Full Name: Nelson Camilo Losada Rojas

Level: 1
Date: October 11th – 15th

Unit 1: Names and Occupations

Communicative Goals:
1. Tell your classmates your occupation
2. Identify your classmates
3. Spell names

LESSON 1 Verb be: singular statements / Contractions

A. Complete the statements. Write the correct form of the verb be.
1. You ……are….. John.
2. He is a teacher.
3. She is an artist.
4. I am a singer.
5. Marie is a musician.

B. Rewrite the statements. Use contractions.

1. She is a banker. She’s a banker.
2. You are a student. You’re a student.
3. He is Victor. He’s Victor.
4. I am an athlete. I’m an athlete.
5. Monica is an actor. Monica’s an actor

C. Rewrite the negative statements. Use contractions.

1. He is not a singer. He’s not a singer. OR He isn’t a singer.
2. She is not a teacher. She’s not a teacher OR She isn’t a teacher.
3. I am not an architect. I’m not an architect.
4. You are not Sara. You’re not Sara OR You aren’t Sara.
5. He is not a flight attendant. He’s not a flight attendant OR He isn’t a flight attendant.

LESSON 2 Singular and plural nouns / Be: plural statements

A Rewrite the statements. Use full forms.

1. We’re writers. We are writers.
2. They’re chefs. They are chefs.
3. You’re not photographers. You are not photographers.
4. You aren’t artists. You are not artists.
5. Jen and Clark aren’t managers. Jen and Clark are not managers.
B Change the negative contractions.
1. They’re not bankers. They aren’t bankers.
2. We’re not Ben and Sam. We aren’t Ben and Sam.
3. You’re not doctors. You aren’t doctors.
4. We aren’t engineers. We’re not engineers.
5. They aren’t pilots. They’re not pilots.
6. You aren’t students. You’re not students.

Be: yes / no questions and short answers

A Complete the short answers. Use contractions. Write two forms if possible.
1. A: Is he a scientist?
B: No, he’s not. OR No, he isn’t.
2. A: Are they architects?
B: No, they’re not. OR No, they aren’t.
3. A: Is Amy a doctor?
B: Yes, She is.
4. A: Is he a manager?
B: No, He’s not. OR No, He isn’t.
5. A: Are you teachers?
B: Yes, we are.
6. A: Are Bob and Ken athletes?
B: Yes, they are.
7. A: Are you a student?
B: No, I’m not.
8. A: Are you Logan?
B: Yes, I am.

B Unscramble the yes / no questions.

1. singer? / Matt / Is / a
Is Matt a singer?
2. flight / you / attendants? / Are
Are you flight attendants?
3. chef? / he / Is / a
Is he a chef?
4. they / Are / bankers?
Are they bankers?
5. Kate and Laura / over there? / Are
Are they and Laura over there?
LESSON 3 Proper nouns and common nouns
A Rewrite the proper nouns with a capital letter. Do not rewrite the common nouns.
1. martin jones Martin Jones.
2. engineer ____________________
3. flight attendants ____________________
4. katherine blake Katherine Blake.
5. partner ____________________
6. new york New York.
7. afternoon ____________________
8. italy Italy.

2 Rewrite the common nouns with a lowercase letter. Do not rewrite the proper nouns.
1. Students students.
2. Hanna ____________________
3. Photographer photographer.
4. Actors actors.
5. Musicians musicians.
6. Pilot pilot.
7. Colombia ____________________
8. Paris ____________________

Practice: https://es.liveworksheets.com/search.asp?content=PROPER+NOUNS+AND+COMMON+NOUNS

Place the following words according to the categories.

Teacher Students Vocabulary Alphabet

Occupation They’re Spell Scientist
Actor Musician Attendant Singer
Photographer Afternoon Listen Write

1 Syllable 2 Syllables 3 Syllables 4 Syllables

They’re Teacher Musician Occupation
Spell Actor Alphabet Photographer
Write Students Vocabulary
Attendant
Afternoon
Listen
Scientist
Singer
VOCABULARY-BUILDING STRATEGY: auditory representation

Mark the stress of new words to help you remember how to pronounce them.
For example:

PRACTICE Mark the stress on these words. 9. actor

1. writer

10. pilot
2. banker

11. manager
3. artist

12. architect
4. athlete

13. scientist
5. student

14. musician
6. teacher

15. photographer
7. singer

16. flight attendant

8. doctor

A Listen to the song “What Do You Do?”

Complete the lyrics with subject pronouns and a form of be. Use contractions when possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKx4pm2pWyM

What do you do? What do you do?

(1.) I’m a student.
(2.) You’re a teacher.
(3.) She’s a doctor.
(4.) He’s a nurse. What about you? What do you do?
(5.) I’m a florist.
(6.) You’re a gardener.
(7.) He’s a waiter.
(8.) She’s a chef. Do-do-do-do
That’s what we do.

B. Listen to the song again. Complete the lyrics with the social language and vocabulary you hear.
It’s (1.) _________________.
What’s (2.) _________________?
Can you (3.) _________________?
(4.) _________________.
(5.) _________________.
Yes, it’s (6.) _________________.
What (7.) _________________?
What (8.) _________________? We are (9.) _________________ and (10.) _________________, (11.) ______________,
and (12.) _________________
How about you?
What do you do?
We are (12.) _________________, we are (13.) _________________, (14.) _________________, and (15.) ___________.
Do-do-do-do
That’s what we do.
Hi, (16.) _________________ Linda.
(17.) _________________ John?
No, he’s (18.) _________________.
Excuse me. (19.) _________________ very much.
Good-bye.
Do-do-do-do
do-do-do-do

Speaking Activity
PAIR WORK AIR WORK Information gap
PROCEDURE Student A looks at item 1 and says I’m Amy.
Student B asks How do you spell that?
Student A spells the name.
Student B writes the name on the line on his or her worksheet.

SENTENCE PUNCTUATION

PRACTICE Write each sentence correctly.

1. i’m a student ______________________

WRITING. Write affirmative and negative statements about the
people in the picture on page 11 in your Student’s Book. Use a
capital letter and a period. For example:
2. she’s from Brussels _________________
3. he’s not __________________________
4. they’re from Santiago _______________
5. i’m Sam Smith _____________________
6. we’re not bankers __________________

Rose is an artist. She’s not an architect.

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Unit Study Guide

 (Unit 1)

Self-Check Write a checkmark ✔ next to the language you know. Return to the unit in your Student’s Book to find and
study the language you are not yet sure of.
 Are you
They are am
Is Is
S not She’s He’s s
Are Is
re not We’re s not He’s