Whats your name?

My name is Alondra Cristel Montejo Perez

How old are you?
I am 15 years old
When is your birthday?
My birthday I s on jun 15th (month date)
I am a estudiante
Where are you from?
I am from Mexican
Where do you live
I live in macuspana, tabasco. (city/state)
Do you have any brothers and sisters
I (have/do not have) I have 2
What is your favorite tv program?
My favorite tv program is Acapulco shoe
What are your favorite subject (math, englis, biology,etc.)
I like cheomity

Now write brief paragraph with the information you wrote in your answer

My name Alondra cristell montejo perez I have 15 years was born on june 15.
I am from macuspana, tabasco my program favorite Acapulco shoe

1.1simple present tense

The simple present tense

One of the uses of simple present is to express an action that is repeated or
that is usual. The action can be a habit, a pastime, a daily event, a scheduled
or programmed event or something that occurs frequently

Simple present is also used to express something that a person forgot or does
not normally do.
In a time line we can represent the simple present tense like this.

Form.
1. Simple present tense verbs have two forms. The base form and the s
form
2. El tiempo pasado simple tiene la forma base y forma s
The base form is used whit I, you (singular), we, you (plural), the and
plural nous. We use the s form whit he, she it, and singular nouns
Ustedes en general usen en plural el sustantivo usamos como ella, it, el.
3. Some verbs have irregular s forms:
Have-has/ tener
go-goes/ ir

do-does/hacer

Function
1. We use the simple present tense for statements of fact
I study high school / studio la prepa
hablan espaol

Mexican speak Spanish/ mexicanos

Elephants live in Africa and india / elefantes viven en Africa y india

2. Another use is for statements of regular activity or repeated action.
Karen has guitar lessons on Tuesday and Thursday
Karen tiene lecciones en martes y jueves
I usually do my homework
Usualmente hago mi tarea en casa
The teacher always explains the gramar
El maestro siempre explica la gramatica
Karen seldom goes out with her friends on Friday
Karen sale seguido con sus amigos los Viernes
Pronunciation: listen to your teacher
1. To most oh the verbs we ad dan s to the base form, and simple
add the sound /s/.
Sing sings

play plays

take-takes

I like music, and my sister likes music too./ a mi me gusta la musica y a mi

Hermana tambien.

Jonathan plays soccer / jonathan juega soquer.

2. When the base form of the verbs ends in ch, sh, x,z,s the sound of
the third person singular from includes the e and the s. sounds
= /s/.

Brush-brushes
kisses

watch-whatches

fix-fixes

kiss-

My mother kisses my father goodbye every morning/ mi madre besa cada

maana a mi padre
Karen brushes her hair every morning / Karen cepilla su cabello cada maana.
My father watches the new at 10 p.m. / mi papa ve las noticias a las 10 p.m.
Jasons father is a mechanic. He fixes cars and motorcycles / el papa de Jason
es un mecnico. El repara carros y motocicletas.
3. For words that end in ge and ce, we must pronunce an extra
syllable. Listen to your teachers pronunciation.
I use pencil and my classmate uses a pen. Mi
The doctor charges $200 for consultation.
Kathy dances very well / kati baila muy bien

4. When the bases form ends in a consonant +y we change the y to I

and the add es
Cuando la forma base termina en una consonante +y cambiamos
la y a i y le agregamos es
I study English and mark studies Spanish
I carry a briefcase and he carries as schoolbag

When the base form ends in a vowel +y, we do not change the y.

I play socces. She plays tennis / juego soquer. Ella juega tenis

5. The auxiliary verb do is pronounced differently for the form do /du/

and for the form of the third person singular which is pronounced
in two different ways.
a) With schwa and the z sound /d_z/
b) And a strong sound / dAz/, the sound A sound as the u in the word up.
Un sonido fuerte.
We use the base form and the s form for affirmative sentences.
Subject
+ verb base form
+ complement
I
wake up
at 6 oclock in the morning
me desperate a las 6 de la maana
you
study
tu estudias ingles todos los dias

English every day

Karen (she) eats

breakfast every morning
Karen come desayuno todas las maanas
It (the alarm clock) drinks

coffe / bebe caf

Tom (he)
rings
La alarma suena antes de las 6

before 6 oclock

We
go
to school by bus
Nosotos vamos a la escuela por autobus
They
drive
Ellos conducen en la escuela

to school

Fill in the blanks with information about yourself. If you dont know the
verb in english, find the meaning in a dictionary
Example: I have a red bycicle
1. I live________
2. I speak______
3. I know______
4. I play______
5. I need______
6. I Want______
Work in pairs. Decide what good students and what bad students do. Use the
words given.

