Basic

Practical
English
 CONTENTS
Basic Practical English 2
(este material es continuidad de Basic Practical English 1)
PAGE
UNIT V HOUR 22
Dialogue – Present Tense Continuous 67
Vocabulary 69
HOUR 23
Grammar – Present Tense Continuous 70
Chart 1 73
Chart 2 74
Vocabulary 75
HOUR 24
Question Words with To Be 76
Exercises 77
Vocabulary 79
HOUR 25
The Cafeteria 80
Vocabulary 82
HOUR 26
Months and Dates 83
Pronunciation Exercise 85
Dictation 86
Vocabulary / REVIEW 87
UNIT VI HOUR 27
Dialogue “Do you have…?” 88
Vocabulary 89
HOUR 28
The verb To Be 90
Vocabulary 92
HOUR 29
Pattern Practice 93
Vocabulary 96
 HOUR 30
The rich Man - The Poor Man 97
Vocabulary 98
HOUR 31
You and Your family 99
Pronunciation Exercise 6 102
Dictation/ Vocabulary/ REVIEW 103

UNIT VII HOUR 32

Dialogue – Third person singular 104
Vocabulary 107
HOUR 33
Practice with Present Tense 108
Vocabulary 110
HOUR 34
Present Tense/ 111
Present Tense Continuous 112
Vocabulary 114
HOUR 35
Reading – Third Person Singular 115
Exercises 116
Dictation / Vocabulary / REVIEW 117

Final Oral and Written Examinations

UNIT 5
 HOUR 22

DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION

The class talks about the Present Tense Continuous.

Teacher: Today class, we are going to practice the Present Tense Continuous.
John, go to the door. What’s he doing, Mary?

Mary: He’s going to the door.

Teacher: John, open the door. What’s he doing, Mary?

Mary: He’s opening the door.

Teacher: John, close the door.

What’s he doing?

Mary: He’s closing the door.

Teacher: Fine. Now Mary go to the whiteboard.

What’s she doing, John?

John: She’s going to the whiteboard.

Teacher: Mary, write on the whiteboard.

What’s she doing now?

John: She’s writing on the whiteboard.

Teacher: Mary, read the sentence.

What’s she doing, class?

Class: She’s reading the sentence.

Teacher: Good. Remember the Present Tense Continuous expresses an action happening now.

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Let’s practice:
Close + ing ------------- closing
Come + ing ------------- coming
Do + ing ------------- doing
Go + ing ------------- going
Read + ing ------------- reading
Listen + ing ------------- listening
Speak + ing ------------- speaking
Sit + ing ------------- sitting
Stand + ing ------------- standing
Walk + ing ------------- walking
Look + ing ------------- looking
Point + ing ------------- pointing

Remember, we use the principal verb + ING to form the Present Tense Continuous.

EXERCISES:

Teacher asks students to perform an action, then asks them what they’re doing.

EXAMPLE: Please point to the door.

What are you doing?

“I’m pointing to the door”.

1. Please point to the window. What are you doing?

To the ceiling ---- to the floor

To the wall ---- to the teacher

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2. Please stand up --- What’s he/she doing?

a. Go to the whiteboard
b. Write a sentence
c. Read the sentence
d. Look at me
e. Come here
f. Touch your book
g. Take my pen
h. Take his/her pen

(Remember to alternate the pronouns: what are YOU doing? What is HE/SHE, etc. doing?)

VOCABULARY

CEILING techo TO PRACTICE practicar

FLOOR piso TO READ leer

TALKS ABOUT habla de TO REMEMBER recordar

TO SIT sentarse
TO CLOSE cerrar
TO SPEAK hablar
TO COME venir
TO STAND levantar(se), estar de pie
TO DO hacer
TO TAKE tomar
TO GO ir
TO WRITE escribir
TO LISTEN escuchar
TO TOUCH tocar
TO OPEN abrir
TO WALK caminar
TO POINT señalar

20 words
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GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1. Present Tense Continuous

En inglés hay una “forma simple” y una “forma continua” (llamada también progresiva) de
los verbos por cada tiempo. Así hay un “presente simple” y un “presente continuo”, un “pasado
simple” y un “pasado continuo”, etc.

La forma continua de todos los tiempos describe una acción que sucede o continúa en un
tiempo determinado del presente, pasado, etc. El tiempo presente continuo describe una acción
que sucede AHORA.

The teacher is SPEAKING English now.

Joan is READING his lesson now.

2. Este TIEMPO DE VERBO SE FORMA con el verbo “TO BE” como auxiliar y a este se
le añade el participio presente (ING) del verbo principal.
Este participio ING no cambia nunca.

