English book

The Alphabet

A B C D E F G
Ei Bi Ci Di i ef yi

H I J K L M N
Eich Ai Yei Key el Em En

O P Q R S T U
Ou Pi Kiu Ar Es Ti iu

V w X Y Z
Vi Dobliu Ex Guay zii

 Exercise 1
Directions: Spell each one of the following words giving an adequate phonethic
pronunciation.

Cheese Bar Hamburguer rock

Beatles Guitar Book Love Song

Castle Student Notebook Pen

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Pronunciation

The Sound

[k] Deberá leerse siempre como la [c] española delante de a,o,u--

key
[ch] Deberá leerse [ch], como en español---chair, matches
[s] Se deberá leer como la [s] inicial española--- seven, this
[z] Se deberá leer siempre como la [s] sonora española--zoo
[j] No tiene equivalencia en español. ---judge
[h] Se leerá como su equivalente en español [ j ]---heroe, house
[n] Se lee [n] nasal como en el español <<fango>>
[d] y Se pronuncian siempre apoyando la lengua contra el paladar---door,
[t] table

Las vocales

Las vocales inglesas no siempre tienen el mismo sonido. Las vocales se llaman
“largas” en ingles cuando tienen el sonido alfabético. Ejemplos:
Hate la <<a>> se pronuncia (ei)
Key la <<e>> se pronuncia (ii)
Find la <<i>> se pronuncia (ai)
Rose la <<o>> se pronuncia (ou)
Tube la <<u>> se pronuncia como la <<u>> en español

Indefinite article (a/an)

Use “a” with nouns starting with a consonant, “an” with nouns starting with a
vowel.

 Exercise 4
Directions: Write the article that corresponds to each one of the following nouns.

a tree Book
apple Clock
arm Tv
computer Image
Classroom Music
American Star
Cd Chair
Mexican Table
Hamburger House
Movil Orange
Cow Clown
Bed Floor

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Definite article (the)

Los artículos determinados españoles él, la, los, las, tienen un solo equivalente
en ingles: the.
Se utiliza tanto para el femenino como para el masculino; tanto para el singular
como para el plural.
The girl The girls
The boy The boys
The cat The cats

Pluralization

Almost all names of things and animals make the plural adding s.

Singular Plural
Chair Chairs
Book Books
Boat Boats

General Rules of Pluralization

1.- Words ending is S,SS, Z,SH,CH,X, make the plural adding ES

Ex.
Dish-Dishes
Watch-Watches

2.- Words ending in Y have two ways:

a) Preceded by a vowel just add S.
Ex.
Toy-Toys
Day-Days
b) Preceded by a consonant change Y for I and add ES:
Ex
Country-countries
Baby-babies

3.-Word ending in O have two ways:

a) Preceded by a vowel just add S:
Ex
Studio- Studios
Radio-radios

b) Preceded by a consonant add ES:

Ex
Hero-Heroes

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Potato-potatoes

4.-Some word ending in F or Fe change F or Fe por V and add ES.

Ex.
Wife-Wives
Knife-Knives

5.-The irregular Cases:

Man-Men
Woman-Women
Child-Children
Person-people
Mouse-Mice
Die-Dice
Foot-Feet
Tooth-teeth
Fish-Fish
Sheep-Sheep
Ox-Oxen
Datum-Data
Bacterium-Bacteria

 Exercise 5

Directions: Write the plural of following words.

1.-City__________
2.-Ox___________
3.-Chair_________
4.-Class_________
5.-Hero__________
6.- Day__________
7.-Fly___________
8.-Child_________
9.- Cow_________
10.- Sweater ______
11.- Table_______

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Vocabulary Part 1

The Family
Mother Madre Grandson Nieto
Father padre Granddaughter Nieta
Parents Padres Great Grandmother Bisabuela
Son Hijo Great Grandfather Bisabuelo
Daughter Hija Great grandson Bisnieto
Children Hijos Mother in law Suegra
Sister Hermana Father in law suegro
Brother Hermano Son in law Yerno
Siblings Hermanos Daughter in law Yerna
Wife Esposa Brother in law Cuñado
Husband Esposo Sister in law cuñada
Aunt Tia Stepmother Madrastra
Uncle Tio Stepfather padrastro
Cousin Primo Stepson hijastro
Grandmother Abuela Stepdaughter hijastra
Grandfather Abuelo Niece Sobrina
Grandparents Abuelos Nephew sobrino

