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PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND VERB TO BE

Personal Verb
Contractions Negative Forms
Pronouns "to be"

I Am I’m I am not I’m not I’m not

You Are You’re You are not You’re not You aren’t
He Is He’s He is not He’s not He isn’t
She Is She’s She is not She’s not She isn’t
It Is It’s It is not It’s not It isn’t
We Are We’re We are not We’re not We aren’t
You Are You’re You are not You’re not You aren’t
They Are They’re They are not They’re not They aren’t

Affirmative sentence Negative sentence

Subject + verb “to be” + Comp Subject + verb “to be” + “not” + Comp
Examples Examples
I am Ana I am not Ana
He is Carlos He is not Carlos
They are Luis and Fred They are not Luis and Fred
It is a table It is not a table
You are Peter You are not Peter
She is Teresa She is not Teresa
We are students We are not students

Interrogative sentence Answer the question

Verb “to be”+ subject+ Comp? Are you a student?
Examples Yes, I am
Am I Ana? Yes, I am a student
Is he Carlos? Yes, I’m a student
Are they Luis and Fred? No, I am not
Is it a table? No, I am not a student
Are you Peter? No, I’m not a student
Is she Teresa? No, I am not. I am a Teacher
Are we students?
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Change the nouns into the personal pronouns

1. Teresa is a Doctor __________________________________________________

2. Peter is a student ___________________________________________________
3. Tomas is at the hospital ______________________________________________
4. Luisa is a French student _____________________________________________
5. Maria is a Secretary _________________________________________________
6. Jenny isn’t a Doctor _________________________________________________
7. Pedro isn’t a good boy ________________________________________________
8. Ana and Antonieta are Teachers _______________________________________
9. You and Nancy are students ___________________________________________
10. She and Tony are Doctors ____________________________________________
11. He and Jessica are artists _____________________________________________
12. You and I are friends ________________________________________________
13. Joe and I are Mechanics ______________________________________________

Complete the sentences using Verb “to be”

1. Frank ________ a good Doctor

2. Katy ______ my friend
3. He and I ______ students
4. They ______ intelligent boys
5. It _____ a table
6. We _____ in the classroom now
7. “El Carabobeño” _____ a newspaper
8. Helen___ a good girl
9. I ______ an English Teacher
10. You _______ an English student

Change these sentences into questions

1. Tom and Jack are good boys___________________________________________

2. Michael is an intelligent student ______________________________________
3. Sarah is in New York ________________________________________________
4. The cat is on the roof _________________________________________________
5. The Teachers are in the institute _______________________________________

Answer the following questions, give long logical answers

1. Are you a student? __________________________________________________

2. Is Mr. Jones a good Teacher? _________________________________________
3. Are you and William friends? _________________________________________
4. Is the book on the desk? _____________________________________________
5. Am I your English Teacher? __________________________________________

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1.- Complete the following sentences.

1. My name ___ Rosa.
2. They ___ Carlos and Tony.
3. I ___ a student.
4. Sheilla ___ a student.
5. It ___ a dog.
6. We ___ friends.
7. Mark ___ a teacher.
8. It ___ a pencil
9. You ___Carol Simmons.
10. Paul and I ___friends.

2.- Answer these questions according to the model.

0. Are you a teacher?
a. Yes, I am
b. No, I am not.

1. Is she Patty?
____________________________
____________________________

2. Are they friends?

____________________________
____________________________

3. Is it a pencil?
____________________________
____________________________

4. Are you a doctor?

____________________________
____________________________

5. Is Mary a student?
____________________________
____________________________

6. Is your name Ricky?

____________________________
____________________________

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THE INDEFINITE ARTICLES

Personal
A-AN (UN, UNA)
Contractions
Pronouns
Los artículos indeterminados en Inglés son “A” y “An”, ambos tienen el mismo
significado: “UN, UNA”, se usan solo en singular, tanto para el masculino como para el
femenino. Pero existe una regla que nos permite distinguir cuando se usa “A” o “An”

Se usa “A”: cuando la siguiente palabra empiece con consonante. Ejemplo:

I am a Teacher
You are a student
He is a mechanic
She is a nurse
It is a table
It is a house
It is a hotel
It is a horse

Se usa “An”: cuando la siguiente palabra empiece con vocal o “H” muda. Ejemplo:

It is an orange
It is an apple
It is an exam
It is an hour from here
It is an honor for me
He is an honest boy