VERBO
SUJETO AUX. TO BE NOT
PRINCIPAL + ING

I Am WorkING

You Are StudyING

He, she, it Is EatING

We, you they are SpeakING

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En el diagrama puede notar que la negación se forma agregando NOT después del verbo TO BE.

EXAMPLE:

I am working

I am NOT working

La interrogación se forma cambiando la posición del verbo TO BE y del SUJETO.

WE ARE looking at the book.

ARE WE looking at the book?

EXERCISES:

A. Supply the Present Tense Continuos of the verb in parenthesis:

1) Mary ______________ (write) a letter to her friend.

2) We ________________ (drink) coffee.

3) You _______________ (eat) a sandwich.

4) They _______________ (watch) television.

5) I _______________ (study) very much.

6) She _____________ (stand) in the class.

7) He ______________ (speak) Spanish in class.

8) She ______________ (work) in the office

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B. Change to negative form

1) Tom is eating dinner now. ______________________________________

2) We are sitting in the living room. ______________________________________

3) They are visiting Caracas. ______________________________________

4) The American is speaking very rapidly. ___________________________________

5) Silvia is writing a letter to Carlos. ______________________________________

6) She is speaking Japanese. ______________________________________

7) You are listening to me. ______________________________________

8) He is preparing his lesson. ______________________________________

C. Change to question form:

1) They are going downtown. ______________________________________

2) We are learning English rapidly. ______________________________________

3) He is looking at the girl. ______________________________________

4) She is typing a letter. ______________________________________

5) You are applauding the President. ______________________________________

6) They are dancing now. ______________________________________

7) He is having dinner now. ______________________________________

8) She is standing up now. ______________________________________

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CHART 1

I’m writing a letter I am eating an apple I’m waiting for Mary

She’s painting her lips He’s giving her a present She’s combing her hair

Jane is looking at a book Helen is shopping Mary is cooking

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CHART 2

Is he writing? Is she reading?

Are they studying their lesson? Are they sitting here?

Is he driving a car? Is she working hard?

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VOCABULARY

COFFEE café
DOWNTOWN centro de la ciudad
JAPANESE japonés
PRESIDENT presidente
RAPIDLY rápidamente
SANDWICH sandwich
TELEVISION televisión
WAIT FOR esperar

TO APPLAUD aplaudir
TO BUY comprar
TO COMB peinar
TO COOK cocinar
TO DANCE bailar
TO DRINK beber, tomar
TO DRIVE manejar
TO EAT comer
TO GIVE dar, entregar
TO LEARN aprender
TO PAINT pintar
TO PREPARE preparar
TO STUDY estudiar
TO TYPE tipear
TO VISIT visitar
TO SHOP comprar
TO WATCH mirar
TO WORK trabajar
26 words
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 HOUR 24
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Information questions with BE

WHO, WHAT, WHERE and HOW

1. WHO
_____________________________________________
WHO + BE = IDENTIFICATION

Ex: He is Mr. Brown

Is he Mr. Brown?
WHO is he?

2. WHAT
_____________________________________________
WHAT + BE = CLASSIFICATION
Ex: He is a Doctor.
Is he a Doctor?
WHAT is he?

3. WHERE
________________________________________
WHERE + BE = LOCATION

Ex: She is in Caracas

Is she in Caracas?
WHERE is she?

4. HOW
________________________________________________
HOW + BE = QUALITY OR STATE

Ex: You are sick.

Are you sick?
HOW are you?

IMPORTANTE: Recuerden de utilizar las palabras interrogativas al principio de la oración.

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EXERCISE 1. Change to question form (Use WHO)

1. He is Mr. James Niven. _________________________

2. She is Mrs. Dorothy Smith. _________________________

3. She is Miss Johnson. _________________________

4. They are Paul and John. _________________________

5. We are Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. _________________________

EXERCISE 2. Change to question form (Use WHAT)

1. He is a Lawyer. __________________________

2. She is a Secretary. __________________________

3. They are Engineers. __________________________

4. We are Doctors. __________________________

5. You are a Tourist. __________________________

EXERCISE 3. Change to question form (Use WHERE)

1. They are in Valencia. __________________________

2. We are in Caracas. __________________________

3. She is in Rome. __________________________

4. He is in Paris. __________________________

5. She is in London. __________________________

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EXERCISE 4. Change to question form (Use HOW)
1. Mary is very well. ___________________________________________________

2. I am very sick. ___________________________________________________

3. She is fine. ___________________________________________________

4. My father is well. ___________________________________________________

5. My sister is very sick. ___________________________________________________

EXERCISE 5. Use the question words (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW)

(WHO) 1. Is she Helen Smith? ________________________________________

(HOW) 2. Are they sick? _____________________________________________
(WHERE) 3. Are you in New York? ______________________________________
(WHAT) 4. Is Mr. Perez an accountant? __________________________________
(WHAT) 5. Is Washington a capital? ____________________________________
(WHERE) 6. Is London in England? ______________________________________
(WHERE) 7. Is he in class? _____________________________________________
(WHAT) 8. Are Paris and Madrid cities? _________________________________

EXERCISE 6. Answer the questions. Ask your partner the following questions.

