TNS - Administración Mención Gestión

y Control Municipal
Introducción a la Economía – Cuaderno de Autoaprendizaje

CARRERA: PREVENSION DE RIESGOS.

ASIGNATURA: INGLÉS
Unidad I

UNIDAD I
Síntesis esquemática de Contenidos 1:

Grammar section
Personal Object Possessive Reflexive Possessive
Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Adjectives

I me mine myself my
You you yours yourself your
He him his himself his
She her hers herself her
It it its itself its
We us ours ourselves our
You you yours yourselves your
They them theirs themselves their

The Articles in English

The : el, la, los, las

A : un, una

An : un, una (if the coming word starts with a vowel)

Eg. The organization

A manager
An assistant

Numbers
Cardinal numbers

1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 31 thirty-one

2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 40 forty
3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 50 fifty
4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 60 sixty
5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 70 seventy
6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 80 eighty
7 seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 90 ninety
8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight 100 a/one hundred
9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine 1,000 a/one thousand
10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 1,000,000 a/one million
Ordinal numbers
1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty first 31st thirty-first
nd
2 second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty second 40th fortieth
3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty third 50th fiftieth
th
4 fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty fourth 60th sixtieth
th
5 fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty fifth 70th seventieth
6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty-sixth 80th eightieth
th
7 seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty-seventh 90th ninetieth
8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty-eighth 100th one hundredth
th
9 ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty-ninth 1,000th one thousandth
10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth 1,000,000th one millionth

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Actividades evaluadas 1 :

Reading

My Personal Profile.

Mi name is John and I’m 28 years old. I work for a large car company downtown. I work

on car design and I manage a team of designers: 20 people work under me. I can speak

English and French very well and a little German. I leave for work at 7.30 everyday and

I arrive at work at about 9.00. One of my responsibilities is to finish new models on

time.

It’s a nine-to-five job with regular working hours and it’s very interesting.

Writing

Write your own composition following the underlined words.

My name is
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Exercises
Use the short form to answer these questions

1. Are you a good student? ..........................................................

2. Is Marcelo Salas from Temuco? ..........................................................
3. Are your parents in Santiago? ..........................................................
4. Is your teacher of English Chilean? …......................................................
5. Are you from Venezuela? ..........................................................
6. Is your mom a secretary? ..........................................................

Síntesis esquemática de Contenidos 2:

Grammar section

SIMPLE PRESENT

Present : S+V+C Auxiliaries: (Do–Does for questions and negative answers).

Affirmative : e.g. I think about it (Lo pienso)

Negative : e.g. I don’t think about it
Interrogative : e.g. Do I think about it?

Third person
Affirmative : e.g. She thinks about it
Negative : e.g. She doesn’t think about it
Interrogative : e.g. Does she think about it?

Exceptions:

Verbs ending in “o” : e.g. I go / She goes

Verbs ending in “y” : e.g. I study / She studies
Verbs ending in “sh – ch – x – s: e.g. I wash / She washes

Questions about jobs and activities

What do you do? I’m an engineer

I work in a restaurant
 I go to College

What do they do? They’re carpenters

They work at a hospital

They’re students

What does he do? He’s a flight attendant

He works for BCI

He goes to Universidad de Talca

What does she do? She’s an architect

She works as a secretary at La Moneda

She teaches math

Where do you work? I work for Eladio

I work at Clínica Dávila

Where does Rachel work? She works for 3M Company

She’s a receptionist at La Fisa Park

CONNECTIVES TO BE USED WHEN EXPESSING DAILY ROUTINES

AND THEN OR LATER AFTER THAT

Example: On Mondays I get up at 6:30. After that I usually take a cold shower.
On Fridays I stay up late and I watch TV I have lunch
around 2:00 p.m. Later I take a nap
At nights, my wife reads or watches TV I always have a little snack. Then I
start work again
 Notice that AND may be used with any of the connectives.

Example: Ronald usually gets up very early and then he goes to school

Time expressions

Late at on till
around early
before after
until

TELLING AND ASKING ABOUT DAILY ROUTINES

Verbs related to everyday life

wake up despertar
get up levantarse
have breakfast desayunar
comb your hair peinarse
brush your teeth cepillarse los dientes
take a shower ducharse
dry your hair secarse el pelo
blow your nose sonarse la nariz
work trabajar
study estudiar
take the bus tomar el bus
leave your house salir de la casa
drive manejar
get to work llegar al trabajo
talk to people conversar con la gente
go back home regresar a casa
go to bed, sleep ir a acostarse
stay up quedarse en pie
stay in quedarse en casa
start classes comenzar las clases
finish classes terminar las clases
go out to see friends ir a ver a los amigos

TELLING AND ASKING ABOUT DAILY ROUTINES

Days of the week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday Saturday Sunday

The days of the week are always used with the preposition ON.

Example: On Tuesdays I start work at 8:30 every day

Parts of the day

In the morning In the afternoon In the evening At night

At noon At midnight

Example: I get up early in the morning.

Look at the following examples:

Days of the week

on saturday on Saturdays
Week
on weekdays on weekends on the weekend on weeknights

Time
at 7:00, before 7:00, after 7:00, and around 7:00

Dates
E.g. 18 de septiembre

a) September 18th b) The 18th of September

c) 09-18 d) 18-09

IN is used with years, months, centuries, seasons etc

ON is used with dates, days of the week etc
AT is used with time, specific places etc

Months of the year

January February March April May June
July August September October November December

Seasons of the year

Spring Summer Autumn (Fall) Winter
Actividades evaluadas 2 :
Reading
Daily Routines.
Tina : What do you do, Rodney?
Rodney : I’m a chef.
Tina : Hey, that’s great! So what are your working hours like?
Rodney : They´re OK. I work in the afternoons and evenings. I get up around 9 a.m.,
and
I work from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. I get home very late, about 11 p.m. And I
usually go to bed by 1 in the morning. And what do you do Tina?
Tina : Well, I’m an office manager. It’s a regular nine-to-five office job, so I get up
at
7 a.m. and get home around 6 p.m. I go to bed around midnight on weekends.
Rodney : What about you, Ellen?
Ellen : Well, my job is a bit different – I’m a flight attendant. I start work at six in the
morning, so I have to get up before 5 a.m.
Tina : Wow! That’s too early for me!
Ellen : Then I often have long flights, so I don’t get home until o’clock at night. But I
always go straight to bed – around 10.

Write simple but complete sentences about your daily routine

7.00 a.m: _______________________________________________________________

11.00 a.m: ______________________________________________________________

1.00 p.m: _______________________________________________________________

6.00 p.m: _______________________________________________________________

9.00 p.m: _______________________________________________________________

11.00 p.m: ______________________________________________________________

CONNECTING ENGLISH TO YOUR SPECIALTY

From the following list of safety activities, choose the three that you consider the most
important ones and re-write them:

Actividad

The three more important activities for me are:

1)___________________________________________________

2)___________________________________________________

3)___________________________________________________