Exercises
Fill the blanks with the indefinite articles

1. John is _____ intelligent boy 7. It is ____ easy lesson

2. It is _______ astronaut 8. Is it _____ dog?
3. It is ______egg 9. It is _____horse
4. Mr. Lopez is ______ Engineer 10. Mary is ______ little girl
5. Are you _____ boy? 11. Miss Luisa is _____ nurse
6. Is Katy ______ honest girl? 12. Betty is ______ secretary
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Activity 2
1.- Complete the following sentences using “a” or “an”. Write “x” where no
plural is needed.
Personal
Contractions
Pronouns
1. It is ___ book.
2. It is ___ calculator.
3. They are ___ pencils.
4. It is ___ peach.
5. These are ___ dogs.
6. It is ___ animal.
7. It is ___ hospital
8. It is ___ architect
9. They are ___ nurses.

2.- Correct the mistake in the following sentences. Some of them may be
correct.

1. Jonh is an boy.

___________________________________________

2. He is an student.

__________________________________________

3. It is an exam.

__________________________________________

4. It is a hour from Philadelphia.

__________________________________________

5. It is a machine.

__________________________________________

6. She is a efficient secretary.

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
This: Esta, esto, este. (indica cercanía)
Personal
That: Aquel, aquella, aquello,Contractions
Pronouns eso, esa, ese. (indica lejanía)
“Las preguntas con This o That se deben responder con el pronombre It”

Repeat after the Teacher

Affirmative sentences Negative sentences
This is a dog Is this a chair? (table)
Is this a dog? No, it isn’t. It is a table
Yes, it is a dog

That is a Teacher Is that a window? (door)

Is that a Teacher? No, it’s not. It’s a door
Yes, it is a teacher

This is a girl Is this an exam? (book)

Is this a girl? No, it isn’t. it is a book
Yes, it is a girl

That is an eraser Is that a pen? (pencil)

Is that an eraser? No it is not. It is a pencil
Yes, it is an eraser

This is an orange Is that a hotel? (house)

Is this an orange? No, it’s not. It’s a house
Yes, it is an orange

That is a building Is this a French book? (English book)

Is that a building? No, it’s not. It’s an English book
Yes, it is a building

This is a hat Is this a table? (chair)

Is this a hat? No, it isn’t. It’s a chair
Yes, it is a hat

That is a bird Is that a car? (motorcycle)

Is that a bird? No, it is not. It is a motorcycle
Yes, it is a bird

This is a cat Is this a bench? (desk)

Is this a cat? No, it isn’t. It is a desk
Yes, it is a cat
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EXERCISES
1. – Answer affirmatively the following questions:

1. Is this a book?

2. Is that a girl?

3. Is this an English book?

4. Is that a dog?

5. Is this a student?

6. Is that a Teacher?

7. Is this a pencil?

8. Is that a pen?

9. Is this an apple?

10. Is that a paper?

2. – Answer negatively the following questions:

1. Is this a chair? (bench)

2. Is that a church? (building)

3. Is this a cat? (dog)

4. Is that a shoe? (belt)

5. Is this a house? (school)

6. Is that an orange? (pear)

7. Is this a sharpener? (eraser)

8. Is that a glass? (cup)

9. Is this an ice cream? (candy)

10. Is that a man? (boy)

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
These: Estas, estos. (indica cercanía)
Personal
Those: Contractions
Aquellos, aquellas, esos, esas. (indica lejanía)
Pronouns
“Las preguntas con These o Those se deben responder con el pronombre They”

Repeat after the Teacher

Affirmative sentences Negative sentences
These are dogs Are these chairs? (tables)
Are these dogs? No, they aren’t. They are tables
Yes, they are dogs

Those are Teachers Are those windows? (doors)

Are those Teachers? No, they’re not. They are doors
Yes, they are Teachers

These are girls Are these exams? (books)

Are these girls? No, they aren’t. They’re books
Yes, they are girls

Those are erasers Are those pens? (pencils)

Are those erasers? No, they’re not. They are pencils
Yes, they are erasers

These are oranges Are these hotels? (houses)

Are these oranges? No, they aren’t. They are houses
Yes, they are oranges

Those are buildings Are those books? (magazines)

Are those buildings? No, They aren’t. They’re magazines
Yes, they are buildings

These are hats Are these tables? (chairs)

Are these hats? No, they’re not. They are chairs
Yes, they are hats

Those are birds Are those cars? (bikes)

Are those birds? No, they’re not. They’re bikes
Yes, they are birds

These are cats Are these benches? (desks)

