Basic Level English CourseSeptember 18th, 2010

The Simple Present Tense (Part III)

To talk about frequency of activities and beliefs about people with the Simple Present tense

Hablar acerca de frecuencia de actividades y creencias sobre las personas con el tiempo Presente Simple

Useful Questions for class (and QUIZ 2..shhh):

What does ______ mean?

It means ______.

How do you say ______ in English?

______.

Word in English

Word in Spanish or definition in English

Word in Spanish

Word in English

Vocabulary:mean = significar/decirword = palabradefinition = definición

Useful Questions for class (and QUIZ 2..shhh):

What does love mean?

It means “amor.”/It means a profoundly

tender, passionate affection for another person.

How do you say “amor”in English? Love.

Word in English

Word in Spanish or …

Word in Spanish

Word in English

Vocabulary:mean = significar/decirword = palabradefinition = definición

…definition in English…

Want to + Base Form want to = /wanna/

A: Do you want to come to the movies?

B: No, I don’t want to go. I have some things to

do, so I want to finish all that first. Thanks,

maybe next time.

/wanna/

/wanna/

/wanna/

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never always

usuallyrarely

sometimes Often

almost always

Note:(1) Ever = alguna vez (usually used inQuestions)(2) Twice a month (time expression for frequency. It means 2 times a month.(3) once = one time twice = two times

Ever: Yes/No Questions

Do/Does + Subject + ever + base form…?

Do you ever study on weekends?

Yes, I always study on weekendsNo, I never study on weekends

How often: WH – Questions

How often + do/does + Subject + base form…?

How often do you go to restaurants?

I never go to restaurantsI go to restaurants twice a month

…once a week.…once a month.

…twice a day.…twice a year.

…three times a day.…four times a month

Grammar Notes: once = una vez twice = dos veces three times = tres

veces …

Usually placed at the end of a sentenceUsualmente colocadas al final de la oración

(You) VERB + Complement Open the door, please. Close your books. Touch your eyes. Come to class early, please.

(You) DON’T + VERB + Complement Don’t come to class late, please. Don’t open your books. Don’t copy the exam…!!!

F-A-N-B-O-Y-S (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) For (Reason) I always cry, for I remember my father. And (Addition) I work on Mondays, and I go to class in the evening. Nor (And not) I don’t study much, nor do I have the time. But (Contrast) I like you, but I have a wife. Or (Options) We visit my parents today, or we go to their house next week. Yet (Unexpected outcome) She says she loves school, Yet she never studies. So (Result) I don’t like the theatre, so I prefer to stay home.

Grammar Note (1):To join two completesentences use a comma “,” before theconjunction.Vocabulary:Join = unirRemember (vb) = recordarMuch = muchoUnexpected = inesperadoOutcome = resultadoTheatre = teatroPrefer (vb) = preferir

Grammar Note (2):“Nor” uses the same inversionUsed in questions: Nor + do/does + Subject + Base Form

Come (and) see this DVD player. Go (and) get your glasses to see this. Hey, hurry up and finish that. Stay and have another Cuzqueña. Try and do your homework. (=Try to do/Try +

infinitive)

Wait (and) see what happens. Be sure and bring some money. (= Be sure to

bring/Be sure + infinitive)

Vocabulary:Come (and) see… = ven a ver…Go(and) get… = trae…Hurry up and…= apurate y…Stay and…= quedate y toma/come…Try and do…= trata de hacer…Wait (and) see…= espera a ver…Be sure and…= Asegurate de…

SEX is a biological fact. We usually find two sexes in the natural world: Male and female…but (*).

GENDER is a social construct. The western world usually identifies men, with masculine qualities and women, with feminine qualities, but…

El SEXO es un hecho biológico. Usualmente encontramos dos sexos en el mundo natural: Macho y hembra…pero… (*).

El GENERO es una construcción social. El mundo occidental usualmente identifica hombres, con cualidades masculinas y mujeres, con cualidades femeninas, pero… (*) …but The conceptions

“male” and “female” arealso social constructs/(*) …pero, las concepciones“macho” y “hembra” sontambién construccionessociales

Fa’afafine - Hawaii Hijras - India

Two-Spirit People (Berdache) – North America Sworn Virgins - Albania

Definition: This term derives from the printing process and refers to a plate made by

taking a cast or mold of a surface. A stereotype then is anything which lacks individual marks or identifiers, and instead appears as though made from a cast. In sociology the stereotype (the plate or cast) is always a social construction which may have some basis in reality but is a gross generalization (eg: women like romance novels). To stereotype is to apply these casts, or gross generalization, to people or situations rather than seeing the individual variation.

Definición: Este término deriva del proceso de imprenta y se refiere a una placa

hecha al tomar el molde de una superficie. Un estereotipo entonces es cualquier cosa que carece de marcas individuales o identificadores, y en vez aparece como si fuese hecho de un molde. En sociología el estereotipo (la placa o el molde) es siempre una construcción social, la cual puede tener algo de realidad, pero es una generalización masiva (e.g. a las mujeres les gusta las novelas románticas). Estereotipar es aplicar estos moldes, o generalizaciones masivas, a gente o situaciones en lugar de ver la variación individual. Source:

Online Dictionary of the Social Scienceshttp://bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl

Talk about Gender Stereotypes in Perú/ Habla de Estereotipos de Género en Perú

Fred: Women love to cook…Wilma: Men never cook…Fred: Women always cry…Wilma: Men always yell…Fred: Women talk too much…Wilma: Men always lie…Fred: Women always gossip…Wilma: Men always cheat…

Vocabulary:Yell(vb.) = gritarToo much = muchoLie(vb.) = mentirGossip(vb.) = chismosearCheat (vb.) = hacer trampa/engañar

You: Americans always invade other countries...Your Friend: Peruvians never play good soccer…You: Puerto Ricans always knowto dance Salsa…Your Friend: Colombians alwaysGet in trouble for drugs…

Talk about Country Stereotypes/ Hablen de Estereotipos de Países

Vocabulary:Invade(vb.) = invadirGood = buenGet in trouble (vb.) = meterse en problemasDrugs = drogas