second class - the verb be
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Basic Level English CourseAugust 14th, 2010
The Verb BE
To apply affirmative, negative sentence and questions with the verb BE in conversations about personal information.
Additional Information : To learn how to use and pronounce definite/indefinite articles with BE.
Aplicar oraciones afirmativas, negativas, y preguntas con el verbo SER/ESTAR a conversaciones de información personal.
Información adicional: Aprender como usar y pronunciar los artículos definidos/indefinidos con SER/ESTAR.
I am an anthropologist (*) You are a student (*) Edilberto is an economist (*) Denice is an English Teacher (*) This is a black chair We are in Lima You are the English students (*) Becky and Alex are intelligent
(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son
artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).
I am an anthropologist (*) You are a student (*) Edilberto is an economist (*) Denice is an English Teacher (*) This is a black chair We are in Lima You are the English students (*) Becky and Alex are intelligent
(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son
artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).
POP QUIZ: What subjectpronouns can you useto replace the underlined words?POP QUIZ: Qué pronombrespersonales pueden usarpara reemplazar laspalabras subrayadas?
SubjectPronouns:IYouHeSheItWeYou (plural)They
I am an anthropologist (*) You are a student (*) He is an economist (*) She is an English Teacher (*) It is a black chair We are in Lima You are the English students (*) They are intelligent
(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son
artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).
CLICK TO SEE THE
ANSWERS/HACER CLICK PARA VER
LASRESPUESTAS:
I’m an anthropologist You’re a student (*) He’s an economist She’s an English Teacher (*) It’s a black chair We’re in Lima You’re the English students (*) They’re intelligent
(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son
artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).
CONTRACTIONS/CONTRACCIONES
(SPOKEN OR INFORMAL
ENGLISH/INGLES HABLADO O INFORMAL):
I am not an economist You are not my friend He is not in Nieva (*) Denice is not from Lima (*) It is not a marker Edilberto and I are not enemies You are not my English teachers Those are not my friends
(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming
from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,
respectivamente.
I am not an economist You are not my friend He is not in Nieva (*) Denice is not from Lima (*) It is not a marker Edilberto and I are not enemies You are not my English teachers Those are not my friends
(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming
from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,
respectivamente.
POP QUIZ: What subjectpronouns can you useto replace the underlined words?POP QUIZ: Qué pronombrespersonales pueden usarpara reemplazar laspalabras subrayadas?
SubjectPronouns:IYouHeSheItWeYou (plural)They
I am not an economist You are not my friend He is not in Nieva (*) She is not from Lima (*) It is not a marker We are not enemies You are not my English teachers They are not my friends
(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming
from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,
respectivamente.
CLICK TO SEE THE
ANSWERS/HACER CLICK PARA VER
LASRESPUESTAS:
I’m not an economist You’re not/aren’t my friend He’s not/isn’t in Nieva (*) She’s not/isn’t from Lima (*) It’s not/isn’t a marker We’re not/aren’t enemies You’re not/aren’t my English teachers They’re not/aren’t my friends
(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming
from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,
respectivamente.
CONTRACTIONS/CONTRACCIONES
(SPOKEN OR INFORMAL
ENGLISH/INGLES HABLADO O INFORMAL):
YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT ANSWERS
I am an anthropologist
Am I an anthropologist?
Yes I amNo, I am not/No, I’m not
For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo
Affirmative short answersare never contracted. negative short answers are contracted/Respuestascortas afirmativas no secontraen. Respuestas cortasnegativas se contraen
YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT ANSWERS
Roger is a teacher
_______________?
Yes he isNo, he’s not/No, he isn’t
For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo
Affirmative short answersare never contracted. negative short answers are contracted/Respuestascortas afirmativas no secontraen. Respuestas cortasnegativas se contraen
POP QUIZ: What is the YES/NOQUESTION for this sentence?/POPQUIZ: Cuál es la YES/NO QUESTION para esta oración?
YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT ANSWERS
Roger is a teacher
Is Roger a teacher?
