portfolio of english

1. STATE
POLITECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF
CARCHI
PROFICIENCY ENGLISH PROGRAM
PORTFOLIO TASK
MANE: Andrés Campoverde
TEACHER: Iván Fuertes
LEVEL: 7TH
DATE: August 6, 2012

2. INTRODUCTION
Myname is AndrésCampoverde.
In this portfolioI presentallthe tasks thatI
havedone overthe whole levelofEnglish.
The differenttasks containall the activities
thatmy teacherhas taught atthis level.

3. TASKS OF
THE FIRST
SET

4. AND TO CONNECT VERBS
State Polytechnic University Carchi since its creation has been
growing very rapidly but it has been unfairly situated in a category E
belonging to universities with lack of quality in education.
The Government gave another opportunity for these universities
provided they improve the quality of education that is why in March
the UPEC was subjected to a second and final assessment,
however not all universities passed the tests.
The results of these evaluations were announced on April 12, 2012,
being the UPEC, which got the best results but 14 universities were
closed so that 38 000 000 students according to the state were
victims of a scam, however, has created a contingency plan for
these students.
The authorities of our university have raised the need for further
improvement, so that, in the evaluation of next year, we are located
in a category A. our university aspires to be in the near future the
best university in our country.

5. DO 2 EXERCISES FROM THE WEB LINK
Exercise Number 1
English Exercises > past simple exercises > Because You Loved Me
Because You Loved Me
Fill in the gaps using the past form of the verbs in green:
For all those times you stood /stand by me
For all the truth that you made /make me see
For all the joy you brought /bring to my life
For all the wrong that you made /make right
For every dream you made /make come true
For all the love I found /find in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held /hold me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw /see me through it all
You were /be my strength when I was/be weak
You were /be my voice when I couldn't /can't speak
You were /be my eyes when I couldn't /can't see

6. You saw /see the best there was in me
Lifted /lift me up when I couldn't /can't reach
You gave /give me faith 'coz you believed /believe
I'm everything I am
Because you loved /love me
You gave /give me wings and made /make me fly
You touched /touch my hand I could /can touch the sky
I lost /lose my faith; you gave /give it back to me
You said /say no star was out of reach
You stood /stand by me and I stood /stand tall
I had /have your love I had /have it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave /give me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was /be blessed because I was /be loved by you
You were /be my strength when I was/be weak
You were /be my voice when I couldn't /can't speak
You were /be my eyes when I couldn't /can't see
You saw /see the best there was in me
Lifted /lift me up when I couldn't /can't reach
You gave /give me faith 'coz you believed /believe
I'm everything I am
Because you loved /love me
You were /be always there for me
The tender wind that carried /carry me

7. A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were /be the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You were /be my strength when I was /be weak
You were /be my voice when I couldn't /can't speak
You were /be my eyes when I couldn't /can't see
You saw /see the best there was in me
Lifted /lift me up when I couldn't /can't reach
You gave /give me faith 'coz you believed /believe
I'm everything I am
Because you loved/love me
I'm everything I am
Because you loved / love me
Exercise Number 2
English Exercises > past simple exercises > was or were?
WAS OR WERE?
Choose the correct past form of the verb to be.
1- Susan and Mark were at home yesterday night.
2- She wasn’t at home. She was at school.
3- Blimpy, the cat was sat near the sofa.

8. 4- John and some of his friends were playing soccer.
5- Yesterday night wasn’t raining. It was snowing.
Complete the questions with was or were and write answers.
1- Were they with you at home?
No, they weren’t
2- Were you at home on Monday morning?
Yes, I was
3-Was John working last week?
Yes, he was
4- Were your parents at the cinema on Saturday?
Yes, they were
Write the words in the correct order.
1- Garden / wasn´t / the / yesterday / he / in
He wasn´t in the garden yesterday
2- Home / were / my dad / and I / all day / at
My dad and I were all day at home
3- Was / Susan / library / the / in
Susan was in the library
4- Park / girls / the / the / were / at /?
Were the girls at the park?
5- Tom / last night / happy / wasn´t
Tom wasn´t happy last night

9. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
Verb Tense Exercise 7
Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
Robin: I think the waiter (forget) has forgotten us. We (wait) have been waiting
here for over half an hour and nobody (take) has taken our order yet.
Michele: I think you're right. He (walk) has walked by us at least twenty times.
He probably thinks we (order, already)have already ordered.
Robin: Look at that couple over there, they (be, only) have only been here for
five or ten minutes and they already have their food.
Michele: He must realize we(order, not) haven't ordered yet! We (sit) have
been sitting here for over half an hour staring at him.
Robin: I don't know if he (notice, even) has even noticed us. He (run) has been
running from table to table taking orders and serving food.
Michele: That's true, and he (look, not) hasn't looked in our direction once.
Tense Exercise 8
Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous
1. Judy: How long (be)have you been in Canada?
Claude: I (study)have studiedhere for more than three years.
2. I (have)have had the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking
about buying a new one.
3. I (love)have loved chocolate since I was a child. You might even call me
a "chocoholic."

