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Learn as you go…®By
Ph.D Josué Bonilla T. Msc.
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DEDICATORY
To the Almighty, through whose will, I lived to see and
know my parents. To the Directors, whose work
and blessing was paramount so that this book may see
the light of day. To the Students, whose incessant
will to learn became the beacon of hope for me and the
rest of the Team.To my love, my dearest, my now
and my always, Diana, for being my rock and my constant
support even when I did not realise I needed it.
To my source of academic inspiration, Mrs. Asunción
Sarmiento Narvaez and everyone involved in my
learning process of the English Language both in England
and in Ecuador.

Author: Ph.D Josué Bonilla T. Msc.

All the best,
Desing: Tnlgo. José Arciniegas G.

Manufacturer Printer: El Bolígrafo

Printed in:

GUAYAQUIL – ECUADOR The Director

Buckingham English Center.

The author would like to thank everyone involved in

the production of this guide for their trust and
support they have provided throughout the process.
.....To my children Valentina and Kevin for setting me
The following teachers need to be acknowledged for free again, and to all of those who plant trees on whose
their help and development of this book: Iván shade they might never get to sit under, but think that
others will and that’s what counts for them.
Murillo Arteaga, Patricia Gómez for their invaluable
editorial assistance and advise. Bjorn Mars for -The Author
his views and commentary pertaining to information
contained ins this book, Chad Fowler, Roberto
Medina (+) and Johnny Torres for their contributions
and research.

May their work and aspiractions be fulfillled.

Lesson 01

A book A pen A pencil A chair A table A wall

A card A ceiling A window A box A picture

A door A light A man A woman A boy A girl

Examples:

Are these books? Yes, these ar.e books.

Is this a box?

No, it isn' t a box, but it's a chair.

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Prepositions of place:

ON UNDER IN

On the table under a box in the cage

On the wall under a tree in the bag
On the chair under a desk in the pencil case

Practice 1 Answer the following questions. Practice 2 Complete the sentences.

a) What's this? (Pencil) _________________________________________________ a) This _____ a chair.

b) Is this a chair? (Yes) _________________________________________________ b) Is that a woman? Yes, _____a woman.

c) Is this a card? (No / wall) _______________________________________________ c) What _____this? _____a door.

d) What is this? (Room) _________________________________________________ d) Is _____ a pen? No, it isn't a pen, _____it's a pencil.

Practice 3 Numbers: Fill in the crossword.

1 1

ACROSS DOWN

1 7+3= 1 8+1= 2

2 9-2= 2 5+2=

3 4+4= 3 9-7=
3 3

4 3-2= 4 12-3=

4 4

Practice 4 Write positive or negative sentences. Make sure you use the verb To Be.

a) (My brother / a police officer) ______________________________________________

b) (Lima / the capital of Perú) ______________________________________________

c) (Ecuador / in Europe) ______________________________________________

d) (This / a book) ______________________________________________

e) (My dog / nice) ______________________________________________

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 Practice 5 Answer the following questions. Practice 6 Answer the following according
to the picture.

a) Is this a light? (pencil)

No, _______________________________________
a) Is this a boy or a girl? ______________________________________________

b) Is this a man or a boy? ______________________________________________

b) Is this a pencil? (pen)

No, _______________________________________ c) Is this a woman or a girl? ______________________________________________

Practice 7 Think about the concepts of Practice 8 Write in letters the following
city, town and village. numbers.

a) Naranjal is a ______ b) Durán is a _______ 7 ________________ 9 ________________

b) Milagro is a _______ a) Salitre is a ______ 8 ________________ 3 ________________

Practice 9 Replace the object or subject sentence with the correct pronoun.

Example: The sun is bright. It is very bright.

a) The chair is long and my book is under the chair. c) Close the window, please!
The chair is long and my book is under _________ Close _______ , please!

b) No, the wall isn’t black, but _________ is white. d) Could you please, shut the computer down?
No, the wall isn’t black, but the wall is white. Could you please shut ______ down?

Practice 10 Complete the following sentences using the words - (On, Under, In).

a) The dog is ________ the table. c) The monkey is ________ the hat.

b) The pen is ________ the notebook. d) The apple is________ the book.

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Lesson 02

TO BE (PRESENT SIMPLE)

PRONOUN AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

I AM AM NOT AM I…?

YOU A RE ARE NOT ARE YOU…?

HE / SHE / IT/ THIS IS IS NOT IS HE/ SHE/ IT ..?

Practice 1 Complete the sentences using am, is, are.

a. I _________ a teacher c. I _______ hungry.

b. Soccer _______ an easy sport. d. The dog ______ brown.

Practice 2 Write sentences using the affirmative Practice 3 From the previus practice
form of the verb To Be. section.

a) (I / a pupil) _______________________________________ a) ______________________________________________

b) (You / a teacher) ___________________________________ b) ______________________________________________

c) (She / a girl) ______________________________________ c) ______________________________________________

Practice 4 Write questions using the simple present form of the verb To Be.

a) (She / Mrs. Burnett?) ___________________________________________________

b) (I / Miss Smith?) _______________________________________________________

c) (He/ Mr. Robinson?) ___________________________________________________

PERSONAL PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

I ME

YOU YOU

HE HIM

SHE HER

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 Practice 5 Complete the folowing sentences. IN FRONT OF

a) Is the pencil behind me? No, the pencil is not behind __________ , but it is behind __________

b) Is the board in front of you? Yes, the board _________________________________________.

c) Where is the chair? (behind) The chair _____________________________________________.

d) Where is the marker? (in front of) ________________________________________________.

Practice 6 Circle the correct pronoun

a) Is (he / him) closing the notebook? b) (She / her) is opening the door.
c) The wall is behind (I / me) d) The board is in front of (he / him).

Practice 7 Answer the following questions.

Example: Is Mrs. Pérez a man? No, Mrs. Pérez isn't a man, but she's a woman.

a) Is Mr. Wright a man? Yes, ____________________________________

b) Are you Mr. Pérez? No, ________________________________

c) Is the wall in front of you? (him) No, _______________________

Take the apple, please! What's she doing? (taking…from)

______________________________________________________________________ SITTING sentado

Put the notebook on the table, please! What's he doing? (putting)

______________________________________________________________________
STANDING de pie
Take the camera from the floor, please! What's she doing? (taking…from)
______________________________________________________________________

Practice 8 Complete the missing words in the following sentences - (short

answers, do not use contractions).

a) Are you Miss Smith? No, __________________ Miss Smith, but _________________ Miss Tapia.

b) Am I Mr. Zambrano? No, ________________ Mr. Zambrano, but________________ Mr. Sánchez.

c) ________________ Mrs. Velazco? No, she is not Mrs. Velazco, but _________________ Ms. Galarza.

