BASIC INTRO ENGLISH COURSE

BASIC INTRO STUDENT BOOK

Juan Carlos Benavides Escobar

BASIC INTRODUCTORY LESSONS

CONTENTS

01. Introducing people

- Introducing yourself
- Introducing others
02. Greetings
03. Farewells
04. The alphabet
- Spelling
- Capital letter
05. Cardinal numbers
- Telephone numbers
- The age
- The year
- The time
06. Money
- coins
- bills
07. Math
- Arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- Fractions
- Percent
08. Ordinal numbers
09. The calendar
- Days of the week
- Months of the year
- Dates
10. Holydays and days off
11. Personal information
- First, middle, and last (surname) names
- address
- e-mail
- Date and place of birth
- Marital status and titles
12. Saying thanks
- Different ways to say thanks
- Answering a thanks
13. Colors
14. Review

01. Introducing people

Introducing yourself
Formal: Good morning, my name is Juan Carlos Benavides. Speaking.
Informal: Hi, I´m Juan Carlos Benavides. Introduce yourself to the class.

Introducing others
Juan: Mario, this is Marcia. Marcia, this is Mario. Phrases
Mario: Nice to meet you Marcia. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
Marcia: Nice to meet you, too, Mario. Pleased to meet you. Pleased to meet you, too.
Glad to meet you. Glad to meet you, too
Happy to meet you. Happy to meet you, too.
Speaking. Introduce each other.

02. Greetings

Hello Questions Answers

Hi How are you? Fine Very well
Good morning How do you do? Terrific So, so
Good afternoon What´s up? Terrible Pretty good
Good evening What´s going on? Not bad OK

Marco: Good evening, Norma. How do you do? Speaking. Greet each other.
Norma: Fine, thank you. And you?
Marco: Terrific, thanks.

Listening 1. Listen and read the conversations.

01. Li : Hi, I`m Li. What is your name? 04. Li : How are you?
Neela: My name is Neela. Neela: Fine, thanks. And you?
Li : Fine
02. Li : It`s nice to meet you, Neela.
Neela: Nice to meet you, too. 03. Li : Good evening, Neela.
Neela: Hello, Li.
03. Li : Hi, Neela.
Neela: Good morning, Li 04. Li : See you later, Neela.
Neela: Goodbye, Li.

Listening 2. Listen and read the conversation.

A: Hi. I´m Tim. What is your name?

B: My name is Asha. This is my friend Sara.
A: Can you repeat that, please?
B: Yes. I´m Asha, and this is Sara. It´s nice to meet you.
A: Nice to meet you, too. Who is your teacher?
B: Ms. Simpson.
A: Oh! She´s my teacher, too.

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03. Farewells

Good bye see you later bye see you on Monday

Take care see you soon nice seeing you keep in touch
good night see you next week talk to you later see you on weekend
see you see you next month good to see you see you on
see you tomorrow see you next year have a nice day I´m out of here

04. The alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mn
ei bi ci di i ef yi eich ai yei kei el em

Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
en oh pi quiu ar es ti iu vi dobliu ex wai zid

Spelling
c-a-r-l-o-s S-m-i-t-h C-a-r-o-l-i-n-a B-a-l-m-a-c-e-d-a Exercise 1. Spell your name.

Exercise 1. Listen and write the words spelled by the teacher.

01. _________________ 03. _________________ 05. _________________ 07. ___________________

02. _________________ 04. _________________ 06. _________________ 08. ____________________

Exercise 2. Which comes first?

01. friend, desk _____________________ 05. flag, eraser ______________________

02. ruler, table _____________________ 06. office, pen ______________________

03. snack, whiteboard _____________________ 07. teacher, student _____________________

04. map, scissors _____________________ 08. pencil, book _____________________

Listening. Listen and spell the names.

01. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 03. ___ ___ ___ 05. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

02. ___ ___ ___ 04. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 06. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Capital letters
Capitalize:
- the first word of a sentence. - names of cities, states, countries, lakes, rivers, oceans.
M anuel
- names of people and pets. - holidays.
Capital small
- titles and abbreviations (Miss, Dr.). - days of the week and months.
letter letters
- particular places (American School). - T.V. programs, movies, books, poems, songs.
- the pronoun “I”.

Exercise. Rewrite the sentences below using capital letters where needed.