10. 4. Matt and Sarah (have)have been having some difficulties in their
relationship lately, so they (go)have been going to a marriage counselor.
I hope they work everything out.
5. John (work)has worked for the government since he graduated from
Harvard University. Until recently, he (enjoy)has enjoyed his work, but
now he is talking about retiring.
6. Lately, I (think)have been thinking about changing my career because I
(become)have become dissatisfied with the conditions at my company.
7. I (see)have been seeing Judy for more than five years and during that
time I (see)have seen many changes in her personality.

11. ENTERTAINMENT
HOMEWORK
Iam veryfunny andwhen I havefree time, Ilike playing withmy son on
hisplay stationII, this is the activitythat I enjoybecause Ilove myson,
butwhen we play he doesn’t likelosing, I also like much internet chat
with my friends because here, I have known many people.
Another activityI like iscookingbut thenI eatwhat I cookalone and I
liketo playcasinowith my father, finally I like to listen romantic music,
all this when I’m in my house.
When I am away from home I like to do many activities with my
friends one of them is going to dance to the disco and then
sometimes I drink alcohol.
Usually on weekends I'm going to play volleyball with my friends or
neighbors of my neighborhood, usually we bet 10 dollars,
sometimes I win and others lose my money.
That's all I can say you about my favorites activities.

12. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ABOUT
SCHOLARSHIPS
HOMEWORK
WRITE DOWN AN ESSAY IN WHICH YOU MENTION WHAT YOU
THINK ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE
SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE
ECUADORIAN GOVERMENT. (SENESCYT)
SENESCYT announced the opening of the 2012 scholarship
programs aimed at Ecuadorians who want to study for degrees in
third and fourth levels. I think these programs are very good
because poor students can now study abroad, no matter that they
haven't money, is only important to be very intelligent.
I think one of the main advantages of the scholarship is that all
Ecuadorians can follow studied, regardless of economic
conditions; another advantage is that I believe that a country
develops; only educating its people.
I also think that now if Ecuadorian State is giving the money
belongs to education, but it is also important that people, who
earn a scholarship student, return the country to contribute
with their knowledge to local students.
I believe that there are no disadvantages but if the government
does not give specializations agricultural, people will leave the
field, and then there won't be food for people.
To finish my homework I think the scholarship is the best that the
Ecuadorian government has thought, because I believe that in a few
years, Ecuadorians have a better life.

13. TASK OF
SECOND SET

14. M2 TRIP
HOMEWORK
PLEASE WRITE DOWN ABOUT A TRIP THAT YOU HAVE EVER
HAD. INCLUDE INFORMATION LIKE THIS:
Whenwasthetrip?
Wheredidyou do?
Who did you go with?
What places did you visit?
What did you do there?
Last year Iwent toa wonderful tripwith my family, we wentto Santo
Domingo, Firstwe got homefrommy wife's grandparents, Herewe
weretwo days, thefirst nightwe wentdancing ata nicedisco, Inthis
beautiful place, we danced all night and also I drank a little alcohol,
Then returned house and slept all morning, after I went to fish in a
large river, while mywifewas cookingdinnerand my son was playing
with his cousins, The next day we went to the pools, because my
son likes to swim.
The next day we went to Pedernales and stayed at a beautiful hotel
called Palma Seca, first we went to eat at a restaurant but my son

15. wouldn’t eatbecause he was playing on the beach, in these beautiful
beaches we were only one day because we didn’t have much
money. What most enjoyed on these beaches was building
sandcastles with my son.
The next day while we are returning to Tulcan, called me my aunt
who lives in Chone, and for this reason we went to visit her, then we
went to visit a great zoo, we were very happy because there were
many exotic animals.
Finally returned to Tulcán night and when we reached the bus
station Tulcán, I fell and broke my shoulder then I went to the
hospital because it hurt much.

