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 _Ana Carolina Gómez Ramirez_______.
b. How old are you? – I am ____26____ 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 Egyptian

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 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 Are In the park.

2. We Are Doctors.

3. It Is A beautiful house.

4. She Is a model

5. Carlos Is My husband.

6. He Is In Medellin.

7. Lorena and I Are In the cafeteria.

8. The cat Is On the sofa.

9. Flowers Is Very expensive.

10. The computer Is In the living room.

11. You Are An excellent musician.

12. Martha Is On the phone.

13. What Is Your name?

14. Where Are 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__________

1 three apples on the table.
2 ______There is__________
a pencil on the floor.

3 ________There are________
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 are___________
many books in the big library.

10 _______There is__________
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?
1. Where is he from? _d_
2. Hi, how is it going? __g_
3. Who is he? __h_
4. How old are you? _i_
5. How are you? _c__
6. Where is Teresa? _j_
I am doing fine, thank you.
a. You too!
b. It is 200 years old. It is very old!
c. I’m fine, thank you.
d. He is from Mexico.
e. My name is Charlie.
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? __e_ i. I am 26 years old.
10. What is her name? _f__ j. She is in the office today.

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

1. Monday
2. T_u_ e _s_ day
3. Wed _n_ _e_ sday
4. T_h_ u__ 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
 Name: Ana Carolina Gómez Ramirez

Nationality: Colombian

Age: 26

Occupation: Document Management Study

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.
In the bedroom there is windows, there is table, there is chair, there is flower
pot, there is basketball, there is basket ring, there is nightstand, there is board
there is bed.

In the bedroom there are cars, there are cubes, there are pictures, there are
carpets.
 Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Theme expert Dirección de

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

Copy editor – Línea Centro

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