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Useful language in the 3A: My family

ii classroom 11 -Vocabulary about the family-
-Possessive adjectives-

3B: Giving personal

iii The alphabet 14 information
-Introducing oneself and others-

1A: Where are you from?

01 -Verb to be (affirmative / negative)-
-Nationalities-
16 Extra practice

1B: I am from a big city

04 -Verb to be (questions)-
-Nationalities-
23 Vocabulary support

2A: Common things in my

06 life
-A, an-
24 References

2B: They are three old men

08 -Numbers-
-Plurals grammar-

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 i Useful language in the
classroom

Open your book. Close your book. Stand up. Sit down. Ask. Answer the questions.

Sing. Listen. Draw Write. Read.

.

Take your book out. Look. Write on the board. Speak in English.
Match.

Come here. Raise your hand. Work in groups. Work in pairs. Come in.

Be quiet.
Do your homework. Think. Go out.

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 ii The alphabet

a. Listen and practice the pronunciation of the alphabet.

1.1

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 1A Where are you from?

VOCABULARY Countries and nationalities

a. Look at the picture of the countries and the cities. Then, complete the sentences with the
correct country. Listen and repeat.
1.2

“I’m Vilma. I’m from Rio de Janeiro, in 1____________”

“Hi, I am Paul. I’m from 2_________. I’m from New York.”

“Hello, I’m from Puebla, in 3________, and my name’s Camila.”

“Hi, I’m Li. I’m from Beijing, in 4__________. But GRAMMAR SPOT
Complete Contraction
I’m not in Beijing now. I’m a student in Shanghai.” I am I’m
You are You’re
He is He’s
She is She’s
“My name’s Harumi. I’m from Tokyo, in It is It’s
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__________.” We are We’re
They are They’re
You are You’re

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b. Match each country and nationality with the correct picture. Country Nationality

1- Italy Italian

2- France French
1. 3- Germany German

4- Russia Russian

5- Spain Spanish

6- China Chinese

7- Mexico Mexican

8- Greece Greek

9- Canada Canadian

10- Brazil Brazilian

11- Ireland Irish

12- Japan Japanese

WRITING
c. Write a about you and your classmates. You can invent the information. Example:
“Sofia is from Greece. She is Greek”.
“Eduardo is from Tultitlán. He is Mexican”.

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 d. Complete the sentences including the GRAMMAR
correct nationality or country.
a. Complete the sentences in the box
below.
1. I am from Spain.
Positive (+) Negative (-)
I am Spanish.
I’m a student. I’m ____ a student.
2. Adam and Peter are German.
He____ from the USA. He isn’t from Coacalco.
They are from Germany.
She is Italian. She ____ French.
3. You are from France.
We ____ from England. We aren’t from England.
You ___________________.
4. I am Australian.
I ______________________.
5. She is from China. b. Write the correct form of the verb to be.
She ____________________.
6. He is Italian. 1. Cindy ______ my best friend. (+)
He _____________________. 2. Peter and Kate ______ classmates. (-)
7. Leo is from Ireland. 3. Johnny _______ my brother. (-)
He _____________________. 4. You _______ a good student. (+)
8. Lewis and Gwen are French. 5. They ______ in the classroom. (-)
________________________. 6. It ______ an apple. (+)
9. Johana is Greek. 7. Felicia and I ______ sisters. (+)
________________________.
8. I _____ her teacher. (-)
10. Leo and Mark are from Brazil.
9. It _______ a book bag. (-)
________________________.
10. You _______ a doctor. (-)
LISTENING
a. Read and listen to the conversation. c. Put the words in the correct order.
Choose the correct answers.
1.3 1. I / not / a teacher. / am
Clara: Are you Sasha? ___________________________
Sasha: Yes, that’s right.
2. She / my mother. / is
Clara: Hi, I_____ Clara.
Sasha: Oh, hi. _____ you a student here? ___________________________
Clara: No, I_____ a student. I___ your teacher! 3. The boys / students. / are
Sasha: Oh! Sorry. ___________________________

1. Sasha is: 4. The girl / in the room. / is

A a student B a teacher ___________________________
5. We / not / are / at home.
2. Clara is: ___________________________
A a student B a teacher

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 1B
EXTRA PRACTICEI am from a big city!

