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. Greetings. / Saludos.

2. The place of origin. / Lugar de origen.

3. Age. / Edad.

4. The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser – estar.

5. 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 andres.
b. How old are you? – I am 37 years old.
c. Where are you from? – I am from colombia
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 Autralian

2. Chile Chilean

3. Colombia Colombian

4. Costa Rica Costa Rican

5. Cuba Cuban

6. Egypt Egyptan

7. England English

8. France French

9. Germany German

10. Italy Italyan

11. Japan Japanese

12. Mexico Mexican

13. Nigeria Nigerian

14. Peru Peruan

15. Spain Spanish

 16. Venezuela Venezuelan

B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.

Example / Ejemplo:
35  Thirty-five

1. 5 Five

2. 24 Tenty Four

3. 17 Seventeen

4. 75 Seventy Five

5. 20 Twenty

6. 9 Nine

7. 84 Eigthy four

8. 28 Twenty Eigth

9. 66 Sixty Six

10. 92 Ninety two

11. 19 Nineteen

12. 100 A/one hundred

13. 88 Eighty Eight

14. 109 A/one hundred nine

15. 52 Fifty two

16. 6 six

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 are in the park.

2. We are doctors.

3. It is a beautiful house.

4. She is a model

5. Carlos is my husband.

6. He is in Medellin.

7. Lorena and I am in the cafeteria.

8. The cat is on the sofa.

9. Flowers is very expensive.

10. The computer is in the living room.

11. You are an excellent musician.

12. Martha is on the phone.

13. What is your name?

14. Where are you from?

15. Where is 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 _____there are___ three

apples on the table.
2 ___there is__________ a
pencil on the floor.

3 ____there are_________ two

cars in the garage.

4 _____there are___________
five students in the
classroom.

5 ___there is__________ a
computer on the desk.
6 _____there is_________ a
pencil case in my bag.

7 ____there are_________ two

pictures on the wall.

8 ____there is_________ a
clock on the wall.
 9 ____there are_____ many
books in the big library.

10 ___there is_____ 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? _d__ a. You too!

2. Hi, how is it going? _g__ b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!

3. Who is he? _h__ c. I’m fine, thank you.

4. How old are you? _i__ d. He is from Mexico.
5. How are you? _c_ e. My name is Charlie.
6. Where is Teresa? _a__ f. Rossana.
7. How old is it? _b__ g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! _j__ h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? _e__ i. I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? _f__ j. She is in the office today.

F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.

1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Friday
6. Saturday
7. Sunday

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 Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Dirección de

Ricardo Aristizábal July
Author Asesor English Dot formación
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingüismo Dirección General

Copy editor – Línea Centro

Adaptation Rachman August
de producción Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martínez 2014
Regional Quindío