This document is a collaborative work between two students, Alexandra Díaz and Claudia Vallejo, for their Intermediate English II class. It contains individual descriptions by each student about the cities where they live - Sandoná by Alexandra and Ipiales by Claudia. Claudia describes features of Ipiales like its population size and location on the Ecuador border. She also discusses popular celebrations in Ipiales like carnivals and festivals. The document then makes comparisons between the cities described, noting for example that Pasto has a larger carnival than Sandoná but Sandoná is preferable to enjoy with family and friends. It also compares the distances to landmarks like Las Lajas sanctuary from Ipial

1. INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH II
COLLABORATIVE WORK
INTEGRANTS
ALEXANDRA DÍAZ_ COD: 27090979
CLAUDIA VERONICA VALLEJO_COD:1085904637
GROUP
551012_8
TUTOR
CLAUDIA PATRICIA MUNERA MORA
NATIONAL OPEN AND DISTANCE UNIVERSITY–UNAD
BACHELOR IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
SEPTEMBER – 2015

2. How do the make comparative sentences using AS?
EXERCISES ABOUT COMPARISONS
By: Alexandra Díaz

3. INDIVIDUAL DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT THE CITIES
WHERE EACH PARTICIPANT LIVE
Sandoná
By: Alexandra Díaz

4. IpialesClaudia Vallejo
 I live in Ipiales since that I was
born, Ipiales belongs to the
department of Nariño, it is
located in south of Colombia, it
has 123.341 inhabitants, It is
airport and land border because
it is located on the border with
the Republic of Ecuador,
therefore the inhabitants of
Ipiales have as important
economic activities, with intense
international trade, small
businesses, tourism; and in rural
areas: agriculture and livestock.

5.  To seven kilometers from Ipiales is located the most
beautiful sanctuary of America “Las Lajas” belongs to
Ipiales, is a place very religious, “las Lajas” is visited for
many people; in September celebrates the feast of the
Virgin of the “las Lajas” each year, the most people that
visit the sanctuary say that they have received many
miracles of Virgin. Popular celebrations:

6.  More populars are youth carnival (second January),
multicolored border Carnival ( January third ) ,
children carnival ( four January) and Carnival of
Blacks and Whites (five and six January ), Festival the
municipality ( October twenty-three ) , and pageant,
and burning years old (December thirty first ).

7. Typical food
 The guinea pig with
potatoes and chili pepper,
if you prefer can drink
beer too.

8. THE COMPARISON OR COMPARISONS MADE
ABOUT THE CITIES.
Pasto vs Sandoná
In Sandoná, it is also celebrated the Blacks and Whites’ Carnival as well as in the capital, but
in Pasto, it is the best because it allows to see many and many crafts, diversity of
representations and culture, in change here, there are a very few floats and it is really
smaller. Although in Pasto is developed the most interesting Carnival than any other
surrounding small town, I prefer enjoy it here in Sandona because I like to be with my family
and friends and also because, in here is more peaceful than Pasto.
Ipiales vs Pasto
Reading your contribution, I can refer that Ipiales is colder than Pasto, I think so, because I
have been over there and by the way, in a raining day. But it is great, you have the
opportunity to go to Las Lajas whenever you want, because it is closer from Ipiales than from
Pasto, it sounds good.
Sotomayor vs Sandoná
Sotomayor is warm around 24 degrees and comparing it with Sandoná, Sotomayor is warmer
than Sandoná because it is warm but just around 19 degrees however in your hometown is
also cultivated the plantain as well as in Sandoná and I can say, too, that from the capital
“Pasto” Sotomayor is farther than Sandoná. By: Alexandra Díaz