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“Personal Information”
Cardinal number: We use the cardinal numbers to count, say our age, telephone numbers, etc.
Zero and the letter “O” are used for telephone numbers.
Age: In English, to speak about age you use the verb “to be”
To say dates in English you need to learn the months of the year and the ordinal numbers.
Ordinal numbers.
1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth
5. Fifth
12. Twelfth
I. January
II. February
III. March
IV. April
V. May
VI. June
VII. July
VIII. August
IX. September
X. October
XI. November
XII. December
Dates: In English dates are written in one way and the are said in a different way.
Month/Day/Age = mm/dd/aa
I. Monday
II. Tuesday
III. Wednesday
IV. Thursday
V. Friday
VI. Saturday
VII. Sunday
Nationalities
I. Apartment = Departamento
II. Dorm = Dormitorio
III. Family house = Casa de familia
IV. Boarding house = Pensión
*Notes.
Have / Has
Go / Goes
Ex.
Ex
Interrogative form:
Ex.
Yes/No questions:
Ex.
Wh- Questions:
Ex.
We use at when we give the number and street where a building is located
Ex. I Iive at 965 Chacabuco Street.
We use on when we give only the street (without the number) were a building is located.
Ex. I live on Chacabuco Street.
Verbs that end in -e (write, make, drive, etc) > writing, making, driving
Verbs that end in -ie (lie, die, trie) > lying, dying, trying
Verbs that end in one vowel + one consonant (run, sit, get) > running, sitting, getting
Ex.
Pronunciation.
Canada
Noun Verbs
Present Present
Record Record
Rebel Rebel
Suspect Suspect
Object Object
Intonation of Yes/No questions
Rising intonation
Falling intonation
Otras cosas:
I. Credit card
II. Id card
III. TUdec student card
IV. Giftcard
V. Student bus pass
VI. Driver license
VII. Student benefit card
I. When were you born? I was born in 1987 // I was born on May 14th, 1987
II. What’s your date of birth? My birthday it’s on October 22nd, 1984.
III. When is your birthday? My birthday it’s on October 22nd // My birthday it’s in October.
Full date > Month+Day (we use “on” to say the full date)
I. It > name just the year, name of seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) and month of
the year.
II. On > full dates, say days of the week, to give street name
III. At > full address, to give the time