Introducing myself

Hello!
What is your name?
My name is Brad.
How old are you?
I am 15 years old.
Are you studying?
I am studying psycology.
Where are you from?
I am from California.
Where you live?
I live in Los Angeles, California.
What is your phone number?
My telephone number is 206-3175.
What is you nationality?
I am American.
Well, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Activity 1: Answer the next questions about yourself.

1. Hello! What’s your name?

My name is ________________.
2. How old are you?
I am __________ years old.
3. Where are you from?
I am from __________________.
4. Where do you live?
I live in ____________________.
5. What’s your telephone number?
It’s _______________________.
6. What’s your nationality?
I am ______________________.

Activity 2. Spell your name

PERSONAL PRONOUNS: Used to replace the name of people, things and animals.
SINGULAR PLURAL
I Yo We Nosotros
You Tú You Ustedes
He Él They Ellos
She Ella
It Ello (Para hablar de cosa, animal o lugar.)

Examples:
Who are you? Who is he?
I am David. He is John.
Who is she? Who is it?
She is Mary. He is Paul / She is Rosy.
Adjetives: Qualifies the properties of the noun ( color, shapes, material, nationalities, sizes,
etc.)

ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS

Answer Contestar Lesson Lección

Attractive Atractivo Long Largo
Big Grande Name Nombre
Busy Ocupado (a) New Nuevo
Class Clase Number Número
Dialog Diálogo Page Página
Easy Fácil Pencil Lápiz
Efficient Eficiente Pretty Bonito (a)
Exercise Ejercicio Question Pregunta
Friendly Amigable Right Correcto,
Good looking Bien parecido Derecho (a)
Happy Feliz Secretary Secretaria
Hard Difícil Sentence Oración
Homework Tarea Short Corto
 Intelligent Inteligente Well Bien
Activity 3
Example: Easy……Lesson
The lesson is easy
It is an easy lesson.
Book….New
The ________________________
It is _________________________
Exercise….Long
The ________________________
It is _________________________
Answer….Right
The ________________________
It is _________________________
Pencil…..Red
The ________________________
It is _________________________
MOST FREQUENTLY QUESTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM

What’s the meaning of…? ¿Cuál es el significado de…?

How do you say in English…?
Can you repeat, please?
How do you pronounce that word?
Excuse me, may I go to the bathroom?
May I come in?
May I go out?
Can you help me?
¿Cómo se dice en Inglés…?
¿Puede repetir, por favor?
¿Cómo se pronuncia esa palabra?
Disculpe, ¿Puedo ir al baño?
¿Puedo entrar?
¿Puedo salir?
¿Puede ayudarme?
Activity 4. Fill in the blanks by using the verb to be (am, is or are).
Activity 5. Use A or An according to the words below

Activity 6. Use have or has according to the sentence below.

1. Anny ______ a backpack.
2. We ______ a big classroom.
3. My dog _____ fleas.
4. My parents ______ 2 children.
5. I ______ a lot of friends.
 OCCUPATIONS

Pilot Piloto Butcher Carnicero

Engineer Ingeniero Painter Pintor
Architect Arquitecto Plumber Plomero
Housewife Ama de casa Hairdresser Estilista
Waiter Mesero Reporter Reporter
Model Modelo Cop (policeman) Policía
Accountant Contador Farmer Granjero
Taxi driver Taxista Singer Cantante
Instructions: unscramble the words to make questions.
Example: a good doctor / is / ? / Frank

Is Frank a good doctor?

1. the secretary / is / efficient/ ?

____________________________________________________________
2. are / ? / in the classroom / the students
____________________________________________________________
3. an architect / your father / is / ?
____________________________________________________________
4. Is / this / a / notebook / ?
____________________________________________________________
5. you / hungry / ? / are
____________________________________________________________
6. Michael / a good engineer / is / ?
____________________________________________________________
7. ? / my friend / are / you
____________________________________________________________
8. are / ? / pretty girls / Katy and Elaine
____________________________________________________________
 FORMATION OF PLURAL
 Words ending in –ch, -ss, -o, -sh, -x, add –es
watch – watches, fox – foxes, tomato – tomatoes, compass – compasses

 Words ending in Y, change the letter Y into ies

family – families, library – libraries, lady – ladies.

 Words ending in F or Fe, change into ves

wife – wives. Knife – knives, life – lives, wolf – wolves.

 Words ending in Y, after a vowel, add –s

toy – toys, key – keys, boy – boys

 Some words do not suffer any change:

fish – fish deer – deer sheep – sheep (only in singular)
Series trousers glasses (only in plural)

 Irregular plurals:
man – men, child – children, foot – feet, mouse – mice, woman – women.
 INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

Who Who is he? He is peter.

What What’s your name? It’s Mary Jane.
Where Where are you from? I’m from Mexico.
When When is your birthday? It’s in September.
Which Which is your favorite singer, Shakira or Beyonce?
Why How are you? Fine, thank you.
Whose Whose book is this? It’s from Kelly.

Activity 1: Use the correct interrogative pronoun to complete.

1. _________’s this?
It’s a pencil.
2. _________ is the party?
It’s on June 25th
3. _________ is my cell phone?
It’s on the bed.
4. _________ do you feel?
I’m well, very well.
5. _________ red car is that?
It’s my father’s car.

Activity 2: Write three more questions.

