INGLÉS I

UNIDAD 2

TELL ME

Tutora: Gabriela Mallía Torres

 UNIDAD 2I

TELL ME

Tutora: Gabriela Mallía Torres

Traductora Profesional Inglés/Español/Inglés y

Espacialista en el idioma Inglés

Mallía, Gabriela. Inglés I, Cuaderno de Aprendizaje

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 Tabla de Contenido

I.- BIENVENIDA………………………………………………………………………………………...5
II.- INTRODUCCIÓN…………………………………………………………………………………… 6
III.- UNIDADES DE CONTENIDO…………………………………………………………………. 7

UNIDAD 2 TELL ME
Sub Unidad A: How Often
2.1 Frequency Activities Adverbs………………………………… ............................. 7
2.2 Present Continuous and Construction………………….. ................................. 10
2.3 Demonstrative and Objective Pronouns ................................ ……………….. 12
2.4 Permission and Possibilities, Can or Can´t
Construction ...... …………………………………………………………………………… 16
2.5 At /In/ On Preposition of Place ................................ ……………………………. 18
2.6 There is /There are ………………………………………………. ............................. 22
Sub Unidad B: Give Me
2.7 Infinitive Purpose Much /Many / A lot
(un-countable) ...... ………………………………………………………………………… 24
2.8 How Much or How Many…………………………………………. ........................... 27
2.9 Comparison of Adjectives ............................……………………………………….. 29
IV.- Síntesis………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
IV.- BIBLIOGRAFÍA…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 34

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I.- BIENVENIDA

Bienvenidos estimados estudiantes. En nombre de E- Valley te damos la Bienvenida al curso

de Inglés I. En ésta oportunidad estudiaremos UNIDAD 2– “TELL ME”. La cual tiene como
objetivos: Dominar Vocabulario Correspondiente a nivel básico, y reconocer tiempo verbal.

Esta Unidad se conforma por dos Sub temas:

- How Often; Objetivos: Dominar Gramática, Presente Continuo y Adverbios, más

actividades.
- Give me; Objetivos: Dominar el sentido contable de las Cosas.

Es importante participes activamente en cada una de las actividades. Así como también
mantener un horario de estudio y hacer uso del material de apoyo que aquí se les entrega,
tanto en contenido como sugerencias de links para práctica del mismo Si tienes dudas
contáctate con el área de docencia o con tu tutor guía quien estará a cargo de tu proceso de
aprendizaje.

A continuación les invitamos a comprender y analizar la siguiente Unidad.

Recuerda que en E-Valley ¡Tu educación es nuestra prioridad!

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II.- INTRODUCCIÓN A LA UNIDAD: TELL ME

Estimado(a) estudiante

Sea muy bienvenido(a) a los contenidos de la asignatura. Como institución tenemos

un gran desafío de formarlo(a) a usted en esta modalidad, por tanto, siéntase en
todo momento libre de acercarse a nosotros y hacernos llegar sus inquietudes.
Recuerde que estamos a su servicio.

Al final de las 72 horas que dura este módulo de inglés, el alumno será capaz de
manejar gramática básica, describir rutinas diarias, la hora, describir el tiempo, hablar
acerca de países y nacionalidades, describir personas y personalidades, hablar acerca
de las estaciones del año, meses, días de la semana, describir el cuerpo humano,
hablar sobre actividades de tiempo libre decir lo que le gusta y lo que no, hablar sobre
la familia, preguntar sobre comida, alimentos, líquidos y contenedores, describir
emociones y sentimientos, dar direcciones de acuerdo a localidades, dominar tiempo
presente simple, continuo y pasado, lo cual le servirá como una herramienta muy útil
para el futuro desempeño de su carrera.
Les invito a conocer estos conceptos y más en la presente unidad.

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 2.- Nombre de la Unidad 2: TELL ME

Nombre de la Sub-unidad A: HOW OFTEN?

