My name is Marianela Alvarado Murillo. I study odontology I love odontology is my passion. I often read magazine of odontology is very very interesting. I live in Heredia, my parents live in Guanacaste. They are my life. I always go to the gym because it is very important for my health. I like to dance folcklore, I like latin music but I do not rock music. When I was a child, I played with my mother. I am a humble person, I come of a rural zone. I am responsible, I hate being late to class. I am a happy person.

Relationships

It is very important to know the different types of relationships for example the family, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, boss, teammate, classmate. However it should be known that there are many different things between men and women for example the different skills.

In the media

This week we saw that there are ways to communicate for example social networks, it is important to know the different types of social networks because we know the advantages and disadvantages they generate.

Disadvantages 

• Distraction.
• Addiction.
• Obsession .
• Theft of information.

Advantages 

• Easy communication.
• Advertising medium.

Today many people use different media to be informed about events that happening; for example reading newspapers and magazines. On the other hand people use  technology for example digital books, news websites, message boards.

Passive Voice

Present:  s + is/are/am + pp + c

For example:

1. I love English.                                      English is loved by me.
2. She eats apples.                                   Apples are eaten by her.
3. My father buys flowers.                        Flowers are bought by my father.
4. My family cooks dinner.                        Dinner is cooked by family.

Past: s + was/were + pp + c

For example:

1. I wrote a letter.                                   The letter was written.
2. My sister lost the keys.                         The keys were lost by my sister.
3. I wrote the book.                                 The book was written by me.

Home sweet home

This week we saw the types houses existing with its positive and negative characteristics. Is very important have present the house of our dreams because it is beautiful to dream what we want in the future. For example I dream have  my house, my sons, my profession and  I will get  married. I will not be far from get married, my boyfriend and I we will be married inside two years. 

This house is very spacious, too expensive, comfortable luxurious huge and charming. Who does not dream of a house like this ?

I do not like this house because it is depressing insecure dark tiny  and old-fashioned, is very very awful.

Present continuous, Be going to or Will

For example:

My sister is running in with us in the mornings because next year going to compete to another country. She is going to the beach next week with friends a 30 km competition. She is starting to fulfill his dream because when she was a child she dreamed be athlete. She will to win the competition.

Cities

This week we saw comparatives and superlatives is important to use these themes in our life.

	Comparatives	Superlatives
One-syllable adjectives	+ -er than	+ the –est
Two (or more) syllable adjectives	More + adjectives + than	The most + adjective
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y	Remove –y and add íer then	the –iest
Irregular adjectives (Ex: bad)	Worse than	the worst

For example:


The image on the left is more expensive than the image on the right, however the picture on the right is the warmest and hottest but the picture on the left is the most dangerous because there is more traffic and bad people.

Wealth

Success

Succeed

Successful

Success doesn't come easily.

You have to work hard to succeed in life.

Bill Gates is a very successful man.

Question tags

To make question tags, use the main verb / an auxiliary verb.

If there is no auxiliary verb, the question tag uses the main verb / do, does or did.

If the question is positive, the question tag is negative / positive.

If the question is negative, the question tag is negative / positive.

For example:

You work in fashion, don't you?

We didn't meet last year, did we?

She has been to Saudi Arabia, hasn't she?

They wouldn't like a drink, would they?

You will be here tomorrow, won't you?

Spare time

In our spare time can do different activities, for example swimming, bicycling, dancing,  puzzles. I like to play sports in my spare time because I get distracted and feel cheerful and positive.

     I like to exercise in the mornings.

I like to go dancing on the weekends.      

Present perfect and present perfect continuous

Use the present perfect continuous to talk about:

• Unfinished actions which started in the past and continue in the present.

I have been reading your novel. (I have not finished)

I have read your novel. (I hvae finished it)

• Recently finished activities with present results that often can be seen.

Why are you hot?

I have been running.

• Situations that focus on the activity and not the result.

I have been studying. (This is why I have not seen you)

Present perfect: indifinite past

I have gone to Tamarindo before.

I have flown several times in my life.

Since / For

I have worked at ULACIT since 2011.

I have lived in the same house for 20 years.

