“Tecnológico Nacional de México”

“Instituto Tecnológico de Apizaco”

Mechatronics Engineering

TOP NOTCH 1

“Portfolio of evidence”

February 22nd 2020

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Content
Unit 1.............................................................................................................................................................3
Getting Acquainted........................................................................................................................................3
Goals..........................................................................................................................................................4
Vocabulary.................................................................................................................................................4
Grammar....................................................................................................................................................4
Homework.................................................................................................................................................7
Did you achieve the goals? Yes, Why? / No, why?...................................................................................7
Unit 2.............................................................................................................................................................8
Going Out.......................................................................................................................................................8
Goals..........................................................................................................................................................9
Vocabulary.................................................................................................................................................9
Grammar..................................................................................................................................................10
Homework...............................................................................................................................................11
Did you achieve the goals? Yes, Why? / No, why?..................................................................................12

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 Unit 1
Getting Acquainted

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Goals
 Meet someone new
 Identify and describe people
 Provide personal information
 Introduce someone to a group

Vocabulary
Word Meaning
At @ “arroba”
Welder Soldador
Terrific Genial
Sheet Hoja, papel
Home town Hogar de pertenencia
Nickname Apodo, Seudónimo

Grammar
Parts of speech
Verb (V) Is the action
Noun(N) People, Places, Things etc.
Adjective (Adj) To describe the Noun
Adverb (Adv) To describe or modificate the verb
Examples

Peter + is + smart. Peter + is + a + welder

(N) (V) (Adj) (N) (V) (Adv)

Positive Form
Pronouns Verb to be Contraction Complement
(am/is/are)
I am I’m student
You are You’re student
He is He’s student
She is She’s student
It is It’s student
We are We’re students
You are You’re students
They are They’re students

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 Negative Form
Pronouns Verb to be Contraction Complement
(am/is/are)
I am not I’m not student
You are not You aren’t student
He is not He isn’t student
She is not She isn’t student
It is not It isn’t student
We are not We aren’t students
You are not You aren’t students
They are not They aren’t students

Question Form
Verb to be Pronouns Complement Question Mark
(am/is/are)
I am not I’m not ?
You are not You aren’t ?
He is not He isn’t ?
She is not She isn’t ?
It is not It isn’t ?
We are not We aren’t ?
You are not You aren’t ?
They are not They aren’t ?

a / an
The indefinite article “a” is the same for all genders. We use “an” if the following word starts with a
spoken vowel.

Example with a:

a boy a cat

Example with an:

an orange an old man

Be careful! Some words with the letter h have to have the article a or an depending the sound of the
word (pronunciation).

Examples:

a horse an hour

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Grammar Information questions with be: Review Contractions
Who’s = Who is I’m = I am you’re = you are
Where’s = Where is He’s= He is we’re = we are
What’s = What is She’s = She is they’re = they are
It’s = It is
Who’s your teacher? She’s Ms. Nieto.
Who are they? They’re my classmates.

Where’s she from? She’s from Argentina.

What city are you from? We’re from Los Angeles.

What’s his e-mail address? It’s ted@[Link] [say “ted at k-r-dot-com”]

What are their names? Andrea and Steven.

How old is your brother? He’s twenty-six.

How old are they? She’s twelve, and her little sister is eight.

Positive Adjectives
Beautiful
Grammar Modification with adjectives: Review
Great
Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. They can go after the verb be or before a noun. Excellent
Famous
Alejandro Sanz is handsome. He’s a handsome singer from Spain. Handsome
Tony Leung and Gong Li are famous. They’re famous actors from China. Wonderful
Fantastic
Use an article before an adjective that modifies a singular noun. Terrific
He’s a great musician. NOT He’s great musician.

Be careful!
Grammar Yes/no questions and short answers with be: Review
Yes, I am NOT Yes, I’m.
Are you our teacher? Yes, I am. No, I’m not. Yes, she is NOT Yes, she’s.

