This document discusses adjectives and nouns. It defines an adjective as a word that describes a person or thing, and usually comes before nouns or after linking verbs. Nouns are defined as words used to refer to a person or thing. Examples are given of adjectives being used attributively before nouns or predicatively after verbs. The position of adjectives in English is discussed as varying based on their function.

1. ADJECTIVE + NOUN
Adjetive :An adjective is a word such as `big', `small ', or ` that describes a
person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come
before nouns or after link verbs.
Nouns: A noun is a word such as `car', `bag ', or `Anne' which is used to refer to a
person or thing
Example :
She is a very beautiful woman
She is a Little Horrible

2. The adjective
 La posición del adjetivo en inglés varía según su función.
 a.) Atributo (atributivos). Se colocan como norma general
delante del nombre al que califican
 An interesting book / Un libro interesante
 A tall girl / Una chica alta
 b.) Predicado (predicativos), se colocan detrás del verbo.
 This house is beautiful / Esta casa es bonita

3. ESCRIBE LAS PALABRAS EN EL ORDEN CORRECTO
MAN UGLY AN
AN UGLY MAN
1. 1.American an she’s girl
2. expensive holiday an it’s
3. sad you are why?
2. 4. are beautiful girl you a
5. an job interesting it’s
6. handsome is husband my
7. Spanish you are?
8. very I’m hungry
She is an american girl
It’s an expensive holiday
why are you sad ?
you are a beatuful girl
It´s an interesting job
My husband is handsome
Are you Spanish ?
I´m very hungry

4. Vamos a aprender a ubicar cosas con respecto a otras.
Por ejemplo: puedo tener una pelota, y ubicar cosas a la izquierda
(to the left of) de la pelota o a la derecha (to the right of) de la
pelota, así:
to the right of to the left of

5. UBICANDO COSAS Y PERSONAS - LOCATING PEOPLE AND THINGS
to the left of between to the right of in front of behind
The ball is in front of the mirro
The ball is to the right of
the cube
The cube is to the left of the ball The ball is between the cubes
The 3 cubes are behind the
ball

6. EXERCISES
LET’S SEE THE PICTURE OF ROBERTO’S FAMILY: AND THE LOCATION OF ITS MEMBERS
Answers to exercises according to the photo belong
 Roberto’s father is in the middle of the photo.
 Roberto’s mother is to the right of Roberto.
 Roberto is to the left of his mother.
 The puppy is in front of Roberto´s sister.

7. Colors and Nouns
a
Yellow shorts
Blue sweater
Black tie
White – T shirt
Gray dress

8. Uso de los adjetivos
Los adjetivos se usan para decir cómo son las cosas y las personas:
Los siguientes adjetivos, incluyendo los colores, se usan para cosas:

9. Selecciona 2 adjetivos diferentes para completar las siguientes descripciones de cosas y
personas
Chose the best o pcion according to the picture
1. Yellow
2. Small
3.Tall
4. Fat
5.Thin
6. Long
1.This is a ball.
It is
2 . This is a boy.
He is
2. This is a rope.
It is
4. This is a woman
She is very
yellow
small
small
fat
long
thin
tall
thin

10. There is vs There are
Las expresiones “there is” y “there are” se utlizan para indicar que hay
algo/alguien o que algo/alguien existe:
There is se utiliza con una sola cosa. There are se utiliza con varias cosas.
There are two yellow balls
There is a fat child.
There is a yellow ball
There are two fat children

11. There is = HAY (singulares)
Theres are = HAY (plurales)
Example:
There is a table There are two chairs

12. Position of the adjectives
Once we mention what is there , we can add adjectives to
make it precise. Adjectives always go before the noun:
. Never :
There is a big table
There is a table big
There are blue
chairs
Never
There are blues
chairs

13. Now we can put all together and start describing:
Living room
In the living room there is a brown
table, there is a chair in front of the
sofa, there is a small T.V next to the
window. The flowers are to the right of
the closet and there is a blue carpet on
the floor.

14. Identify the mistakes in the following sentences
(days of the week, prepositions):
1. There are one table in the dining room.
2. There is many people in the living room.
3. There are five blues houses in the neighborhood.
4. There is two reds chairs in front of the t.v.

15. Exercise about use of There is and there are and prepositions
i
behind in front of to the left of to the right of between
There is between
a black hat The table
the mirror.
There are in front of
a red dress the woman.
There is to the left of
two students to the right of
the teacher.
a fat lady the two women.
between
There are
There is
Some flowers

16. Objetivos
Continuar con las descripciones, con énfasis en
el aspecto físico de las personas. Usar “to be” /
“to have” para hablar del aspecto físico de las
personas
Utilizar estructuras de comparación entre las
personas, sea de tipo físico (tall, slim ) o de
personalidad (nice, mean ).
UNIDAD # 9

17. Some examples

18. Some importan adjetives
Ugly Big
Tall
Intelligent

19. Vocabulary Review

20. Describir a las personas

21. Completa las siguientes descripciones usando el verbo que corresponda
2. Germán, the Rock- Star!
is
He young and handsome.
is
He friendly and cool.
has
She blue, spiky hair .
Is
She tall and a very strong.
has
He big, hazel eyes.
3.Camila, the famous model!
She
young and beautiful.
is
is
has
She nice and sweet.
She long, straight, black hair.
She
medium height and medium
weight.
has
has
She beautiful, sweet, brown eyes.

