GRAMMAR 1

Complete the following dialogue. Use these charts as a guide.

POSITIVE
PRONOMB
RE
I
YOU

HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY

NEGATIVE
VERB
O
TOBE
AM
(was)
ARE
(were)

COMPLEMEN
TO

IS
(was)

FROM
VERACRUZ

FROM
CHIAPAS
FROM SAN
LUIS POTOS

ARE
FROM
(were) ZACATECAS

PRONO
MBRE
I

VERBO
TOBE
AM NOT (IM
NOT) (was
not)
ARE NOT
(YOURE
NOT)
(were not)

YOU

HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY

IS NOT
(HES NOT)
(was not)
ARE NOT
(WERE
NOT)
(were not)

INTERROGATIVE
QUEST
ION
WORD
WHER
E
HOW
WHER
E

VERBO
TOBE
Presente
(pasado)
AM (was)

PRONOMBRE

COMPLEMENT
O

FROM ?

ARE (were)

YOU

IS

HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY

FROM ?

(was)

WHAT
ARE (were)

LIKE?

COMPLEME
NTO
FROM
CHIAPAS
FROM
SAN LUIS
POTOS

FROM
VERACRUZ
FROM
ZACATECAS

POSITIVE

1. Hello my name ___ Jenny.

What ___your name?
2. Nancy. Where ___ you from?
3. I___ from Chiapas.
4. ____ is Chiapas?
5. Chiapas ___ in the south
west of Mxico.
6. Oh great. I__ from this city.
7. Perhaps I could show you
the city when you ____ time.
8. Yes that would be great.
NEGATIVE
1. Hello how ____ you today?
You dont look well.
2. Yes I___ feel well today. I
think I caught a cold.
3. Why ___ you take a pill?
4. I ____ like medicine.
5. Why ____ you try with syrup.
6. My mother _____ trust on
those things.
7. Well perhaps honey and
lemon could help.
8. Yes my mother believes that
it is a miracle cure for cold.

INTERROGATIVE
1. Hi Peter ____ ____your
weekend?
2. It ___ not as good as I ___
expecting.
3. Why? ____you go to the
beach?
4. No I didnt. I didnt feel well.
5. ______ You sick?
6. No I ______. But I was sad.
7. ______ happened to you?
8. We broke up. And I _____
really sad.
9. _____ was that?
10. She left me. She had to leave
the city due to her parents.
11. Oh what a shame. _____ if
we go out for a drink
tonight?
12. That sounds good. We could
talk about it
13. ______ about 8 oclock?
14. That sounds good Ill pick up
you.
15. Ok see you then.

GRAMMAR 2
We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something.
The possessive adjectives are:

my, your, his, her, its, our, their

whose (interrogative)

Number

Gender

Singular 1st

Male/female

Possessive
adjective
My

Singular 2nd

Male/female

your

Singular 3rd

Male

His

Plural 1st

Female
Male/female

Her
Our

Plural2nd

Male/female

Your

Plural 3rd

Male/female

their

Singular/ Plural

Male/female

Whose

Example sentence
This is my bag, my
mom gave it to
me.
This is your toy but
you can lend it to
her.
He has a car, his
car is blue.
She is using her
sisters dress.
Our neighbors
house is pink and
our house is
green.
What time does
your class begin?
Your teacher is
there already.
They were
supposed to play
football at 8
oclock but their
game was
canceled.
Whose is this
jacket? If no one

says me, Ill keep

it.

Now complete the following sentences using the chart as a model.

Im a Translator and I love ____ job. I was inspired by Nidas writings.
____ Books were very relevant to me. I also admire Munday and
Venutis job. I think ____ theories are very interesting.
When I decided to be a translator I was in high school, ____ teacher
was very patient to us and always encouraged us to follow ____ steps.
5. Not many students did it but I did and I am as proud of me as ____
parents are.
6. ____ job is very different from mine but they are as interested in
learning other cultures as me.
1.
2.
3.
4.

7. Im a Writer just as ____ mother.

8. The difference between us is that she writes for children and I ____ job
is gothic literature.
9. ____ Father is also an artist, he is a painter and ____ paintings are
unrealistic ones.
10. Since I was born _____ dream was me to be a doctor but now, they are
with _____ profession.
11. I was inspired by _____ mother because as a child I loved to hear ____
stories.
12. But I was also inspired by _____ father because in _____ job I was able
to see a different world.
13. As _____ mother is Italian and ____ father is from Germany,
14. I learned a lot about_____ different cultures and I write I both
languages.
15. _____ Writings are not as famous as _____ mothers one but one day
16. ______ job will be recognized in many languages.

17. Im an English Teacher and I give English classes to Mexican guys.

____ Students are very different from me and that is why I love ____
job.
18. I love learning about _____ culture and teaching them about mine.
19. _____ Traditions are very different from mines and we all like to share

20. _____ experiences of life.

