English 1st. year

Sinopsis

Programa Oficial

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación

Objetivo General N°1

Utilizar fórmulas apropiadas de interrelación personal en situaciones de la vida diaria.

Objetivos específicos

1.1 Saludar y despedirse.

1.2 Presentarse y presentar a otros.

1.3 Disculparse y aceptar disculpas.

1.4 Expresar agradecimiento y responder a él.

1.5 Entender y expresar aprobación y desaprobación.

1.6 Pedir, dar o negar permiso.

Objetivo General N°2

Entender y expresar mensajes que tengan el propósito de evitar o lograr un

comportamiento o acción.

Objetivos específicos

2.1 Entender y expresar mandatos, peticiones, instrucciones y prohibiciones.

2.2 Pedir, ofrecer, negar, aceptar o rechazar ayuda.

2.3 Pedir la repetición o aclaración de algo expresado por otra persona.

Objetivo General N°3

Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de personas, animales, cosas, lugares, hechos y

acciones.

Objetivos específicos

3.1 Dar, pedir y recibir información referente a la identificación de personas, animales y

cosas.

3.2 Dar, pedir y recibir información referente a la descripción de personas, animales,

cosas y lugares.

3.3 Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de la ubicación de personas, animales, cosas

y lugares.

3.4 Dar, pedir y recibir información que implique la idea del tiempo.

3.5 Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de los miembros de la familia.

3.6 Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de la existencia de personas, animales,

cosas y lugares.

3.7 Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de hechos y acciones que se están o

estaban realizando.

3.8 Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de hechos y acciones habituales.

3.9 Indagar acerca de gustos y expresarlos.

3.10 Dar, pedir y recibir información acerca de hechos y acciones que se realizaron.

Lesson 1

1. The English Alphabet

Aa (ei) Bb (bi) Cc (ci) Dd (di) Ee (i) Ff (éf) Gg (yi) Hh (eich) Ii (ái) Jj (yei)

Kk (kei) Ll (el) Mm (em) Nn (en) Oo(ou) Pp(pi) Qq (kiú) Rr (ar) Ss (es)

Tt (ti) Uu (iu) Vv (vi) Ww(dable iu) Xx (ex) Yy (uai) Zz (zi)

2. Cardinal numbers

1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven

8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen

14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen

19 nineteen 20 twenty

3. Days of the week

Sunday = Domingo Monday = Lunes Tuesday = Martes

Wednesday = Miércoles Thursday = Jueves Friday = Viernes

Saturday = Sábado

4. Months of the year

January February March

April May June

July August September

October November December

5. Dates

In English dates are expressed in this order:

MM/DD/YY May 15th

. 2016 or

Sunday, May 15th

. 2016

Exercises (obj. 3.4)

A. Unscramble the letters and find the days of the week and the months of the year

a. Mobrenev ______________________

b. Omyand ______________________

c. Arynaju ______________________

d. Uydnsa ______________________

e. Pirla ______________________

f. Edusyta ______________________

g. Tasugu ______________________

h. Rifdya ______________________

i. Botroce ______________________

j. Aystuadr ______________________

B. Write the dates in English:

a) 17 de Julio de 2016 (domingo)

b) 29 de abril de 2016 (viernes)

c) 8 de marzo de 2016 (martes)

d) 24 de noviembre de 2016 (jueves)

e) 22 de febrero de 2016 (lunes)

Singular

1ª. persona I yo

2ª. persona you tú

3ª. persona

he él

she ella

it *(eso)

Plural

1ª. Persona we nosotros

2ª.persona

you ustedes

3ª. Persona they Ellos (as)

El pronombre personal “it” se usa para referirnos a un animal o un objeto. Por ejemplo:

My cat is on the chair. (Mi gato está sobre la silla)

It is on the chair.

