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.
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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/
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