Course: Legal

Technician
English
TEACHER: MAG. KAREN Y. ESCALERA
VICENTE
 UNIT: Starting up
LESSON 01: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
“If you can dream it, you can
do it.”
Si puedes soñarlo, puedes lograrlo.
 Riddle

I am a pet animal
I have four legs.
I am smart.
I hate cats.
I like barking
 Personal Presentation

Greeting • Good…. teacher and classmates!

Name • My name is ….

Origin • I am from …
Profession or • I am a … student
occupation
• I like …. (to read, to dance, to play, to
hobby study, to write..)
Introducing yourself
Hi/ hello/ good….!
My name is … but you can call me … I´m … years old.

I´m from … (city or Country) and I live in… (district). I´m … (marital
status: single/married), and I (don´t) have …. (number) children.

I´m a …. (profession) and my hobbies are … (activity 1) and …

(activity 2)

Nice to meet you..

 Personal Pronouns

Person Singular Plural • Personal pronouns

1st I We refer to specific
2nd You You people or things.
3rd He/she/it they • A word that is used to
replace a noun.

Mary is pretty and She is from Mexico.

Write the correct personal pronouns
Singular and Plural Nouns

A singular noun refers

to only one person,
place, or thing.

A plural noun refers

to more than one
person, place or thing.

Example:
Student
students
Simple Presente BE: Verb to be

I am
He/ she / it is
We use to be in present to We/ you / they are
talk names, professions,
nationalities, age, feelings
 I am I am not single
Frank
I am a I am from London.
lawyer I am English

I am not happy
My favorite
sports are
My brother is a tennis and golf
dentist and my
sister is a secretary
 Simple Present BE: Grammar explanation
Affirmative/ Short form Negative/ Short form Interrogative
I am I´m I am not I´m not Am I… ? Yes, I am.
You are You´re You are not You aren´t Are you…? No, I am not
He is He´s He is not He isn´t Is he … ? Yes, He is.
She is She´s She is not She isn´t Is she …? No, She isn´t
It is It´s It is not It isn´t Is it …? Yes, It isn´t
We are We´re We are not We aren´t Are we …? No, We aren´t
You are You´re You are not You aren´t Are you …? Yes, We are
They are They´re They are not They aren´t Are they …?No, They aren´t

Examples: Examples: Examples:

• I am Sarah and he is
Jake.
• She is very young. She´s
only 12.
• The cars are in the
garage.
• Jim and I are classmates.
• I am not Sarah and he
isn´t Jake.
• She is not very young.
• The cars aren´t in the
garage.
• Jim and I are not
classmates.
• Are you a lawyer? Yes, I am.
• Is he in the living room? No,
he isn´t.
• Are the children at school?
Yes, They are
• Are you new students? No,
We aren´t
Practice:
Vocabulary

Hobbies Jobs Sports

• Reading • Teacher • Volleyball
books/newspapers • Nurse • Tennis
• Playing computer games/ • Lawyer • Basketball
tennis/ soccer • Secretary • Soccer
• Surfing the internet • Doctor • running
• Waiter
• Collecting stamps/coins
• Listening to music
• Chatting with best Friends
• Go shopping/camping
 Conversation:
A:Hi, my name is … what´s your name?

B:Hi, I´m … Where are you from?

A: I´m from …. And you, where are you from?

B:I´m from ….And How old are you?

A:I´m …. Years old. How old are you?

B: I´m … Nice to meet you!

A:You too, see you later.
Practice in class: introduce your partner to the class

• “Miguel, I’m going to

introduce you to Maria”
• “Look Maria, this is Miguel.
And Miguel, this is Maria.
She is ……“

_____,I’m going to introduce you

to ___
This is ____________(Name)
__ is ______ years/ months old
___ is a ___________
____ is interested in
music/gardening/ reading/sport
__ is very ____ and ____
Occupations
Lawyer, student, office worker,
police officer, university student …
Personality
Hard-working, friendly, talkative,
smart, shy, moody
 READING: MY NAME IS BEN
My name is Ben and I come from Australia. I am 24 years old and
I live in a small town near Sydney called Branton.

