Portfolio

Name: Fabiola Zulema Ore Alave

Course: Advanced 5
Teacher: César Suarez
 EXPLANATION ABOUT
THE PORTFOLIO

In this portfolio I will presento ut the work that the teacher

left us throughout this month of classes to have a better
control over the topics that we have learned during this
time.
 MENTAL
MAPS

We were expected to present mental maps that the teacher

left us during this month related to these different topics.
 Gerunds
It is the form of the verb that
ends in the letters "ing" and is
used when verbs express the
beginning or the end of an
activity.

Simple and Past Gerunds Possessive Gerunds Passive Gerunds

We often use a simple In writing and more . Present Passive:

gerund (without a past formal speaking, use being + past participle
participle) to make a a possessive noun or
Example:
generalization. pronoun before a
gerund to show - He hates being
We often use a past
possession. ignored.
gerund (having + past
participle) to show an Example: . Past Passive: having
action that occurred befre been + past participle
- Her dominating
the action of the main Example:
every
verb in the sentence.
conversation - He´s still angry
Example: bothers me. about having
- Eating healthy food been ignored.
is good for the diet.
(simple)
- Having met Claudia
in my first class of
college helped me a
lot in my life. (past)
 Infinitive

Affirmative forms ¨to + simple Two verbs in their normal form

form of the verb = an infinitive¨. joined by a ¨to¨.
Example: Example:
- I like to eat waffles. - I love to drink Inca Kola.

Negative forms: Not + infiitive.

List of verbs thaht we use
Example: with infinitive:
- She decided not to go to - Agree
the cinema. - Offer
- Plan
- Care
- Claim
- Dare
Examples: - Remain
- She claims to have new - Request
data. - Refuse
- I beg to differ with you. - Ask
- She deservers to have a - Say
fair hearing. - Resolve
- the autor neglected to - Prove
provide an index. - Strive
Modification of nouns
Types of modification:
Adjective and noun modifiers
usually come before the noun they
modify.
- Shakira is a famous singer. Order of Modifiers:
When there is more tan one
modifier of a noun, the
modifiers occur in a fixed order.
Adjective Modifiers:
CATEGORY OF MODIFIER
Present participal modifiers
Opinión
modifiers:
Size
- It was a boring movie.
Age or temperatura
Past participle modifiers:
Shape
- The bored viewers left the
movie. Color
Origin, nationality, social class
Material

Modifiers in the same category: Purpose

When a noun has two or more

modifiers in the same category,
separate the adjectives with a
comma . If the modifiers are in
different categories, do not
separate the modifiers with a
comma.
 Adjective clauses: introduction
and phrases

Objects in adjective clauses:

Definition of Adjective Clauses: To refer to people, use whom,
A clauseis a group oF words who, or that as the objecto f
that contains at least one verbs in adjective clauses.
subjectand a verbshowing past, Example:
present, or Future time.
- The test which i took
was difficult.

Adjective Clauses with

Subject in adjective clauses: Prepositions:
To refer to people, use who and An adjective clauses a
that as the subjects of verbs in dependent clause that modifes a
adjective clauses. That is less noun or pronoun in a main
formal than who. (independent) clause. The
relative pronouns who(m), that,
which, and whose can be used
after a noun as objects of
prepositions in adjective
clauses.
 Essays

They are texts in which we have certain requirements to do

them, for example, use the vocabulary or topics of the units
studied and also do according to the topics of the units
studied and also do according to the topic that they
indicated to us.
FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING UNIT 10

WRITING 1

How is my health? Overall, I think it's reasonably good, although there is certainly
room for improvement.
My diet is good in general, though I should reduce sugar, I try to reduce sugar in my
drinks, but it is difficult for me, I love sugar, but I know I need to cut down on sugar
because it's bad for my health.
My diet is based on always eating salad with quinoa or fish with rice and drinking a cup
of tea. I usually eat a vegetarian sandwich, an apple and a glass of juice for breakfast.
As for exercise, I used to go to the gym, but because of the pandemic I couldn't go
anymore, so I only exercise at home or go for a run in the mornings with my dogs. A
lot of people go for a run with their dogs, so I think it is nice to go for a run in the
mornings.
The area in which my health needs improvement is work. I work too many hours every
week, even now that everything is done virtually, the work consumes me even more.
I'm a communication teacher, but I don't know why this year they put me in the math
area, so I feel more stressed about it. Mathematics is difficult for everyone, but I think
a little more for myself. My uncle is a doctor, so he is helping me with that. Both work
and health are important in life.
PART C
WRITING 2

The amount of stress I have from not having good study habits is very annoying, so I
need to improve my study habits. The first thing I have to do is get more sleep. I do
most of my studies late at night and I don't go to bed until 2:00 a.m. I wake up at 5:30
AM. because my school is far from my home, so I'm tired all day. When I try to study, I
have very little energy, so I don't remember many of the things I work on.
Another thing I need to work on is to take more notes in class. All of my teachers have
said I can use my laptop to take notes in class, so I’m going to start using it. I was
amazed by the number of people use their laptop to take notes.
I have a lot of energy at night, and I think it's because my body got used to staying up
late, since I study until 2 a.m. but I need to improve and change that habit. I have a
roommate, he has lived with me for years, but he has few friends and little social
interaction, but despite that he has very good study habits, and he has given me some
good advice to study, for example make concept maps, to all the classes I've had, so
thanks to that advice I made fewer mistakes in this week's test.
Many friends I know have good study habits, so I asked them for some advice.
How much time do you have to study? That is the question my friends asked me, so
when I answered them, they gave me some advice.
PART C