Is she Chinese? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t. [No, she’s not.]
Is your nickname Josh? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. [No, it’s not.]

Are you and Tom students? Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. [No, we’re not.]
Are they famous? Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. [No, they’re not.]

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Homework

Grammar practice

Complete the questions and answers. Use contractions when possible.

1 A: Is your father a teacher? 4 A: Who are those new students?

B: Yes, He’s. Are they from Canada?

2 A: Is your son an athlete? B: No, they aren’t. I think they’re from U.K.
B: No, He isn´t. He is an artist. 5 A: That’s a nice hat! Is it new?

3 A: Is this your new address? B: No, it isn’t.

B: Yes, it is. 6 A: Are you a musician?

B: Yes, I am. I am a violinist.

Choose an answer for each question.

_e_ 1 What’s your name? a Scotland, actually. She’s British.

_a_ 2 Where is she from? b He’s the CEO of BRC Incorporated.

_c_ 3 Where’s her father from? c Kim’s father? Seoul, I think.

_b_ 4 Who is Bernard Udall? d Eighteen and ten.

_d_ 5 How old are your cousins? e Ivan. But everyone calls me Vanya

Did you achieve the goals? Yes, Why? / No, why?

Yes, because I can learn some words and forms to express me for meet new
people but I think that not completely because we don’t practice in a real case
with real people so I don’t know if in the moment I can remember all the
sentences to express my ideas to new people.

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Unit 2
Going Out

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Goals
 Accept or decline an invitation.
 Express locations and give directions.
 Make plans to see an event.
 Talk about musical tastes.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary
Road Rd Camino
Avenue Av Avenida
Free way Autopista
Street St Calle
Toll Casetas
Neighborhoo Vecindario (Barrio)
d

Vocabulary Music/Event tastes

Rhythm & Blues

Reggae
Rock
Salsa
Genres Classical Music
Folk Music
Movie Soundtracks
Jazz
Show Tunes
Movie / Film
Play
Events Concert
Talk / Lecture
Art Exhibit

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 Vocabulary Directions

Traffic Lights/ light On the left side

Shop

On the right side Down the street from

Grammar
Grammar Preposition of time and place; Questions with When, What time, and Where: Review

Prepositions of time
When’s the concert? What time’s the play? It’s. . .

On In At

On Saturday In March At 8:30

On June 7th In 2009 At noon
On Monday, May 3rd In the summer At midnight
On Tuesday morning In the morning
In ten minutes

Prepositions of place
Where’s the play? It’s. . .

On In At

On Fifth Avenue In Mexico At the Film Forum

On the corner In Osaka At work
On the street In the park At school
On the left In the neighborhood At the art gallery

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Homework

Complete the following sentence with on, in, or at.

1 When’s the movie? The movie is on Friday at 8:30

2 In the weekend, I´m going to the concert at the public library

3 Where is he? He´s not here right now. He’s at work

4 Where´s his office? It´s in the center of town

5 When was her mother born? She was born in January 1

6 When does the movie take place? It takes place on the 19th century in Africa

7 The park opens at 6:00 in the morning and closes at dusk

8 Is the concert hall at Grove Street?

9 I think the theater is on the right side of the street

10 Let´s go to the evening show. The concert is outside, and the weather is really hot in the
afternoon

11 This concert occurs every second year in November

12 I´ll see you on Thursday morning in front of the theater, Ok?

A Pair work Change the Conversation Model. Use these events or other events. Decide to accept or
decline. Then change roles.

This week’s entertainment

Movies Red Sunset
The Cine Lux, Sat./Sun. 8:55 P.M.
Music The Soul Brothers
The supermarket, Fri. Midnight.
Talks John Grisham, writer
Book Town, Mon. 8:00 P.M.
Plays Romeo and Juliet
The bridge Theater, Every night 7:30 P.M.

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Did you achieve the goals? Yes, Why? / No, why?

Yes, but it could be said that in a certain way I have the knowledge and learned
new things about these issues but we do not carry out a practice to perfect or
make use of these tools.

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