1. Who are you? (he, she, we)

2. What are you? (he, she, we)

3. Where are you? (he, she, we)

4. How are you? (he, she, we)

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5. What is London? (Madrid, Caracas, New York)

6. Where is Buenos Aires? (Rome, Washington, Bogota)

7. How is your father? (mother, brother, sister, family)

8. Where is Quebec? (name other cities)

9. Is it in Europe?

10. Is it a country or a city?

11. Is it beautiful or ugly?

12. Is it interesting or boring?

VOCABULARY

COUNTRY País

1 word

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 HOUR 25
READING AND CONVERSATION

We are in a cafeteria. This is a self–service cafeteria. We are having

breakfast. Bill Brown is having cereal, a glass of orange juice and a glass

of milk. Jane Taylor is having scrambled eggs, a slice of toast, half grape

fruit and a cup of coffee.

Bill is putting cream and sugar on his cereal. Jane is putting salt and

pepper on her eggs, butter on her slice of toast and sugar in her cup of

coffee. She is also putting sugar and cream in Bill’s coffee. They are

having an American breakfast.

QUESTIONS

1. Where are Bill and Jane?

2. Are there self–service cafeterias in Caracas?

3. Who is having breakfast?

4. Who is having cereal?

5. Who is having scrambled eggs?

6. What’s Bill having?

7. What’s Jane having?

8. What is Jane putting on her eggs?

9. What is Jane putting in Bill’s coffee?

10. What is Bill drinking?

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EXERCISES (Use the Menu on the following page)

You are in an American Cafeteria having breakfast.

1. Please order your breakfast.

2. Please tell me what you are having

3. Please tell me if you like the food.

4. Please describe the cafeteria.

Note to students

American restaurants have different breakfasts at various prices.

GOOD MORNING
MENU
Prices

1. Juice, toast, coffee, tea, or milk …………… 3.45

2. Hot or cold cereal, juice, toast,

and beverage ………………………………. 3.65

3. Fruit, pancakes or waffles, sausage,

muffins and beverage ……………………… 4.15

4. Two eggs, ham, toast, juice

and beverage ……………………………….. 3.95

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Tomato juice
Orange juice
Cream
USEFUL WORDS Eggs (scrambled, fried)
Butter
Cheese
Jam

VOCABULARY

BEVERAGE bebida
BUTTER mantequilla
CEREAL cereal
CHEESE queso
CREAM crema
FRIED frito
FRUIT fruta
(a) GLASS OF… un vaso de…
HAM jamón
JAM jalea, mermelada
JUICE jugo
MILK leche
MUFFIN(S) panecillo(s)
PANCAKE(S) panqueca(s)
PEPPER pimienta
PRICES precios
SALT sal
SAUSAGE salchicha
SCRAMBLED revueltos
(a) SLICE una rebanada
SUGAR azúcar
TEA té
TOAST pan tostado
TOMATO tomate
VARIOUS varios
WAFFLE(S) especie de panqueca

TO PUT poner
27 words
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 HOUR 26

MONTHS AND DATES

Teacher: How many months are there in a year?

Student: About twelve?
Teacher: Twelve exactly.
Student: Teacher, please, what are they?
Teacher: Don’t you know?
Student: No, I don’t. I know the days of the week.
I don’t know the months of the year.
Please, teach me!
Teacher: Okay. Are you ready? Listen to me:
JANUARY JULY
FEBRUARY AUGUST
MARCH SEPTEMBER
APRIL OCTOBER
MAY NOVEMBER
JUNE DECEMBER

Teacher: Okay. What’s the first month?

Student: January.
Teacher: What’s the second?
Student: February
Teacher: How many days are there in February?
Student: Twenty – eight.
Teacher: Always?
Student: No, there are twenty – nine in a leap year.
Teacher: When is a leap year?
Student: A leap year is once every four years.
Teacher: Okay. This is a fine class.