01. my cat`s name is bushy. __________________________________________________________________________

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02. her favorite teacher is miss angela. ___________________________________________________________________

03. our independence day is on september 15th. _____________________________________________________________

04. i like to go to the movies. __________________________________________________________________________

05. who is the author of moby dick? _____________________________________________________________________

06. we have our music class on tuesdays and fridays. _______________________________________________________

07. my aunt lives in matagalpa. _________________________________________________________________________

08. i am going with roberto to the aztec stadium. ___________________________________________________________

05. Cardinal numbers

0 zero/oh 10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty

1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 40 forty

2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 50 fifty

3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 60 sixty

4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 70 seventy

5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 80 eighty

6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 90 ninety

7 seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 100 one hundred

8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight 1,000 one thousand

9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine 1,000,000 one million

Listening. Listen and circle the number you hear.

a. 13 30 c. 15 50 e. 17 70 g. 19 90

b. 14 40 d. 16 60 f. 18 80

Exercise 1. Write the next number in each line of numbers.

01. 33 35 37 39 _______ _____________________ 04. 0 7 14 21 _______ ____________________

02. 6 8 10 12 _______ _____________________ 05. 24 29 34 39 _______ ____________________

03. 60 70 80 90 _______ _____________________ 06. 100 85 70 65 _______ ____________________

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Exercise 2. Write the word for each number. Then circle each of these words in the puzzle.

01. ___________________ 07. ___________________ F U O N E X P F

02. ___________________ 08. ___________________ X I S K L B F O

03. ___________________ 09. ___________________ T H R E E I W U

04. ___________________ 10. ___________________ T W E L V E N R

05. ___________________ 11. ___________________ W E E E E E I Z

06. ___________________ 12. ___________________ O F T E N U N O

E I G H T I E Q
Exercise 3. Write and say the following numbers.

a. 38 ________________________________________ k. 19 ____________________________________

b. 6,874 ________________________________________ l. 100 ____________________________________

c. 46 ________________________________________ m. 717 ____________________________________

d. 12 ________________________________________ n. 955 ____________________________________

e. 97,412 ________________________________________ o. 2,876 ____________________________________

f. 139 ________________________________________ p. 1,419 ____________________________________

g. 7 ________________________________________ q. 613 ____________________________________

h. 465 ________________________________________ r. 14,365 ____________________________________

i. 81 ________________________________________ s. 712 ____________________________________

j. 9,884 ________________________________________ t. 128,499 _____________________________________

Listening. Listen and write the numbers.

01. ________________ 02. _______________ 03. _______________ 04. _______________

Telephone numbers
01. What´s your telephone (phone) number? 03. What´s his telephone number?
My telephone number is 81467726. His telephone number is 88804245

02. What´s her telephone number?

Her phone number is 82599798

Speaking 1. Ask and answer about phone numbers.

Speaking 2. Answer these questions.

01. What is your phone number? 04. What is your sister`s phone number?

02. What is your father`s phone number? 05. What is your best fiend`s phone number?

03. What is your mother`s phone number? 06. What is your English teacher`s phone number?
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Exercise. Say and write these phone numbers

01. 678390782 _____________________________ 03. 262487597 _____________________________

02. 004473065 _____________________________ 04. 171458842 _____________________________

The age
01. How old are you? 02. How old is your sister? 03. How old is Mario?
I am twenty seven years old. She is fifty one years old. He is eighteen years old.
Exercise. Answer these questions.

01. How old are you? ________________________________________________________

02. How old is Mr. Smith? ________________________________________________________

03. How old is your sister? ________________________________________________________

04. How old are they? ________________________________________________________

The year
01. When were you born? 03. When was Gerald born?
I was born in nineteen sixty-nine. He was born in nineteen ninety-seven.

02. When was Maria born? 04. When were they born?
She was born in nineteen fifty-five. They were born in nineteen seventy-two.

Exercise. Say and write these years.

a) 1970 ______________________________________ d) 1972

____________________________________

b) 1956 ______________________________________ e) 1963 ____________________________________

c) 1983 ______________________________________ f) 2012 ___________________________________

The time
What time is it? It´s five o´clock.

MEALS
breakfast
snack
lunch
dinner
eleven thirty six thirty-five two forty-five seven fifteen almost twelve supper
eleven half thirty-five after six forty-five past two seven quarter five to twelve brunch
thirty past eleven twenty-five to seven fifteen to three fifteen past seven eleven fifty-five
half past eleven a quarter to three a quarter past seven
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early morning in the early morning

morning in the morning
a.m.: from 12:00 midnight to 12:00 noon
noon at noon
p.m.: from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight
afternoon in the afternoon
evening in the evening
two twenty-five night at night
twenty-five past two midnight at midnight

Speaking. Answer these questions.

