UNIT 1

WORD BANK BEGINNER 1

 WORDS IN ENGLISH MEANING
1. Greetings Saludos
2. leave-takings Despedidas
3. co-workers Compañeros de trabajo
4. See you Nos vemos, hasta luego
5. Family name Apellidos completos (paterno y materno)
6. Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
7. How are you? Como estas?
8. How about you? Y tu que tal?
9. Spell Deletrear (decir de 1 en 1)
10. This is Te presento a …
 WORDS IN ENGLISH MEANING
11. From Preposición que indica la procedencia (de, desde)
12. And You? Y Tu?, Y Usted?
13. Capital letter Letra mayúscula
14. Small letter Letra minúscula
15. Suffixes Morfema que se escribe al final de una palabra
16. Female Femenino
17. Male Masculino
18. Building Edificio, construcción
19. Actress Actriz
20. Hat Sombrero
UNIT 1 - LESSON 2
WORKBOOK
BEGINNER 1
 • Countries & Nationalities
• Personal Pronouns
LESSON 2: • Verb TO-BE for singular
Where are you from?
1. Complete the quiz with the correct countries.

CAPITALS

1. Caracas Venezuela
2. Ottawa _________________________
3. Washington D.C _________________________

FAMOUS PEOPLE

1. Gisele Bundchen _________________________

2. Rafa Nadal _________________________
3. Beyoncé _________________________

FAMOUS PLACES

1. Teotihuacan _________________________
2. Pattaya Beach _________________________
3. The Atacama desert _________________________

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2. Complete the chart.

Country Nationality

China Chinese

Turkey _____________________

_________________________ Swiss

The United States ______________________

__________________________ English

__________________________ Egyptian

Japan ______________________

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3. Complete the sentences with the correct nationality.

Maria is from Spain. Kentaro is from Japan. Emma is from the UK.
She’s Sp_________h. He’s J______________e. She’s B__________h.

Joao is from Brazil. Muller is from Germany. Meiling is from China.

He’s Br____________n. He’s Ge_______n. She is Ch____________e.

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4. Listen to Dan and Jenny at the reception office. Circle the correct answer.

Name: 1. A Dan Hughes B. Dan Howes

Country: 2. A The USA B. The UK
Name: 3. A Jenny Kerr B. Jenny Carr
City: 4. A Liverpool B. London
Room: 5. A Ten B. Seven

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5. Complete with He’s, It’s or She’s.

_______ Jackie Chan. _________ Thalia. __________ The Eiffel Tower.

_______ from China. _________ from Mexico. __________ in Paris, France.
_______ Chinese. _________ Mexican. __________ French.

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6. Write negative (-) sentences with the verb be. Use contractions.

1. You / in my class. You aren’t in my class.

2. I / from Canada. ____________________________.

3. He / American. ____________________________.

4. Cristiano Ronaldo / from Spain. ____________________________.

5. Panda bear / from Peru. ____________________________.

6. You / Brazilian. ____________________________.

7. Lucia / from Italy. ____________________________.

8. Ottawa / in Russia. ____________________________.

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UNIT 1 - LESSON 2
VIDEO ACTIVITY
BEGINNER 1
Watch the video and complete the exercises.
1. Watch the video and circle the correct answer.

John

Johnny

Jonas

Jonathan

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2. Watch the video and circle the correct answer.

B2

B4

D2

D4

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3. Watch the video and circle the correct answer.

D2.

D7

C2.

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UNIT 1 - LESSON 2
BEGINNER 1
 • Countries & Nationalities
• Personal Pronouns
LESSON 2: • Verb TO-BE for singular
Where are you from?
VOCABULARY: COUNTRIES

When you refer to countries, you need to specify the “origin” of this noun (people, objects,
places, animals), and From is a preposition which indicates the origin of a person, object or
animal.

From + country’s name

Person: Leonel Messi Object: Pisco Sour Animal: Panda Bear

………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………..

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WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

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 I am from
Peru. And
You?

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 EXAMPLES

My name is Harry My name is Cristiano My name is Barack My name is Angela

Potter and I’m from Ronaldo and I’m Obama and I’m from Merkel and I’m from
England. from Portugal. The United States. Germany.