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 Practice 9 Complete the following sentences using the words - (in front of, behind) - (short answers).

a) Peter is _______________ Diana.

b) Josué is _____________ José.

c) Peter and José are ______________ Diana and María.

d) Diana is ______________ Maite.

e) José is _______________ María.

Practice 10 Circle the correct picture.

Which pen is black? The pen in the middle's black..

Which pen cap is green? This pen cap’s green.

Which door is open? The door on the right's open..

Lesson 03

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

SINGULAR PLURAL

THIS THESE

THAT THOSE

Practice 1 Write questions: Is this / that your...? Or Are these / those

your...? Use the words in the box.

umbrella glove matches hat bicycle glasses watch

a) Is this your umbrella?

b) __________________________________________________________?
c) __________________________________________________________?
d) __________________________________________________________?
e) __________________________________________________________?
f) __________________________________________________________?
g) __________________________________________________________?

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 Practice 2 Complete the sentences. Use this / that / these / those + the words from the box.

Birds House Plates Postcards Seat Shoes

a) ______________ are at the window. b) ____________________ is broken.

c) ______________
Practice 3
are for your sister. d) ___________________ is very big.
Write the plural of the following nouns.
PLURAL
Add“s”
Add S Add
Add ES
“es” Change
Change yy and
and Change“F”-“FE”
Change F-FE Irregular
Irregular
add
Add IES
“ies” into“VES”
into VES

Picture
Pictures (s)
(s) Lunch (es)
Lunch (es) Baby
Baby - – Babies
Babies Half
Half -–Halves
halves Man
Man –- Men
Men

Window (s)
Window (s) Box
Box (es) Lady
Lady -–Ladies
Ladies Knife
Knife – knives
- Knives Woman
Woman --Women
Women

a) flower __________ d) knife ___________ g) umbrella ________________

Practice 3 Write the plural form of the Practice 4 Complete the sentences
Practice 2following nouns.
b) notebook _________ e) woman ____________ h) man
with the verb To Be.
________________
a) ______ the store open? d) Those pens ______black.
c) boat __________ f) address ___________ i) family ________________
a) flower _______ d) knife ________ g) umbrella ______ b) ______ the stores open? e) That chart ______large.

c) That man ______ short. f) ______that chair in front of you?

b) notebook _______ e) woman________ h) man ________

c) boat ________ f) address________ i) family________

CLOTHES

Practice 5 Work in pairs and ask each other the following questions. Use the template to respond.

What is ( she - he) wearing? ( She - He ) is wearing ________________.

What ( am I - are you ) wearing? I am wearing _________. TO WEAR = vestir/ llevar puesto

What are ( you - we - they ) wearing? ( You - We - They ) are wearing _________.

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 Practice 6 Complete the questions and Practice 7 Use This, That, These, or
answer them. Those, plase.

a) What's________? It's a ______

a) ______________ is a box.

b) What's______?
That's a _____ b) ______________ are boxes.

Practice 8 Answer the questions. Practice 9 Match the words with the pictures.

a) Where are those pencils? (pencil case) ________________ It’s a sock.

It’s a shirt.
b) Where are these books? (under) _____________________
It’s a shoe.
c) Where are my socks? (drawer) ______________________
These are shoes.
d) What's the plural of girl? ____________________________
These are socks.

Practice 10 Complete the following questions using the words - (this, that, these, those)

a) Where is _______ dog? (far away) d) Where are _______ apples? (close)

b) Where is _______ pen? (close) e) Where are _______ pen caps? (far away)

c) Where is _______ monkey? (far away) f) Where are _______ pencils? (close)

Lesson 04

The Alphabet
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

There are 26 Letters in the English Alphabet. There are 5 vowels and 21 consonants in the Alphabet.

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 Practice 1 Dictation. Practice 2 Write down the following figures.

a) _________________ c) _______________ a) 104 ____________________________________________

b) 179 ___________________________________________
b) _________________ d) _______________
c) 1.356 __________________________________________

e) _________________ f) _______________ d) 8.967 __________________________________________

Practice 3 Write in words the results of these operations of arithmetic.

a) 7+5= 12 seven plus five equals twelve.

b) 36+15= 51 __________________________________________________________________

c) 851+236= 1.087 _____________________________________________________________

Practice 4 Answer these questions in a complete sentence.

a) Which number is before 1.000?__________________________________________________

b) Which number is between 245 and 247? __________________________________________

Personal Object
Example Example
Pronouns Pronouns
I I like Ann. Me Ann likes me.
You You like Ann. You Ann likes you.
He He likes Ann. Him Ann likes him.
She She likes Ann. Her Ann likes her.
It The cat (it) likes milk. It Ann likes the cat (it).
We We like Ann. Us Ann likes us.
They They Like Ann. Them Ann likes them.

Practice 5 Replace the nouns in these sentences for pronouns.

a) Mr. Perez and Narcisa travel everyday. __________________________________________

b) Tony Stark invents robots for living. ___________________________________________

c) Ms. Arboleda visits her cousin every year. ________________________________________

d) The sun is the biggest star in our solar system. ___________________________________

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 Practice 6 Finish the sentences, Use me/us/him/her/them.

a) Who is that woman? Why are you looking at _______?

b) Do you know that man? Yes, I work with __________.

c) I'm talking to you. Please listen to _______________.

d) These photographs are nice. Do you want to look at ______________?

Vowels. The five vowels are a, e, i, o, u.

Practice 7 Answer the questions. Practice 8 Answer the following questions using
“Before”, “After” or “Between”.

a)
What are the five vowels?
_____________________ H is ___________ G. L is ___________ M.

b) Is the letter “C” a vowel? A is ___________ B. K is ___________ J and L.

X is ___________ W. M is ___________ N.
No, _______________________________________
U is ___________ V. S is ___________ R and T.
c) Is the letter “Y” a vowel?
No, _______________________________________ Before
Between
After

d) Which letter's before “S”?

_____________________

Practice 9 Answer the following questions.

a) How much is fourteen plus twenty? ________________________________________________

b) How much is forty-five plus twenty-two? _____________________________________________

c) How much is twelve plus fifty-four? ________________________________________________

d) How much is one hundred plus twenty-seven? ________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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 Practice 10 Write in letters the following numbers: Practice 11 Answer the following questions
2+2=4 (Short answers).
a) 29 ____________________________ a) Is the door in front of us low or high?
The door in front of ___________ is ________
b) 577 ___________________ and ____________________
b) Is the ceiling of this room low?
c) 100 400 ________________ and ___________________ No,the ceiling of this room __________ low, but ______
____________________________________________
d) 59 ____________________________
c) Is the house behind them high?
e) 52 345 __________________ and ___________________ Yes, the house behind __________________________

Lesson 05

SINGULAR PLURAL QUESTIONS

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE SINGULAR PLURAL

THERE IS THERE THERE ARE THERE ARE

IS THERE?
ISN'T AREN'T THERE?

