grammar unit 1-5

8/10/2019 Grammar Unit 1-5

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GRAMMAR1

Complete the following dialogue. Use these charts as a guide.

POSITIVE

PRONOMBRE

VERBOTOBE

COMPLEMENTO

I AM(was)

FROMCHIAPAS

YOU ARE(were)

FROM SANLUIS POTOS

HESHEIT

IS(was)

FROMVERACRUZ

WEYOUTHEY

ARE(were)

FROMZACATECAS

NEGATIVE

PRONOMBRE

VERBOTOBE

COMPLEMENTO

I AM NOT (IMNOT) (wasnot)

FROMCHIAPAS

YOU ARE NOT(YOURE

NOT)(were not)

FROMSAN LUIS

POTOS

HESHEIT

IS NOT(HES NOT)(was not)

FROMVERACRUZ

WEYOUTHEY

ARE NOT(WERENOT)(were not)

FROMZACATECAS

INTERROGATIVE

QUESTIONWORD

VERBOTOBEPresente(pasado)

PRONOMBRE COMPLEMENTO

WHERE

AM (was) I FROM ?

HOW ARE (were) YOU ?

WHERE

IS (was) HESHEIT

FROM ?

WHATARE (were)

WEYOUTHEY

LIKE?


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POSITIVE

1. Hello my name ___ Jenny.

What ___your name?

2. Nancy. Where ___ you from?

3. I___ from Chiapas.

4. ____ is Chiapas?

5. Chiapas ___ in the south

west of Mxico.

6. Oh great. I__ from this city.7. Perhaps I could show you

the city when you ____ time.

8. Yes that would be great.

NEGATIVE

1. Hello how ____ you today?

You dont look well.

2. Yes I___ feel well today. I

think I caught a cold.3. Why ___ you take a pill?

4. I ____ like medicine.

5. Why ____ you try with syrup.

6. My mother _____ trust on

those things.

7. Well perhaps honey and

lemon could help.

8. Yes my mother believes that

it is a miracle cure for cold.

INTERROGATIVE

1. Hi Peter ____ ____yourweekend?

2. It ___ not as good as I ___

expecting.

3. Why? ____you go to the

beach?

4. No I didnt. I didnt feel well.

5. ______ You sick?

6. No I ______. But I was sad.

7. ______ happened to you?

8. We broke up. And I _____

really sad.

9. _____ was that?

10. She left me. She had to leave

the city due to her parents.

11. Oh what a shame. _____ if

we go out for a drink

tonight?

12. That sounds good. We could

talk about it13.______ about 8 oclock?

14.That sounds good Ill pick up

you.

15. Ok see you then.


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GRAMMAR2

We use possessive adjectives to show who owns or "possesses" something.The possessive adjectives are:

my, your, his, her, its, our, their whose (interrogative)

Number Gender Possessiveadjective

Example sentence

Singular 1st Male/female My This is mybag, mymom gave it tome.

Singular 2nd Male/female your This is your toy butyou can lend it toher.

Singular 3rd Male

Female

His

Her

He has a car, hiscar is blue.

She is using hersisters dress.

Plural 1st Male/female Our Our neighborshouse is pink andour house isgreen.

Plural2nd Male/female Your What time doesyour class begin?Yourteacher isthere already.

Plural 3rd Male/female their They weresupposed to playfootball at 8oclock but theirgame wascanceled.

Singular/ Plural Male/female Whose Whoseis thisjacket? If no one


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says me, Ill keepit.

Now complete the following sentences using the chart as a model.

1. Im a Translator and I love ____ job. I was inspired by Nidas writings.

2. ____ Books were very relevant to me. I also admire Munday and

3. Venutis job. I think ____ theories are very interesting.

4. When I decided to be a translator I was in high school, ____ teacher

was very patient to us and always encouraged us to follow ____ steps.

5. Not many students did it but I did and I am as proud of me as ____

parents are.

6. ____ job is very different from mine but they are as interested in

learning other cultures as me.

7. Im a Writer just as ____ mother.

8. The difference between us is that she writes for children and I ____ job

is gothic literature.

9. ____ Father is also an artist, he is a painter and ____ paintings are

unrealistic ones.

10. Since I was born _____ dream was me to be a doctor but now, they are

with _____ profession.

11. I was inspired by _____ mother because as a child I loved to hear ____

stories.

12. But I was also inspired by _____ father because in _____ job I was able

to see a different world.

13. As _____ mother is Italian and ____ father is from Germany,

14. I learned a lot about_____ different cultures and I write I both

languages.

15._____ Writings are not as famous as _____ mothers one but one day

16. ______ job will be recognized in many languages.

17. Im an English Teacher and I give English classes to Mexican guys.

____ Students are very different from me and that is why I love ____

job.

18. I love learning about _____ culture and teaching them about mine.

19. _____ Traditions are very different from mines and we all like to share


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20. _____ experiences of life.

21. I have learned a lot about _____ traditions and I have gone to some of

22. _____ traditional parties.