Example: come on time to school

school

good students come on time to

Come late to school

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

bad students come late to school

Ask questions
Read a magazine in class
Look out the windows
Study the lesson
Bring the book to class
Sleep in class
Pay attention to the teacher
Participate in class

Listen to the pronunciation of the months of the year. Then, listen again one by
one and repeat.

Read the names of the months of the year and identify them in the calendar.
What are the names of these months in Spanish?

January

may

September

February

june

October

March

july

November

April

august

December

Now, write the date of the following holidays and circle in the following dates. If
you dont know, ask your teacher:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Christmas
Mother day (in mexico)
Independence day in the united states
Independence day in mexico
Halloween
Valentines day
Days of the week/ dias de la semana

Listen to the pronunciations of the days of the week. Then listen again one by
one and repeat

Put a check mark beside the days of the week that you have English class
Monday

Friday

Tuesday

Saturday

Wednesday

Sunday

Thursday

Seasons of the year

Write for each season three important holidays in your community, in your
state or in Mexico.

(From March 21st to june 20th)

Spring
Primavera

del 21 de marzo a 20 de junio

Summer

(from June 21st to September 22nd)

Verano

de 22 de junio a 22 de septiembre

Autumm/fall (from September 23rd to December 21st)

De 23 de septiembre a 21 de diciembre

Winter

(from december 22nd to march 20th)

De 22 de diciembre a 20 de marzo

Travels formats.
Formato de viajero.

Write the meaning in spanish of the following elements of the format on page
12.

Family name: montejo

First/ given name: Alondra

Birth date 15-08

month 2000

year 15

Country
Sex
Passport

number: 00837

airline: aa

Country where you live: Mexico

City where boarded: Mexico City
City where your visa was issued: Miami florida
Date issued: 15/08/2000
City: Mexico City
Sate: Miami Florida

1. Family name: nombre de la familia

2. First/givn name : firma del nombre
3. Bith date
4. Country citizenship
5. Sex (male o female)
6. Passport number: numero de pasaporte
7. Airline or flight number:
8. Country where you live
9. City where you boarded
10.City where your visa was issued
11.Date issued
12.Address while is in the united states
13.City and state

Occupations/professions
1. Work whit another student
2. Look at the following photographs
3. Write below each photograph the occupation of the picture

Taxista
Vendedora
Architect
Veterinario

Mecanico
Bombero
Musico
Plomero

Pais

country

nationality

Mexico

Mexico

Mexican

Russian

Moscow

Brazil

Brasilia

Argentina

Russian
Brazilian

Buenos Aires

Argentinian

Portugal

Lisbon

Portuguese

Colombia

bogota

Colombian

England

London

Englishman

Belgium

Brussels

Belgian

Words to describe the period in life or age of people

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Young
joven
Baby
bebe
Infant
nio
Toddler
nio pequeo
Child
nio o nia
Teenager
adolecente
Adult
adulto
Middle-aged edad media
Elderly-old anciano, Viejo

Words to describe eye characteristics

Colors: you can describe the intensity of the color by using the words light
or dark. You can describe the tone of the color by adding the termination
ish to the name of the color: for example: blue blueish, or green
greenish

Brown

caf

Blue

azul

Green

verde

Hazel

avellana

Size:

Big
Small

grande
pequeo

Words to describe hair characteristics

Color:
Blonde

rubio

Red (red-haired)

rojo

White

blanco

Brown

caf

Grey

gris

Length

Long

largo

Short

corto

Amount
Abundant
Bald
Partly bald

Hairstyle

abundar
poco
parte

Pony tail

cola de caballo

Braid
Bangs

1. Works in groups of three our four photographs of people with different

physical constitutions and ages
2. Write their followings physical characteristics on a piece of paper
describe them orally to your classmates

Physical constitution : contrez fisica

Age group

grupo de edad

Eyes color: color de ojos

size: tamao

Hair color: color de pelo

length: largo

Hairstyle: peindado
Amount

type: tipo

Geographical characteristics

Beach / playa
Canyon/ canon
Cascade/ cascada
Lake/ lago
Desert/desierto
Glacer/glaciar
Valley/valle
Volcano/vulcan
Wood/Bosque
River/rio

1.4 ethnic groups and cultural characteristics

Asian/asitico

black/negro hispanic/hispano

Dark-skinned/piel oscura

White/causasian

fair light skinned/de piel clara

Due to the contienent people come from, they are also identified as:

America

latin americans, African-american.

