UNIVERSIDAD GERARDO BARRIOS

SEDE CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL /CENTRO REGIONAL USULUTAN

First Laboratory (Activity 1) Grade

School School of Arts and Sciences

Course/Subject Basic English 1

Tutor Carla Marielos Díaz Ochoa

Unit Unit 1 TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF

Content Week 2 – MEETING AND GREETING

STUDENT’S NAME & ID (STUDENT’S IDENTIFICATION CODE)

Alemán Hernández Enmanuel Alfredo USLI012422

To Be Verb

General instruction: Carefully read the instructions per each section and complete the
exercises.

Practice

Write a form of to be in the gaps to complete these sentences.

1. He is the teacher.
2. I am not from London.
3. They are students.
4. are you from Poland?
5. They are not late.
6. I am from Japan.
7. are we late?
8. She is here on vacation.
Answer the following questions based on the exercises above.

1. Which sentences can have contractions?

. He is the teacher.

I am not from London.

They are students.

They are not late.
I am from Japan.
She is here on
vacation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2. Write those sentences again, with contractions. For one sentence, you can write
two forms.
He’s the teacher.
I’m not from London.
They’re students.
They’re not late.
I’m from Japan.
She’s here on vacation.

3. Write positive and negative answers to questions 4 and 7. Write two forms if you
can.
No, I’m not from Poland.
Yes, I’m from Poland.
No, you are not late.
Yes, you are late.
Find mistakes in these sentences and correct them.

1. He be from England. He is from England.

2. Theyre at the hotel. They’re at the hotel.
3. You are from China? Are you from China?
4. Yes, we’re. Yes, we’re.
5. No, we’re aren’t. No, we’re not.
6. i’m twenty-three. How old are you? I ́m twenty-three. How old are you?
7. How are you? I fine, thanks. How are you? I fine, thanks.
8. Is the teacher. Is the teacher.

Here are some more useful expressions for meeting people.

Match the pairs. Write the number next to the letters.

1. Have a nice weekend! __4_ a. Don’t worry. It’s all right.

2. How was your weekend? __2_ b. Great, thanks. And you?
3. I have to go now. _5__ c. I’m a teacher / a student / a businessman.
4. Sorry, I’m a bit late. _1__ d. Same to you!
5. What do you do? __3_ e. See you later.

Which two of these expressions do you use when you start to talk to someone?

How was your

weekend?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Which two of these expressions do you use at the end of your conversation?
Have a nice
weekend! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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