AUTONOMOUS WORK

ME MYSELF AND I

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

Look at the words.

Complete with the correct word (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
PERSONAL INFORMATION

Reading. Read and listen to the text. TRACK 1

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.

Complete the sentences:

1. Roberto is in ________ ________.

2. He ________ from Italy.
3. He ________ ________ architect.
4. Pierre and Caroline are from ________.
5. They ________ married.
6. Pierre ________ a ________.
7. ________ is a speech therapist.
8. Daniela is from ________ ________ ________.
9. ________ is ________ economist.
10. She works in ________ ________.
11. The bank ________ in the centre of Sao Paolo.

Listening

Look at the photograph and listen. Track 2 Choose the correct answers.

Anita is a doctor / a nurse

She´s in / She’s from Loja.

This is a photograph of her hospital / her classroom.

It is in the north / centre of Loja.

The person in the photo is Andy / Antony.

He is from Seattle (in the USA) / Sydney (in Australia).

SCRIPT

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:

Where are you from? ………………………………………………………………………

I’m from Loja. ………………………………………………………………………

She’s a nurse. ………………………………………………………………………

They are doctors. ………………………………………………………………………

He’s a speech therapist. ………………………………………………………………………

Antony is American. ………………………………………………………………………

The language centre is in the north of the city. ………………………………………………………………………

VERB “BE”

Circle the correct option. Listen and check. Track 3

1. Rafael is / am / are from Brazil.

2. Is / Am / Are you a university student?
3. Albert isn’t / aren’t from Kansas.
4. We is / am / are 21 years old.
5. Kate and Irma isn’t / aren’t students.
6. I is / am / are a girl.
7. Trix and Dust is / am / are my cats.
8. His sister is / am / are seven years old.

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.

1. you/ a good singer? …………………………………………………….

2. your teacher/ married? …………………………………………………….
3. tennis/ your favourite sport? …………………………………………………….
4. your shoes / new? …………………………………………………….
5. your best friend / English …………………………………………………….
6. you / very intelligent? …………………………………………………….

Complete the following activities:

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

Write sentences with is, isn’t, are and aren’t

1 They / architects / doctors

They are architects.

They aren’t doctors.

2 She / a businesswoman / a shop assistant

………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………

3 It / an elephant / a mouse

………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………

4 They / tennis players / volleyball players

………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………

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.

Short answers Read the questions. Write short, true answers.

• 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)
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Make sentences. Write numbers from column 1 in column 3. There is one example.

1 Hello! My name is ... 4 ... meet you, Anne

2 What’s ... ... you?
3 My name ... ... fine, thank you.
4 Nice to ... ... John
5 How are ... ... is Anne.
6 I’m ... ... your name?
7 And ... ... old are you?
8 Me too! How ... ... you?
9 I’m 25 years ... ... 23.
10 What about ... ... old.
11 I’m ... ... 659 215 114
11 What’s your ... ... is 589 471 235
12 It’s ... ... you?
13 What’s ... ... phone number?
14 It ... ... yours?
15 Where are ... ... British?
16 I’m from ... ... I’m not
17 Are you ... ... you from?
18 No, ... ... Canadian.
19 I’m ... ... Portugal.
Write questions. Order the words. Use capitalization.

1. your / what’s / name / ? ________________________________

2. are / where / from / you / ? ________________________________
3. you / live / where / do / ? ________________________________
4. address / your / what’s / ? ________________________________
5. your / what’s / number / ID / ? ________________________________
6. are / you / how /old / ? ________________________________
7. what´s / job / your / ? ________________________________
8. single / you / are / ? ________________________________

Now answer the questions with your personal information. Write complete sentences.

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

Listen to tracks 4 and 5. Complete activities 1 and 2 below:

Ref> Top Notch Fundamentals 3rd ed, Pearson Longman (Páginas de muestra)
FAMILY

Read the text

My name is Adumbi. I come from Africa. I am African. I

am married. My wife’s name is Marugi. We have two
sons and one daughter. I am a taxi driver.

Match the contrasting words:

son girl
husband mother
father married
brother sister
single daughter
boy wife

Complete the sentences

• His name is ____________.