También se usa para referirnos al clima, la temperatura, el tiempo y la distancia:

It’s raining (Está lloviendo)

It is very hot today (Hoy hace mucho calor)

It is 9 O’clock (Son las 9 en punto)

It is 10 kilometers from San Antonio to Caracas (Son 10 kilómetros de San Antonio a

Caracas)

Ejercicios

A. Sustituye los nombres por pronombres personales. (Obj. 1.1)

a) Paula __________

b) The table ________

c) Peter and I_______

d) Gabriel_________

e) My cellphone _____

f) My mother _____

g) The dog _____

h) The students _____

i) My brother _____

j) Joe and Oscar _____

B. Completa las oraciones usando los pronombres (Obj. 1.1)

a) _____________ is big. (the blackboard)

b) _____________ like apples. (my mother and I)

c) _____________ is my best friend (Susan)

d) _____________ are students (Daniel and Isaac)

e) _____________ is brown. (my desk)

Lesson 2

1. Parts of the day – Greetings and saying goodbye

Mr. (mister) = señor

Mrs. (missis) = señora

Miss (miss) = señorita

2. “To Be” (Ser / estar)

I am = I’m Examples:

you are = you’re

he is = he’s I’m a student.

she is = she’s I’m at school

it is = it’s

we are = we’re We’re friends.

you are = you’re We’re in the classroom

they are = they’re

Informal Formal Hello / hi, Susy! Good morning, teacher!

Good afternoon, Mr. Perez!

Bye / Bye- bye, boys! Good Bye, Dr. Ascanio

See you… See you later / tomorrow /

next class, Mrs. Atencio

3. School Vocabulary

People Places

Boy

Girl

Student

Teacher

Pupil

Classmates

Principal

Friend

Secretary

Nurse

Security Guard

Dentist

Architect

School

Classroom

Yard

Bathroom

Basket course

Sport fields

Laboratory

Library

Cafeteria

Principal’s office

Lockers

Playground

Teachers’ room

Exercises (Obj. 3.1) A. Completa las oraciones usando la forma correcta del verbo “To Be” (am, is, are), como en el

ejemplo:

a) Mike IS my friend.

b) I________ a student.

c) Helen ___________ a secretary.

d) We_________ students

e) Thomas __________ from Colombia.

f) It_______________ a car.

B. Subraya la forma correcta del verbo "“To Be” (am, is, are), para completar las oraciones:

(Obj. 3.1)

a) Daniel (am, is, are) in the Principal’s office

b) Leslie and Karen (am, is, are) my friends.

c) Evelyn (am, is, are) the school nurse.

d) My dog (am, is, are) in the yard

e) The table (am, is, are) brown

C. Redacta oraciones sobre estas personas:

(Obj. 3.1)

a) Louis / security guard

b) Caroline and Alexis / the new teachers

c) Alicia / a student

d) My father / a dentist

e) Grace and I / architects

Lesson 3

1. Colors

blue

black

yellow

red

.

green

purple

orange

brown

1. Yes/ no questions vs. information questions.

Yes / no questions: Is she a Doctor? -Yes, she is.

Information questions: Where is she from? - She is from Colombia.

2. QUESTION WORDS

a) What = qué o cuál

b) Where = dónde

c) How old = que edad

Examples:

What is your name? – My name is Ana

Where are you from? - I’m from Italy

How old are you? – I´m 12 years old

3. Short answers.

Yes, (pronoun) (am, is, are)

Yes, I am.

Yes, he is.

Yes, they are.

No, (pronoun) (am, is, are + not)

No. I’m not.

No, she isn’t

No, they aren´t

Activity (Obj. 3.2)

1. Investiga: dark blue, light blue, navy blue, dark green, light green, magenta, burgundy.

Interrogative Negative Contractions

Singular

Am I…? I am not I’m not

Are you…? You are not You aren’t

Is he..?

Is she…?

Is it…?

He is not

She is not

It is not

He isn’t

She isn´t

It isn’t

Plural

Are we…? We are not We aren’t

Are you…? You are not You aren’t

Are they…? They are not They aren´t

2. Responde las preguntas usando verbo “To be” (Obj. 3.2)

a) What is your favorite color?

b) Are the school buses green?

c) Is your uniform shirt blue?

d) Are your tennis shoes brown?

e) What color is your school bag?

3. Escribe preguntas y respuestas cortas usando el verbo “To be” tal como en el ejemplo :

a) Carol is a student. Is Carol a student? (Obj. 3.1)

Yes, she is / No, she isn’t.

b) The students are in the classroom

c) My cat is on the desk

d) Henry is your teacher

e) Lucy and Ingrid are in the office

f) The blackboard is in front of the door.