Are these cats? No, They aren’t. They’re desks
Yes, they are cats
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EXERCISES
1. – Answer affirmatively the following questions:

1. Are these books?

2. Are those girls?

3. Are these English books?

4. Are those dogs?

5. Are those students?

6. Are those Teachers?

7. Are these pencils?

8. Are those pens?

9. Are these apples?

10. Are those papers?

2. – Answer negatively the following questions:

1. Are these chairs? (benches)

2. Are those churches? (buildings)

3. Are these cats? (dogs)

4. Are those shoes? (belts)

5. Are these houses? (schools)

6. Are those oranges? (pears)

7. Are these sharpeners? (erasers)

8. Are those glasses? (cups)

9. Are these ice creams? (candies)

10. Are those men? (boys)

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1 In the following sentences, underline the demonstrative pronoun and put an S if it is

singular and a P if it is plural.

1 ___ That is a horse.

2 ___ These are cookies.
3 ___ I like that.
4 ___ This is an elephant.
5 ___ Those are your choices.
6 ___ These activities are really difficult.
7 ___ I cannot forget this.
8 ___ That is an awesome book.

2 Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete each sentence.

1 ____________________ (This/These) are the shoes I like.
2 ____________________ (This/These) car is my favorite.
3 ____________________ (That/Those) books are mine.
4 ____________________ (That/Those) store is new.
5 ___________________ (This/These) students are my friends.
6 ___________________ (That/Those) buildings are tall

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GREETINGS
Formal Informal Answers
How are you? Hi Fine, thank you! Very good!
Good morning Hello Fine, thanks! Quite good
Good afternoon How are you doing? Great! Not bad
Good evening How is it going? Cool! So so
How do you do? What’s up? Pretty good! Not well

INTRODUCING PEOPLE
Hello my name is ___________________, what’s your name?
I am _________________________________
Nice to meet you (too)
Glad to meet you (too)
Pleased to meet you (too)
Good morning pupils. This is Miss Carter. She is the new teacher.
Hello Brandon, this is my friend Sarah she is from London

USEFUL QUESTIONS
Where are you from? _____________________________________________________

What’s your nationality? __________________________________________________

What’s your full name? ___________________________________________________

Are you from Caracas? ___________________________________________________

Are you Venezuelan? ____________________________________________________

FAREWELLS
Bye bye See you soon
Good-bye See you on Monday
Good night See you next week
So long Have a nice time
See you Have a nice day
See you later Have a nice trip
See you tomorrow
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THE ALPHABET

A B C D E F G
(ei) (bi) (si) (di) (i) (ef) (yi)
H i j K L M N
(eich) (ai) (yei) (kei) (el) (em) (en)
O P Q R S T U
(ou) (pi) (kiu) (ar) (es) (ti) (iu)

V W X Y Z
(vi) (dabliú) (eks) (uay) (zed/zid)

Spelling questions

1. How do you spell your name?

J-o-s–é

2. Could you spell your name, please?

Yes, of course… J – o – s – é

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1.- Complete the following dialogue with the correct words.

• Alan: Hello Mary. ___ are you?

• Mary: Fine, ____ you. And ___?
• Alan: ____. This ___ Mr. Robert Plant.
• Mr. Plant: Nice to _____ you.
• Mary: Glad to meet you Mr. _____.
• Alan: It is late. I have to go. Good ____.
• Mary: ____ you later.
• Mr. Plant: ____ long.

2.- Write your name and last name.

Try to spell them. Practice with your teacher.

Name:_____________________________________

Last name:_________________________________

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 COUNTRY NATIONALITY
Afghanistan Afghan
Algeria Algerian
Argentina Argentinian
Australia Australian
Austria Austrian
Belgium Belgian
Brazil Brazilian
Bulgaria Bulgarian
Canada Canadian
Chile Chilean
China Chinese
Croatia Croatian
Cuba Cuban
Denmark Danish
Egypt Egyptian
England English
Finland Finnish
France French
Germany German
Great Britain British
Greece Greek
Netherlands Dutch
Hungary Hungarian
Iceland Icelandic
India Indian
Iran Iranian
Iraq Iraqi
Ireland Irish
Israel Israeli
Italy Italian
Japan Japanese
Lebanon Lebanese
Lithuania Lithuanian
Luxemburg Luxembourger
Mexico Mexican
Morocco Moroccan
New Zealand New Zealander
Northern Ireland Northern Irish

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THE PLURAL
Existe un conjunto de reglas que nos permiten saber como cambiar los sustantivos
del singular al plural. Debemos tener en cuenta que los sustantivos son las únicas
palabras (en ingles) que tiene plural. Por lo tantos los adjetivos, adverbios, verbos
entre otros no tiene plural.

