S1 – 1.

1 To Be + Adjectives/Occupations/Origins

SUBJECT
PRONOUNS TO BE ADJECTIVES OCCUPATIONS ORIGINS
I am happy a doctor from Mexico
You are sad a lawyer Mexican
He angry an engineer from Canada
She is thirsty an accountant Canadian
It hungry a student from Ireland
We hot a nurse Irish
You are cold a teacher from Spain
They tall a vet Spanish

Are you happy?

Yes, I am happy.
No, I am not happy.

Go through subject pronouns first, as many don’t know them and *Body language is very
others tend to forget them. Explain how “to be” is a verb, and important with this class,
how the different conjugations correspond to different persons. because you have starters who
don’t understand English. Act
Do a chain drill around the table with the format at the bottom of out the adjectives, point to
the image until students don’t stop to think too much about their different people with the
answer (Are you tall? – Yes, I am tall.) Next, introduce the pronouns, use flashcards to
occupations and repeat the chain drill. Then repeat with the explain different occupations
origin. Have them ask with the plural pronouns and with third (avoid translation, that’s the last
person as well (Is he a teacher? – No, he is not a teacher. Are we resort).
from Mexico? – Yes, we are from Mexico)

Activity: Who am I?
Have students secretly choose someone famous and write a description of that person on a small
slip of paper. Ex: “She is a short, beautiful singer from Colombia”. Then each student reads his or
her description and the others try to guess who the celebrity is. “Is she J. Lo? – No, she is not. Is
she Shakira? – Yes, she is”