• He comes from ______________ . He is _______________.
• He is married / single. His wife’s _________ is Marugi.
• They have ______ sons and one _________________ .
• He is a taxi ____________.

Now write about yourself: (escriba la misma información sobre usted mismo)

____ name is ___________________. I am married / single.

I come ___________ ____________ . I am ______________.

I have _______ brother (s) and __________ sister(s).

Fragment from Cutting Edge Starter, Pearson
Longman

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

Oscar is a student in my class and he is also my 1 friend / classmate. He is 2 in / from

Nobol. He’s twenty and he’s 3 big / good at basketball. He’s on the faculty 4 team /
equip.

Me

My name 1 are / is Rosa and I 2 am / is a student in second semester. I am from

Ecuador. I 3 live / am in Guayaquil. I 4 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.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Write the sentences in Spanish.

I´m not married. ________________________________

I have a boyfriend. ________________________________

What’s your job? ________________________________

Is Anita from Perú? No she isn’t. ________________________________

How old is she? She’s thirty-five. ________________________________

Pronunciation

Listen and repeat. Track 12

• •• •••
leap student photograph
you doctor Saturday
your cell phone Italy
name notebook hamburger
are Wednesday hospital
nurse classroom officer

LISTENING

Listen and complete the personal details: Track 13

FIRST NAME:
SURNAME:
AGE:
JOB:
COUNTRY:
STATE / PROVINCE :
CITY:
ID NUMBER:

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.

Kerry is Australian. Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.

Kerry is from Charleston. Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.

Kerry’s ID number is 652889214 Yes, it is. No, it 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. ________________________________

It’s 06:00. ________________________________

It´s 12:00 ________________________________

It’s 21:00 ________________________________

It’s 15:00 ________________________________

When do we say good evening and when do we say good night? Explain the difference. Write
in English or Spanish.

________________________________________________________________

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

This is my daughter. ________ name’s Augusta.

Laura is a psychologist and _______ husband is a sociologist.

We have two children. _______ names are Oliver and Sonia.

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

Listen and repeat. Track 16

• •• • •
Eight Twenty Fifty-three
Nine sixty Seventeen
three

COMMUNICATION

Choose a, b or c

Where are you from?

a. Ecuador
b. Ecuadorian
c. Third semester

Hi! I’m Alexandra.

a. I’m fine, thanks.

b. Nice to meet you.
c. That’s OK.

See you later!

a. Hello!
b. Thanks!
c. Bye!

How old are you?

a. Fine, thanks.
b. 19
c. No, I’m young.

What’s your favorite sport?

a. Barcelona
b. I play football on Saturdays.
c. Running
Review of unit content

Complete all activities on unit 1 and unit 2 on this website:

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
1 Names and Occupations

LESSON 1
1 M atch the occupations with the pictures. W rite the letter on the line.
1. a teacher
a. b.
2. an artist
3. an athlete
c. d.
4. a musician
5. a flig ht attendant
6. a banker e. f.

7. a sing er
g.

2 FAM OUS P EOP LE. W hat are their occupations? W rite sentences. U se contractions.

1 2 3 4

1. Frank G ehry: H e’ s a n a rc hit ec t .

2 . Mariana Paj n: .
3 . Shakira: .
4. Orlando Bloom: .

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 3 Complete the conversation b etween 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: .
?
Joo Yeon Sir: I’m a musician.

LESSON 2
4 M atch the occupations that go together. W rite the letter on the line.
ine
1. c a sing er a. a student
2. a teacher b . a flig ht attendant
3. an architect c. a musician
4. a pilot d. an eng ineer

5 Circle the occupation that is different.

1. scientist eng ineer chef doctor
2 . sing er manag er actor athlete
3 . banker artist musician photog rapher

6 Look at the people going to work. W rite sentences ab out their occupations. U se contractions.

5
2 3 4
1

1. S he’ s a n a rt is t . 4. .

2. . 5. .

3. . 6. .

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 7 Complete the sentences with names.

1. is a famous artist.
2. is a famous musician.
3. is a famous w riter.
4. My favorite sing er is .
5. My favorite actor is .
6 . My favorite athlete is .

