CURSO ACADMICO

1. FICHA TCNICA:

Nombre del curso/Cdigo English Level I

Palabras clave Funciones comunicativas del lenguaje, manejo

del tiempo, manejo del espacio, Bogot,
Colombia.
Institucin Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
(UNAD)
Ciudad Bogot
Autor del Protocolo Acadmico Frank P. Rutter
Coautora Mara Anglica Rotundo
Ao 2005
Unidad Acadmica Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Humanas y
Educativas
Campo de formacin Bsico Comn en Idioma Extranjero
rea del conocimiento Ciencias humanas y sociales
Dos crditos semestrales equivalentes a 96
Crditos acadmicos horas. Un promedio de 64 horas de trabajo
independiente y 32 horas promedio de estudio
con acompaamiento tutorial.
Tipo de curso Virtual On line
Docentes. Estudiantes de todos los Programas
Destinatarios de todas las Facultades de la Institucin con
conocimiento bsico de espaol.
Competencia general de El estudiante adquiere vocabulario y
aprendizaje nociones gramaticales relacionadas con su
cotidianidad.
El estudiante lee de manera comprensiva
oraciones, prrafos y sencillos textos que
contengan vocabulario de su vida cotidiana.
El estudiante comprende audios sencillos
con conversaciones e informacin
relacionada con sus actividades cotidianas
El estudiante escribe frases y oraciones
simples relacionadas con su cotidianidad
El estudiante reconoce los smbolos
fonticos de los sonidos del idioma ingls y
reproduce algunos sonidos.
El estudiante reconoce y reproduce
patrones de entonacin y slaba tnica
Metodologa de la oferta En lnea. A distancia
Formato de circulacin Aula Virtual, Ambiente web, documentos
impresos en papel (texto) con apoyo CD-ROM
Denominacin de las unidades Mi familia, mis amigos y yo
acadmicas Mi entorno
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Functions
Introducing my family
Talking about origins and occupations
Objectives
Use the verb TO BE in the present
tense and apply it in context for
sentence structures in the affirmative
and negative forms.
Use the possessive pronouns and
adjectives this and that
Use of the possessive with apostrophe
Use of s to form plural nouns
Understand and use vocabulary to
refer to the background of the common
family and common professions

READING: Hi!

Hi, my name is Daniel Rangel. I am 16 years old. I come from Peru in South
America. I am in the United States with my family now. I am a student. My
father is a doctor. He is 45 years old. His name is Luis. My mother is a
secretary. She is 43 years old. Her name is Monica. My sister is 20 years old.
Her name is Suzy. She is a dentist.
My uncle is in Peru. He is a professor of English. His wife, Imelda, is my aunt.
She is a professor of mathematics. My cousin, Roberto, is an art student. My
other cousin, Sara, is a computer programmer.

Practice
Place the correct name, member of the family, and profession in the
corresponding bubbles : i.e. family member-name-profession. The bubble for
Daniel is done for you

Rangel family. United States

name? profession?
( Father )( ) ( ) Monicasecretary

(me) ( Daniel) student .. ( )-- dentist

.
Rangel family. Peru.

.Carlos ( ) . aunt ( ..) --- .

( ..) Sara .. cousin ( ) ..
.

GRAMMAR
1. The verb TO BE I ----- am ABBREVIATED : I am ---- Im
He/she/it ---- is she is ---
- shes
You ----are (sing) he is ----
hes
We/you/they --- are it is ----
its
we are ---
- were
you are --
-- youre
they are--
--- theyre
Practice
Place the correct form of the verb TO BE in the space to the right
of the following sentences. Do not use the abbreviated form. The first
one is
done for you.

1. I a teacher. am
2. Robert . a systems engineer. ..
3. My father and mother .. from Peru. .
4. They . Peruvian. .
5. My sister a student. .
6. She .. attractive. ..

2. The Possessive Noun with Apostrophe-s Suzy is Daniels sister.

Daniel is Suzys brother. (Common English use)
(Suzy is the sister of Daniel) (Daniel is the brother of
Suzy)
This form of the possessive is NOT common in English
Note: Word order change: If you say The brother of Suzy this is not good
English.
You must place the POSSESSOR first Suzy and the POSSESSED person
brother
second and use the apostrophe () to show possession:
EXAMPLE: Suzys brother.
Daniels dog.
Practice
Fill in the blanks: Vocabulary: category: familyson, daughter, uncle, cousin,
sister,
brother, aunt, wife, mother,
father,
husband, children

Luis Rangel is Monica Rangels husband..

Monica is Luis Rangelss
 Sara and Roberto are Daniels ..
Daniel is Luiss .
Suzy is Luis and Monica Rangels ..

3. Possessive pronouns: I .my

He .his
She .. her
We .. our
They their

Practice
Indicate the possessive pronoun which corresponds to the person shown in the
photos:
EXAMPLE: This is Susana. That is her dog.
1. This is Bill. That is bicycle.
2. This is Frank and Fabiola.
That is . house
3. This is my uncle George.
That is .. automobile.
4. This is me in Miami.
That is motorcycle.
5. This is my sister and I.
That is .. cat.

4. Demonstratives. This (singular). Near the speaker

Look at this picture. Its beautiful
That (singular). At a distance from the speaker.
Look at that picture. Its horrible

These (plural). Near the speaker.

Look at these puppies. They are beautiful.
Those (plural). At a distance from the speaker.
Look at those clouds. They are black.
Practice. Place the correct demonstrative adjectives (this/that)
(these/those)
in the blanks
Here are is Peter and Jack. are their cousins Joe
and Nancy.

Hello, Im Fred is house

Hi, Im Jack and this is Wendy. are our friends Pete

and Jean

Hello, Im Ted. is my dog, Scotty.