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FAMOUS PLACES, FAMOUS COUNTRIES

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Capital cities, Countries, Nationalities and Languages start with a
CAPITAL letter:
Paris NOT paris, Brazil NOT brazil, Italian NOT italian, Spanish NOT spanish

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 NATIONALITIES

When you refer to nationalities, you don’t need to specify the “origin” of this noun (people,
objects, places, animals) because it is a characteristic.

Country I am from Peru.

Nationality I am from Peruvian.

Person: Leonel Messi Object: Pisco Sour Animal: Panda Bear

………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………..

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We need suffixes to write a nationality. The most common are:
-an, -ian, -ese, -ish

Country Nationality Country Nationality

Brazil Brazilian Mexico Mexican

China Chinese Poland Polish

England English Russia Russian

Egypt Egyptian Spain Spanish

France French Switzerland Swiss

Germany German Turkey Turkish

Italy Italian The United States American

Japan Japanese The UK British

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Where are they from?. Complete the sentences with a country.
Switzerland Turkey The UK The United States

It’s from ………………………………………………… It’s from …………………………………………………

It’s from …………………………………………………… It’s from ………………………………………………

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN SINGULAR

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 1 object

1 animal

1 building

1 place

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 VERB TO BE (am, are, is) in Singular

Verb to be expresses ser, estar in Spanish.

FULL FORM CONTRACTION

I am from the USA. I’m from the USA.
Affirmative You are from England. You’re from England.
He is from Italy. He’s from Italy.
(+) She is from Spain. She’s from Spain.
It is from China. It’s from China.

FULL FORM CONTRACTION 1 CONTRACTION 2

I am not from the USA. I’m not from the USA. --------------------------
Negative You are not from England. You’re not from England. You aren’t from England.
He is not from Italy. He’s not from Italy. He isn’t from Italy.
(-) She is not from Spain. She’s not from Spain. She isn’t from Spain.
It is not from Japan. It’s not from Japan. It isn’t from Japan.

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 EXAMPLES

Meryl Streep is from The USA. Rafael Nadal is from Spain. Toshiba laptop is from Japan.
She isn’t from The UK. He isn’t from Italy. It isn’t from China.

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1. Match the words with the photos.
She He It

1 2 3

4 5 6

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2. Complete the sentences with or .

1. …………..from Mexico. 2. ………………….Joshua. 3. …………………..Italian.

4. ……………. Japanese. 5. …………………..Brazilian. 6. …………………..from Peru.

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UNIT 1 - LESSON 1
WORKBOOK
BEGINNER 1
 Contents

• Greetings & leave-takings

• Names
• Introductions
LESSON 1:
• The Alphabet
• Numbers (0-10)
1. Circle the word you hear. AW 1.1

1. Hello / Hi, my name is Rafa.

2. What’s your last name / first name?
3. Hi, I’m / I am Lin
4. Nice to meet you / glad to meet you.

2. Circle the incorrect word in the series.

1. A. Hello B. Hi C. Good bye D. Good morning

2. A. Good bye B. Thanks C. Good afternoon D. Good evening
3. A. Name B. Family name C. Nice to meet you D. Last name
4. A. Gonzales B. Anne C. Julie D. Lucy
5. A. S-A-R-A-H B. J-E-N-N-Y C. B-O-O-K D. R-O-X-A-N-E

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3. Complete the conversations.

A. Hello, I _____________Jessica. A. Hi. My _____________________ Ben.

B. H____, I _______________ Steve. B. H_____. My_____________________
Nice_________________________.
A. Nice _____________________, too.

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4. Match the greetings or leave-takings with the pictures.

1. A. Good bye

2.
B. Good morning

3.

C. Hi

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5. Write the numbers.

1. RUFO Four ____

2. NET T__________________________
3. INNE N __________________________
4. EON O__________________________
5. TEREH T__________________________
6. OWT T__________________________
7. GITHE E __________________________
8. XIS S __________________________
9. ENVSE S __________________________
10. OZRE Z __________________________
11. VIEF F __________________________

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6. Write the correct greeting according to the time.

