Presentaciones formales e informales, títulos y profesiones Módulo 1. Gramática

Capítulo 1

Presentaciones formales

e informales, títulos y profesiones

Módulo 1. Gramática

Hi!

Hello!

What’s up?

How are you?

How are you doing?

Exercise1

Use la forma apropiada del verbo ser o estar.

Hi! Kevin. My last name ____ Wilford. My mother ____ an architect. My father ____ a

businessman. My brother _____ an electrical engineer. My sister ____ a bioengineer.

Exercise 2

Use la forma apropiada del verbo ser o estar.

This ____ my brother, Josh. He ____ 19 years old. This ____ my sister, Kay. She _____15

years old. We _____ good friends.

Exercise 3

Order the following presentation. (Ordene la presentación, siguiendo el orden lógico de salu-

do, presentación y despedida).

1. Glad to meet you Marilyn.

2. Nice to meet you too, Pete.

3. I’m okay.

4. Pete. This is Marilyn.

5. Hello Marilyn. How are you?

6. Hi, Pete!

7. Fine, thank you and you?

El orden es: ___________________________________________________________.

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Exercise 4

Complete the following presentation. Use the appropriate form of the verb

To Be

in the third

person. (Utilice la forma apropiada del verbo

To

Be

en tercera persona).

This _______ Dereck. He ________13 years old. He ______ from South Africa. He ________

visiting some relatives. He _________ a student.

Exercise 5

Utilice el vocabulario que ya conoce para presentar a un amigo o a una amiga.

I have a female friend. She _____ ______years old. Her mother _____ ______ (profession);

his father ______a medical doctor. She has 3 brothers and 1 sister. They live in Puerto Rico.

Exercise 6

Write sentences using the following vocabulary. Write positive or negative sentences according

to likes and dislikes. Use the correct form of the verb

To Be.

(Escriba oraciones afrmativas y negativas utilizando el vocabulario siguiente, de acuerdo

con sus preferencias o no preferencias. Use las formas correctas del verbo ser o estar).

a. I have a pet. It / be / beautiful / ugly

____________________________________________.

b. In July, in Argentina, the climate / be / warm / cold

____________________________________________.

c. In winter, I / be / hungry / thirsty

____________________________________________.

d. China / be / continent / country

___________________________________________.

e. My sister’s apartment / be / comfortable / uncomfortable

___________________________________________.

f. Los Angeles / be / Canada / USA

___________________________________________.

g. My mother / be / afraid of airplanes / afraid of buses

___________________________________________.

h. Paris / be / interesting city / boring city

___________________________________________.

i. Some laptops / be / cheap / expensive

___________________________________________.

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Exercise 7

Use the appropriate subject pronoun to complete the following presentations.

a. Heather: How are_____today, Dereck?

b. Dereck_ ______am fne, thanks.

c. This is my son. ______is 11 years old.

d. This is his female friend, Camila. _______ is 10 years old.

e. _____ are in the same school.

Exercise 8

Use the indefnite article a or an before the following words.

My father is 50 years old. He is ___ professor in Universidad de La Plata. My mother is 40

years old; she is ___ psychologist. My brother Santiago is 20 years old; he is _____ electrical

engineer. My sister is also 20 years old because they are twins; she is _____ administrative

engineer.

Exercise 9

Answer the following questions using affrmative or negative short answers according to the

information required.

a. Are you brothers and sisters? Yes, _______.

b. Is he your father? No, ______ _______.

c. Is she your mother? Yes, _________.

d. Are you ninety years old? No, ______ _______.

e. Are you in high school? No, ______ _______.

f. Are your bother, your sister, and you students? Yes, ______.

Exercise 10

Answer the following questions about yourself using short answers.

a. What is your name?___________________________________.

b. What’s your address? _________________________________.

c. What’s your cell phone or mobile phone number? ___________________________.

d. How old are you? ____________________________________.

e. What’s your preferred soccer team?______________________________________.

f. What’s your father’s profession? _______________________________________.

g. What’s your mother’s profession? ________________________________________.

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Exercise 11

Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate possessive adjectives.

In ____ family, we love pets. _____ father has a cat. _____ name is Xixi; ____ skin is very

soft; it is a peaceful cat. ______ grandmother has a female parrot. It is talking all the time. I

have a dog. When the parrot talks, the cat says miau and the dog barks. Since the parrot is

talking all the time, _____ house is always noisy.

Exercise 12

Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate possessive adjective.

_____ friends Johana and Dasika also love pets. They have a snake and a hampster. _____

pets live in ____ rooms. _____ other brothers and sisters are afraid of ______ pets.

Exercise 13

Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate ’s possessive.

Example: Mary has many friends. Mary’s friends live in USA.

a. Jimmy has different types of automobiles. _____________ automobiles are old and new.

b. My brother has a very important

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