VOCABULARY

a. Match the words in the box with the b. Use your dictionary. Find the meaning of
pictures a– c. the following adjectives and match them
with the right picture:
town village city 5
1

A
2 6

3 7

4 8

____ big ____ calm

B ____ dangerous ____ small
____ beautiful ____ near
____ ugly ____ far

GRAMMAR
a. a. Complete the sentences with the correct
words in the box. Then listen to it and practice
1.4 your pronunciation.

C is (x2) it It’s Isn’t

Conversation 1
A Is 1__________ a big city?
B No, no. It 2________ a city.

Conversation 2
A 3_______ a big city.
B Yes, it 4 _________.

Conversation 3
A 5 _______ it a city?
B No, it 6________.

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b. Complete the sentences in the box below.

Positive (+) Negative (-) Interrogative (?)

I’m a student.
They _____ from Ecatepec.
My name ______ Mark.
Carlos ____ from Ozumbilla.
Shane and I _____ Irish.
I’m not a teacher.
She _____ from Tizayuca.
Your name _____ Elliot.
Sam & Erik _____ from Iran.
Marissa ______ English.
Are you a police officer?
_____ we from Tecámac?
What _____ your name?
_____ she from France?
_____ you a teacher?

c. Find the right answers for the questions.

1 Is Nicole from London? A Toronto. 1 ______
2 Am I beautiful? B No, he isn’t hungry. 2 ______
3 Is the village far? C Yes, you are! 3 ______
4 Is Mexico city near? D My sister. 4 ______
5 Where’s Megan from? E Yes, he is. 5 ______
6 How is Christopher? F No, it is far. 6 ______
7 Are you from a small town? G Yes, it is. 7 ______
8 Who’s that woman? H No, she’s American. 8 ______
9 Is Mark hungry? I No, I’m from a city. 9 ______

d. Check () the correct sentence. e. There are six more mistakes in the text.
Find them and correct them.
1.  Is you from Italy?
Michael Mason are my best friend. He’s
 Are you from Italy?
2.  I am from a big town. Australian and he am an actor. He’s a very
 I are from a big town.
good actor – but he not famous. He’s twenty-six
3.  Where he from?
 Where is he from? and he married. Michael and his wife not very
4.  Cats is beautiful.
rich, but they is happy. Michael’s very friendly
 Cats are beautiful.
5.  We from Ireland. and funny. He a really nice person is!
 We’re from Ireland.
6.  They aren’t not students. GRAMMAR SPOT
 They aren’t students. Interrogative
7.  You are Canadian? Wh- + Am / is / are + ☺ + Complement + ?

 Are you Canadian? Where are you from?

8.  Is he from Mexico? How are you?
What is your name?
 He is from Mexico? Are you from Spain?

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2A Common things in my life

VOCABULARY
a. What’s this in English? Write a or an and the name of the thing in the picture.

bag bottle car orange man

apple key Ice cream newspaper house

1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________

5.______________ 6.______________ 7.______________ 8.______________

9.______________ 10.______________

b. Use the information in the box and complete sentences.

American car 1. A Cadillac is an American car________________.

French university 2. Champagne is ____________________________.
a International camera 3. Oxford is ________________________________.
an English drink 4. English is ________________________________.
Japanese language 5. A Mercedes is ____________________________.
German car 6. A Canon is _______________________________.

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 Common things
c. Look at the pictures and complete the crossword.

ACROSS DOWN

2
1 1
1

5
1
3

6
1 4
1

7 6
1 1

10 8
1 1
9

11
1

13 12
1 1

15 14
1 1
d. Write the following sentences in the correct order.
1. computer / is / a / big / It ___________________________ Help with vocabulary
2. beautiful / Mercedes benz / a / is / car ___________________________ Adjective word order
3. Belize / a / is / city / far ___________________________
We put adjectives after the verb be: She´s
4. I / student / am / a ___________________________ beautiful
5. orange / is / a / delicious / It ___________________________ We put adjectives before a noun: It’s a small bag

____________

___________________________

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 2B They are three old men

VOCABULARY

a. Write the numbers in full.

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________

b. Write the numbers you hear.

2.1
__4__ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

c. Match the numbers and the words.

