UNIT 1 (Tomorrow Tuesday 16th – share additional links with students)

Introduction.

Share = Compartir.

Talking about People – General Information and Physical Appearance.

People – plural / Person -singular /plural . Ex. I always talk to one person at the bank.

I always talk to people at the bank.

What is your name? My name is Carlos / What is your full name? Carlos Garrido.

First name : Carlos

Middle name: Alberto

Last name = Family name : Garrido

Hometown (Ciudad natal) / City /Country

WH = Information.

Are you from Dominican Republic? Yes, I am. No, I am not.

1 - Where are you from? I’m from Dominican Republic.

Where exactly (in Dominican Republic)? I am from Santiago.
Where in Dominican Republic? I am from Santiago
Which city (in Dominican Republic)? Santiago.

2 – What is your e-mail address?

cwendy2768@gmail.com
@ = at e-mail ( . ) = dot (dat) /
quantity 1.5 (.) = point
Writing = (.) “period” Example. I am Robert.
3 – What’s your name /first name / last name= family name ?.
It’s Carlos (Is Carlos) -My name is….
4 – Do you have many/a lot of friends? Close friends / best friends
5 – What is your hometown? My hometown is….

6 – Where do you work? What do you do? What is your job? What is your occupation? I work in…
Where do you study? I study at ICDA.
7 - How many languages (langulles) do you speak? I speak…
8 – What is your phone number? What’s your number?
My phone number is 8/4/9 -2/0/7-6/8/2/7.
1905 (zero or O) 234-505-7777
9 – What do you like to do? What are you interested in?
What are your hobbies? What do you do in your free time?
Be careful with these questions: Polite= decent- educated – cultured

https://www.rd.com/list/questions-polite-people-never-ask/

Not nice: Political – Marital status questions – Medical conditions -

Family

Additional links:

American Stories for English Learners.

https://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/
Short Stories.
https://www.eastoftheweb.com/

1 - Introducing yourself:
2 - Follow up (continue) question…
Occupation. Job. Hobbies. Sports.

A: My name is Mariana.
B: Hi, I’m Danny.
(It’s) Nice to meet you.
(It’s) Nice to meet you, too. ……You too. (Informal).

Formal vs Informal. Introduce yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwQotcEqC4U
Grammar. Simple Present Review.
Routines – Habits (Future) I + run + every day at the park.

The simple present is a verb tense with two main uses. We use the simple present tense
when an action happens regularly. Depending on the person, the simple present tense is formed by
using the root (base) form or by adding -s or -es to the end.

I run every day.

You run every day.
She runs every week. He runs every week. It runs every week.
We-They-You run every week.
Does she work at the Dominico? Yes, she does. Yes, she works at the Dominico.

Are you a student? Yes, I am - No I am not.

Is he a student?
Do you eat pizza?
Does she eat pizza? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.

What + is +your + name?

Where are you from?
Where + do + you live? Where + does +she + live?

Do – I ..You..They..We
Does – He..She..It
Exercises: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_present.htm
Lesson B.
What do you look like? What does she look like?

What does he/she look like (appearance)?

Be ** Age / Height / Weight
He is 25 years old. He is tall. He is heavy. They are 25 years old
How old is Lucy?
I am not sure I think she is in her twenties (21-29) /
He / She is in his/her teens (11-18).

Have ** Parts of the body

He has green eyes. He has long curly hair. He has blond hair.
They have short hair. You have curly hair.

12/10 -twelve ten - 17/50 -seventeen fifty – 19/20 nineteen twenty

2001 two thousand one 2009 two thousand nine
2010 twenty ten / 2024 twenty twenty four

Heavy – obese(medical) – fat (offensive) - Chubby.

Thin – slim / slender – skinny (offensive) – fit.
They are average weight. They have long hair.
Who do you look like? Who does she look like?
I look like (similar to) my mother. She looks like her father.
Bold letters
Bald
Clean shaven (sheiven) (to shave)
***Word Order
Notice the word order to describe appearance:
long (1 -size), blond (2- color) hair
She has short, black hair.
Be (Age – Weight – Height)
young / old
in your teens
in your twenties
thin /average weight/ heavy
average height / short - tall
Have (Parts of the body)
brown / blue /green eyes
long short ,straight, curly, hair
black / brown
blond / red hair
look like = to be similar in appearance to

To spot = to find / to detect something..

Fake (is not real) = false
Dwarf (very small person)
I want to spot him at the moment.