23. As a teacher I never stop learning, I am teaching them but I am also

learning _____ students language, _____ traditions and _____ culture.

24. I am learning how to teach and I learned to change _____ temper. Im a

patient person now.

25. I also learned to hear what they have to say and to know that being a

teacher is more than teaching them English but to understand _____

different ways of learning.

GRAMMAR3Now we are going to learn English Prepositions, please check out the chart

and get familiar with it.

P R E P O S I T I O N

TO FROM IN INFRONTOF

ON OPPOSITE FOR BY WITH BEHIND UNDER

A De/

desde

En/

dentro

Adelante/

delantede

En/

sobre

enfrente Para Por/

en

Con Detrs Debajo

Every sentence has a subject and a verb. But to make a sentences more

interesting a preposition is used to tell us more information about what is

happening, where is happening and when.

1. The little girl as a cat and her cat lives __________ beautiful little

house.

2. I bought some syrup ________________ the chemist.

3. My sister sat ____________ my mom __________ the bus.

4. When I finished my homework I left the books _______ the table.

5. The little cat is freezing and he protected himself _______ my bed.

6. When I do my homework my mom stands _______ me to check y finish

it.

7. The thing I enjoy most about the holidays is playing ___________ my

cousin.


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8. As my parents dont allow me to go to the concert, I will go ______ my

own.

9. Please leave your shoes _______ the door when you come in. Our dog

ran _______ the yard _______ the fence.

10. She is ______ Japan that is why we call her Japanese.

11. The church is just _______________ my house and we can hear the

songs from here.

12. The goals were at _______ ends of the field.

13. Mary went to see a film ______ his boyfriend.

14. There is a fountain ______ the school.

15. The mechanic is working ________ the car

16. Would you like to go _____ the cinema tonight?

17. We are going_______ holiday next week

18. There is a picture of you _____ my wall.

19. Whos is the person __________ that picture?20. Come ______ us we are going to play a game.

21. I will go _______ a party this night but I still dont know what I can

wear.

22. My cellphone was _____ the table when I saw it the last time, perhaps

someone has stolen it.

23. I have been travelling _______ a long time, I have to rest now.

24. There is a rat under the fridge we have to move it.

25. The stationary shop is ___________ the street.


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GRAMMAR4

QUESTION WORDS

Fill in the question words What, Where, Why, When, How, Who to form the

question.

WHAT WHERE WHY WHEN HOW WHO

QU DNDE PORQU CUANDO COMO QUIN

1. __________ do you like?

2. __________ does Nate get up

in the morning?

3. __________ dont you go by

bus, Cristina?

4. __________ hobbies does

Ivn like?

5. __________ do they go

every year?

6. __________ old are you?

7. __________ is Katys

birthday?

8. __________ are my exercise

books

9. __________ are you doing at

the moment, Harry?

10. __________ do the Millers

live?

1. __________ does the boycome from? He is fromspain.

2. __________ old are herchildren? Three and five

3. __________ is Lola sbirthday? In March, I think.


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4. __________ much is theshirt? Its ten dollars.

5. __________ is best atplaying tennis? John is thebest in my group.

6. __________ are you going?To New york.7. __________ does the

restaurant open? At tenoclock.

8. _________ can I get some icecream? At the snack bar.

9. __________ are you going toorder? Pasta and a beer.

10. __________ are you going todo on Monday? I dont knowperhaps ill stay at home.

11. __________ is your name?Frida.

12. __________ is Helens party?On Friday.

13. __________ is your favourite

song? Its Imagine fromJohn Lenon.14. __________ are you going

toe at? Ill go to a restaurantin front of my house.

15. __________ are you sad?Because my pet died.

GRAMMAR5

Countable nounshave a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be

used with a number. We use many for Countable nouns.

Uncountable nounscan only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be usedwith a number. We use MUCH for Uncountable nouns.

1. We dont have _______ milk.

2. I bought _______

hamburgers for dinner.

3. ___________ Sugar do you

need for the cake?

4. ______________ Apples are

left?5. They have bought ________

vegetables to prepare a

salad.

6. I dont have enough

chocolate for the cookies;

we have to buy _____ more.

7. We are going to cook a soup

but we dont have _______

tomatoes.

8. ___________ oranges do we

need to make a juice?

9. We dont have to buy ______

cookie we can prepare______ of them.

10. I will prepare ______

cupcakes for the party.


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1. They have _________ videos

in that shop.

2. He needs ______ new t-

shirts.

3. She tried on _________ new

shoes yesterday.

4. I want to buy ________

5. My brother is very busy. He

hasn't got _______time.

6. There is too________ noise

in the street. I can't sleep.

7. __________ does it cost to

fly to America?

8. Does your student know

________words in English?

9. Because of e-mails, people

don't receive________ letters

nowadays.

10. _____________people did he

invite to his birthday party?

11. My mother always put too

______salt when she cooks.

12. There haven't been_______

sunny days lately.

13. I like that dress

very_________ .

14. _________do you weigh?

15. _____________ brothers and

sisters do you have?

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