Action! Module 1 by Laura Rojas

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1 Hello! I’m Mario 1. Listen and repeat Conversation 1: Tania: Hello, I´m Tania. What´s your name? Cesar: Hello, my name´s Cesar. Tania: Nice to meet you. Cesar : You too.

Conversation 2 Andrés: Hi, Sandra. Sandra: Hi, Andrés. How are you? Andrés: I´m fine, thanks. And you? Sandra: I’m OK, thanks.

Conversation 3 Maria: David, this is Luisa. David: Hello, Luisa. Nice to meet you. Luisa: You too.

Conversation 4: Lina: Good bye, Ana. Ana: Bye, Lina. See you soon.

2. Conversation Practice conversations in exercise 1 in pairs. Hello, I’m Laura Nice to meet you, Laura

3. Exercise Fill in the blanks with the right word from the following: I or my, you or your? A. Stefan: Hello, _____ my name´s Stefan. Mario: Hello, _____’m Mario. Stefan: Nice to meet _______. Mario: _______ too.

B. Clara: Hi, Darío. Darío: Hi, Clara. How are _______? Clara: ____´m OK, thanks.

4. Conversation Practice conversations A and B with you real names. Hi, Clara! Hi! How are you?

2 What is your home phone number? 1. Numbers

zero

one

two

three

four

6 six

seven

eight

five

nine

Take note

ten

twelve

You can say | o’ | instead of zero /ˈzɪərəʊ/ (0), double two (/ˈdʌbl tuː/) instead of twenty two (22) and so on.

2. Listen Conversation 1 Sonia: What´s your home phone number? Lenny: It´s 2 27 93 12 Conversation 2 Sally: What´s your mobile number? Alex: It´s 312 3 24 28 73

eleven

3. Exercise Say these phone numbers out loud Cell phone numbers

Home Numbers

312 6 54 37 56 300 6 24 95 09 320 5 55 34 81 311 4 63 66 78 315 5 46 77 23

2 54 83 13 4 31 40 08 2 22 45 53 3 67 66 88 3 12 42 35

4. Conversation Practice with your partner the conversation. What´s your home phone number? My home number it’s 3-1-2-4-2-3-5

5. Exercise Listen and write the phone numbers Sally: What´s your phone number? 1. It´s _______________________________ 2. It´s _______________________________ 3. It´s _______________________________ 4. It´s _______________________________ 5. It´s _______________________________

4 What is your home phone number? 1. Conversation

Paula

Fred

A: What’s his name? B: His name´s Fred

A: What´s her name? B: Her name´s Paula.

2. Exercise Look at the example and complete the exercise. Name: Patricia Bernal Country: Argentina Her name’s Lucía Bernal and she´s from Argentina

Name: Bill Chappell Country: UK _________________________ _________________________

Name: Scott Newman Country: US

Name: Luisa Veloso Country: Brazil

_________________________

3. Exercise Complete the exercise. 1. Name:___________Country: _______________

4. Name: ___________ Country: ______________

His name’s _________ and he´s from ___________

_________________________________________

2. Name: __________ Country: ________________

5. Name:_____________ Country:_____________

_________________________________________

3. Name: ___________ Country: _______________

6. Name:_____________ Country:_____________

_________________________________________

5 How do you spell it? The alphabet A b c d e f g h I j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

1. Listen Sebastian : Guillermo : Sebastian :

What’s your first name? It´s Guillermo. How do you spell it?