16. MY IDEAL TRIP
HOMEWORK
If I hada lot of money, I would travel all over Europe, Ialwayswanted
to visitplaces like:the wonderful Rometourist attractions, such as:
The Vatican and his lovely, St. Peter, According to Catholic tradition,
the basilica is the burial place of St. Peter, who was one of the
twelve apostles of Jesus of Nazareth, I also like to know the Roman
Coliseum, this beautiful place was the setting for scenes that the film
has played in films such as: Ben-Hur or Gladiato.
But the place where I've always dreamed of being is the Torrre Pisa,
this beautiful building, has an inclination of 5.5 degrees Celsius,
because the land where he built was in poor condition.

17. For me it would be very important to make my dream my whole
family, with them I would go to all these beautiful places, I like to
travel around Europe by plane, to see how it feels to fly.
finally all these trips would be possible if I had money, but I'm sure
working hard I can get what I have dreamed, because I want my son
and my wife know all these beautiful places.

18. TASKS OF
THE THIRD
SET

19. RESEARCH ABOUT CONDITIONALS
RESEACRH NUMBER 1 (CONDITIONALS)
English learners should study conditional forms to speak about past, present and future
situations that depend on other events happening. There are four forms of the
conditional in English. In general,conditionalsentenceshave the word"if".
Note thatthere is noconditionaltensefor theEnglish andavailable in Spanish. At the
same time, use the auxiliary verb"would"to form theconditionalin English.
CONDITIONAL TYPES
ZeroConditional (Type 0)
Using this type of condition is when the condition and the result is always true, such as
scientific facts.
IF Condition Result
If. Present simple Present simple
Examples:
If you heat water to 100° C, it boils. / Water boils if you heat it to 100° C.
If I don't practice the piano everyday I play poorly. / I play the piano poorly if I
don't practice everyday.
Does your mom get mad if you don't call her? / If you don't call your mom, does
she get mad?
Note: We canchange the order ofthesentenceswithout changingthe meaning.Also,
ingeneralthis type ofconditional, we can replace "if" to "when" without altering the
meaning.
FirstConditional (Type 1)

20. This type of conditional uses: for the future and in cases where it is likely that the
condition will pass.
IF Condition Result
If. Present simple Future simple ("will")
Examples:
If Bill studies, he will pass the exam. / Bill will pass the exam if he studies.
If it doesn't rain, we will go to the beach. / We will go to the beach if it doesn't
rain.
Will you take the train if you miss the bus? / If you miss the bus, will you take
the train?
NOTE: You can use some modal verbsinstead of"will"to changethe likelihood
orexpress an opinion.For moreinformation,seethe lesson onmodal verbs.
Examples:
If it doesn't rain, we may go to the beach.
If it doesn't rain we should go to the beach.
If it doesn't rain we can go to the beach.
SecondConditional (Type 2)
Type 2is usedto express anunrealpossibilityin the present,asa wish ora dream, orfor an
action inthe futurenot aslikely.
IF Condition Result
If. Past simple "Would" + infinitive
Examples:
If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world. / I would travel around the
world if I won the lottery.
If Rachel had more time, she would learn to play the guitar. / Rachel would
learn to play the guitar if she had more time.
Would you be happy if you were to get married? / If you were to get married,
would you be happy?

21. Note:Asin type 1, you can use othermodal verbsinstead of"would"to change the
meaningand possibility.
ThirdConditional (Type 3)
In contrast to types 1 and 2, we use the third type of conditional when talking about a
condition in the past that has not happened.
IF Condition Result
If. Past perfect "Would have" + past participle
Examples:
If I had known, then what I know now, I would have done things differently. / I
would have done things differently if I had known then what I know now
Suzanne wouldn't have had the heart attack if she had gone on a diet as her
doctor recommended. / If Suzanne had gone on a diet as her doctor
recommended she wouldn't have had the heart attack.
Would you have liked to go to university if you had been able to afford it? / If
you had been able to afford it, would you have liked to go to university?
Note: As thetypes 1 and2, you canuse othermodal verbsinstead of"would"to change
the meaningand probability.

22. MY FUTURE
I imaginea very good futurefor me andmy family, because I
believethat in twoyears, I’ll graduateat the university and thenI
thinkI’ll have averygood job, and for thisreason, I’ll have lots of
money, and I’llactuallymany dreams.
if all you plan to, I get it, I may give my son a good education in the best
universities in the world, that my son follow in my footsteps, but I also
want my wife has her own beauty parlor, but Ialsolikethat mywife
hasher ownbeauty salon, andalsoable to realizehis dream ofstudyin
University.
UniversityofCambrid
gein the UK
if all these things come true, I'd be the happiest man in the world because
I think my family is more important to me, well if I had a lot of money, I
could help poor children and the elderly, If I study hard I'm sure this will
come true.

