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Who are they? English > Level Pre A1 Pre-starter

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

They are students. They are in class!

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Exchange basic personal information. • I can use the verb to be like You are, We
Ask your partner: are, They are.
• I can use the verb to be to identify
• What things in your classroom can people.
you name? • I can identify pets and things.
• Which words mean more than one?

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Let’s Explore!

Hi! I'm Tanya!

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Tanya: I am Tanya. This is Marie.

We are young women.
We are roommates.
You are Jenny and Johnny.
You are children.
You are brother and sister.
Tom, Mike, and George are in school.
They are classmates.
They are friends.
They are birds.
They are parrots.
They are Anna's parrots.

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Let’s Practice!

Let's look at sentences!

Instructions: Organize the mystery sentences. Write each word in the correct order.

1. and George / in school. / Tom, Mike / are

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2. Anna's / birds. / They / are

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3. women. / Tina / are / Gina and / young

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Let’s Practice!

Let's practice using the verb to be!

Instructions: Complete the sentences. Write the missing word.

Use: am / They're / We are / are / are / is

1. Jenny and Johnny _______ children.

2. They ________ Tom, Mike and George. _______ my classmates.

3. I _______ Tanya. This ________ Marie. _______ young women.

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Extension Activity

Now, it's your turn.

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Read the dialogue again.

Self-Assessment Yes No
b) Write 4 sentences. Talk about you. Talk about
friends. Talk about pets. I use five target
c) Use 5 target words. words.
d) Use complete sentences.
I pronounce words
e) Read your sentences to a partner. Say them aloud. clearly.

I use words for people,

and pets.

Target Words

• children (noun): young boys and girls
e.g. You are children.
• brother and sister (expression): male and
female family, siblings
e.g. You are brother and sister.
• roommates (noun): friends that live in the
same house
e.g We are roommates.
• birds (noun): animals that fly
e.g. They are Anna's parrots.
• friends (noun): people we know well
and spend time with
e.g They are friends.

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Learning Points

The Verb to be with You (singular) and You, We, They (plural)

Words for People, Pets, and Things

Many plural words in English end in -s.

For example:
book ⇒ books
boy ⇒ boys
bird ⇒ birds

Some plural words are not regular. They do not end in -s.
For example:
man ⇒ men
woman ⇒ women
child ⇒ children
person ⇒ people
You use the verb to be to talk about people. Read the examples. Say them aloud.

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Learning Points

Look at the chart below. Say the words.