1. It is 9:00 a.m. Good morning ___

2. It is 7:00 p.m. __________________________
3. It is 10:00 p.m. __________________________
4. It is 4:00 p.m. __________________________
5. It is 11:00 a.m. __________________________

7. Write the telephone numbers.

1. two one two – five five five - six one one seven (212) 555-5117
2. six oh five – five five five - four seven three one ________________________
3. five four one – five five five - two one eight three ________________________
4. six four nine – four three two one - oh nine eight seven ________________________
5. oh seven seven – nine one eight four - two two seven nine ________________________

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8. How do you spell the names?. Listen and check ( ) the correct answers. AWL1 1.2

1. Abigail lee Abigail Li

2. Jaime Garcia Jamie Garcia
3. Sylvia Graham Silvia Graham
4. Jayne Millican Jane Millican
Jayne Milligan Jane Milligan

9. Listen and complete Miguel’s student ID card. AWL1 1.3

First name: Miguel

Last name: V
Cell phone: 6
E-mail: Miguel______libro_________________
Class
Teacher: _______Mackenzie

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UNIT 1 LESSON 1
VIDEO ACTIVITY
BEGINNER 1
Watch the video and complete the exercises.
1. Watch the video and circle the correct answer.

Ann

Annie

Anna

Anne

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1. Watch the video and circle the correct answer.

Bet

Pet

Pit

Pete

2
1. Watch the video and circle the correct answer.

My last name is Pete.

Nice to meet you.

Good bye.

Hello.

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UNIT 1 - LESSON 1
BEGINNER 1
 • Greetings & leave-takings
• Names
• Introductions
LESSON 1:
• The Alphabet
• Numbers (0 – 10)
GREETINGS & LEAVE-TAKINGS

CO-WORKERS FRIENDS

FORMAL GREETINGS INFORMAL

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1. INFORMAL GREETINGS

Listen and repeat.

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 2. FORMAL GREETINGS

Listen and repeat.

Good
morning.

06:00 am – 11:59 am

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Listen and repeat.

Good
afternoon.

12:00 pm – 5:59 pm

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 Listen and repeat.

Good
evening.

06:00 pm – 9:59 pm

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 LEAVE-TAKINGS

See
See you you!
later!

Good
bye!

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 Listen and repeat.

Good
night.

10:00 pm -

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 NAMES

FULL NAME NICKNAME

Informal: FIRST MIDDLE LAST NAME

Name NAME NAME

FAMILY NAME

American English = Last name / British English = surname.

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INTRODUCTIONS

Listen and practice.

Tyler: Hi, my name’s Tyler.

Sylvia: Nice to meet you Tyler. My name is Sylvia.
Tyler: It’s nice to meet you too, Sylvia.

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ASKING ABOUT FEELINGS

Listen and practice.

Sylvia: Hi, Tyler. How are you?

Tyler: Oh, I’m OK. How about you?
Sylvia: I’m great. Thanks.

Questions to ask about feelings: Answers about feelings (Positive):

I’m fine, thank you.
How are you?
I’m Ok. / I’m great. Thanks.
How about you? Answers about feelings (Negative):
Not so good. I’m not OK.
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 THE ENGLISH ALPHABET

Listen and practice.

(ei) (bi) (si) (di) (i) (ef) (yi)

(eich) (ai) (yei) (kei) (el) (em) (en)

(ou) (pi) (kiu) (ar) (es) (ti) (yu)

(vi) (dabol yu) (eks) (wai) (zi)

We use the English Alphabet to spell names, objects, e-mails, etc.

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How do you
Examples:
spell your
surname?
It’s Benedetti.
B-E-N-E-D-E-T-T-I

It’s possible to say: T-T

or double T

It’s
[email protected]

Great,
What’s your
e-mail
address?
Cyber Symbols:
@ = at
. = dot
_ = underscore
# = hash
- = dash

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NUMBERS FROM 0 TO 10

Listen and practice.

For phone
numbers:
0(Zero) = 0(Oh)

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PHONE NUMBERS

Listen and practice.

(nine-oh-six-three-seven-seven-two-one-five)

(five-six-oh-three-nine-nine-five)

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 VOCABULARY IN ACTION 1
Hello, I’m Hi, my name Hi, my name is
Lorena. is Angie. Peter. What’s
your name?

Hello, I’m Hi, my name is

George. Ann. Nice to
meet you.

My name is = I’m
My name is Giovanna. = I’m Giovanna

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 VOCABULARY IN ACTION 2
Alex, Hi, Alex.
This is Nice to meet
Karina. you too.

Nice to
meet
you
Karina.

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1. Complete the phrases.

My c_ _ _
p_ _ _ _
n_ _ _ _ _ is

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2. Look at the photos. How do you say the letters?

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Now, go to your workbook and solve the exercises about lesson 1.

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