4. Investigar los nombres de estos países y la nacionalidad correspondiente en inglés a fin de

completar el siguiente cuadro: (Obj. 3.1)

COUNTRY NATIONALITY

ALEMANIA

BELGICA

CANADÁ

DINAMARCA

ESPAÑA

FRANCIA

GRECIA

ITALIA

INGLATERRA

EGIPTO ESTADOS UNIDOS

VENEZUELA

5. Siguiendo el ejemplo, completa las

oraciones con las nacionalidades:

Ejemplo: Arturo / Chile

His __name is Arturo__________

He is from ___Chile____________

Arturo is ___chilean____________

a) Joao / Portugal

b) Ismael / Brazil

c) Goku / Japan

Lesson 4

1. Articles

Definite article “the” = el the pencil (el lápiz)

la the girl (la niña)

los the boys (los muchachos)

las the girls (las niñas)

Indefinite article “a” “an”= un a car (un carro)

una a princess (una princesa)

un *an actor (un actor)

una *an actress (una actriz)

*se usa “an” cuando el sustantivo comienza con vocal: an apple, an iceberg, an

elephant, an uncle, an oyster.

singular plural

A / an

Femenino: a

princess,

an actress

---------

Masculino: a car,

an actor ---------

The

Femenino: the

girl the girls

Masculino: the

pencil the boys

2. Plural of nouns

Usualmente se forman los plurales añadiendo “s” a los sustantivos: boy – boys, table –

tables, sin embargo existen las siguientes excepciones:

a) Sustantivos que terminan con una consonante seguida por la letra “y”: se suprime la “y”

y se sustituye por “ies”. Party- parties, candy- candies

b) Sustantivos que terminan con las letras: “o”, “s” “x” “sh” “ch”: se añade “es”. Tomato –

tomatoes, pass – passes, box –boxes, match – matches, wish – wishes.

c) Hay algunos sustantivos que no siguen estas reglas. Son irregulares y es necesario

aprenderlos individualmente porque aunque están en plural, no terminan con “s”. Estos

son:

SINGULAR PLURAL

hombre man men

mujer woman women

niño child children

persona person people

pié foot feet

diente tooth teeth

ratón mouse mice

Activity

Write the plural form:

a) Book

b) table

c) day

d) mosquito

e) car

f) monkey

g) hero

h) watch

i) dictionary

j) fox

k) city

l) man

m) class

n) baby

o) bus

3. Possessives

PERSONAL

PRONOUNS

POSSESSIVE

ADJECTIVES

I MY

YOU YOUR

HE HIS

SHE HER

IT ITS

WE OUR

YOU YOUR

THEY THEIR

4. Family members

Father: padre parents: padres

Mother: madre sister: hermana

Son: hijo

Daughter: hija

Husband: esposo

Wife: esposa

Brother: hermano

Relatives: parientes

Activity. (Obj. 3.1 / 3.5)

1. Escribe el adjetivo posesivo que corresponde al sujeto de la oración.

a) I am a student. ________ name is

Alexis

b) He is my friend. ________ name is

Robert.

c) She is my sister. ________name is

Annie.

d) We are students. ________ names are

Peter and John

e) You are classmates. ________ names

are Sonia and Terry

f) They are sisters. ________ names are

Sophie and Claudia

2. Investiga: abuelo. abuela, tío, tía, primo(a), suegro, suegra, cuñado, cuñada. (Obj. 3.5)

Lesson 5

1. Clothes vocabulary

shirt = camisa

t-shirt = franela

polo shirt = chemise

blouse = blusa

sweater / pullover = suéter

dress = vestido

vest = chaleco

suit = traje

coat = abrigo

raincoat =

impermeable

jacket = chaqueta

denim jacket =

chaqueta de jean

trousers / pants =

pantalones

jeans = jeans

shorts = pantalones

cortos

sneakers / tennis =

zapatos deportivos

boots = botas

slippers = pantuflas

pajamas = pijama

socks = calcetines

underwear = ropa

interior

swimsuit = traje de

baño

belt = cinturón

tie = corbata

handkerchief =

pañuelo

gloves = guantes

scarf = bufanda

cap = gorra

hat = sombrero

shoes = zapatos

sandals = sandalias

high-heeled shoes =

zapatos de taco alto

shoelaces = trenzas

de los zapatos

2. Verbo “to have” (tener)

I have

you have

he /she / it has

we / you / they have

Examples:

I have a blue raincoat

Susan has a red dress

My brother has a denim jacket

Activity

Answer about the clothes above:

a) What color is the scarf?

b) What color is the bikini?

c) What color are the boots?

d) What color is the dress?

e) What color are the jeans?

a. My mother ___________________________ a green car.

b. Sandra ___________________________ two cats and a dog.

c. My brother and I ___________________________ new cell phones.

d. Steve ___________________________ a baby sister, Camilla.

e. My classmates________________________ History classes today.