Indefinite article: a/an. This article designates a singular object or concept

(noun)
 When the definite article is placed before a noun with an initial vowel
sound
(a, e, i, o, u) an -n is added to facilitate pronunciation
EXAMPLES: initial consonant initial vowel
a doctor .. an engineer
a dentist . an operator
a student .. an executive

Practice 1 a an
Write a or an before the following singular words (look for initial vowels)

boy . exercise . book . lesson

.. elephant . movie star .. actor

.. engineer .. doctor .. nurse

Practice 2 with plural nouns

No a or an is placed before plural nouns.
EXAMPLE:
My sister is an engineer. My cousins are teachers.(no a/n)
My friend Ted is a doctor. My friends Jack and Henry are
pilots.

a/an / .. / Place a, an or leave a blank in the following practice

a) a b) an c) . (blank)
1. This is my father, Frank, he is .. taxi driver.
2. These are my friends Bill and Jason, they are .. dancers.
. 3. My mother is .. engineer.
4. Bills father and mother are . doctors.
5. I am .. elementary school teacher.
6. My cousin is . mechanic.
7. Our uncle and aunt . cooks.
8. His friend is . artist.
9. Freds uncle is accountant.
10. My friends are . policemen.

Practice Match the professions with the pictures. Use a or an

taxi driver dancer mechanic cook accountant

teacher policeman artist teacher engineer

TO BE in negative form:
EXAMPLE: My uncle is not a bus driver.

The negative (-) form not is placed after the affirmative (+)
I am (+) I am not (-),
we are(+) we are not(-)
he is (+) he is not(-),
Practice Look at the pictures and fill in the correct bubble
 0 0
1. He .. happy. is not is
2. She attractive. is not is
3. We . fat are not are
4. They cooks. are not are

SPEAKING:

Practice. Dialogue 1.
DANIEL: Hi, Im Daniel. I come from Peru.
YOU: Hi, Daniel. I ..
DANIEL: Are you a student?
YOU: .
Dialogue 2.
DICK: Hello, Jack. This is my daughter,
Janet.
JACK: Hello, Dick. .. Robert.
JANET: Hello, Robert.
ROBERT: ..
Dialogue 3.
JANET: Is your father a taxi driver, Robert?
ROBERT. No, he. Hes a

Dialogue 4. JANE: Is that fat man happy?

FRANK: No, (-)
JANE: Are you happy?
FRANK: Yes, . (+)

Making nouns plural in English

In English most nouns are formed by adding s i.e. book ---- books, cat ----
-cats,
dog ---- dogs.
Nouns ending in affricatives (s, sh, ch, tch, z ) add es to form the plural.
house ---- houses, watch ------- watches, dish ----- dishes, witch -----
witches etc.

EXERCISE:
Make the following single sentences plural using noun + -s (es) and
changing the singular verb to plural and changing that to those and this to
these.
IN English we NEVER use plural adjectives i.e. The red car(singular) ---- The
red cars (plural)
EXAMPLE: That house is big Those houses are big
1. That dog is fat. Those
2. This exercise is difficult.
3. That girl is attractive .
4. That car is beautiful. .
5. That window is open. ..
6. This cat is friendly. .
7. This book is new.
 8. That professor is intelligent. .
9. That computer is old. .
10. This mango is delicious. .

PRONUNCIATION

The International Phonetic Alphabet. ( IPA)

. The symbols [i:] and [ I ] represent two important vowel

sounds in English

FIGURE 6. tree [tri:] ink [Ink]

Tree [tri:] ink

[Ink]

FIGURE 7. The sound [i:] is vocalic and is pronounced with the lips close
together as when a person smiles. The tongue is raised inside the mouth. It is a
prolonged sound.
INSERT

a): [i:] This sound is in many letters of the English alphabet:

B [bi:],C [si:], D [di:], E [i:], G [dzi:], P [pi:] , T [ti:], V [vi:] , Z [zi:]

This sound can be at the beginning of a word (initial) in the middle of a word
(medial)
or at the end of a word (final).
INITIAL MEDIAL FINAL
each sleep agree
eagle keep tree
easy cheap free
east please he
even neat key
Listening 1: Indicate with an S if the two sounds you hear are the same
or a D if they are different
EXAMPLE: please please S
each itch D

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

8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ____ 11. ____ 12.

b) This sound is not in any of the letters of the alphabet.

Words with the sound [I]
The lips are shaped the same as [i:] but the tongue is lower. No English
words
end with this sound

INITIAL MEDIAL NO FINAL SOUND*

The sound of words
igloo hit ending in y is
pronounced in
it kill The same way
into Bill as the Spanish [i]
is fill i.e. Italy, finally,
ink chip usually.
in symbol

Listening 2: Indicate with S or D if the sounds are the same or different:

1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ____ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ____ 9. ___ 10. ___

FIGURE 8
MINIMAL PAIRS with [i:] and [ I ]

heel ------------ hill

peel ------------ pill
sheep ------------ ship
meal ------------ mill
leap ------------ lip
cheeks ----------- chicks
seat ------------ sit
green ----------- grin

Practice
PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION: Using the words in the minimal pairs, write the
following phonetic symbols into words in traditional script. (All these words are
in the exercises previous to this one)
EXAMPLE: [hi:l] = heel [sIt] = sit

1. [tri:] = . 2. [lIp] =. 3. [si:t] =

4. [grIn] = . 5. [li:p] = 6. [hIl] = .

7. [hi:l ] = . 8. [gri:n ] = .. 9. [mIl ] = .

Listening 3. Write the NUMBER of sounds (1, 2, etc) you hear with the sound
[i:]

EXAMPLE: His green trees. ( green trees) 2 sounds

You and me are friends. (me) 1 sound
1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. ____ 8. _____

9. ____ 10. ____ 11. ____ 12. ____

WRITING

Write a paragraph about yourself.

My name is .. I am in . My fathers (wifes/ husbands )

name is . I am a .etc.

REVIEW Dictionary work.

For this course the monolingual dictionary EASY ENGLISH DICTIONARY by

Random House Websters is strongly recommended . All the phonetic symbols
shown in this dictionary will be used in the five courses. The possible exception
is [ i: ] which is shown as [ i ] in EASY ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

Dictionary Work:
Look up the words increase decrease deceit relief believe to see how
these words are represented phonetically. It is not important to know their
meaning.