Gerunds and infinitives

Verbs followed by gerunds (ing)

Gerunds	For example
Enjoy	I enjoyed watching the games.
Avoid	She is avoiding eating fast food.
Imagine	I have imagined travelling around the world.
Consider	I am considering buying a car.
Like	I like eating pizza.
Prefer	She prefers watching the movie.

Verbs followed by infinitives (to)

Infinitives	For example
Want	I want to go.
Seem	She seems to understand.
Offer	She has offered to help me.
Expect	I expect to see you.
Like	I like to eat pizza.
Prefer	She prefers to watch the movie.

Travel tales

Past Perfect

Sentence: 

                Subject + had + past participle + complement.

Question: 

                Had + subject + past participle + complement.

For example:

You had studied english before you moved to New York.

Had you studied english before you moved to New York?

Uses of like

Use like to talk about:

To like:              I like to pizza.

Would like:        (want)  I would like a window seat, please.

Look like           (physical appearance)

Be like               (personality)

Feels like

Smells like

Tastes like

Sounds like

Lifelong learning

Things a teacher does	Things a teacher is
Loses his or her temper	Patient
Talks slowly	Boring
Asks difficult questions	Knowledgeable
Punishes students who behave badly	Understanding
Gives clear answer to questions	Inspiring
	Frightening
	Open-minded

Habitual past used to / would

When I was a child I used to like play rayuela with my friends but I didn't use to play soccer because I don't like. I used to like math but spanish was difficult for me. I used to walk three km from school in the mornings. I didn't used to arrive late because it was unpleasant for me.

After a stative verb use: USED TO

For example:

Live

Have

Like

Hate                 Used to/

Believe             Didn’t used to

Know

Need

Be 

Go

Make

Say

Read             Used to/

Drive             Would

Walk

Write

What does it take to be successful?

First, be successful it’s a thing that becomes depending of the personality of the person and also the form of seeing successes. I really think that success is when you know do what do you want in life independently of what others people wait of you. Second, the important thing is that you feels a success person and ignore it other people think that success becomes in money or materials things. To be successful is a life style, when you decide to do your best every time not only talking about your work or study, in everything you decide to do in your life a successful person gives their best. Third, two characteristics the person successful is:  this person hard work every day and these people always have to learn something new. Finally, to be successful you have to take into account the habits of highly effective people: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, set first things first, think win-win, and seek first to understand and then be understood, synergy, sharpen the saw.

¡Where one door closes, another opens!

Conditional sentences

Conditional sentence type 1:

         
                                                        If + Simple Present, + Simple Future
Use

Conditional Sentences Type 1 refer to the future. An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it is likely to happen.

Example:
If I have enough time, I'll watch the football match.

I may have time to watch the match but I'm not sure about it.


Conditional Sentence Type 2:

Often called the "unreal" conditional because it is used for unreal impossible or improbable situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. It is very unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled.


                                                   If + Simple Past, + would + base verb
Were / Was

In conditional type 2, we usually use in the if clause "were" instead of "was" even if the pronoun is I, he, sheor it. "were" here is a subjunctive form.
Example:

If I were a millionaire, I would buy a castle.

Use
Conditional Sentences Type 2 refer to an action in the present that could happen if the present situation were different. I don't really expect the situation to change because it is very unlikely.

Example:

If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.

Conditional Sentence Type 3
It is impossible that the condition will be met because it refers to the past.

     If + Past Perfect, + would + have + Past Participle
Use


Conditional Sentences Type 3 refer to situations in the past. They express hypothetical results to past given situations.
Example:


If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had that terrible accident.

Sometimes in the past, he was careless. He drove so fast. So he had a terrible accident.

Why is it important for elderly people to be active?

Elderly people get to a stage in which their muscles do not respond as they did when they were Young. However, if they are usually active, they can have a better quality of life. So if they exercise, dance or walk, their mind is more active and their organism feels better. This is the reason why nowadays there are groups of elderly people, so they get together, share experiences or make different activities. To exercise is an important factor to keep a good self- steem.

If elderly people want to help their memory and reduce the possibilities of suffering Alzheimer, it is recommended to read, play word puzzle and work handy crafts. It is not only recommended that they make different activities but also that those people who are charge, give them healthy food. Finally, the elderly are very special people, full of love and wisdom.