BASIC 1

LESSON 1 – Greetings and Introductions (Speaking)

Greetings Good-byes
Hello! / Hi! / What’s up? Good bye/ Bye/ bye bye.
Good morning/ Good afternoon/ See you/ See you later/
Good evening. See you soon.
Nice to see you. See you tomorrow.
I´m glad to see you/ It´s good to see you. I must go now.

How are you? - Fine, thanks. And you?

How have you been? - Very well. And you?
How are things? - Not too bad, thanks.
How is your family? - They are fine.
How is school/Work? - Very well, thanks

Introductions
Dialogue 1 A- Hi! My name´s Carmen. What´s GOOD MANNERS
your name? Thank you
B- I´m Paula. You´re welcome
A- Are you a new student? Please
B- Yes, I am. I´m from Brazil. And Sure
where are you from? Yes – No
A- I´m from Spain. Maybe
B- Nice to meet you.
I don´t know
A- Nice to meet you, too, Paula.

Dialogue 2 Mike: Hi! Don. IMPERATIVE VERBS

Don: Hi! Mike, Who´s your friend? Come in
Mike: Have you met Tina before? Come
Don: No, I don´t think so. Sit down
Mike: Don, this is my friend Tina. Stand up
Tina, This is my Colleague Don. Listen
Don: Hello Tina, it´s nice to meet you. Pay attention
Tina: It´s nice to meet you, Don. Repeat

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 LESSON 2 – Vocabulary and writing

THE ALPHABET
Upper case, lower case, vowels, consonants, long sound, short sound
English alphabet is composed of the following 26 letters:

A B C D E F G H I
Ei Bi Ci Di “ee” Ef Yi Eich Ai

J K L M N O P Q R
Yei Kei El Em En OU Pi Kiu Ar

S T U V W X Y Z
Es Ti IU Vi Dobl-iu Ex UAI TSi

Vowels Short Sound Long Vowel Sounds Chart

A as in apple or ant (aah) A as in ache or table
E as in enter or elephant (eh) E as in eat or meet
I as in inch or it (same as above) I as in ice or like
O as in off or on O as in open or more
U as in up or under (uh) U as in unicorn or tune

Practice long vowel sounds – When a word has a vowel followed by a consonant
and an e, the vowel sound changes from a short vowel to a long vowel.
Example: mad made

bit bite mat mate PLAY A GAME OF SPELLING

cap cape rat rate
can cane rob robe
hat hate tub tube
kit kite sit site

WHAT’S YOUR NAME?

What is your name? My name is ______________.
What is your last name? My last name is _______________.
How do you spell it? It’s __ __ __ __ __ __ __
How do you spell your__________?
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NUMBERS - Cardinal numbers
1–One 6–Six 11– Eleven 16– Sixteen
2– Two 7–Seven 12– Twelve 17–Seventeen
3–Three 8– Eight 13–Thirteen 18–Eighteen
4– Four 9– Nine 14–Fourteen 19–Nineteen
5– Five 10– Ten 15–Fifteen 20–Twenty ...

30–Thirty ... 70–Seventy ... Numbers dictation

40–Forty ... 80–Eighty ...
50–Fifty ... 90–Ninety ...
60–Sixty ... 100–One hundred

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

I am ______. Examples:
I am _______ years old. She is about 30 years old.
I am 45. He is around 70 years old.
I am 22 years old. He looks like he is my grandpa’s age.
I am 64 years old. I think he is about 12 years old.
I’m 16. She is probably five or six years old.

Words to describe age:

Young / Old / Elderly Examples:
Comparing ages: My sister is older than me.
_________ is older than ________. My brother is younger than me.
_________ is younger than ______. James is older than Peter.

PHONE NUMBER
What is your phone number? It’s _____________.
Can you tell me your number? My phone number is _____________.
Can you please give me your number?
809-387-2984: eight-zero-nine-three-eight-seven-two-nine-eight-four
651-492-5590: six -five-one-four-nine-two-five-five-nine-zero

LESSON 3 – Speaking

POLITE EXPRESSIONS
There are many words and phrases in English that you can
use to be nice and polite. You probably already know the
most common polite words and phrases in English:
please, thank you, excuse me, and you´re welcome.
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Thank you – There are several ways  Thanks a lot!
to say thank you in English:  Thank you very much.
 No, thank you.  That´s very kind of you.
 Thank you for the gift.  Thanks. I appreciate you help.
 Thanks for helping me!  Many thanks!

Excuse me - Examples:
 Excuse me, I don’t understand.
 Excuse me, can you repeat that, please?
 Excuse me, I have a question.
 Excuse me, I do not agree.