EXAMPLE: increase = [ Inkris ] remember in this course the [i] is

represented as [i:]
i.e. [Inkri:s]

1. decrease = [ ]

2. deceit = [ ]

3. relief = [ ]

4. believe = [ ]
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UNIDAD 2

A.
READING)

This is Daniel Rangel again. Let me introduce my sister, Suzy. She is a dentist.
She works every day except Sunday. She never gets up early on Sundays. She
usually works until 12:30 on Saturdays. She likes her job. She doesnt like
Saturday work.. She gets up at 8.00 oclock. She goes to work at 9. She always
goes to work by car. She rarely takes the bus. She doesnt like busses. She
has lunch at 12 . She sometimes goes to a restaurant for lunch. She usually has
lunch at work. She returns home at 5. She goes to evening classes at 6:30. She
doesnt go to classes on Fridays. She always goes to bed at about 11 oclock.

B.
GRAMMAR SECTION.

i. NEGATIVE VERB FORMS:

We form the negative verb by inserting do not or does not between
the subject pronoun and the main verb,
EXAMPLE: I like hamburgers. Sally does not (or doesnt) like
hamburgers.
We live in Peru. We dont (do not) live in France

FIGURE 1.

Daniel lives in the U.S.A. He doesnt live in Peru.

Suzy works in an office. She doesnt work in a factory

EXERCISE 1. Use doesnt or dont in the following exercise.

1. Wendy and Patricia live in Florida.

They. live in California

2. I live in Mexico.

I . live in Canada.

3. Monica and Fred in Spain.

 They .. in England

4. Frank .. in Italy

He . in South America

Tell us about yourself.

EXERCISE

Give us affirmative (+) or negative ( - ) information things you like or dont like

EXAMPLE: Speak French I dont speak French

Play tennis I play tennis

1. like spaghetti

2. get up late on Sundays ..

3. have a bicycle ..

4. have lunch at home .

5. play football .

ii. Regular verb endings in present simple

I / we / you / they work
he / she / it works

iii. Irregular verb endings in the present simple. GO and DO

I / we / you / they go
he / she / it goes

I / we / you / they do
he / she /it does

EXERCISE Fill in the blanks with the correct form of DO or GO.

a) do b) does c) go d) goes
1. I go to work on Sunday. Suzy never to work on
Sunday.
2. Bill and Fred to the supermarket on Saturdays.
3. Suzy her work well.
4. Janet always to the supermarket on Saturdays.
5. Janet and I home at 7 oclock
 6. I like busses. Suzy not like busses.
7. Bill and Jane like spaghetti. I not like spaghetti, its
horrible.
8. I go to the theater on Saturdays. Suzy never .. to the
theater.
9. They like football. Monica and I . Not like football.
10. Margaret home from school at 3 oclock.

TELLING TIME: What time is it? Its three olock.

What time is it? .. Its three oclock.

Its four fifteen (4:15)

. Its ten thirty (10:30)

. Its five twenty five (5:25)

EXERCISE Select the correct time a) b) or c)
FIGURE 1.
1. Its a) ten fifteen
b) ten thirty
c) ten forty five

iv. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY.

100% probability

75%

25%

0%

I always drink coffee.

sometimes
rarely
never
EXERCISE Select a) always b) sometimes c) rarely d) never

1. Peter .. eats spaghetti.

2. Bill and Mary . play tennis.

3. We go to work on Mondays.

4. Daniel and Suzy . go to church on Sundays.

And you?

Give us information about yourself:

EXAMPLE: I never get up late.

1. I always ..
2. I never .
3. I sometimes
4. I frequently .
5. I never .

v. CONSOLIDATING PHRASES WITH CONNECTORS and but

EXAMPLE: the connector of addition (+) and

Jack likes coffee. Jack likes tea.

Jack likes coffee. He likes tea
(and) Jack likes coffee and he likes tea.
Jack likes coffee and tea

EXERCISE Link (join) the following separate sentences with the connector
and:

1. Frances works on Saturday mornings. (and)

She works on Sundays.

Frances ...
2. We always eat fish. (and)
We visit my brother on Fridays.

We .on Fridays
3. Dan and Jean sometimes eat Chinese food. (and)
They sometimes eat Mexican food at home.
 Dan and Jean. at
home.

4. You study English. (and)

You work everyday.

You ..everyday
5. Jodis mother loves her grandchildren. (and)
She loves her dog and cat very much.

Jodis mother .. very much.

EXERCISE Link the following separate sentences with the connector but:

1. Suzy likes work on weekdays. (but)

She doesnt like work on Saturday.

Suzy likes .on

Saturday
2. Bill and Hilary dont go to church on Saturdays. (but)
They go to church on Sundays.

Bill and Hilary..

3. Jos chats on the computer very frequently. (but)
He rarely chats with his parents at home.
Jos .

4.Jennifer Capriani is a fantastic tennis player. (but)

I am a terrible tennis player.

Jennifer Capriani ..

3. Maggie likes Harry very much. (but)
She doesnt like Frank.

Maggie

C.
PRONUNCIATION: the sounds [ ^ ] and [ ae ]

Articulation for [ ^ ]

Initial sound Medial sound No final sound

 us come
up nut
uncle does
ugly done
up month

My uncle comes from London.

My mother doesnt come from London.

Articulation for [ ae ]

Initial Medial

a cat
apple fat
ask black
a sack
actor map

My back is bad.
The fat man is happy.

FIGURE Contrasting Sounds

[ ae ] [ ^ ]

bag bug

bank bunk

cat cut

cap cup

hat hut

EXERCISE
Transcribe the following phonetic script into traditional script

EXAMPLE : [ kaet ] = cat [k ^ t ] = cut

 1. [ kaep ] = . 2. [ baenk ] = ..

3. [ n ^ t ] = . 4. [ faet ] = .

5. [ maen ] = . 6. [ kaet ] = .

7. [ d ^ z ] = 8. [ baek ] =

9. [ d ^ znt ] = 10. [ k ^ p ] =

PERMISSION

Let me introduce you.. Let us show you ..

(Permit me to introduce you) (Permit us to show you)
DIALOGUE

DANIEL: Paul, let me introduce you to Angela.