20 one 13 8 19

six 12 14 twelve thirteen

7 eighteen nine 2 four

five eight fourteen seventeen 3

sixteen 17 5 10 twenty

6 eleven two nineteen 15

seven 4 fifteen 18 three

16 1 11 ten 9

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 d. Write the numbers. LISTENING
27 twenty-seven_ 14 fourteen____ a. Listen and practice the pronunciation
of the numbers.
11 _____________ 29 _____________ 2.3
1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 31 thirty-one
13 _____________ 24 _____________ 2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 40 forty
3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 50 fifty
18 _____________ 23 _____________
4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 60 sixty
5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 70 seventy
6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 80 eighty
e. Listen and write the numbers you hear.
7 seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 90 ninety
8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight 100 one hundred
2.2 _15_ _28_ _____ _____ _____
9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty

GRAMMAR
a. Complete the chart following the rules. One bag → Two bags

GRAMMAR SPOT
Regular Nouns Ends in S, CH, SH, X, or Z Ends in F or FE
Add -S Add -ES Remove F/FE add -VES
1 car 2 cars 1 bus 2 buses 1 leaf 2 leaves
1 dog 2 _________ 1 match 3 _________ 1 wolf 3 _________
1 book 5 _________ 1 dish 4 _________ 1 life 4 _________
1 house 9 _________ 1 box 5 _________ 1 knife 7 _________
1 apple 12_________ 1 quiz 6 _________

Ends in VOWEL + Y Ends in CONSONANT + Y Irregular Nouns

Add -S Remove Y add -IES 1 man 2 men
1 day 2 days 1 city 2 cities 1 woman 2 women
1 key 3 _________ 1 baby 2 _________ 1 child 2 children
1 boy 4 _________ 1 story 5 _________ 1 foot 2 feet
1 guy 7 _________ 1 party 9 _________ 1 tooth 2 teeth
1 donkey 9 _________ 1 country 12_________ 1 mouse 2 mice
1 person 2 people
Ends in VOWEL + O Ends in CONSONANT + O No Change
Add -S Add -ES
1 zoo 3 zoos 1 hero 2 heroes 1 sheep 2 sheep
1 radio 4 _________ 1 echo 3 _________ 1 deer 2 deer
1 stereo 5 _________ 1 tomato 4 _________ 1 fish 2 fish
1 video 7 _________ 1 potato 5 _________ 1 series 2 series
1 kangaroo 9 _________ 1 species 2 species
Exceptions: Piano - pianos
Photo - photos

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b. Describe the things you see below, using exercise 1 as an example.

1. They are nine small houses.

2.___________________________

3.___________________________

4.___________________________

5.___________________________

6.___________________________

7. ___________________________

8. ___________________________

9. ___________________________

10. ___________________________

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3A
Vocabulary
My family

a. Match the adjectives in the box to the correct picture.

lazy outgoing active shy polite rude intelligent quiet funny

(____) (____)
(____)
______________ _____________ _______________

(___)
(___) (___)
______________ ______________ ______________

(____) (____)
(____)
______________ ______________ ______________

1.7 b. Listen to the audio and number the adjectives from 1 to 9.

3.1

c. Match a line to match the picture and the word.

grandmother mother brother sister grandfather father

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d. Write these words in the correct group.

mother father brother sister baby

grandfather grandmother child daughter son
aunt uncle cousin grandparents parents

female (girls) male (boys) both

brother

e. Describe your family using the adjectives in exercise a.

1. My father is ______________.
2. My mother isn’t ______________.
3. My parents are ______________.
4. My brother / sister is ______________.
5. My grandparents are ______________.
6. My grandparents aren’t ______________.
____________
___
READING
a. Read and circle the possessive adjectives.

My family
7.
I’m a student at university. I’m 18 years old and I’m single. I’m from
8.
Germany. I’m very active and outgoing. This is my family. My mother
9.
is from the UK. Her name is Fiona. She is 43 years old. She is funny
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and polite. My father is Scottish. His name is Gary, he is 44 years
11.
old. I have got a brother and a sister. Their names are Alex and
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Alexia. Alex is 14 years old. His favourite colour is yellow. He is a
very lazy boy. Alexia is 8 years old, her favourite colour is green.
She is shy and very intelligent. My brother and sister have got a dog.
Its name is Coco.
We are a happy family. Our surname is Hobbs.

Pronoun Possesive
adjectives
GRAMMAR SPOT
I my
you your Possessive adjectives are words we use to show
possession.
he his
For example:
she her My mother is from the UK.
it its Her name is Fiona.
we our His name is Gary.
Their names are Alex and Alexia.
they their
Its name is Coco.
Our surname is Hobbs.