The colors The seasons of the year

Red Rojo Spring Primavera
Blue Azul Summer Verano
Yellow Amarillo Fall Otoño
Brown Café (autumn)
Pink Rosa Winter Invierno
Green Verde The months of the year
Black Negro
White Blanco January Enero
Orange Anaranjado February Febrero
Purple Morado March Marzo
Golden Dorado April Abril
Silver Plata May Mayo
Gray Gris June Junio
July Julio
August Agosto
September Septiembre
October Octubre
November Noviembre
December Diciembre
The days of the week
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Domingo Lunes Martes Miercoles Jueves Viernes Sabado

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Vocabulary Part 2

Courtesy Expressions
ENGLISH SPANISH
Hi! ¡Hola!
Hello! ¡Hola!
Good Morning Buenos días
Good afternoon Buenas tardes
Good evening * Buenas noches
Good night** Buenas noches
Sleep tight Que duermas bien
Please to meet you Es un placer conocerle
Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
So long Hasta luego
Good Bye Adios
Bye Adios
See you later Nos vemos despues
`til Tomorrow Hasta mañana
Thanks, thank you Gracias
Thanks very much Muchas gracias
You´re welcome Para servirle a usted, no hay de que,
de nada.
How are you? ¿Cómo estas?
How are you doing? ¿Cómo te está yendo?
How do you do? ¿Qué tal te va?
Fine. Thank you. And you? Bien. Gracias. ¿y a ti?
How about you? ¿Qué hay acerca de ti?

*Good Evening: Se utiliza para saludar cuando se llega a un lugar en la noche.

**Good Night: Se usa cuando se despide de un lugar. Para desear que las
personas pasen buena noche.

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Verb to be to express name or identity

Who are you?

Instructions: Answer the following questions using the verb TO BE to express

name.

1.- Who are you?_____________________________________________

2.- Who is she?_______________________________________________
3.- Are they Tom and Sonia?_____________________________________
4.- Is he Robert?_______________________________________________
5.- Who are they?______________________________________________
6.- who are she and he?_________________________________________
7.- Is she Anna?________________________________________________
8.- Who is he?_________________________________________________
9.- Are you Susan?_____________________________________________
10.- Is he Danny?______________________________________________
11.- Who are we?______________________________________________
12.- Am I Janne?______________________________________________
13.- Who is he? ______________________________________________

Instructions: make the question of the following sentences using the verb to be
to express name.
1. Yes, she is Sonia. _________________________________________?
2. They are Juan and Danny._________________________________?
3. No, we aren´t Susan and Joahn _______________________________?
4. I am William _____________________________________________?
5. She is Nancy _________________________________________?
6. Yes, we are Walter and Ben__________________________________?
7. No, he isn´t George ________________________________________ ?
8. You are Lorna _____________________________________________?
9. He is Mark ________________________________________________?
10. Yes, they are Victor and Norma_______________________________?
11. You are Dereck____________________________________________ ?

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Verb to be to express AGE

 How old are you?

Directions: Answer the following questions using the verb to be to express age.

1. How old are you?____________________________________________

2. Is Walter 34 years old?_______________________________________
3. How old is the dog?__________________________________________
4. How old are Pete and Sonia?__________________________________
5. Are you 54 years old?________________________________________
6. Is the Bike 3 years old?_______________________________________
7. Am I 79 years old?___________________________________________
8. How old is George?__________________________________________
9. How old are she?____________________________________________
10. Are victor and Susan 22 years old? _____________________________
11. How old is de baby?_________________________________________
12. Is Danny 44 years old?_______________________________________
13. How old is Olga?____________________________________________

Directions: Make the question of the following sentences using the verb to be.