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QUESTIONS

1. How many months are there in a year?

2. What are the months of the year?

3. What’s the first month?

4. What’s the second month?

5. What’s the third month?

6. When is a leap year?

7. How many days are there in January ? (go on until December)

8. How many days are there in February?

9. How many hours are there in a day?

10. How many minutes are there in an hour? (use with “ second”)

11. How many days are there in a year?

12. What is your favorite month?

13. When is your birthday?

EXERCISES

A. Make statements with this month. Classmates will make statements with next month.

1. This month’s December. Next month’s January.

2. This month’s March.

3. This month’s January.

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4. This month’s April.

5. This month’s June.

6. This month’s August.

7. This month’s October.

8. This month’s May.

9. This month’s February.

PRONUNCIATION EXERCISE

A. They
Friction between
Tongue and upper
Teeth, voiced.

This they the

Father mother brother
Them other another

This is the father

This is the mother
The father is old
The mother is young

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B. Day ( d )

Exploded between
tongue tip and
gum, voiced.

Day David doctor

Edward Edith London
good bad difficult

Edward is a doctor London

David is in London Edward
A difficult day Edith
A good doctor Doctor
Edith isn’t bad do

DICTATION

There are twelve months in a year. January is the first. The second is February.
March is the third. The fourth month is April. The fifth is May. The sixth is June. The
seventh is July. The eighth is August. The ninth is September. The tenth is October. The
eleventh is November. The twelfth and last is December. Last year was a leap year.
February had twenty-nine days.

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VOCABULARY

BROTHER hermano SEPTEMBER septiembre

CAN poder OCTOBER octubre
EXACTLY exactamente NOVEMBER noviembre
FATHER padre DECEMBER diciembre
HOUR hora
MINUTE minuto FIRST primero
MOTHER madre SECOND segundo
PLEASE por favor THIRD tercero
READY estar listo, preparado FOURTH cuarto
FIFTH quinto
JANUARY enero SIXTH sexto
FEBRUARY febrero SEVENTH séptimo
MARCH marzo EIGHTH octavo
APRIL abril NINTH noveno
MAY mayo TENTH décimo
JUNE junio ELEVENTH undécimo
JULY julio TWELFTH duodécimo
AUGUST agosto LEAP YEAR año bisiesto

34 words

REVIEW END OF UNIT 5

Review Present Tense Continuous.

1. Review “ How to order breakfast”

2. Review “ Question words “
3. Review “ months of the year “
4. Review “ Ordinal numbers”
5. Review “ vocabulary hours 22 to 26 “
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UNIT 6
 HOUR 27

DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION

TEACHER: Do you have a car?

STUDENT: Yes, I do, I have one. (I have a car – one. Is a noun substitute).
TEACHER: Do you have a radio in your car?
STUDENT: No, I don’t. I don’t have a stereo either.
TEACHER: Does this briefcase belong to you?
STUDENT: Yes, I think it belongs to me.
TEACHER: Mary, how many brothers and sisters do you have?
STUDENT: I have two brothers and three sisters.
TEACHER: Does John have a large family?
STUDENT: Yes, he does.
TEACHER: Does he have a big apartment?
STUDENT: No, he doesn’t. He has a small one.
TEACHER: Do you have a license?
STUDENT: No, I don’t, but John already has a license.

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QUESTIONS.

1. Do you have a car?

2. Do you have a radio in your car?

3. Do you have a TV set at home?

4. Do you have a license?

5. Do you have a large family?

6. Does John Have a large Family?

7. Does your friend have a sister?

VOCABULARY

ALREADY ya
BELONG pertenecer
DO auxiliary (hacer)
DOES tercera persona singular de DO.
EITHER tampoco (en oraciones negativas)
LICENSE licencia
STEREO equipo de sonido
TO a, hacia

TO HAVE tener
TO THINK pensar

10 words

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 HOUR 28

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Verbo HAVE: tener

A. El verbo HAVE (tener en español) tiene las siguientes formas en el presente:

1era. persona I yo tengo

have a book
SINGULAR 2da. persona you tú tienes
3ra. Persona
él, ella, eso
He, she, it has a book
tiene.
1era. persona we nosotros (as)
PLURAL ustedes
2da. persona you
have a book tienen.
ellos (as)
3ra. Persona they
tienen

IMPORTANTE: Noten por favor que este verbo tiene dos formas en el presente:
HAVE y HAS para la tercera persona singular.

B. La forma interrogativa se forma colocando el auxiliar DO (que no tiene

significado en nuestro idioma) antes del sujeto.

EXAMPLE: You have a car. We have a telephone.