3. Possessive case ‘s

El caso posesivo es una forma de expresar la posesión en inglés cuando el poseedor es una persona,

un animal, o un país; la otra es con la preposición “of”. Se forma añadiendo al nombre del poseedor o

dueño un apóstrofe (‘) seguido por una “s” y en seguida la cosa poseída (sustantivo sin artículo)

Ejemplo:

My father’s car = El carro de mi padre

Mary’s book = El libro de Mary

The cat's ears = Las orejas del gato

France's cities = las ciudades de Francia

Cuando el poseedor está en plural acabado en “s” y cuando el poseedor es un nombre propio acabado

en “s”: el apóstrofe se ubica después de la “s”.

My friends’ car = El carro de mis amigos

Charles’s car = El carro de Carlos

4. Adjectives

En inglés los adjetivos no cambian de acuerdo al género ni al número, como en español y

van colocados antes del sustantivo o después del verbo “To Be”. Por ejemplo:

Carol is a nice girl. = Carol es una muchacha agradable

She is nice. = Ella es agradable

BMWs are expensive cars. = Los BMW son carros costosos

BMW cars are expensive. = Los carros BMW son costosos

Investiga en internet, o con la ayuda de un diccionario, el significado de los siguientes

adjetivos:

Big __________________

Small __________________

Short __________________

Long __________________

Tall _________________

Fat __________________

Thin __________________

Old __________________

Young __________________

Pretty __________________

Ugly __________________

Nice __________________

Activity

1. Use el caso posesivo (‘s) y redacta oraciones completas (Obj. 3.1)

a) Mary / car / new: _______Mary’s car is new________

b) Danny /computer / modern

c) My dog / toy / yellow

d) Book / Alfred / interesting

e) Music / Venezuela / beautiful

2. Completa con los miembros de la familia: (Obj. 3.5)

a) My mother’s son is my ________________

b) My father’s daughter is my _______________

c) My mother’s husband is my _______________

d) My father’s wife is my___________________

3. Responde las preguntas. Sigue el siguiente ejemplo:

What are you wearing? (jeans and a white shirt) (Obj. 3.2)

I’m wearing jeans and a white shirt.

a) What is Jenny wearing? (a red dress and high heels)

b) What color are her shoes? (black)

c) What color is Sammy’s sweater? (navy blue and white)

d) What color are your tennis shoes? (white)

e) What are the boys wearing? (school uniforms)

4. Redacta oraciones descriptivas usando los adjetivos indicados y el verbo “To be”

a) Tall/ short: Sandra (1.85mts) (Obj. 3.2)

Wendy (1.54mts)

b) Old / young Sabrina (17 years old)

Mr. Henderson (95 years old

c) Big / small My hamster “Lily”

My rottweiller dog “Champ”

Lesson 6

Existence of things (existencia) (Obj. 3.3 / 3.6)

There is = Hay (singular) There is a stereo in my room

There are = Hay (plural) There are three chairs in the kitchen

1________________ a lamp in the room.

2. Susan, ________a chair in the garden?

3. “Are there many windows in the house?”

“Yes,_____________ many.”

4. “Is there a dog in the house?” “No, _____

5. ___________ many glasses on the table.

6. In the garden__________ three big trees.

7. Carol,_________ much coffee in the cup?

8. This morning ________ many children in

the park.

9. ________________ a man in the garden?

10. “Is there much tea in the cup?”

“No, there ____________much.”

11. _______ two little trees in the garden.

12. _______ a nice door in this house.

13. ________ many windows in the house?

14. ________a little girl in the room?

15. Mum, ____________water in the glass?

16. Susan, _________ many cups at home?

17. ________________many glasses here.

18. _______many boys and girls in the park.

19. ________ a little girl outside our house?

20. “Are there four rooms in the house?”