America

amerisinos latinos, negative

Mexico

mexico

Asian
people that from china, japan, thailand, Vietnam, india and
many other countries
Las peronsas que vienen de cghina, tailandia

European

japon

people that come from any country in europe

Las personas que vienen de cualquier

African

espaol

peolpe that come from any country in Africa

Las personas que vienen de cualquier Africa

Kenia.

Other adjetives related to peoples religin are:

Catholic catolico
Jewish

judio

Muslim

musulman

Christian Cristiano

Buddhist budista
Protestant

protestante

Look at following list of adjetives that can be used to describe people

Find the word Spanish that names these characteristics
Beautiful

hermoso

Handsome

hermoso

Good-looking

elegante

Elegant

agradable

Nice

bien vestido

Casual

casual

Fashionable

moda

Eyesglasses/anteojos beard/barba frecles/pecas

moustache/bigote

1. Read the following list. Write the words in englis of the different parts of
the body that you already know
2. Compare your list with that of another student
3. Share your answer with another student or pair of students.
4. Chek the spelling of the words you have written. Ask your teacher to look
them over and make corrections if si necessary
5. When finishied, look up in a dictionary for those words in English you
didnt know and complete the following chart.

Eyebrow/cejas eye/ojo
sterno/abdomen

cherst/pecho

eyelent/pestaa

Nunel/ombligo noise/nariz Euclid/parpados

fot/pies

Ear

leg

had

Me lavo los dientes

Me maquillo la cara
Me maquillo

neek wirk

arim

finger

Subo los pied

Me lavo la mano
Ojitos cerrados
Me toco la mano
Me toco la cara
Tocando el pecho
Hago entrenamiento
Pinto las uas

Describe the physical apparence of these people

Person 1.
Name: Tania Gomez
Age: 19
Race

occupation: student

height: 1.60 build: 20

other: badd-lokigs

Name: exildraw
Age:10

occupation: student
heig:1.30

Hair

eyes: black smedil

Race:

other: exceys

Name: alberto
Age: 10
Hair
Race: white

build:

occupation. Solder
height: 1.36

build: ager

eyes
other: coct reed

Name: paulaoccupation hoosthey

Age: 21

hair:

hight: 1.95

build:

eyes: black

Race: white

other: blow-blue

Name: suad

occupation

Age: 31
Hair_ short bayo.

heigth1.60 build
Eyes: black

Race: black

Exercise 8
Give information about your family
1. Look at the above chart
2. Identify the relationship between family members
3. Fill out following vicubulary table with the corresponding word in Spanish
Family member
Father
Mother
Parents
Son
Daugther
Grandmother
Grandparents
Brother
Sister
vocabulary
English
father
daddy, dad
mother
mommy, mom
parents
brother
sister
brothers
sisters
sibling
siblings
baby
husband
wife

miembro de la familia
padre
madre
parientes
hija
hijo
abuela
abuelos
hermano
Hermana

padre
papi, papa
mama
mami, mama
padres
hermano
Hermana
hermanos
hermanas
el hermano
hermanos
bebe
esposo
esposa

spouse
son
daughter
child

hijo
hija
hijo
nio

children
nia
grandfather
abuelo
grandmother
abuela
grandparents
abuelos
grandson
nieto
granddaughter
nieta
grandchild
el nieto
great-grandfather bisabuelo
great-grandson
bisnieto
great-granddaughter
bisnieta

Activity sequence 10
1. Write your address:
Number and street: kg is th
Neighborhood: castao
City: macuspana
Zaipcode: 86700
State: Tabasco
Country: Mexico
Personal information
Date: june 29, 2004
Firname: Alondra
montejo
Bele,
Place of birth
Mexico
Address:
Kg 15 st
850
Macuspana, Tabasco.
Grammar presentation

middle name: cristell

jun 15

last name:
15 year

date of birth
student

age

In these cases, the interrogative statement in simple present whit the

verb to be is as follow
Verb to be
Am
Is

Are

subject
I
your mother
Her last name
his friends

+ complement?
your classmate
Mexican?
powell
students?

