Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
Complete with the correct word (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
This is Roberto. He’s in Buenos Aires. He’s from Italy. He’s an architect.
This is Pierre and Caroline. They’re married and they’re from France. They live in Lyon. Pierre is a vet and Caroline is a speech therapist.
This is a photograph of Daniela. She is from Curitiba in Brazil. Now she lives in Sao Paolo. She is an economist. She works in a bank. The bank is in
the centre of Sao Paolo.
Listening
Look at the photograph and listen. Track 2 Choose the correct answers.
Hello, my name is Anita. I’m a nurse and I’m from Loja. I work in a hospital in the centre of Loja. I also study English. My classes are in the mornings.
The language centre is in the north of the city. It is near my house. This is a photograph of me in my classroom. The other person is my teacher. His
name is Antony. He is American. He’s from Seattle.
Translate:
VERB “BE”
Complete the questions with 'is' or 'are'. Give true answers for you.
Example:
Are you a good singer? Yes, I am or No, I´m not.
http://www.web-esl.com/tobe/tobe2.htm
https://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/Benegative.htm http://static.digischool.nl/en/grammar/hotpot/be/tegtijd.htm https://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/be.htm Negatives (BE)
Write the words that form the negative structures
Contraction Subject Verb form NOT
pronoun
I’m not not
He isn’t not
She’s not not
They aren’t not
They’re not not
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3 It / an elephant / a mouse
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Complete the conversations with is, isn’t, ‘s, are, aren’t or ‘re
Conversation 1
A Who _____________ Pau and Marc Gasol? _____________ they tennis players? B No, they _____________ . They _____________
basketball players. They play in the NBA A ______________ they American?
B No, they ________________. They ________________ Spanish.
Conversation 2:
A That ________________ Terry Tao.
B Who? ________________ he famous?
A Kind of. He ________________ is an amazing mathematician. He ________________ a professor at UCLA.
B Oh right. So he ________________ American then?
A No he ________________. He ________________ Australian and I think his parents ________________ from China.
• Are you Jesse Robles? ________________ • Are you from Quito? ________________
• Are you a student? ________________
• Are you 21? ________________
• Are you married? ________________
Ref> Top Notch Fundamentals 3rd ed, Pearson Longman (Páginas de muestra)
Make sentences. Write numbers from column 1 in column 3. There is one example.
Now answer the questions with your personal information. Write complete sentences.
1. ________________________________________________ 2.
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________________________________________________ 5.
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8. ________________________________________________
FAMILY
Tracks 6,7,8
PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Read the texts. Circle the correct words. Then listen and check. Track 9,10,11
My friend
Me
have / are two sisters. They 5 have / are students in high school. I 6 don’t / no have brothers.
My grandfather
My grandfather is 84 (1 eighty-four / eigth-four) years old. He 2 has / have short grey hair. He has 2 eyes brown / brown eyes . He
wears glasses. He 3 isn’t / doesn’t work because he 4 has / is old and he is retired. He lives in Jipijapa.
Copy and complete the text. Insert one or two words in the numbered positions.
My name 1 Carlos and I 2 student. I 3 18 and I 4 a girlfriend. Her name 5 Joselyn. 6 Is beautiful. 7 Has long black hair. Joselyn is a student too in the
university. We 8 not in the same class. On weekends we 9 the cinema.
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Write the sentences in Spanish.
I´m not married. ________________________________
I have a boyfriend. ________________________________
Pronunciation
• •• •••
leap you student photograph
your doctor cell Saturday
name phone Italy
are nurse notebook hamburger
Wednesday hospital officer
classroom
LISTENING
Read the statements about Kerry and circle the correct answer.
Kerry’s surname is Williams Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
Kerry is 19. Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
Greetings
When do we say good morning, good afternoon and good evening? Write the expression.
It’s 08:00. ________________________________
It’s 19:00. ________________________________
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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Write the possessive adjectives.
SUBJECT PRONOUN POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE (English) SPANISH EQUIVALENT
I my mi
You
He
She
we
they
Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective. Listen and check. Track 14
We are from the United States but now we live in Guayaquil. _______ son was born here. He is one year old.
Pierre: “Hi. I’m Pierre. What’s _______ name?” David: “Hello, _______ name’s David.”
VOCABULARY REVIEW
Put the words into the correct group. Copy the words correctly (no spelling errors allowed). Listen and check. Track 15
twenty-three architect board Wednesday speech therapist
Monday desk seventeen nurse pencil thirty
Jobs Days
Classroom objects Numbers
Pronunciation
• •• • •
Eight Nine Twenty Fifty-three
three sixty Seventeen
COMMUNICATION
Choose a, b or c
a. Ecuador
b. Ecuadorian
c. Third semester Hi! I’m Alexandra.
a. Hello!
b. Thanks!
c. Bye!
a. Fine, thanks.
b. 19
c. No, I’m young.
a. Barcelona
b. I play football on Saturdays.
c. Running
https://www.english.com/topnotch3e/practice/fundamental.html
Complete the exercises on the next six pages. This is sample material provided by Pearson Longman. The exercises are from the Unit 1
workbook in the Top Notch series. Before the end of the course we will consult you to know your opinions about this sample material.
UNIT
Names and Occupations
1
a. b.
LESSON 1
c. d.
1 M atch the occupations with the pictures. W
rite the letter on the line.
1. a teacher e. f.
2. an artist
3. an athlete g.
4. a musician
5. a flight attendant
6. a banker
7. a singer
2 FAM OUS P EOP LE. W hat are their occupations? W rite sentences. U se contractions.
1 2 3 4
1
Complete the conversation between Joo Yeon Sir and M arta.
Joo Yeon Sir: H i. I’m Joo Yeon.
M arta: H i, .
Joo Yeon Sir: Nice to meet you, Marta.
M arta: .
Joo Yeon Sir: W hat do you do?
M arta: .
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Look at the people going to work. W rite sentences about their occupations. U se contractions.
2.
3.
Read the list. Then look at the pictures and complete the conversations.
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WORD FIND. Look across ( ➞) and down ( ) . Circle the eight occupations.
NE I ME P A ENNBKR P P E
MOE T EOAME SU I HA T L
A E L PO L L HNCNNN T R Y
N TWE S AA S A I HHR R L I
AORHT E T T R E T E T ENC
GK I ENPHE SNAHNE S A
EN T P C R L AMT R ENS R E
R T E A E A E I N I NNE RNU
KARA SHT AA S E R E RA T
OA T NY T E I U T EHGRNM
E C PHO T OGRA PHE RHE
R T NA SMB ENG I NE E R B
NOENRA E E E E RA E R E L
AROK P E GNE RANUUHE
O T T BANK E R T L E GC T E
NNKRNNE RNR T B I G E T
Riddle Answers: Ms. Adams: architect; Ms. Banks: doctor; Ms. Clark: engineer; Ms. Dare: scientist