“No, ___________ five”

Numbers from 20 to 100

20 twenty 21 twenty one 22 twenty two 23 twenty three 24 twenty four 25 twenty five

26 twenty six 27 twenty seven 28 twenty eight 29 twenty nine

30 thirty 31 thirty one 32 thirty two 33 thirty three …

40 forty 41 forty one 42 forty two… 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty

90 ninety 100 one hundred

Food

Investiga el significado de las siguientes palabras, ya sea en Internet o con ayuda de un diccionario:

ham

Hamburger

hot dog

milk

orange

food

Salad

sandwich

Banana

Bread

Cereal

chocolate

coffee

egg

juice

apple

ketchup

cheese

Investiga el significado de los siguientes términos, ya sea en Internet o con ayuda de un diccionario:

Countable nouns uncountable nouns

Quantifiers: some, any, many, much

Some Any Much many We usually use some in

positive sentences for

countable and

uncountable nouns.

I

have some friends in

London.

I usually

drink some wine with

my meal.

One, small or all. It is used with

negative sentences. When asking

questions and when a sentence

is grammatically positive, but the

meaning of the sentence is negative.

Do you have any ice cream left for

me?

My brother never does any chores.

Much is used to

express that there is a

large quantity of

something.

Many is used to

express that there is a

large quantity of

something.

A little, a few or small

number or amount. We use any for both countable and

uncountable nouns. Much is used with

uncountable nouns.

Many is used with

countable nouns.

Sometimes we use

some in a question,

when we expect a

positive YES answer.

Would you

like some more tea?

Could I

have some more sugar

please?

Do you have any cheese?

He doesn't have any friends

in Paris

They don't

have much money to

buy a present.

I don't

have many English

stamps in my

collection.

Activity (Obj. 3.6)

1. Write sentences using “there is, there are” in affirmative, negative and question form

a) a sandwich / on my plate

b) some cheese / in the fridge

c) bananas / on the table

d) many oranges / in the bag

e) a hamburger / on the grill

2. Completa las oraciones usando “There is, there are, there isn’t, there aren’t (Obj. 3.6)

a. ____________________ an apple in the fridge.

b. ____________________ two girls in the park.

c. ________________(not) many children at school.

d. ____________________ a telephone on the desk.

e. ____________________three books on the table.

f. ________________(not) a bus parked in front of the school

g. ____________________a dog in the garage.

h. ____________________many rainy days in December.

i. ____________________ a bird singing on my window.

j. ____________________ a lot of girls in the party.

3. Completa las oraciones usando “any” “some” “much” o “many”. (Obj. 3.1)

Andrew: Mom, is there _____________ orange juice in the refrigerator?

Mom: No, Andy. There isn’t _________, but there is ___________ lemonade.

Andrew: Thank you, mommy, and… are there _________ tomatoes?

Mom: Yes, honey. There are _________ tomatoes. There is also ________ lettuce,

in case you’re making your “special sandwich”.

Andrew: Yes, mommy, I am! But I also need…

Mom: Oh Andy! Just go downstairs to the kitchen!

4. Write these numbers in English: (Obj. 3.1)

a) 43___________________________

b) 128__________________________

c) 89___________________________

d) 92___________________________

e) 31___________________________

f) 75___________________________

g) 64___________________________

h) 157__________________________

i) 26___________________________

j) 130__________________________

• Reading Comprehension Activity.

Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

Carly's Family

Carly has a large family. She lives with four people. Carly also has two pets.

Carly’s mom is a doctor. Carly’s mom works at the hospital. Carly’s mom helps people who are

sick.

Carly’s dad works at home. Carly’s dad cooks for the family. Carly’s dad drives the kids to soccer

practice. Carly has two brothers. James is ten years old. Scott is fourteen years old.

Carly has two pets. Jinx is a small, black cat. Diego is a large, brown dog.

Carly loves her family!

1) How many people are in Carly's

family?

A. four

B. five

C. six

2) Carly's mom works at the

A. restaurant

B. mall

C. hospital

3) This passage is mostly about Carly's

A. family

B. pets

C. soccer team

4) Which of the following is most likely

true?

A. Carly's mom coaches the soccer

team.

B. James is the best soccer player

in the family.

C. Jinx and Diego are part of Carly's

family.

5) The oldest brother in Carly's family is

A. James

B. Scott

C. Diego