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FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT (UNAH-VS)

WORKBOOK

NAME: ___________________________________________ SECTION: _______________________

ACCOUNT NUMBER: ____________________________

English I
Master Rosibel Amador
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Greetings and Farewells

Subject Pronouns
Write the correct subject pronoun.

1. My mother 11. Lucas and Lea

2. Daniel 12. Alicia
3. Your friends 13. Your father
4. Their car 14. Our house
5. Sue 15. My niece
6. Mr. Anderson 16. Her uncle
7. My bag 17. My cousin and I
8. His aunt 18. Their students
9. Her nephew 19. My friend and I
10. Her grandfather 20. His shoes
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Complete the sentences with the forms of to be in the present simple (am, is,
are).

1. I at home.

2. She not at home in the morning.

3. We in the park.

4. This my new laptop.

5. Our friends on their summer holidays.

6. Uncle George a good football player.

7. The dog under the table.

8. He very funny.

9. The shoes white.

10. You right.

11. Susan good at tennis.

12. They in the house.

13. His T-shirts cool.

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14. My sister a good swimmer.

15. She in Italy.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO YOUR CLASSMATES.

Feelings and emotions

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Irregular Plurals. Write the plural form of each Word. Irregular Plural Nouns

child - man – woman – tooth - goose – mouse – person – policeman

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Countries, nationalities and languages

Country Nationality Official Language(s)

Argentina Argentinean Spanish

Brazil Brazilian Portugese

Canada Canadian English or French

China Chinese Mandarin

Denmark Danish Danish

Egypt Egyptian Arabic

England English English

Finland Finnish Finnish

France French French

Germany German German

Greece Greek Greek

Guatemala Guatemalan Spanish

Honduras Honduran Spanish

Hungary Hungarian Hungarian

Italy Italian Italian

Japan Japanese Japanese

Korea Korean Korean

Mexico Mexican Spanish

Northern Ireland Irish English

Poland Polish Polish

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Portugal Portugese Portugese

Russia Russian Russian

Scotland Scottish English or Gaelic

Southern Ireland Irish English

Spain Spanish Spanish

Sweden Swedish Swedish

Switzerland Swiss French / German / Italian

The Netherlands Dutch Dutch

Turkey Turkish Turkish

The UK British English

The USA American English

Wales Welsh English or Welsh

WRITE THE COUNTRY EACH PERSON COMES FROM.

A. Miguel is Argentinean. _______________
E. Juan is Nicaraguan. _____________
B. Mark is American. _______________
F. Renato is Brazilian. _____________
C. Carlos is Honduran. _______________
G. Naruto is Japanese. _____________
D. Paul is British _______________
H. Pierre is French. _____________

WRITE A SENTENCE TO TELL THE NATIONALITY OF EACH PERSON.

1. 3.

______________________________. ____________________________.
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2. 4.

_______________________________. ____________________________.

Demonstrative Pronouns

LOOK AT THE PICTURE. WRITE TWO SENTENCES USING THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE.

1.___________________________. 2._________________________.

___________________________. _________________________.

3.____________________________. 4._________________________.

_______________________________. ___________________________.

Artículos definidos e indefinidos (the, an, an) Fill in the correct

article (A , AN or THE).

1. There is a cat under____________ car.

2. I don ´t have ___________ dress to wear at the party.

3. This is ___________ old classic car.

4. Can you give me ________book behind you?

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5. Is this ___________ movie that you recommend?

6. I have _________ small fish named “Nemo”.

7. The kids are running in _________ garden.

8. He works hard, he is ________ doctor.

9. Buckingham Palace is in ________ United Kingdom.

10. I need _______ eraser to correct this sentence.

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COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH IS, AM, OR ARE.

Noel Valladares ________from Comayagua, but “Rambo” de León and Edgar Alvarez_______
from Puerto Cortés. Comayagua and Puerto Cortés cities in Honduras. Managua _______a city
in Nicaragua. Their friend, Keyla ________at school today. Emilio and Sebastián _______her
friends. They_______ in the same class. The three Honduran players________ on a trip to the
USA to visit their cousin Sandra. She __________a nice girl. Sandra says: "My grandfather
______in the hospital.
I _______at home with my grandmother. What time _________it in Honduras?” “It ________ 8
o'clock,” Rambo says. “ __________you tired, Sandra?” “No, I _________not,” she answers.

WRITE SENTENCES USING FIVE DIFFERENT FAMILY MEMBERS. WRITE THEIR AGES
WITH LETTERS.
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________________
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LOOK AT THE PICTURE. USE IS, AM, OR ARE TO WRITE: 1- INFORMATION QUESTION,
1- YES/NO QUESTION AND 1- SHORT ANSWER.

1. 2.