01. What time do you have breakfast? _________________________________________________________

02. What time do you have lunch? _________________________________________________________

03. What time do you have dinner? _________________________________________________________

04. What time do you get up? ________________________________________________________________

05. What time do you take a shower? __________________________________________________________

06. What time do you watch TV? _____________________________________________________________

07. What time do you study English?

__________________________________________________________

Exercise 1. Write the time for each clock.

01. _______________________________________________________________________________

02. _______________________________________________________________________________

03. _______________________________________________________________________________

04. _______________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Match the sentences with the times.

_________ 01. It`s eight o`clock in the morning. a. 08:30 p.m.

_________ 02. It`s midnight. b. 09:45 p.m.

_________ 03. It`s eight thirty in the evening. c. 12:00 a.m.

_________ 04. It`s nine forty-five in the evening. d. 12:00 p.m.

_________ 05. It`s noon. e. 08:00 a.m.

Listening. Listen and write the words.

01. ___________________________ 03. ___________________________ 05. ____________________________

02. ___________________________ 04. ___________________________ 06. ____________________________

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06. Money

Coins
penny=one cent nickel=five cents dime=ten cents quarter=twenty-five cents half dollar=fifty cents silver dollar=one dollar

Bills

one dollar five dollars ten

dollars twenty dollars fifty dollars one hundred dollars

Exercise 1. Label each picture with the words below.

bills half dollar penny fifty dollars five dollars one dollar silver dollar
dime quarter twenty dollars one hundred nickel ten dollars coins

01. 02. 03. 04. 05.

______________ ____________ ____________ _______________ ____________

06. 07. 08. 09. 10.

________________ ___________ ______________ ___________ _____________

11. 12. 13. 14.

_____________ ______________ _______________ __________________

Exercise 2. Making change.

01. That comes to $ 16.00. Okay. Here´s $ 20.00. And your change is ____________________________.

02. That will be $ .85. I have $ 1.00. And your change is _______________________________________.

03. And the total is $ 45.00. Here´s $ 50.00. Your change is ____________________________________.

04. Your total is $ 8.00. I can give you __________________________. Fine. And your change is $ 2.00.

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05. That´s $ .20. I have $ .25. Okay. And your change is ______________________________________.

06. That comes to $ 99.00. Here´s ____________________________________. And here´s a dollar back.

Exercise 3. Listen to the conversation. Circle the correct amount.

01. $ 10.00 $ .10 03.$ 1.00 $ .01 05.$ 5.10 $ 51.00 07. $ 14.50 $ 40.60

02. $ 25.00 $ 2.50 04.$ 55.00 $ 5.50 06.$ 23.50 $ 25.30 08. $ 12.10 $ 20.10
Listening. Listen and write the words.

01. ____________________________________ 05. _____________________________________

02. ____________________________________ 06. _____________________________________

03. ____________________________________ 07. _____________________________________

04. ____________________________________ 08. _____________________________________

07. Mathematics

Arithmetic
addition 2 + 1 = 3 two plus one is three subtraction 8 - 3 = 5 eight minus three equal five
multiplication 4 x 2 = 8 four times two is eight division 10 / 2 = 5 ten divided by two equal five

How much is two plus one? (2 + 1 = 3) How much is ten minus three? (10 – 3 = 7)
Two plus one is three. Ten minus three is seven.

How much is five times five? (5 x 5 = 25) How much is nine divided by three? (9 / 3 = 3)
Five times five is twenty five. Nine divided by three is three.

Exercise 1. Match the words

_________ 1.plus a. multiplication

_________ 2. times b. division

_________ 3. minus c. addition

_________ 4. divided by d. subtraction

Exercise 2. Answer the math problems. Then write the questions and answers.

01. 4 + 5 = ______ _________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

02. 11 + 25 = ______ _________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

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03. 100 – 7 = ______ __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

04. 16 * 2 = ______ __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

05. 84 / 4 = ______ __________________________________________________________________

 __________________________________________________________________

Listening 1. Listen for the stress.

thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen

thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety

Listening 2. Listen and repeat the numbers.

