2021

Activity 4 Talking about

Activity 4
juan sebastian espejo muñoz
 Activity 4

Talking about someone and saying her country

Photo by Joey Huang on Unsplash

 Please watch this video about the verb to be singular for he, she, it in affirmative
and negative sentences, questions and short affirmative and negative answers:

https://vimeo.com/235653280

Did you understand everything? If you didn´t, write your question or questions

Answer

yes professor I understood what was explained in the video

• After watching it write three examples of the verb to be using contractions, one example
for he, one for she and one for it.

Each example has to have the following 5 parts (affirmative sentence, negative sentence, question,
short affirmative answer, short negative answer) as in this example below.

Remember to use puntuaction marks and capital letter at the beginning of the sentence.

example

He

Affirmative: He’s a boy.

Negative: Isn’t a boy.

Question: Is it a boy ?.

Short affirmative answer: Yes, he is.

Short negative answer: No, he isn´t.

She

Affirmative: She's pretty.

Negative: She ins’t ugly.

Question: Is she pretty. ?

Short affirmative answer: Yes, he is.

Short negative answer: No, he isn´t.

It

Affirmative: It’s a sheep.

Negative: It isn’t a sheep

Question: Is it the black sheep. ?

Short affirmative answer: Yes, he is.

Short negative answer: No, he isn´t.

- Now record an audio with your three examples and the 5 parts on each example. Then
upload the audio.

Example number one of the verb Be and pronoun He

https://voca.ro/1n2WlZkumsxZ

example number two of the verb to be with the pronoun She

https://voca.ro/1bSLcJZw5lWu

example number three of the verb Be pronoun It

https://voca.ro/12DBcEbwwvAn

• Go to these two links to practice the verb to be singular for he, she and it. Please do the
exercises and add the screenshots
https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner3/grammar/file01/grammar01_b01?
cc=co&selLanguage=en

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner3/grammar/file01/grammar01_b02?
cc=co&selLanguage=en

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner3/grammar/file01/grammar01_b01?
cc=co&selLanguage=en

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/beginner3/grammar/file01/grammar01_b02?
cc=co&selLanguage=en
• Now watch these two videos about how to make questions with the verb to be and WH
questions and write 3 WH questions for he, 3 for she and 3 for it using the verb to be:

Example: Where’s she from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPwFxOs8__s

https://youtu.be/TOkMa_PqXcg

answers

1.

Why did you do that?

2. Who is your teacher?

3. Do you think like them?
 4. Don’t you want a ride?

•Now we will practice the countries. Please watch these videos and repeat the names of the
countries. Then answer the questions below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uMNvO8_aTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slSSvMzuKDE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk54tybepac

- Which countries are new for you? Write the names of 10 countries that you didn´t know.

1. Georgia
2. Tajikistan
3. Timor Leste
4. Turkmenistan
5. Laos
6. Líbano
7. Malasia
8. Maldivas
9. Yemen
10. Uzbekistan

Record an audio with the names of 15 countries that you would like to visit. Up load it.

the countries I would like to visit are presented in the audio below

https://voca.ro/1ddWV0gkVFoq
  We will practice the pronunciation of four phonetic symbols: / əʊ /, / s /, / ɪ
/, / ʃ /

- Go to the link, look at the symbol and click on to listen the

pronunciation:

/ əʊ /: it´s a diphthong

/ s /: it´s an unvoiced or voiceless consonant sound

/ ɪ /: it´s a short vowel

/ ʃ /: it´s an unvoiced or voiceles consonant sound

- Click on Double vowel sounds and click again on Double vowel sounds / əʊ / then listen and
repeat the words, watch the video explanation and do the test.
- Click on Voiceless consonants and click again on Voiceless consonants / s / then listen and
repeat the words, watch the video explanation and do the test.
- Click on Short vowels and click again on Short vowels / ɪ / then listen and repeat the words,
watch the video explanation and do the test.
- Finally click on Voiceless consonants and click again on Voiceless consonants / ʃ / then listen and
repeat the words, watch the video explanation and do the test.