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01
GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS
What is your address? My address is …
There are greetings and farewells in English that What is your mobile My mobile number is
are used in different situations, such as when we number? …
talk to someone for the first time. What is your e-mail
My e-mail address is …
Ways to greet someone: address?
When were you
I was born on …
 Good morning born?
 Good afternoon
 Good evening Dialogue:
 Hello A: Can I ask you a few personal questions?
 How do you do? B: Certainly.
 How are you today? A: What is your name?
 How are you? B: My name is John Salas.
 How are you doing? A: How old are you, John?
 Nice to meet you B: I am nineteen years old.
 It’s nice to see you again A: What is your address?
 It’s a pleasure to meet you B: My address is 102 Caylloma Avenue,
Espinar, Cusco
Ways to say goodbye someone:
A: What is your mobile number?
 Good bye B: My mobile number is 987 654 321
 Bye A: What is your e-mail address?
 Bye bye B: My e-mail address is johns_12@gmail.com
 See you A: And what do you do?
 See you later B: I am a student.
 See you soon
 See you tomorrow
 See you next week INTRODUCING MYSELF
 Good night To provide our personal information we usually
GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION include our name, age, address, etc.

QUESTIONS ANSWER Hello, my name is Alicia and everybody calls

me Ali. I am seventeen years old. I am from
What is your name? My name is …
Espinar - Cusco. I live with my parents and
What is your surname My surname / last my brother. My mobile number is 988 654
/ last name? name is …
321. I am a student. I study in Trilce
How old are you? I am … years old. Academy. My favorite subject is English.
Where are you from? I am from …
My favorite food is ceviche and I am a
friendly person.
What do you do? I am …

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Examples:
NOW YOU
Read the questions and complete with your own  Today is Monday, January 16th, 2023
information:  I was born in July.
 I have an exam on September 14th.
1. What is your name?  She has a doctor’s appointment on
2. How old are you? Saturday 15th.
3. Where are you from?
4. What is your mobile number? When we talk about the day which is already
5. What is your address? something more specific, we use the proposition
6. What is your e-mail address? “on”.

________________________________________ Dialogue:

________________________________________ A: Hello, when were you born?

B: Hello, I was born on July 3rd, 1995. What
________________________________________ about you?
________________________________________ A: I was born on September 15th, 1994.

________________________________________
TIME
________________________________________
________________________________________ Time can be defined as an ongoing and continuous
sequence of events that occur in succession from
________________________________________ past through present, and the future.
________________________________________
Example:
________________________________________
A: What time is it?
________________________________________ B: it is seven o’clock.
________________________________________ A: What time is the party?
B: It’s at 8pm.

DATE AND TIME we use AT + Time when giving the time of a

specific event.
Date is defined as a particularly day of the month
or day, month and year or a social outing between Examples:
two or more people. Time means the measured or  The class starts at eight o’clock.
measurable period during which an action.,  The flight leaves at ten o’clock.
process, or condition exists or continues: duration.
Exercises:
DATE
a. 05:30
A date is the time at which an event occurs, and it __________________________________
could be a day, month, and year are specified. It b. 10:45
has a syntax as: __________________________________
c. 12:00
Day of the week, month, number of the
__________________________________
day, and year. d. 07:15
__________________________________

