What is this?

UNIT 2
English Basic I
 CONTENTS

• Common Objects
• Singular and Plural nouns
• Articles “a”, “an”
• Personal Pronouns for
LESSON 2: singular and plural objects
What is this?
• Numbers (11-100)
• Ages
WHAT IS THIS IN ENGLISH?

1. Write the words. Then, listen and repeat.

1 a tablet 2 3 4

a smartwatch a tablet
a camera a web cam
a flash drive a Bluetooth headset
a cell phone a smart TV

5 6 7 8

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WHAT IS THIS IN ENGLISH?

1. Write the words. Then, listen and repeat.

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1 an envelope 2

an envelope
an e-mail
an ID card

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ARTICLES

Use “a” or “an” for singular only.

a Consonant sounds
a tablet

an Vowel sounds
an envelope.

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VOCABULARY 1: SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

SINGULAR = 1 PLURAL = 2 or MORE (+)

= One tablet = Two tablets

= One flash drive = Three flash drives

= One smartwatch = Five smartwatches

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 PLURAL NOUNS

1 For most plural nouns, add –s.

WEBCAM WEBCAMS

2 For nouns that end in –ch, -sh, -x, -s, add –es.

WATCH WATCHES

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS FOR SINGULAR AND PLURAL OBJECTS

It They

One object 2 or more (+) objects

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 VERB TO BE (is, are) in Singular and Plural objects

2. Listen and practice.

Verb to be expresses ser, estar in Spanish.

(+) FULL FORM CONTRACTION

Affirmative It is an IPhone 6. It’s an IPhone 6.
They are IPhones 7. They’re IPhones 7.

(-) FULL FORM CONTRACTION 1 CONTRACTION 2

Negative It is not an IPhone 6. It’s not an IPhone 6. It isn’t an IPhone 6.
They are not IPhones 7. They’re not IPhones 7. They aren’t IPhones 7.

(?) YES/NO QUESTION Aff. short answer Neg. short answer.

Is it an IPhone 6? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
Are they IPhones 7? Yes, They are. No, they aren’t.
Question WH QUESTION Answer in long form Answer in short form.
What is it? It is an IPhone 6. It’s an IPhone 6.
What are they? They are IPhones 7. They’re IPhones 7.

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 EXAMPLES
We use “What?” to ask about objects in singular or plural form.

What is it? 1. It’s a laptop.

What is it? 2. It is an envelope.

What are they? 3. They’re cameras.

In plural form, it’s not
necessary the article
“a” or “an”.

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 NUMBERS FROM 11 TO 100

3. Listen and repeat.

11 18 25 40 Use a hyphen (-) in

Eleven Eighteen Twenty-five Forty numbers from 21 to 99.
12 19 26 50  Twenty-one, Ninety-nine
Twelve Nineteen Twenty-six Fifty
13 20 27 60 Say years as two numbers:
Thirteen Twenty Twenty-seven Sixty  1997
14 21 28 70 Nineteen ninety-seven;
 2018
Fourteen Twenty-one Twenty-eight Seventy
Twenty eighteen.
15 22 29 80
Fifteen Twenty-two Twenty-nine Eighty To say the age use:
16 23 30 90 be + age + years old (optional)
Sixteen Twenty-three Thirty Ninety
 I’m twenty (years old).
17 24 31 100
Seventeen Twenty-four Thirty-one One hundred

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 BASIC MATH SYMBOLS

Symbol Symbol name Definition Example

+ plus Addition 10 + 2 = ten plus two equals twelve
- minus Subtraction 10 – 2 = ten minus two equals eight
X times Multiplication 10 x 2 = ten times two equals twenty
÷ divided by Division 10 ÷ 2 = ten divided two equals five

EXAMPLES
:Choose the correct math symbol.
1. Thirty-five _____ seven equals five.
2. A hundred _______ ten equals ninety.
3. Twenty-five ________ three equals seventy-five
4. Forty________ twenty equals sixty.

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 Examples:
4. Match the numbers.
26 EIGHTY-TWO
45 SEVENTEEN
37 FIFTY
17 NINETEEN
82 TWENTY-SIX
59 SEVENTY-EIGHT
64 FORTY-FIVE
SIXTY-FOUR
50
FIFTY-NINE
78
FIFTEEN
97
THIRTY-SEVEN
19
NINETY-SEVEN
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 AGES

1. Match questions 1 – 5 to pictures a-e, check and repeat.

1 How old are you? 4 How old id it?
2 How old is he? 5 How old are they?
3 How old is she? d
a

e
b c

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 VERB TO BE (is, are, am) to express ages

2. Complete the grammar box with am, are or is. Use contractions.

Verb be is used to express “tener” in Spanish (for ages).

Affirmative (+) Negative (-)

I’m 27. I’m not 37 years old.

You’re 21 years old. You aren’t 30.

They ______ 100 years old. They _________80.

He_____45. He__________35 years old.

She_______ 11 years old. She_________12.

It______10. It ________ years old.

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 LET’S PRACTICE

1. Change the bold words for a pronoun (it, they).

1. Toshiba is Japanese. It’s Japanese.

2. Paella is from Spain. ____’s in from Spain.
3. IBM and APPLE are Canadian. ____aren’t Canadian.
4. Nissan and Toyota are Japanese. ____’re Japanese.

2. Write “a” or “an” where necessary.

1. ________ camera. 5. ________ eraser.

2. ________ apple. 1. ________ sandwiches.
3. ________ e-mail. 2. ________ ID card.
4. ________ flash drives. 3. ________ book.

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3. Write questions and answers.

What ________________?

It’s ___________________

What ________________?

It’s ___________________

What ________________?

It’s ___________________

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4. Write questions and answers about ages.

How old______________? How old ________________? How old ________________?

They’re________________. It’s _____________________. He’s ____________________.

Now, go to your workbook and solve the exercises on page 1, 2, 3 and 4

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