Others expressions:
 That sounds great.  Could you please repeat that?
 That sounds fun.  I´m sorry. I didn´t catch that.
 Good idea.  Could you say that again, please?
 I like it!  Congratulations
 Great idea.  Good Work
 I love it.  Happy Birthday
 Excuse me? / Pardon me?  Merry Christmas

LESSON 4 – Grammar

1. Personal Pronouns: Subject pronouns - SUBJECT of a sentence:

I You She He It We You They
Example: I love my family - We like our English class - You greet your friends
2. Possessive adjectives:
my your her his our their
Example: I love my family We like our English class You greet your
friends

3. Direct object:
I love her
We like you
They kiss me
We see them He gives her a present
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VERB TO BE: Infinitive form: to be. Imperative form: be.
What are “to be” verbs? ―To be‖ verbs are: am, are, is, was, were, been and being.
They are used to describe or tell us the condition of people, things, places and ideas. For
example: They could tell us the subject´s age, nationality, job or other traits. Conjugated
form in simple present, and the contraction form.

Subject Verb Agreement

Positive Negative
Pronoun Positive Contraction Negative Contraction
I I am I´m I am not I´m not
You You are You´re You are not You´re not
He He is He´s He is not He´s not
She She is She´s She is not She´s not
It It is It´s It is not It´s not
We We are We´re We are not We´re not
They They are They´re The are not They´re not

Classroom communication words: Grammar Imperative:

 Ask and Answer Fill in the blanks

 Spell and Write Study
 Listen! Read. Repeat
 Think / Explain Check and do your …
 Stand up and Sit down Practice
 Be quiet Speak
 Complete the test Say / Tell
 Take / Bring Turn around

VOCABULARY
Places: in my house Emotions and feelings: hungry
at home tired
at school afraid
at work happy
in the park sad
in the academy excited
at church worried
in the street angry

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Occupations: Grammar article a and an.
A Teacher A Writer A Doctor A Police man
An English teacher A Photographer A Nurse A Police woman
A Student A Manager An Engineer A Vet
An Architect A Housewife A Dentist A Secretary
A Singer A Nanny A Pilot A Technician
A Cook A Director A Painter A Business person
An Accountant A Taxi driver A Farmer A Lawyer

MORE TO BE: In the past form: Was and Were

I was We were Was I late? Was she sick?
She was You were Were you here? Were they there?
He was They were He wasn’t at school
It was We weren’t at home

“To be” in the future form: Will be

I will be You will be She/he/It will be We/they will be
I won’t be You will not be She won’t be They won’t be
Will she be at the office? Will you be in class? Will we be here?

REVIEW: Contractions with “TO BE” and “not”:

Past: Was not wasn’t
Were not weren’t

Future: Will not won’t

I will= I’ll You will= You’ll She will= She’ll...

LESSON 5 – Days and Months

Days of Week Months of the year Seasons
1. Monday 1. January 7. July
2. Tuesday 2. February 8. August Spring
3. Wednesday 3. March 9. September
Summer
4. Thursday 4. April 10. October
5. Friday 5. May 11. November Autumn/Fall
6. Saturday 6. June 12. December Winter
7. Sunday

Conversation Questions What day was it yesterday?

What day is it today? What is your favorite day of the week?
What day is tomorrow? What days of the week are the weekend?

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DATE AND ORDINAL NUMBERS
There are several different ways to write the date in English. They vary from formal to
informal, and there are differences between British and American English. The following
table shows some typical formats

Format British day-month-year American month-day-year

A the fourteenth of march, 2016 March the fourteenth, 2016
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B 14 March 2016 March 14th, 2016
C 14 March 2016 March 14, 2016
D 14/3/2016 3/14/2016
E 14/3/16 3/14/16

ORDINAL NUMBERS:
1st first 11th eleventh
2nd second 12th twelfth
3rd third 13th thirteenth
4th fourth 14th fourteenth
5th fifth 15th fifteenth
6th sixth 16th sixteenth
7th seventh 17th seventeenth
8th eighth 18th eighteenth
9th ninth 19th nineteenth
10th tenth 20th twentieth

TELLING TIME - What time is it?

o’clock. Examples:
4:00- four o’clock
Before 8:00- eight o’clock
antil after 9:15- quarter after/past nine
til past 8:30- half past eight
to 10:40- twenty before/to ten
half

TEACHER Practice and test telling time. Assign homework or exercises in class.

TIME, DAYS, MONTHS and SEASONS DICTATION:

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 LESSON 6 – Demonstrative Pronouns
Demonstratives are used to point out a particular item. They are as follows:
This indicates that something is near us.
That indicates that it is at a distance.
These and Those when talking about more than one objects.