2.1 Frecuency Activity Adverbs

ADVERBS OF FRECUENCY INDICATE HOW OFTEN SOMETHING HAPPENS

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REMEMBER: SUBJECT + ADVERB + MAIN VERB
Example: I always love people
SUBJECT + BE + ADVERB
Example: Alicia is always a good friend

Exercise: Put the words in these sentences in the right order.

1.- Sweet always Tim

eats:_________________________________________________________________________________

2.- People sometimes shout the:________________________________________________________________

3.- Houses often cold the are: ___________________________________________________________________

4.- Rains the in summer usually it:______________________________________________________________

5.- Clean air never Southampton is the in

very:___________________________________________________________

Exercise: Fulfill the sentences using: sometimes /often /never/ usually/ always
/occasionally, etc

1.- I_______________________ wake up at 7 o ´clock everyday

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2.- We ______________ fight because we are good friends

3.- My parents _________________go out for dinner

4.- My sister and I____________ clean our room

5.- He ______________ takes a shower in the morning

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2.2 Present Continuous and Construction

NOTE: SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + GERUND “ ING” NOTE: Question>

Example: She is cooking her meal Verb to be + Subject + GERUND “ING”
Example: Is he cooking?

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Exercise: Make questions with these words and put them in the right order.

1.- Is / working/ Paul / today________________________________________________________________

2.- you / are / listening / to / me ____________________________________________________________

3.- is / coming / the / bus ____________________________________________________________________

4.- are / watching / your parents / television ____________________________________________

Exercise: Complete the sentences. Use these verbs:

Swim stay cook take

1.- Where is John?, he is in the kitchen. He is____________________________

2.- We ´re here on vacation. We are ____________ at a hotel on the beach.

3.- Where is Sue?. She is______________ a shower.

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4.- Look! Somebody is ________________ in the river.

2.3 Demonstrative and Objective Pronouns

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NOTE: THIS/ THAT/THESE/THOSE WITH A NOUN
Example: THIS HOTEL is very expensive
NOTE: THIS/THAT/THESE/THOSE WITHOUT A NOUN
Example: THIS is a nice hotel
NOTE: QUESTION>>> VERB + THIS/THAT/THESE/THOSE ?
Example: Is THIS your bag?

Exercise: Questions , please fullfill the gaps with the right demonstrative pronoun:

1.- _____ ______ your sister?

2.- _____ _________ _______ friends?

3.- ____ ______ your bedroom?

4.- Look my hand, ____ _____ you wallet?

Exercise: Complete the following sentences using Demonstrative Pronouns

1.- Mark, ______ is my sister Ann

2.- Who ´s is ______ girl?, I don’t know

3.- ____________ apples look nice.

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4.- Do you like _________ shoes? I bought them last week.

To use
with PEOPLE

To use with THINGS >> IT /IT THEY/THEM

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Example:
I don´t want this book. You can have it
I don’t want these books. You can have them
Diane never drinks milk. She doesn’t like it
I never go to parties. I don’t like them

Exercise: Complete these sentences with them/I/me/you/she/her/he/him, etc

1.- Where are the tickets? I can´t find________

2.- Maria likes music.________ plays the piano.

3.- I am talking to you. Please listen to_______

3.- My brother has a new job, but _______ doesn´t like ______

4.- I can´t find the keys. Where are _________?

5.- I have a new computer. Do you want to see______?

6.- Where is Ann? I want to talk to ______ ?

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2.4 Permission and Possibility. Can or Can´t. Construction

CAN + BASE FORM (CAN do / CAN play /CAN come, etc)

I/ We/You/They/ + CAN + do/play/see/come, etc

He/ She/ It CAN´T (CANNOT)

QUESTION /REQUEST
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 CAN + I/ We / You /They + Do/Play/See/Come, etc ?
He/ She /It

Exercise: Complete these sentences with CAN according to the situation:

1.- Tom ________ drive but he doesn’t have a car.

2.- He __________ play tennis, he broke his leg.

3.- _______ you wait a moment please?

4.- Ann, _______ you do me a favour ?

5.- I ______ go out, I have a lot of homeworks to do.

6.- Hello, _____ I speak to Tom please?