Do you have a car? Do we have a telephone?

Sin embargo en la tercera persona masculino o femenino del singular (he, she).
Se coloca DOES antes del sujeto y se cambia el verbo al infinitivo (HAVE).

EXAMPLE: Do / Does Sujeto Verbo: Have

She has a car
Does she have a car?
He has a car
Does he have a car?

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C. La forma negativa se forma colocando DO NOT (DON’T) antes del verbo,

y en la tercera persona la partícula DOES NOT (DOESN’T) antes del
verbo en infinitivo.

EJEMPLO:
Verbo
Sujeto Do - not
Have

We have a radio

We don’t have a radio

They have a large family

They don’t have a large family

Sujeto Does - not Verbo

Mary has three brothers

Mary doesn’t have three brothers

John has four cousins

John doesn’t have four cousins

Nota importante: En Inglaterra y algunos otros países de habla inglesa se utiliza a menudo
HAVE sin el auxiliar DO. Sin embargo debido a que en Los Estados Unidos se utiliza más
a menudo la forma HAVE con DO conviene aprenderla desde un principio.

EXERCISES.

A. Place the correct form of HAVE in the blanks:

1. Mary ____________ a new car. Mary has a new car.

2. John ____________ many friends.
3. Mr. Brown ________ a new suit.
4. Jean _____________ brown hair.
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5. John and Janet ___________ a beautiful house.
6. We ___________ no money.
7. You ___________ no books.
8. They ___________ many friends.
9. He ___________ two brothers.
10.She ___________ three sisters.

B. Change to question form and negative form:

1. You have a TV set. Do you have a TV set? / I don’t have a TV set

2. They have a lamp. _________________________ ________________________

3. We have a radio. _________________________ ________________________

4. I have a dictionary. _________________________ ________________________

5. She has a notebook _________________________ ________________________

6. He has a ball–point pen. _________________________ ________________________

7. Mary has a Cadillac. _________________________ ________________________

8. John has two daughters. _________________________ ________________________

9. Mike has three ties. _________________________ ________________________

10. Bob has four houses. _________________________ ________________________

VOCABULARY

COUSIN(S) primo(s) DICTIONARIES diccionarios

DICTIONARY diccionario TV SET televisor
DAUGHTER(S) hija(s)
5 words
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Practice the following sentences with all the possible combinations. Then, change to
negative, interrogative or affirmative depending on the case, and give extra examples
to practice.

1. Do you have a car?

We
They

* car
2. Yes, I do. I have a * radio
* tape recorder
* CD player
* clock

* radio
3. You have a * stereo
* calendar
* briefcase
* lamp
* television set

4. No, I don’t have one.

I don’t have a * telephone EITHER.

* car
* radio
* house

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EXERCISES

A. For each sentence, write the negative. Use contractions (don't, isn't, doesn't, etc.)
whenever possible. Remember punctuation!

EXAMPLE: I am happy > I AM NOT HAPPY.

1. I smoke cigarettes.

2. He sings in a rock band.

3. I eat dinner at 8 p. m.

4. We watch TV in the evening.

5. Emmanuelle reads a book every day.

6. She is very fat.

7. I am a teacher.

8. The train arrives in the morning.

9. It always rains in that country.

10. We are at work.

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B. Write the missing sentences. Escriba las oraciones faltantes.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

I I play.

you You help.

he He does not answer.

she Does she sing?

it It rains.

we Do we dream?

you You do not read.

they Do they work?

C. Ask questions, put DO or DOES, then answer them.

Coloque el auxiliar correspondiente a la pregunta y responda.

1) _____________ you cook?

2) _____________ she speak Italian?

3) _____________ he go to the cinema?

4) _____________ we like jelly?

5) _____________they write the homework?

6) _____________you walk in the park?

7) _____________Mary sing a song?

8) _____________Tommy love swimming?

9) _____________we like running?

10) _____________ Mark and Susan read books?

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D. Complete with DON’T or DOESN’T

1) Sarah ____________ like spaghetti.

2) I ____________ speak German or Spanish.
3) They ____________ run on the street.
4) Mary ______________ play on the computer.
5) We _____________ have homework for tomorrow.
6) She ________________ study.
7) We ________________ listen to music every day.
8) Sandra and Alex ________________ watch TV at 8 o’clock.
9) I _________________ drink coffee in the morning.
10) Mark ________________ take the bus.