1. Cuando el sustantivo termina en S,SS, SH,CH,X, O se debe agregar ES. Ejemplo:

BUS BUSSES
CLASS CLASSES
DISH DISHES
BEACH BEACHES
MATCH MATCHES
BOX BOXES
WATCH WATCHES
POTATO POTATOES
TOMATO TOMATOES

2. Cuando el sustantivo termina en Y PRECEDIDA DE UNA CONSONANTE, se le

sustituye la Y POR IES. Ejemplos:

DICTIONARIES
DICTIONARY
LIBRARIES
LIBRARY
STORIES
STORY
LADIES
LADY
BABIES
BABY
COUNTRY COUNTRIES
CITIES
CITY

3. Cuando el sustantivo termina en Y PRECEDA POR UNA VOCAL, simplemente se le

agrega S. Ejemplo:

BOY BOYS
KEY KEYS
MONKEY MONKEYS
DONKEY DONKEYS
TOY TOYS
4. Cuando el sustantivo termina en F o FE, se le debe cambiar la F o FE por VES.
Ejemplo:
WIFE WIVES
CALF CLAVES
THIEF THEIVES
WOLF WOLVES
KNIFE KNIVES

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5. Cuando el sustantivo termina de forma diferente a todas las anteriores se debe

agregar solo una S. Ejemplo:

STUDENT STUDENTS
CHAIR CHAIRS
PENCIL PENCILS
TABLE TABLES

6. Existen un grupo de sustantivos que no se rigen por ninguna de las reglas

anteriores
MAN MEN TOOTH TEET
WOMAN WOMEN FOOT FEET
CHILD CHILDREN FISH FISH
OX OXEN SHEEP SHEEP
MOUSE MICE
GOOSE GEESE
Exercises
Change to plural the following sentences.

1. The chair is in the classroom __________________________________________

2. The teacher is an old man _____________________________________________
3. That is a new car, but this is an old bus __________________________________
4. That is a nice dress __________________________________________________
5. The book is on the desk ______________________________________________

change to plural the following nouns.

Toy___________ House_____________ Box____________ Boss___________

Goose__________
City ___________ knife_____________ Mouth__________ key___________
Donkey_________
VOCABULARY
CHURCH BALL PEN COUNTRY
ENGLISH STU- FLOOR ROOF
DENT GOOD NICE
PRETTY NEW TRUCK
OLD GLASS BEDROOM
NURSE BATHROOM WALL
CLASSROOM NOTEBOOK CEILING
KITCHEN TREE TOY

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1.- Correct the mistakes in the following plural nouns.

Some of them are correct.

1. Tomatos ________________________

2. Monkeys ________________________

3. Foots ___________________________

4. Partys __________________________

5. Bedroomes ______________________

6. Fishes ___________________________

7. Childs ___________________________

8. Librarys _________________________

9. Babies ___________________________

10. Womans _________________________

11. Knifes ___________________________

12. Watchs __________________________

13. Wolfs ___________________________

14. Boxs ___________________________

15. Thieves _________________________

16. Studentes _______________________

17. Chaires ________________________

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THE PREPOSITIONS

IN IN FRONT OF HERE FAR FROM

ON DOWNSTAIRS TRERE UNDER
AT UPSTAIRS OUTSIDE BETWEEN AROUND
OVER INSIDE AMONG NEXT TO
BEHIND NEAR

Las preposiciones son palabras que indican lugar, ubicación o posición.

Where is Katty? Where is the teacher ? When is your birthday?

She is ATHome He is IN the classoroom It is IN December
School The Office February
Work The Park
The Mall Caracas
The Bank France
The Post Office New York
The Bus Stop
The Beach

At what time is the meeting? Where is the museum? Where is the book?
It is AT 7:00 p.m. It is ON Pacific Avenue It is ON the table
Night Clark street The desk

EXERCISES

1. Where is the school?___________________________________________________

2. Where are Jack and kelly? ______________________________________________
3. Is the notebook on the floor _____________________________________________
4. Are you behind the teacher? ____________________________________________

I STUDY__________THE AFTERNOON, BUT I WORK__________NIGHT.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CARABOBO IS ___________VALENCIA .
JENNY IS ________ THE LIBRARY NOW.
THE BLACKBOARD IS__________________________THE PUPILS.
PTO. LA CRUZ IS_______________________MARACAY.