Practice 1 What´s in the classroom? Ask questions with

is there ...? And Are there ...?

(pencils?) ______________________________________________________________ ?

(books?) ______________________________________________________________ ?

(a person?) ____________________________________________________________ ?

(money?) ______________________________________________________________ ?

Practice 2 Springfield is a small town. Look at the information in the box and
write sentences with there is/there isn´t/there are/there aren´t.

a) There is a tennis course in Springfield.

Tennis course Yes
Shopping mall No
b) ________________________________________
Hospital Yes (Two)
c) ________________________________________
Theater Yes (Three)
University No d) ________________________________________
Hotel No
e) ________________________________________
________________________________________

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 Practice 3 Put in there is/there isn´t/ Practice 4 Write sentences with THERE ARE.
is there/ there are/ there Choose the right number.
aren´t/ are there.

a) This is a very old village. _________ many old houses. Example:

(states/ in the USA) There are fifty states in the USA.

b) Excuse me, ____________a shopping mall near here?

a) (seconds/ minute) ____________________________
c) ________________________10 people in the class.
b) (months/ year) ______________________________

d) How many pupils __________________in your class? c) (letter / the English Alphabet) ______________________________

THERE IS and THERE ARE

We use There is for singular and There are for plural.

For example: There is teacher in this room. There are five students in this room.

Practice 5 Answer the following questions.

a) Is there a television in this room? _________________________________________

b) Is there a printer in your house? __________________________________________

c) Is there a ruler under the chair? No, ______________________________________

d) Is there a key in the door? No, ___________________________________________

Neither...nor (ni...ni) For example: This is neither a dog nor a cat but it´s a donkey

Donkey burro Ajar entreabierta Apple manzana Pinapple piña

Practice 6 Answer the following questions.

a) Is this a shirt or T-shirt? (coat)___________________________________________________

b) Is this a banana or a pineapple? (apple) ____________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

c) Is he a girl or a woman? (boy) ____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

d) Is Ecuador a city or a town? (country) ______________________________________________

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 Practice 7 Answer the following questions. Marker marcador Belt cinturón Sheep oveja
Use “Here” or “There”.

a) Where´s the sheep? (Here)

___________________________________stable. d) Where's the pineapple? (Here)
b) Whore´s the dress? (Here) _________________________________ table.
____________________________________closet.
e) Where's the umbrella? (There)
c) Where´s the coat? (There)
____________________________________bed. __________________________________box.

Practice 8 Match the following. Practice 9 Complete the following sentences

(short answers).

It’s a stocking. a) What’s he doing? He’s _____________ a book.

It’s a dress.

It’s a coat. b) Is he reading? No, he ____________________,

It’s a pullover. but ____________________________________

It’s a belt.

It’s a tie. c) Is she reading a book or a magazine?

She’s reading a _________________________
It’s a handkerchief.

It’s a skirt

Practice 10 Complete the following sentences using the words

(there is; there are plus the number) - (short answers).
Flask
a) There ___________ ___________ chairs here in this classroom.

b) There ___________ ___________ whiteboard there on the wall.

c) There ___________ ___________ clock there on the wall.

d) ___________ ___________ books there on the table.

e) ___________ ___________ flasks on the tables.

f) ___________ ___________ tablets on the tables

Lesson 06

SINGULAR PLURAL
THERE IS (ISN’T) THERE ARE (AREN’T)
There is one teacher in the class There are 9 pupils in the class

There isn’t one chair in the room There aren’t 8 boxes in the room

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Practice 1 How many: Answer the following questions. Use there is and there are.

a) How many pupils are there in this classroom? ______________________________________________

b) How many provinces are there in this country? _____________________________________________

How many
SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS PRONOUNS ADJECTIVES

I ME MY

YOU YOU YOUR

HE HIM HIS

SHE HER HER

IT IT ITS

WE US OUR

THEY THEM THEIR

Practice 2 Complete these sentences. Practice 3 Choose the best possessive adjectives
that fits the task.

a) He lives with __________________ parents. a) I like _____________ job.

c) They live with _________________ parents.
d) I live with _____________________ parents.
b) Does your father like ________________ job?
c) Ann is married. She works in a store and ___________
husband works in a bank.
d) I know Mr. Brown, but I don't know ____________ wife.
e) Put on ___________ coat before you go out. It's very cold.

Practice 4 Complete these sentences. HOW MANY Cuántos

a) How many doors are there in this school? ______________________________________________________________

b) How many men are there in this room? ________________________________________________________________

c) How many women are there in this room? ______________________________________________________________

We form the imperatives of the verbs in English by only writing the verb.
Imperatives
For example: Take the shoes from the floor, please!

a) Give me the book, please! What are you doing ? __________________________________________

b) Give me the book, please! What's he doing? ______________________________________________

c) Give me the book, please! What's she doing? _____________________________________________

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 Practice 5 Answer the following questions. Alphabet

a) Which is the first letter of the alphabet? _________________________________

b) Which is the last letter of the alphabet? _________________________________

c) Which is the tenth letter of the alphabet? _________________________________

d) Which is the twenty-fifth letter of the alphabet? _________________________________

Possesive Adjectives
my mi its su, sus (de esto) your tu (de ti) our nuestro
his su(s) de él your sus (de ustedes) her su(s) de ella their sus (de ellos)

Practice 6 Answer the following questions. Practice 7 Write in letters the following
ordinal numbers, please!
a) Is this your ruler? Yes, _____________________________
1st ______________ 21st __________________
b) Are these his trainers? (my) No, _____________________
3rd ______________ 70th __________________
____________________________________________
9th ______________ 154th ______ and ______
c) Is this my card? (her) No, ___________________________
_____________________________________________

d) Are these my shoes? (their) No, _____________________

Practice 8 Match and link with lines.

Ecuador isn’t in Europe, but they are in North America.

Spain isn’t in Asia, but it’s in North America.

Portugal isn’t in South America, but it’s in South America.

Argentina isn’t in Asia, but it’s in Europe.

United States isn’t in Europe, but it’s in Europe.

Canada and Mexico aren’t in Asia, but it’s in South America.

Imperatives EXAMPLE: Close the door, please! - What Am I doing? You are closing the door.

Practice 9 Answer the following questions please!

Give me the book, please!- What Am I doing? You _______________________________ the book.

Give him his keys, please! - What is he doing? He ______________________________ his keys.

Give her my homework, please! - What is she doing? She ________________________________ your homework.

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 Practice 10 Answer the following questions please!

EXAMPLE: Close the door, please! - What Am I doing? You are closing the door.