For these questions we may answer in two different ways: an affirmative

answer or a negative answer
You:
Jack:
You:
Lorena:

am I your classmate
yes, you are
are you jacks classmate
no I am not/ no you arent.

Affirmative answer
Yes
subject

+ subject

Yes, si
Yes, si
Yes, si

I
you/we/it nosotros
he/she/it nosotros

+ form of the verb to be according to the

am .soy
is. Es
is. Es

Negative answer
no
subject

+ subject

+verb to be according to the

no
no
no

I
he/she/it yo
you/we/they ella

am. soy
is. es
arent. es

we can use a contraction of the verb to be (conjugated)+not

are + not = arent

is not= isnt

in the case of no, I am not, the only possible contraction is no, Im not
negative answer using contractions

no
with not

no
no

subject
he/she/it
you/we/they

+ verb to be contracted
isnt
arent

new century high school application form

last name of student
name of student
name of father
name of mother:
sex: female
nationality
religion
fathers occupation
mother occupation
full addres

estudia
estudiant
Javier montejo
Alondra del carmen
mexicano
mexicano
vendedor
ama de casa
estudiar

telephone at residence (whit area code)

936116
mobile telephone
9361085070
email
alomontejo
last school attended
alocristall
addres of the school
bachilleres
name of guardian (if any)
Jessica Fabiola

6318

what I do and how I live

learning objects

2.1daily activities
working activities/actividad de trabajo
leisure activities/pasa tiempo
sport activities/
actividad de deporte
means of transport/medio de transporte
public place/lugar public
adverbs of time and frequency/adverbio de tiempo y frecuencia
informacin questions / preguntas de informacin
diagnostic evaluation
Reading

identify and aundestard general ideas in a short text related to daily

activities
of others, using basic strategies of reading comprehension.
Daily activities routines
A morning with Karen
Karen is a very active university student. This is what she usually does
every morning, from Monday fo Friday.
Karen es una universitaria todos los dias esto es lo que hace cada
semana.
every wekkday morning i wake up as son as my alarm clock rings at
6:00 a.m. after 10 minutes get up and go the bathroom . I take a shower.
Brush my teeth, and comb my hair. After my shower I dry myself with a
big towel go back to the bethroom
Cada da laborable me despierto en breve a las 6 am. Despus de 10
minutos salgo del cuarto y tomo un bao me lavo los dientes y peino mi
cabello. Despus de mi ducha me seco con una toalla grande volver al
bao.
DISCURSS WITH TOYR TEACHER THESE QUESTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

how frequently does Karen do these activities?

Are these activities part of a routine
What do the words in bold type in the paragraph represent?
What do the words underlined indicate?
What type words follow the underlined words

Vocabulary
Verbs
Find the meaning of the words on page 66-67 in Spanish. In your notebook. Or
on a sparate sheet of paper write a sentence in simple present using these
words.

LEVANTAR

WAKE UP

BRINDAR

TAKE A DRINK

IR

GO

RECOJER

PIK UP

EAT

COMER

BRUSH

CEPILLO

WRITE

ESCRIBIR

PUT ON

PEINAR

TAKE A SHOWER

TOMAR UNA DUCHA

ALARM CLOCK

ALARMA

SKATE BOARDING PATIN

BATHROOM

BAO

SEWING

COSTURA

BETHROOM

CAMA

KITCHEN

COCINA

SANDALS

SANDALIAS

SHOWER

DUCHA

SHOES

ZAPATILLAS

COFFE

CAF

TOOTH

DIENTES

HAIR

CABELLO

VACUME-CLEANING

ASPIRADORA

ORANGE JUICE

JUGO DE NARANJA

MAKEUP

MAKILLAJE

GLOVES

JUGO DE NARANJA

BREAKFAST

DESAYUNO

PEAR

PERA

CONRFLAKES

CEREAL

CEREAL

CEREAL

FRUIT
TOAST

FRUTAS
PAN TOSTADO

KEYS

LLAVES

MERMELADE

MERMELADA

PIECE

PASTEL

CAR KEYS

LLAVES DEL AUTO.