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1.-Complete the following sentences using in, on or at.

1. English classes are_______ the evening.

2. The pencil is ________ the floor.
3. Mary is _______ the door.
4. They are _______ home.
5. The students are _______ the classroom.
6. The pictures are_______ the wall.
7. The book is ________ table.
8. The school is ________ Elm Street.
9. Caracas is _______ Venezuela.
10. My birthday is _______ February.

2.- Answer the questions. Follow the model.

0. Where are you? (classroom)

- I am in the classroom

1. Where is Tina? (school)

________________________________________________________________________

2. Where is the cat? (floor)

________________________________________________________________________

3. Where are the students? (institute)

________________________________________________________________________

4. Where is freddy?(office)
________________________________________________________________________

5. Where is Freddy? (Office)

________________________________________________________________________

6.Where is Munich? (Germany)

________________________________________________________________________

7.Where are you? (work)

________________________________________________________________________

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VERB TO BE PAST TENSE

PERSONAL VERB TO BE NEGATIVE FORMS CONTRACTIONS

PRONOUN PAST TENSE

I WAS I WAS NOT I WASN´T

YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT YOU WEREN´T
HE WAS HE WAS NOT HE WASN´T
SHE WAS SHE WAS NOT SHE WASN´T
IT WAS IT WAS NOT IT WASN´T
WE WERE WE WERE NOT WE WEREN´T
YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT YOU WEREN´T
THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT THEY WEREN´T

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES NEGATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + COMP. SUBJET + VERB TO BE + NOT + COMP.

I was in Caracas last weekend I was not in Caracas last weekend

Helen was at school yesterday Helen was not at school yesterday
they were at the beach last Sunday They were not at the beach last Sunday

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES QUESTION AND ANSWERS

VERB TO BE + SUBJET + COMP
.......................................................
Were you in caracas last weekend?
Was Helen at school yesterday ?
Were they at the beach last Sunday?
Where you at the movie last night?
Yes, I was
Yes, I was at the movie last night
No, I was not
No, I was not at the movie last night

TIME EXPRESSIONS

yesterday Last month

Yesterday morning Last year
Yesterday afternoon Last weekend
Yesterday night Two days ago
Last night Five years ago
Last week A long time ago

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EXERCISES

Change These Sentences Into Past Tense

1. Kelly is the park every afternoon. ( Last sunday morning )

2 .They are always on time for class . ( Yesterday )

3. Today is thursday. ( Yesterday )

4. Some cars are usually cheap. ( Last year )

5. I am in the institute right now. ( 5 day ago )

Answer the following questions

1. Were you and your family in Rome on vacations last summer ?

2. was Richard at the bank this morning ?

3. Were the students out of the institute yesterday ?

4. Were you a good student in high school ?

5. Was the teacher in the classroom last night ?

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1.- Fill the blanks using was or were.

1. ________ at the beach yesterday

2. Tomas _______ at school.
3. The cat _______on the roof.
4. We ______ in the classroom this morning
5. Betty _______ a good student last year.
6. Michael and I______ here last week.
7. the boys_______ in the classroom.

2.- Change the following sentences into negative and interrogative from.

1. Henry and Laura were at the University yesterday.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

2. Richard was in class last nigth.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

3. Your brother and you were at the beach last weekend.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

4. I was in a party last Sunday.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

5. Deborah was tired last week.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE “DO-DOES”

DO DOES Estos auxiliares nos ayudan a construir oraciones

I HE en el presente simple, el auxiliar Does afecta al
YOU SHE verbo agregándole una S en la respuesta de la
WE IT oración afirmativa, mientras que el auxiliar Do no.
YOU Las formas negativas son Don´t y Doesn´t.
THEY

Afirmative Senteces (Do) Negative Sentences ( DO )

Subjetc+ veb+ Complement Subject + Aux. verb + Main Verb + Comp.
I work in the morning. I don´t work in the morning
We walk every day. We don´t walk every day
They watch T.V. every afternoon. They don´t watch T.V. every afternoon

Afirmative Sentences (Does) Negative Sentences ( Does )

Subject+ Verb(S)+ Complement Subject+ Aux. Verb+ Main Verb+ Comp.
She comes to class every afternoon She doesn´t come to class every afternoon
He visits Kelly on Fridays He doesn´t visit to Kelly an Fridays
It rains a lot over here. It doesn´t rain a lot over here

Si el verbo termina en S, SS, SH, CH, X, O, se debe agregar ES.