Open the window, please! - What Am I doing? You ___________________________________________ the window
Give me the book, please! - What Am I doing? You ___________________________________________
. the book.
Give him his keys, please! - What is he doing? He ___________________________________________ his keys.
Give her my homework, please! - What is she doing? She ___________________________________ your homework.

Lesson 07

Practice 1 Write the the

Write parts of the
parts body.
of the body.

Practice 2 Answer the questions, use “not all”

ALL todo, todos, todas.

Example: Are all the chairs in this room black?
Yes, all the chairs in this room are black.

a) Are all the lights in this room red? No, not all _________________________________________________________

b) Are all the people in this room men? No, not all_______________________________________________________

c) Are all the doors in this school green? No, not all _____________________________________________________

Practice 3 Word Search: Parts of the body. Practice 4 Write the plural of
these words please:

a) How many words are there ? Tooth ___________ Foot ________________

_________________________
Eye_____________ Wrist ________________
b) Write them down Fish ____________ Sheep _______________
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________

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 Practice 5 Answer the following questions. Practice 6 Answer the following questions.

Touch tocar I'm touching the door Comma Question Mark Semi-colon Full stop

a) What am I doing? (touch, table) ______________________ What's this? (?) __________ What's this? (.)__________

b) Touch your pen, please! What's he doing?______________ What's this? (;) ___________ What's this? (,)__________
___________________________________________________

Word palabra Sentence oración

Practice 7 Answer the following questions.

This is neither an apple nor an orange, but it's a pineapple.

a) How many words are there in this sentence? _________________________________________________

b) Which is the first word of this sentence? _____________________________________________________

There are fifty states in the United States of America.

c) How many words are there in this sentence? ___________________________________________________

d) Which is the fifth word of this sentence? ______________________________________________________

e) Which is the last word of this sentence? _______________________________________________________

Practice 8 Answer the following questions using “all” + “the noun”, please!.

Example: Are all the chairs in this room low? Yes, all the chairs in this room are low.

a) Cuenca, Quito, Guayaquil; are all these cities from Ecuador? Yes, __________ are from Ecuador.
b) Are all the students in this classroom sitting? Yes, _______________ in this classroom are sitting.
c) Are all the walls here high or low? _______________ here are low.
d) Are all the tables there in that room grey? Yes, _______________ there in that room are grey.
e) Have all the traffic lights got a red light? Yes, ______________________ got a red light.

Lesson 08

A AN THE

They have a car. Isabela is an island The hotel was beautiful.

I'm writing a letter. Is there an ashtray there? Lima is the capital of Peru.

A/AN are used to refer to singular objects in general.

THE is used to talk about specific things or people, singular or plural.

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 Practice 1 Use A/ An/ The Practice 2 Complete these sentences. Use
A/ An/ The + one of these:
a) I wrote to her but __________ letter never arrived.
bicycle nice day capital next
b) Tahiti is _______________ island. train light kitchen teacher
c) What is _____________ name of this town?
a) Turn off _____________
d) Jane is __________ very nice person.
e) Montreal is __________ largest city in Canada. b) Buenos Aires is ________________________ of Argentina.

c) Can you ride _________________________ ?

d) “Where is Jack?” “He's in ___________________________.

He's cooking something.”

Practice 3 Parts of the body: Vocabulary review. Unscramble

the words to complete the puzzle.

Across
1. osen ______________
2. teef _______________
3. mra ______________
4. thuom _____________
5. inhc ______________
Down
1. igrnfe _____________
2. btumh _____________
3. switr ______________
4. irah _______________

Name nombre Surname apellido Meaning significado

What's your name? ____________________________________________________________

What's your middle name? ____________________________________________________________

What's her name? ____________________________________________________________

What's his name? ____________________________________________________________

What are their names?____________________________________________________________

Joseph Mary Diana Kevin

The meaning of the word “right” is correct and the

Right Wrong meaning of the word “wrong” is incorrect.

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 Practice 4 Answer the following questions. Practice 5 What´s the meaning of:

a) Suit ___________ ash-tray ________ajar _____________

a) Thirteen + thirteen = Sixty: Is that right ? ____________
_________________________________________________________________________________ b) Traffic-light _________village________chin ___________

b) Sixteen + nineteen = Forty: Is that wrong ?

Write the plural of these words:
Yes, _________________________________________
c) Tooth __________ knife __________child _____________
c) Is it right you are Ms. Jones? No, __________________
d) holiday _________
_________________________________________________________________________________
e) Are you remaining in the room?_____________________
_________________________________________________

f) Are you standing on the table? No,___________________

KNIFE
_________________________________________________

Practice 6 Translate these sentences from Practice 7 Choose the correct answer, please!
English into Spanish, please!

a) Who is (he/ him/his)?

a) A village isn't large, but it's small. ____________________
(he/him/his) is Michael Jackson.
__________________________________________________

b) There are two lights on the ceiling. ___________________ b) Who is (she/her/hers)?

__________________________________________________ (she/her/hers) is Madonna.

c) I have a flask in my schoolbag _______________________

c) Who are (they/them/theirs)?
__________________________________________________
(they/them/theirs) are Pete and John.

Practice 8 Answer the following questions using “My . his - her - their”, please!.

Example: What’s your name? My name is Clark.

Peter What’s his name?__________ name is ____________

John
Peter What’s her name?__________ name is ____________
Andrea
Claire
eter
eter
Peter

What are their names? _____________ names are ___________ and ____________

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 Practice 9 Complete the paragraph, please! Practice 10 Complete the paragraph, please!
(Use a-an-the). (Use is-are-the written number).

Example: There is one chair in this room.

We say ____ book, but ____ ash-tray. Before a consonant
we say “___”. Before a vowel we say “_____”. Before a
consonant we say “____”. Before a vowel we say “____”.
Lesson 09
a) There _____ _____ apple on the table and there ________
banana under it.
b) There _____ _____ thumbs and there _____ ______ fingers
in our hands.
c) There _____ _____ words in the sentence “I am remaining
in the room”.

TO HAVE GOT PRONOUN HAVE CONTRACTION

I HAVE I'VE GOT
Practice 1 Answer the following questions naturally.
Give full answers. YOU HAVE YOU'VE GOT
HE HAS GOT HE'S GOT
a) Have you got a cell phone? ______________________________________
SHE HAS GOT SHE'S GOT
b) Has your teacher got a book? Yes, ________________________________ IT HAS GOT IT'S GOT
c) Have you got a credit card? ______________________________________ WE HAVE WE'VE GOT

d) What have you got in your pants pocket? ___________________________ YOU HAVE YOU'VE GOT

____________________________________________________________ THEY HAVE THEY'VE GOT

Tall alto Short bajo High alto Low bajo

Practice 2 What´s the difference between “tall” and “short” and “high” and “low”?

