Material apoyo 1

Support material / Material de apoyo
Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1
Presentation / Presentación
A. Personal information / Información personal
To ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para
preguntar y dar información personal, usted debe tener en cuenta:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Greetings. / Saludos.
The place of origin. / Lugar de origen.
Age. / Edad.
The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser – estar.
Vocabulary related to the context. / Vocabulario acorde al contexto.
Remember the following questions and answers: / Recuerde las siguientes
preguntas y respuestas:
a. What’s your name? – My name is ________.
b. How old are you? – I am ________ years old.
c. Where are you from? – I am from __________
B. There is – there are
There is / there are is a grammatical structure used to express that someone or
something exists. / Esta estructura se utiliza para expresar la existencia de
alguien o algo.
There is indicates the existence of someone or something in singular form; it
refers to only one person or object. / There is indica la existencia de algo o
alguien en singular, es decir de un solo objeto o persona.
There are indicates the existence of someone or something in plural form. It
refers to two or more people or objects. / There are indica la existencia de
alguien o algo en plural, es decir dos o más objetos o personas.
Practice / Práctica
Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. /
Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego compárelos con la hoja de respuestas
sugerida.
A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada
país.
Example / Ejemplo:
Canada - Canadian
1. Australia
2. Chile
3. Colombia
4. Costa Rica
5. Cuba
6. Egypt
7. England
8. France
9. Germany
10. Italy
11. Japan
12. Mexico
13. Nigeria
14. Peru
15. Spain
16. Venezuela
B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.
Example / Ejemplo:
35  Thirty-five
1. 5
2. 24
3. 17
4. 75
5. 20
6. 9
7. 84
8. 28
9. 66
10. 92
11. 19
12. 100
13. 88
14. 109
15. 52
16. 6
C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estar
Complete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are.
Example / Ejemplo:
I
am
a student.
1. They
in the park.
2. We
doctors.
3. It
a beautiful house.
4. She
a model
5. Carlos
my husband.
6. He
in Medellin.
7. Lorena and I
in the cafeteria.
8. The cat
on the sofa.
9. Flowers
very expensive.
10. The computer
in the living room.
11. You
an excellent musician.
12. Martha
on the phone.
13. What
your name?
14. Where
you from?
15. Where
the eraser?
D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the
sentences. / Mire las imágenes y escriba there is o there are para
completar las oraciones.
1
___________________ three
apples on the table.
2
___________________
pencil on the floor.
a
3
___________________
cars in the garage.
two
4
___________________ five
students in the classroom.
5
___________________
computer on the desk.
a
6
___________________ a
pencil case in my bag.
7
___________________
pictures on the wall.
two
8
___________________
clock on the wall.
a
9
___________________
many books in the big library.
10
___________________ a
magazine on the table.
Fuente de imágenes: SENA
E. Match the question with the corresponding answer. / Relacione la pregunta
con la respuesta correcta.
Example: / Ejemplo:
Good morning. How are you doing?
I am doing fine, thank you.
1. Where is he from? ___
a. You too!
2. Hi, how is it going? ___
b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!
3. Who is he? ___
c. I’m fine, thank you.
4. How old are you? ___
d. He is from Mexico.
5. How are you? ___
e. My name is Charlie.
6. Where is Teresa? ___
f. Rossana.
7. How old is it? ___
g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! ___
h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? ___
i.
I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? ___
j.
She is in the office today.
F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.
1. M __ __ day
2. T__ e __ day
3. Wed __ __ sday
4. T__ __ rsday
5. Fr__ d __ __
6. Sa __ __ __ day
7. S__ __ da __
Production / Producción
A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about
yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentación en la cual usted comparta su
información personal.
Fuente: SENA
B. Cut and paste and image of a bedroom. Use there is or there are to name
of the objects that are found in the bedroom. / Corte y pegue una imagen de
una habitación. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos
encontrados en la habitación.
Fuente: SENA
Example / Ejemplo:
In the bedroom there is a bed.
In the bedroom there are flowers.
Document control / Control del documento
Name
Author
Adaptation
Position
Dependence
Theme expert
Dirección de
Ricardo Aristizábal
Asesor English Dot
formación
Salinas
Works - Programa
profesional.
de bilingüismo
Dirección General
Rachman
Bustillo Martínez
Copy editor – Línea
de producción
Centro
Agroindustrial.
Regional Quindío
Date
July
2014
August
2014