22. Grammar

23. 1.She
(-) ugly, she is
beautiful.
2.She (-) big, blue eyes.
3.They
(-) long hair.
4.She
(-) blond hair.
5. Colombian men medium height .
6 They (-) brown eyes.
7. The man short, brown hair.
8. They
thin, tall and good-looking.
9. My children
(-) blond hair. They
have brown hair.
Exercises put the right Word .
isn't- doesn't have- don't have - are-isn't
doesn't have
don't have
doesn't have
are
don't have
has
are
don't have
has

24. Los comparativos / Comparative Adjectives

26. Some examples about comparative

27. Completa las siguientes oraciones con el comparativo entre paréntesis:
1. Their mother is (fat) Fatter than
our mother.
2. My hair is (long) yours.
3. My sister is (short) my mother.
Longer than
Shorter than
4. Cartagena is (beautiful) Bogotá.
More beautiful than

28. Daily activities
He always goes to the office on foot
She gets up at 8 o´clock every day

29. Present simple tense.
The Present simple tense is used to
describe habitual actions that occur
with some frequency. It refers to the
form take the verbs when it conjugated
to the 3rd person singular that it to say
(HE, SHE, IT)

31. The most importan Adverbs of frequency
Always 100%
Usually 80%
Sometime 60%
Often 40%
Never 00%

32. THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
We use the preposition ON before the days of the week
ON
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
sunday

33. With he/ she / it / we add --- S to most verb
I
You
We
They
Work
Play
Like
read
swim
come
He
She
It
Works
Likes
Reads
Swims
comes

34. They watch television every night
They watches television every night
He watches television every night
You watches television every night

35. We change some verbs that end with Y in this way: Y x ies
I
You
We
They
Cry
Study
fly
He
She
It
Cries
Studies
flies

36. He studies English two hours every day
They studies English two hours every day
They study English two hours every day
He cries in the morning every day
They cry at midnight every night

37. Negative sentences
I
You
We
They
Do not
Don’t
Work
Play
Do
Like
come
He
She
It
Does not
Doesn´t
Work
Play
Do
Like

38. Negative sentences
She does not get up at 5 o´clock in the morning
She does not gets up at 5 o´clock in the morning
He does not go to the office by bus
He does not goes to the office by bus

39. Uso de verbo MUST
El verbo 'must' expresa una prohibición u obligación fuerte así como cierta
certeza: I must go. She must be crazy. En español significa debo, debo de.
I must - debo / debo de
Affirmative
•I must go to the library.
Debo ir a la biblioteca.
•You must stay here until I come back.
Debes quedarte aquí hasta que yo vuelva.
•We must be at the airport at three o'clock.
Debemos estar en el aeropuerto a las tres.
•Everybody must wear a uniform.
Todos deben usar uniforme.
•You must be joking!
¡Deben de estar bromeando!
•Julia must be in Paris by now.
Julia ya debe de estar en París.
•It must be noon already.
Ya debe de ser mediodía.

40. Negative
•You must not talk to strangers.
No debes hablar con extraños.
•We mustn't make noise.
No debemos hacer ruido.
•Mr. Williams must not smoke.
El señor Williams no debe fumar.
Interrogative
•Must we do everything today?
¿Debemos hacer todo hoy?
•Must you go so soon?
¿Debes irte tan pronto?

41. The verb MUST

42. Llena los espacios con el verbo de obligacion ‘must’ + forma simple
Escoje el verbo más apropiado de esta lista
learn / do / practice / eat / go / visit / stop / get
1. Paul sleeps a lot. He up early.
must get
must eat
2. Jackie is very thin. She more food.
3. Frank is too fat. He more exercise.
must do
4. Janet talks a lot in class. She talking.
must stop
5. Bill always misses the ball. He more.
must practice
6. Mary rarely sees her friends. She out more.
must go
must visit
7. Paul never goes to see his sister. He her more often.
8. Tim doesn’t speak Spanish. He it.

43. Review Exercises. Units 11 – 14.

44. Indica el adverbio más apropiado en estas situaciones:
Escoje de esta lista:
sometimes never always rarely
1. Frank dislikes broccoli, he doesn’t eat broccoli.
2. Mitchell plays tennis in April, June, October and December.
3. Tom goes to England one time in 5 years.
4. From Sundays to Saturdays Kevin drinks coffee for breakfast.
5. Magaly plays hockey on vacation one week in two years.
6. Mario rides his bicycle to school on Mondays only (solamente).
7. Camila plays Monopoly only at Christmas with her family.
never
sometimes
rarely
Always
rarely
sometimes
Sometimes