This is a space design especially for students that really want to improve their abilities in English. If you are one of them, you will enjoy it!!
"Come and say Hi" In here you will find different activities, in which you will learn how to introduce yourself. Also you will find different expressions and vocabulary to improve your skills such as Listening, Speaking, Writting and Reading
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.Introduce yourself
2.Vocabulary
2.1Grammar
2.2. Structure
3. Examples
4. Practice Game
5. References
3. The verb to be
The verb "TO BE in the simple present tense" is the most common
verb in the English language. It´s important that students identify
the verb TO BE as the main verb in a sentence and use its
affirmative, negative and interrogative form, in this way they will
practice the knowledge acquired in each class. This topic will be
crucial in order to improve their learning process and develop
different skills; helping to increase the use of the second language
and communication with others.
4. Vocabulary
Name My Name... / I am....
Address I live in... / my address is ...
Place of Origin I am from... / I came from...
Educational Background I study at... / I major in...
Family I have...
Birth Day & Age I was born... I am...
Previous Background I am graduated from... / my
previous school was...
Hobby My hobby is... / I am
interesting in...
7. Vocabulary
Opinion Color Body part Size Shape
Beautiful
Elegant
Handsome
Long
Clean
Blue
Gray
Red
White
Green
black
Eyes
Hair
Ears
Head
Nose
Lips
Big
Fat
Slim
Small
Tall
short
Straight
Wide
Skinny
Square
Flat
round
8. ADJECTIVES
He is Tacky He is Cheezy
• An adjective is any word
that describes an
attribute of a subject.
Adjectives often follow
the verb TO BE (am, is,
are):
• ADJECTIVES Cheesy &
Tacky
• A subject is any word (i.e. person,
animal or thing) that is being discussed
or described.
• Pronouns and nouns can be subjects of
any sentence.
SUBJECT= PRONOUNS: I, you, he, she,
it, we, they
NOUNS: Cats, Alex, Ana, table, chair,
dog...
9. GRAMMAR
- Notice that the verb TO BE has three
conjugations AM, IS and ARE.
- Notice that NOT is used to form the negative.
NOT is used after the main verb TO BE.
- When the main verb is TO BE
simply INVERT the subject verb
order to make a sentence interrogative.
10. Question
What's your name?
What´s your first last name?
How do you spell Tatiana?
Where are you from?
What´s your telephone number?
What's your address?
How old are you?
11. Pronouns and verb to be
Affirmative
Long form Contractions
I am I’m
You are You’re
He is He’s
She is She’s
It is It’s
We are We’re
You are You’re
They are They’re
12. Negative
Long form Contractions
I am not I’m not
You are not You aren´t
He is not He isn´t
She is not She isn´t
It is not It isn´t
We are not We aren´t
You are not You aren´t
They are not They aren´t
13. STRUCTURE
Affirmative
Noun + verb to be + complement
Negative
Noun + verb to be + not + complement
Questions
Verb to be + noun + complement + ?
15. QUESTIONS
1. I am a teacher.
____________________
1. You is my cousin.
____________________
1. He are Japanese.
____________________
1. She is your sister.
____________________
16. Reading comprehension practice
Read the paragraph below and answer the
following questions.
Good Morning, I am Susan Myers, I am a reporter at Central News and
today I am making a report on immigrants, today´s guests are two
immigrants from China, they are Jane lee, and Peter Lee, they are
Students at the community college, she is 19 years old and he is 20.
They are students but they are not workers. They live in an apartment
downtown
Susan: Where are you from?
Peter: We are from the Guanddong Province
Susan: Are you happy in America?
Dorothy: Yes, we are, we enjoy living here.
Susan: Dorothy, is your real name Yang Lee?
Dorothy: No, it’s not, it is Dai-xia, and it means summer.
Susan: Thank you very much.
They are two Chinese people living the American Dream, this is Susan
Myers reporting from the Community College, and tomorrow we will have
more guests in “living in America”, see you then!
17. A. True or false
1.Susan Myers is a teacher at the community College ______
1.They are from Vietnam
______
1.Peter is a student at Harvard
______
1.Dorothy is 25 years old
______
1.They live in the suburbs
______
18. Let’s practice.
Create a story in where you are the main character, so you are going
to introduce yourself in a new class at a new school.
In my first day...
19. PRACTICE
ACTIVITIES
- 1. Mrs. Smith and he
- 2. Jennifer and Philip
- 3. You and Carlos
- 4. Dog and Cat
- 5 Alex and Mauricio
- 6. Lisa and You
- 7. Colombia and Peru
- 8. English and Spanish
41. MORE EXPLANATIONS,
EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES
• Verb to be
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/be3.htm
• Articles
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/a_the.htm
• There is -There are
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/there_is_there_are.htm
42. REFERENCES
• British Council
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-
grammar/verbs/verb-be
• Forms of “To Be”
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/to_be.htm
• Learn English Grammar
https://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/verbtobe.html
• Crown Academy. Verb "to BE" | English grammar
lesson & exercises” 27/06/2017. Taken from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knXdmj1DGuQ
• Laszlo P. Reading comprehension verb To Be
practice. 26/12/2012. Taken from
https://goo.gl/M9T9Dg