Practice 3 Answer the following questions. Practice 4 Answer the following questions.
Give full answers. Give full answers.

a) Is this table low or high? __________________________ a) What's the contraction of I have got? _________________
b) Is the door low? __________________________________ b) Have you got eight fingers? Yes, ______________________
_________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
c) Is the wall in front of you high or low? _________________ c) Have I got two thumbs? Yes,_________________________
_________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

d) Has she got two ears? Yes, _________________________

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 THE VERB TO HAVE

For rhythm people use the word “got” with the verb “to have” in the English language, but
it means nothing

I've got I have got she's got she has got we've got we have got
you've got you have got it's got it has got they've got they have got
he's got he has got you've got you have got

Practice 5 Translate the following words from Practice 6 Write the contradictions of the
English into spanish, please! verb “to have got” (short answers).

Example: What’s the meaning of “Table”?

The meaning of “table” is: mesa.

a) What’s the meaning of “rhythm”? The meaning of I have got ______________got

“rhythm” is ___________________. You have got ______________got
b) What’s the meaning of “pencil sharpener”? The meaning He has got ______________got
of “pencil sharpener” is ____________________. She has got ______________got
c) What’s the meaning of “whilst”? The meaning It has got ______________got
of “whilst” is _____________________.
We have got ______________got
d) What’s the meaning of “ash-tray”? The meaning
They have got ______________got
of “ash-tray” is _____________________.

Practice 7 Complete the missing words in the following sentences, use the verb
“To have got” - (Do not use contradictions in your asnwers).

a) __________________ A flask? Yes, he has got a flask.

b) What do you have in your schoolbag? __________________ four books and a pencil case.

c) __________________ two thumbs? Yes, she has got two thumbs.

d) Have we got a pencil case? Yes, __________________ a pencil case.

pencil case

Lesson 10 ANY and SOME

We use “any” for questions and negative answers, whilst we use “Some” only for
positive answers. For example: are there any students in this classroom? Yes, there are
some students in this classroom, or, No, there aren´t any students in this classroom.

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 Practice 1 Check if the following items are Practice 2 Complete the questions and sentences
countable or uncountable nouns. using “some” and “any”.
a) Man b) Woman
a) Have you got any candies in your pocket?
___countable ___countable
Yes, I have got___________candies in my pocket.
___uncountable ___uncountable
c) Air d) Table b) Are there _________ pictures in the classroom?
___countable ___countable No, ______________________________________________
___uncountable ___uncountable
c) Is there __________ sugar in the fridge?
e) Milk f) Car
Yes, _____________________________________________
___countable ___countable
___uncountable ___uncountable

INDEFINITE ADJECTIVES
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
There is some sugar in the There isn't any sugar in Is there any sugar in
fridge the fridge the fridge?

There are some oranges on There aren't any oranges Are there any oranges
the table. on the table. on the table?

Practice 3 Write questions using how many Practice 4 Answer the following questions.
and answer them. Use some / any when necessary.

(Teachers/ Room) How many teachers are there in

this room? There is one teacher in this room.
a) (Months/ Year) __________________________________?
________________________________________________
b) (Weeks / Month) ________________________________ ?
________________________________________________
c) (Brothers and sisters / have got) ____________________?
________________________________________________
d) (Planets / solar system) ____________________?
________________________________________________
e) (Pets/ have got) ________________________________ ?
________________________________________________
a) Are there any cell phones on the table? Yes, _________
________________________________________________
b) Are there any computers in the laboratory? Yes, ______
________________________________________________
c) Are there any clocks on the walls? No, ______________
________________________________________________
d) Is there a bin on the floor? No, ____________________
________________________________________________
e) Have you got any dogs? __________________________
________________________________________________
f) Are there any teachers in the classroom? Yes, ________
________________________________________________
g) Are there any lights on the ceiling? Yes, ____________
________________________________________________

Practice 5 Answer the following questions please (use any - some) (short answer).

Example: Are there any books on the table? Yes, there are some books on the table.

a) Are there any books on the floor? No, there aren’t any books on the floor.

b) Are there any boxes here? Yes, __________________ boxes here.

c) Are there any books on the table? Yes, __________________books on the table.

d) Are there any students in this room? Yes, __________________this room.

e) Have you got _________shoes on your feet? Yes, __________________shoes on my feet.

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 Practice 6 Look at the pictures and complete the following sentences.

Example: How many students are there in the classroom?

There are twenty students in the classroom.

a) How many apples are there on that table? __________________ apple in that table.

b) How many women are there in this picture? __________________women in this picture.

c) How many staplers have you got? __________________ staplers.

d) How many people are there sitting in this chair? There are __________________.

e) How many continents are there in the world? __________________ continents in the world.

Lesson 11 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS)

ACTION WE ARE DOING “NOW”

She is eating It is raining They are running

She isn't reading The sun isn't shining They aren't walking

Spelling:
1. Verbs that end in – e (make / write / drive, etc.): -e x ing
make making write writing

2. Verbs that end in – ie (die /lie / tie): -ie x -ying

lie lying die dying

3. For short, one-syllable verbs, that are monosyllable end in consonant + vowel + consonant,
we must double the last consonant and then add -ing:
run running swim swimming

Practice 1 Complete the sentences. Use Practice 2 What´s happening right now?
am/is/are + one of these verbs. Write true sentences.

building coming cooking playing

studying swimming standing writing a) (I / wash / my hair)________________________________

a) Listen! John ________________________ the piano. b) (it / rain)________________________________________

b) They _________________________a new hotel behind
c) (You / write / book)________________________________
my house.
d) (She / open / the window)__________________________
c) Look! They ___________________________in the river.

d) “You ___________________on my foot.” “Oh! I'm sorry.”

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 Practice 3 Ask the questions. (Read the Practice 4 Write positive or negative full answer.
answers to the questions first).

a) (you / watch / TV?) Are you watching TV? a) Are you watching TV?_____________
No, you can turn it off. b) Are you wearing a belt?_______________________
b) (the children / play?) _______________? No, they aren't. c) Is it raining?_________________________________
c) (what / you / do?)____________? I'm cooking my dinner. d) Are you eating anything? _____________________

Practice 5 Complete

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Tell me, what's the difference between the present progressive and the present simple, please.

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Practice 6 Complete the questions.

a) Are you speaking French? (now) No, ___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Are you speaking English? (now) Yes, __________________________________________________________

c) Do you speak Spanish? (generally) Yes, __________________________________________________________

d) Are you touching your chin? (now)_______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
e) Do you write any English? _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________

f) Is the teacher speaking English? (now) Yes, ______________________________________________________

g) Does she speak Portuguese? __________________________________________________________________

Practice 7 Conjugate the following verbs - (Short answers).

