A LOVE STORY

Sally left home when she was 18. She didn’t want to go to university, so
she went to work in a book shop in London. One day, a customer came to the store.
His name was Bill. He liked Sally, and asked her out.
They went out to dinner and had a nice time. Bill told Sally that he worked in a
bank in the financial district.
Sally liked Bill, too. She smiled and said that she hoped she would see him again.
Nobody is sure how it happened, but Sally and Bill fell in love, and ended
up getting married. They moved into a small flat together, and paid incredibly high
rent for a few years, until Sally announced that she was pregnant.
Bill asked for a loan from the bank so they could buy a nicer flat in a friendlier
neighborhood outside London, and a few months later Sally had her baby.
They named the baby Andrea.
Like most Europeans in the year 2005, they were very happy…

Exercise
Realice con el texto anterior lo siguiente:
1- Identifique los verbos regulares e irregulares en el texto, escriba su
significado.
2- Haga la traducción de la historia.
3- Responda las siguientes preguntas:

1. Did Sally want to go to university?

2. Where did she work?
3. Where did he work?
4. What did Sally announce his husband?
5. What was the baby name?
 1. Rellena los huecos de las siguientes frases con el conector más adecuado
(SO, BECAUSE, BUT y ALTHOUGH).
2. I was very tired ___________ I went to bed.
1. ___________ he wasn’t very hungry, he ate a big hamburger.
2. I love that film ___________ it’s very good.
3. The interview was very difficult ___________ he got the job.
4. ___________ she likes football, she prefers hockey.
5. His first book is very good ___________ his second one is even better.
6. We went to the supermarket ___________ there was no food at home.
7. They didn’t like the programme ___________ they turned off the tv.
2. Ordena las palabras para crear frases correctas.
3. bought because I very it good it’s
4. book they gave to want friends didn’t so the My me it
1. Although is old he, runs very fast he
2. bad tomatoes didn’t The so were them eat I
3. neighbour very my I him He so see often is
4. weather was walk went Although bad we the , for out a
5. clever doesn’t She hard but work is very she
6. party They the couldn’t us to we but invited go
SOLUCIONES
1. Rellena los huecos de las siguientes frases con el conector más adecuado
(SO, BECAUSE, BUT y ALTHOUGH).
2. I was very tired so I went to bed.
3. Although he wasn’t very hungry, he ate a big hamburger.
4. I love that film because it’s very good.
5. The interview was very difficult but he got the job.
6. Although she likes football, she prefers hockey.
7. His first book is very good but his second one is even better.
8. We went to the supermarket because there was no food at home.
9. They didn’t like the programme so they turned off the tv.
10. Ordena las palabras para crear frases correctas.
11. I bought it because it’s very good.
12. My friends didn’t want the book so they gave it to me.
13. Although he is old, he runs very fast.
14. The tomatoes were bad so I didn’t eat them.
15. He is my neighbour so I see him very often.
16. Although the weather was bad, we went out for a walk.
17. She is very clever but she doesn’t work hard.
18. They invited us to the party but we couldn’t go.

Conectores de adición
Son aquellos que utilizamos para agregar más ideas:

Moreover/ además
Furthermore/ además
In addition/ además
Not only/ no solo
But also/ sino que también/ incluso

Conectores causales
Son usados para mostrar la causa de algo:

Because/because of/ porque

Since/ puesto, ya que
Therefore/ por lo tanto
As a result/ por eso, como consecuencia
In order to/ para, con tal de

Conectores para dar ejemplos

 For example/ por ejemplo
 For instance/ por ejemplo
 Such as/ tal como
 Apart form/ aparte de
 Like/ como
Conectores para expresar causa y efecto
 As a result/ como resultado
 This is why/ esta es la razón
 Since/ ya que
Conectores comparativos
 Than/ que
 Similarly/ de manera similar
 As/ como
Conectores para generalizar
 Mostly/ generalmente, mayoritariamente
 In general/ en general
Conectores para aclarar una afirmación
 In other words/ en otras palabras
 That is to say/ es decir
Conectores para enfatizar
 As a matter of fact/ de hecho, por cierto
 Obviously/ obviamente
 Above all/ sobre todo
 Definitely/ definitivamente, en efecto
 Actually/ de hecho
Conectores de introducción
 To begin with/ para empezar
 Nowadays/ actualmente, hoy en día
Conectores para concluir
 In conclusion/ en conclusión
 In short/ en resumen
 To sum up/ para resumir