Near us At a distance
Singular This That
Plural These Those

Examples:
This book is in my hand. These coins are in my hand.
That book is over there on the desk. Those coins are over there on TV set.

Indefinite Articles – A / An

Use ‘A’ before a word which begins with a consonant sound.

a man a movie a school a city
a pen a star a shoe a teacher
a boy a bike a bottle a website
a student a car a mouse a dollar
a house a computer a camera a game

Use ‘AN’ before a word which begins with a vowel sound

an umbrella an American an ice-cream
an elephant an automobile an ambulance
an actor an airplane an offer
an emergency an ant an equipment

Attention: Note that the pronunciation is what matters when choosing between a & an.
Examples:
an honor - an hour (h is silent)
a university - a unit (a before the ‘y’ sound)

A PRESENTATION USING THIS IS, THAT IS, THOSE ARE AND THESE ARE.
OBSERVING THE USE OF THE ARTICLES (A, AN, X)

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 LESSON 7 – Giving information about you!
Where are you from? I'm from ________________, ___________________.
(city) (country)
What is your nationality? __________________________.
What is your native language? _____________________.

Country Nationality Language

I am from Venezuela I am Venezuelan I speak Spanish
You are from Brazil You are Brazilian You speak Portuguese
You are from the USA You are North American You speak English
She is from France She is French She speaks French
He is from Italy He is Italian He speaks Italian
We are from China We are Chinese We speak Chinese
They are from Japan They are Japanese They speak Japanese

Tell me about your country.

My country is famous for its coffee, good food, athletes, and important people. It is well
known for incredible landmarks, mountains and beaches. It has a rich culture and history,
and it is rich in oil and minerals.

LESSON 8 – GRAMMAR - AUXILIAR: DO/DOES/DID

a) Interrogative form.
Simple present and simple past: for questions, negatives and short answers.
Do you play? Does he play? Did you play?

b) Negative form
I do not play / I don’t play He doesn’t play We didn’t play

c) Short answers
Do you play? Yes, I do Does she play? Yes, she does Did he play? He didn’t

Do you work? Yes, I do/No, I don’t

Do you like summer? Yes, I do/No, I don’t
Do you have a car? Yes, I do/ No, I don’t
Do you want some coffee? _________________
Do you live in Calabozo? _________________
Where do you work? I work (in/at) a/the ______________.
Where do you live? I live (in/at/on) __________________.

THIS LESSON WILL CONTINUE IN BASIC 2.

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 LESSON 9 - Opposites (Adjectives & Prepositions)
Big Small Tall Short Old Young
Fat Slim Beautiful Ugly Happy Sad
Good Bad Light Dark Smart Dumb
Rich Poor Slow Fast Heavy Light
Serious Boring Fun Funny Hot Cold

VOCABULARY: OPPOSITES:
On Off In Out
Up Down Over Under
High Low Left Right
Inside Outside Without With

Irregular plurals:

Woman-Women Child-Children Man-Men

Person – People Mouse – Mice Foot-Feet Fish – Fish
Other rules for forming plural:
Ends in ―y‖: Baby – Babies Lady – Ladies Puppy-Puppies
Ends in ―ss‖ ―s‖ Class – Classes Glass – Glasses Bus – Buses
Ends in ―ch-sh‖: Watch – Watches Wish – Wishes Dish – Dishes
Ends in ―x‖: Box – Boxes Fox – Foxes Tax – Taxes
Ends in ―fe‖: Life- Lives Knife-Knives Wolf-Wolves

ELABORATE A QUIZ WITH THE RULES OF PLURAL

LESSON 10 – Reading and Presentation.

On Sunday, Tom gets up at 10 o'clock. Then he reads his newspaper in the kitchen. He
has breakfast at 11.30 and then he telephones his mother in Scotland.
In the afternoon, at 1.00, Tom plays tennis with his sister and after that, they eat dinner
in a restaurant. At 6.00, Tom swims for one hour and then he rides his bike to his
brother´s house. They talk and listen to music. Tom watches television in the evening
and drinks a glass of warm milk. He goes to bed at 11.30.

Vocabulary: Your Introduction:

3 meals a day: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Hi! My name is _ And my last name is ___
Family members: Father, Mother, Brother, I'm from [city, country]
Sister, I'm a [your occupation.]
Verbs: Get up, Read, Have/Has, To telephone In my free time I like to___
or to Call, Play a sport, Eat, dinner, Swim, I want to learn to speak English because ___
Ride a bike, Talk, Listen to, Watch, Drink, Go
to bed. That's a little bit about me—thanks!

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