Unit: 1 – Communicating

Learning Outcomes

• Lesson A: Ask and answer personal questions.

• Lesson B:Talk about how you communicate.

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 Lesson A: Question forms
In questions with be, the verb be goes before the subject. We don’t add an auxiliary verb.
In questions with be, the verb be goes before the subject. We don’t add an auxiliary verb.
Questions with the verb be Question word be Subject

How ‘s the food?

What was the weather like yesterday?
- Are you a student?
- Were the students Late?

Be Subject Complement
Are you an engineer?

Is your mother at home?

Were the students In class?

Was Helen on time?

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 Verb Subject Rest Yes/No Subject Verb
Are you from Germany? Yes, I am.
am not
Are you from Germany? No, I
'm not.

Exercises:
Complete these questions with full answers
1. Is your father a mechanic?_______________________________________
2. Are your sisters in the University? _________________________________
3. Were your parents in Guayaquil the last weekend? ____________________
4. Is your mother a great cooker? ___________________________________
5. Was your best friend in the beach the last holiday? _____________________
Add your own Questions
6. ______________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________
Questions with other main verbs

In questions with other verbs, we add an auxiliary verb to form questions. The auxiliary
verb goes before the subject.

Wh-questions

Question word Auxiliary verb Subject Main verb

Who do you live with?

Where does Peter work?

What time did Alice finish the class?

Why did your friends arrive late?

Yes/No questions

Auxiliary verb Subject Main verb Complement

Do you play any sport?

Does John speak French?

Did your sister make lasagna?

Did her children have a good education?

Answer the previous questions
• 1. ________________________________________________

• 2.________________________________________________

• 3.________________________________________________

• 4.________________________________________________

• 5.________________________________________________

• 6.________________________________________________

• 7.________________________________________________

• 8._________________________________________________
Questions and short answers with be
Questions and short answers with other main verbs
EXERCISES
Lesson B: Present Simple
Present Simple Spelling Rules

Examples

1 I go to school at eight o’clock. (She) She goes to school at eight o’clock.

2 We play football in a club. (He) He plays football in a club.

3 I watch TV in the evening. (She) She watches TV in the evening.

4 We have dinner at 2:30 pm. (He) He has dinner at 2:30 pm

5 The computers work very well. (It) It works very well.

6 They do their homework alone. (He) He does his homework alone.

7 We tidy the house every week. (She) She tidies the house every week.

8 They dry the dishes with their kids. (She) She dries the dishes with her kids.

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Lesson B: Present Continuous

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 Write 3 sentences with present simple
then change the same sentences to present continuous
Present Simple Present Continuous
   
Example:  
My father Luis goes to his office every morning My father Luis is going to his office right now.
   

1._______________________________ ______________________________
   
2.______________________________ _______________________________
   
3.________________________________ _______________________________
________________________________  
   
 
Lesson B: Present Continuous
Some verbs are not used in
progressive tenses. These verbs
are called ¨non-action verbs.¨ They
express a situation that exists, not
an action in progress.

Some verbs are not usually

used in continuous tenses:
Be, like, love, hate, prefer,
know, understand,
remember, forget, want,
own, need, etc.

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 EXERCISES

Underline the correct answer

1 I eat/ I’m eating an apple at the moment.

2 My teachers are looking/ look their phones every 5 minutes.

3 Is your daughter liking / Does your daughter like video games?

4 Emily usually goes/ Emily’s usually going to the lab on Mondays.

5 What are you do/ doing?

6 She is loving/loves/having candies and chocolates.

7 My dad hardly ever visits /is visiting his parents.

8 I’m reading/ read an amazing novel right now.

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 Simple Present vs. Present Continous
Complete the sentences with the correct verb form of the verbs in parenthesis.

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WRITING:
• Writing activity
• Write an email to a friend or family member who you do not see very
often, cover all these points:
• How you are
• What is new for you ( the place you are living or the people you are
spending time with) New news.
• What are you doing these days?

• You have to show the email to the Master Tere in class, before to read it.
• 60-80 words

• REFERENCES: Empower – Students book with online assessment.

Empower – Teacher’s Book.