1. 40 2. 18 3. 14 4. 13 5. 90 6. 60

Fractions
Exercise. Match the words and fractions

________ 01.three fourths a. ¼ one quarter one third one half two thirds three quarters
one fourth half three fourths
________ 02.two thirds b. ½

________ 03.one quarter c. ¾

________ 04.one half d. 1/3

________ 05.one third e. 2/3

Percent

ten percent fifteen percent seventy-five percent fifty percent one hundred percent five percent thirty five percent
ninety percent twenty-five percent

Exercise. Answer these questions.

01. What discount do companies usually offer to their clients? _______________________________________________

02. What´s the tax percent? _______________________________________________

03. What discount are you usually offered? _______________________________________________

04. What percent is the credit card? _______________________________________________

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08. Ordinal numbers

1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty first 40th fortieth

2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty second 50th fiftieth

3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty third 60th sixtieth

4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty fourth 70th seventieth

5th fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty fifth 80th eightieth

6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty sixth 90th ninetieth

7th seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty seventh 100th one hundredth

8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty eighth

9th ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty ninth

10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth

Listening 1. Listen and repeat the numbers.

first twenty first second twenty second third twenty third fourth twenty fourth

Listening 2. Listen and circle a or b.

01. a. 1st 02. a. 23rd 03. a. 7th 04. a. 4th 05. a. 1st 06. a. 3rd
b. 3rd b. 26th b. 2nd b. 14th b. 21st b. 23rd

Exercise 1. Unscramble the words.

01. drith ____________________ 05. tourfh __________________ 09. venseth ____________________

02. thent ____________________ 06. nosced __________________ 10. thighe ____________________

03. thiff ____________________ 07. thisx ___________________ 11. fhitfnee ____________________

04. thinn ____________________ 08. stirf ___________________ 12. twtheniet ____________________

Exercise 2. Fill in the numbers.

01. sixth, __________________, eighth 05. twentieth, thirtieth, ____________________

02. fourteenth, ___________________, sixteenth 06. ____________________, seventieth, eightieth

03. eleventh, _________________, thirteenth 07. seventeenth, ___________________, nineteenth

04. fifty-fourth, _________________, fifty-sixth 08. ____________________, sixty-third, sixty fourth

Exercise 3. Write and say the following ordinal numbers.

a. 12th ________________________________ h. 5th ________________________________

b. 3rd ________________________________ i. 92nd ________________________________

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c. 25th ________________________________ j. 11th ________________________________

d. 19th ________________________________ k. 34th ________________________________

e. 41st ________________________________ l. 86th ________________________________

f. 55th ________________________________ m. 77th ________________________________

g. 100th ________________________________ n. 69th ________________________________

09. The calendar

- A calendar shows the months, weeks, and days of a year.

- There are thirty or thirty one days in a month (except February).
- There are twelve months in a year.
- There are four weeks in a month.
- There are fifty two weeks in a year.
- There are seven days in a week.
- There are 365 days in a year.

Exercise. Answer the following questions.

01. What does a calendar show? _____________________________________________________

02. How many months are there in a year? _____________________________________________________

03. How many weeks are there in a year? _____________________________________________________

04. How many days are there in a year? _____________________________________________________

05. How many weeks are there in a month? _____________________________________________________

06. How many days are there in a month? ____________________________________________________

Days of the week

01. What day is today? 03. What day is tomorrow? 05. What days are weekend?
Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday. Saturday and Sunday are weekend.

02. What day was yesterday? 04. What´s your favorite day of the week? 06. What is the first day of the week?
Yesterday was Saturday. It´s Thursday. It`s Sunday.

Exercise 1. Unscramble the letters and write the days correctly.

01. syadautr _________________ 05. tuhdyars _________________

Sunday Thursday
02. tedyusa _________________ 06. fyradi _________________ Monday Friday
Tuesday Saturday
03. mdoayn _________________ 07. wydadenes _________________ Wednesday

04. syuadn _________________

Exercise 2. Answer these questions.

01. What day comes before Wednesday? _____________________________

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02. What day comes after Monday? _____________________________

03. What is the first day of the week? _____________________________

04. What day comes after Wednesday? _____________________________

05. What days are weekend? _____________________________

06. What day comes before Friday? _____________________________

07. What is the seventh day of the week? _____________________________

08. What day comes after Tuesday? _____________________________

09. What is the middle day of the week? _____________________________

10. What is the second day of the week? _____________________________

Exercise 3. Find the days of the week in the puzzle.

