Valentina's English Learning Profile: Use of Connecting Words and Present Simple Tense, Ejercicios de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Valentina's English Learning Profile: Use of Connecting Words and Present Simple Tense y más Ejercicios en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! 68 Reading and Writing Portfolio 3 Reading learner profi les Writing connecting words (1): and, but, because ; a learner profi le Review Present Simple All about me 1 The website www.makefriendsinenglish.com is for English learners from around the world. Read about Valentina. Fill in column A in the table. A B C name 1 Valentina Sandri 9 Mario Santos town/city and country 2 Bologna, Italy 10 job/study 3 11 age 4 12 day(s) of English classes 5 13 married or single 6 14 family/relationships 7 Gianluca (boyfriend) 15 free time 8 16 HELP WITH WRITING Connecting words (1): and, but, because 2 a Look at these sentences. Notice how we use and, but and because. positive positive I study law. I’m in my second year. I study law and I’m in my second year. negative positive I’m not married. I’ve got a boyfriend. I’m not married, but I’ve got a boyfriend. what you do why you do it I study English. I need it for my course. I study English because I need it for my course. b Read Valentina’s learner profi le again. Underline all the examples of and, but and because. TIP • In sentences with but, the negative verb can come fi rst or second: I don’t speak French, but I speak German. = I speak German, but I don’t speak French. learner profi le Valentina Sandri Hello, my name’s Valentina and I’m 23 years old. I live in Bologna, a beautiful town in the north of Italy. I’m a student at Bologna University. I study law and I’m in my second year. I also study English because I need it for my course. I go to English classes on Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m in Elementary level and I like my classes very much. I’m not married, but I’ve got a boyfriend. His name’s Gianluca and he’s a restaurant manager. I don’t see him a lot in the week because the restaurant is open in the evenings, but we always go out on Sundays. In my free time I read a lot and visit friends. I don’t watch TV very often, but I go to the cinema every Friday. I want to write to people who study English and live in a different country to me. www.makefriendsinenglish.com