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TALKING ABOUT FOOD,
CLOTHES AND NATIONALITIES
FOOD
People, as well as animals,
can’t live without food, it
is known that a man can’t
live without food more
than a couple of months.
food gives us energy and strength. So, it’s
very important to eat good healthy food.
Nowadays a lot of people don’t have time
for cooking at home. They eat fast food like
hamburgers, hot dogs, snacks and pizza in
the best case. A lot of schoolchildren eat
chips and all kind of snacks. I think it’s bad
for health. In my case, I like eat fruits and
vegetables and I try to eat homemade
food. I don’t like fish, milk or garlic. And
what about? You consider that you are a
healthy consumer or not?
Answer the next questions:
1. Why is important food in our lives?
__________________________________
__________________________________
2. Why people can’t eat at home?
__________________________________
__________________________________
3. What is the preference in some people or
schoolchildren?
__________________________________
__________________________________
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4. What does the author like?
__________________________________
__________________________________
5. What does not the author like?
__________________________________
__________________________________
Some common questions about food and
preferences:
What’s your favorite food?
How often do you eat it?
What’s your favorite restaurant?
Why?
How often do you eat in a restaurant?
Which country do you think has the best
food?
What food do you refuse to eat?
Why?
Can you give some examples of fast food?
How often do you eat fast food?
What do the people usually eat on a special
holiday(Like New Year)?
Have you ever eaten Japanese food?
Did you like it?
When did you last go to a nice restaurant?
What did you order?
Answer these questions speaking or writing in
another paper.
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CLOTHES Sport clothes are very popular today. I’m wearing

jogging trousers, a T-shirt, and trainers today, but
Clothes are the things that people wear, such as I don’t go jogging. I wear them because they are
shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses. fashionable and comfortable.
Reading Common questions about clothes.

The world of clothes and fashion How much does cost?

is changing in the 1950s,
men wore a suit for work Do you have a different color?
and women never went out
without a hat and gloves, Where can I try it on?
today, people can wear jeans
and a T-shirt in the office and Do you have something less expensive?
young men only wear a suit for
an interview or weddings. Colors are also What are you wearing?
different today. People wear blue, green,
yellow, and red as well as ore formal colors What clothes do you usually wear?
like black, grey, and brown. My boyfriend
works in an office and today he’s wearing When we talk about clothes, we use “I WEAR”, we
jeans and a pink shirt. don’t use “USE”.

Vocabulary Countries, nationalities and languages

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Week
03
THE VERB BE (Past: was / were)

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
THE VERB BE Jose Maria Arguedas Ymac Sumac wasn’t a
I/he/she/it
was a Peruvian writer. psychologist.
THE VERB BE (Present: am / is / are) We were on holiday They weren’t at home.
You/we/they
last week.
*Remember that we use YOU for singular and plural.
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
When we speak, and in informal writing, we normally
Was Elva at work Yes, she was. – No, she
use contractions of be after pronouns. We use an I/he/she/it yesterday? wasn’t.
apostrophe (‘) to show a missing letter. Where was the party? It was in the university.
Were they at the Yes, they were – No,
With is not and are not there are two possible restaurant? they weren’t.
You/we/they
contractions. Why were you late? Because there was
much traffic.
 He isn’t Peruvian = He’s not Peruvian.
Exercises:
 They aren’t married = They’re not married.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
was/were. Use the negative when you see (-) in
I’m an engineer. I’m not an engineer.
(I’m = I am) (I’m not = I am not) brackets.
*You’re a scientist. *You aren’t a scientist. a. ______ she a famous singer?
(you’re = you are) (you aren’t = you are not) b. I _____ a great student at school.
He’s/She’s/It’s from Peru. He/She/It isn’t from Peru. c. A: ______ the bus late yesterday?
(he’s = he is / she’s = she is…) (he isn’t = he is not ….)
We´re 20 years old. We aren’t 20 years old. B: No, it _______. (-)
(we’re = we are) (we aren’t = we are not) d. There _______ many people at the
They’re beautiful. They aren’t beautiful. concert. (-)
(they’re = they are) (they aren’t = they are not)
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS THE VERB BE (Future: be going to)
Am I a student? Yes, I am – No, I´m not
Are you student? Yes, you are – No, you aren’t We use be going to to talk about a plan for the
Is he /she/it from the USA? Yes, he/she/it is future.
No, he/she/it isn’t
Are we in San Agustin Street? Yes, we are – No, we aren’t
Are they single? Yes, they are – No, they aren’t Examples:

Exercises:  I’m going to watch the film hang over

tonight.
Complete the sentences with the correct
affirmative, negative or interrogative form of be.  They are going to travel around the world
a. I ____ a nurse. (+) when they finish their exams.
b. She ______ a student. (-)  She’s going to look for a better job.
c. He ______ from Arequipa. (+) We often use time expressions like tonight, this
d. I ______ married. (-) weekend, this summer, next year, etc.
e. _____ you in the classroom?  We´re going to visit my sister this
f. Why _____ she here? weekend.
 She’s going to move to Coporaque district
next month.

