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Induction Class
2nd Semester - 2015
Class: Elementary/Monday

HANDOUT N°1

Name: __________________________ Teacher: __________________________

CONTENTS:
- Pronouns
- Verb to be
- Vocabulary: Weather

1. PRONOUNS

I YOU

HE SHE IT

WE THEY

We use the verb to be to talk

2. VERB TO BE about:

AFFIRMATIVE - ages
I am happy - occupations
You - prices
We are happy - the time
They - feelings and states
She - nationality
He is happy - colours
It
 NEGATIVE
I am not (I’m not) interested
You (you’re not/ you aren’t)
We are not (we’re not/ we aren’t) interested
They (they’re not/ they aren’t)
She (she’s not/ she isn’t)
He is not (he’s not/ he isn’t) interested
It (it’s not/ it isn’t)

INTERROGATIVE SHORT FORMS

Am I late? I am I’m
you You are You’re
Are we late? We are We’re
they They are They’re
she She is She’s
Is he late? He is He’s
It It is It’s

3. WEATHER

Sunny Rainy

Partly Cloudly Snowy

Windy Cloudy
4. WORKSHOP

I. Complete the dialogues with the correct personal pronouns.

1. Javiera likes music. ……She……. plays the piano
2. I really love this book. ………. Is about dragons.
3. Harry is a chef. …….. cooks everyday in his restaurant.

II. Complete the spaces with is, are o am.

1. Cars …….. expensive.
2. John…….. a student.
3. I ……….. the best in the class.
4. My sister………. A teacher.
5. The train………. Late again.
6. You………… learning English.
7. My computer……… very slow.
8. It………..cold today.

III. Complete the sentences with is, is not, are, are not, am or am not.
1. I...am not… Peruvian, I’m Chilean
2. Peter…………..a good student. He is a bad one!
3. Our eyes…………..blue. They’re brown.
4. My sister………………a singer. She is a police officer.
5. ………………. Your brother tall?
6. The bus………… late, it’s here now.
7. ……………… you ok?
8. The film…………….. very good. The story is very boring
9. ………………….. cold today?

IV. Complete the blanks with weather vocabulary.

1. On…………… days you should wear an umbrella

2. Punta Arenas is very……………. Sometimes the wind blows at 100 km/h.
3. In summer all days are……… days.
4. The Antarctic is very…………………. Actually, it is cover in snow the entire year.