Elementary A1

Unit 1
Personal information

Learning objectives

 Asking for general personal information (name, job, e-mail address, where he/she
lives/works)
 Giving general personal information about himself/herself and other people
 Handling survival classroom situations
 Saying vowels a, o, u and some consonants

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Class activities 1.1
Functional phrases

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Survival class expressions

What's the meaning of…?

How do you say …?
How do you spell …?
How do you pronounce that word?
I don't understand that.
Could you repeat that?
Could you say that again?
Could you speak a bit more slowly?
Could you play it again? (the recording)
May I …?

Saying hello
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
How are you? Fine.
How are you doing? Good.
Not bad.
Great.
Terrible

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Vocabulary

Jobs and positions

Financial Director
General Director
Office assistant
Human Resources manager
Marketing manager
IT technician
Travel agent
Receptionist
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Countries and nationalities

England - English
France - French
Italy - Italian
Spain - Spanish
Russia - Russian
China - Chinese
Japan – Japanese
Mexico – Mexican
Argentina – Argentinean
Brazil – Brazilian
Observe: You write nationalities with capital letters in English

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Pronunciation

Vowels
a /e ɪ/ o /ou / u /ɪu/
Consonants
f /ef/ l /el/ m /em/ n /en/ s /es/ x /ex/

I. Spell these words.

Sam fun fan on US am

Grammar

I’m Brad Miller.

Are you here on business?
Yes, I am.
Where are you from?
I’m from the US.
I work for Watson & Marks.
I’m a sales manager.
I’m an engineer.
That lady is my wife. She’s a sales manager too.

The verb to be in English means “ser” and “estar” in Spanish. Its singular forms are:

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I am (I’m) I am not (I’m not) Am I …?
You are (You’re) You are not (aren’t) Are you…?
He is (He’s) He is not (isn’t) Is he…?
She is (She’s) She is not (isn’t) Is she…?
It is (It’s) It is not (isn’t) Is it…?

Observe:
a sales manager
a marketing manager
a receptionist
an engineer
an IT technician
an office assistant

If a word begins with a consonant sound, we use article “a”. When it begins with a vowel sound,
we use “an”.

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Extra class activities 1.1
I. Complete this conversation. Then read it out loud.

Tony: Hello. ______ Tony Gómez, ________ Colombia.

Margaret: Nice to _______ you. ______ Margaret Thompson.
Tony: _______ you British?
Margaret: No, Canadian.
Tony: Where do you _______?
Margaret: At Lawson & Karl. What’s _____ job?
Tony: I’m _____ IT engineer. What about ______?
Margaret: I’m _____ marketing manager.

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Class activities 1.2
Grammar

My wife and I are on vacation.

Are you at home?
Yes, we are.
My children are not on vacation. They’re at school.
Are your children at school?
No, they aren’t.

Observe the plural forms of the verb to be.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

We are (We’re) We are not (aren’t) Are we…?
You are (You’re) You are not (aren’t) Are you…?
They are (They’re) They are not (aren’t) Are they…?

Observe: the plural of child is children

I. Identify these famous people and say: their names, nationality, and profession.

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Speaking

II. Role play the following. Then exchange roles. Then report what your partner
said.

Students A are Human Resources managers.

Students B are people applying for a job.

Students A ask:

 Name
 Nationality
 Present job
 Area of the city they live in
 E-mail address

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Extra class activities 1.2
I. Complete the following dialogue Then read it out loud.

Marco: Hi, Laura. How are you?

Laura: Not bad. You?
Marco: Very good. My brother and I _____ at home. _____ on vacation.
Laura: That’s great. My children ______ on vacation too; but I___ not.
Marco: ____ they with you?
Laura: No, they ______; they’re with my mother.

II. Order these sentences.

1. you - the company - your manager – and - in - are - ?

2. at home - are - my children - with my wife

3. and - are - from - your brother - where – you - ?

4. Mexico City - now - not - they – in - are

5. live - do - where - Mary and Frank - ?

6. Italian - aren’t - Bill and I

III. Write your personal details (name, nationality, job, e-mail, where you live and
where you work)

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