SPEAK TOUCH REMAIN

I ____________ I ____________ I ____________

YOU ____________ YOU ____________ YOU ____________
SHE ____________ SHE ____________ SHE ____________
HE ____________ HE ____________ HE ____________
IT ____________ IT ____________ IT ____________
WE ____________ WE ____________ WE ____________
THEY ____________ THEY ____________ THEY ____________

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 Practice 8 Write the interrogative forms of the following statements (short answers).

Example: I am coming from the door. Are you coming from the door?
BENCH

a) I remain in my house on Sundays. ___________________ in my house on Sundays?

b) She opens her shop on Mondays. ___________________Her shop on Mondays?
c) We study some subjects about history.___________________subjects about history?
Practice 2
d) You are sitting on a bench.____________________ on a bench?
e) She is asking me for my family.____________________ for your family?
h) He speaks Italian, Japanese, and Chinese. _____________________ Italian, japanese, and chinese?

Lesson 12

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION?

I I I
You You You CAN (have the ability to…)
He He He
she she She
It CAN It CANNOT CAN It ?
Example: Can you swim? Yes, I can swim.
We PODER We (CAN'T) We Can you speak Italian? No, I can't speak Italian
You You NO PODER You
They They They

Practice 1 Complete using Can or Can´t Practice 2 Answer the following questions.

a) The teacher doesn't have a marker. He ______________ a) Can you write without a pen? ________________________
write on the whiteboard. b) Can you see if the pencil is in my purse? _______________
b) The books are closed. Pupils ___________ read. c) Can you whistle? ________________________________
c) You ________ write without a pencil. d) Can you touch the ceiling? __________________________
d) You _________________see without opening your eyes. e) Do you like your house? ___________________________

Practice 3 Match and link with lines the ordinal numbers and the cardinal numbers.
First
Twelve
Thirteenth
Twenty-first ORDINAL
One-hundredth
One-thousand
Thirtieth
CARDINAL
Seventy
Eighty-second
Ninety-fourth

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Lesson 13

HAVE GOT (POSSESSION)

HAVEN'T GOT = HAVE NOT GOT

SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

POSITIVE
I HAVE GOT A CREDIT CARD
STATEMENT

NEGATIVE
I HAVEN'T GOT A CREDIT CARD
STATEMENT

VERB SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

QUESTION HAVE YOU GOT A CREDIT CARD?

Practice 1 Answer the following questions. Practice 2 Complete the following sentences. Use
the correct form of have got (have got/
haven´t got/has got/hasn´t got/have...
a) Have you got four feet?____________________________
got?/ has...got?).
b) Have you got a jacket? ____________________________
c) Has your teacher got a car? ________________________ a) Those two sisters _________ black hair.
b) My car ______________ two windows.
c) _____________ you __________ a house?
d) I _________________ two heads.
e) I ____________ a cell phone.
f) _________ your sister _________ a boyfriend?

Practice 3 Answer the following questions. Practice 4 Answer the following questions.
Using prefer. Using both.
a) Which do you prefer, a book or television? _____________ a) Are both your hands in your pockets? __________________
b) Which do you prefer, milk or soda? __________________ b) Are both Ecuador and Peru in South America?___________
c) Which does your partner prefer, soccer or tennis? _______ c) Are both your parents married? _______________________
_________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

Practice 5 Write the contractions of the verb “To have got” (short answers).

a) I have not got ________________________ got

b) You have not got ______________________got
c) He has not got ________________________got
d) She has not got _______________________ got
e) It has not got _________________________ got
f) We have not got _______________________ got
g) They have not got ______________________got

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 Practice 6 Complete the missing words in the Practice 7 Choose the CORRECT option.
following sentences, use the form
“To have not got” - (Do not use
contradictions in your answers). a) My bus (has got / have got / got has) two windows.

a) Have you got a pencil sharpener? No, _______________ b) Which (do / does / doing) she prefer, tea or coffee?

a pencil sharpener. c) She (prefer / prefers / preferring) tea with milk.

b) Has he got a flask? No, _______________ a flask. d) He is (walks / walk / walking) to the building.
c) Have you got two heads? No, _______________ two head,
e) What (do / does / doing) “navel” mean in Spanish?
but I’ve got only one head.
d) Has she got a football? No, _______________ A football,
but she’s got a basketball.

Lesson 14

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Is there anybody at home?
There is somebody at the door.
ANYBODY SOMEBODY NOBODY There is nobody at the door.
There isn't anybody at the door.

Questions? Affirmative Sentences Negative Sentences

Practice 1 Complete the sentences with Practice 2 Answer the following questions.
anybody, somebody and nobody.

a) There is ________________ in the kitchen.
b) _______________ is at the window.
c) There isn't __________________ in my house.
d) “What are you doing here?” “I'm waiting for _____________
_________________________________________________.” d) Is there anybody speaking to you right now?
e) Is there ______________ in this classroom?
f) I don't have _________________ to talk to.
a) Is there anybody waiting for you outside the school?
__________________________________________________
b) Is there anybody special in your life?
__________________________________________________
c) Is there anybody opening the door?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
e) Is there anybody sick in the classroom?
__________________________________________________

Practice 3 Answer the following questions. Sometimes you have got to use nobody.

Mike Megan
a) Whose tie is this? __________________________________________

b) Whose trousers are these? __________________________________

c) Whose cell phone is this?____________________________________

d) Whose earrings are these? __________________________________

e) Whose heels are those? ____________________________________

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 Practice 4 Answer the following questions. Practice 5 Answer the following questions.
Sometimes you have got to use nobody. Sometimes you have got to use
somebody.

a) Who is speaking Spanish in this room?________________ a) Is there (Somebody / who / anybody) under the table?

_________________________________________________ b) (Anybody / somebody / someone) is waiting for you.

b) Who is in your house now? _________________________ c) Are there (Any / anybody / somebody) students
_________________________________________________
in this classroom?
c) Who is speaking English in this room? We are all ________
d) Have you got (Some / anybody / somebody) to go to
_________________________________________________
d)Who is a pilot in this room? __________________________ the cinema tonight?
_________________________________________________ e) Who is waiting for me? (Some / anybody / nobody) is
waiting for me.

Practice 6 Complete the sentences using Possesive Statements.

a) I like _____________________________________. (watch / Joe)

b) When is __________________________________.? (birthday / your brother)
c) Do you like ________________________________.? (shoes / Ann)
d) What is ___________________________________.? (address / Alice)
e) Where is __________________________________.? (office / the manager)

Practice 7 Complete the sentences. The same...as lo mismo…que

a) Are your trousers the same colour as my trousers? No, my trousers _________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
b) Are your eyes the same colour as your hair? ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
c) Is the language of Ecuador the same as the language in Colombia?__________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
d) What do we call this?_______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
e) What's this?______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

Mr. Jackson’s del señor Jackson

This is the suit of Mr. Jackson or this is Mr. Jackson’s suit. We prefer to use
“Mr. Jackson’s suit” and not “the suit of Mr. Jackson.”

