Unit 25

| Lesson 1 Ivanna (B2B) Weber

Activity 4.1 Describe your friend, roommate, brother, or sister.

Write a short paragraph. You can start like this: This is...

This is my friend Florencia.

Sheis from Chaco, but now she lives in Buenos Aires.

She lives in an apartment. It´s small but very nice.

She is a doctor. She works at a hospital in the city.

She is tall and very friendly.

She likes watching TV, and she like to play sports.

This is my roommate, Tiana. Tiana is from Mexico. We live in a small apartment in Miami. Our
apartment is very nice. We have two bedrooms, but we share the bathroom and the living room.
Tiana is a teacher. She is very kind and friendly. She is very tall and pretty. She likes animals and
sports. She likes running and swimming. She also likes shopping. Tiana is a great roommate. We
watch TV together. We also go out together every weekend.

Answer the questions below.

What is his or her name?

Where is he or she from?
Where does he or she live? Describe his or her home.
What does he or she do?
What does he or she look like?
What does he or she like doing?

Vocabulary

apartment attractive city enough family giant good-looking hear

Hollywood house jockey large live meet millionaire mistake
model move myself once reach roommate send share spell
story watch weekday

Grammar
Plural and Uncountable Nouns Without Articles

plural nouns

more than one noun

uncountable nouns

things we can’t count, for example salt , oil , water

They usually don’t have a plural form

They usually don’t have a/an in front of them

articles a/an, the

We don’t use the, a or an with:

meals: What time is breakfast ?

sports: basketball , tennis , football

transport and communication: by train , by bus , by email , by phone

language and school subjects: English , Spanish , art , history

We don’t use the, a, or an for: at home , at work , in bed

This for introductions

We use this is... to introduce someone: Peter, this is Jane .

We use is this to ask about someone: Is this your mother?