ACTIVITY 1: REVISION

PERSONAL PRONOUNS (I – YOU – WE – THEY – HE – SHE – IT)

Personal pronouns are used to refer to a noun when you have already mentioned it before. When you use
personal pronouns, you avoid the repetition of the same noun many times.

1) Use the correct personal pronoun to refer to the person in the sentence.
a. George is in his bedroom. _________ is sleeping.
b. My mother is a doctor. _________ is in the hospital right now.
c. I have got many friends. _________ go to the same school as I do.
d. I have got a dog. _________ is brown and white.
e. You and Carlos are my best friends. _________ are very important to me.
f. Jessy and I are sisters. __________ look alike.

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME (IN – ON- AT)

IN: months, years, seasons, century, decade. ON: days, dates.

AT: specific time, holiday period.

2) Complete the ideas using the correct preposition of time.

a. My birthday is _________ December 20th.
b. Tommy, my brother, was born ________ 2005.
c. I usually go on holidays _________ January.
d. I enter school ________ 7:30 in the morning.
e. _________ Mondays, I have Maths and Social Sciences.
f. It is very cold ________ Winter.
g. _________ Christmas, my family from Entre Rios always comes to Buenos Aires.
h. William Shakespeare was born _______ the 16 th century.

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (IN – ON – UNDER – NEXT TO – IN FRONT OF – BEHIND)

3) Look at the picture and complete the ideas using the correct preposition.
a. A mobile phone is _______________ the bed.
b. Some clothes are ____________ the basket.
c. A book is ___________ the pair of boots.
d. A pair of headphones is _____________ the chair.
e. The computer is ____________ the chair.
f. The carpet is _____________ the schoolbag.

VERB TO BE (AM – IS – ARE)

The verb “TO BE” is translated as SER/ESTAR in Spanish. When you use it is a sentence, the verb TO BE is
conjugated, and it changes the form to AM – IS – ARE according to the subject.

4) Use the correct form of the verb TO BE to complete the ideas. Then, choose if it is used as “SER” or “ESTAR”.
a. I _________ a secondary school student. (ser – estar)
b. My brother _________ very sad because he failed an exam. (ser – estar)
c. The teachers _________ very demanding. (ser – estar)
d. Rodrigo _________ my neighbour. (ser - estar)
e. We _________ at home right now. (ser – estar)