Enjoying the World

This untit was very ineteresting because I learned vocabulary about possible risk like slippery, dark, steep,  foggy, dangerous and rocky. Also vocabulary describing the nature world such us mountanious, hilly, flat, lush, arid, forest, jungle,canyon, islans, and valley. Moreover I learned grammar about infinitives with too for example: It's too dangerous to go swimming at the beach. Also we can clarify with a for phrase, for example: Those cliffs are too steep for you to climb. On the other hand I learned about preposition of place, such us on, the, in and of. Everything I learned from the book top notch and the homework and the classwork. it is very important because now I can describe touristic places and countries locations without any problem.
for more information you can see this web pages
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/infinitive3b.html
http://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/Very_Too_Enough.htm

Learning Reflection unit 9

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES

In this unit I learned about controversial issues; for example; censorship of books ans movies, compulsory military service, raising the voting age, prohobiting smoking indoors, and so on. Also political terms, political and social beliefs. It was very interesting becuase we can realize the problems that we have in our countires and in the others. furthermore my classmates and I could give our ideas of diferents topics in a debate that the teacher made. On the other hand I learned garmmar about Non-counts nouns for abstract ideas and verbs followed by objects and infinitives. Nouns that represent abstract ideas are non-count nouns. We have to remember  that noun-count nouns are neither singular nor plural. They haven't plural form ,and they aren't preceded by "the, a or an". When a noun-count noun is the subject of a sentence, use a singular verb. And certain verbs can be followed by infitives, but some verbs must be followed by an object before the infinitive. Moreover a gerund functions as a noun. Gerunds can be subjects, objects, and subject complement. An infinitive also functions as a noun. For me this grammar is very good because I didn't know very well the contable and non-contable nouns and I realize of many things. I have some links about this grammar 

http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/noncount.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/noncount.htm

http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes12/verb_ob_inf.htm

http://www.myenglishteacher.net/infinitives.html

Learning Reflection unit 8

INVENTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

In this unit I learned about inventios and technology. It was very interesting because, I learned the most importants inventions in the history, for example the wheel and how it changed the lives of people. Also I learned some adjectives to describe manufactured products and the teacher made us work hard in it. On the other hand I learned grammar about factual and unreal conditional sentences and the past unreal conditionals. For example; in present factual conditionals we use the simple present tense in both clauses, future factual conditionals we use the simple present in the if clause, we use the future with will or be going to in thr result clause and in the present unreal conditionals we use the simple past tense or were in the if clause, we use would in the result clause and we have to be careful in don't use a future from in the if clause and don't use would in the if clause. Moreover we use the past unreal conditional to describe unreal or untrue conditions and results and we have be careful in don't use would and could in the if clause in the past unreal conditional.This unit was excellent because I learned a lot and I can improve my English talking about interesting topics and with an excellet grammar. Here I have more information about this grammar:

http://www.studyvec.com/samurai/documents/SampleTextBusinessGrammar.pdf

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html

http://www.i-claudius.com/esl/condition.html

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/pastconditional.html

Learning Reflection unit 7

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

In this unit I learned about books and magazines for example; what kind of movies and magazines there are.I learned it trough of pictures that are in my book top notch. It is very interesting because I can talk about it , especially when I want to go to the cinema, I can make a good  choice. On the other hand I learn grammar about noun clauses: embedded questions and noun clauses as direct object. For example you can "embed" a question in a larger satatement. Begin emmbedded yes/no quetion with if or whether and a noun clause can be the direct of the verb of mental activity. When the noun clause is a direct object, the word thet is often omitted. There isn't change is meaning. Also is short answer, we use "so" to replace the noun clause after the verbs "think, believe, guess and hope". This grammar was very inetesting and for more expalnation I have some links about this grammar

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclause2.html

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclause1.html

http://bogglesworldesl.com/askthomas_noun_clause1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjVV3jVGPE

Learning Reflection Unit 6

 DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES

In this unit I learned all about Disasters and Emergencies, the teaqches sent us homework to look for an information about a disaster in Ecuador or another country. I learned comvey a message, here we listened a conversation that was in the book and we made a little role play about it. Also I learned how to report news, we prepare a newscast presentation in groups of three person, it was very interesting. Furthermore I learned to prepare for an emergency, the teacher did us work in groups to discuss about what we need to have in an emergency and to complete the book about it. Moreover I learned how to describe a disaster. We did an oral lesson about it and finally I learned new grammar about indirect speech: iperatives, and indirect speech say and tell: tense change. the teacher gave us some handout and we participated in some games about it. and to know if we were learning the grammar the teacher took us some quizes. It was excellent to improve our gammar. I think this grammar is very good and useful because we can report what the another person said, or report something that we saw in the Tv or listened to on the radio.
I you want to Know more about this grammar, here I have some links about it and a disater
http://www.athabascau.ca/courses/engl/155/support/direct_and_indirect_speech.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/reported_speech.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

LEARNING REFLEXON "UNIT 5"

I learned many things in this unit like holidays and tradition. It was very interesting becuase I learned what other countries make in special days , how they celebrate it, and also wedding tadition.Here I have links about traditions where everybody can see and learn a little more about it.http://www.123newyear.com/newyear-traditions/ and http://www.chcp.org/wedding.html It is very useful because we can give information about the custom of our country with foreign people and to learn of other countries. I learned the grammar too, it was about adjectives clauses with subject relatives pronouns and adjectives clauses with object relative pronouns this part is a little confused. There are two concepts to understand. First understand that there are clauses, it can be used in the same form that singular adjectives. The second is that clauses can describe the subject of a phrase or the object in the phrase. Let me share some  links obout this grammar http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjectiveclause.htm, http://www.indiana.edu/~spangram/GENGRAM/relatives.htm I learned it trough of the top noch book and of the internet becuse the teacher told us to investigate and prepare a presenation. Also study the grammar for the quiz. 

perfect modals

 Lesson Twelve
Perfect Modal Verbs

modal verb + have + past participle Perfect Modal Picture sentence could have _____ couldn't have _____ past ability The boy could have done the dishes himself, but his father decided to help. should have ____ shouldn't have ____ You did or didn't do something that was a good idea. The girl shouldn't have spun around so many times. She fell down. spin: turn around many times. spin / spun / spun would have ____ wouldn't have ____ past condition / past situation This house of cards would have fallen over if the person who built it hadn't been so careful. may have _____ may not have _____ past possibility My grandfather may have used this camera when he was a young man, but I'm not sure. might have ______ might not have _____ past possibility Her mother might have put mustard on her sandwich. She hopes not. must have ____ must not have ___ past probability. This indicates that something probably happened in the past. They must have practiced a lot because they're very good musicians. Let's not forget... The Future Perfect Tense Unlike all the other modals above, will is used for the future: Subject + will + have + past participle Singular Plural I will have lived We will have lived You will have lived You will have lived He will have lived She will have lived They will have lived It will have lived http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Yellow%20Level/Y12%20Perfect%20Modals.html