IN: _______________________________ * IN: _________________________________

YN: _______________________________ * YN: ________________________________

A: ______________________________ * A: _________________________________

IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER. WRITE IMPERATIVE SENTENCES TO THIS

CLASS.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

School and office supplies

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at in
on
PRECISE TIME MONTHS, YEARS,
DAYS and
CENTURIES and LONG
DATES
PERIODS

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

at noon in the summer on 6 March

at dinnertime in 1990 on 25 Dec. 2010

at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day

at sunrise in the next century on

Independence
Day

at sunset in the Ice Age on my birthday

at the moment in the past/future on New Year's Eve

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The weather

BUILD (complexión,
constitución)
Slim - Delgado/a (esbelto) Thin
- Delgado/a (tirando a flaco)
Skinny - Flaco (tienen
connotació negativa)
Medium-build - de constitución
o complexión media
Well-built* -Fornido, corpulento
HAIRSTYLE (Peinado)
Long hair -pelo largo
Short hair - pelo corto
Straight hair- pelo liso
Lank hair - pelo lacio
Wavy hair - pelo ondulado
Curly hair- pelo rizado
Shoulder-length hair- media
melena / pelo por los hombros
Neat hair - pelo limpio
Greasy hair - pelo graso
Messy hair - pelo despeinado
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EYES
Blue eyes- ojos azules
Green eyes- ojos verdes
Brown eyes- ojos marrones
Black eyes- ojos negros
Cross-eyed / Squint - eyed-
Bizco/a
Squint - Bizquera/ estravismo
Blind - Ciego/a
Slanting eyes - Ojos rasgados
Bulging eyes- Ojos saltones
Short-sighted -miope

Broad-shouldered*- De
espalda ancha
Muscular - Musculoso
Plump / Chubby - Regordete/a
, rechoncho
Fat - Gordo/a
Obese - Obeso/a
Overweight - Con sobrepeso
*Sólo se utiliza para hombres.
HEIGHT (Altura)
Tall - alto/a
Short - bajo/a
Tallish -más bien alto/a
Shortish -más bien bajo/a
Medium/ average height - de
estatura media
HAIR COLOR (Color de pelo)
→ Diremos que alguien tiene
(someone has got):
Black / dark hair- pelo negro /
moreno
Brown hair- pelo castaño
Light brown hair- pelo castaño
claro
Red hair- pelo pelirrojo
Fair hair- pelo claro (rubio)
Blonde hair- pelo rubio
Grey hair- pelo gris /canoso
White hair- pelo blanco
Dyed hair- pelo tintado
Highlights - mechas
→ Diremos que alguien es
(someone is):
Dark-haired - de pelo moreno
Brown-haired - de pelo castaño
Fair-haired/ blond-haired/
blonde-haired - de pelo rubio
Ginger-haired -pelirrojo
A blonde - una (chica) rubia
A brunette - una (chica)
morena
A redhead - una (chica)
pelirroja
Plaits - trenzas
Loose hair - palo suelo
To put up / tie back your hair
- recogerse el pelo Ponytail -
cola, coleta
Bun- moño
Fringe - flequillo
Swept back- peinado
hacia atrás Bald - calvo
To be balding- estar perdiendo
pelo
Receding hair - con entradas
Headband - diadema
Bow - lazo
Wig - peluca
Toupée- peluquín
FACE (cara)
Thin face- Cara delgada
Oval face- Cara ovalada
Round face- Cara redonda
Square face - cara cuadrada
High cheekbones - pómulos
marcados
Chubby-cheeked- Mofletudo/a
High forehead - con mucha
frente
Thin lips- labios finos
Full lips -labios gruesos
Long nose- nariz larga
Straight nose -nariz recta
Turned-up nose- nariz
respingona
Hooked nose- Nariz aguileña
Pointed nose- Nariz puntiaguda
Flat nose- Nariz chata A
cleft chin - hoyuelo en la
barbilla
Double chin- papada
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Long eyelashes -pestaña
largas
Thick eyelashes- pestañas
espesas, pobladas
False eyelashes - Pestañas
postizas
Thin eyebrows- Cejas finas
Thick eyebrows- Cejas
pobladas
COMPLEXION (tez)
Pale- Pálido
Fair-skinned- de piel clara
Tanned- bronceado
DISTINGUISING FEATURES
(Características distintivas)
Beard - barba
Moustache- bigote
Perilla - goatee
Sideburns - Patillas
Clean-shaven -afeitado
Unshaven - sin afeitar
A scar - una cicatriz
A mole - un lunar
A beauty-spot - un lunar
(bonito)
Spots/pimples - Granos
Warts - Verrugas
With freckles - con pecas
With dimples -con hoyuelos
With wrinkles - con arrugas
Buckteeth - Dientes de
conejo/dientes salidos
Braces - Aparato de ortodoncia
False teeth - Dentadura postiza
Birthmark - Antojo/mancha de
nacimiento
With glasses - con gafas
Well made-up - bien maquillada
Hunchback - Jorobado
Lame - Cojo
More adjectives ( más
adjetivos)
Beautiful - guapo/a, bello/a
Pretty - guapa
Handsome -Guapo
Ugly- feo
Scruffy - Desaliñado
Good looking- Atractivo
Well-dressed - Bien vestido/a
Smart - Elegante
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Family