Practice 8 Choose the correct items.

a) These are (Peter’s / Ana’s / Carlos’ / Diana’s) heels.

b) This is (Peter’s / Ana’s / Carlos’ / Diana’s) t-shirt.
c) This is (Peter’s / Ana’s / Carlos’ / Diana’s) briefcase.
d) That is (Peter’s / Ana’s / Carlos’ / Diana’s) dress.
e) Are those (Peter’s / Ana’s / Carlos’ / Diana’s) trainers?
Peter Ana Carlos Diana

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 Practice 9 Choose the correct answer. Practice 10 Choose the correct answer.

a) (Anybody / somebody/ someone) is waiting for you. a) Are you in a different school ______ your friends here?
b) Are there (any / anybody/ somebody) students in this No, I’m not in a ___________ school ______ my friends here,
classroom? but I am in the ______ school ______ my friends here in this
c) Have you got (some / anybody / somebody) to go to the room.
cinema tonight? b) Are the Russians the same as the Ecuadorians?
d) Who is waiting for me? (some / anybody / nobody) is No, the Russians aren’t the same as the Ecuadorians, but they
waiting for me. ______________________ the Ecuadorians.

Practice 11 Complete the paragraph, please! (use: as, different, the same, from).

a) Are you the same _____ your mother?

No, I’m not the same as my mother, but I’m ________________her.
b) Are you in a different university ___________ your friends here?
No, I’m not in a ___________ university from my friends here, but I am in the ______________ university
__________my friends here in this room.
c) Are the Americans the same as the Ecuadorians?
No, the Americans aren’t the same as the Ecuadorians, but they ____________________ the Ecuadorians.

Lesson 15
Practice 1 Answer the following question. Practice 2 Answer the following questions using
Give full answer. Can Not/ Can´t

a) What do we call the thing we sleep on? __________
______________________________________________
b) What do we call the thing we use to communicate with
other people?_________________________________
c) What do we call the thing we wear to protect our eyes
from the sun? _________________________________
_____________________________________________
a) Can you send an E-mail? _____________________
b) Can you speak Greek? _______________________
c) Can you drive? _____________________________
d) Can you play the guitar? ______________________
e) Can you speak any English? __________________
f) Can you ride a bicycle? _______________________

Practice 3 Answer the following question.
Give full answer.
a) Can you sleep on your stomach? __________________
________________________________________________
b) Can you snap your fingers? _______________________
________________________________________________
c) Can you whistle? _______________________________
________________________________________________
d) Can you run without shoes? ______________________
_______________________________________________
e) Can you explain the P.Progressive? _______________
_______________________________________________
Practice 4 Answer the following questions.
a) How much is a quarter of twenty? ___________________
_________________________________________________
b) How much is a quarter of a hundred?_________________
_________________________________________________
c) What's a quarter of eighteen? ______________________
_________________________________________________
d) Are you learning Italian? __________________________
_________________________________________________
e) Is it easy for you to cook lasagna? ___________________
________________________________________________
f) What's hanging on the wall in the corridor? ____________
________________________________________________

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 Practice 5 Work in pairs or groups of 3 and ask your partners the following
questions. Write their answers in this chart.

QUESTION PERSON 1 PERSON 2 YOU

Is English difficult for you? Single soltero.

Which do you prefer, English
or French?
Married casado
How do you come to your English Newlyweds recién casados
classes?
Are you left-handed or right-handed?
a) Is Mr. Jones single? No,____________________________
Are you married or single?
b) Have you got a husband? ___________________________
Have you got a husband (wife)?
c) Are you single? __________________________________
Have you got children?
d) What's your mother's husband's name? ________________

Practice 6 Choose the correct answer.

a) What am I doing? You are (sitting down/ standing up / up and down).

A B C

b) What’s He doing? He’s (sitting down/ standing up / up and down).

A B C
c) What’s my right hand doing? My right hand is moving (up and down / standing up / sitting down)
A B C

Practice 7 Mark the correct letter, please!

A B C D E
a) We use these when we are sick. ________________ d) We wear this on our heads. ________________
b) We can’t play football with this part of the body. _________ e) We can’t play basketball with this part of
c) We put this on our back pockets. ________________ the body. ________________

Practice 8 Complete the conversation between two friends.

Example:
Megan: Hi Josh, one question.
Josh: …..G…….
MEGAN: About how many hospitals are there in this city? A I can help you with that my friend.

JOSH: _____________________ B Do you know how to cook?

MEGAN: Really? I can’t go to any of them. I don’t know the address. C you are welcome.
JOSH: ____________________ D There are about ten of those.
MEGAN: You are a star! Go on then.
E Have you got a pen?
JOSH: ____________________
F It’s alright then, it’s 44th street and
MEGAN: No, I haven’t got it, but I’ve got my cellphone.
G Sunny lake avenue.
JOSH: ____________________
MEGAN: Thank you so much Josh. H Sure, tell me.

JOSH: ____________________ I Somebody can play the piano.

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 Practice 2 Answer the following questions.
Lesson 16
Kind tipo/clase Pick up camioneta
Practice 1 Answer the following questions.
What kind of book is this? It's an English book

a) Are both your feet on the desk? _____________________
_________________________________________________
b) Are both your hands on the desk? __________________
_________________________________________________
c) What kind of music do you prefer? ___________________
_________________________________________________
d) What kind of sport do you prefer? __________________
_________________________________________________
a) What kind of car is this? ____________________________
b) What kind of pen is this? ____________________________
c) What kind of animal is this? __________________________
d) What kind of movies do you like? _____________________
__________________________________________________
e) What's the contrary (opposite) of “without?” _____________
__________________________________________________

Practice 3 Write the correct answer, please! (short answers).

a) Is Loja in the north of Esmeraldas?

No, Loja ______ in the north of Esmeraldas, but it’s in the ______ of Esmeraldas.
b) Is Galapagos in the north or south of Ecuador?
No, Galapagos is ______ north ______ south, but It’s ______ of Ecuador.
c) Is Pastaza in the west of Ecuador?
No, Pastaza isn’t in the north of Ecuador, but it’s in the ______ of Ecuador.
d) Is Orellana in the north or south of Ecuador?
No, Orellana is ______ north ______ south, but It’s ______ of Ecuador.

Practice 4 Mark the correct letter, please!. What kind of car is this?