21. I have learned a lot about _____ traditions and I have gone to some of
22. _____ traditional parties.
23. As a teacher I never stop learning, I am teaching them but I am also
learning _____ students language, _____ traditions and _____ culture.
24. I am learning how to teach and I learned to change _____ temper. Im a
patient person now.
25. I also learned to hear what they have to say and to know that being a
teacher is more than teaching them English but to understand _____
different ways of learning.

GRAMMAR 3
Now we are going to learn English Prepositions, please check out the chart
and get familiar with it.
P
R
E
TO FROM IN

P
IN
FRONT
OF
De/
En/
Adelante/
desde dentro delante
de

O
ON

S
I
OPPOSITE FOR

En/
enfrente
sobre

Para

T
BY

I
O
N
WITH BEHIND UNDER

Por/ Con
en

Detrs

Debajo

Every sentence has a subject and a verb. But to make a sentences more
interesting a preposition is used to tell us more information about what is
happening, where is happening and when.
1. The little girl as a cat and her cat lives __________ beautiful little
house.
2. I bought some syrup ________________ the chemist.
3. My sister sat ____________ my mom __________ the bus.
4. When I finished my homework I left the books _______ the table.
5. The little cat is freezing and he protected himself _______ my bed.
6. When I do my homework my mom stands _______ me to check y finish
it.
7. The thing I enjoy most about the holidays is playing ___________ my
cousin.

8. As my parents dont allow me to go to the concert, I will go ______ my

own.
9. Please leave your shoes _______ the door when you come in. Our dog
ran _______ the yard _______ the fence.
10. She is ______ Japan that is why we call her Japanese.
11. The church is just _______________ my house and we can hear the
songs from here.
12. The goals were at _______ ends of the field.
13. Mary went to see a film ______ his boyfriend.
14. There is a fountain ______ the school.
15. The mechanic is working ________ the car
16. Would you like to go _____ the cinema tonight?
17. We are going_______ holiday next week
18. There is a picture of you _____ my wall.
19. Whos is the person __________ that picture?
20. Come ______ us we are going to play a game.
21. I will go _______ a party this night but I still dont know what I can
wear.
22. My cellphone was _____ the table when I saw it the last time, perhaps
someone has stolen it.
23. I have been travelling _______ a long time, I have to rest now.
24. There is a rat under the fridge we have to move it.
25. The stationary shop is ___________ the street.

GRAMMAR 4
QUESTION WORDS

Fill in the question words What, Where, Why, When, How, Who to form the
question.
WHAT

WHERE

WHY

WHEN

HOW

WHO

QU

DNDE

PORQU

CUANDO

COMO

QUIN

1. __________ do you like?

2. __________ does Nate get up
in the morning?
3. __________ dont you go by
bus, Cristina?
4. __________ hobbies does

8. __________ are my exercise

books
9. __________ are you doing at
the moment, Harry?
10. __________ do the Millers
live?

Ivn like?
5. __________ do they go
every year?
6. __________ old are you?
7. __________ is Katys
birthday?

1. __________ does the boy

come from? He is from
spain.
2. __________ old are her
children? Three and five
3. __________ is Lola s
birthday? In March, I think.

4. __________ much is the

shirt? Its ten dollars.
5. __________ is best at
playing tennis? John is the
best in my group.
6. __________ are you going?
To New york.
7. __________ does the
restaurant open? At ten
oclock.
8. _________ can I get some ice
cream? At the snack bar.
9. __________ are you going to
order? Pasta and a beer.
10. __________ are you going to
do on Monday? I dont know
perhaps ill stay at home.

11. __________ is your name?

Frida.
12. __________ is Helens party?
On Friday.
13. __________ is your favourite
song? Its Imagine from
John Lenon.
14. __________ are you going
toe at? Ill go to a restaurant
in front of my house.
15. __________ are you sad?
Because my pet died.

GRAMMAR 5
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be
used with a number. We use many for Countable nouns.
Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used
with a number. We use MUCH for Uncountable nouns.

1. We dont have _______ milk.

2. I bought _______
hamburgers for dinner.
3. ___________ Sugar do you
need for the cake?
4. ______________ Apples are
left?
5. They have bought ________
vegetables to prepare a
salad.
6. I dont have enough
chocolate for the cookies;
we have to buy _____ more.

7. We are going to cook a soup

but we dont have _______
tomatoes.
8. ___________ oranges do we
need to make a juice?
9. We dont have to buy ______
cookie we can prepare
______ of them.
10. I will prepare ______
cupcakes for the party.

1. They have _________ videos

in that shop.
2. He needs ______ new tshirts.
3. She tried on _________ new
shoes yesterday.
4. I want to buy ________
5. My brother is very busy. He
hasn't got _______time.
6. There is too________ noise
in the street. I can't sleep.
7. __________ does it cost to
fly to America?
8. Does your student know
________words in English?

9. Because of e-mails, people

don't receive________ letters
nowadays.
10. _____________people did he
invite to his birthday party?
11. My mother always put too
______salt when she cooks.
12. There haven't been_______
sunny days lately.
13. I like that dress
very_________ .
14. _________do you weigh?
15. _____________ brothers and
sisters do you have?