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Exercise 01:
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I’m going to study I’m not going to Write a, an or the
I
again tonight. study again tonight. 1. Paul has got………….very nice mum.
We’re going to study We’re not going to
You/we/they 2. Excuse me, where is ………post office?
again tonight. study again tonight.
He’s going to study He’s not going to
He/she/it
again tonight. study again tonight.
3. I’m writing…………letter to my friend Jane.
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWER 4. Have you got………………interesting job?
Am I going to study Yes, I am
I 5. ……………moon seems so near tonight.
again tonight? No, I’m not
Are they going to Yes, they are
You/we/they 6. Don’t walk on ………….grass!
study again tonight? No, they aren’t
Is she going to study Yes, she is
He/she/it 7. …………girls in your class are super!
again tonight? No, she isn’t
8. Can I have…………..a glass of water, please?
Exercise: 9. My brother is…………..engineer.

Write sentences with short forms of be going to 10. ……………football match is on Sunday
using the words in brackets. afternoon.
a. (She / buy / new books tomorrow.)
__________________________________
b. (He / not / drive / to Arequipa.) Exercise 02:
__________________________________ Write a / an
c. (Cienciano / win / the match tonight?)
__________________________________
d. (I / learn / English this summer)
__________________________________
e. (They / not / travel to USA)
__________________________________
a. _______________________
b. _______________________
ARTICLES
c. _______________________
a/an/the
d. _______________________
Exercise:
e. _______________________
Complete the spaces with the correct article.
f. _______________________
Believe it or not, First, Redwood trees are ______
g. _______________________
tallest trees in the world. Then, China built ______
amazing bridge over the Dehang Canyon. ______ h. _______________________
bridge is the highest in the world. After that, i. _______________________
Mercury is the closest planet to ______ Sun.
j. _______________________
Finally, until around 4,000 years ago, _______
Sahara Desert was green and animals probably k. _______________________
lived there. l. _______________________

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Week
04
PRESENT SIMPLE SHORT ANSWERS
I / we / you / they do
We use the present simple to talk about things in Yes,
He / she / it does
general. We use it to say that something happens I / we / you / they don’t
No,
all the time or repeatedly or that something is true He / she / it doesn’t
in general.
Examples:
Examples:
 Nurses look after patients in hospitals.  I drink coffee, but I don’t drink tea.
 I usually go away at weekends.  Susan drinks tea, but she doesn’t drink
 The earth goes round the sun. coffee.
 You don’t work very hard.
Spelling rules for the third person  Do you play tennis? No, I don’t
-es after –s / -sh / -ch  Do your parents speak English?
 Pass = passes Yes, they do.
 Finish = finishes  Does Gary work hard? Yes, he does.
 Watch = watches  Does your sister live in London?
Consonant + y = ies No, she doesn’t.
 Study = studies
 Try = tries EXERCISE:
 Fly = flies
Fill in the blanks with the present simple of the
Vowel + y = s verbs in brackets.

 Play = plays 1. Janet _______________ (watch) a film on TV.