2.5 At / In / On Preposition of Place

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NOTE: AT and IN we use them with BUILDINGS. but there are differences of how and when to
use them.

1.- AT = when we say WHERE an event takes place.

AT= someone´s house
AT (ARRIVE) = when you arrive at other places or events
Example: We went to a concert AT the Royal Festival Hall
I was AT Tom´s last night.
What time did he arrive AT school/work/hotel/party?
2.- IN= When we are thinking about the building itself
IN (ARRIVE) = when you arrive in a country or town
IN= In town and villages
Example: The rooms IN Tom´s house are very small

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 I enjoyed the film but it was very cold IN the cinema
When did he arrive IN Britain/London?
Tom´s parents live IN Nottingham
Observation: AT school / IN school
She is AT school = she is there NOW
She is IN school = She is a student

ALSO:

X
OOOXOOOO

IN the water IN a room/town IN a queue

IN the sea IN a building /country IN a row
IN a river IN a park/ garden IN a line

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AND: ON the coast/ ON a river / ON a road/ON a second floor /ON the way to /ON a bus

ON the ceiling

ON the wall /door/floor

ON a page ON her nose
But AT the bottom/ top of a page

Exercise: Complete these sentences with in/at /on:

1.- Don´t sit _______________the grass. It ´s wet

2.- What do you have _________ your bag?

3.- There are a lot of fish __________ the river.

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4.- Munich is a large city ______ the south of Germany

5.- I looked the list of names. My name was ______ the bottom.

Exercise: Now make sentences according to the situations describes below:

1.- ANN / office ___________________________________________________________________________

2.- Peter /plane __________________________________________________________________________

3.- People /wedding ____________________________________________________________________

4.- Susan / hospital (patient) __________________________________________________________

5.- Mary and Tom / second floor restaurant

______________________________________________________________

6.- Steve / the doctor´s _______________________________________________________________________

2.6 There is / There are

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 QUESTION: IS THERE + OBJECT
Example: Is There any bank in your town?

Exercise: Write affirmative or negative sentences using There is / are or There isn’t/ aren´t

Example: a golf course? No. There isn´t a golf course

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1.- A swimming pool? NO._________________________________________

2.- Any movie theaters? YES (two).____________________________________

3.- A university? NO.______________________________________________

4.- A hospital? NO._________________________________________________

5.- Any big hotels? NO.____________________________________________

Exercise: Write sentences about your town. Use there is / are or There isn’t /aren´t
Example: There are few restaurants

1.- ___________________________________________________

2.-____________________________________________________

3.-____________________________________________________

4.- ___________________________________________________

Nombre de Sub Unidad B: Give Me

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2.1 Much / Many / A lot . Un – Countable

NOTE: Little and Few WITHOUT “a” are NEGATIVE ideas.

Example: He ´s not popular. He has few friends
Hurry up! We´ ve got little time

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NOTE: MUCH >> We use it ONLY with Questions and Negative Sentences
Example:
Do you drink MUCH coffee?
I DON´T drink MUCH coffee

**IF I want to say a POSITIVE sentence:

I drink A LOT OF COFFEE (NOT I drink much coffee)

Do you drink much coffee?, Yes, A LOT

Exercise: Complete these sentences with much, many, and a lot (of).

1.- Tom drinks _____________________milk – one litre a day

2.- ______________ people do not like flying.

3.- This is car is expensive to run. It uses ____________ petrol

4.- He always puts ____________ salt on his soup.

5.- We didn’t take _____________ photographs when we were on holiday.

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6.- He ´s got so __________ money, he doesn´t know what to do with it.

Exercise: Complete these sentences with much or a lot of

Example: Jim loves movie. (go to movies) ______________He goes to the movies a lot____

1.- Nicole thinks Tv is boring (watch

Tv)__________________________________________________________________

2.- Tina is very good tennis player (play

tennis)_________________________________________________________

3.- Martin doesn´t like to drive (use his

car)______________________________________________________________

4.- Paul spends most of the time at home (go out)

______________________________________________________

5.- Sue has been all over the world

(travel)______________________________________________________________

2.8 How much / how many

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Exercise: Write questions making with How Much or How many

Hours do you sleep a night?

