1. Support material / Material de apoyo
Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1
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. Greetings. / Saludos.
2. The place of origin. / Lugar de origen.
3. Age. / Edad.
4. The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser – estar.
5. 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 Nicol valeria alfonso martinez______.
b. How old are you? – I am ____15____ years old.
c. Where are you from? – I am from ___bogota_______
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.
Presentation / Presentación
2. 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 australian
2. Chile Chilean
3. Colombia Colombian
4. Costa Rica Costa rican
5. Cuba Cuban
6. Egypt
7. England Inglaterra
8. France French
9. Germany German
10. Italy Italian
11. Japan Japanese
12. Mexico Mexican
13. Nigeria Nigerian
14. Peru Peruvian
15. Spain Spanish
16. Venezuela Venezuelan
Practice / Práctica
3. B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.
Example / Ejemplo:
35 Thirty-five
1. 5 Five
2. 24 Twenty-four
3. 17 Seventeen
4. 75 Seventy-five
5. 20 Twenty
6. 9 Nine
7. 84 Eighty-four
8. 28 Twenty-eight
9. 66 Sixty-six
10.
92
Ninety-two
11.
19
Nineteen
12.
10
0
One hundred
13.
88
Eighty-eight
14.
10
9
One hunred and nineteen
15.
52
Fifty-two
16. 6 Six
C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estar
4. Complete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are.
Example / Ejemplo:
I am a student.
1. They Is in the park.
2. We are doctors.
3. It am a beautiful house.
4. She Is a model
5. Carlos are my husband.
6. He is in Medellin.
7. Lorena and I am in the cafeteria.
8. The cat are on the sofa.
9. Flowers is very expensive.
10. The computer are in the living room.
11. You is an excellent musician.
12. Martha are on the phone.
13. What am your name?
14. Where am you from?
15. Where is 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
__________there
is_________ three apples on
the table.
5. 2 ______there
are_____________ a pencil
on the floor.
3 ______________there
is_____ two cars in the
garage.
4 _____there
are______________ five
students in the classroom.
5 _______there is
____________ a computer
6. on the desk.
6 ___________there are
________ a pencil case in my
bag.
7 ___________there
is________ two pictures on
the wall.
8 _________there
are__________ a clock on
the wall.
7. 9 _______________there
is____ many books in the big
library.
10 ________there
are___________ 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? _D__ a. You too!
2. Hi, how is it going? __F_ b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!
3. Who is he? _H__ c. I’ m fine, thank you.
4. How old are you? _I__ d. He is from Mexico.
5. How are you? _C__ e. My name is Charlie.
6. Where is Teresa? _J_ f. Rossana.
8. 7. How old is it? _B__ g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! _A__ h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? _e__ i. I am 26 years old.
10.What is her name? __G_ j. She is in the office today.
F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.
1. M _o_n_ day
2. T_u_ e _s_ day
3. Wednesday
4. Thursday
5. Fr_i_ d _a y_ __
6. Sarturday
7. Sunday
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
Production / Producción
9. 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.
10. Document control / Control del documento
Name Position Dependence Date
Author
Ricardo Aristizábal
Salinas
Theme expert
Asesor English Dot
Works - Programa
de bilingüismo
Dirección de
formación
profesional.
Dirección General
July
2014
Adaptation Rachman
Bustillo Martínez
Copy editor – Línea
de producción
Centro
Agroindustrial.
Regional Quindío
August
2014