Basic English HDFL Claudio Checo
Basic English HDFL Claudio Checo
Basic English HDFL Claudio Checo
The Alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols) that is used to write one or more lenguages.
Alphabet
A K U
B L V
C M W
D N X
E O Y
F P Z
G Q
H R
I S
J T
Vowels
A
E
I
O
U
The "TH." The "TH" (like in "theater" or "thing") • The "R." • The "L."
GREETINGS
A greeting is a polite word or sign of welcome or recognition..
Formal Informal Verbos
Vacabulary
Hello! Hi! To live
Welcome! To meet
Good Morning. To greet
Good Afternoon. To see
Good Evening. To be
Goodbye/Goodbye for now. Later To do
Please…
Thank You. Thanks.
Thank you very much. Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome./Don't mention it. Not at all.
I'm sorry
I don’t understand.
Can you repeat, please? What?
Can you speak slower, please?
I don’t understand
Can you repeat that, please? What?
Can you speak slower, please?
See you later! See ya.
Have a nice day! Have a good one.
Same to you. Likewise/ You too.
Excuse Me
Conversation
Formal Informal
A Hello, how are you?/ How are you doing? What’s happening? / What’s up?
B Hello, I'm very well./ I’m fine, thank you I'm good./I'mok.
B And you?/How about yourself?
A I'm…………………. What is your name?
B My name is…………………….
A Pleased to meet you. / Nice to meet you
B Pleased to meet you too. / Nice to meet you too
A Where are you from?
B I am from the Dominican Republic. Where are you from?
A I'm from the United States.
A Where do you live?
B I live in Cabrera.
A How old are you?
B I am ….… years old.
A What do you do? / What do you do for a living?
B I'm a student./I am a teacher.
A Do you speak Spanish?
B Yes, I do./No, I don't.
B I have to leave now.
A Ok, see you later! See ya
B Have a nice day! Have a good one
A Same to you Likewise/ You too.
SCHOOL
Objects Others
pencil teacher
pen student
marker math (mathematics)
eraser science
board geography
paper physical education (PE)
book English
notebook history
ruler art
trash can (garbage can, waste basket) Mr. (Mister)
scissors Mrs. (Misses)
stapler Miss
pencil sharpener Ms.
tape Schedule
desk first
table last
chair morning
computer afternoon
clock evening
liquid paper (white-out) night
door lunch
window bell
chalk late
NOUNS
A noun is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identifypeople, places, animals, things or ideas (naming word). They have no gender, but they have sigular and plural form.
Nouns Plural Nouns mayoría “-s” al final
teacher car elephant camera → camaras
dog party student pen → pens
ball house milk house → houses
table happiness Jason chair → chairs
Plural Nouns “f” o “fe”: la “f” o “fe” por “ves”. "vocal" + “y”: añadimos una “s”.
leaf → leaves boy → boys
wife → wives toy → toys
knife → knives key → keys
life → lives →
Irregular Nouns (Plural does not change) consonante + “y”: la “y” cambia a “i” y añadimos “es”.
fish → fish party → parties
sheep → sheep city → cities
→ company → companies
→ nacionality → nacionalities
Irregular Nouns (Plural changes, no rule to follow) “s”, “ss”, “sh”, “ch”, “x”, “o”: añadimos “es”.
