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ELEMENTARY-
UNIT1-
VOCABULARY
TALKING ABOUT ACTIVITIES;
COUNTRIES AND LANGUAGES

MBA ANA LILIA LINARES ACOSTA

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2 AGENDA:

1. How to ask questions about

activities

2. How to say and pronounce

properly what do you like to do

3. Correct pronunciation of
countries and languages
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3 1. HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ACTIVITIES

Questions

Ver el vídeo explicativo (dale

Open Closed like a la fan page ☺ )

The answer is generally:

Wh questions. It is for
yes, no, I don´t know, and
having a conversation, and
we use the auxiliaries (do,
not stick with a yes or no
does, did), modal verbs:
answer
can, could, would and
verbs to be (am, is, are).
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LIST OF ALL QUESTIONS WORDS (WH-QUESTIONS)

4 question word function example sentence
what asking for information about something What is your name?
asking for repetition or confirmation What? I can't hear you.
You did what?
what...for asking for a reason, asking why What did you do that for?
when asking about time When did he leave?
where asking in or at what place or position Where do they live?
which asking about choice Which colour do you want?
who asking what or which person or people (subject) Who opened the door?

whom asking what or which person or people (object) Whom did you see?
whose asking about ownership Whose are these keys?
Whose turn is it?
why asking for reason, asking what...for Why do you say that?
why don't making a suggestion Why don't I help you?
how asking about manner How does this work?
asking about condition or quality How was your exam?
how + adj/adv asking about extent or degree see examples below
how far distance How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?
how long length (time or space) How long will it take?
how many quantity (countable) How many cars are there?
how much quantity (uncountable) How much money do you have?
how old age How old are you?
how come (informal) asking for reason, asking why How come I can't see her?
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5 1. HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ACTIVITIES

EXAMPLES:

Questions

Open Closed

What do you like to do in Do you watch TV every day?

your free time? Does she work as an
What do you do? assistant?
What hobby do you really Do you like swimming? / Do
you like to swim?
enjoy?
Does she enjoy to work?
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6 RULES FOR USING: LIKE-LOVE

• Cuando tenemos el verbo:

• Like/ Love, hay 2 formas de decir que algo te gusta o amas hacer y algo que no
te gusta o no amas hacer, ambas son correctas:
• 1. Subject/Pronoun + Like/ Love + to + verb in infinitive
• 1. Subject/Pronoun + don´t / doesn´t + Like/ Love + to + verb in infinitive
• I like/ love to swim / I don´t like to swim
• Ana likes/loves to swim / Ana doesn´t like to swim
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7 RULES FOR USING: LIKE-LOVE

• 2. Subject/Pronoun + Like/ Love + verb in –ing

• 2. Subject/Pronoun + don´t/ doesn´t + Like/ Love + verb in –ing
• I like/love swimming / I don´t like swimming
• Juan likes/loves swimming / Juan doesn´t like swimming
• OJO: si quieres enlistar actividades que amas o te gustan debes de seguir la siguiente regla:
• I like to ski, skating and swimming.

• I like skiing, skating, and swimming.

• I like to ski, to skate, and to swim.

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8 RULES FOR USING: ENJOY

• 3. Subject/Pronoun + enjoy + verb in –ing

• I enjoy swimming / I don´t enjoy swimming
• Juan enjoys swimming / Juan doesn´t enjoy swimming
• OJO: con el verbo ENJOY sólo va un verbo en –ing, después de enjoy.
• I enjoy skiing, skating, and swimming.

• I enjoy to ski, skate and swim

• http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs-followed-ing-clauses
• http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs-followed-infinitive
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3. Correct pronunciation of countries and languages
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2. How to say and pronounce properly what do you like to do

10 AGENDA: