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Contents
Goal: Talking about occupations.....................................................................3
Vocabulary. Occupations................................................................................3
Examples...................................................................................................................5
Grammar. The article................................................................. 5
Grammar. Subject Pronouns... ................................................. 6
Grammar. Verb "BE". Affirmative Form.....................................................7
Grammar. Verb "BE". Negative Form....................................................... 8
Vocabulary. Occupations............................................................................. 10
Goal: More occupations..................................................................................... 10
Grammar. Verb "BE". Yes/No Questions............................................. 12
Example................................................................................................................... 13
Grammar. The plural of nouns.................................................................. 14
Vocabulary. The alphabet............................................................................ 16
Goal: Spell names.................................................................................................. 16
Vocabulary. Spell words............................................................................... 18
Grammar. Proper and common nouns................................................ 19
Grammar. Syllables..........................................................................................20
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Goal: Talking about occupations.

Vocabulary. Occupations.
1. Roger 2. Lisa 3. Usain
a student a teacher an athlete

4. Jake 5. Will 6. Michael

a writer an actor a pilot

7. John 8. Peter 9. Paul

a doctor an engineer an architect
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10. Susan 11. Alexa 12. Adele

a nurse a flight attendant a singer

13. Adam 14. Carlos 15. Sergio

a chef a manager a banker

16. Picasso 17. Robert 18. Carol

an artist a musician a scientist

19. Raul 20. Rene

a lawyer a photographer
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Grammar. The article.

A / An = 1 singular noun
Use "a" before a consonant sound: a nurse

Use "an" before a vowel sound: an architect

Examples.
Singular nouns Plural nouns
Messi is an athlete. Messi and Ronaldo are athletes.
Vin Diesel is an actor. Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck are actors.
You are a student. You are students.
Paulo Coelho is a writer. Isabel Allende and J.K Rowling are writers.
Ricardo Arjona is a singer. Shakira and Pit Bull are singers.

Practice. Look at the pictures and complete each statement with the occupation.
Use a or an with singular nouns.

1. I am .

2. We are a photographers .

3. Maria is a scientis t.

4. Kevin and Bryan are an achitec ts.

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Practice. Complete each statement with an occupation from the vocabulary.

Remember: Use a or an with singular nouns.

1. I am . 2. We are a p hotogrrs .

3. She is a scientis t. 4. They are are an achitec ts.

Grammar. Subject Pronouns.

Pronoun Example
I I am a photographer.
You You are a lawyer.
Steve is a manager.
He He is a manager.
Alicia is a secretary.
She She is a secretary.
Calusac is excellent.
It It is excellent.
You and I are students.
We We are students.
Charlie and you are scientists.
You You are scientists.
Brad and Marie are artists.
They They are artists.
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Grammar. Verb "BE". Affirmative Form.

Verb "BE" Usage Complete Form Contraction Form

Am 1st. person I am I'm
You are You're
He is He's
Is Singular
She is She's
It is It's
We are We're
Are Plural You are You're
They are They're

Practice. Complete each statement with the correct form of the verb "BE".

1. Barrondo is an athlete.

2. Miguel Angel Asturias and Gabriel García Márquez are writers.

3. Picasso is an artist.

4. Bethoven and Mozart are musicians.

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Grammar. Verb "BE". Negative Form.

Contraction 1 Contraction 2
Verb "BE" Usage Complete Form
Subject + Verb Verb + Not
Am 1st. person I am not I'm not Not possible
You are not You're not You aren't
He is not He's not He isn't
Is Singular
She is not She's not She isn't
It is not It's not It isn't
We are not We're not We aren't
Are Plural You are not You're not You aren't
They are not They're not They aren't

Practice. Change the following sentences to negative form.

1. John is a flight attendant.

2. Mike is a pilot.

3. Lucy and Anne are nurses.

4. Laura and Mark are lawyers.

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Conversation. Read and practice.

A: Hi, how are you? I am Roberto.
B: Fine, thank you. I´m Luisa.
A: Nice to meet you, Luisa.
B: Nice to meet you, too, Roberto.
A: What do you do?
B: I am a secretary. And you?
A: I am an actor.
B: An actor?
A: Sure! I am.

Practice. Complete the conversation with the correct words.

Use different words from the example.

A: Hi, I am ____________ __ How _____ ______?.

B: Fine, thank you. I´m _____ _______.

A: Glad ________________________________ .

B: It´s a _________ ____________ __________.

A: _____________ do you do?

B: I am _____________ _. And you?

A: I am _________ ____.

B: ___ __________?

A: Sure! _______ __.

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Goal: More occupations.

Vocabulary. Occupations.
1. an accountant 2. a bank teller 3. a dentist

4. an electrician 5. a florist 6. a gardener

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7. a grocery clerk 8. a hairdresser 9. a mechanic

10. a pharmacist 11. a professor 12. a reporter

13. a salesperson 14. a travel agent 15. a secretary

16. a waiter
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Grammar. Verb "BE". Yes/No Questions.