Guillermo : Sebastian : Guillermo : Sebastian : Guillermo :

G – U – I – L L ( double L ) – E – R – M - O What’s your surname? Rodriguez. How do you spell it? R–O–D–R–I–G–U–E–Z

2. Conversation Practice the conversation and then practice using your real first names and surnames. How do you spell Ruiz? R-U-I-Z

3. Exercise Spell the following words Italy China

Brazil Japan

Egypt Bolivia

Germany United States

4. Exercise Listen and write the words. 1. _____________________ 2. _____________________ 3. _____________________

4. _____________________ 5. _____________________ 6. _____________________

7. _____________________ 8. _____________________ 9. _____________________

6 Singular and Plural Nouns For turning a singular noun to its plural form follow these simple rules: Most of the nouns just need to add an S

a table = tables

a flower = flowers

If the noun ends with consonant y replace it with ies

a butterfly = butterflies

a strawberry = strawberries

If the nouns ends with: sh / ch / x / s / z / o / add es

a box = boxes a dish = dishes

a tomato = tomatoes a flamingo = flamingoes

Some plural nouns are irregular:

a man = men a woman = women

a goose = geese a mouse = mice

1. Exercise Turn these singular nouns into plural nouns. an MP3 ______________________________

a watch _____________________________

a diary ______________________________

an eraser ____________________________

a baby ______________________________

a country ____________________________

a pencil _____________________________

a sandwich __________________________

Singular and Plural Nouns Use a with singular nouns that begin with consonant sound:

Use an with singular nouns that begin with a vowel sound:

a bag a book a pencil a cellphone

an MP3 an X box an apple an eraser

2. Exercise Place the right article a or an for each noun ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

MP3

error actor student university answer country elephant phone number English dictionary

7 She is short and intelligent 1. Vocabulary and Pronunciation Check with your teacher the meaning of these words Adjectives for describing people Fat Tall Black Happy Blonde Intelligent

Slim Short White Sad Brunette Dumb

Adjectives for describing things Big Hot Red Fast Dirt Expensive

Small Cold Blue Slow Clean Cheap

2. Exercise Listen to the record and complete in the blanks.

Rajma

Car

He´s from ________________

It’s from ________________

He´s ____________________

It’s _____________________

He´s ____________________

It’s _____________________

He´s ____________________

It’s _____________________

Ameera

She’s from _______________

I’m ____________________

She’s ____________________

I’m from ________________

She’s ____________________

I’m ____________________

She’s ____________________

I’m ____________________

3. Exercise Fill in the blanks with ‘m / ‘s / ‘re as corresponds 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

He _________ from Italy (he is) It _________ from the USA (It is) You _________ from Canada (you are) I _________ from Colombia ( I am) She _________ from Germany (she is)

4. Exercise Describe the following using he’s, she’s, it’s, as corresponds.

1. ________________________

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

__________________________

4. ________________________

5. ________________________

6. ________________________

__________________________

8 She is not a teacher 1. Exercise Fill the gaps with the corresponding ‘m, ‘re or ‘s . 1. 2. 3. 4.

You ______ not the teacher, right? It ______ a Renault. It isn’t a Mazda I ______ Carlos, but I’______ not a teacher. He ______ not Andrés. He ______ Roberto.

5. She ______ Katrina. She ______ not Russian actually, she ______ American.

2. Exercise Look at exercise and complete the chart. Option 1: I am not a teacher. Option 2: I’m not a teacher. Option 1: You are not a teacher. Option 2: You _________ a teacher. Option 3: You aren´t a teacher.

Option 1: She _________ a teacher. Option 2: She _________ a teacher. Option 3: She _________ a teacher.

Option 1: He is not a teacher. Option 2: He _________ a teacher. Option 3: He isn´t a teacher.

Option 1: It _________ a Mercedes. Option 2: It _________ a Mercedes. Option 3: It _________ a Mercedes.

3. Exercise Place T if the statement is true if not, write the sentence with the correct adjective. 1. Pasta is from Italy (true!) 2. BMW is from Japan (false!) BMW isn´t from Japan. It’s from Germany. 3. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is from Spain. ____________________________________ 4. George Bush is American. ____________________________________

5. Italy is in Asia. ____________________________________ 6. Homer Simpson is very intelligent. ____________________________________ 7. Lady Gaga is from Japan. ____________________________________ 8. Panama is in Central America. ____________________________________

9 Her name’s Lucy

She´s from Russia. Her first name´s Anya. Her surname´s Evanoff.