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GRAMMAR
a. Complete the bubbles using possessive adjectives.

This is ____
Sandy is happy with This is ____
pencil
____ book house.

I She It

These are ____ They are polite with ____

pets That is ____ dog.
new classmate

We They He

b. Put the words in the correct order. There c. Write the correct possessive adjective.
are multiple possibilities.
1. Camila is ______ sister.
1. his / Japanese / is / Christian / but / from /
China / parents / are . 2. He’s Sean ____ father is from Ireland.
3. They are lazy ____ homework is wrong.
____________________________________
4. We are married _____ house is beautiful.
2. My / active / brothers / are / parents / my / are /
lazy / very / but. 5. Pam is Greek but ____ parents are Spanish.
6. It isn’t ____ cat, it is Mike’s.
____________________________________
7. They aren’t brothers. _______ names are Paul
3. Pablo / are / and / they / Sonia / are /
and Charles.
Brazilian / shy.
____________________________________ 8. She isn’t outgoing but _____ family is.

4. name / Jenifer Lopez / is / her / has / a / is /

daughter / Darla.

____________________________________

5. Firulais / My / a / its / children / is / dog have / Writing: Write a about your family,
name . include names, age, favourite colour
____________________________________ and their possessions.

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3B Giving personal information

VOCABULARY
a. Match these words / phrases to the letters a-j in the pictures.

1. first name _____

2. surname _____
3. work number _____ C
J
4. home address _____ F
5. email address _____ D
6. postcode _____ A
7. credit card number _____
8. job _____
9. work website _____ E

10. ID number _____

G
B

I H

b. Match the questions to their answers.

A What's your name? (_____) My e-mail is garypl@gmail.com.
B What's your surname? (_____) Fine, thanks.

C Where are you from? (_____) My name is Phill. I'm Edward.

D What nationality are you? (_____) I'm from the USA.

E What’s your address? (_____) No, I'm single.
F What's your e-mail? (_____) I'm French.
G What's your phone number? (_____) I'm twenty-one years old.

H How old are you? (_____) My address is 44 Apple Street, Liverpool.

I How are you? (_____) My surname is Brown.

J Are you married? (_____) My phone number is 5648967250.

Vocabulary spot
These are common symbols for emails and internet
. dot @ at
_ underscore - hyphen
/ slash

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 c. Listen to the audio and choose the correct f. Complete the sentences.
answer.
3.2 1. What’s your first _______? Hanna.
1.Who is the new student? 2._______’s her surname? Potter.
a) Laura b) Julio c) Steve 3. Where ____ you from? I’m ________ Paris.
2.Where is he from? 4. What’s their ____________? They’re Russian.
a) Spain b) Scotland c) Stockholm 5. What’s your phone __________? 018001232222
3.What´s his address? 6. What’s his ___________? 89 Villiers Street,
London.
a) 24 Apple Street b) 44 Savage Street c) 24 Green Street
7. What’s your _________? alin02@hotmail.com.
4.The couch is …

a) Turkish b) Polish c)Spanish

5.What’s Julio’s e-mail?

a) juliolopez28@yahoo.com b) juliogomez28@yahoo.es c) juliogomez18@yahoo.es

d. Paul wants to hire a car, he has to give information.

Listen to the audio and complete the form. g. Talk to different
classmates about:
3.3

h. Write down the information on

your notebook.

e. Work individually and fill in the form with your personal

information.

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 EXTRA PRACTICE

UNIT 1

a. Find the nationalities of the twelve (12) countries we studied in section 2.

b. Talk about yourself and your classmates. Include information about the cities they are from, and
where that city is or where the city is not. Use the following as an example:

“I am Marco. I’m from Ozumbilla, in Tecámac”. I’m

Mexican.

“Esteban is from Tizayuca, in Hidalgo. He’s

Mexican”

“Sara is from Poza Rica, in Veracruz. She’s Mexican.”

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 c. Complete the conversations. There are multiple possibilities.

Good morning! Good afternoon! Good evening! Good night! Goodbye!

Have a nice day! Bye, see you later. See you tomorrow. Sleep well. Thank you!

d. SPEAKING. Describe where you are from and ask others about where they are from as in the
following example. Don’t forget to greet others!