23. CONDITIONAL SITUATIONS
HOMEWORK
I studyin the universityand I have ateacher whois very demandingon
punctuality, when wearrived late, my teacher doesn’t make
uscometo the classroom and also, if I don’t do the task, the engineer
Mora, doesn’t take me my final exam, Most students lose the
semester with this teacher.
I am very happyin the universitybecause I have manyfriends,my
bestfriendDiegoinvited meto a party onSaturdaybut if it rainsI'll stay
inmy house, Diegoalsotells me thatthere's a partyin the
universitynext week, but when you takealcohol,loses his
mindandoftenfightwith people,for this reasonI tell himnot to goto the
party becauseif you have problemsthe universityprobablyfails
thesemester.
Finally I believe that when a person has problems all her life goes wrong,
because people do not want troublemakers in their companies, therefore,
I am worried about my friend Diego, I'm sure with this behavior he will
have many problems in the future.

24. WORKING IN TEAMS
HOMEWORK
I think thatour authoritiesbelieve thatteamworkis good,
because,alwaysorganizingthis workas a team, for example:
Seminars, whereteachershave to worktogether tomake this
eventgoes well, also, the university is organized, open houses
scientists,studentsand teachersheremustwork together,to do
wellthese important events.
ADVANTAGESOF TEAMWORK
I believe thatteamworkhas moreadvantagesthan disadvantages; I
think the main advantages arethe following:
Teamworkhas more information thanany of its membersseparately,
thereforealways learnnew things; Ialsobelieve thatgroup work allows
different points of view when making a decision. This enriches the
work, and minimizes frustrations.
I thinktheteamworkwe getbetter results thananyindividual work, and
alsoteam membersachieve greatermotivation.The factof beingpart of
a teammembermakesto increase theirmotivationto work, generally,
all group work,havegreater acceptance bygroup membersbecause
they haveall activelyparticipated.

25. DISADVANTAGESOF TEAMWORK:
The maindisadvantages of workinginuniversity groupare:
Oftenworkin groupsbringdiscomfort, becauseusuallynot all
membersof theteam,help makethe work, for this reasonthe
membersthat if they work, they feel very unhappy, is alsovery
difficult to findacceptance by alldecisions madein group work.
Also another disadvantage is the lack of cooperation from members
of the team to go to meetings, this occurs when there is a leader in
the team.
Finally differences in ways of thinking can lead to arguments that
divide the group.
COMMENT:
I believe that the university had the best result in the assessment
for the good teamwork that has been done, and our authorities need
to continue working together to continue to have successes

26. TASKS OF
THE FOURTH
SET

27. WRITE AN ESSAY
PRACTICES INTHE LABORATORIES OF THEUPEC
The UPEC has many laboratories, with much technological
equipment, In these last six months, the authorities of our university,
have given more money to equip laboratories, especially in our
career, For this reason we students of EDIA, now are doing many
practices in the laboratories.
With the help of these laboratories all students of EDIA, we have
many advantages but the main one is that we can apply the
knowledge in the laboratories that we learn in classroomand also we
learn to properly handle laboratory equipmentThanks to these
advances, that our university has had, we the students of our career,
we will be competent professionals.
The implementation of these laboratories also has some
disadvantages, such as students have shown that even are not
prepared for this technology and are not aware of how important
laboratories and therefore break the lab materials.
In conclusion, when our university authorities help us, implementing
the laboratories, students can learn many things we can’t learn in
the classroom, because our career needs of many practices,we
students of the EDIA need, "learning by doing", first we learn in the
field but also need laboratories to process the food we grow on land.

28. RESEARCH ABOUT PASSIVE VOCIE
Passive Voice
Use of Passive
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known;
however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know,
however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following
example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone
(e.g. you have made a mistake.).
Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)
Example: A letter was written.
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
 the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
 the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
 the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is
dropped)
Examples of Passive
Tense Subject Verb Object
writes aletter.
Simple Active: Rita
Present
Passive: A letter iswritten by Rita.
Simple Past Active: Rita wrote aletter.
Passive: A letter waswritten by Rita.
PresentPerfect Active: Rita has written aletter.

