Support material / Material de apoyo

Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

Presentation / Presentación

A. Personal information / Información personal

To ask for and give personal information, you should take into account: / Para
preguntar y dar información personal, usted debe tener en cuenta:
1. Greetings. / Saludos.
2. The place of origin. / Lugar de origen.
3. Age. / Edad.
4. The use of verb be. / El uso del verbo ser – estar.
5. Vocabulary related to the context. / Vocabulario acorde al contexto.

Remember the following questions and answers: / Recuerde las siguientes

preguntas y respuestas:
a. What’s your name? – My name is __CARLOS______.
b. How old are you? – I am _____33___ years old.
c. Where are you from? – I am from ____COLOMBIA______
B. There is – there are

There is / there are is a grammatical structure used to express that someone or

something exists. / Esta estructura se utiliza para expresar la existencia de
alguien o algo.

There is indicates the existence of someone or something in singular form; it

refers to only one person or object. / There is indica la existencia de algo o
alguien en singular, es decir de un solo objeto o persona.

There are indicates the existence of someone or something in plural form. It

refers to two or more people or objects. / There are indica la existencia de
alguien o algo en plural, es decir dos o más objetos o personas.
 Practice / Práctica

Do the excercises and then compare them to the suggested answers sheet. /
Desarrolle los ejercicios y luego compárelos con la hoja de respuestas
sugerida.
A. Write the nationality for each country. / Escriba la nacionalidad para cada
país.
Example / Ejemplo:
Canada - Canadian

1. Australia AUSTRALIAN

2. Chile CHILEAN

3. Colombia COLOMBIAN

4. Costa Rica COSTA RICAN

5. Cuba CUBAN

6. Egypt Egyptean

7. England English

8. France French

9. Germany German

10. Italy Italian

11. Japan Japanese

12. Mexico Mexican

13. Nigeria Nigerian

14. Peru Peruvian

15. Spain Spanish

16. Venezuela Venezuelan

B. Write the numbers as words. / Escriba los números en letras.

Example / Ejemplo:
35  Thirty-five

1. 5 Five

2. 24 Twenty four

3. 17 Seventeen

4. 75 Seventy five

5. 20 Twenty

6. 9 Nine

7. 84 Eighty four

8. 28 Twenty eight

9. 66 Sixty six

10. 92 Ninety two

11. 19 Nineteen

12. 100 One hundred

13. 88 Eighty eight

14. 109 One hundred nine

15. 52 Fifty two

16. 6 Six

C. Verb to be / Verbo ser-estar

Complete the chart with am, is or are. / Complete la tabla con am, is o are.
Example / Ejemplo:

I am a student.
1. They is in the park.

2. We Are doctors.

3. It Is a beautiful house.

4. She Is a model

5. Carlos Are my husband.

6. He Are in Medellin.

7. Lorena and I am in the cafeteria.

8. The cat Are on the sofa.

9. Flowers is very expensive.

10. The computer are in the living room.

11. You Are an excellent musician.

12. Martha Are on the phone.

13. What Is your name?

14. Where Is you from?

15. Where Is the eraser?

D. Look at the images and write there is or there are to complete the
sentences. / Mire las imágenes y escriba there is o there are para
completar las oraciones.

____there are____ three

1 apples on the table.
2 _____there are_________ a
pencil on the floor.

3 ________there is_____ two

cars in the garage.

4 _____there are______ five

students in the classroom.

5 _______there is______ a
computer on the desk.
6 _________there is___ a
pencil case in my bag.

7 _______there are ____ two

pictures on the wall.

8 ______there is _ a clock on
the wall.
 9 _______there is _ many
books in the big library.

10 ______there are__ a
magazine on the table.

Fuente de imágenes: SENA

E. Match the question with the corresponding answer. / Relacione la pregunta

con la respuesta correcta.
Example: / Ejemplo:
Good morning. How are you doing? I am doing fine, thank you.

1. Where is he from? _d__ a. You too!

2. Hi, how is it going? _g__ b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!

3. Who is he? _h_ c. I’m fine, thank you.

4. How old are you? __i_ d. He is from Mexico.

5. How are you? __c_ e. My name is Charlie.

6. Where is Teresa? __j_ f. Rossana.

7. How old is it? _b__ g. Everything is going well!

8. Have a nice day! _a__ h. He is my husband.

9. What is your name? _f__ i. I am 26 years old.

10. What is her name? _e_ j. She is in the office today.

F. Complete the days of the week. / Complete los días de la semana.

1. M _o_ n__ day

2. T_u_ e _s_ day

3. Wed _n_e __ sday

4. T__ __ rsday

5. Fr_i_ d _a_ y__

6. Sa _t_u r__ __ day

7. S_u_ n__ da _y_

Production / Producción

A. Make a business card in which you provide personal information about

yourself. / Haga una tarjeta de presentación en la cual usted comparta su
información personal.

Fuente: SENA
 B. Cut and paste and image of a bedroom. Use there is or there are to name
of the objects that are found in the bedroom. / Corte y pegue una imagen
de una habitación. Use there is o there are para nombrar los objetos
encontrados en la habitación.

Fuente: SENA

Example / Ejemplo:
In the bedroom there is a bed.
In the bedroom there are flowers.
 Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Dirección de

Ricardo Aristizábal Asesor English Dot July
Author formación
Salinas Works - Programa de profesional. 2014
bilingüismo Dirección General

Copy editor – Línea Centro

Adaptation Rachman August
de producción Agroindustrial.
Bustillo Martínez 2014
Regional Quindío