This document provides an overview of Module 1 of an English for IT course, which focuses on grammar, vocabulary, and soft skills. Specifically, it covers: - Grammar topics like sentence structure, the verb "to be," plurals, questions, and negations - Vocabulary like common adjectives, pronouns, and their opposites - Soft skills like asking questions - Examples of different sentence types and forms of the verb "to be" - Homework that involves creating sentences using opposites of given words.

1. English For IT:Starter
Module 1: Getting to know each other

2. What you will learn:
Grammar: sentence structure, to be (present), plurals, questions,
negations
Speaking: Learn more about your groupmates
Vocabulary: common adjectives, pronouns
Soft skills: Asking questions

3. Look at the 3 images and describe them in your own words

4. Match the sentences with the pictures
This is a cool app
They are CEOs
He is happy

5. English sentence structure
To make a sentence in English we need two elements:
subject (who) + verb (action)

6. Common English sentence types
Subject (подлежащее) + verb (глагол) +
adjective (прилагательное):
He is happy

7. Common English sentence types
Subject (подлежащее) + verb (глагол) + noun
(существительное):
They are CEOs

8. Common English sentence types
Subject (подлежащее) + verb (глагол) +
adjective (прилагательное)+ noun
(существительное) +:
This is cool app

9. Types of subjects
Pronouns Nouns
I
you
we My team and I
they My coworkers
he My brother
she My sister
it / this The Internet / my home

10. Plural forms
+s / es
coworker (one: he/she) coworkers (> than 1: they)
class (one: it) classes (> than 1: they)

11. Plural forms
There are some exceptions
Person - people Child - children

12. Forms of to be
These sentences are not complete because they don’t have a verb.
To complete them, we need to use the verb “to be”.
I --------- a developer
My company …… very big
They ….. good professionals

13. Forms of to be
These sentences are not complete because they don’t have a verb.
To complete them, we need to use the verb “to be”.
I am a developer
My company is very big
They are good professionals

14. Forms of to be
It’s very common to contract the subject and the verb “to be” together for simplicity:
I am = I’m He is = He’s
We are = We’re She is = She’s
They are = they’re It is = It’s

15. Forms of to be
If you want to make a negative sentence, you just need to add “not”
to the verb.
He’s not sure
I’m not a millionaire

16. Forms of to be
Complete sentences, using the verb “to be”.
1. I ..... an interesting person 5. I …. a good student
2. She ..... funny 6. You….friendly
3. They.... the founders of Snapchat 7. The test ….hard!
4. We ….in an English class 8. The students …. very young

17. Vocabulary
My name is David Walsh. I’m a 33-year old web developer and software engineer at Mozilla. I have a blog
where I write about front-end development. Many programmers are shy people but I am pretty outgoing
and love to communicate with others. My teammates are smart and friendly people. They’re very
supportive.
I don’t have a lot of free time because I am very hardworking. But my family is important to me as well. I
am a father of 2 sons who are 3 years old and 1 year old and they give me a lot of motivation to improve.
Read the text about a web developer and find all forms of “to be”

18. Vocabulary
My name is David Walsh. I’m a 33-year old web developer and software engineer at Mozilla. I have a blog
where I write about front-end development. Many programmers are shy people but I am pretty outgoing
and love to communicate with others. My teammates are smart and friendly people. They’re very
supportive.
I don’t have a lot of free time because I am very hardworking. But my family is important to me as well. I
am a father of 2 sons who are 3 years old and 1 year old and they give me a lot of motivation to improve.
Read the text about a web developer and find all forms of “to be”

19. Common adjectives and their opposites
Interesting Boring
New / young Old
First Last
Private Public
Long Short

20. Pronunciation tip
A - Apple [‘a] / name [ei] / send [e]

21. Pronunciation tip
Practice:
[‘a] - Sand, man, app, programmer, tap, plan, mask
[e] - Send, men, web, developer, friend, end, get
[ei] - Lazy, make, lake, take, plane, staple, alien

22. Complete the sentences with an adjective.
1. I am ….
2. I like …… people
3. My job is …..

23. Soft Skills. Asking questions
To ask a question, you need to change the word order:
This is interesting +
Is this interesting ?
We are in New York +
Are we in New York?

24. Soft Skills. Asking questions
There is one more way to answer such questions. (this way is more
polite and friendly)
Q: Are you home?
A: yes / I am / Yes, I am
Q: Is he a web developer?
A: No / He is not (he isn’t) / No, he isn’t

25. Soft Skills. Asking questions
General questions (require a full answer)
● What
● When
● Where
● Why
● How
● How old
● Who

26. General Questions
Who is he? - He is my coworker
How old are you? - I am 30 years old
Where is everyone? - They are at work

27. Speaking. Q and A time.
Create 5 questions for one person from the group.
Ask about their:
1. Name (What….your name?)
2. Age (How old….you?)
3. Profession (What….your profession?)
4. Hobbies (What …. your hobbies?)
5. Location (Where....you?)

28. HW
Find the opposites for these 5 words (e.g. amazing - terrible) and
create your own sentences with them. Remember the formula
(subject + verb + adj / subject + verb + noun)
Amazing
Expensive
Small
Simple
Open

29. That’s a wrap!
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