UNIVERSIDAD COOPERATIVA DE COLOMBIA

“Profesionales con Criterios Políticos”

Villavicencio – Meta – Colombia

ADMINISTRACION ENGLISH 1

Gramática

Ambos adjetivos se traducen por "algo de", "algunos".

Regla general:

"Some": se utiliza en oraciones afirmativas.

"Any": se utiliza en oraciones negativas o interrogativas.

Particularidades:

"Some": se utiliza a veces en preguntas:

a) Que suponen ofrecimiento.

Do you want some wine?

Can I give you some advice?

b) Cuando se espera casi con toda seguridad una respuesta afirmativa.

Can I have some biscuits?

"Any" se utiliza a veces:

a) En oraciones afirmativas con el significado de "cualquiera".

Any kid would have behaved like that

You can pick any of these books

You can go anywhere you want

b) En oraciones condicionales con el significado de "alguien, algo, alguna cosa".

If anyone ask for me, please tell them I will be back soon

If anything happens, please call me immediately

If I had any money I would buy a new car

1.- "much" / "many" / "a lot of" se traducen por "mucho".

Las reglas que se aplican son las siguientes, si bien cabe cierta flexibilidad:

a) En oraciones afirmativas: "a lot of"

b) En oraciones negativas e interrogativas:

b.1) Con sustantivos contables: "many"

many books, many coins, many girls...
b.2) Con sustantivos incontables: "much"
much time, much effort, much energy

2.- "little" / "few" se traducen por "poco".

a) Con sustantivos contables: "few"

few books, few pencils, few tickets...
b) Con sustantivos "incontables": "little"
little sugar, little rain, little water...

Ejemplos:

She is very friendly and has a lot of friends

I don't have many paintings in my flat

When you were unemployed, did you receive much help from your family?

This bookshop has few books about Spanish history

There is little hope that the hostage will be released

EXERCISES  

1.- Indica en cuales de las siguientes oraciones hay que utilizar "much" / "many" /
"little" / "few" o "a lot of":

1. There are ________ people who prefer to work part-time

2. We don't have ________ time to listen to your arguments

3. You need ________ time to finish your homework

4. Look at the sky! You can see ________ birds flying southwards

5. Have you received ________ letters from your friend?

6. ________ people know that you worked abroad for ten years

7. I can see that you have ________ interest in helping me

8. ________ cars can go more than 300 km per hour

9. There were ________ foreigners in that village last summer?

10. I am very busy; I have ________ things to do

11. Mark is not a millionaire. I am sure he doesn't have ________ money

12. I put a ________ bit of sugar in my coffee because I don't like it very sweet
13. Peter has a stomach ache and that is because he ate ________ biscuits

14. He didn't have ________ luck. He lost all his money in the casino

15. It is a very small car park; it allows ________ cars

16. We haven't had ________ rain during this year

17. I have ________ books on the Second World War

18. He made ________ effort to win the race

19. Martin doesn't eat ________ meat because he thinks that that is unhealthy

20. Do you have ________ friends in England?

21. He was very furious and said ________ nonsense

22. ________ people can agree with your point of view about immigration

23. After ________ attempts he could cross the river

24. In the morning you can see ________ people running to the beach

25. He found ________ support in his family when he got divorced

2.- Indica en cuales de las siguientes oraciones hay que utilizar "some" y en cuales "any":

1. I have seen ________ dogs running after the postman

2. Dou you have ________ books on French culture?

3. Can I have ________ ice-cream please?

4. You don't have ________ idea about the real situation of this company

5. Could you lend me ________ money please? I really need it

6. I have seen ________ films about the assassination of JFK

7. I couldn't find ________ explanations for his behaviour

8. Have you received ________ letters from your brother?

9. If I have ________ doubt, I will ask you for help

10. I haven't found ________ friends at the party

11. I have bought ________ discs for my father

12. Did I receive ________ calls when I was out?

13. If I had ________ problem I would call you

14. ________ of those suspects could have been the assassin

15. Do you want ________ coffee? Yes, please

16. Mum, can I invite ________ friends to my birthday please?

17. When I was young I did ________ sports

18. I don't have ________ souvenirs from Greece

19. ________ houses have been destroyed by the fire

20. The police didn't find ________ clues in the flat

21. Could I have ________ water please?

22. You must agree with me that ________ politicians don't behave ethically
TECHNICAL READING

Creativity is in the Detail, and Everywhere…

By: Margaret HeffernanNovember 19, 2007

Companies need to allow employees to liberate their inherent creativity, rather than squash it
as most do. Tapping one's inner creativity within a destination-driven society requires the
courage to slow down and reflect inwards.

Creativity. Innovation. Originality. These are today’s buzzwords. Every few years, we get a few.
It seems like only yesterday that globalization was top of everyone’s worry list. Before that of
course it was all about networks and networking. But today every company with its eye on the
ball is concerned about how to be -- or how to become -- an innovator. And so these
companies start to look around for the imaginative people in their midst and to ask some
serious questions about how to make everyone else creative. Almost always they do so while
labouring under a number of misconceptions about how creativity works.

Only some, special, people are creative -- so the job of the management is to identify them.

Wrong. Everyone is creative. Go and visit a nursery school. You will see a room full of children
who, without any guidance at all, will find things to do and to make. Give them a few crayons
or a few examples and you will have to force them to stop at lunchtime and remind them to
eat. This doesn’t go away as they grow up. Tell teenagers that you won’t provide a schedule of
entertainments and it’s amazing how quickly they’ll still find something to do. Take the TV and
video games away -- it works even better.