29. Passive: A letter has beenwritten by Rita.
Future I Active: Rita willwrite aletter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
Hilfsverben Active: Rita can write aletter.
Passive: A letter can be written by Rita.
Examples of Passive
Tense Subject Verb Object
iswriting aletter.
PresentProgressive Active: Rita
Passive: A letter isbeingwritten by Rita.
PastProgressive Active: Rita waswriting aletter.
Passive: A letter wasbeingwritten by Rita.
PastPerfect Active: Rita hadwritten aletter.
Passive: A letter hadbeenwritten by Rita.
Future II Active: Rita willhavewritten aletter.
Passive: A letter willhavebeenwritten by Rita.
Conditional I Active: Rita wouldwrite aletter.
Passive: A letter would be written by Rita.
Conditional II Active: Rita wouldhavewritten aletter.
Passive: A letter wouldhavebeenwritten by Rita.
Passive Sentences with Two Objects
Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the
two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to
transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

30. Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2
wrote a letter to me.
Active: Rita
Passive: A letter waswritten to me by Rita.
Passive: I waswritten a letter by Rita.
.
As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant. That’s
why it is usually dropped.
Personal and Impersonal Passive
Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the
subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb)
can form a personal passive.
Example: They build houses. – Houses are built.
Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally cannot form a personal passive
sentence (as there is no object that can become the subject of the passive sentence).
If you want to use an intransitive verb in passive voice, you need an impersonal
construction – therefore this passive is called Impersonal Passive.
Example: he says – it is said
Impersonal Passive is not as common in English as in some other languages (e.g.
German, Latin). In English, Impersonal Passive is only possible with verbs of
perception (e. g. say, think, know).
Example: They say that women live longer than men. – It is said that women live
longer than men.
Although Impersonal Passive is possible here, Personal Passive is more common.
Example: They say that women live longer than men. – Women are said to live
longer than men.
The subject of the subordinate clause (women) goes to the beginning of the sentence;
the verb of perception is put into passive voice. The rest of the sentence is added
using an infinitive construction with 'to' (certain auxiliary verbs and that are dropped).
Sometimes the term Personal Passive is used in English lessons if the indirect object
of an active sentence is to become the subject of the passive sentence.
ROOM PROJECT

31. ROOM PROJECT:
Helloteacher andpartners….
In the room project, I am going to talk about the importance of field
practice in our career.
I thinkourrace is veryimportant tothepracticefield, it isnecessary to
obtainmore knowledge, I thinkwhen I am aprofessionalI needto
solvethefield problemsof farmers inour province, because that is
howyou gain the confidenceof farmers.
Thanks to the farms that the university has, to the practices of field
is very easy to make, for example in the San Francisco farm we sow
many crops that are cold climate, such as: potatoes, corn, carrots,
green onions, wheat, radish, cabbage, etc.
The university also has a farm in the parish of "Conception", this
isthe routeto "San Lorenzo", in this beautiful farm we plant many
crops of warm weather, For example, watermelon, peach, lemon,
orange, lime, tomato, melon, etc.

32. PHRASES AND SENTENCES
IN
MY FATHER WAS IN A BAD MOOD YESTERDAY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T SPOKE
WITH ME ALL DAY.
MYWIFE AND I HAVEMUCH IN COMMONFOR THIS REASONWE LOVEMUCH.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IN CASE OF EARTHQUAKE
TODAY I COULD NOT GREET MY BEST FRIEND BECAUSE I WAS IN HURRIED, I
HAD CLASSES AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ALREADY IT WAS
ALREADY FIVE AFTER THREE.
TO ALL THE PEOPLE LIKE FASHION IN PARTICULAR WOMEN.
ALL STUDENTS IN GENERAL MUST PERFORM COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FOR
GRADUATION.
OUT OF
MY BROTHER ENDED HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND IS NOW OUT OF
WORK.
I THINK I'M TOO FAT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS RUNNING OUT OF BREATH.
I HAVE MANY PROBLEMS IN MY HOUSE AND NOW MY FRIENDS ARE OUT OF
ONE'S MIND.
MY CHEMISTRY TEACHER FLUNKED ME BECAUSE I GAVE MY HOMEWORK
OUT OF DATE.
IN / OUT OF
I THINK MY BROTHER IS IN DANGER BECAUSE IT HAS BAD FRIENDS.
MY FRIEND'S SON IS OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE IT IS A TEENAGER.
SOON WE COME TO SANTO DOMINGO BECAUSE IS IN SIGHT ALLURIQUÍN.
ALL PEOPLE "BAÑOS" ARE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THE VOLCANO CAN ERUPT.
YOU SHOULD MAKE THE FINAL PROJECT OF ENGLISH IN ORDER TO AVOID
PROBLEMS.
ALL, THE MACHINERY OF THE LABORATORIES UPEC, ARE IN USE BECAUSE
THEY ARE NEW.

33. COMMENT
Thanks tothese tasksI was able toadvance
far inmy attempt tolearnthe
importantEnglishlanguage.
I aspiretothenextlevel andtoimprove
myway of speaking,listening, writing, etc.