Brothers and sisters have you
got?
Pairs of shoes have you got?
MUCH
Money do you get a week?
HOW MANY
Money do you spend on clothes?
Homework do get a week?
Students are there in this class?
People are there in the school?
English do you know?

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 Tea/coffee/ coke do you drink?

1.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
6.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
7.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
8.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
9.-________________________________________________________________________________________________
10.-______________________________________________________________________________________________

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2.9 Comparison of Adjectives

Comparison Adjectives are use to compare something /someone with

something/someone else

NOTE: Some Adjectives and adverbs have irregular comparatives forms, like:
GOOD/ WELL >> BETTER
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 BAD/BADLY >> WORSE
FAR >> FURTHER/FARTHER
Example: The situation was much worse than we expected

Note: We usually say: Than me /than him/ than her / than us/ than them/than
“something”
Example: I can run faster than him

Exercise: Write sentences about Mary and Peter. Use Than.

Mary:
1.- I´m 26
2.- I m not a very good
swimmer
3.- I ´m 1.65 mts
4.- I start work at 8:00
5.- I don´t work very hard
6.- I don´t have much money
7.- I ´m very good driver
8.- I ´m not very patient
9.- I´m very intelligent

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 Peter:
1.- I´m 24
2.- I´m very good swimmer
3.- I´m 1.63 mts
4.- I start work at 8:30
5.- I work very hard
6.- I have a lot of money
7.- I ´m not a very good driver
8.- I´m very patient
9.- I´m not very intelligent

Example: Mary is taller than Peter

1.- ____________________________________________________________________________________

2.-_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.-____________________________________________________________________________________

4.-____________________________________________________________________________________

5.-____________________________________________________________________________________

6.-____________________________________________________________________________________

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7.-____________________________________________________________________________________

8.-____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise: Complete these sentences with longer adjectives use words in brackets.

1.- Her illness was ______________________ than we at first thought (serious)

2.- _________________ hotels are ___________________________ to stay (expensive/comfortable)

3.- Health and happiness are ____________________________money (important)

4.- To live in the countryside is_____________________________ than living in the city (peaceful)

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 SÍNTESIS

UNIT 2
TELL ME

HOW OFTEN GIVE ME

FREQUENCY ACTIVITY ADVERBS PAST SIMPLE

(how often something happens) CONSTRUCTION
DID

PRESENT CONTINUOUS & CONSTRUCTION INFINITIVE PURPOSE

(verb to be + verb “ing” ) Much / Many /little / few/ a lot (un-countable)

DEMONSTRATIVE & OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS

(This/that/those/these/me/you/us/them,etc) HOW MUCH / HOW MANY
Un – countable nouns
PERMISSION OR POSSIBILITY, CAN OR CAN´T
CONSTRUCTION

PREPOSITION OF PLACE COMPARISON ADJECTIVES

AT /ON /IN (+ er / more long adjectives/ than)

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BIBLIOGRAFÍA

Bibliografía Obligatoria

1.- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman Group UK Limited,16TH edition,

England, Clays Ltd,1992, 1229 pag, ISBN 0 582 055 30

2.- MURPHY, Raymond y Smalzer, William R.. Basic Grammar in Use,3th ed. China: Golden Cup
Printing Company Limited, 2011,312 p, ISBN 978-0-521-13334-0

3.- MURPHY, Raymund, English Intermediate Grammar in Use, 20th edition, Great Britain,
University Press, Cambridge, 1993, 328 pag, ISBN 0 521 28723 5

4.- THOMAS, Nelson, Breakaway Student Book One, 1st edition, Edinburgh, Thomas & Sons Ltd,
1983. 123 pag, ISBN 0- 17- 555514-1

5.- The Oxford Spanish Dictionary, Oxford University Press, New York. 1994, 1829 pag, ISBN
0-19-864510-4

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