I don't have a job now, but normally I clean shop windows. I am

not married but I live with my very beautiful girlfriend, Maria, in
a nice house in Branton. We don't have any children...maybe
next year.

My girlfriend is an actress, but she isn't very famous. She acts in

a small theater in our town. At the weekend, we like to go
swimming in a big lake near our house.

I normally get up at eight o'clock, but on Thursday I get up at six

o'clock because that is the day when I go running in the park.
Match true or false in the following sentences:

1. Ben lives in Sydney, Australia. T F

2. Ben is 26 years old. T F
3. Ben's normal job is cleaning windows. T F
4. Ben is single. T F
5. Ben doesn't have any children. T F
6. Ben's girlfriend works in the local theatre. T F
7. They go swimming in the river at the weekend. T F
8. Ben gets up at eight o'clock usually. T F
9. Ben plays tennis on Thursdays. T F
10. Ben gets up early on Thursdays. T F
Indefinite articles: a/an?
An article is a word that comes before a noun.

• Use an when the next

word begins with a vowel
sound.
• an artist

• Use a when the next word

begins with a consonant
sound.
• a housewife
Jobs and occupations
• Teacher policeman
• Doctor nurse
• Builder architect
• Social worker engineer
• Lawyer judge
• Secretary postman
• Artist salesman
• Construction worker
• Fire fighter actress
• Journalist singer
Public prosecutor (UK) Judge
Magistrate
district attorney/ fiscal

Solicitor

Barrister
Juror
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
- In law school
LAW STUDENT - Not a lawyer
- Not an attorney

- Graduated law

?
school
- Can give legal advice
LAWYER - Not an attorney
- Cannot represent
you in court

ATTORNEY - Graduated law school

- Passed state bar exam
- Is both a lawyer and
attorney
- Cannot represent you
in court
• Public prosecutor • Solicitor -is a lawyer in
(UK)/district attorney/ Britain who gives legal
fiscal- fiscal advice and prepares legal
documents.
• Magistrate – magistrado/
juez de paz • Barrister - is a lawyer in
Britain who represents a
client in court.
• Attorney – Abogado
licenciado. He is a person
who handles business for • Juror – Member of the jury.
someone else. An attorney is
generally someone who
repreents others in or out of
court.
 Put the sentences in order. The first one is done for you:

The woman and the fly

A The waiter says, "Tomato soup or meat and vegetable soup, madam?" ( )
B The waiter goes away and comes back with the meat and vegetable soup. ( )
C The waiter says, "Please, come with me, madam." ( )
D A woman comes into a restaurant. She says to the waiter, "A table for one, please” ( )
E The waiter says "Yes, madam, that is the meat!" ( )
F The waiter says: "Your meat and vegetable soup, madam". ( )
G The woman says, "Meat and vegetable soup, please". ( )
H The woman says, "Thank you". Then she says, "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!“ ( )
I Then the woman says, "Some soup, please". ( )
J They go to a table and the woman sits down. ( )
 WH-
BE S C ?
• What´s your name? • My name is …
• How old are you? • I´m … years old
• When´s your birthday? • My birthday is in …
• What´s your favorite color? • My favorite color is …
• Where are you from? • I´m from …
• Where do you live? • I live in ….
Activity in class

• In pairs, write a
conversation using the
introduce yourself
• Then your partner present
you
Questions

• Where do you live in Tacna?

• What are your parent´s name?
• When is your birthday?
• Who do you live with?
• What is your favorite food/ dessert?
• What is your favorite movie/ film?
• Who is your favorite actor/actress?
• What is your favorite book?
• Who is your best friend?
What´s the verb?

cut do
break be eat
drink
bring come

drive
begin buy choose
cost
BE VERB
ING