8 Read the list. Then look at the pictures and complete the conversations.

Name Occupation
Anna Madden Pilot
Maggie Gill Singer
Julia Santos Doctor
Grace Lund Scientist
Emily Parson Student
Caroline Benson Banker
Nicole Locke Student

2.

1. N o, I ’ m not .
Are you Maggie? Are you Anna?
I ’ m G ra c e.

3. Are you Emily

Are you Caroline? 4.
and N icole?

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 9 Read ab out Casey A ffleck.

Ca s e y Af f l e c k i s a f a m o u s
a c t o r .He ’s a l s o a w r i t e r .An d
h e ’s a d i r e c t o r ,t o o .Th r e e
oc c u p at i on s ! Th e n am e of on e
of h i s m o v i e s i s Gone Baby
Gone. Ca s e y Af f l e c k i s t h e
m ai n ac t or ,b u t h e ’s n o t t h e
d i r e c t o r .He i s t h e d i r e c t o r f o r
I’m Still Here.

Now answer the q uestions. Check the b ox es.

1. W hat are Casey Affleck’s occupations?
£ artist £ photog rapher £ director
£ actor £ sing er £ w riter

2 . In the movie I’m Still Here, Casey Affleck is the

£ sing er £ actor £ director

10 Circle the occupation that is not spelled correctly .

1. eng ineer doctor arkitect athlete
2 . shef banker teacher sing er
3 . scientist fotographer musician manag er
4. w riter pilot actor flite attendant

Now write the words correctly .

5.
6.
7.
8.

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 LESSON 3
11 Rewrite the sentences. Capitaliz e the proper nouns.
1. john landry is a chef in paris.
.
2 . isabel hunter is from canada. She’s an architect.
.
3 . alex q uinn is a pilot. H e’s in tokyo today.
.

12 W rite proper and common nouns. Capitaliz e the proper nouns.

1. Your name: 3 . Your teacher’s name:
2 . Your occupation: 4. Orlando Bloom’s occupation:

13 Read the occupations in the b ox . Count the sy llab les. W rite each occupation
in the correct place on the chart.

athlete chef engineer actor manager

mus ician phot ographer scientist singer wr iter

1 syllable 2 sy llab les 3 syl labl es 4 sy llab les

engineer

14 Choose the correct response. Circle the letter.

1. H ow are you?
a. I’m Samantha. b . G reat. c. Take care.
2 . W hat do you do?
a. I’m a manag er. b . Fine, thanks. c. I’m Jim.
3 . Are you Lucy?
a. Yes, she is. b . OK . See you! c. No, I’m not.
4. H ow do you spell that?
a. Rig ht over there. b . T-O-M-E-S-C-U . c. I’m a w riter. And you?

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 JUST FOR
FUN

1 A RIDDLE FOR YOU!

Ms. Adams, Ms. Banks, Ms. Clark, and Ms. Dare have four different occupations—
engineer, architect, doctor, and scientist (but NOT in that order).

Read the statements.

Ms. Adams and Ms. Clark are not doctors.
Ms. Banks and Ms. Clark are not scientists.
Ms. Clark and Ms. Dare are not architects.
Ms. Adams is not a scientist.

Now write an occupation for each person.

Ms. Adams:
Ms. Banks:
Ms. Clark:
Ms. Dare:

2
➞

WORD FIND. Look across (➞) and down ( ). Circle the eight occupations.
Then write the occupations on the lines.

N E I M E P A E N N B K R P P E
M O E T E O A M E S U I H A T L
A E L P O L L H N C N N N T R Y
N T W E S A A S A I H H R R L I
A O R H T E T T R E T E T E N C
G K I E N P H E S N A H N E S A
E N T P C R L A M T R E N S R E
R T E A E A E I N I N N E R N U
K A R A S H T A A S E R E R A T
O A T N Y T E I U T E H G R N M
E C P H O T O G R A P H E R H E
R T N A S M B E N G I N E E R B
N O E N R A E E E E R A E R E L
A R O K P E G N E R A N U U H E
O T T B A N K E R T L E G C T E
N N K R N N E R N R T B I G E T

Riddle Answers: Ms. Adams: architect; Ms. Banks: doctor; Ms. Clark: engineer; Ms. Dare: scientist

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