ANGELA: Hi, Paul, Nice to meet you.
PAUL: Nice to meet you, too, Angela
..
DANIEL: Lets show Paul our model airplanes, Angela.
ANGELA: Good idea.
PAUL: I like model airplanes, let me see them, please.
DANIEL: Sure, lets go into the study,

OBJECT PRONOUNS

Subject pronoun Object pronoun

I me
We us
He him
You (sing) you
She her
It it
You (pl) you
They them

EXERCISE Fill in the blanks with the object pronouns. The first two are
completed
a) me b) us c) her d) him e) it f) you g) them

I see Jennifer. I see her. (c )

She sees Fred. She sees him. ( d )
We see Joan and Albert. We see ..
You see Winifred and I. You see
I and Winifred see Janet. We see
Jennifer sees Bill and Hilary. She sees ..

REVIEW :
Join the following sentences with and or but.
EXAMPLE: Suzy is a dentist. She works every day except Sunday. (and)

Suzy is a dentist and she works every day except Sunday.

1. She likes her job. She doesnt like Saturday work. (but)

..
2. She gets up at 8.00 She goes to work at 9.00. (and)

.
3. She has (eats) lunch at 12.00. She sometimes goes to a restaurant for
lunch.
(but)

4. She sometimes goes to a restaurant for lunch. She usually has lunch at
work. (but)
..
5. She returns home at 5.00. She goes to evening classes at 6:30. (and)

WRITING

Rewrite the reading at the beginning of the unit and include the sentences
above in
REVIEW.
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UNIDAD 3

OBJECTIVES: Functions use language to a) introduce people b) ask questions

c)agree with comments or statements presented orally.
Grammar usage: Form simple questions. Show structures with concordance
and agreement between two speakers.
Pronunciation: continue with vowel sounds and English stress patterns two-
syllable and three syllable words.
Listening and Writing: Reinforce functions learned in the first and second
weeks include more instruction on grammar and pronunciation.
READING

MEETING NEW PEOPLE

Dialogue: Situation Daniel Rangel and his American friend, Gary, are in a
supermarket.
Daniel sees his friend, Marisol.

DANIEL: Hi, Marisol.

MARISOL: Oh Hi Daniel!
DANIEL: This is Gary, do you know him?
MARISOL: No I dont. Nice you meet you, Gary.
GARY: Nice to meet you, too.
MARISOL: Are you a student, also?
GARY: Yes, I am. I go to Daniels school. Well, see you later.
Nice talking to you Marisol.
MARISOL: Nice talking to you, too, Gary

.
Content Questions
T or F Indicate Tor F in front of these statements about this
conversation

1. .. Marisol knows Gary very well.

2. . Daniel knows Marisol.
3. . Marisol goes to Daniels school.
4. Gary is a student.
5. Daniel and Marisol are not friends.

GRAMMAR

Simple Questions and responses using the verb DO.

In English we commonly use DO to form a question. An easy way is to write the
affirmative structure:
 EXAMPLE: affirmative You speak Spanish (+)
Then place Do before the verb (speak):
interrogative Do you speak Spanish?
IMPORTANT
In 3rd person the ending s is removed the final s on DOES obviates this
EXAMPLE: affirmative Daniel plays the guitar

Interrogative Does Daniel PLAY the guitar?

Practice. Change the following affirmative statements into the interrogative.

Dennis speaks French /Does..?

Does Dennis speak French?

I teach English. /Do ?

Do I speak English?

You play football. /Do ?

Do you play football?
Your turn.

Make the following sentences interrogative.

1. Bill teaches Spanish. / Does .. Spanish?

2. You like salsa. / Do . . Salsa?
3. Jack plays chess. /Does . chess?
4. She sings well. /Does . well?
5. Colombia exports coffee. / Does .. coffee?
I
More about forming questions with Do?

A: Do you know him?

B: No I dont (negative) know him.*

A: Do you live here?

B: Yes, I do (affirmative) live here.*

*NOTE: In English, as in other languages, we avoid superfluous information. It

is not common to repeat every word in the question when we answer it. Thus
the most common reply in the above examples would be No, I dont and
Yes, I do. The words in italics would be superfluous and unnecessary. Italics
will be used in this course to show information which can be omitted.
A brief pronunciation review. Sounds [ ^ ] and [ i: ] (in questions)
Does he speak Greek? [d^z hi: spi:k gri:k ] ( intonation up)

Yes, he does Yes [hi: d^z ]

Simple questions with TO BE

With the verb TO BE a question is formed by inverting the subject pronoun and
the verb

EXAMPLE: She is a doctor.

Is she a doctor?

A: Are you a student here?

B: No Im not (-) a student here.

A: Is your father a doctor?

B: Yes, he is (+) a doctor.

SPEAKING
How about you? Answer the questions about yourself.
Select a) Yes, I am. b) No, Im not c) Yes, I do d) No, I dont

QUESTION: Do you live in the United States? .

: Do you speak Spanish?

: Are you an engineer? ..

: Do you speak French? ..

: Are you American? .

: Do you get up early? .

: Are you a vegetarian? .

: Do you work?

: Do you like your work?

: Are you Latin American? ..

Using expressions of agreement or confirmation.

There are several expressions to show agreement:
i) .SO DO I/SO DO WE /SO DO THEY /SO DO YOU
 ii) .SO DOES SHE / SO DOES HE (3rd person singular)

a) so do I . ..so does s/he so do you so do they ..so

do we
EXAMPLE: A: I like tennis.
B: So do I

A: Frank gets up late on Sundays.

B: So does Ana. (3rd sing)

A: We live here in South Florida

B: Oh! so do Kathy and Angela (they)

ii) . ALSO
EXAMPLE: A: Kathy studies French.
B: Janet studies French also

iii) AS WELL
EXAMPLE: A: Suzy plays the guitar.
B: Oh, I play the guitar as well.

iv) .., too

EXAMPLE: A: I adore Brad Pitt.
B: Oh, I adore him, too

v) Me too. (colloquial English)

EXAMPLE: A: I think this restaurant is horrible.
B: Me too

When a person or persons agree with and observation these expressions

follow to show concordance

DANIEL: I like Mexican food.

