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.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Greetings. / Saludos.
The place of origin. / Lugar de origen.
Age. / Edad.
The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser estar.
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
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-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

in the park.

2. We

doctors.

3. It

a beautiful house.

4. She

a model

5. Carlos

my husband.

6. He

in Medellin.

7. Lorena and I

in the cafeteria.

8. The cat

on the sofa.

9. Flowers

very expensive.

10. The computer

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.

___________________ three
apples on the table.

___________________
pencil on the floor.

___________________
cars in the garage.

two

___________________ five
students in the classroom.

___________________
computer on the desk.

___________________ a
pencil case in my bag.

___________________
pictures on the wall.

two

___________________
clock on the wall.

___________________
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.

10. What is her name? ___

j. She is in the office today.

I am 26 years old.

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

Author

Adaptation

Position

Dependence

Theme expert
Direccin de
Ricardo Aristizbal
Asesor English Dot
formacin
Salinas
Works - Programa de
profesional.
bilingismo
Direccin General
Copy editor Lnea
Rachman
de produccin
Bustillo Martnez

Centro
Agroindustrial.
Regional Quindo

Date
July
2014

August
2014