I wash my face He washes my face
They watch T.V. She wathces T.V.
We fix the car Tony fixwa the car
You go to Margarita Helen goes to Margarita

Si el verbo termina en “Y PRECEDIDA POR UNA CONSONATE” se le cambia la letra

“Y” por “IES”.
I study English He studies English
We carry those bags She carries those bags
They cry everyday He cries everyday

Questions with “Do” Questions with “Does”

Do+ Subject+ Verb+ Comp? Does+Subject+Verb+Comp?
Do you study at nigth? Does Mark play soccer?
Do they work in the afternoon? Does she work here?
Do we have to eat vegetables? Does he speak English?

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VERB “HAVE”

A este verbo no se le agrega S en ninguna situación, puesto que tiene su propia

conjugación para las terceras personas (he, she, it). En las preguntas y oraciones
negativas siempre se usa HAVE, pero en las oraciones afirmativas depende del
sujeto.

I HAVE
YOU HAVE
HE HAS
SHE HAS
IT HAS
WE HAVE
YOU HAVE
THEY HAVE

EXAMPLES:
Do you have a pet? Do they have a car?
Yes, I do. Yes, they do.
Yes, I have a pet. Yes, they have a car.
No, I don´t. No, they don´t
No, I don´t have a pet. No, they don´t have a car.

Does Peter have a French Book? Does Helen have a bike?

Yes, he does.

EXERCISES

1. Do you study in New York ?

2. Does Rachel buy shoes every week ?

3. Do the pupils take the exams outside the institute ?

4. Does the teacher have a marker ?

5. Do the boys have new toys ?

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1. - Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb.

Follow the model.

0. Mr Sanders files a plane (Fly)

1.She_______hair (Cut)
2.Mr.Sanchez _______in the office (Work)
3. They ________ on T.V. (Act)
4. The boy_______the program (Wacth)
5. I _______ to school every day (Go)
6. Manny _______ English (Study)
7. My sister_______ every day (Cry)
8. They_______ a car (Have)
9. Sandy ________ a baby (Have)

2.- Change these sentences into a negative and interrogative form.

1. I was absent from class yerterday.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
2- Answer these questions according to the model.
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

3. Mary was ath home last week.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

4. Your mother and you were sick.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

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WHO & WHAT QUESTIONS
Who: Significa ¿ quién ? o ¿ quiénes ? , Se Usa para preguntar por la persona o
personas ( Sujeto De La Oración

Who + Verb to Be + Comp + ? Who + Verb ( S ) + Comp + ?

Who Are You Who Speaks English ?

Who Is She ? Who Studies French ?
Who Is That Boy ? Who Lives In Valencia ?
who Are They ? Who Watches Tv At Night
Who Are Those Girls ? Who Likes Coffe ?

What: Significa ¿ que ? , ¿ Cual ? , O ¿ cuales ?, Se Usa Para Preguntar Por Las Cosas
( Sujeto De La Oración ).

What + Verb TO Be + comp + ? What + Do/does + Subject + Verb + Comp + ?

What Is Your Name ? What Do You Do ?

What Is That ? What Does Tony Study?
What Is Your Hobby ? What Do They Like To Eat ?
What Is This ? What Does She Read At Night ?

EXERCISES

1. Who Is That Guy ?____________________________________________________

2. Who Lives In Your House ?_____________________________________________
3. Who Are Those Teachers ?_____________________________________________
4. Who Speaks English Pretty Well? _______________________________________
5. Who Is The President Of Venezuela ? ____________________________________
6. What Do You Do In The Afternoons ?_____________________________________
7. What Does Sarah Have For Breakfast Every Morning ?______________________
______________________________________________________________________
8. What Do The Students Learn Here ? _____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
9. What Does The Secretary Type ?________________________________________
10. What Do You Do On Vacations ? _______________________________________

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Activity 10

1. Fix the following questions.

1. Last-your-is-What-name-?
______________________________________________________

2.father-Who-your-is-?
______________________________________________________

3.?- in-your- works- office-Who.

______________________________________________________

4. Puerto Cabello-?-in- lives- Who

______________________________________________________

5. Nationality-is-What-your-?
______________________________________________________

6. Do - do - you- What - do - mornings - the - in - ?

______________________________________________________

7. She - does - What - do - mornings - the -in - ?

______________________________________________________

8. The Smiths - what - do - do - vacations - on -?

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DESCRIBING PEOPLE, THINGS AND ANIMALS

• What does he/she look like?
• What is it like?
• What’s the weather like?
• How is it like?