Yes he isNo, he’s not/No, he isn’t
For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo
Affirmative short answersare never contracted. negative short answers are contracted/Respuestascortas afirmativas no secontraen. Respuestas cortasnegativas se contraen
CLICK to see the answer/HACER CLICK para ver larespuesta:
WH-QUESTIONS (INFORMATION QUESTIONS)
My name is Denice
What is your name?
For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo
What’s your name?
Remember: In spoken orinformal English contractions canalso be present in some questions/Recuerden: En Inglés hablado oinformal, contracciones también pueden suceder en algunaspreguntas
WH-wordVerb BE
Subject
BASIC WH- QUESTIONS: ANSWERS:
What is your name? Who is the economist? Where is Eduardo? When is your class? How are you today?
My name is Roger Edilberto is the
economist He is at home My class is on Saturday I’m fine. Thank you
Next slide – POP QUIZ!!!/Próxima diapositiva – POP QUIZ!!!
WE GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS:/LES DAMOS LAS RESPUESTAS:
PLEASE WRITE THE QUESTIONS:/POR FAVOR ESCRIBAN LAS PREGUNTAS:
Their names are Deni and Roger Roger is the English teacher They are in English class My university class is on Monday She’s fine Yes, she is. She is a doctor Yes, I am. I am his friend No, she isn’t. She is in Trujillo Wilson is from San Ignacio No he isn’t. He’s from Lima
________________________? ________________________? ________________________? ________________________? __________? ______________? ________________? ____________? __________________? ___________________?
Next slide – the ANSWERS!!!/Próxima diapositiva – las RESPUESTAS!!!
WE GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS:/LES DAMOS LAS RESPUESTAS:
CLICK TO SEE THE ANSWERS:/HACER CLICK PARA VER LAS RESPUESTAS:
Their names are Deni and Roger Roger is the English teacher They are in English class My university class is on Monday She’s fine Yes, she is. She is a doctor Yes, I am. I am his friend No, she isn’t. She is in Trujillo Wilson is from San Ignacio No he isn’t. He’s from Lima
What are their names? Who is the English teacher? Where are they? When is your university class? How is she? (a possible answer) Is she a doctor? (a possible answer) Are you his friend? Is she in Lima? (a possible answer) Where is Wilson from? Is he from Amazonas? (a possible
answer)
INDEFINITE ARTICLES DEFINITE ARTICLE
“a/an” Not specific/Noun
introduced to context Singular nouns
Examples: A student in Lima An armadillo in the
Amazon An English class
“the” Specific/noun in a
familiar context Singular and plural
nouns Examples:
The student in our class The animals in the Parque
de las Leyendas zoo The English classes in
ICPNA
“A” “AN”
“a” Pronounce “a” before
consonant sounds (i.e. b,c,d,f,g…z)
Examples: This is a book She is a student in
class
“an” Pronounce “an”
before vowel sounds (i.e. a,e,i,o,u)
Examples: She is an architect He is an intelligent
person
___ city ___ orange ___ example ___ eraser ___ purse ___ desk ___ book ___ watch ___ student
___ map ___ country ___ umbrella ___ actor ___ apple ___ friend ___ bag ___ exercise ___ camera
Next slide – the ANSWERS!!!/Próxima diapositiva – las RESPUESTAS!!!
a city an orange an example an eraser a purse a desk a book a watch a student
a map a country an umbrella an actor an apple a friend a bag an exercise a camera
My first name is Roger. My last nameIs Villamar. V-I-L-L-A-M-A-R. I am from Lima. I am an Anthropologist. I am happynow. She is Denice. D-E-N-I-C-E. Her last name is Culqui. She is in Lima. She is from Bagua Grande. She is an Englishteacher. This is her dog. Its name is Racumin. Denice and her dog are happy.
Introducing yourself and a friend/ Presentación personal y de un amigo(a)
My first name is …
His/Her name is…
Introducing yourself and a friend/ Presentación personal y de un amigo(a)