SEMANA 3: WE ARE FRIENDS!

This is a picture of my friends Manuel and Angela with me (Michele). We are in London
having vacations. Manuel is from Lima, Peru and Angela is from Miraflores. They’re
married. Manuel is a businessman. His office is in the centre of Lima and Angela is a
nurse. Her hospital in the south of Lima. We’re very good friends but we aren’t relatives.
Their house is very big and I love going to Lima to spend time with them.

They are Manuel and Angela. We are very good friends.

Their house is very bid. Our time together is excellent.

What are their names? Their names are Manuel and Angela. They’re = They are
Are they from Florida? No, they aren’t. We’re = We are
Where are they from? They are from Peru.
Where is their house? Their house is in Lima. Negatives
Are we relatives? No, we aren’t. We are friends. They aren’t = They are not
Is our time good? Yes, it is. Our time is excellent. We aren’t = We are not

Questions
Are they….?
Are we….?
Wh.. are they…?
Presentation (SL P 2) Wh… are we…?
Lane Anderson is a reporter at BNJK-TV in Miami. Her sister Maggie is arriving from New
York. She is a student in New York but she is on vacations. Maggie is visiting her sister
in Miami. Lane and her friend Ken are at the train station. They’re waiting for Maggie.

Lane: Excuse me. What time is the train from New York?
Clerk: It’s at seven- thirty five p.m., and it’s on time today.
Lane: Thank you.
*
Lane: Ken, What time is it?
Ken: I don’t know. Wait a minute.
*
Ken: Excuse me. Do you know what time it is?
Man: I’m sorry. I don’t have a watch.
*
Ken: Excuse me. Can you tell me the time?
Woman: Yes, It’s seven-thirty.
Ken: Thank you.
*
Ken: It’s seven thirty, Lane.
Is that the train?
Lane: Yes, It’s arriving now.
Look at my sister with yellow dress and long black hair.
*
Lane: Maggie, Welcome to Miami.
Maggie: Hi, Lane.
Lane: How are you?
Maggie: Fine, but I’m tired.
Lane: Maggie, this is my friend Ken. Ken, this is Maggie.
Ken: Nice to meet you Maggie.
Maggie: Nice to meet you too, Ken.

p.m. a.m.
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. It’s one thirty or It’s half past one.

It’s six fifteen or It’s fifteen minutes past six. It’s eight forty-five or It’s a quarter to
nine.

It’s three ten or It’s ten past three. It’s ten thirty five or It’s twenty five to
eleven.

GRAMMAR CHECK
Asking for and giving the time

Question Answer
Excuse me. Can you tell me the time? Yes, It’s two twenty.
Excuse me. Do you know what time it is? I’m sorry. I don’t have a watch.
Excuse me. What time is it? It’s half past five.
What time is it? It’s one o’clock.

What time is the party? It’s at eight thirty.

Useful words: early, on time, late, watch, clock, sunrise, noon, sunset, midnight.(p5)

At the cafeteria (Presentation)

Read the prices

$1.00 one dollar / a dollar $10.75 ten dollars and seventy-five cents / ten
seventy-five
$5.00 five dollars $7.50 seven dollars and fifty cents / seven fifty
$70c seventy cents

Brown’s café
Menu

Hamburger and fries $ 4.75

Grilled chicken sandwich $ 3.90
Bacon, lettuce and tomato
Sandwich $ 4.25
Tuna salad sandwich $ 3.50

Brownie $ 1.75
Chocolate cookie $ 1.60

Coffee $ 1.00
Tea $ 1.00
Orange juice $ 1.50
Water $ 1.25

How much is a hamburger and fries? Four and seventy-five.

How much is a hamburger and fries and an orange juice? Six twenty-five