REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECH 

Is used when you want to inform the words that other person has said.

Expressions

*Said
*Told
*Asked

Important things

Examples

"I am going to London next week," she said that she goes to London next week. 

"I bought a car". She said she had bought a car.

"I'll see you later”". She said she would see me later.


Reported Questions

• Direct speech: "Where do you live?"

Reported Questions: She asked me where I lived

• Direct speech: "where is Julie?

Reported speech: She asked me where Julie was.

Writing #5

What makes a good boss?

There are different kind of bosses, are the bosses that have a dictator style and they love give orders, and on the other hand, there are other kind of bosses, the real leaders, they can have a balance between democratic and dictatorial style, because must to have a balance and isn’t convenient to go to the extremes. A good boss is someone that knows the skills and abilities of your workers; also I think that a good boss is a real leader too, therefore he or she must to provide an excellent environment in the work, without stress and without any other kinds of pressures, a friendly and relax environment also are good and allows that workers develop their skills and do their jobs very well, therefore the company will benefit. In my opinion an excellent boss is flexible; he must understand the workers, also is respectful, must takes responsibilities, is decided, friendly, also  encourages and is a great listener. . Nobody wants an ill-tempered, stressful or disagreeable boss. Be an excellent boss can be very good for the workers, they will feel better and happier in the work, also is good for the company because it will has more earnings and better products.

  

Unit #8

MAKING CHANGES

Over time our life is changing constantly, after of childhood we move into adolescence, in a few time move into youthfulness, after we go to adulthood. During all these time there are many changes since that we born until we go to the school, we grow and go to the high school posteriorly go to the university, we fell in love, start to working, got married.

Vocabulary

Lifestyle                                 

Security

The Environment                   

Problems

Famine                                   

Standarg of living

Real vs. Unreal Conditional

REAL CONDITIONAL

Will is used to by a speaker to express opinion on the likehood of an action happening in the present or future
The present tense in a conditional clause expresses that the activity may occur- is likely to occur

UNREAL CONDITIONAL 

The past in a conditional clause express that the activity is un likely to occur

Will have are used to by a speaker to express opinion on an action that wil not or didn't happen

More conditionals 

Unit #7

LIFELONG LEARNING

In this class we learned some vocabulary and discussed about teachers and the characteristics of a good teacher

Vocabulary

Patient

Boring

Knowledgeable

Inspiring

Frightening

Open-minded

A good teacher need and must...

Lose the temper

Talk slowly

Asks difficult questions

Punish students who behave badly

Gives clear answers to questions

Subject Questions

In this case there is no auxiliary verb and the Wh- word refers to the subject in a question

Form:  SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT

Example:

Who broke the window?

Who told you?

Who loves she?

Object question

The Wh- word refers to the object of the question.

Form: QUESTION WORD + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB

Examples:

When did you the homework?

What does he here?

Unit #6

TRAVEL TALES

Around the world there are many places to enjoy and know. these can be....

Romantic
Relaxing
Peaceful
Interesting
Convenient
Cheap or expensive





But on the other hand, also ther are palces that can be....

Dangerous
Uncomfortable
Disagreeable
Ugly
Stressful


Also you can do many activities in the different places...

For example if you visit Africa you can go to safari and enjoy  watching the animals

Or if you prefer the snow you can practice skiing

There are many other activities  and places that you can doing and visit, like...

Adventure's sport
Camping
Amusement park
Beach
Spa resort
Cruise
Safari

Learning to describe a picture

Also in this class I learn to describe a picture... to describe a picture I can use some phrases like...

• It looks like
• It reminds me of
• It makes me feel
• It is a amazing, magical, mystical, relaxing picture

In the following square can see how descibe a picture.

This is an amazing picture. In this photo you can see the quiet and peaceful water at the bottom, in the middle you can see the rocks and in the foreground there is a little waterfall flowing among they, also on the right and on the left can be seen many trees of different colors, it is a scenary really colorful and beautiful, in the background there is a small  cottage.

It makes me feel really relaxed, it scenary is exciting, Surrounded by nature, really beautiful.

