English Capsule Unit 2: Language basics. Learning outcome: Describe places, stating quantities of items and people, as well as actions going on in a given area. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT Numbers Classroom items 1. The board 2. The door 3. A window 4. A chair 5. A coat 6. A table 7. A laptop 8. A dictionary 9. A piece of paper 10.A pen Small things 1. A cell phone 2. A bag 3. A key 4. An umbrella 5. A credit card 6. A photo 7. A watch 8. Glasses 9. An ID card 10. A wallet 11. A camera 12. Gloves Colors Alphabet A (éi) E (i) I (ai) M (em) Q (kiu) U (yu) B (bi) F (ef) J (yei) N (en) R (ar) V (vi) Y (uái) C (si) G (gi) K (kei) O (ou) S (es) W (dobliu) Z (sed) D (di) H (eich) L (el) P (pi) T (ti) X (ecs) Common verbs Make true (+) or (-) sentences about you. Common adjectives 1. Cover the words. Look at the pictures. Say the adjectives 2. Test a partner GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT There is a laptop on the sofa. There are some keys under the bed. There isn´t a ball in the briefcase. There is / There are There aren´t any towels behind the night table. Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. 1. _______________________ a library next to the park. 2. All the students are in their home. _______________________ students in the classroom. 3. _______________________ 50 states in the United States. 4. No, _______________________ polar bears at the South Pole. 5. A: _____________________ a message for me? B: No, ______________________. 6. Why _______________________ so many cars in the parking lot? 7. A: I’m hungry. B: _______________________ a restaurant across the street. 8. How many days _______________________ in March, thirty or thirty-one? 9. _______________________ a few things I have to do this afternoon. 10. A: _______________________ a post office nearby? B: I’m sorry, I don’t know. 11. _______________________ something I can help you with? 12. No, _______________________ public holidays next month. 13. How many countries _______________________ in the world? 14. _______________________ only three more days before the exam. Let’s study! 15. _______________________ a woman in the picture. She is smiling. Use of How many Present continuous Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Use the words in the above boxes. 1. __________________________________________. (we / watch / TV) 2. A: __________________________________________? (your classmate / study?) B: Yes, he ____________. 3. __________________________________________. (Steven / make / dinner) 4. A: __________________________________________. (why / you / laugh?) B: __________________________________________. (I / read / a funny book) 5. __________________________________________. (the children / play / a game) 6. __________________________________________ now. (it / rain) 7. A: __________________________________________? (they / eat / lunch?) B: No, they ____________. 8. __________________________________________. (birds / sing) 9. __________________________________________. (I / do my homework) 10. __________________________________________. (he / not sleep) 11. __________________________________________. (my friend and I / talk) 12. __________________________________________. (John / not swim / at the beach) Prepositions of place Example: Match the prepositions of place to the corresponding cat pictures. Answer the questions about the picture using prepositions of place. 1. Where is the bowl? ______________________________________ 2. Are Nicole´s socks on the floor? ______________________________________ 3. Where is Nicole´s phone? ______________________________________ 4. Are Nicole´s glasses in the bowl? ______________________________________ 5. Is the shelf near the plant? ______________________________________ 6. Where is the ball? ______________________________________ 7. Where is the sofa? ______________________________________ 8. Is the plant under the clock? ______________________________________ COMMUNICATIVE TASK Student A A: Describe the park picture to your partner .Tell your partner what to draw and where to draw it. Give as much information as possible. B: Now, listen to your partner´s description and draw the park picture. You can ask questions for clarification if necessary. Student B A: Listen to your partner´s description and draw the park picture. You can ask for clarification if necessary. B: Now, describe the park picture to your partner Tell your partner what to draw and where to draw it. Give as much information as possible. ROSETTA QUIZ Fill in the blank using IS or ARE. Follow the example: The girls _are_ cooking. 1) The man ________ swimming. 2) They ________ reading. 3) The women ________ drinking. 4) She ________eating. 5) The boys ________ running. 6) He ________ writing. Draw a line from the sentence on the left to the sentence on the right that best matches it. Follow the example: Answer the question by completing the sentence. Follow the example: What is the boy doing? _______The boy is ____ eating a sandwich. 1) What are you doing? __________________________________ cooking. 2) What is the woman doing? __________________________________ running. 3) What is the teacher doing? __________________________________ reading a book. 4) What do you have? __________________________________ a big dog. 5) Is he drinking coffee? No. __________________________________ drinking coffee. 6) Are you a student? Yes. __________________________________ a student. Circle the correct answer. Follow the example: KEY corner Describe what is happening on each picture. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ This material has been compiled and adapted from the following: Digital sources: www.teachthis.com, www.islcollective.com, www.allthingsgrammar.com, https://www.grammar.cl/ Books: Barduhn, S., & Hall, D. (2016). English for Everyone–English Grammar Guide. DK Publishing. Booth, T. (2018). English for everyone. Murphy, R., & Smalzer, W. R. (2002). Basic grammar in use: self-study reference and practice for students of English. Student's book. 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