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QSKILLS Intro – Reading and Writing UNIT 1 – Social Psychology - WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU? VOCABULARY Skill - Adjectives Describing People noisy - ruidoso quiet – callado happy – feliz surprised- sorprendido Sad - triste angry – enojado funny – divertido serious – serio outgoing – extrovertido shy – timido talkative – parlanchin fashionable – a la moda average – promedio neat – limpio, pulcro messy – desordenado short – de baja estatura tall - alto thin - delgado kind - amable friendly – amigable helpful–que le gusta ayudar nice - agradable generous – generoso smart – listo intelligent- inteligente ( some personalities – personalidades ) READING 1 – WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU? READING 2 – CRISTIANO RONALDO Vocabulary describe Verb describir personality Noun personalidad weight Noun peso look like Phrasal Verb parecer, descripcion fisica laugh Verb reir wear Verb usar ropa, accesorios creative Adjective creativo subject Noun sujeto, materia part-time job Noun empleo de medio tiempo
READING Skill Identifying topics and main ideas Every paragraph has a topic and a main idea The topic is usually one or two words ( El tema ) To identify the topic, ask the question : What is this paragraph about?. Example : My brother, John, is very popular. Everyone likes him. Why? For one thing, he is very outgoing. He laughs a lot and he tells jokes. In this paragraph, the topic is “ my brother ”. The topic repeats in the paragraph. The main idea is usually a short sentence. ( Idea principal del párrafo ) To identify the main idea , ask the question “ What is the most important idea in this paragraph? Example : In the paragraph above, the main idea is “ My brother, John, is very popular ”. The other sentences in the paragraph explain this idea. WRITING Skill Writing simple sentences (oraciones) A sentence in English needs a subject. (sujeto) The subject performs the action. Usually the subject comes at the beginning of the sentence. The subject is a noun (sustantivo) or pronoun (pronombre). Examples: Tom goes to school. Danah likes basketball. She is good at math. A sentence can have more than one subject. Use the word and with two subjects. Examples: John and Salim are from Ottawa. John and Mary enjoy sports. A sentence also needs a verb. The verb is a word that describes the action. Examples: Akiko eats lunch everyday. Cristiano Ronaldo plays soccer. The students relax on their vacation. .
GRAMMAR 3 - PRESENT SIMPLE ( Any other verbs ) USE : Expresses a habit, a routine, an everyday activitiy. FORM : ( I, YOU, WE, THEY ) - Subject + Verb in Base Form[1] + P. AFFIRMATIVE FORM : ( HE , SHE , IT ) – Subject + Verb in Base Form[1] + “s” / “es” + P. AFFIRMATIVE
Time Expressions – everyday, once a week, once a month, every year, twice a month,
every Sunday, etc. AFFIRMATIVE I live in Cuernavaca once a month. You live in Puebla He lives in.. She lives in.. It lives in… We live in … They live in.. More Examples : Rasha eats breakfast every morning Matt goes to Brown University. Sarah feels happy today. Rob likes to cook. John and Susan like to cook. Endings: ( he / she / it ) Add s after most verbs = get s , like s , listen s Add es after – ch, - sh, or – o = watch – watch es , wash – wash es , do- do es , go - go es Vowel + y = pl a y, st a y + s = plays, stays Consonant + y = stu d y, wor r y + ies = studies, worries Irregular third person = have – has ( I, you, we, they = have ) ( He, she , it = has )
- Video Present Simple Rules (GoEnglish) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9AWrJnhsRI )(Sec 1 – 1:27) Affirmative
- Video Present Simple describing animals (EasyEnglish) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IyCB5V2bQ )