 Buy = buys 2. The girl _______________ (finish) her
 Fly = flies homework.
3. My father ________________ (fix) the TV.
AFFIRMATIVES SENTENCES 4. The children ______________ (visit) the
They read / he likes / I work etc. = the present simple.
SUBJECT PRONOUNS VERB BE – SIMPLE PRESENT
museum every school year.
I / we / you / they Read like work live watch do have 5. Helen _________ (wash) her hair every two
Reads likes works lives watches days.
He / she / it
does has 6. My friend _____________ (try) to cheer me
up.
NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES 7. My mother _______________ (guide) me.
8. They _________ (offer) me a CD every
We use do/does to make questions and negative Christmas.
sentences. 9. I __________ (wait) for you whatever
NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
happens.
I / we / you I / we /
don’t work Do work? 10. My mother always _________ (divide) the
/ they you / they
He / she / it He / she / cake in six.
Doesn’t drive Does drive?
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Week
05
PRESENT CONTINUOUS Sometimes the action is not happening at the
time of speaking.
Use the present continuous to talk about actions
 Kate wants to work in Italy, so she’s
that are happening right now.
learning Italian. (but perhaps she isn’t
learning Italian at the time of speaking)
Dialogue:
A: What are you doing?  Some friends are building their own
B: I’m talking to you. house. They hope to finish it next
summer.
The ING form – Spelling
You can use the present continuous with today,
 To form the present continuous of verbs
this week, this year, etc. (periods around now)
ending –e, drop the e and add ING:
 Come = coming Dialogue:
 Write = writing
 Dance = dancing A: you’re working hard today.
 For verbs ending in vowels + consonant, B: Yes, I have a lot to do.
double the consonant and add ING:
 Run = running Exercises:
 Sit = sitting
 Swim = swimming Write sentences about Jane.
a. (have / dinner) +
STRUCTURE
__________________________________
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
am
b. (watch / television) -
I am watching I watching __________________________________
not
He/she/it is running He/she/it
is
running c. (sit / on the floor) +
not
__________________________________
are
We/you/they are studying We/you/they studying d. (read / a book) -
not
__________________________________
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS e. (wear / a hat) ?
Yes, I am
Am I Watching? __________________________________
No, I am not
Yes, He/she/it is f. (play / the piano) ?
Is He/she/it Running?
No, He/she/it isn’t __________________________________
Yes, We/you/they are
Are We/you/they Studying? FORMING SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS
No, We/you/they aren’t

We use questions words to ask certain types of

SITUATIONS questions. We often refer to these words as Wh-
words because they include the letters WH- (For
I am doing something = I’m in the middle of doing example: How, Why).
= it; I’ve started doing it and I haven’t finished.
 Please don’t make so much noise. I’m Dialogue:
trying to work. A: What’s she doing now?
 Where is Mark? He’s having a shower. B: She’s working on her computer.

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WH-QUESTIONS WORDS Examples:
What
It is used when we asking for information about  Where is he playing the piano?
something. He is playing the piano in his house.
Where It is used when we asking for the place.
 What is she doing?
Why It is used to ask for a reason or cause.
When It is used to ask for the time. She is studying English.
Which It is used to ask about choice.  Why are you reading that book?
Whose It is used to show possession. I am reading that because it is amazing.
Whom It is used to ask about a person or object.  How is your new phone working?
Who It is used to ask the person who did the action. It is working great.
How It is used to explain a process.

VERB TO BE SIMPLE PRESENT

Examples:
Examples:  Where do you live?
I live in Espinar.
 Where are you from?
 How do you travel to work?
I am from Espinar.
 Who is that man?
I travel to work by bus.
He is my best friend.  When does she study?
 What is your favorite subject? She studies on Saturdays.
My favorite subject is Math.  Why does he play soccer?
 When is your exam? He plays soccer because he wants to be a
My exam is this Friday. professional soccer player.
 Why are you happy?  When does it rain in Espinar?
I am happy because it’s my birthday.  It rains in January.
 Which is your car?
The red car is mine.
 Whose is this book? We use simple present to talk about habits,
It’s mine. routines or permanent situations.
 How are you?
I am fine. Expressions used in present simple:
PRESENT CONTINOUS  On Sundays / Saturdays / Mondays
Dialogue:  Everyday
 Adverbs of frequency
A: What are the children doing? - Always
B: They’re playing basketball. - Usually
A: Are they enjoying? - Often
B: Yes, they are. - Sometimes
- Rarely
Time expressions used with present continuous. - Never
 This morning / this afternoon / this
evening
 Now
 Right now
 Today
 In this moment
 At present
 Tonight
 This year

