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. 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. Whats your name? My name is Dennis.
b. How old are you? I am 27 years old.
c. Where are you from? I am from Colombia
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 Australian

2. Chile Chilean

3. Colombia Colombian

4. Costa Rica Costa Rican

5. Cuba Cuban

6. Egypt Egyptian

7. England English

8. France French

9. Germany German

10. Italy Italian

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 nmeros en letras.
Example / Ejemplo:
35 Thirty-five

1. 5 Five

2. 24 Twenty four

3. 17 Seventeen

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 Nineteen

12. 100 One hundred

13. 88 Eighty eight

14. 109 One hundred and 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 imgenes y escriba there is o there are para
completar las oraciones.

There are three apples on

1 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 clock on the wall.

 9 There are many books in the
big library.

10 There is 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? 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. Im 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? f i. I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? e j. She is in the office today.

F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los das 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 / 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.

Name: Dennis Crdenas

Nationality: Colombian
Age: 27 years old
Occupation: public accountant

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 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.
There is

In the bedroom there is a bed

In the bedroom there is a ball
in the bedroom there is a closet
in the bedroom there is a lamp
in the bedroom there is a picture
In the bedroom there is a train

There are

In the bedroom there are books

In the bedroom there are toys
In the bedroom there are boxes under the bed
 Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Direccin de

Ricardo Aristizbal July
Author Asesor English Dot formacin
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingismo Direccin General

Copy editor Lnea Centro

Adaptation Rachman August
de produccin Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martnez 2014
Regional Quindo