N Y Z Y U K Y W V D J U M P C

Q A Q A U B H J P B W A U M R

P D I D H K F T T J H F O M C

O N Y I C R T M E X N N K F I

B U A R U Z Q V Y T D Q L B K

D S E F V Y T J Y A S K S B Y

T H M I F I Q A Y P D J K G A

Z J F N B Z D M A K J T K D D

H Z A P H S Z Y D E U D P S S

C Y A D R U T A S J H H Q D E

F T H U W J R N E T U L C X N

D D H F F Y J F U Y W F E D D

O T O N S V B C T Q W X W I E

P S N X I O P Y H W P D M V W

R O N U N Q O I Y N N E B Z R

Months of the year

January July
01. What´s this month? 03. What was the last month? February August
It´s November. It was October. March September
April October
02. What´s next month? 04. What´s your favorite month? May November
It´s December. It´s September. June December
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Exercise 1. Complete the sentences. Use ordinal number words.

01. January is the __________________ month of the year. 04. March is the _________________ month of the year.

02. July is the ____________________ month of the year. 05. August is the ________________ month of the year.

03. September is the __________________ month of the year. 06. May is the __________________ month of the year.
Exercise 2. Unscramble the words and write the months correctly.

01. uyjnara ____________________ 06. enju ____________________

02. ryfbeura ____________________ 07. yjlu ____________________

03. hcmra ____________________ 08. cedmeerb ____________________

04. lapir ____________________ 09. tcobore ____________________

05. yam ____________________ 10. gtsuua ____________________

Dates
Note
- First is the month
- Use ordinal numbers

01. When is your birthday? 02. When is your father`s birthday? 03. When is your mother`s birthday?
My birthday is on March 1st. It`s on September 3rd. It`s on October 30th.

Listening. Listen and repeat.

Ashley: Hello, Ed. It`s Ashley. What`s the date today?

Ed : It`s March second.
Ashley: Well, what day is today? Is it a special day?
Ed : It`s Wednesday.
Ashley: Wednesday, March 2nd.
Ed : Yes, that`s right. Oh! Happy birthday, Ashley!

Exercise 1. Write the dates using numbers.

01. September 3, 1949 ________________ 04. February 12 2012 _____________________

02. January 16 1970 ________________ 05. November 10 2015 _____________________

03. March 26 1983 ________________ 06. December 12 1912 _____________________

Exercise 2. Write the dates using words.

01. 4/16/78 ____________________________ 04. 7/20/95 ______________________________

02. 10/1/11 ____________________________ 05. 5/25/56 ______________________________

03. 8/26/80 ____________________________ 06. 9/3/10 ______________________________

Exercise 3. Look at the months October, November, and December in the 2020 calendar. Answer this question: What day
of the week is …

01. October 31st? _______________________ 04. December 16th? _________________________

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02. November 02nd? _______________________ 05. October 30th? _________________________

03. December 08th? _______________________ 06. November 11th? _________________________

10. Holydays and days off

International holidays

New Year Easter Holy Thursday Holy Friday International Workers Day Christmas
January 1st the dates vary according to the moon May 1st December 25th

National holidays

Revolution Day San Jacinto Battle Independence Day Virgin Mary conception
July 19 September 14 September 15 December 8

National days off

Easter Holy Wednesday Holy Saturday Mother´s Day Saint Dominic Patronal Festivities
the dates vary according to the moon May 30th August 1st and 10th (only in Managua)

All Souls´ Day The screaming Christmas´ Eve New Year´s Eve
November 2nd December 7th December 24th December 31st

More days off

Valentine´s day International women´s Day Children´s Day Father´s Day Teacher´s Day
February 14th March 8th June 1st June 23rd June 29th

Exercise 1. Answer these questions.

01. When is Christmas? _________________________________________________________

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02. When is father´s Day? ________________________________________________________

03. When is Easter? ________________________________________________________

04. What do people celebrate on February 14th? ________________________________________________________

05. What is your favorite holyday? ________________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Rewrite the following holidays using capital letters.

01. new year´s day _____________________________________________________________________

02. valentine´s day _____________________________________________________________________

03. easter _____________________________________________________________________

04. mother´s day _____________________________________________________________________

05. independence day _____________________________________________________________________

11. Personal information

Names Pedro Mario Gaitan

First name Middle name Last name (surname)

01. What´s your first name? My first name is Pedro.

02. What´s your middle name? My middle name is Mario.
03. What´s your last name? My last name is Gaitan.
04. What´s your full name? My full name is Pedro Mario Gaitan.