Unit #5

SPARE TIME 

There are many activities  in which we spend our free time, for
example some are:

               Practice yoga                                        
               Reading
               Play any instrument                        
               Watch TV
               Dancing                                                
               Exercise
               Running                                                  

               Take a nap

               Swimming
               Computer games

              

In this class I learned to describe the histories of  movies or books, also my classmates and  I did a short conversation to describe our favorite movie or book....

I talked about one of my favorites books, it is "Where She Went"
This book is a follow up of "If I Stay", where Mía was a terrible accident and her family died.
Noe in this book Mía and her exboyfriend, Adan, ae separated because Mia was to study music in other state, while Adam live in Los Angeles with his new girlfriend and is a famous rock's start. 
Adam is in New York per a few days because is in tour with his band, and Mia also is in New York because ha a conciert with the orchestra of Julliard (the misic institude).
After Adam go to the conciert where he find to Mia, when the conciert has finished they talk and Mia say to Adam that she want to travel to NY city because is her last night there, therefor they are all night together and talk about your pass... afterwards, she confesses that she hated him because she decided to stay for he and now she don't has family, and before she prefered die.
After Adam wants to be with Mía because he is really in love of she, but yours occupations are an obstacle, but Adam found the way to be with Mia , he boke with the acctually girlfriend, when they go of tour take the decition of travel to see and be together some days.

Vocabulary to describe a movie or book

Violent                       Long                              Fantasy

Action                       Romantic                         Memorable

Boring                       Slow                                Hightly original

Dumb                        Dramatic                         Extraordinary

Bloody                       Facinating                      Epic

Suspenseful               Compelling                     Humorous

Exciting                     Dark                                Love story

Grammar

Present Perfect, is used for actions which began in the past and continue now

Present Perfect Continous, the important thing is action, not specified whether the action has ended or not

Unit #4

WEALTH

Money never made anyone happy

"Happiness comes from spiritual wealth., not material wealth"







Vocabulary

Tag questions...

To make questions tags there are many ways like the following...

Using the main verb with an auxiliary verb.

Using the main verb with do, does or did when you don't use an auxiliary verb.

Also you can do the question positive or negative.

Examples

You weren't home last night at 11:30pm,  were you?

You really think I did it, Don't you?

You will marry me, Wont't you?

You took all that money and hid it at home, didn't you?

You did not write this, did you?

Writing #4

How has your life change in the last 10 years?

I think that my life is very different now, in contrast to 10 years ago because at that time I was 9 years old approximately and I was a child. During the childhood I don’t had many preoccupations like I have now, in the pass I was able to play for hours and hours whit my friends and classmates, but now I should to study or work, also I think that my preferences have changed, for example, I used to dream be a great doctor in the future but at this moment I’m studying an engineer, that is a career completely different. Also remember that when I was a child I couldn’t study a lot and my calcifications not were the better, but in the high school I was honor’s student for six years consecutives. I never imagined move to live in other place or finish my studies in other school, but these were process that I had in the last 10 years in my life, obviously there are many others transitions in the lasts years.  I think that in 10 years many things can change, for example priorities, likes, relationships, study’s center, dwellings, social status and many others things, but the life is full of changes and decisions and we should to know adapt to the changes.

I not imagined my life like it is now!! 

Writing #3

This photo was taken in a watering place of San Carlos, you can see that is a beautiful and sunny day. At the bottom is the lawn, on the right there are some bathers that are enjoying of the hot springs, also on the left there are a family down a tree that maybe are preparing a roast, also this photo show the wonderful nature and fantastic colors like red, green, orange and this things doing that the picture be so relaxing … in the middle you can see many trees of different size and the great Arenal Volcano, it’s beautiful!! And at the top of the photo is the sky that has nice and big clouds. I like this photo because it has many natures and is so relaxing for me.

Writing #2

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE SUCCESFUL?

