Support material / Material de apoyo Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1 Presentation / Presentación A. Personal information / Información personal To ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para preguntar y dar información personal, usted debe tener en cuenta: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Greetings. / Saludos. The place of origin. / Lugar de origen. Age. / Edad. The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser – estar. Vocabulary related to the context. / Vocabulario acorde al contexto.
Remember the following questions and answers: / Recuerde las siguientes preguntas y respuestas: a. What’s your name? – My name is ________. b. How old are you? – I am ________ years old. c. Where are you from? – I am from __________ B. There is – there are There is / there are is a grammatical structure used to express that someone or something exists. / Esta estructura se utiliza para expresar la existencia de alguien o algo. There is indicates the existence of someone or something in singular form; it refers to only one person or object. / There is indica la existencia de algo o alguien en singular, es decir de un solo objeto o persona. There are indicates the existence of someone or something in plural form. It refers to two or more people or objects. / There are indica la existencia de alguien o algo en plural, es decir dos o más objetos o personas.
Practice / Práctica Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. / Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego compárelos con la hoja de respuestas sugerida. A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada
país. Example / Ejemplo: Canada - Canadian 1. Australia 2. Chile 3. Colombia 4. Costa Rica 5. Cuba 6. Egypt 7. England 8. France 9. Germany 10. Italy 11. Japan 12. Mexico 13. Nigeria 14. Peru 15. Spain 16. Venezuela
B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.
Example / Ejemplo: 35 Thirty-five 1. 5 2. 24 3. 17 4. 75 5. 20 6. 9 7. 84 8. 28 9. 66 10. 92 11. 19 12. 100 13. 88 14. 109 15. 52 16. 6
C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estar
Complete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are. Example / Ejemplo: I
am
a student.
1. They
in the park.
2. We
doctors.
3. It
a beautiful house.
4. She
a model
5. Carlos
my husband.
6. He
in Medellin.
7. Lorena and I
in the cafeteria.
8. The cat
on the sofa.
9. Flowers
very expensive.
10. The computer
in the living room.
11. You
an excellent musician.
12. Martha
on the phone.
13. What
your name?
14. Where
you from?
15. Where
the eraser?
D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the
sentences. / Mire las imágenes y escriba there is o there are para completar las oraciones.
1
___________________ three apples on the table.
2
___________________ pencil on the floor.
a
3
___________________ cars in the garage.
two
4
___________________ five students in the classroom.
5
___________________ computer on the desk.
a
6
___________________ a pencil case in my bag.
7
___________________ pictures on the wall.
two
8
___________________ clock on the wall.
a
9
___________________ many books in the big library.
10
___________________ a magazine on the table.
Fuente de imágenes: SENA
E. Match the question with the corresponding answer. / Relacione la pregunta
con la respuesta correcta. Example: / Ejemplo: Good morning. How are you doing?
I am doing fine, thank you.
1. Where is he from? ___
a. You too!
2. Hi, how is it going? ___
b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!
3. Who is he? ___
c. I’m fine, thank you.
4. How old are you? ___
d. He is from Mexico.
5. How are you? ___
e. My name is Charlie.
6. Where is Teresa? ___
f. Rossana.
7. How old is it? ___
g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! ___
h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? ___
i.
10. What is her name? ___
j. She is in the office today.
I am 26 years old.
F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.
1. M __ __ day 2. T__ e __ day
3. Wed __ __ sday 4. T__ __ rsday 5. Fr__ d __ __ 6. Sa __ __ __ day 7. S__ __ da __
Production / Producción A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentación en la cual usted comparta su información personal.
Fuente: SENA
B. Cut and paste and image of a bedroom. Use there is or there are to name of the objects that are found in the bedroom. / Corte y pegue una imagen
de una habitación. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos encontrados en la habitación.
Fuente: SENA
Example / Ejemplo: In the bedroom there is a bed. In the bedroom there are flowers.
Document control / Control del documento
Name
Author
Adaptation
Position
Dependence
Theme expert Dirección de Ricardo Aristizábal Asesor English Dot formación Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. bilingüismo Dirección General Rachman Bustillo Martínez
Copy editor – Línea de producción
Centro Agroindustrial. Regional Quindío
Date July 2014
August 2014