1. Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo P.
Dpto. Idiomas-UNEFM

2. Present
Describe events occurring in present time
Name characteristics of people, things or objects
Affirmative
I Write
He/ She/ It Writes A mail
We/You/ They Write
Negative
I Don’t write
He/ She/ It Doesn’t write A mail
We/You/ They Don’t write

3. Present
An Auxiliary help determine the tense of the sentence
I
He
You
Do Does She
We
They It
I go to school by bus She wears a blue shirt
They don’t read this book He doesn’t eat bread for dinner

4. Practice
Build sentences in simple present using the following verbs.
Clean
Paint
Build
Go

5. Present
Verb “To be” indicates state of being
AM – ARE - IS
She is a little girl
She is short
Affirmative
She is wearing a pink(am)
I ‘m dress from England
He/ She/ It ‘s (is) wearing shorts
We/You/ They hair (are)
She has black ‘re hungry
Negative
She is wearing a bow
I ‘m not (am not)
from England
He/ She/ It
She is happy isn’t (is not)
wearing shorts
We/You/ They aren’t (are not)
hungry
She’s from Argentina

6. Present
Yes/No Questions
Am I Short Answers
Is He/ She/ It Yes, I am No, I am not
English? Yes, he… is No, she… isn’t
Are We/You/ Yes, we… are No, they… aren’t
They
Wh- Questions
What is your name? (What’s your My name is Lily.
name) I’m from England
Where are you from? I am 17 years old
How old are you?

7. What do you see?
Is it a boy or a girl?
Does it have hair? Is it happy or sad?
Is he fat or thin?
What is it wearing?
Is he tall?
Does he cooks or writes?

8. What do you see?
Is it a boy or a girl?
Does it have hair?
Is he fat or thin?
Is it happy or sad?
What is it wearing?
Is he tall?
Does he cooks or writes?

9. The girl and her mom were
born in the USA, they are
Nationalities American
People from
England are called
English
French people like
to cook
He was
born in
Ireland. He
is Irish
The girl comes from
Japan
This is an African
elephant

10. Nationalities
You come from You are
United States American
United Kingdom British
Mexico Mexican
Spain Spanish
France French
Japan Japanese
Venezuela Venezuelan

11. Practice
Complete the following sentences using the correct word
from the box.
- Works – Dancer – Writes - Was born – Parisians - French –
Comes from - Irish – Owner – Toddler – Were – Dance - Is
Ana is my friend, she ____ ___ Ireland, she is_____
Tomás is the _____ of a computer store, ___ Spanish.
Paul _____ in a restaurant in Paris, he _____ a Cook.
Mara ___ ______in Spain, she is a Spanish _______
John ___ ______in New York , he ________ books.

12. Jobs
A person who design clothes is a Designer
Somebody who teaches other people is a Teacher
People who work in a restaurant preparing food are Chefs
Somebody whose work is to defend people who broke the law is a Lawyer
When you feel sick you go to the Doctor
If your pet is sick you take it to the Veterinarian
People who creates music are Musicians

13. Jobs
Answer these questions about these people:
*What do they look like?
*What is their job?

14. Practice
Interview one of your friends to find out more about
him/her. Ask the following questions:
What is his/her name?
How old is he/she?
Where is she/ he from?
What is his/her family like?
What does he/she do on his her free time?

15. Practice
We celebrate Halloween every year on October 31st.
Where does the holiday come from? Read carefully the
following article and say what do you think about it.
The holiday originally comes from a people called the Celts.The
Celts lived in Europe more than 2000 years ago. On November 1st
they celebrated the end of summer. They thought ghosts visited the
living on October 31st. They dressed up like ghosts so the spirits
would not harm them.
Now get in groups and continue reading…

16. Practice
After you have read and discuss the article, answer the
following questions …
What is the story about?
When did the Celts live in Europe?
Who did the Celts think visited the living on October 31st
Why did the Celts dress in costumes?