UNIT 1 - LESSON 2

STUDENT’S HANDOUT
BEGINNER 1
 • Countries & Nationalities
• Personal Pronouns
LESSON 2: • Verb TO-BE for singular
Where are you from?
VOCABULARY: COUNTRIES

When you refer to countries, you need to specify the “origin” of this noun (people, objects,
places, animals), and From is a preposition which indicates the origin of a person, object or
animal.

From + country’s name

Person: Leonel Messi Object: Pisco Sour Animal: Panda Bear

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WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

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 I am from
Peru. And
You?

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 EXAMPLES

My name is Harry My name is Cristiano My name is Barack My name is Angela

Potter and I’m from Ronaldo and I’m Obama and I’m from Merkel and I’m from
England. from Portugal. The United States. Germany.

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FAMOUS PLACES, FAMOUS COUNTRIES

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Capital cities, Countries, Nationalities and Languages start with a
CAPITAL letter:
Paris NOT paris, Brazil NOT brazil, Italian NOT italian, Spanish NOT spanish

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 NATIONALITIES

When you refer to nationalities, you don’t need to specify the “origin” of this noun (people,
objects, places, animals) because it is a characteristic.

Country I am from Peru.

Nationality I am from Peruvian.

Person: Leonel Messi Object: Pisco Sour Animal: Panda Bear

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We need suffixes to write a nationality. The most common are:
-an, -ian, -ese, -ish

Country Nationality Country Nationality

Brazil Brazilian Mexico Mexican

China Chinese Poland Polish

England English Russia Russian

Egypt Egyptian Spain Spanish

France French Switzerland Swiss

Germany German Turkey Turkish

Italy Italian The United States American

Japan Japanese The UK British

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 LET’S PRACTICE

Where are they from?. Complete the sentences with a country.

Switzerland Turkey The UK The United States

It’s from ………………………………………………… It’s from …………………………………………………

It’s from …………………………………………………… It’s from ………………………………………………

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN SINGULAR

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 1 object

1 animal

1 building

1 place

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 VERB TO BE (am, are, is) in Singular

Verb to be expresses ser, estar in Spanish.

FULL FORM CONTRACTION

I am from the USA. I’m from the USA.
Affirmative You are from England. You’re from England.
He is from Italy. He’s from Italy.
(+) She is from Spain. She’s from Spain.
It is from China. It’s from China.

FULL FORM CONTRACTION 1 CONTRACTION 2

I am not from the USA. I’m not from the USA. --------------------------
Negative You are not from England. You’re not from England. You aren’t from England.
He is not from Italy. He’s not from Italy. He isn’t from Italy.
(-) She is not from Spain. She’s not from Spain. She isn’t from Spain.
It is not from Japan. It’s not from Japan. It isn’t from Japan.

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 EXAMPLES

Meryl Streep is from The USA. Rafael Nadal is from Spain. Toshiba laptop is from Japan.
She isn’t from The UK. He isn’t from Italy. It isn’t from China.

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 LET’S PRACTICE

1. Match the words with the photos.

She He It

1 2 3

4 5 6

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2. Complete the sentences with I’m, You’re, He’s, She’s, or It’s.

1. …………..from Mexico. 2. ………………….Joshua. 3. …………………..Italian.

4. ……………. Japanese. 5. …………………..Brazilian. 6. …………………..from Peru.

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