Support material / Material de apoyo

Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

Presentation / Presentación

A. Personal information / Información personal

To ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para
preguntar y dar información 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. What’s your name? – My name is ___Diana _____.
b. How old are you? – I am ___36_____ 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 más objetos o personas.
 Practice / Práctica

Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. /
Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego compárelos con la hoja de respuestas
sugerida.
A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada
país.
Example / Ejemplo:
Canada - Canadian

1. Australia Australia

2. Chile Chile

3. Colombia Colombia

4. Costa Rica Costa Rica

5. Cuba Cuba

6. Egypt Egipto

7. England Inglaterra

8. France Francia

9. Germany Alemania

10. Italy Italia

11. Japan Japón

12. Mexico México

13. Nigeria Nigeria

14. Peru Perú

15. Spain España

16. Venezuela Venezuela

B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.

Example / Ejemplo:
35  Thirty-five

1. 5 five

2. 24 Twenty four

3. 17 Seventeen

4. 75 Seventy Five

5. 20 Ywenty

6. 9 Nine

7. 84 Eighty four

8. 28 Twenty Eighty

9. 66 Sisty Six

10. 92 Ninety two

11. 19 Nineteen

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 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 Are the eraser?

D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the
sentences. / Mire las imágenes y escriba there is o there are para
completar las oraciones.

_________ there are

__________ apples on the
1 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 imágenes: 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. I’m 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? _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 días 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 / Producción

A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about

yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentación en la cual usted comparta su
información personal.
 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 habitación. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos
encontrados en la habitación.

Fuente: SENA

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

1. a bed - There is a bed.

2. a chair - There is not a chair.
3. a lamp There is a lamp.
4. a TV There is not a TV
5. two tables -There are two tables
6. four chairs - There are four chairs
 Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Dirección de

Ricardo Aristizábal July
Author Asesor English Dot formación
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingüismo Dirección General

Copy editor – Línea Centro

Adaptation Rachman August
de producción Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martínez 2014
Regional Quindío