man → men bus → buses
woman → women glass → glasses
child → children brush → brushes
person → people watch → watches
tooth → teeth box → boxes
mouse → mince tomato → tomatoes
Proper Nouns
Names for people Days/Months Companies & Organizations Contries, Cities, Etc Holidays Nacionalities & Lenguages
John Smith January Starbucks Argentina Easter English
Alex Jones September Fiat France Christmas Japanese
Mary Garcia Monday United Nations New York Thanksgiving French
Mr. Henry Johnson Thursday Barcelona Russian
Ms. Nancy Frank St. Paul
Geographic Names Historic Events Book Titles, Films & Artworks Religions, Deities, Scriptures Title for People Monuments & Buildings
the Pacific Ocean World War II To Kill a Mockingbird (Matar un ruiseñor) Catholicism President Obama the Empire State Building
the North Pole the Industrial Revolution The Godfather (El padrino) God Doctor Norris the Coloseum
the Antarctic Black Friday Gone with the Wind (Lo que el viento se llevó) the Torah the White House
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
PRONOUNS
Number Person Gender
Subjebtive Objective Possessive Reflexive
1st M/F I Me Mine Myself
2nd M/F You You Yours Yourself
Singular M He Him His Himself
Personal Pronouns 3rd F She Her Hers Herself
N It It Its Itself
1st M/F We Us Ours Ourselves
Plural 2nd M/F You You Yours Yourselves
3rd M/F/N They Them Theirs Themselves
Relative/Interrogative Pronouns Who Whom Whose
Whoever Whomever
Demostrative Pronouns Which/What/That/This/Thees/Those Which/What/That/This/Thees/Those
Indefinate Pronoun Everybody Everybody Everybody's
They act as subjects Show possession of
they act as objects
something else
Which/what flavor of ice cream do you want? Either is fine,
"Which" is more formal when asking questions that
but "which" is better.
requiere a choice between a number of items. You can
use what. Generally speaking, you can replace "which"
What do you want, ice cream?
with "what" and be ok grammatically. However, it
doesn't work the other way around. There needs to be a Which/what do you want for dessert?
context of choince. "Which" only worksin the context being presented with
choices.
Examples
Subject She likes homework. Subject
Subject Subject
Object Object
Pronouns Pronouns
Possessive Possessive
Reflexive Reflexive
Black
Gray
Blue
Light blue
Dark blue
Red
Pink
Yellow
Orange
Brown
Green
Purple
Examples
What color is your car?
My car is red.
What color is your house?
My house is yellow.
What color are her eyes?
Her eyes are green.
Is this orange t-shit yours?
That pink dress is hers.
The sky is blue.
The clouds are gray.
I love those black shoes
Red, white,and boom.
Prepositions
Prepositions are a group of words that are used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to entroduce an object.
I live in Brighton.
The cat is in the box.
I found your address in the phone book.
My parents arrive in France on Monday.
We went to Mexico in May.
I always run in the mornings.
I will see my parents in a week.
She was born in 1976.
Uso (lugar): Se usa delante de edificios como casas, aeropuertos, universidades (para indicar que estamos dentro), antes de “top” (parte superior), “bottom”
(parte inferior), “the end of” (al final de), para indicar acontecimientos como reuniones, fiestas, conciertos, deportes, etc…, detrás de “arrive” (llegar) cuando
nos referimos a lugares que no sean ciudades o países.
He is at home.
I always visit my sister at work.
We eat at the table.
She will see him at the theatre.
Her name is at the bottom of the page.
When did you arrive at the airport?
Uso (tiempo): Lo utilizamos delante de la hora y de fiestas.
He runs every morning at 6.
I will see them at Christmas.
Nota: Las preposiciones siempre están seguidas por un sustantivo, no un verbo (excepto en la forma de gerundio).
Prepositions of Place
NEXT TO/BESIDE (al lado de, junto a)
Uso: Tanto “next to” como “beside” se pueden utilizar indistintamente. Utilizar una forma u otra dependerá del hablante y del contexto.
Las preposiciones de lugar se colocan detrás del verbo principal, que suele ser el verbo “to be” (estar, ser) en cualquiera de los tiempos pasados, presentes o
futuros y en sus formas tanto simples como compuestas.
The supermarket is next to (beside) the bank.
Sit next to (beside) me.
BETWEEN ( entre)
The shop is between the bank and the train station.
She is standing between Peter and John.
Nota: La traducción literal puede llevar a confusión cuando la traducimos al castellano, ya que en castellano diríamos: “el reloj está colgado en la pared.” Si
quisiéramos especificar diríamos: “y por debajo en la misma pared está apoyada la mesa.”
