UNIT  1

Objectives:
bullet Talk about yourself, physical description, character
bulletLearn to use vocabulary related to descriptions
bulletReview the personal pronouns, numbers and saxon genitive
bulletReview the present simple of the verb to be and have got

Procedures:

bulletPractice the use of vocabulary related to descriptions
bulletPractice the use of the present simple of "Be" and "Have got"
bulletDescribe yourself

 

Prewriting Section

 

"I" is a personal pronoun (Yo)

There are more personal pronouns:        You, He, She, It, We, They        (Revision)

Hello! I am Andrew!

My name is Andrew.

I am twenty-five years old. I am tall and thin.

I have got brown eyes and dark hair. 

I have got a brother and a sister. My father is an engineer and my mother is a teacher.

 

 

   "BE"

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

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

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

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

 

Flash presentation on the present simple of "BE"

(Grammar Revision) 

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Practice 1

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Practice 2

 Verb "be" Test

 

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! :

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Practice 1 (easy)

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Practice 2

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Practice 3

 

   HAVE GOT

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

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I have got brown eyes  (Tengo los ojos marrones)

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I have got black hair  (Tengo el pelo negro)

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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

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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 talkative aggresive
loving pretty handsome

 

 Practice 1: Can you find the opposite?

   Tall          
 
   Fat        

   Strong        
   long       
   Intelligent       
                   correct answers

 

 What is your star sign?
This is a very interesting exercise. Check the description of your star sign.
1. First: Look for the following information:
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Your color, like numbers and stone
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Your compatible signs (it's good to know!)
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Your career suggestions (the jobs you can be good at)
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Read the description on the right and write down: adjectives and phrases describing you
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2. Second: Take notes of this information in a word document entitled "Starsigns" for future use.

 

Can you describe yourself?

Now think about yourself. You can use the following questions to get ideas:

Is your hair long or short?

What colour is your hair?

What colour are your eyes?

Have you got a large or small mouth?

Are you strong?

Are you fat or thin?

 

 Looking for a key pal:

You can also look for friends in the internet to improve your English and write emails to them. When you write emails to people abroad they are called keypals Now prepare an introduction of yourself. We will post it in the internet later. Start deciding what to say about you:

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Your age

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Place of birth

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Your physical description

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Where you live:  describe the city, town, neighborhood

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Your family

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Your hobbies

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Write an outline of your description in this form 

 

Now write a short description of yourself using the information in this unit  

You will use this description in your first message to a keypal very soon.

 

          Send to your teacher