FRED: I like Mexican food, too.

DANIEL: Tim thinks Real Madrid is fantastic.

BILL : So do I.

DANIEL: Look at Beckham! I think hes so good.

JACK: Me too.

DANIEL: We go to the beach frequently.

DICK: Tom and Bob go frequently, also.

DANIEL: Suzy works at the Ohio Medical Center.

DICK: Oh, yes? I work at the Ohio Medical Center as well.
 FRED: My sister likes Shakira.
TONY: Yes, so does my brother. He thinks that she is sexy.

Practice
Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks to show agreement.

1. Sandra is beautiful etc.

OPEN DIALOGUES: Review of functions and grammar. Fill in the blanks with
logical responses or comments.

1. Situation: Marisol meets Gary at the gym later. Fill in the blanks with
logical responses or comments.

GARY: Hi, Marisol! How are you?

MARISOL: Oh, hi Gary. Im fine. .?

GARY: Im fine, thanks. Its nice to see you.

MARISOL: Its , too.

2. Situation: Bill and Fred are watching Real Madrid vs Milan.

BILL: I think this is a fantastic game.

FRED: Yes, me Its exciting.

3. Situation: At a rock concert Dave and Jill talk about the music.

DAVE: I dont like this group, do you?

JILL: No, . . I think they are very mediocre.

DAVE: Yes, so .

Using expressions of disagreement

Quite frequently two (or more) speakers do not agree on an opinion or

observation.
One common way is to use the negative form I dont think so.

A: I think Teresa is stupid.

B: I dont think so.

Another way is to disagree and say I disagree with you. or simply disagree

A: Its not difficult to learn English.

 B: I dont agree with you/ I disagree.

SPEAKING

What do you think?

Express your agreement or disagreement with the following comments using
So do I. Me too....etc. if you agree. Or I dont think so or I disagree
if you
do not agree.

I think English is difficult. YOU:

I like pizza very much. YOU: .
Shakira is not attractive. YOU: .
I think its time to have lunch. YOU: .
Tennis is a violent sport. YOU:
I think its time to have a
cup of coffee. YOU: .

I want to go home. YOU: ..

I think Spanish is difficult. YOU:

GRAMMAR

REVIEW QUIZ: Select the best response. a, b, or c

1. I like Britney Speers. a) Shes Britney. b) So do I. c) Yes, she doesnt
2. Do you like lasagna? a) No, I dont b) Its beautiful c) Is it?
3. Does Monica like coffee? a) No, she isnt b) Yes, she does. c) She no
like
4. Andre plays fantastic tennis. a) Is it tennis? b) Andre plays. c) Yes, he
does.
5. Do you study French? a) I no study b) French is good c) No, I dont
6. Dick plays chess, and you? a) I play chess as well. b) Does he plays? c)
Me no.
7. Betty is very intelligent. a) Janice is intelligent. b) So is Janice c) Is Janice?
8. I love ice cream. a) Me like too. b) I like. c) Me too
9. Do you teach English? a) English is good b) Yes, I do c) I teach that.
10. Angela lives in Bogot. a) So does Jenny. b) Jenny Bogot too c) Jenny
live
11. Are you from Venezuela? a) I no am b) Am I not? c) No, Im not.
12. I like vacations. a) Vacations are good. b) So do I a) I like vacations

PRONUNCIATION
Stress patterns o0o 0oo
intensive magical
When a syllable is pronounced loudly in a word it is called stress. English is
a
stress oriented language and correct stress is important. In your dictionary
stress is indicated by in the phonetic transcription.
o 0 o
EXAMPLE: vacation
o 0
Repeat [rIpi:t]
0 o
Uncle [^nkl ]

Practice
Indicate the stress patterns a) o0o b) 0o or c) o0
in the following words. USE YOUR DICTIONARY!

EXAMPLE: important i) a
Football ii) b
Content iii) c

1. inverted 2. visit . 3. brother 4. export

5. believe 6. response 7. dictation 8. taxi

9. attractive 10. tennis .. 11. fantastic .. 12. guitar

Phonetic symbols [ u ] , [ ]
a. [ u ]
Medial Final
food new
truth flu
school too
rule grew
June do
group canoe
fruit you
pool chew
 b. [ ]
medial
book
cook
put
pull
push
full
took

LISTENING: Indicate S or D to indicate if the sounds you hear are the Same
or
Different.

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

9. . 10. . 11. 12. . 13. . 14. 15.

EXERCISE

Listen and circle the words that have the sound [ u ] and/or the sound [ ]

1. [u] [ ] 2. [u] [ ] 3. [u] [ ]

book moon choose cook cooed could

4. [u] [ ] 5. [u] [ ] 6. [ ] [u ]

should shooed pull pool wood wooed

 CNAD FLORIDA
UNIDAD 4

Describing people and things

Hi! This Daniel Rangel again. Here is a photo of my family. The tall man in the
back of the picture is my father. He is wearing a green T shirt and brown pants.
The woman to his left is my mother. She is tall as well. She has long dark hair
and lovely green eyes. She likes dresses but in the photo shes wearing a light
blue blouse and blue jeans. The pretty young lady in front of my mother is my
sister. Her hair is light blonde like my fathers hair. She has short hair . Shes
wearing a light green T-shirt and brown jeans.

A.
GRAMMAR

Asking questions What , How old.. WH- questions

What is your name? How old is she? What is she wearing? How is she
dressed?
What signifies you are asking for an object, or concept.
What do you like? I like pizza. What is she wearing? Shes wearing a
sweater.

How old asks the age of a person or thing.

How old is your brother? He is 16 years old. How old is this tree? Its
100 years
old.
Question practice:
Give the answer to the questions:
EXAMPLE:
QUESTION: ?
ANSWER: Monica (she) is wearing a blue sweater.

QUESTION: ?
ANSWER: She (Monica) is twenty years old.
EXERCISE:

Look at the picture and ask questions.

EXAMPLE: How old is .? ANSWER: He is 20 years old.
What is he wearing? ANS: Hes wearing a blue
sweater.