1. Benn is 24 years old. _______________________________________?

2. Charles is 12 years old. ______________________________________?
3. No, Fred isn´t 10 years old. ___________________________________?
4. Yes, we are 31 years old. ____________________________________?
5. Ernest and Louis are 44 years old. _____________________________?
6. Yes, Mary is 32 years old. ___________________________________?
7. The cat is 2 years old. _______________________________________?
8. The car us 1 year old. _______________________________________?
9. The baby is 2 months old. ____________________________________?
10. Vichy is 35 years old _______________________________________?
11. Little Arthur is 5 years old. ____________________________________?
12. Yes, Sara is 54 years old. ____________________________________?
13. No, Mario isn´t 34 years old. __________________________________?

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Dialogue 1 / Dialogo 1 (What's your name? / ¿Cual es tu nombre?)

Tom: Hi! My name is Tom: Hola! Mi nombre es Tom.

Tom. What's your name? ¿Cual es tu nombre?

Dan: I'm Dan / My name Dan: Soy Dan / Mi nombre es

is Dan Dan

Tom: I'm glad to meet Tom: Estoy contento de

you! conocerte!

Dan: I'm glad to meet you Dan: Estoy contento de

too! conocerte también!

Dialogue 2 / Dialogo 2 (How are you? / ¿Cómo estás?)

Laura: Hi, Tom. How Laura: Hola, Tom.

are you? ¿Cómo estas?

Tom: I'm fine, Laura, Tom: Estoy bien, Laura y

and you? tu.

Laura: Very Well, Laura: Muy bien,

thank you. gracias.

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Numbers
Directions: Please memorize the following list of numbers.
1 One 135, 789 One Hundred and thirty-five thousand,
seven hundred and eighty-nine
2 Two 500,000 Five hundred thousand
3 Three 1,000,000 One million
4 Four 1,489,563 One million, four hundred and eighty-nine
thousand, five hundred and sixty three
5 Five 2,000,000 Two million
6 Six 10,000,000 Ten million
7 Seven 1 000 000 000 One billion
8 Eight 1 000 000 000 000 One trillon.
9 Nine  Exercise 2
10 Ten Direction: Write correctly the following numbers.
11 Eleven
a.- 2,345_________________________________________________
12 Twelve
13 Thirteen _________________________________________________________
14 Fourteen
b.- 56,789________________________________________________
15 Fifteen
16 Sixteen _________________________________________________________
17 Seventeen
18 Eighteen c.-679 __________________________________________________
19 Nineteen
_________________________________________________________
20 Twenty
21 Twenty-one d.- 74,568,342_____________________________________________
30 Thirty
_________________________________________________________
40 Forty
50 Fifty e.- 358,479________________________________________________
60 Sixty
70 _________________________________________________________
Seventy
80 Eighty f.- 3,765,211______________________________________________
90 Ninety
100 One Hundred _________________________________________________________
101 One Hundred and One
120 One Hundred and twenty g.- 1,378__________________________________________________
200 Two Hundred
900 Nine Hundred _________________________________________________________
1000 One Thousand h.- 159,236_______________________________________________
1101 One thousand, one
hundred and one _________________________________________________________
20,000 Twenty thousand
99,999 Ninety-nine thousand, nine i.- 8,743__________________________________________________
hundred and ninety-nine
________________________________________________________
100,000 One hundred thousand
j.-987____________________________________________________

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Ordinal Numbers
First (1st) Ninth (9th) Seventeenth (17th) Thirtieth (30th)
Second (2nd) Tenth (10th) Eighteen (18th) Fortieth (40th)
Third (3rd) Eleventh (11th) Nineteenth (19th) Fiftieth (50th)
Fourth (4th) Twelfth (12th) Twentieth (20th) Sixtieth (60th)
Fifth (5th) Thirteenth (13th) Twenty-first (21st) Seventieth (70TH)
Sixth (6th) Fourteenth(14th) Twenty-second (22nd) Eightieth (80th)
Seventh (7th) Fifteenth (15th) Twenty-third (23rd) Ninetieth (90th)
Eighth (8th) Sixteenth (16th) Twenty-fourth (24th) etc.. Hundredth (100th)

 Exercise 3

Directions: Write the following numbers as years.

Example:
1976 Nineteen seventy-six.

1734
1245
1645
1567
1810
1910
1220
1590

Directions: Write the following numbers using the format with hundred.

Example:
2,100 Twenty-one hundred.

3,400
2,500
7,900
5,600
1,300
6,800
9,300
9,000

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