Support material / Material de apoyo

Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

Presentation / Presentación

A. Personal information / Información personal

To ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para
preguntar y dar información personal, usted debe tener en cuenta:
1. Greetings. / Saludos. Good morning
2. The place of origin. / Lugar de origen. : I m froom cucaita
3. Age. / Edad.: I have 17 years
4. The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser – estar.
5. Vocabulary related to the context. / Vocabulario acorde al contexto.

Remember the following questions and answers: / Recuerde las siguientes

preguntas y respuestas:
a. What’s your name? – My name is ___andres felipe_____.
b. How old are you? – I am ____17____ years old.
c. Where are you from? – I am from __cucaita________
B. There is – there are

There is / there are is a grammatical structure used to express that someone or

something exists. / Esta estructura se utiliza para expresar la existencia de
alguien o algo.

There is indicates the existence of someone or something in singular form; it

refers to only one person or object. / There is indica la existencia de algo o
alguien en singular, es decir de un solo objeto o persona.

There are indicates the existence of someone or something in plural form. It

refers to two or more people or objects. / There are indica la existencia de
alguien o algo en plural, es decir dos o más objetos o personas.
 Practice / Práctica

Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. /
Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego compárelos con la hoja de respuestas
sugerida.
A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada
país.
Example / Ejemplo:
Canada - Canadian

1. Australia australian

2. Chile chileno

3. Colombia colombians

4. Costa Rica Costa riquense

5. Cuba cubenses

6. Egypt egyptian

7. England england

8. France french

9. Germany germans

10. Italy Italians

11. Japan japanese

12. Mexico mexicans

13. Nigeria nigerian

14. Peru peruvian

15. Spain spanish

16. Venezuela Venezuelans

B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.
Example / Ejemplo:
35  Thirty-five

1. 5 One five

2. 24 Two twenty four

3. 17 Three seventeen

4. 75 Four seventy five

5. 20 Five twenty

6. 9 Six nine

7. 84 Seven eighty four

8. 28 Eight twenty eight

9. 66 Nine sixty six

10. 92 Ten ninety two

11. 19 Eleven nineteen

12. 100 Twelve hundred

13. 88 Thirteen eighty eighty

14. 109 Fourteen hundred nine

15. 52 Fifteen fifty two

16. 6 Sixteen six

C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estar

Complete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are.
Example / Ejemplo:

I am a student.
1. They are in the park.

2. We are doctors.

3. It is a beautiful house.

4. She are a model

5. Carlos is my husband.

6. He are in Medellin.

7. Lorena and I am in the cafeteria.

8. The cat is on the sofa.

9. Flowers are very expensive.

10. The computer are in the living room.

11. You Is an excellent musician.

12. Martha are on the phone.

13. What is your name?

14. Where are you from?

15. Where Are the eraser?

D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the
sentences. / Mire las imágenes y escriba there is o there are para
completar las oraciones.

_______________dining
table____ three apples on the
1 table.
2 ____i am writing
with_______________ a
pencil on the floor.

3 ___guarding the
cars________________ two
cars in the garage.

4 ________the tacher
is___________ five students
in the classroom.

5 _the__________________ a
computer on the desk.
6 ________keep in
the___________ a pencil
case in my bag.

7 _____the
door______________ two
pictures on the wall.

8 _______couch____________
a clock on the wall.
 9 ________keep my
books___________ many
books in the big library.

10 _______the books
is____________ a magazine
on the table.

Fuente de imágenes: SENA

E. Match the question with the corresponding answer. / Relacione la pregunta

con la respuesta correcta.
Example: / Ejemplo:
Good morning. How are you doing? I am doing fine, thank you.

1. Where is he from? __a_ a. You too!

2. Hi, how is it going? f_
3. Who is he? ___e
4. How old are you? _b__
5. How are you? _c__
6. Where is Teresa? __d_
7. How old is it? __h_
b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!
c. I’m fine, thank you.
d. He is from Mexico.
e. My name is Charlie.
f. Rossana.
g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! _i__ h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? h___ i. I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? _g__ j. She is in the office today.

F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.

1. M _on_ __ day
2. T_u_ e _s_ day
3. Wed _ne_ __ sday
4. T__hu __ rsday
5. Fr__i d __ay __
6. Sa __ tur__ __ day
7. S__ un__ da _y_

Production / Producción

A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about

yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentación en la cual usted comparta su
información personal.

Fuente: SENA

B. Cut and paste and image of a bedroom. Use there is or there are to name
of the objects that are found in the bedroom. / Corte y pegue una imagen de
una habitación. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos
encontrados en la habitación.
 Fuente: SENA

Example / Ejemplo:
In the bedroom there is a bed.
In the bedroom there are flowers.

Document control / Control del documento

 Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Dirección de

Ricardo Aristizábal July
Author Asesor English Dot formación
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingüismo Dirección General

Copy editor – Línea Centro

Adaptation Rachman August
de producción Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martínez 2014
Regional Quindío