DURING ( durante)
Uso: Puede ir seguido de verbos y nombres o sustantivos.
Don’t talk during the movie.
I don’t like to watch television during the day.
FOR (durante)
Uso: Se coloca detrás de verbos y nombres o sustantivos. Aunque signifique lo mismo que “during” no tienen exactamente el mismo matiz. Éste se utiliza
para expresar un período de tiempo ya sean días, horas, meses o años.
I lived in England for three years.
He studied for the exam for one week.
Prepositions of Movement or Direction
Nota: Vamos a aprender más sobre las preposiciones de tiempo en las siguientes lecciones sobre los diversos tiempos verbales
Las preposiciones de movimiento o dirección se utilizan para mostrar movimiento de un lugar a otro. Estas preposiciones se usan con mayor frecuencia con
los verbos de movimiento y se encuentran después del verbo.
TO (a, hacia, dirección a (siempre indica movimiento))
“To” es la preposición de movimiento o dirección más común.
Uso: Se utiliza “to” para mostrar movimiento en una dirección específica.
I go to school by bus.
You walk to work every day.
They came to the wedding.
Sofia flew to Canada.
DOWN ( abajo)
Uso: “Down” indica movimiento de una posición superior a una posición inferior.
I prefer to ride my bike down the hill.
We are going down to Florida this summer.
UP ( hacia arriba)
Uso: “Up” se utiliza para indicar movimiento de una posicion inferior a una posición superior.
I don’t like riding my bike up these hills.
Get up here!
We climbed up the mountain this morning.
Prepositions
Prepositions are a group of words that are used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to entr
I live in Brighton.
The cat is in the box.
I found your address in the phone book.
My parents arrive in France on Monday.
We went to Mexico in May.
I always run in the mornings.
I will see my parents in a week.
She was born in 1976.
Uso (lugar): Se usa delante de edificios como casas, aeropuertos, universidades (para indicar que estamos dentro), antes de “top” (parte s
(parte inferior), “the end of” (al final de), para indicar acontecimientos como reuniones, fiestas, conciertos, deportes, etc…, detrás de “ar
nos referimos a lugares que no sean ciudades o países.
He is at home.
I always visit my sister at work.
We eat at the table.
She will see him at the theatre.
Her name is at the bottom of the page.
When did you arrive at the airport?
Uso (tiempo): Lo utilizamos delante de la hora y de fiestas.
He runs every morning at 6.
I will see them at Christmas.
Nota: Las preposiciones siempre están seguidas por un sustantivo, no un verbo (excepto en la forma de gerundio).
Prepositions of Place
NEXT TO/BESIDE (al lado de, junto a)
Uso: Tanto “next to” como “beside” se pueden utilizar indistintamente. Utilizar una forma u otra dependerá del hablante y del contexto.
Las preposiciones de lugar se colocan detrás del verbo principal, que suele ser el verbo “to be” (estar, ser) en cualquiera de los tiempos
futuros y en sus formas tanto simples como compuestas.
The supermarket is next to (beside) the bank.
Sit next to (beside) me.
BETWEEN ( entre)
The shop is between the bank and the train station.
She is standing between Peter and John.
Nota: La traducción literal puede llevar a confusión cuando la traducimos al castellano, ya que en castellano diríamos: “el reloj está colg
quisiéramos especificar diríamos: “y por debajo en la misma pared está apoyada la mesa.”
sitions)
o)
o nos referimos a lugares de una habitación como techo o
o.
Se interviene la forma
positiva del verbo "to be" y
se agrega el signo the
interrogacion "?"
THE VERB TO DO
Este verbo significa “hacer” cuando lo usamos como verbo principal. No hay una traducción directa en español para este verbo cuan
las frases negativas e interrogativas. También se puede usar en frases afirmativas para dar énfasis.