All people around the world are in search of success, but what is the really meaning of success? For some have success is be happy, for other people can be have much money, or be a famous singer or artist. But I think is the happiness that you feel when you are doing something that you really love. The meaning of success can be different to each person, but of course, if you wish to achieve anything you must to have courage for realize your dream, regardless the things that other people say or think about you. Also, I consider that is important to be passionate, because, if you don't love anything, you can't do or be the best and of course you can feel bad and unhappy. But if you love the things that you do and you wish to be successful in a specific area, you must to work hard and have a correct attitude. For me the most important is be persistent, because in many occasions we must  start again because the things aren't like we want  and also there are many obstacles that don't allow that we perform of a successful way.
Whatever the case, always we must take the risk to achieve the goal that we want.

Unit 3

HOME SWEET HOME

We know that there are many kinds of houses or home, for example: apartaments, duplex houses, towns houses, beach houses and others.

   













To talk more about this topic is important to mention the parts and  characteristics of houses

This home is....

                                                            Luxurious                      Charming

                                                            Furnished                       Interesting            

                                                            Large                              Sunny 

                                                            Beautiful                        Huge

                                                            Expensive                      Airy 

                                                            Comfortable                  Cozy

                                                            Spacious                        Secure

It can has....

                                                           A deck                           Stairs

                                                          An elevator                     Two Stories

                                                          Garage                             Pool

                                                          Chimney

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This house is very different than the previous, it is....

                                            Ancient                       Small

                                            Boring                         Ugly

                                            Dark                            Depressing

                                            Cramped                     Gloomy

                                            Insecure                      Old fashioned

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Also is important to know and describe the city when is located the house, Therefore in this class we done an activity where we described a building and the city where is the building.

This city is...

                     Modern                             Interesting

                     Exciting                            Large

                     Lively                               Beautiful 

                     Polluted                            Crowded

                     Pleasant                            Touristy

                     Picturesque                       Bustling

Unit #2

IN THE MEDIA 

This topic talk about different ways to obtain information, for example reading newspapers,books, magazines, or watching TV. But actually there are others ways to kept us informed and is through of Internet that providing in many ways for example, news websites, blogs, video sharing websites and social net working sites.

If you want to know the events that are happening around the world you have many options, there are some websites that you can visit to be informed.

http://www.ticotimes.net/

http://www.nytimes.com/

http://edition.cnn.com/




To take advantage and know more about this topic we done a little research about any organization that provide news or information, for example my classmates talked of NY Time, The Boston Globe, Google, CNN and any others.


In this case I Want to talk about one of the most important company around the word.

GOOGLE 

Is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related products and services, software, electronic devices and other technologies.
Some of its services are: Gmail, You tube, Google Earth, Google maps, Google books and many others

Its founders are Larry Page and Sergui Brin, the company start in  1998.

(Wikipedia)




In my opinion is an amazing company.

Unit # 1

Week #2

This entry to the blog is a follow of the first unit...

In this sesion we did a discussion about the marriage.
There are many things that  people should consider when they get married or before, is very important think about this things because they can help to strengthen and improve the relationship between the peer.

Somethings that you should consider are:

Faithfulness: I think that the confidence is the most important thing in a relationship and is the base of a good connexion.


Physical intimacy: many people think that the physical intimacy is a spiritual connection between the couple.

Sharing household chores: is important share the housework because the best is that the man and woman do the housework and not only a person.



Income: financial situation


Housing: is important know the likes of the other person and if this person wants live in a own house or not.

Religious beliefs: kwon the beliefs of your couple, especially if you want children in the future.

Interests: know the likes and dislikes of your couple is important to strengthen the relation.

Children: is important define if  you want children or not, and how many kids.

Political beliefs: this point not is very important in our country, but there are many others countries when the political beliefs have a influency about a relationship.

Unit #1 1.1

The first week in english classes my classmates and I did different activities and we present ourselves.

Firts we did somethinks drawings and before we interpreted the drawing of anyother classmate.

when I introduced me, I say somethink like that:

Hello, my name is Mariana, I'm 19th years old, I live in Guapiles.
I have 5 brothers and 5 sisters.
I study Occupational Health.
I love the music and I sing in a church.
In my free time I enjoy to read.

Also we did an activity  to know all classmates and did different questions, for example:
-A classmate that his/her name ends with "a"?
-A classmate that his/her name has 12 letters?
-Someone with other nationality?

and many others questions.