isn`t it?

He doesn`t like me, does he?

- If the main clause has an auxiliary verb, such as is, can, etc, it is repeated in the tag question.

Example: you can`t play tennis this evening, can you?

- If the main clause has no auxiliary, the tag question is a form of the verb do.

Example: They went to Australia last Christmas, didn`t they

- The Tag Question for I am is aren`t I.

Example: I am wrong, aren`t I?

- After negative word like never, no, hardly, etc, use a positive tag question.

Example: you never want to go out to clubs, do you?

-   After nothing, use it in tag questions.

Example: Nothing happened, did it?

- After nobody, somebody, everybody, etc, use they in tag questions.

Example: nobody wants to go out tonight, do they?

Pronouns using any/ every/ no/ some

- Any and every can both be used to talk in general about all the members of a group.

Example: Don`t you have anything to do?

- Any can also mean “it doesn`t matter which one”.

Example: It doesn`t matter. Anything is fine.

- Nothing means not anything.

Example: There`s nothing we can do to change his mind.

Modals of speculation

- Use could, may, or might to talk about present or future possibility.

Example: A. Where is jean?

B. I`m not sure, but she might be in the garden.

- Use can to talk about more general possibility

Example: The sea can get rough here with almost no warning.

- Use must to say that you believe something is certain.

Example: You haven`t had anything to eat all day. You must be starving.

- Use can`t to say that you believe something is not possible

Example: they can`t know many people. They`ve only just moved here.

Unit vocabulary

• Acquaintance
• Make a good impression
• To click
• To have a lot in common
• To be on the same wavelength
• To see eye to eye
• Step sister
• Half sister
• Co-worker
• Close friend
• Wife
• Partner

Adjective/Nouns

• Artistic/Art
•  Lonely/loneliness
• Successful/success
• Skillful/skill
• Jealous/Jealousy
• Responsible/Responsibility
• Important/importance
• Frustrated/Frustration

Noises

• Ring
• Scream
• Creak
• Bang
• Thud
• Shout
• Bark
• Snore
• Crash

Unit 2: Making a living

Will and be going to

- Use will to talk about a decision made at the time of speaking.

Example: I think I will go shopping after lunch.

- Use be going to talk about a plan or intention in which no details have been decided.

Example: I am going to study law, but I am not sure where yet.

Future continuous and future perfect

- Use the future continuous to talk about something in progress at a definite time in the future.

Example: Don`t call me tonight. I`ll be watching the game.

- Use the future continuous to ask about someone`s plans

 Example: Will you be using the car on Saturday?

- Use the future perfect to talk about something which will be completed before a definite time in the future.

Example: She won`t have finished her essay by Friday.

(Just) In case

- Use in case to explain why somebody did something.

Example: We took our swimsuits in case there was a pool.

- Use just in case to add emphasis.

Example: I am going to apologize again just in case she is still angry with me.

- Use just in case at the end of a sentence to talk about precautions in general.

Example: I will take some extra money with me just in case.

Unit vocabulary

Jobs:

•    Journalist
•    Civil engineer
•    Surgeon
•    Social workerPhysical therapist.

Verb phrases about work:

• Work part-time
• Be laid off
• Be fired
• Work flextime
• Do volunteer work
• Retire early
• Quit your job
• Work the night shift

Unit 3: Lessons from history

Past Forms

- Use simple past to talk about completed actions in the past.

Example: We got up early.

- Use the past continuous to talk about actions in progress at a particular 

time in the past.

Example: I was walking to work when I tripped and fell.

- Use past perfect to talk about completed actions that happened before another action in the past.

Example: I had just finished my lunch when the doorbell rang.

- Use the perfect continuous to talk about actions which continued up to the past moment being talked about.

Example: Before They moved, they had been living in Australia

Adjectives and adverbs

- Adjectives are used to describe nouns.

Example: I live a really beautiful city.

- Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

- Many adverbs end in –y, but some words ending in –y are adjectives, not adverbs. Friendly, lively, lonely, silly.

- Sometimes the adjective and adverb have the same form: Fast, hard, fine, early, daily, and late.

Example: He worked really hard.

Position of adverbs

 The position of adverbs in a sentence can vary.

•     At the beginning of a sentence.
•     In the middle of the sentence.
•     At the end of the sentence.

    Unit vocabulary

Age:

•    Modern
•    Traditional
•    Ancient
•    Antique
•    Elderly

Time expression:

•    Throughout
•    During
•    In 
•    After that
•    Until
•    While
•    At that time

Materials:

•    Leather
•    Denim porcelain
•    Plastic
•    Metal
•    Cotton
•    Wool
•    Wood
•    Silk

Describing objects:

•   Soft
•    Rough
•    Furry
•    Stretchy
•    Shiny
•    Slippery
•    Smooth
•    Itchy

Verb Phrases with take:

• Take off
• Take part in
• Take to
• Take over
• Take in
• Take it in stride