To do
To show same-time action, use the present tense
Personal Pronoun Indicative/Simple Present Adjective/Clause/Additional Info
I do
You do
He does
She does
It does
We do
You do
They do
A/AN each of these articles is used toi refer to a noun, but the noun being referred to is not a specific person, place,
object or idea. (A is used before nouns beginning with a consonant or “u” or “eu and An is used nouns biginning with
vowels or "h" when this is silent)
Holidays
Easter
Halloween
Christmas
Christmas eve
New Years's day
New Years's eve
TIME
There are many ways of telling the time.
Time Written Time Spoken Time Spoken 2 Time Spoken 3
10:15 PM It's ten fifteen. It's fifteen after ten. It's a quarter after (UK past) ten.
7:45 AM It's seven forty-five. It's a fifteen to eight. It's a quarter to eight.
1:20 PM It's one twenty. It's twenty after one.
3:00 AM It's three (o'clock) in the morning. It's three am.
12:00 PM It's twelve o'clock. It's noon.
9:30 PM It's nine thirty. (UK It's half past nine.)
1:58 PM It's one fifty-eight. It's two to two.
12:00 AM It's twelve o'clock. It's midnight
2:57 PM It's two fifty-seven It's three to three.
Nota: En inglés británico se dice “quarter past” o “half past” y en inglés americano “quarter after” o “thirty” (no se
dice “half after”).
accountant actor
architect actress
baseball player astronomer
carpenter author
cashier baker
dentist bus driver
designer chef/cook
doctor cleaner
engineer electrician
lawyer farmer
mail carrier/postman fire fighter/ fireman
mechanic fisherman
nurse gardener
photographer hair dresser
police officer journalist
real estate agent judge
receptionist librarian
reporter lifeguard
salesperson model
scientist painter
secretary pharmacist
server pilot
soldier plumber
tailor politician
taxi driver psychiatrist
teacher surgeon
translator travel agent
waiter veterinarian (vet)
waitress
ankle tobillo
arm brazo hand mano
armpit axila head cabeza
back espalda heart corazón
bone hueso hip cadera
brain cerebro jaw mandíbula
breast seno leg pierna
belly button ombligo lip labio
cheek mejilla mouth boca
chest pecho/torso nose nariz
chin barbilla neck cuello
ear oreja shoulder hombro
elbow codo stomach estómago
eye ojo tooth diente
face cara teeth dientes
foot pie tummy barriga
feet pies wrist muñeca
forehead frente
hair pelo
Basic English lessons Subject
English Alphabet
English Numbers 1 to 100
Fruit and Vegetables pictures
Greetings and introductions
Basic English learning Basic words
Learning colours
Basic shapes
Personal Computer parts
Can - you English lesson
Jobs
Learning clothes
Body parts
Head parts
Computer accessories
Ordinal numbers
Types of food
A - An
Description of the basic English lesson
Learning the Alphabet with words and images
English lesson learning numbers 1 - 100
Learning the Fruit and vegetables with words and pictures
Learning how to greet someone
Basic English lesson
Learning some basic colours
What shape is it?
Different parts of the computer
How to use the words 'can' and 'you'
Different types of jobs
Learning about clothes for men, women and babies
Arm, leg, knee ext. Learning about body parts
Learning head parts
Things you can use with a computer
Numbers used for ranking thing
Learn about meats, fruit, poultry and vegetables
Basic English - how to use each 'a', 'an'
OTHER CONTRACTIONS
mother grandmother (grandma) What is
mom grandparents Who is
father grandson When is
dad granddaughter Where is
parents grandchildren How is
husband uncle Here is
wife aunt There is
son cousin That is
daughter nephew
brother niece
sister father-in-law
grandfather (grandpa) mother-in-law
sister-in-law brother-in-law
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
OTHER CONTRACTIONS
What's
Who's
When's
Where's
How's
Here's
There's
That's
bedroom refrigerator
bathroom stove
living room oven
kitchen sink
dining room cabinets
yard bed
swimming pool dresser
sofa toilet
armchair bathtub
TV (television) shower
table curtains
carpet rug
chair lamp