MODULO

• A.1: DO I KNOW YOU? • A2: SOMEBODY NEW

• LANGUAGE REVIEW • LANGUAGE REVIEW
• You can use the vocabulary of this unit to:
• You can use the vocabulary of this unit to:
• • introduce yourself – I'm Chris. My name's Chris.
• • introduce people
• • talk about yourself – I'm from Silica. I work at Silica.
• • talk about other people – Sam works at I-Travel. • • describe people
• GRAMMAR • • ask questions about people
• • Statements and yes-no questions with be : Are you from Silica? • GRAMMAR
He's a
• • Adjectives: He's talented. She's nice
• student.
• • Statements with be and have: She's very serious.
• • Statements and yes-no questions in the simple present tense:
Does he work He has a nice smile.
• here? He works at Silica. • • Information questions: Where is the meeting?
• • Short answers to yes-no questions: Are you busy now? No, I'm not. Where do you live?
Do you • PRONUNCIATION
• work here? Yes, I do. • • Word stress: project, director, program
• PRONUNCIATION
• • Contractions: I'm, he's, what's
• • Sentence stress: You're the guy from the travel office.
• VOCABULARY
• • Intonation for clarification: My trip to New York?
• VOCABULARY • Describing People
• Jobs • READING AND WRITING
• READING AND WRITING • Read profiles of successful people. Write a memo
introducing a co-worker.
A1: DO I KNOW YOU?
FORMAL GREETINGS & RESPONSES

Good morning! Good morning.

Good afternoon! Hello, good afternoon.
Good evening! Good evening.

+ How are you? I’m fine. Thank you.

Very well, thank you.
FORMAL & INFORMAL GREETINGS & RESPONSES

Hello. How are you? Very well, thank you.

(And) How are you?
Fine, thank you.
What about you?
INFORMAL GREETINGS & RESPONSES
Hi. Hi.
Hello. Hello.
 FAREWELLS
FORMAL FAREWELLS
It was nice to meet you.
I’ll see you. Good bye.

INFORMAL FAREWELLS
▪ Bye.
▪ Bye-bye.
▪ See you.
▪ See you later/tomorrow/on Saturday/next week.
▪ Take care.
DIALOG

A: Hello, my name is ...

What is your name?
B: Hi, my name is ...
A: Nice to meet you.
B: Nice to meet you, too.
Asking For And Giving Personal Information
What is your name?
My name is ...
What is your last name?
My last name is …
It is ...
What is your I.D. Card Number?
My I.D. Card Number is …
It is ...
What is your phone number?
My phone number is ........
It is.....
Asking For And Giving Personal Information
What is your nationality?
Where are you from?
I am Chilean . (nationality)
I am from Chile . (country)

What is your address?

My address is....
It is.... (number + street name)

Where do you live?

I live at 653 Oak Avenue. (complete address)
I live in Santiago/Providencia. (city or district)
I live on Montreal Avenue. (street or avenue)
 Activity 1A
Introduce yourself using all of the following information:

• Full Name
Example:
• Nationality
• Age
• Profession Hello. My name is Martin Sanchez.
I am Chilean.
• Address I am 32 years old.
I am a business administrator.
• Marital I live at 235 Los Valles Street.
Status I am divorced.
 Activity 1B
Tell me about your best friend
Naming Professions
Asking about
Professions
Use of the articles A and An

A + word starting with a consonant sound

Ex. A teacher
A student

An + word starting with a vowel sound

Ex. An accountant
An hour
Pronouns and Adjectives
Personal Pronouns Possessive Adjectives
• I • My
• You • Your
• He • His
• She She is a • Her What is her
lawyer profession?
• It • Its
• We • Our
• You • Your
• They • Their
Common Questions
What’s your profession? I am a lawyer

What is his/her profession? He/She is a doctor.

What do you do? I am an architect.

What does he/she do? He/She is an engineer.

Are you an engineer? Yes, I am.

Is Adele a writer? No, she isn’t. She is a singer.

What is the secretary doing? She is typing a letter.

Is the architect designing a car? No, he is not.

 Activity 3A
Talk about the following professionals and what
they are doing at work.

He is a Police Officer
• He is helping people.
• He is giving directions at the
park.
• He is pointing at the bus
stop.

Police Officer
 Activity 3A (cont’d)
Examples of actions:
Designing clothes Repairing machinery Preventing crime
Checking patients Giving out sentence Dancing
Harvesting Posing

1 2 3 4 Activity 3

Police Farme Judge Ballerin

Officer r a
5 7

6 8
Doctor Fashion Designer Mechanic Model
What do you do? Asking about professions
VOCABULARY
• small business owner
• instructor
• sales representative
• intern
• waiter
• cashier
A2: SOMEBODY NEW
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
 Descriptions
We use an adjective when we are describing a person or a
thing. This word is BEFORE the person or thing that we are
describing:

• a tall building

• the young children

• a sad clown

In the phrase, “a responsible woman" the word responsible

is an adjective; you are describing the woman.
 Descriptions - Opposites
• Beautiful ---- Ugly
• Tall ---- Short
• Friendly ---- Unfriendly
• Fat ---- Thin
• Nice ---- Mean
• Shy ---- Talkative
• Sociable ---- Unsociable
• Loud ---- Quiet
• Entertaining ---- Boring
 Activity
HOW DO YOU THINK THEY ARE IN REAL LIFE? Responsible, organized
talented, punctual, energetic, nervous, boring, lazy, superfluous, greedy,
funny, empowered, smart, persevering, determined

1. Arturo Vidal
2. Emma Watson

4. Sofia Vergara 5. Nicolas Massu

 1. Miley Cyrus
2. Mark Zuckerberg
3. Johnny Depp

4. Brad Pitt 5. Roger Federer

7. Paulo Coelho 8. Barack Obama 9. Jim Parsons

 Activity
Introduce and describe these famous people. Use adjectives for
personality and physical appearance, tell us where they live, their
marital status, everything you know about them. .
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questions

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