VOCABULARY

BAND banda (de música)

BRIEFCASE maleta, maletín
CALENDAR calendario
CIGARETTES cigarrillos
DREAM sueño
EITHER tampoco
JELLY jalea
RAIN lluvia
ROCK BAND banda de rock

TO LIKE gustar
TO SPEAK hablar
TO SWIM nadar
12 words

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READING AND CONVERSATION

The Rich Man

Mr. Brown is a rich man. He is a millionaire.

He has a big house. He has many servants.
His house has many rooms and a swimming pool.
He has a Cadillac and a Rolls Royce, too.
He has three color TV sets and many other things
in his mansion. But, he has no wife, no
children, and no family. He is not very happy.

The Poor Man

I am a poor man. I am not a millionaire.

I don’t have a big house, I have a small one.
I don’t have many rooms or a swimming pool.
I don’t have a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce.
I have a small car. I don’t have a TV set, I only
have a radio. But I have a wife, a son and a
beautiful daughter. I have a nice family.
I am very happy.

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QUESTIONS.
1. Do you have a car?

2. Does your friend have a car?

3. Do you have a TV set?

4. Does John have a radio?

5. Do you have a big family?

6. Does Mary have three sisters?

7. Do we have a big class?

8. Does Jane have many friends?

9. Do they have a telephone?

10. Does Henry have a large briefcase?

VOCABULARY
MANSION mansión
MILLIONAIRE millonario
OTHER otro(a)
POOR pobre
RICH rico
SERVANTS servidumbre, sirviente, servicio.
SWIMMING POOL piscina
7 words

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YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

READ.

Derek Brown and Daphne Brown are parents. He is a father. She is a mother. Ashley is
their daughter. Ashley is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Brown.

Jennifer and Tim Swift are husband and wife. Derek and Jennifer are brother and sister.
They are Phyllis and Alan Brown’s son and daughter. Brian is the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Swift. He and Ashley are cousins.

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QUESTIONS.

1. Are Phyllis and Alan parents?

2. Are Daphne and Derek husband and wife?
3. Are Tim and Jennifer parents?
4. Are Derek and Jennifer parents?
5. Are Brian and Ashley cousins?
6. Are Daphne and Jennifer cousins?

FAMILY

Parents Children Uncle

Father son aunt

Mother daughter nephew

Husband brother niece

Wife sister cousin

Grandparents

Grandmother

Grandfather

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EXERCISES.

A. I have one nephew. I have four nephews.

I have one uncle. I have _____________

I have one aunt. I have _____________

B. How many uncles do you have?

aunts
sisters
brothers
nephews
nieces
grandparents

C. Who is your husband?

wife
daughter
grandfather
grandmother

D. How many children do you have?

sons
daughters
boys
girls
wives
husbands

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EXERCISES (cont’d)

E. What’s your husband’s name?

wife’s
child’s

F. Are you married?

single?
engaged?

NOTA IMPORTANTE: El estudiante debe tener presente que en inglés, contrario al

castellano, el plural del masculino no incluye al femenino por ejemplo: “Brothers”
(hermanos) no incluye a las hermanas.

De modo que para preguntar “Cuántos “hermanos” tiene usted?”, es necesario decir:
“How many brothers and sisters do you have?”

PRONUNCIATION EXERCISE (VI)

1. Contrast (d) and (ð )

day (d) they ( ð)

this they the

father mother brother

day David doctor

Edward study London
good bad difficult
David and Edward are doctors. This is David.
They’re brothers. This is the father.

David is in London. This is Edward.

This is the brother. This is the mother

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DICTATION.

Do you have a car? Yes I do. I have one.

Do you have a license? No, I don’t but John already has a license.
Do you have a large family? Yes, I do.
Does she have many friends? Yes, she does.
Does he have a Cadillac? Yes, he does.
Is he very happy? No, he isn’t He is very sad.

VOCABULARY

AUNT tía NEPHEW sobrino

CHILDREN hijos, niños NIECE sobrina
ENGAGED comprometido PARENTS padres
GRANDFATHER abuelo SINGLE soltero
GRANDMOTHER abuela SON hijo
GRANPARENTS abuelos UNCLE tío
HUSBAND marido
MARRIED casado 14 words.

REVIEW END OF UNIT 6

1. Review Vocabulary Hours 27 to 31.

2. Review verb “HAVE”.

3. Review auxiliary “DO” with “HAVE” in negative and question form.

4. Review family.

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UNIT 7
 HOUR 32

DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION

TEACHER: Mary, please tell me what you do when you arrive at the office.

MARY: Well, when I arrive, I open the door. I go into the room.
I close the door. I go to my desk. I sit down. I smoke
a cigarette. I read the paper. Then I take a pen and
write a letter. I put it in my pocket. I Stand up. I go out.

