UNIT 1 - My World

UNIT 1

Objectives:

	Talk about oneself
	Describing yourself physically
	Revision of vocabulary: numbers
	Express qualities using the verb "Be" and "Have got"
	Express your age using "be"

Procedures:

Read about people's descriptions

My name is Andrew:

Hello!

My name is Andrew. I am twelve years old.

I am tall and thin. I have got brown eyes and dark hair.

I have got one sister.

I live in Leeds. I study in Pudsey Grangefield High school.

I like Spain (see the picture)

How old are you?

To talk about your age you use the verb "TO BE" (ser,estar). Look at its different forms:

I am thirteen years old.

You are twelve years old

She is eight years old.

My mother is thirty-five years old.

The verb "BE"

Do you remember the numbers? Practice

My sister Jane:

This is my sister Jane. She is eight years old.

She has got long dark hair. She has got brown eyes.

She is very funny. She is at home now.

She likes school.

My cat:

This is my cat "Bundy." He is fat.

He is very big now.

He is eight months old. He is completely black.

His eyes are yellow.

He is very nervous.

"BE"

In English you use the verb "Be" (ser/estar) to talk about you:

Your age:                                   I am thirteen years old (Tengo trece años)

Your physical appearance:       I am short and thin (Soy bajo y delgado)

Your character:                          I am very friendly (Soy muy simpático)

Flash presentation on the present simple of "BE"

(Grammar Revision)

Practice 1

Practice 2

Verb "be" Test

Asking questions about people:

Do you remember the numbers?

1. One

2. Two

3. Three

4. Four

5. Five

6. Six

7. Seven

8. Eight

9. Nine

10. Ten

11. Eleven

12. Twelve

13. Thirteen

14. Fourteen

15. Fifteen

16. Sixteen

17. Seventeen

18. Eighteen

19. Nineteen

20. Twenty

30. Thirty

40. Forty

50. Fifty

60. Sixty

70. Seventy

80. Eighty

90. Ninety

100. A Hundred

1000. A Thousand

1000000. A million

Check it out! :

Practice 1 (easy)

Practice 2

Practice 3

HAVE GOT

You also use the verb "Have got" (tener) to talk about you:

I have got brown eyes (Tengo los ojos marrones)

I have got black hair (Tengo el pelo negro)

I have got a brother and a sister (Tengo un hermano y una hermana)

Flash presentation on the present simple of "have got"

Describing other people-.

Read about Andrew's family:

My sister's name is Laura.

Laura is twenty years old.

She is blonde and she has got blue eyes.

She is very funny and intelligent.

She is a hairdresser.

My brother's name is Paul.

He is seventeen years old.

Paul is tall. He has got black and short hair.

He is a student in Professional School.

Saxon Genitive: Pay attention to these examples from above:

My sister's name is Laura

My brother's name is Paul

This construction is called the "Saxon Genitive" and it also expresses possesion

Grammar revision

Vocabulary revision: Let's look at some useful vocabulary

Physical description

Parts of the Body

Face	Hands
Head	arms
legs	feet
nose	ear
eyes	mouth

  Useful adjectives and their opposites:

Eyes

Black

Green

Brown

Blue

Hair

Blonde

Black

red

curly

straight

short/long

Body

Tall

weak

short

strong

fat

thin

Character

Intelligent

Silly

generous

quiet

talkative

friendly

stupid

Revision of body parts

Revision:

Let's look at some useful vocabulary. When you describe people you can talk about their physical appearance or their character. Here are some adjectives and you can use to describe a person

Tall	generous	envious
Ugly	selfish	funny
Ignorant	slim	short
Intelligent	clever	cheerful
fat