A (Pickup, automobile, suv, sport car, truck, van)

B (Pickup, automobile, suv, sport car, truck, van)
A B C
C (Pickup, automobile, suv, sport car, truck, van)
D (Pickup, automobile, suv, sport car, truck, van)
E (Pickup, automobile, suv, sport car, truck, van)
D E F

Practice 5 Write the correct answer, please!.
Can you sing without a microphone?
Yes, I ________________________ a microphone.
Can you cook without salt or sugar?
Yes, I _______________________ salt or sugar.
Can you read without your eyes?
No, I ________________________ my eyes.
Can you play football without a ball?
No, I ________________________ without a ball.
Can you take a shower without water?
No, I ________________________ (without) water.
Practice 6 Read the following lines about
prepositions and interrogative
pronouns. Choose the best word
for each place.
The words “what, which, where, who etc.” are (prepositions /
interrogative pronouns / modals).
(An / Some / a) example of (preposition / interrogative pronoun /
modal) is (What / in / can).
With an interrogative pronoun the preposition generally (coming,
comes, come) last in the (word / sentence /
paragraph) , for example. We say “What do we write (with / why /
too)?”; (What / When / Who) are you
writing (of / either / to)?”; What are you speaking (from / neither /
about)?; (Who / Where / Why) is she from?
Where am I taking the book (of / with / from)?

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Lesson 17

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

PEOPLE THINGS

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Somebody Anybody Something Anything

Nobody Nothing

Practice 1 Answer the following questions. Practice 2 Write these sentences again with
anybody (oranyone) and anything.
a) Are all the people in this classroom married? ___________
_________________________________________________
b) Are all the hotels in Guayaquil five stars? _____________
_________________________________________________
c) What´s your address? _____________________________ a) There is nothing to eat at home. _________________.
d) Have you got any pets? ___________________________ b) I have nothing to read today. _________________.
e) What's the difference between a noun and a verb? c) There is nobody at home. _________________.
Give examples. ____________________________________
d) There is nothing to drink. _________________.
f) Can you talk during the exam? ______________________
e) There is no one at the theatre. _________________.
g) Is the word “translate” a verb or a noun? ______________
_________________________________________________
Practice 3 Complete the sentences with nobody Practice 4 Write these sentences again with
(no one), nothing, anybody (anyone), nobody (or no one) and nothing.
anything, somebody (someone), (Check class 14).
something.

a) ________________________ is perfect.
b) I don't know ________________________.
c) There is ___________________________ in that room.
d) There isn't ________________________ in that room.
e) I have _____________________ on my back. Can you
see what it is?
f) Do you know __________________________ about
Tennis?
g) “What´s in that bag?” “__________________, it is
empty.”
h) I don't know ___________________ about airplanes.
i) “Why are you crying?”“I have_____________________ in
my eye.”
j) I´m bored! There is _____________________ to do in
this place!.
k) I have to do ______________________ very important
tonight.
a) There isn't anything in the bag. There is nothing in the bag.
b) There isn't anybody in the office. _____________________.
c) There isn't anything on TV tonight. ____________________.
d) There isn't anybody in the mall. ______________________.
e) I don't have anything ______________________________.
Practice 5 Read the descriptions of some words,
please! What is the word for each one?
The first letter is there for you.
EXAMPLE: You wear this on your head. HAT
a) People use this when smoking. A___________
b) We put here water, tea, or coffee. F___________
d) We use this part of the body to smell. N___________
e) We break this to put its content in a syringe. A___________

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 Practice 6 Complete the mail. Write one word for each place.

My name’s Kevin and I come _______ Ecuador. I enjoy writing mails _______ my
friends on this website, so now I can tell _______ about Charles, my _______
friend.He’s 19 and he enjoys playing games _______ me all afternoon. Our favourite
one is “Zombies vs Heroes”. I’ve got two game controllers because of that, so he’s got
_______ and I’ve got _______.John is also a very _______ friend, but I think there is
_______ like Charles when it comes to playing games.

Practice 7 Answer the following questions.

a) Are all the students in this place married?

No, ___________________in this place are married but ______are married and some are single.

b) Are all the buses in Gye “blue”?

No, ___________________ in Guayaquil are blue.

c) Does all your family live in Ecuador?

No, ___________________ live in Ecuador, but some live in Ecuador ______ some live out of Ecuador.

d) Is there anything under your bed?

No, ___________________ under my bed.

Fridge
e) Is there anything to drink in the fridge? Refrigerador
Yes, there is ___________________ to drink in the fridge.

Lesson 18

Practice 1 Answer the following questions.

a) What are you wearing on your feet? ______________________________________________

b) What are you wearing on your head? ______________________________________________
c) What are you wearing today? ____________________________________________________
d) What's this?________________________________________
e) What part of the book is this? _________________________
___________________________________________________
f) What part of the book is this? __________________________
____________________________________________________
Front
g) Are my ears on the back of my head? ___________________ Back
____________________________________________________ Top
h) Are you sitting on my left hand side or my right hand side? Side
Bottom
___________________________________________________

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 Practice 2 Answer the following questions.
Use many and / or few.

a) Are there many people in your family? _____________________________________

b) Are there few people in China? ___________________________________________
c) Are there many people in this room? _______________________________________
d) Are there few good restaurants in Guayaquil? _______________________________
e) Are there many cars in this city? __________________________________________
f) Are there few cars in Guayaquil? ___________________________________________
g) Are there many taxis in Guayaquil? ________________________________________

For example: I'm putting my pen into my pocket. Now. My pen is in my pocket.

INTO dentro de, en

We use “into” for a thing that moves from one place to another
and in for a thing that remains in one place.

Practice 3 Read the following lines about “into” and “in”. (multichoice)
Choose the best word for each place.

The difference (about / between / under) “into” (on / and / but) “in” is
(that / these /those), we use “into” for a thing that (move / moves /
moving) from one place (into / on / in) another,and “in” for a thing that
(remain / remaining / remains) in one place. For example, “I am (COME
/ COMING /COMES) into the toilet” where am I now? You are (INTO /
ON / IN) the toilet now.

Lesson 19 LIKE como DIFFERENT…FROM diferente…de

Practice 1 Answer the following questions.

a) Do you look like your father? ______________________________________________

b) Is this book like that book? _______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
c) Are you like your father or your mother? _____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
d) Is the back of your hand like the front of your hand? ___________________________
________________________________________________________________________

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 Practice 2 Answer the following questions.

FAMILY MEMBERS Parents Relatives Uncle Aunt Son Daughter Brother Sister

Parents are the mother and the father, and relatives are all the other
people in the family.

a) About how many cousins have you got? __________________________________

b) About how many aunts have you got? ____________________________________

Practice 3 Answer the following questions. When we ask a question in English we use the word
“why”, and when we answer the question we use the
word “because”

WHY ¿por qué? BECAUSE porque

Why do you study English? ____________________________________________

Can you teach me German? No, I can’t teach you German.

Why not? Because I'm not a German teacher

Can you touch the ceiling? No, ________________________________________

Why not? Because the ceiling is too high for me to touch.

Can you speak Spanish? ______________________________________________

Why?______________________________________________________________?

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