Describing things, word order. Physical quality (ugly, beautiful, etc)

Color (red, blue etc) + thing or person being described (noun)
i.e. a(n) beautiful blue sweater
 1 2 3 4
size Quality Color Noun thing/person
large Pretty Red Sweater
small Beautiful Blue T-shirt
gigantic Ugly yellow Duck
big Attractive white Chicken
Tiny beautiful Red house

EXERCISE:

Describe the clothes in the picture: It is not necessary to fill in the four boxes.
EXAMPLE:
Picture 1. Its an unattractive, brown T-shirt. Columns 2,3,4
Picture 2. etc.

EXERCISE: Describe the animals in the picture

 CNADFLORIDA

UNIDAD 5

OJO FALTA VOCABULARIO DE FURNITURE / FITTINGS (EXTRA NOT

INCLUDED IN THE BODY OF THIS UNIT)

Functions Objectives
Describing a room and locating objects Make questions with what, where and
which
Making questions about location of Use demonstrative adjectives to
objects in a room indicate existence and location: there
is / there are
Use determiners and quantifiers to
indicate existence: a, an, some, many
Use words and expressions related to
furniture and household fittings
Use prepositions of place

LISTENING: Where is my soccer ball?

What a mess! Look at this room! It is very messy and you dont know where
your things are. Dont worry! We will help you find some things that are lost! But
before, we will see where the things are that are not lost.

(Picture of a messy room with names as indicated and without lost objects/
animation of prepositions of place: in, on, under, near, etc, see picture)

(The same picture appears again, with the lost objects and audio when students
click on these items) (Only the lost objects and the audio appear, students do
NOT see the following sentences)

1. The soccer ball is next to the armchair

2. The comb is on the wall unit
3. The handbag is on the bookshelf
4. the book is on the sofa
5. the slippers are under the table
6. the cap is on top of the stereo
7. the broom is behind the sofa
8. the glasses are on the TV
9. the pen is under the table
10. the scissors are in the vase

1. Do you know where the lost objects are now? If you do, please complete
these sentences with the following prepositions:

In next to on under on top of

behind
11. The soccer ball is__________ the armchair
12. The comb is __________ the wall unit
13. The handbag is __________ the bookshelf
14. The book is __________ the sofa
15. The slippers are __________ the table
16. The cap is __________ the stereo
17. The broom is __________ behind the sofa
18. The glasses are __________ the TV
19. The pen is __________ the table
20. The scissors are __________ the vase

GRAMMAR:

1. There is / there are

The expressions there is / there are indicate that objects exist. In this
activity, we will learn how to use these expressions to describe a room, or, in
other words, to name the objects that are in a specific place. These
expressions are usually combined with phrases like on the table, under the
sofa, in the room, to make your descriptions more complete.

Please note the following:

There is indicates SINGULAR NOUNS (objects):

There is Determiner Object Rest of Resulting

sentence sentence
There is an + armchair in the room There is an
vowel sounds armchair in
(a, e, i, o, y, etc) the room

umbrella under the There is an

sofa umbrella
under the
sofa
a+ book /lamp on the table There is a
consonant book on the
sounds table / There
(u, b, l, etc) is a lamp on
the table

There are is used with plural NOUNS (objects):

There Determiner Object Rest of Resulting

are sentence sentence
There numbers:
are
two magazines in the room There are
 two
magazines in
the room
five books under the
sofa There are
five books
under the
sofa
There quantifiers:
are
some balls In the basket There are
some balls in
the basket

many papers in the trash There are

bin many papers
in the trash
bin

Practice 1:

Unscramble the following sentences and write them next to the picture they
correspond to. (please include pictures in boxes)

A/book/under/is/there/chair

______________________________

many/cups/on/the/are/table/there

______________________________

magazines/next to/the/
on/some/bookshelf/are/some/there
______________________________

there/a cushion/on the sofa/is

______________________________

magazines/next to/the/
some/bookshelf/are/some/there
_______________________________
Practice 2: Describe the messy room above. Use there is/there are to
indicate furniture and objects in that room

IN THE MESSY ROOM

There is: There are:

________________________________

__________________________________

________________________________

__________________________________

________________________________

__________________________________

2. WH- Questions where, what and which

In previous units you learned the basic sentence patters for making Yes/No
questions. Yes/No questions as their name indicates are answered with
either YES or NO and they are formed as follows:

With the verb TO BE

Form of to be + Subject + Rest of question?

Is my brother here?
Are my books on the table?

With the Auxiliaries DO / Doesnt

DO / DOES + Subject + Main verb + Rest of

question?
Do you work in a Dept.
store?
Does your cousin live in Chile?

What, where and which are used to ask about:

WHAT To tell about objects and What do you do on Friday

actions nights?
WHERE To indicate place Where is my soccer ball?
WHICH To distinguish a specific option Which color do you prefer?
among more than one
Questions with these words are formed exactly like yes no questions, but
they add these words to the beginning of the sentence. Sometimes, more
changes are also necessary at the end of the sentence:

Is your Name Kim? What is your name?

Is my brother here? Where is my brother?

Do you work in a department store? Where do you work?

Do you like green? Which color do you

prefer?

1. Review:
Lets play CONCENTRATION!

We will use the following cards to make questions with a Wh word (what,
who, where, which) and the rest of the sentence. To complete each question
you have to uncover the Wh word that corresponds to the rest of each
question. There is only one possible answer for each Wh word.
(ANIMATION: Cards are upside down, and they flip over to reveal their
contents. Contents appear in this order: where, is my dog, Resulting
sentence: Where is my dog?) (the same for the second sentence)

Model: Where is my dog?

Resulting sentence: Where is my dog?

What do you
usually
do on
Saturdays?
 Resulting sentence: What do you usually do on Saturdays?

Lets play now. To play you have to uncover two cards to complete each
question. There are seven questions to complete. Good luck!

What is under the table?

Which is your favorite day of the week?
Who has blue eyes in your family?
Where does she live?
Which month comes after April?
What is your last name?
Who is that lady wearing the blue dress?

(create cards like in the model and shuffle them so students can play
concentration. Animation: when students click on a card it flips over, when
they get matching pairs a resulting sentence appears with the words: good
job!)

