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Class 1: Getting to know each other

Grammar Verb To Be - Present Tense // Prepositions of Place In/On/At

Topic: Verb to Be – Present Tense

Different Uses of Be: (ser/estar)

- Introducing People/Jobs:
I’m Javi and this is my coworker Daniel. I’m a front end developer and he is our project
manager. We are at the office now.
- Age:
She is Martha, UX designer. She is 35 years old and I am 40 years old.
- Nationality:
I am from Argentina but my team leader is from Peru. We are a multicultural team!
- Feelings:
I’m nervous about our deadline. The team is tired of this project.
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- Color:
This font in our webpage is bright yellow. The User Experience is not friendly with that
color.
- Prices:
This new computer is USD500 but I need it to code faster.
- Weather:
It’s sunny outside today! Finally summer is here.
- Time:
What time is it?

It’s twenty to two o’clock / It’s 01:40 PM

- Descriptions:
This project is hard and heavy, but our team is hard worker and capable of everything!
My coworkers are nice and helpful.

Grammar

Verb to Be - Grammar

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

subject + verb to be + subject + verb to be + verb to be + subject +

rest not + rest rest + ?

I am a backend I am not a backend Am I a backend

developer developer developer?

You are a frontend You are not a frontend Are you a frontend
developer developer developer?

He is a project He is not a project Is he a project

manager manager manager?
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She is a Scrum Master She is not a Scrum Is she a Scrum Master?

Master
It is our project Is it our project?
It is not our project
We are a team Are we a team?
We are not a team
You are UX designers Are you UX designers?
You are not UX
They are DevOps Are they DevOps
designers
Engineers Engineers?
They are not DevOps
Engineers

Contractions Answers

I’m I’m not Are you a frontend

developer?
You’re - We’re - You aren’t - We aren’t
They’re - They aren’t

He’s - She’s - It’s He isn’t - She isn’t - It Short: Yes, I am / No, I

isn’t am not.

Long: Yes I am a
frontend developer /
No, I am not a
frontend developer
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Let’s practice!

Try to complete the following sentences.

1. She _______ a database administrator.

Ella es administradora de bases de datos.

2. It _______ a new app. (Eso)

Es una nueva aplicación.

3. We _______ information technology analysts.

Nosotros/nosotras somos analistas de tecnología de la información.

4. You _______ chief technology officers.

Ustedes son directores/as de tecnología.

5. They _______ investors.

Ellos son inversionistas.

6. He _______ in Peru.

Él está en Perú.

7. We _______ in the customer support office.

Estamos en la oficina de atención al cliente.

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Listening Exercise
Watch the full video and stop at the minute 1:50, then solve the final questionnaire with the rest
of your class.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_YG8B_Wh6o

Nota a profesores: El video es corto, con subtitulos en inglés, para que los alumnos tengan su primer
approach al idioma escuchando alguien más que su profe. Tiene un ejercicio dentro que podemos hacer
todos juntos y la idea es que solamente se enfoquen en las palabras en azul, no en toda la conversación (ya
que probablemente no entiendan todo)

Conversation Exercise
Now, it’s your turn. Ask your classmates questions to find out things about them (work related
or their favorite things about technology). Your teacher will pair you up depending on the group
size, and you will have to remember and share with the class something your class partner tells
you about them.

Let’s get to know each other!

Remember to ask your teachers if you have any questions or doubts with grammar / vocabulary.
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Prepositions of Place - in/on/at

There are different ways we can approach talking about preposition of place.
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Let’s practice!
Use the correct preposition (at, in, on)

1. Jane is ____ the coding bootcamp (at)

2. The author's name is ____ the README file. (on)

3. The data is stored ____ the cloud. (in)

4. Is your boss ____ the tech conference at the moment? (at)

5. I live ____ the 7th floor ____ 21 Oxford Street ____ the heart of the tech hub in San

Francisco. (on) (at) (in)

6. There are no prices ____ this software package. (on)

7. The bug was found ____ the code. (in)

8. The software update is available ____ the app store. (on)

9. The team is working ____ a new feature. (on)

10. The UX/UI designer is ____ the client´s office ready for the User Testing meeting. (at)

11. The error occurred ____ line 42 of the code. (at)

12. The QA tester is ____ site with the tech support team to find the cause of the problem.

(on)