Support material / Material de apoyo
Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1
Presentation / Presentación
A. Personal information / Información personal
To ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para
preguntar y dar información 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. What’s your name? – My name is _gabriel_______.
b. How old are you? – I am __15______ years old.
c. Where are you from? – I am from __Pasto________
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 más objetos o personas.
Practice / Práctica
Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. /
Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego compárelos con la hoja de respuestas
sugerida.
A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada
país.
Example / Ejemplo:
Canada - Canadian
1. Australia Australian
2. Chile Chilean
3. Colombia Colombian
4. Costa Rica Costa rican
5. Cuba Cuban
6. Egypt Egyptian
7. England British
8. France French
9. Germany German
10. Italy Ita
11. Japan Japanese
12. Mexico Mexican
13. Nigeria Nigerian
14. Peru Peruvian
15. Spain Spanish
16. Venezuela Venezuelan
B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.
Example / Ejemplo:
35 Thirty-five
1. 5 Five
2. 24 Twenty-four
3. 17 Seven-teen
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 Nine-teen
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 Are in the cafeteria.
8. The cat Is on the sofa.
9. Flowers Are very expensive.
10. The computer Is in the living room.
11. You Are an excellent musician.
12. Martha Is on the phone.
13. What Is your name?
14. Where Are you from?
15. Where is the eraser?
D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the
sentences. / Mire las imágenes y escriba there is o there are para
completar las oraciones.
___There are____________
1 three apples on 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 imágenes: 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? _d__ a. You too!
2. Hi, how is it going? _g__ b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!
3. Who is he? _h__ c. I’m fine, thank you.
4. How old are you? _i__ d. He is from Mexico.
5. How are you? _c__ e. My name is Charlie.
6. Where is Teresa? _J_ f. Rossana.
7. How old is it? _b__ g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! _a__ h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? _e__ i. I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? _f__ j. She is in the office today.
F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.
1. M o n day
2. T_u_ e _s_ day
3. Wed _n_ _e_ sday
4. T_h_ _u_ rsday
5. Fr_i_ d _a_ _y_
6. Sa _t_ _u_ _r_ day
7. S_u_ _n_ da _y_
Production / Producción
A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about
yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentación en la cual usted comparta su
información 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 habitación. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos
encontrados en la habitación.
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 Dirección de
Ricardo Aristizábal Asesor English Dot July
Author formación
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingüismo Dirección General
Copy editor – Línea Centro
Adaptation Rachman August
de producción Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martínez 2014
Regional Quindío
