The document discusses vocabulary to describe cities and asks questions about various Mexican cities including Monterrey, Tampico, Guanajuato, and Acapulco. It provides adjectives like beautiful, quiet, big, and ugly to characterize cities and discusses how adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Conjunctions like and, but, though and however are also explained as joining words, phrases, and clauses. The document then asks questions about what activities can be done and what food and purchases can be made in different cities in Mexico.

1. It’s a really beatiful city! Adverbs before adjectives/Conjuctions Modal verbs can and should By Profr. José Ma. Jaramillo Salazar. January, 2009

2. Vocabulary to describe cities!

3. Adjectives Beautiful Quiet Big Ugly Noisy Relaxing

4. Dirty Dangerous Boring Modern

5. Interesting Clean Crowded Cheap

6. Stressful Polluted Old Safe

7. Extremely Very Really Pretty Fairly somewhat Adverbs Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs,

8. What’s your city like? General Teran is really nice. It’s fairly quiet and clean. It’s not very expensive. It’s too beautiful and relaxing. General Teran is a really big city. It’s not a noisy city. It’s a very interesting place. It’s a fairly old town.

9. What’s Monterrey like? Monterrey is very big. It’s extremely modern. It’s somewhat dangerous at night. It’s not pretty expensive. Monterrey is a very interesting city. It’s not a really quiet city. It’s a fairly crowded city. It’s too noisy and polluted.

10. Complete the statements choosing an adjective from the box. Tere is too _______________________________ English classes are fairly _____________________ My grilfriend is somewhat _____________________. She never talks. Alba and Valeria are very ____________________. They always arrive early. Karlo and Lizeht are fairly _____________________. They get 10’s in the exams. The teacher isn’t fairly _______________________. H e never ask homework. PUNCTUAL BORING BEAUTIFUL INTELLIGENT SERIOUS STRICT

11. Match the questions with the answers. a. What’s Montemorelos like? ________ b. Have you ever gone to Tampico? ________ c. Do you like Monterrey? ________ d. What’s Acapulco like? Have you ________ visited? e. Do you like your city? ________ f. Have you ever gone to Canada? ________ g. What’s your hometown like? ________ 1. Yes, I’ve gone there twice, it’s fairly modern and big. 2. It’s really dirty and crowded on weekends. 3. Yes I like it, it’s not too noisy. 4. No, but I think the beaches are fairly good to swim. 5. It’s extremely boring and quiet, that’s why I moved here. 6. No I don’t. It’s too modern but dangerous at night. 7. Oh yes, it’s really interesting at nights and the night clubs are great.

12. Conjuctions Conjunctions are used to join words, phrases, and clauses that are balanced as logical equals and.- joins two similar ideas together Teran is very quiet. The weather is nice. Teran is very quiet and the weather is nice. Monterrey is a really modern city. It’s very interesting Monterrey is really modern and it’s very interesting. Mexico City is very polluted. It’s very dangerous. Mexico is very polluted and very dangerous.

13. but.- joins two contrasting ideas Allende is very big. It’s very dirty. Allende is very big, but its’ very dirty. Acapulco is fairly interesting. It’s not too safe. Acapulco is fairly interesting, but it’s not too safe. Cancun is a wonderful place. It’s too expensive. Cancun is a wonderful place but it’s too expensive. Teran is a relaxing town. It’s too boring. Teran is a relaxing town but it’s too boring.

14. Though and however.- The meaning are similar but though is much more common than however in conversation. These conjuctions j oins two contrasting ideas but we used them at the end of the sentences. My town is very boring. It’s too interesting. My town is very boring. It’s too interesting, though. New York is too modern. It’s dangerous at night. New York is too modern. It’s dangerous at night, however. My neighborhood is too clean. It’s not very safe. My neighborhood is too clean. It’s not very safe, though. Teran is very hot in summer. It’s too quiet at nights. Teran is very hot in summer. It’s too quiet at nights, however.

15. My girlfriend is fairly short. She is too beautiful. ____________________________________________________________________ Claudio is really intelligent. He is too crazy. ____________________________________________________________________ Montemorelos has many factories. It’s too dirty. ____________________________________________________________________ Carlos is really serious. He’s very bored. ____________________________________________________________________ The English exam wasn’t very easy. I got 100. ____________________________________________________________________ Living in U. S. A. is too expensive. It’s really safe. ____________________________________________________________________ Guadalajara is a crowded city. It’s too polluted. ____________________________________________________________________ Monterrey is very dangerous at nights. It’s really streesful. ____________________________________________________________________ The “Bioparque Estrella” is a big park. It’s a relaxing place. ____________________________________________________________________ My neighborhood has many stores. They never open on time. ____________________________________________________________________ Snakes are fairly dangerous. They are beautiful. ____________________________________________________________________ Mexico is an interesting city. It has many tourist places. ____________________________________________________________________ Rewrite the statements using the conjuctions and, but, though, however.

16. They express an ability, permission, wish, suggestion, etc. to do something. Can and should as modal verbs

17. What can you do in Monterrey? You can visit the museums. What can you eat there? You can eat cabrito. Can you buy something special there? Yes, you can buy nice clothes. What can you do at nights ? You can go to “Barrio Antiguo”. It’s great.

18. What can you do in Tampico? You can rest on the beaches. What can you eat there? You can eat fish. Can you buy something special there? Yes, you can buy some jewerly. Where can you have a good time ? You can go to the nightclubs.

19. What should I visit in Guanajuato? You should visit “el callejon del beso” What should I see there? You should see the mommies. Can you buy something special there? Yes, you can buy some. What shouldn’t a visitor miss ? A visitor shouldn´t miss the restaurants.

20. What should people do in Acapulco? People should spend time in the beaches. What special food can visitors eat there? They can eat sea food. It’s delicious What else should tourist do there ? They should visit the “Quebrada”.

21. Where can you eat something delicious? _______________________________________________________________________ b. What should people visit here? _______________________________________________________________________ c. What time of the year people can visit General Teran? _______________________________________________________________________ d. What should people eat here? _______________________________________________________________________ e. What can you buy here? _______________________________________________________________________ f. What shouldn´t visitors miss? _______________________________________________________________________ g. Can you walk on the streets late at night? _______________________________________________________________________ h. Where can you eat an snack in the afternoons? _______________________________________________________________________ Where can you practice any sport? _______________________________________________________________________ j. What shouldn´t visitor do here? _______________________________________________________________________ k. Where can you get information about the city? _______________________________________________________________________ Answer these questions about your town or city.

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