Santiago de Cali University

LEVEL I
Topic: The alphabet; names and titles; Nouns; Verb to Be, numbers.
Teacher: Hernando Vega Arias

Class expressions
The student
 How do you say ___________ in English?
 How can I say ____________ in English?
 How do you write ____________ in English?
 How do you spell __________?
 How do you pronounce _________?
 What’s the meaning of ___________?
 What does ______________ mean?
I have a question I don’t know
I don’t understand I got it
I understand Ok, continue
 Can you repeat, please?
 Can you explain that again, please?
 Is it possible to say _____________?
 May I go to the bathroom?
 Can you lend me your __________, please?
 Can I borrow your __________?

The teacher
Are you ready? Listen up!
Did you finish? Pay attention!
Do you understand? Can I erase?
Did you understand? Let’s continue!
Do you have any question? Can we continue?
ABCD….CAPITAL LETTERS
abcd….Lower case letters

LET’S SPELL
Useful Questions and Answers Internet & Email Vocabulary
Q How do you spell your name? @ = at
A It’s D-A-V-I-D # = hash or hashtag
 = dot
Q Can you spell your last name? / = slash
A Yes, it’s S-M-I-T-H
- = hyphen or dash
Q Spell that word, please * = asterisk
A It’s B-O-A-R-D
_ = underscore

A. Listen and circle the correct spelling (fundamentals; unit 1; track 22):
1 Green Greene Griini
2 Leigh Laijs Laegas
3 Katharine Katherine Catherinne

B. Listen to the conversations and write the names (fundamentals; unit 1; track 23):
1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
3. _________________________________

SPEAKING: talk about three friends or relatives. Ask them about their names and email addresses. Then, complete
the tables below with their information.
Last name
Name Middle Name Surname Nickname Email Address
Family Name

 Mr. Charles Garcia OR Mr. Garcia

 Mrs. Vivian Morgan OR Mrs. Morgan
 NOT Mr. Charles
 NOT Mrs. Vivian
 You: Your mom:

___ Mr. ___ Mrs. ___ Ms. ___ Miss ___ Mr. ___ Mrs. ___ Ms. ___ Miss
__________________ _________________ __________________ _________________
First name Last name First name Last name

A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing.

A ball A clock A shoe

Nouns can be more than one JUST by adding “S”:

Other nouns can be turned into plural according to

Adding es to make plurals. When nouns end with Adding ies to make plurals. When nouns end
sh, ch, o, s, x or z, we add es to make plurals. with consonant + y we add ies to make plurals.
BOX – BOXES / BRUSH – BRUSHES STORY – STORIES
MANGO – MANGOES / BUS – BUSES ARMY – ARMIES
WATCH –WATCHES PONY – PONIES

When most of nouns finish in f or fe. When nouns Some nouns have different plurals (irregulars)
end with f or fe, we change to ves to make plurals.
KNIFE – KNIVES TOOTH – TEETH / MAN – MEN
LEAF – LEAVES MOUSE – MICE / WOMAN – WOMEN
WIFE – WIVES CHILD – CHILDREN / DEER – DEER
WOLF – WOLVES FOOT – FEET / FISH - FISH

EXERCISES
Change the following nouns into plurals:
Dictionary ________________ Coat ___________________
Class ____________________ Volcano ________________
Dash ____________________ Half ___________________
Song ____________________ Roof __________________
Sheep ___________________ Witch _________________
Monkey _________________ Chief __________________
Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective. The
definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the
reader. The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is
not known.

B. Fill in the blanks with either “a”, “an”, or “the”.

I go to ______ airport at 6:00 AM every Monday to catch______ flight to Bogota. The lines at
_____ airport are always very long, so I usually wait______ long time. Once ______ plane takes
off, I try to get some sleep. Then, I eat ______ pretty good meal,_____ occurrence that I
sometimes have! Later, I speak to one of ______ flight attendants for ______ while. They are
nice. I know that one of ______ pilots of ______ airplane is French. After ______ hour, I order
______ drink at ______ bar next to ______ airport. Generally, it is______ pretty smooth flight.
PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. How old are you? I am __________ years old.

2. When is your birthday? My birthday is on ____________________________
3. Are you married / single? ______________________________________________

1. Write the correct form of VERB TO BE:

a) John ________ excited.
b) Tiffany and Anna _______ my friends.
c) Ricardo, John and I ________ in the cinema
d) She __________ kind.
e) This shirt _________ new.
f) __________ My mother and father in the kitchen?

2. Complete the following READING:

My name ________ John. I ________ fifteen years old. I live on a farm. It ________ in the country. It is
quiet in the country. It (not) _____ _____(4) loud in the country. I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up
before the sun rises. Sometimes, it ________ still dark when I wake up. But I don’t mind. I like the way the
country looks in the morning. The first thing I do after I wake up _______ milk the cow. After that, I bring
the milk to my mom to make breakfast. She makes a delicious breakfast. My mom ________ a really
good cook.
Ask WH-Questions.
a) ................................................................ I´m ten years old.
b) ............................................................... She´s from Turkey.
c) ............................................................... My mum is here.
d) ............................................................... Her birthday is on
12th June.
e) ............................................................... she’s very sick.
f) ………………………………………………………….. because it’s hot

Listen information about these people and answer the following questions (top notch fundamentals, unit 3, track 64)
a. What’s Kim Lee occupation? She’s an _________________________
b. Where is her office? It’s ____________________________________
c. Is Jenny Beck a Painter? ____________________________________
d. Where is Jenny from? _____________________________________
e. Is Dr. Marshall a Lawyer? __________________________________
f. Is Dr. White Dr. Marshall neighbor? __________________________
g. What is Katie’s teacher’s name? _____________________________
h. Is Katie’s teacher’s home next to the school? ___________________

You will write different questions using wh-words. Then, you will take turns to ask each other those questions:

 When_______________________________________________________________?
 Why ________________________________________________________________?
 Who ________________________________________________________________?
 How ________________________________________________________________?
 Where ______________________________________________________________?
 What _______________________________________________________________?

USEFUL QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

AGE
Q- How old are you? A// I am 24 years old
HEIGHT
Q- How tall are you? A// I am 1.74 cm tall
Q- What’s your height? A// My height is 1.74 cm.
WEIGHT
Q- How heavy are you? A// I am 80 kg heavy
Q- What’s your weight? A// My weight is 80 kg
  Go around and talk to three of your friends or relatives. Ask them about their age, height and weight. Then,
complete the tables:
NAME AGE HEIGHT WEIGHT

LISTENING: Listen to the conversations. Write the information (fundamentals, unit 2, track 42
FULL NAME PHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ADDRESS

1. ___________________ _Peterson_____
2. _Mathilda____ ____________________
3. ___________________ _Quinn_______
4. __Joseph_____ ____________________

Take the words from the list and put them in the chart
 How much is... How much are...

THIS, THAT THESE, THOSE

Soldier, pants, ring, shoes, men, mice, lion, house, cars, table, months, fish,
glasses, knives

Now, take those words and make sentences! Singular and plural

Example: 1 How much is this book? It’s five thousand pesos.

2 _____________________________________________________________________________

3 _____________________________________________________________________________

4 _____________________________________________________________________________

5 _____________________________________________________________________________

6 _____________________________________________________________________________