Support material / Material de apoyo

Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

Presentation / Presentacin

A. Personal information / Informacin personal

To 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.
 Practice / Prctica

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 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. 100 ONE HUNDRED

13. 88 EIGHTY EIGHT

14. 109 ONE HUNDRED NINE

15. 52 FIFTY TWO

16. 6 SIX

C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estar

Complete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are.
Example / Ejemplo:

I am a student.
1. They ARE in the park.

2. We ARE doctors.

3. It IS a beautiful house.

4. She IS a model

5. Carlos IS my husband.

6. He IS in Medellin.

7. Lorena and I AM in the cafeteria.

8. The cat IS on the sofa.

9. Flowers very expensive.

10. The computer IS in the living room.

11. You an excellent musician.

12. Martha on the phone.

13. What your name?

14. Where you from?

15. Where the 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.

THERE ARE three apples on

1 the table.
2 THERE IS a pencil on the
floor.

3 THERE ARE two cars in the

garage.

4 THERE ARE five students in

the classroom.

5 THERE IS a computer on the

desk.
6 THERE IS a pencil case in
my bag.

7 THERE ARE two pictures on

the wall.

8 THERE IS a clock on the

wall.
 9 THERE ARE many books in
the big library.

10 THERE IS 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?
1. Where is he from? __D_
2. Hi, how is it going? ___
I am doing fine, thank you.
a. You too!
b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!

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

4. How old are you? _B__ d. He is from Mexico.
5. How are you? _C__ 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? _E__ 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 __ __ day
2. T__ e __ day
3. Wed __ __ sday
4. T__ __ rsday
5. Fr__ d __ __
6. Sa __ __ __ day
7. S__ __ da __

Production / Produccin

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 documento

 Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Direccin de

Ricardo Aristizbal July
Author Asesor English Dot formacin
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingismo Direccin General

Copy editor Lnea Centro

Adaptation Rachman August
de produccin Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martnez 2014
Regional Quindo