2. Grammar practice:
Write questions about the underlined parts of the following sentences:

1. _______________________________________________ ?
My sister wears a blue jacket to school.

2. _______________________________________________ ?
I live in Cartagena.

3. _______________________________________________ ?
I play tennis on Sundays.

4. _______________________________________________ ?
I prefer orange.

5. _______________________________________________ ?
They work in a big corporation.

6. _______________________________________________ ?
My name is Martha

7. _______________________________________________ ?
His father has gray eyes

8. _______________________________________________ ?
My favorite day of the week is Saturday
SPEAKING

Ask me questions using what, where and which:

YOU: ______________________________ ? ME: My name is Frank

YOU: ______________________________ ? ME: I work in a library
YOU: ______________________________ ? ME: I prefer green
YOU: ______________________________ ? ME: My brother is in England

PRONUNCIATION

The sound [ ]
This sound is very similar to Spanish e as in sed
The English Alphabet has this sound in the following letters:
F [ f], L [ l ] , M [ m ] , N [ n], S[ s ], X [ ks ]
INITIAL MEDIAL
egg bet
excel excel
any get
elephant bet
except except
error next
exit left
enemy said
Sounds with [ ]
Ed and Ted are enemies. Fred is dead.
The egg is ten cents. I havent any pennies.
LISTENING
EXERCISE: Write the number of times you hear the sound [ ]
EXAMPLE: He said his friend was dead. = 3 times
1. (He said Fred was a friend) . 2. (I spend twenty cents).
3. (Does Fred have any money?) 4. (Is Jenny in bed?).
5. (Take the next left ) . 6. ( When does Helen get in bed?)
7. (Lets take twenty cents) 8. (They are dead except for Fred)
9. (Get up at ten, not at seven) 10. (Do you have anything left?)

PRONUNCIATION
 Practice Look at the pictures and pronounce the words
Contrast between [I] and [ ]

chicks checks

pin pen

lid led

wrist rest

itch etch

Bill bell

Nick neck

LISTENING
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. T or
F.

HENRY: (How are you Fred)?

FRED: (Im fine, Henry. What are you doing?)
HENRY: (I want to buy a red sweater here at Bloomingstars)
FRED: ( Oh, do you like sweaters?)
HENRY: (No, I dont, the sweater is for my wife)

1. Fred and Henry are in Starbucks ..

2. Henry is looking for a red sweater.
3. Freds wife wants a sweater. .
4. Henry likes red sweaters. ..
5. Henrys wife likes red sweaters.

SPEAKING
WRITING
Describe your favorite room. Explain where things are, for example The
bookcase is next to the window. There are ten books in the bookcase.
There is an armchair next to the TV etc..

OR
Cut out a picture from a furniture magazine and describe it using there isand
there are to describe the location of things. Use locative expressions like on
the table, next to the window.. etc.
 CNADFLORIDA

UNIDAD 6

EXTRA VOCABULARY: Not in main body of week activities and contents:

months (crossword puzzle with months, days of the week, numbers to 100)

Functions
Asking and telling time
Talking about when things happen
Describing a theater location
Objectives
Make questions with when, at what
time, where, how long
Use the simple present with future
meaning
Use adverbs of time and frequency to
indicate when things happen

1. READING: At what time does the movie start?

George: Do you want to go to the movies this afternoon?

Natalia: I cant. I have a class at 6:00.
George: At what time does your class finish?
Natalia: It ends at 7:45.
George: Do you want to go at 8:00?
Natalia: OK, but I dont think there are shows at 8 here.
George: When do shows start then?
Natalia: They usually start at nine.
George Lets go at nine then.
Natalia: Ok, lets go

VOCABULARY:

1. What time is it?

It is

1:30 am 3:45pm 8:00pm 10:15am 2:50am 7:25am 12:00n

12:00pm

To tell the time we always start with:

IT IS

Then we add:
the hour minutes by
quarters:
It is ten. A quarter / half

Insert
and the minutes Insert audio or by minutes audio
here here
+ TO + the hour

It is ten fifteen It is a quarter to

eleven
Animation and pictures: both hours appear (sentences in yellow) with a picture
of a watch indicating the time
We say: for Click and listen
oclock 5:00 It is five oclock
fifteen 10:15 It is ten fifteen We say for Click and listen
twenty 7:20 It is seven A quarter to 11:45 A quarter to twelve
twenty noon (n) / midnight
thirty 1:30 It is one thirty (pm)
Forty 6:45 It is six forty five Half to 8:30 Half to nine
five Ten to 3:50 Ten to four
fifty 4:50 It is four fifty

Practice 1:

Organize and complete the sentences about Johns activities in the morning:

(6 boxes (not in this order, please) with pictures of a boy (and these times)
waking up (7:00), having breakfast (7:20), washing his teeth (7:45), getting
dressed (7:40), riding his bike to school (7:50), sitting in class (8:00)

What time is it?

1. It is _________________________ 4. _____________________________

2. ____________________________ 5. _____________________________

3. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________

2: At what time?

This is used to ask about the time when something happens.

When we answer we add AT to the hour:
At six At ten fifteen At a quarter to
three
(Animated with audio) No pictures

Practice 2:

Answer the following questions. Remember to make the necessary changes to

your verb forms when you answer.

1. At what time does John wake up?

__________________________________________________________
.

2. 1. At what time does John have breakfast?

__________________________________________________________
.

3. At what time does he ride his bike to school?

__________________________________________________________
.

4. 1. At what time does school begin?

__________________________________________________________
.

3. Adverbs of time and phrases to indicate time:

These are words and expressions used to tell when something happens.

Adverbs of frequency include: yesterday, tomorrow, today, before,

after/afterwards, now, then, early, late, later. (Please, illustrate with a calendar
or clock and animate)

Some phrases used to indicate time include: in the morning, at noon, in the
afternoon, in the evening, at night, at midnight, on + days of the week (on
Sunday, on Tuesday) (Please, illustrate with a clock and a weekly planner or
calendar and animate)

GRAMMAR:

Today we are going to learn how to make questions with some other Wh
words that indicate time or duration. These words are: At what time and how
long.