ADJETIVES

New Beautiful Thin Funny

Old Ugly Fat Dumb
Young Handsome Slender Cold
Tall Good looking Slim Hot
Short Nice Skinny Warm
Long Unpleasant Hairy Freezing
Big Nasty Bald Chilly
Small Polite Stingy Snowy
Large High Rich Rainy
Good Strong Poor Cloudy
Bad Weak Intelligent Sunny
Interesting Light Clever
Cute Heavy

EXERCISES
1. What’s Valencia like? __________________________________________________
2. What does your mom look like? _________________________________________
3. What’s the weather like in Venezuela? ____________________________________
4. What are you like? _____________________________________________________
5. What is your father like? _______________________________________________
6. What are your classmates like? __________________________________________
7. What is your house like? _______________________________________________
8. What does the Teacher look like? ________________________________________

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Activity 11

1.- Complete the following statements according to the picture.

Personal
Contractions
Pronouns

1. - What ____ Mr. Perez ____ like? ANEXAR DIBUJOS

- He is a ____ man. HOMBRE GORDO

2. - What ____ Lemmy ____ like? HOMBRE VIEJO

- He is an ____ man.
- He has ____ eyes.

3. - What ___ you look like?

- I ___ a _____ boy/girl. JOVEN (NEUTRO)
- I have _______ eyes.

4. - What ____ she ____ ____?

- She is ______________ MUJER BONITA
- She has _____________

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Activity 12

1.- Write in letters the numbers.

Personal
Contractions
Pronouns
1. 30_____________________________________

2. 2nd ___________________________________

3. 21st___________________________________

4. 13 ____________________________________

5. 10 ____________________________________

6. 8 ____________________________________

7. 12th __________________________________

8. 45 ___________________________________

9. 16 ___________________________________

10. 70 ___________________________________

11. 62 ___________________________________

12. 23rd _________________________________

13. 14th _________________________________

14. 97 __________________________________

15. 100 _________________________________

16. 20th_________________________________

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Activity 12

1.- Write in letters the numbers.

Personal
Contractions
Pronouns
1. 30_____________________________________

2. 2nd ___________________________________

3. 21st___________________________________

4. 13 ____________________________________

5. 10 ____________________________________

6. 8 ____________________________________

7. 12th __________________________________

8. 45 ___________________________________

9. 16 ___________________________________

10. 70 ___________________________________

11. 62 ___________________________________

12. 23rd _________________________________

13. 14th _________________________________

14. 97 __________________________________

15. 100 _________________________________

16. 20th_________________________________

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WHAT DAY IS TODAY?

Los días de la semana al igual que los meses del año se escriben con letra mayúscula

Days of the week Months of the year

Monday January July
Tuesday February August
Wednesday March September
Thursday April October
Friday May November
Saturday June December
Sunday

What day is today? When is your birthday?

It is Wednesday / Friday It’s in April / It’s on April 4th

What’s today’s day? Which is your favorite day?

It’s July 10th, 2002 It is Friday

When were you born? Which is your favorite month?

I was born on May 12th , 1985 It is February

Answer the following questions

1. When is Venezuela’s independence day?

2. When was Simón Bolivar born?
3. When is Saint Valentine’s Day?
4. Is your dad’s birthday on December 24th?
5. What day was yesterday?
6. What day was before yesterday?
7. What day comes after Sunday?
8. What day is after tomorrow?
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Seasons.

Spring summer autumn winter

In Venezuela we only have dry and rainy seasons.

Flowers bloom in spring.

People go to the beaches in summer.
Leaves fall from the trees in autumn.
You can play with snow in winter.

Notice: we use the preposition in with the seasons

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Activity 13

1.- Complete these sentences with the right month of the year or day of the
Personal
week.
Pronouns
Contractions

1. ___________ is the first month of the year.

2. ____________ is the third day of the week.

3. Christmas is in _____________.

4. Halloween is in _____________.

5. ___________ is the first day of the week.

6. ___________ is the last day of the week.

7. Mother’s day is in _____________.

8. ____________ is the fifth day of the week.

9. ____________ is the sixth month of the year.