“Hello, good morning! I am Paulina. I am from a small town. It is

Tizayuca. It is far.
Hector, are you from Ecatepec?”

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 UNIT 2

a. Write a or an on the blank lines below and math the word to the picture.

1. _______ apple

2. _______ house

3. _______ city

4. _______ ugly car

5. _______ dangerous town

6. _______ computer

7. _______ orange

8. _______ far village

9. _______ bag

10. ______ beautiful woman

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b. Look at the pictures. Put the singular words in order and look for their plural in the word search.

1. ENPSREPAW 6. YBBA 10.ASTRRBWERY

______________ ______________ ______________
2. FMLYAI 7. YBO 11. ANM
______________ ______________ ______________
3. MNAOW 8. OMOTTA 12. FENIK
______________ ______________ ______________

9. LHCID 13. BOKO

4. HCAWT
______________ ______________
______________

5. EFWI

______________

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UNIT 3

a. Find the words in the box in the word search and write them in the right pictures. Look at the
family tree to help you.

parents father daughter brother mother sister grandfather grandmother children

b. Complete the table.

Pronoun Possesive
adjectives
my

you

he

her

we

their

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c. Look at the picture and fill in the gaps using d. Choose the correct words.
possessive adjectives and adjectives.
1. What’s you / your name?

2. It’s she / her camera.

3. We / our are Canadian.

4. My / I’m from Russia.

5. It’s he / his car.

6. They’re / Their Chinese.

7. You’re / Your in Mexico.

1. _______ bag is ____________. 8. Its / It’s an ice-cream.
2. They’re rich. _________ house is ___________.
9. What are they / their names?
3. _______ shoes are ____________.
4. It is a beautiful house._________ is green with blue. 10. We / Our children are Maggie, Bart and Lisa.
5. _______ children aren’t rude. They’re _________.
11. Where’s you / your book?
6. The father is an Uber driver. _________ car is
_______. 12. We / Our are students and Keith is our / we
teacher.
7. _______ son is shy. _______ favourite colour
is_______.
8. ______ daughter isn’t shy, she is ___________. -
_______ name is Susan.

e. Identify the elements in the cards, write their labels.

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f. Write questions with your for these answers. g. Circle the correct option.

1.____________________________?
1. What’s her name?
Tony.
2. ____________________________? She/ Her name is Carmen.
It’s Stark.
2. What’s his address?
3. ____________________________?
I’m Vietnamese. My/ His address is Aquiles Serdan 201, Tecámac.
4.____________________________?
3. Where is it from?
84 East Road, Winchester.
5. ____________________________? Its/ It’s from China.
My mobile phone’s number is 5896174364.
4. What’s his address / email address?
6. ____________________________?
It’s 01800696000. It’s ghty@gmail.com.
7. ____________________________?
5. What are their surnames?
It´s brevelatido@outlook.com.
8. ____________________________? Their / They surnames are Doff and Thaine.

My favourite colour is purple.

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 VOCABULARY SUPPORT

A. In the following Quizlet links you will find the vocabulary of each lesson in this Booklet.
Lesson and Topic Link QR code

i. Vocabulary of the classroom https://quizlet.com/_8cnwg2?x=1jqt&i=2qqbhq

1A Countries and Nationalities https://quizlet.com/_8cp1ll?x=1qqt&i=2qqbhq

1B I am from a big city https://quizlet.com/_8cphm0?x=1qqt&i=2qqbhq

2A Common things in my life https://quizlet.com/_8cpiqc?x=1qqt&i=2qqbhq

2B Numbers https://quizlet.com/_8g2dy3?x=1jqt&i=2u4yaa

3A My family https://quizlet.com/_8cqwr9?x=1qqt&i=2qqbhq

3B Giving personal information https://quizlet.com/_8cqxeo?x=1qqt&i=2qqbhq

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 References

Adapted from:

• Doff et al (2016) Empower A1. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

• Mitchel, H.Q (2009) Traveller Elementary. United States of America: MM Publications

• Redston, C., Cunningham, G. (2012). Face2face. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

• Soars J., and Soars, L. (2014). Headway. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Websites sources retrieved from:

• www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids
• www.pinterest.com.mx

Created by:

Catherine Giselle Mar Pineda

Lesly Amaranta González Gordillo

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