1. _____________________________________________?
2. _____________________________________________?
3. _____________________________________________?
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES:
They’re used to indicate possession.
Examples:
1. This is my backpack.
2. Is that your house?
3. Our parents are in Mexico city.
4. She is my sister. Her name is Lucy.
5. Luis is a doctor. His father is a doctor too.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

My – Mi, Mis
Your – Tu, Tus
His – Su de él
Her – Su de ella
Its – Su (para cosa, lugar o animal)
Our – Nuestro, de nosotros
Their – Su de ellos (as)

Exercises: change the next tenses into English.

Example: Su casa es verde (de Él)
His house is green.
1. Nuestro salon es grande.
_____________________________________________________
2. Sus padres son americanos. (de ellos)
_____________________________________________________
3. Su mama es Silvia. (de ella)
_____________________________________________________
4. Éste es tu lápiz.
_____________________________________________________
5. Mi perro es “Bart”
_____________________________________________________
 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Time prepositions are used to talk about when an event takes place. They’re used
with nouns and pronouns and they usually come before them.

PREP USE EXAMPLES

.

1. I study in the morning.

For a period of time 2. School starts in September.
IN (months, years, seasons) 3. America was discovered in 1492.
4. I always go to Cancun in the
summer.

1. My birthday is on July 1st.

2. I see you on Monday.
ON For days and dates 3. I love being on vacations.
4. I usually watch TV on weekends.

1. The movie is at 2:00 o’clock.

2. I meet you at lunch time
AT For a specific time 3. The party is at night.
4. At first time.

Activity: Fill in the blanks

1. I always go to school _____ the afternoons.
2. The conference about global warming is _____ Friday afternoon.
3. The movie starts _____ 4:00 p.m.
4. American people celebrate thanks giving day _____ November.
 5. My father comes back home _____ 9:00 p.m. everyday.
6. _____ the winter, cold is extremely hard in England.

VERB TO BE IN NEGATIVE FORM

FORMULA:
SUBJECT + AM, IS, ARE + NOT + COMPLEMENT.

Examples:
FULL FORM CONTRACTIONS

is not – isn’t / are not – aren’t

I am not a student. I’m not a student.

You are not British. You aren’t British.

He is not a doctor. He is not a doctor.

She is not my sister. She is not my sister.

It is not an apple. It is not an apple.

We are not American. We aren’t American.

They are not in the park. They aren’t in the park.

Examples:
1. Is it a car? 2. Are you a doctor? 3. Is Lucy Canadian?
No, it isn’t No, I’m not. No, She isn’t.

Activity 1: circle the correct answer according to the sentences.

1. Is Michael Jordan a singer?
No, it isn’t. / No, He isn’t.
2. Are you Brazilian?
No, I’m not. / No, you aren’t.
 3. Are your parents American?
No, They isn’t. / No, they aren’t.
4. Is Ricky Martin an actor?
No, He aren’t. / No, He isn’t.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
They’re used to replace the names of things, animals or people we are
referring to.

Examples
1. This is a notebook. It’s mine.
2. This is my house. That is yours.
3. Their relatives are in Mexico City. Ours are in Villahermosa.
4. My name is Stephen. Hers is Annie.
5. Her father is a doctor. His is a doctor too.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Mine – el mio, los mios, la mia, las mias.

Yours – el tuyo, los tuyos, la tuya, las tuyas.
His – el suyo, los suyos, la suya, las suyas (de él)
Hers - el suyo, los suyos, la suya, las suyas (de ella)
Its - el suyo, los suyos, la suya, las suyas (de ello)
Ours – lo nuestro, los nuestros, la nuestra, las nuestras.
Yours – el, los, la, las (suyo de ustedes)
Theirs – el, lo9s, la, las (suyo de ellos)

Exercises: Write 3 examples by using possessive pronouns.

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________
 VERBS
A verb is an action.

To dance ----------------Bailar To write ---------------------Escribir

To sing -------------------Cantar To like -----------------------Gustar
To work ------------------Trabajar To do ------------------------Hacer
To go ---------------------Ir To live -----------------------Vivir
To study ----------------Estudiar To play ---------------------Jugar

Examples:
1. I dance salsa music. 4. Elephants live in Africa.
2. You sing very well. 5. My brother and I go to school.
3. We study English. 6. Your parents work all day.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: Is when we talk about activities we do every day,

facts and generalities.

FORMULA TO MAKE SENTENCES IN AFFIRMATIVE FORM

AFFIRMATIVE SIMPLE PRESENT

Verb in
I, You, + Complement.
We, They
+ Simple

present

Exercises: Write 4 sentences by using simple present in affirmative form.

1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________
 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IN 3RD PERSONS: HE, SHE, IT.

To talk about simple present by using He, She, It, we have to change verbs
according to their endings.

ENDINGS CHANGES
EXAMPLES
(TERMINACIONES) (CAMBIOS)
He washes his car.
S, ch, sh, o, x, ss, -es Lucy teaches French.

“Y” after a consonant Y by ies Harry studies everyday.

B,C,D,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,…… My father flies to new
York city every year.

Charlie plays soccer.

“Y” after a vowel s My mother says that I’m
A,E,I,O,U smart.

The cheetah runs very

Rest of verbs s fast.
Julia lives in Canada.

Activity 1: Conjugate the next verbs into third persons.

Example:
Run he runs in the park
Stay she_________________________
Eat he__________________________
Have it __________________________
Go he__________________________
Try she_________________________

Exercises: Write 4 sentences by using simple present in 3 rd person (He, She

or It).
1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________