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 __EDER______.
b. How old are you? I am ____31____ years old.
c. Where are you from? I am from ___COLOMBIAN_______
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 NINETEEEN

12. 100 ONE HUNDRED

13. 88 EIGHTY EIGHT

14. 109 ONE HUNDRED 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 AM 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 ARE 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
1 apples on 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
ARE________ a pencil case
in my bag.

7 _________THERE
ARE__________ two pictures
on the wall.

8 _________THERE
IS__________ a 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?
1. Where is he from? __D_
2. Hi, how is it going? __G_
I am doing fine, thank you.
a. You too!
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? __B_ 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? __I_ g. Everything is going well!
8. Have a nice day! __A_ h. He is my husband.
9. What is your name? _E__ i. I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? __F_ 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_HU__ 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.

Ilustracin 1

Fuente: SENA
Industrial Corporation
EDER PARAD PISCIOT

AGE 31 YEARS
COLOMBIAN NATIONALITY
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.
In the bedroom there is a rough green
The bedroom has a large window
In the bedroom there are many objects
 Fuente: SENA

Example / Ejemplo:
In the bedroom there is a bed.
In the bedroom there are flowers.

Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Direccin de

Ricardo Aristizbal Asesor English Dot July
Author 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