TEACHER: O. K. Now Joe, tell me what Mary does.

JOE: Mary opens the door. She goes into the room. She
closes the door. She goes to her desk. She sits down.
She smokes a cigarette. She reads the paper. Then she
takes a pen and writes a letter. She puts it in her pocket.
She stands up. She goes out.

1. (Continue now/ with, he/ George/)

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 HOUR 32 (cont’d)

Christine speaks about John in the third person.

CHRISTINE: “He is John Silva.

He speaks Spanish and Italian.
He studies English now.
He practices English in class and
with friends every day.
The teacher speaks English.
John understands the teacher.
He also understands his friends.
He is a reporter.
He writes articles for the “National”.
He reads the articles in class”.

2. Other students continue in the same way:

My friend is……………………
He or She speaks………………..

Esta lección tiene por objeto demostrarles que el presente indicativo de los verbos en
inglés, tiene una sola forma que varía solo en la tercera persona.

EJEMPLO: open go
close write
sit take
smoke finish
read put
stand

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 HOUR 32 (cont’d)

Y hacerles notar que la tercera personas ( HE – SHE – IT ) se le agrega “S”

EJEMPLO:
I open he opens

I close she closes

I write he writes

3. Read, then change to HE or SHE. (Vocabulary for this exercise in next lesson)

Everyday I get up at six o’clock. I take a shower and get dressed. Then I have breakfast.
At seven o’clock, I kiss my wife and the children “good bye”, and I leave for the office
in my car. I get to the office before eight o’clock. When I arrive late, my boss is angry
(mad), so I try to arrive early or on time.

VOCABULARY

ARTICLES artículos REPORTER reportero

BEFORE antes THEN entonces, luego,
LETTER carta después

TO ARRIVE llegar TO PUT poner

TO CLOSE cerrar TO READ leer
TO FINISH terminar TO SIT DOWN sentarse
TO GET llegar a TO SMOKE fumar
TO GO INTO entrar TO STAND UP pararse
TO GO ir TO TAKE tomar
TO LEAVE salir TO UNDERSTAND compreder
TO OPEN abrir TO WRITE escribir
21 words
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 HOUR 33

PRACTICE WITH PRESENT TENSE OF VERBS.

EXERCISE A.

1. I get up at six o’clock.

seven o’clock.
eight o’clock.
nine o’clock.

2. I take a shower.
cold shower.
hot shower.
warm shower.
bath.

3. I have breakfast at seven o’clock in the morning (desayuno)

lunch twelve o’clock. (almuerzo)

supper seven o’clock. (cena, comida)

dinner eight o’clock. (comida principal

puede ser en la noche o al mediodía).

4. I leave for the office.

the stadium.
the beach.
the party.
school.

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 HOUR 33 (cont’d)

EXERCISE (CONT’D)

5. I kiss my girlfriend goodbye.

wife
children
boyfriend

6. I go to the restaurant every day.

to the office
to school
to class
home

7. I get to the office eight o’clock

to school eight
to class at seven
to the stadium ten
home six

8. I arrive on time
early
late

9. I try to arrive on time

arrive early
study my lessons
go to class

10. My boss gets mad

angry

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 HOUR 33 (cont’d)
EXERCISE B.

Do all the preceding exercises again, using HE and SHE instead of I.

Emphasize the “S” in the third person singular.

EXERCISE C. Situational Exercise

1. Your class begins at six o’clock. It is seven o’clock. Are you late?

2. Your office opens at eight o’clock. It is nine o’clock. Are you late?

3. The baseball game begins at nine o’clock. It is nine o’clock. Are you late?

4. The football game begins at ten o’clock. It is nine o’clock. Are you late?

5. Dinner is at seven o’clock. It is seven o’clock. Are you on time?

6. Lunch is at twelve o’clock. It is twelve o’clock. Are you on time?

VOCABULARY

ANGRY molesto, bravo LUNCH almuerzo

BATH baño MAD loco
BEACH playa O’CLOCK la hora en punto
BOYFRIEND novio, amigo ON TIME a tiempo
COLD frío PARTY fiesta
DINNER cena SHOWER ducha
EARLY temprano STADIUM estadio
EVERY DAY cada día SUPPER cena
GAME juego WARM cálido
GIRLFRIEND novia, amiga
TO BEGIN empezar
HOME hogar (mi casa)
TO GET UP levantarse
HOT caliente
TO KISS besar
LATE tarde
25 words

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 HOUR 34

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Present tense of verbs A Practice in contrast Present Tense with Present Tense Continuous.

