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

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

Inexpensiv Expensive
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Fast Phone call
Slow Letter

Grammar
Verbs with direct and indirect objects

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(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.

__________________________________________
2. sent My brother an me email.
___________________________________
3. address. me his Find email ____________________________________
4. new Jim a computer. I bought __________________________________
5. a your mom Give 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)
3. You want your parents to buy (buy)
you a printer.
4. You ask if you can pay someone (write)
buy check.
5. You want your friend to fax you (fax)
a chart.

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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.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

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/

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

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

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

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