Unit 1: Communication

In this lesson you are going to:

 Talk about personal communication

 Exchange contact information

Vocabulary

Communication
Exercises
1. Label the pictures. Use the words in the box

E-mail – TV – Letter – text message – social media – mobile phone – newspaper

– internet – radio

Mobile phone

tv
Newspaper

Social ,media Text message

letter

internet Social media radio

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2. Write the words in exercise 1 in the correct column

Inexpensiv Expensive
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Fast TV Phone call
Slow Letter News Paper

Grammar
Verbs with direct and indirect objects

Watch the video

(subject) + verb Indirect object Direct object

I sent Mike an email.
My parents me a mobile phone
bought
I wrote Helen a text message
Find me his number, please
Give her a call
Table 1: Grammar explanation. Retrieved in World English 1. Cengage Learning. p. 76

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 Irregular past tense
Present Past
buy bought
send sent
write wrote
find found
get got
Table 2 Grammar explanation. Retrieved in World English 1. Cengage Learning. p. 77

3. Unscramble the words to write sentences

1. sent I a fax Barbara I sent Barbara a fax

2. sent My brother an me email. My brother sent me an email
3. address. me his Find email find me his address email
4. new Jim a computer. I bought bought Jim a new computer
5. a your mom Give call. Give your mom a call

4. Read the situations and make requests. Use the verbs in parentheses.

Situation Request
1. You lost your friend’s phone (send) Please send me your
number. phone number.
2. You want your friend to call you. (give) please can you call me?
3. You want your parents to buy please (buy) me the printer
you a printer.
4. You ask if you can pay someone (write) She receives a written
buy check. check
5. You want your friend to fax you (fax) Friend send me a graph by
a chart. fax please

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 Conversation

5. Listen to the conversation. And answer this question: How did Ken
communicate with Chris?

Option 1 Option 2

Ken: Hey, Chris. I sent you an email yesterday and you didn’t answer.
Chris: Email? What email? You didn’t send me an email.
Ken: Come on! You got it! The I sent you a text message.
Chris: Text message? What text message? You didn’t send me a text message,
either. Honest!
Ken: OK, you’ve got excuses now. Where’s the $15 you owe me?
Chris: $15? What $15?

6. Practice the conversation with a partner. Change the underline words.

Writing exercise

7. Write a list of all the types of personal communication that you use.

Types of communication: Media

Oral phone
Written email
Verbal social media
Collective text messages
Group chat

Listening
Ask for and give personal information

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 8. Listen to the radio program. Circle the correct answer

Option 1 Option 2

This is a ___
a. Talk show
b. Music show
c. Phone -in program
9. Listen again and complete the chart

Telephone number 3436291834

Fax number 147622
E-mail address Kingstowneradioencoolmail.com
Text message address 3333173476
Mailing address Kingstown radio calle principal 25

Communication

10. Write your contact information in column 1 of the chart and ask three
of your classmates for their contact information. Complete the chart.

Me Classmate 1 Classmate 2 Classmat

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Nam Javier castellanos Camila carballo Maria A arias Yurley
moreno
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Cell 3224829333 3224558761 3106134733 3115718010
phon
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Email Javiercastellanoa517 camilacarballom Kattyangelica069 Yurpa05@g
@gmail.com @gmail.com @gmail.com mail.com
addr
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Socia Facebook, whatsapp Facebook, Facebook, Facebook,w
whatsapp whatsapp, hatsapp,

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ADJUNTO LINK DE NOTA DE VOZ SUBIDO AL DRIVE

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SIFhfa2Ng34dwtBDAKGtUn8eO0_s9yr
K/view?usp=sharing

Additional Materials
Direct and indirect objects

- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-
clauses/subjects-and-predicates/v/subject-direct-object-and-indirect-object-syntax-
khan-academy
- https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/indirect_object.htm#exam
- https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-direct-indirect-
object.php
- https://www.e-grammar.org/direct-indirect-object/test1-exercise1/

References
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Internet. (s.f.). Pixabay. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020, de Pixabay:

https://pixabay.com/fr/illustrations/navigateur-web-www-ordinateur-773215/

Journal. (s.f.). Pexels. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020, de Pexels:

https://www.pexels.com/es-es/foto/persona-mujer-nueva-york-viaje-4057766/

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Milner, M. (2010). World English 1. Cengage Learning.

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carpeta-de-redes-sociales-607812/

Phone, C. (s.f.). Pexels. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020, de Pexels:

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Radio. (s.f.). Pexels. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020, de Pexels:

https://www.pexels.com/es-es/foto/altavoz-musica-radio-tecnologia-1539/

SMS. (s.f.). Pexels. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020, de Pexels:

https://www.pexels.com/es-es/foto/persona-sentada-dentro-del-automovil-con-el-
telefono-inteligente-android-negro-encendido-230554/

TeacherPhilEnglish. (s.f.). TeacherPhilEnglish. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020,

de TeacherPhilEnglish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPosseKSKk8

TV. (s.f.). Pexels. Recuperado el 10 de diciembre de 2020, de Pexels:

https://www.pexels.com/es-es/foto/nino-de-pie-delante-de-un-televisor-de-pantalla-
plana-1682519/

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