10. Carnival is in _____________.

11. The independence day is in ____________.

12. Vacations are in ______________.

13. Classes start in ______________.

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THE POSSESSIVE FORMS

Possessive Case: Para indicar que algo le pertenece a alguien, debemos agregar (‘S)
al poseedor, pero si el nombre del poseedor termina en (S) de plural se agrega solo el
apostrofe (‘). En algunos casos cuando el nombre del poseedor termina en (S) de plural,
también se agrega el apostrofe solamente.
Examples
This is Mary’s book Those are the girls’ dolls
That is Peter’s dog That is Mr. Williams’ house
It is the Teacher’s eraser It is the pupils’ exam
Those are the boy’s toys This is The Carter’s car

Possessive Adjectives: Se usan para indicar a quien le pertenece algo.

Sustituyen al poseedor o poseedores en la oración. Se ubican antes del objeto poseído.

Possessive Pronouns: Se usan para indicar a quien le pertenece algo.

Como su nombre lo indica ocupa el puesto de un pronombre.

Personal Pronouns Possessive Adjectives Possessive pronouns

I My Mine
You Your Yours
He His His
She Her Hers
It Its Its
We Our Ours
You Your Yours
They Their Theirs

This is my house This is mine

It is your pen It is yours
That is his school bag That is his
Those are her shoes Those are hers
Venezuela is our country Venezuela is ours
Those are their books Those are theirs

Whose Significa ¿De quién? Se usa para preguntar por el poseedor

Whose book is this? Whose pens are those?

It’s my book They are the secretaries’ pens
It’s mine They are Mrs. Smith’s pens
It’s Joe’s book They are his pens
It is the Teacher’s book They are theirs
It’s her book They are hers
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EXERCISES

Fill the blanks with the right poss. Adjective or poss. Pronoun

1. What is _______ name? ________ name is ……

2. Helen’s mom is very nice and _______ sister is nice too

3. Tommy is in California but _______ parents are in Texas

4. I don’t know where ______ English book is

5. You are a nice person and _______dad is too

6. My mom is in Miami, where is _________?

7. Katy’s brother is intelligent but ______ is dumb

8. This is _______ radio but that is ________

9. That is Rachel’s car and this is ______bike

10. My grandpa has a new house ________backyard is very large

Answer the following questions

1. Whose pen is that? (Jack)

2. Whose shoes are those? (The children)

3. Whose marker is it? (Miss Jones)

4. Is this your notebook?

5. Is that my eraser?

6. Do you go to Ann’s house every weekend?

7. Does Joel fix his father’s car on Sundays?

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There is – there are …there was – there were

Vocabulary.

bat Bed

plane pillow
car Chest of drawers
Foot ball Car accident
sock window
trophy cap
marathon Video game
concert outlet

Examples

There is a book on the desk

There is an apple on the table
There is one student in the classroom
There is only one church in the city

There are two boys in the park

There are three dogs in the garden
There are many students in the school
There are some Teachers in the instituteThere is y There are: Se usan para
expresar existencia, ambos significan Hay, pero There is se usa en singular y There
are se usa en plural .

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There was y There were: Se usan en los mismos casos que There is y There are,
pero en el pasado. Significan hubo, habían... respectivamente

Examples

There was a park near the school two tears ago

There was an intelligent student in my last class
There was a bird on my window this morning
There was an exam on the Teacher’s desk yesterday

There were many brave men in the word war

There were a lot of good students here last term
There were some interesting pictures at the museum
There were four nice girls at the party

Questions

Is there an English in the bookcase? Was there a party at school yesterday?

Yes, there is an English book in the bookcase Yes, there was. It was great
No, there isn’t an English book in the bookcase No, there wasn’t. There was a meeting

Are there 22 states in Venezuela? Were there good actors in the show?
Yes, there are 22 states in the bookcase Yes, there were about three good actors
No, there aren’t 22 states in Venezuela No, there weren’t.

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A. Look at the picture and write sentences using the structure in Present Tense.

1.____________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________________

6. _________________________________________________________________

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B. Look at the pictures and write sentences using the structure in Past Tense.

1._______________________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________________

3.______________________________________________________________________

_
4.______________________________________________________________________

_
5._______________________________________________________________________

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Activity 15

Answer the following questions with long answers.

Personal
Contractions
Pronouns
5. Are there vegetables in the fridge?
______________________________________________________

6. Is there a pen on the table?

______________________________________________________

7. Are there fresh meats at the grocery store?

_____________________________________________________

8. Is there a sharpener on the desk?

_____________________________________________________

9. Was there a mall?

______________________________________________________

10. Where there a lot of food?

______________________________________________________

11. Was there a nice concert?

_______________________________________________________

12. Where there good people at the party?

_______________________________________________________

13. Where there the pink shoes you are looking for?
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