relationship to me
my relatives

male female

relative of whom I am the child

parent

father mother

we have the same father and mother

sibling

brother sister

uncle aunt sibling of my parent

parent of my parent
grandparent
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grand-father grand-mother

cousin child of my uncle or aunt

spouse relative to whom I am married

husband wife

relative of whom I am the parent

child

son daughter

nephew niece child of my sibling

child of my child
grandchild

grandson grand-daughter

parent of my grandparent

great grandfather great grandmother

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father-in-law mother in-law parent of my spouse

brother-in-law sister in-law sibling of my spouse; spouse of my sibling

son-in-law daughter-in-law spouse of my daughter/son

ex-husband ex-wife my previous spouse (we divorced)

half-brother half-sister
my sibling born to my father or mother but not
both

new spouse of one of my parents

step-parent

step-father step-mother

child of my spouse but not of me

step-child

step-son step-daughter

In a family, the word generation means all the people in one stage of the
family. For example, your parents are one generation, you and your siblings
are the next generation, and your children and their cousins are another
generation.

Make your family tree

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LOOK AT EACH CLOCK. WRITE THE TIME IN TWO DIFFERENT FORMS.

1.____________________________________ /___________________________________

2. ____________________________________ / ___________________________________

3. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________

4. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________

5. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________

6. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________

7. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________

8. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________

9. ___________________________________ / ____________________________________
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COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH THE SIMPLE PRESENT FORM OF THE GIVEN VERB.
1. My best friend _________________________ to me every week. (not write)
2. I ______________________________ in a bank. (work)
3. When _________________________________________________? (the bank/close)
4. We _____________________________ to La Mosquitia every summer. (fly)
5. ____________your mother ___________________________ eggs every morning? (fry)
6. Where ____________________________________ almost every day? (it/rain)
7. She ____________________________ in Trujillo. (live)
8. My life is so boring -- I just ________________________ TV every night. (watch)
9. John _________________________ very hard in class; I don't think he'll pass. (not try)
10. Johana is so smart that she __________________________ for every exam. (not study)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE FREQUENCY ADVERB AND THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN
BRACKETS.
1. Our teacher, Mrs. Jones, ______________________________________(never / be) late for lessons.
2. I ________________________________________(often / clean) my bedroom at the weekend.
3. My brother ____________________________________(hardly ever / help) me with my homework.
4. I _______________________________________(sometimes / be) bored in the math lessons.
5. We ________________________________________(rarely / watch) football on TV.
6. You and Tony _____________________________________(never / play) computer games with me.
7. You________________________________________(usually / be) at the sports center on Sunday.
8. The school bus_______________________________________(always / arrive) at half past eight.

WRITE ABOUT YOUR DAILY ROUTINE. USE FIVE FREQUENCY ADVERBS.

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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A: WRITE A FORM OF THERE IS OR THERE ARE TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

1. __________________________________ no milk in the fridge.
2. __________________________________ many rooms in your house?
3. __________________________________ a lot of snow in the mountains.
4. __________________________________ any mistakes in this text?
5. __________________________________ one question left.
6. __________________________________ no snails in my garden.
7. __________________________________ nobody in.
8. __________________________________ nothing to do?
9. __________________________________ seven days in a week?
10. _________________________________ a lot of tea in the kitchen.

B: LOOK AT THE PICTURE. WRITE 5 SENTENCES WITH THERE IS/ARE OR THERE ISN’T/AREN’T.

THERE IS/ARE:

THERE ISN´T/AREN´T:
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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PREPOSITIONS AT, ON, OR IN.

1. Do you think it is a good idea to ban smoking
____________ public places?
2. Look at the picture ____________ the wall.
3. My house is __________ the end of the street.
4. I stopped ___________ Nancy's house.
5. Do you like walking ___________ the garden?
6. I found my keys ____________ the desk.
7. I met him _____________ Paris.
8. He was crying ______________ the back of the
classroom.
9. I saw the film ______________ TV.
10. These people live ____________ my hometown.

TURN THE GIVEN SENTENCES INTO AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE, NEGATIVE SENTENCE OR QUESTION.

1. Olivia can play the guitar. → negative sentence

_________________________________________________________________________

2. Can the girls play hockey? → affirmative sentence

_________________________________________________________________________
3.Richard can play the trumpet. → question

__________________________________________________________________________?

WRITE THREE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND THREE THINGS YOU CAN’T DO.

I can… I can´t …
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Directions
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The Present Continuous

FOR EACH PICTURE, WRITE ONE STATEMENT AND ONE INFORMATION QUESTION IN THE PRESENT
CONTINOUS.
1.
2.

_____________________________________. ____________________________________.

_____________________________________? ____________________________________?
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3. 4.

______________________________________. _____________________________________.

______________________________________? ______________________________________ ?

FOR EACH CARTOON, WRITE ONE SENTENCE IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT AND ONE SENTENCE IN THE PRESENT
CONTINUOUS.

1.
2.

SP________________________________________. SP___________________________________.

PC _______________________________________. PC___________________________________.

3. 4.

SP _____________________________________. SP____________________________________.

PC _____________________________________. PC____________________________________.