Affirmative Questions Short Answer

Yes, he is.
Julio is an accountant. Is he an accountant?
No, he's not. / No, he isn't.
Yes, she is.
Susan is a dentist. Is she a dentist?
No, she's not. / No, she isn't.
Carol and Anna are Yes, they are.
Are they hairdressers?
hairdressers. No, they're not. / No, they aren't.
Blanca and I are Yes, we are.
Are we professors?
professors. No, we're not. / No, we aren't.
Calusac is a language Yes, it is.
Is it a language school?
school. No, it's not. / No, it isn't.

Questions
Affirmative They are happy. She is rich.

? Question Are they happy ? Is she rich ?

Short Answer Yes, they are./No, they aren't Yes, she is./No, she isn't.

Practice. Change the following sentences to interrogative form.

1. Raquel is a florist.

2. Lorena and Vinicio are photographers.

3. Nelson is a salesperson.

4. Renata and I are pharmacists.

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1. 3.

5.

6.

2. 4.

Practice. Answer the questions and write the correct information.

Example.

1. Is she a doctor? No, she isn't. She is an artist.

2. Is he a salesperson?

3. Is he a waiter?

4. Are they reporters?

5. Are they accountants?

6. Is he a dentist?
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Grammar. The plural of nouns.

No. Rule Examples

1. student – students
Add “s” to most nouns.
teacher - teachers
2.
Add “es” to nouns that end in “ch”, “sh”, box – boxes
“s”, “x” or “z”. bus - buses

3.
Nouns that end with a consonant before secretary – secretaries
“y”, change “y” to “i” and add “es”. candy - candies

4.
Nouns that end with a vowel before “y”, day – days
just add “s”. toy - toys

5.
Nouns that end in “f” or “fe”, change to knife – knives
“v” or “ve” and add “s”. leaf - leaves

6.
Nouns that end with a consonant before tomato – tomatoes
“o”, add “es”. potato - potatoes

7. child – children
Irregular nouns change spelling. man – men
woman - women
8.
Some nouns use the same singular and fish – fish
plural form. deer - deer
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Conversation. Read and practice.
A: Excuse me. Are you Angel?
B: No, I´m not. I´m Giovanni. That's Angel.
A: Where?
B: Right over there.
A: Thank you.
B: You´re welcome.

Practice. Complete the conversation with the correct words.

Use different words from the example.

A: Excuse me. _____ __ ____?.

B: No, . That's .

A: Where?

B: _________ ____________ __________.

A: Thank .

B: .
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Goal: Spell names.

Vocabulary. The alphabet.

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Practice. Read the letters aloud.

a c z P x
r t m S l
b f e I g
q u k D z

Practice. Listen to the teacher and point at the letter you hear.

1. B E
2. D B
3. I E
4. G J
5. C S
6. K Q
7. Y G
8. Z C
9. D T
10. L N
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Vocabulary. Spell words.

1. How do you spell your name?

K-a-r-l-a

2. Can you spell the word photographer?

p-h-o-t-o-g-r-a-p-h-e-r

3. Could you spell your occupation?

s-t-u-d-e-n-t

Conversation.
Spelling names.

A: Hi. I am Vinicio Martinez.

B: Excuse me?
A: I’m Vinicio Martinez.
B: How do you spell that?
A: V-i-n-i-c-i-o M-a-r-t-i-n-e-z
B: Thank you.
A: You’re welcome.
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Grammar. Proper and common nouns.

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Julieta Common noun

specific
capitalized
pencil
general
Proper noun not capitalized

Proper nouns
The names of people and places are proper nouns. Use a capital letter to begin a proper noun.
Examples: Joe, Guatemala, Africa, Empire State, Mexican.

Common nouns
Other nouns are common nouns. Use a lowercase letter to begin a common noun.
Examples: afternoon, school, dog, teacher, book.

Practice. Classify the following nouns. Use a capital letter with proper nouns.
mary canada table artist university cat
banker garcía phone america
mike´s café quetzaltenango
common nouns proper nouns
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Grammar. Syllables.
Syllables are sounds we hear, in each word.

Syllabication Rules

Rule #1
Every syllable has one vowel sound.

Rule #2
The number of vowel sounds in a word equals the number of syllables.
chef - (one syllable) tea-cher (two syllables) mu-si-cian (three syllables)

Rule #3
A syllable word is never divided.

fish nurse sing

Practice. Write the number of syllables for each word.

0. teacher 2
1. writer ____
2. lawyer ____
3. photographer ____
4. nurse ____
5. pilot ____
6. manager ____
7. dictionary ____
8. translator ____
9. notebook ____
10. cake ____