UNIT 1

NICE TO MEET YOU!

A – Hi! My name is Carmen. What is your name?

B – I am Paulo.

A – Where are you from?

B – I'm from Brazil, I am Brazilian. And you?

A – I'm from Spain, I am Spanish.

B – Nice! What do you do?

A – I am an accountant. How about you?

B – I am a pilot.

A – Interesting! Nice to meet you, Paulo. Have a great day.

B – Nice to meet you too. You as well.

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THE VERB TO BE (SER O ESTAR)

PERSONAL VERB TO BE

PRONOUNS

I am

You are

He is

She is

It is

We are

They are

PERSONAL VERB TO BE NEGATIVE CONTRACTION

PRONOUNS

I am I am not I’m not

You are You are not You’re not

You aren’t

He is He is not He’s not

He isn’t

She is She is not She’s not

She isn’t

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It is It is not It’s not

It isn’t

We are We are not We’re not

We aren’t

They are They are not They’re not

They aren’t

My brother and I are from Honduras

We are worried for our sister.

We are concerned for our sister.

The city is quite dangerous.

The city is very dangerous.

The city is so dangerous.

The city is really dangerous.

The dogs are quiet.

The dogs are silent.

That problem is not so big.

That problem isn’t so big.

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My brothers are not disappointed with the movie.

My brothers aren’t disappointed with the movie.

The cellphone isn’t on the table.

NOTAS:

- Las contracciones son informales y se usan más en expresión oral.

- Soy ama de casa  I am a housewife
- Estoy desempleado  I am unemployed
- Estoy jubilado  I am retired
- En español, casi siempre omitimos el pronombre, o el sujeto.

Estoy triste, mi papá está desempleado. En mi familia, todos estamos

preocupados, mi mamá es positiva siempre y está feliz de que
estemos juntos y sanos.

I am sad. My father is unemployed. In my family, everyone is

worried. My mom is always positive and she is happy that we are
together and healthy.

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Intelligent - Learning

Smart – Problem solving

Clever – Takes advantage

THE VOWELS

A–E–I–O-U
FACE MAP

TAKE CAP

FEEL GET

GREEN SPEND

FIND HIT

TIME WILL

PHONE MOP FOOD DOOR BLOOD

GO COP GOOD FLOOR

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FUNERAL RUN

PUKE FUN

THROW UP

VOMIT

A–B–C–D–E–F–G–H–
I–J–K–L–M–N–O–P–
Q–R–S–T–U–V–W–X–
Y–Z

G (Gee) J (Jei) Y (Why)

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B V
Boat Vote
Boys Voice
Berry Very

J Y
Jell-O Yellow
Jew You
Jess Yes

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L
Call
Fall
Crawl (crowd)

P T
Pilot Time
Person Teenager
People Take
Pepsi (Name) Tag

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What’s your last name?
My last name is Monge.

How do you spell that?

M-O-N-G-E
J-O-S-H

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HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR
FIRST NAME?
H-O-L-M-A-N

HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR

LAST NAME?
M as in “MONKEY”
P as in “PARROT”
M-O-R-A-Z-A-N
D-I-A-N-A
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M-I-R-I-A-M
C-R-I-S-T-I-N-A
L-Ó-P-E-Z
CAFÉ
TOMÁS
C-E-C-I-L-I-A

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