1. William is waking 2. William is getting up. 3. William is brushing his teeth.

up. He wakes up early He gets up early every He brushes his teeth every
every morning. morning. morning.

4. William is getting 5. William is having break- 6 .William is going to school.

dressed. He gets dressed fast. He has breakfast He goes to school at 7 a. m.
before breakfast. every morning. every morning.

7.William is studying. He 8. William is having lunch. 9. William is coming home.

studies every day. He has lunch every day He comes home at 6 o’clock
at noon. every day.

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 HOUR 34 (cont’d)

10. William is studying 11. William is having dinner. 12. William is watching TV.
English. He studies English He has dinner every day. He watches TV in the
every day. evening.

13. William is speaking 14. William is going to 15. William is sleeping. He

with his mother. He speaks bed. He goes to bed at sleeps very soundly every
with her every day. 10 o’clock. night.

B.- In the following sentence substitute SHE or HE for I:

EXAMPLE: I walk to school She walks to school.

1. I go to the office by car.

2. I get up at six o’clock.
3. I wash and have breakfast.
4. I arrive on time.
5. I leave for school at two o’clock.
6. I arrive at school at six o’clock.

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 HOUR 34 (cont’d)

C.- Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

1. John (speak) English very well. _________________________________________

2. I (know) him very well. ________________________________________________

3. We (work) in the same office. ___________________________________________

4. George (know) English very well. _______________________________________

5. Mary (work) in my office. ______________________________________________

6. John (study) in my class. _______________________________________________

7. We (understand) Mr. Brown very well. ___________________________________

8. Mr. Hunter (know) Spanish very well. ____________________________________

9. I (understand) every word he (say). _______________________________________

10. He (study) in an American college. _______________________________________

11. She (go) to class every day. _____________________________________________

12. John (wish) to learn English. ____________________________________________

VOCABULARY

COLLEGE universidad TO SLEEP dormir

EVERY cada TO SPEAK hablar
GENERALLY generalmente TO STUDY estudiar
HIM él o a él TO UNDERSTAND entender
WORD palabra TO WAKE UP despertar
TO WISH desear
TO KNOW saber TO WORK trabajar
TO SLEEP SOUNDLY dormir 14 words
profundamente
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 HOUR 35
READING AND CONVERSATION

The Blanco family lives on that street. The

name of the street is “Urdaneta”. They live in
this house. Mr. Blanco is a salesman. He sells
food products. Mrs. Blanco is a housewife. She
takes care of the house. She is a part-time
secretary, too. The Blancos have four children:
Peter, Joan, Helen and Jim.

Peter is twelve years old. He is a teenager. He

goes to high school (colegio americano). He is a good student. She speaks English like
an American. Joan is eight years old. She goes to elementary school. Helen is four years
old. She goes to kindergarten. Jimmy is only a baby. He is six months old. He cries a lot
in the middle of the night.

Conversation:

A. Read and fill in the blanks with the correct verb:

The Blanco family __________ on Urdaneta Avenue. Mr. Blanco _________ a
salesman. Mrs. Blanco ________ a housewife and a part-time secretary. They
_______ four children. Peter ________ very much at school. Joan _____ eight
years old and ________ to elementary school. Baby Jimmy ________ a lot at
midnight.

B. Conversation about yourself.

My name is ______________________
I live on _________________________
My complete address is ________________________________________
My telephone number is _______________________
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 HOUR 35 (cont’d)

My job is _________________ (I am a, an____________________)

I have ____________________ children. (no)

C. Tell us your daily activities. Begin with “I wake up”

DICTATION

George comes to the office. He goes to the window. He opens the window. He
sits down. He turns his computer on. He opens his e-mail account and reads the first e-
mail. He answers the e-mail and writes another e-mail to Mary. Then he smokes a
cigarette. He cleans up the desk and the waste paper basket. He stands up, opens the
door and goes out.

REVIEW OF UNIT 7

1. Review vocabulary hours 32 to 35.

2. Review Present Tense of verbs.
3. Review contrast Present Tense Simple with Present Tense Continuous.

VOCABULARY

A LOT OF mucho(s) PRODUCT producto

ACCOUNT cuenta SALESMAN vendedor
COMPUTER computadora TEENAGER adolescente
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL escuela primaria WASTE PAPER BASKET papelera
EMAIL correo electrónico
TO ANSWER responder
FOOD comida, alimentos
TO CLEAN UP limpiar
HIGH SCHOOL escuela secundaria
TO CRY llorar
MIDDLE mitad, medio
TO SELL vender
PART-TIME medio tiempo
TO TAKE CARE encargarse
18 words
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