He´s from the Iran. His first name’s Amir. His surname’s Shakiba.

I’m from ... My first name´s ... My surname´s ...

1. Exercise Match the questions with the answers: _____ _____ _____ _____

1. 2. 3. 4.

What’s his name? Where´s he from? What´s her name? Where´s she from?

a. b. c. d.

He’s from Russia His name´s Stefan She´s from Spain Her name´s Lucy

2. Exercise Complete the sentences with he’s / his and she’s / hers as corresponding He’s / his

She’s / hers

1. What’s ________ name? ________ name´s John. 2. Where’s ________ from? ________’s from Colombia.

1. What´s _________ name? _________ name´s Ana. 2. Where´s _________ from? _________’s from Spain.

3. Exercise PONER UNA INSTRUCCION CHIQUITA

12 Are you a rock star? 1. Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with am, is, or are. Then choose the correct answer from a or b. 1. ______ she a doctor? a. Yes, she is. b. No, she isn’t.

4. ______ I a teacher? a. Yes, you are b. No, you aren’t.

2. ______ he a musician? a. Yes, he is. b. No, he isn’t.

5. ______ it from Colombia? a. Yes, it is b. No, it isn´t

3. ______ you a rock star? a. Yes, I am b. No, I’m not

6. ______ they engineers? a. Yes, they are. b. No, they’re not.

2. Exercise Complete the sentences with is or are. a. _______ you a student?

e. _______ your mobile in your bag?

b. _______ your teacher from the USA?

f. _______ you a manager?

c. _______ you from China?

g. _______ Shakira an actress?

d. _______ you married?

h. _______ Brad Pitt an actor?

3. Conversation Work with your partner. Ask and answer the questions from exercise 1 and 2. Are you a student? Yes, I am

13 What’s your e-mail adress? 1. Exercise Write the numbers of the conversation in the boxes, and then write the name of each number What´s your home phone number? It’s two two seven double nine one three.

What´s your mobile number? It´s three one two three o /ou/ four two eight seven three.

Common e-mail characters @ = at . = dot _ = underscore - = hyphen

1 ______________

7 ______________

2 ______________

8 ______________

3 ______________

9 ______________

4 ______________

10 _____________

5 _______________

11 _____________

6 ______________

12 _____________

e-mail address : carlos.romero_56@redmail.com carlos dot romero underscore fifty six at redmail dot com.

2. Exercise Fill in the gaps with are or ‘s. 1. ________ you married?

4. What______ your first name?

2. Where ______ you from?

5. What______ your email address?

3. What______ your surname?

6. What______ your mobile number?

3. Conversation Practice the questions with a partner. Pretend you are filling an application. What’s your surname My surname is Rios

14 How old are you? 1. Pronunciation Practice the pronuciation. Then listen and mark the correct answer from column A or B. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty

30 thirty 40 fourty 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety 100 one hundred

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

A thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen

30 40 50 60 70 80 90

B thirty fourty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety

2. Conversation Use the pictures below to ask and answer your partner: How old is ... ? Mark

Emily

Fred

Christine

Amy

Eric

Jeremy

Danielle

Lauren

3. Pronunciation How do you say these numbers? 32 24 56 78 97 65 43 22 55 66 102 55 63 23 34 58 87 85 99

4. Conversation Work with a partner and practice. How old are you? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m almost 30

15 I am very smart ! 1. Vocabulary Check the meaning of these words and pratice your pronunciation. tall polite beautiful expensive

short rude ugly cheap

hot big good young

cold small bad old

2. Exercise Match the pictures with the right sentences. ____ It´s a good car.

____ She´s very beautiful . ____ He´s very young. ____ They´re very old. ____ It’s very expensive. ____ It’s a very big house. ____ They’re beautiful dogs. ____ It´s a small mouse.

Use of Adjectives

Place adjectives after verb to be : You’re intelligent

Adjectives are never use in plural form: They´re beautifuls

Put adjectives before nouns: It´s a good car not It’s a car good

Place very before another adjective: It´s a very expensive car.

