Support material / Material de apoyoLearning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

A. Personal information / Informacin personalTo ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para preguntar y dar informacin 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. Whats your name? My name is ________.b. How old are you? I am ________ years old.c. Where are you from? I am from __________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 ms objetos o personas.

Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. / Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego comprelos con la hoja de respuestas sugerida.A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada pas.Example / Ejemplo:Canada - Canadian

1. Australia

2. Chile

3. Colombia

4. Costa Rica

5. Cuba

6. Egypt

7. England

8. France

9. Germany

10. Italy

11. Japan

12. Mexico

13. Nigeria

14. Peru

15. Spain

16. Venezuela

B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los nmeros en letras.Example / Ejemplo: 35 ( Thirty-five 1. 5

2. 24

3. 17

4. 75

5. 20

6. 9

7. 84

8. 28

9. 66

10. 92

11. 19

12. 100

13. 88

14. 109

15. 52

16. 6

C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estarComplete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are.Example / Ejemplo:Iama student.

1. Theyin the park.

2. Wedoctors.

3. Ita beautiful house.

4. Shea model

5. Carlosmy husband.

6. Hein Medellin.

7. Lorena and Iin the cafeteria.

8. The caton the sofa.

9. Flowersvery expensive.

10. The computerin the living room.

11. Youan excellent musician.

12. Marthaon the phone.

13. Whatyour name?

14. Whereyou from?

15. Wherethe eraser?

D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the sentences. / Mire las imgenes y escriba there is o there are para completar las oraciones.1___________________ three apples on the table.

2___________________ a pencil on the floor.

3___________________ two cars in the garage.

4___________________ five students in the classroom.

5___________________ a computer on the desk.

6___________________ a pencil case in my bag.

7___________________ two pictures on the wall.

8___________________ a clock on the wall.

9___________________ many books in the big library.

10___________________ a magazine on the table.

Fuente de imgenes: 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? ___ a. You too!

2. Hi, how is it going? ___ b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!

3. Who is he? ___ c. Im fine, thank you.

4. How old are you? ___ d. He is from Mexico.

5. How are you? ___ e. My name is Charlie.

6. Where is Teresa? ___ f. Rossana.

7. How old is it? ___ g. Everything is going well!

8. Have a nice day! ___ h. He is my husband.

9. What is your name? ___ i. I am 26 years old.

10. What is her name? ___ j. She is in the office today.

F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los das de la semana. 1. M __ __ day2. T__ e __ day 3. Wed __ __ sday4. T__ __ rsday5. Fr__ d __ __6. Sa __ __ __ day7. S__ __ da __

A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentacin en la cual usted comparta su informacin personal.

Fuente: SENA 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 habitacin. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos encontrados en la habitacin.

Fuente: SENA

Example / Ejemplo:In the bedroom there is a bed.

In the bedroom there are flowers.Document control / Control del documentoNamePositionDependenceDate

AuthorRicardo Aristizbal SalinasTheme expert

Asesor English Dot Works - Programa de bilingismoDireccin de formacin profesional.Direccin GeneralJuly2014

AdaptationRachman

Bustillo MartnezCopy editor Lnea de produccinCentro Agroindustrial. Regional Quindo August

2014

Presentation / Presentacin

Practice / Prctica

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