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COMPARTIVES ADJECTIVES SENTENCE PATTERN
What are the adjectives? The most common sentence pattern for
Adjective are words that describes nouns. comparative adjectives in English is:
Adjectives can give us information such as the size
or age of a noun. Adjective can also tell us S + V + Comparative adjective + than + O
someone’s opinion about a noun or describe how
 She is bigger than my brother.
someone is feeling.
 Rock music is better than classical music.
COMPARATIVES ADJECTIVES  My homework is easier than yours.
Examples:  The singer is more famous than the actor.
 People  My boots are more expensive than your
She is taller than Max. shoes.
 Places
Exercise:
Espinar city is colder than Arequipa city.
 Things a. I (tall)________________ my sister.
This painting is more beautiful than that b. Elephants (big) ________________horses.
painting. c. This restaurant (good) ________________
that restaurant.
FORM
d. Cars (fast) _______________ bicycles.
How are the comparatives adjectives formed in e. Lions (dangerous) ___________________
English? It depends on how many syllables the rabbits.
adjective has.

SYLLABLES FORM Examples SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVES

Short = shorter
one adjective + -er
Big = bigger
A superlative adjective is a type of adjective
two adjective + -er Hungry = hungrier which is used to express the highest degree of
(end in -y) (change –y to -i) Noisy = noisier comparison.
Modern = more modern
more +
two + Expensive = more Example:
adjective
expensive
 People
EXCEPTIONS She is the tallest.
Some comparative adjectives in English don’t  Places
follow the usual rules. Puno is the coldest city in Peru.
 Things
Adjective Comparative form This painting is the most beautiful.
good better
bad worse FORM
far farther / further
How are the superlative adjectives formed in
English? It depends on how many syllables the
adjective has.

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SYLLABLES FORM Examples 5. Helen is __________ ballet dancer in our

Short = the shortest city.
one adjective + -est
Big = the biggest a) good
two adjective + -est Hungry = the hungriest b) good as
(end in -y) (change –y to -i) Noisy = the noisiest c) better
Modern = The most
d) the best
The most + modern
two +
adjective Expensive = The most
6. That test was ___________ than the previous
expensive one last week.
a) difficult
EXCEPTIONS b) so difficult
c) more difficult
Some superlative adjectives in English don’t d) the most difficult
follow the usual rules. 7. Tom has got __________ message from his
parents.
Adjective superlative form a) long
good The best b) long as
bad The worst c) longer
far The farthest / furthest d) the longest
8. English is ____________ for me than Chinese.
SENTENCE PATTERN a) easy
b) very easy
S + V + the + superlative adjective + O c) easier
d) the easiest
 She is the biggest in her family. 9. My phone is ___________ than my sister’s
phone.
Circle the correct variant: a) Expensive
b) so expensive
1. My sister is two years __________ than me.
c) more expensive
a) young
d) the most expensive
b) so young
10. Last winter was ___________ winter in our
c) younger
country.
d) the youngest
a) cold
2. Do you know what ¬__________ animal in
b) cold as
the world is?
c) colder
a) slow
d) the coldest
b) slow as
11. Pam’s mobile is ____________ than mine.
c) slower
a) beautiful
d) the slowest
b) very beautiful
3. I think spring is _________ season of the
c) more beautiful
year.
d) the most beautiful
a) beautiful
12. This car is _____________ car produced by
b) very beautiful
this company.
c) more beautiful
a) new
d) the most beautiful
b) so new
4. Maths is _____________ to me than biology.
c) newer
a) important
d) the newest
b) so important
13. What continent is ____________: America or
c) more important
Africa?
d) the most important
a) large
b) very large
c) larger
d) the largest

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