3. Exercise Make sentences with the following words. 1. very / old /she’s / woman / a

5. she’s / beautiful / very / woman / a

_________________________________________

2. expensive / book / an / it’s

6. a / it´s / difficult / very / problem

_________________________________________

3. idea / good / very / it’s / a

7. attractive / He´s / man / an

_________________________________________

4. friendly / your / very / dog / is

8. woman / very / a / intelligent / she’s

_________________________________________

4. Exercise Describe the following pictures. Ask your teacher about vocabulary you may need.

17 They aren’t celebrities? 1. Exercise Fill the gaps with ‘re or aren’t and ‘re not. Positive: We______ from the USA. (we are) You______ from England. (you are) They______ from Australia. (they are) Negative: We ______(or)_________ from Russia. (we are not) You______(or)_________ in Italy. (you are not) They_____(or)_________ very patriotic. (they are not)

2. Exercise Turn theses sentences into negative form. Example: They’re like robots. They aren´t like robots. They´re not like robots. 1. We´re from Venezuela.

4. They’re in a park near the center.

____________________________________

_____________________________________

____________________________________

_____________________________________

2. You´re in Puerto Rico.

5. We´re in a beautiful cafe.

____________________________________

_____________________________________

____________________________________

_____________________________________

3. Conversation Practice the sentences in exercise 2 with a partner. They are at the zoo They’re not in Venezuela

19 His name is Robert

This is Karla. Her surname’s Ramirez. Her husband’s name´s John. She´s a photographer.

This is Roger. His surname´s Peck. His wife’s name´s Steffany. He’s a fireman

Possessive adjectives I You He She It We You They

My Your His Her Its Our Your Their

This is Amanda. Her surname’s Moore. Her husband’s name´s Mark. She´s a ballerina

Personal pronouns vs. Possessives adjectives Personal pronouns

Possessive adjectives

Are used with verbs : I play, You read They listen, We watch, etc…

Are used with nouns : My car His name Our school Your house, etc…

1. Exercise Choose the correct words. 1. Is this you / your car?

5. I / My friend Carla is from you / your city.

2. They / Their aren´t very happy.

6. Are you / your at they / their house now?

3. This is we / our cat. He / his name´s Roberto.

7. She / Her sister´s a Doctor but he / his isn´t.

4. My / I keys are in you / your jacket.

8. Are they / their friends ready?

20 These are my children My name´s George. Ana´s my ________ Sonia’s our ___________ and John´s our ________

My name’s Ana. George´s my _____________ Sonia and John are our ______________

My name’s John.

My name’s Sonia.

My _____________ name´s Ana.

My ___________

My ____________ name’s George.

name’s John.

My _____________ name’s Sonia.

My grandfather`s

My uncle´s name’s Patrick

name´s Vickus and

and my aunt´s name’s Lisa.

my grandmother’s name’s Katrina.

John

George Anna father + mother

Sonia

parents

1. Exercise Choose the correct word. 1. George is Ana´s father / husband. 2. Sonia, Diana and John are George and Ana´s parents / children. 3. George and Ana are Sonia, Diana and John´s children / parents 4. Ana’s Diana´s mother / daughter 5. John’s father / son is George 6. John’s George and Ana´s parents / son 7. Ana´s John’s son / mother 8. Vickus is George’s grandfather / father

They´re my favorite members of the family!

21 I love Salsa! 1. Kinds of music What´s your opinion on these kinds of music? Pop Jazz Rock Salsa

Ballads Rancheras Heavy Metal Classical music

I love _____________

I don’t like ___________

I like _____________

I hate ______________

_____________ is OK.

………………………….

2. Conversation Work with your partner and have a conversation about your likes ans dislikes in food. I love fries! I hate fast food

milk

orange juice

coffee

tea

fish

meat

pasta

salad

fruit

eggs

bread

cheese