1. At what time is used to indicate the exact time when something begins or
happens

Look at the examples:

With verb TO BE: At what time is the movie?

With DO / DOES: At what time does the show starts?

(ANIMATED)

To answer both questions, we need to indicate a specific time:

It is at 7:50 or it starts at 5 oclock (ANIMATED)

1. How long expresses duration or the amount of time it takes for something
to happen from beginning to end.

Look at the examples:

With verb TO BE: How long is the bus ride to your house?

With DO / DOES: How long does it take you to get to your

house? (ANIMATED)
To answer both questions, we need to indicate the specific amount of time
an event (a movie, a class a ride on the bus) takes since it begins until it
ends:

With verb TO BE: The bus ride to my house is 25 minutes

With DO / DOES: It takes me an hour to get to my house

(ANIMATED)

Practice:

Choose one Wh from the box below to complete the following questions.
Then finish the rest of the question by making the necessary changes.

When at what time how long

Model:
___________ the movie / begin?
When does the movie begin? It begins at five

1. ___________ to be / this class?

_________________________________? This class is an hour long

2. ___________ do / does/ your sister/ come?

_________________________________? My sister comes at eight

3. ___________ do / does / the concert/ begin?

_________________________________? The concert begins at
6:30

4. ___________ do / does / this / happen?

 _________________________________? This happens everyday

5. ___________ do / does/ it / take /

you to get to work?
_________________________________? It takes me 15 minutes to
get to work

READING:

WHAT TIME DOES THE BUS FOR. LEAVE?

Scene: At a bus station. There are four busses. One bus at Gate 6 it has the
sign MIAMI in its window. On the wall next to the bus there is a sign which says
Departure 10:30.
In the next picture there is a bus with a sign TAMPA , it is at Gate 10, next to it
the is a sign which says 11:15, next picture JACKSONVILLE, Gate 14, for 12:15
and the last picture Gate 17 ,TALLAHASSEE , 12:30. Picture of a girl talking to
someone in uniform.

EXERCISE: Read the following dialogue.

MARCIA: Where is the bus for Miami, please.

OFFICIAL: Its at gate 6.
MARCIA: At what time does it leave?
OFFICIAL: It leaves at 10:30.
MARCIA: Thank you.
OFFICIAL: Youre welcome.

Fill in the following dialogues with information from pictures 2, 3 and 4.

Practice, Dialogue 2

NELLY: Where is the bus for Tampa, please?

OFFICIAL: Its at gate .
NELLY: ..leave?
OFFICIAL: .
NELLY: ..
OFFICIAL: . Welcome.
Dialogue 3.
MARIA: .

PRONUNCIATION: Phonetic Symbols

The consonant sound [ ]

This sound does not exist in Spanish. It is an affricative sound. The air passes
through the mouth and is partially blocked by the tongue (see the drawing)

INITIAL MEDIAL FINAL

shop washer dish

ship machine finish
shine patient English
sheep vacation polish
shirt assure dish
shape insure mash

Sounds with [ ]

Wash and shine the car. The sheep are on the ship. Shut
up.
Shape up or ship out. Thats an English machine. Be patient
Shiela.

LISTENING A.
EXERCISE: Write the number of times you hear the sound [ ]

1. (six Polish sheep). 2. (she shot the sheriff).. 3. Wash the dishes,
Marcia) .
4. (ships and machines are shiny) . 5. (The washing machine is
shaking).
5. (Shake hands and shine shoes) .. 7. (Im a fisherman from
Washington)..
8. (She washes and shines the machines) .. 9. (Ship me six sheep and
seashells)
10. (The patient is social)..

LISTENING B
EXERCISE: Listen to the conversation and answer the questions Tor F
TED: (Are you going fishing, Bill?)
BILL: (No, we are not going fishing now)
TED: (Do you like sea food?)
BILL: (Yes, I always eat fish on Fridays).
 TED: (Do you always cook the fish?)
BILL: (Sometimes, but my wife usually cooks it)
(Do you like sea food?)
TED: (No, I dont. I rarely eat fish)
JACK: (I dont like fish. I prefer Italian food)
TED: (So do I)

1. Ted is going fishing.

2 . Bill likes fish.
3. Bill always cooks the fish.. .
4. Jack doesnt like fish..
5. Ted doesnt like Italian food. .

SPEAKING: Ask Me..

Study the following dialogue then use the questions to fin out information
about your on-line English teacher.
A famous person is being interviewed. She is a woman.

INTERVIEWER: Do you teach English?

FAMOUS PERSON: No, I dont.
INTERVIEWER: Do you play any sport ?
FAMOUS PERSON: No, I dont.
INTERVIEWER: Do you entertain?
FAMOUS PERSON: Yes, I do.
INTERVIEWER: Are you a musician?
FAMOUS PERSON: No, Im not.
INTERVIEWER: Do you sing?
FAMOUS PERSON: Yes, I do.
INTERVIEWER: Are you Madonna?
FAMOUS PERSON: Yes, I am

Your turn. Ask me questions (Use Do you.? / Are you questions)

YOU: ?
ME: No, I am not a famous person.
YOU: ..?
ME: No, I am not a singer.
YOU: ..?
ME: No, I dont play any sport.
YOU: .?
ME: Yes, I teach English.
 YOU: ?
ME: Yes, that is correct. I am your English teacher.

WRITING
Personal preferences using I like and .. but I dont like

Write a letter to your English teacher about yourself. Include the things you do
frequently (I play tennis and billiardsI work from 8 o. clock to 5 oclock)
and things you like or dont like. A typical letter begins like this:

Hi! My name is . I work at

I like my work but I dont like work on Saturdays. I like lasagna but I
dont like
fish. Etc.
 CNADFLORIDA
UNIDAD 7
Functions
Inviting and responding to invitations
Asking someone to do something for
you
Expressing time, location and direction
Expressing time, location and direction:
Objectives
Make questions about the location of
things with be in simple present
Use the imperative to ask someone to
do something for you
Use can/could to ask someone to do
something for you