Exercise. Ask your classmates about their first, middle, and surnames. Also ask about their relatives´ names.

Address

street block turn right to the left traffic circle crossing go back
Cardinal
avenue city turn left to the right roundabout go down upper street
points
highway country go straight side walk crossroads walk down neighborhood
North East
corner zip code go ahead traffic light junction turn back
South West
What´s your address?
My address is Managua, Morazán neighborhood, Linda Vista traffic light two blocks north.

What´s his address? His address is Masaya, San Geronimo neighborhood, from the church five blocks east.

What´s her address? Her address is Managua, Villa Miguel Gutierrez neighborhood, La Virgen traffic light, two blocks
south, three blocks west.

Exercise. Ask you classmates about their addresses.

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E mails

vertical bar at asterisk comma dash back slash forward slash semi colon dot underscore

01. What´s your e-mail? My e-mail is [email protected]

02. What´s his e-mail? His e-mail is [email protected]
03. What´s her e-mail? Her e-mail is [email protected]

Exercise. Ask your classmates about their e-mails. Write them.

01. ______________________________________ 03. _____________________________________

02. ______________________________________ 04. _____________________________________

Listening. Listen to the teacher. Write the e-mails and web pages.

01. ______________________________________ 04. _____________________________________

02. ______________________________________ 05. _____________________________________

03. ______________________________________ 06. _____________________________________

Date and place of birth

01. When were you born? I was born in 1972. I was born on September 12 1972.
02. Where were you born? I was born in Managua.
03. When was your brother born? He was born in 1975. He was born on March 20 1975.
04. When was your sister born? She was born in 1983. She was born on June 17 1983.

Exercise. Ask your classmates about their date and place of birth.

Marital status and titles Titles

Mr. (single and married man) Mr. Albert incorrect
Marital status Miss (single woman) Mr. Albert Smith correct
single divorced widow Mrs. (married woman) Mr. Smith correct
married engaged widower Ms. (single and married woman)
ma´am

Listening 1. Listen and write the correct title for each name.

01. ________ Pat Tyson 03. _________ Terry Miller 05. _________ Jean Silver

02. ________ Pat Song 04. _________ Terry Farmer 06. _________ Gene Gold

Listening 2. Listen and read.

First name:
A: Can you help me with this form? __________________________________
B: Sure. Write your first name here. Last name:
A: OK. Lee
B: Are you married or single? Title: Ο Mr. Ο Ms. Ο Mrs.
A: I`m married. Marital status: Ο married Ο single
B: OK, Mrs. Lee. Fill in the “married” bubble. place of birth: China
A: Thank you. phone: (213) 555-2178
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Listening 3. Listen and write.

01. ____________________________ 03. ________________________ 05. _________________________

02. ____________________________ 04. _________________________ 06. _________________________

Exercise 1. Complete the form. Use your own information. Sing your name.
 JOB REGISTRATION FORM

NAME: _________________________________________________________________
(first) (middle) (last)

DATE OF BIRTH: ________________________________________________________

(month) (date) (year)

TELEPHONES: __________________________________________________________
(house) (cell) (work)

ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________
(department) (city) (neighborhood)

E-MAIL: ________________________________________________________________

POSITION: __________________________ SIGNATURE: _____________________

Exercise 2. Complete the questions with the words below.

surname name

01. What´s your _______________? John. 02. What´s your ____________ name? Thompson.

apartment social security phone

03. What´s your _________________ number? 5657937. 05. What´s your _________________ number? 602.

04. What´s your _________________ number? 450-78-5785.

06. What´s your ____________ code? 59633. 07. What´s your _____________ code? 212. (zip / area)

Exercise 3. Match the questions with the answers.

_______ 01. What´s your surname? a. 365 44th Avenue.

_______ 02. What´s your first name? b. W-A-T-T-E-R-S-O-N.

_______ 03. What´s your address? c. Joseph.

_______ 04. How do you spell that? d. Watterson.

_______ 05. What´s your apartment number? e. Philadelphia.

_______ 06. What´s your city? f. 435-68-5684.

_______ 07. What´s your telephone number? g. 690-6949.

_______ 08. What´s your social security number? h. 3B

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Listening 1. Listen and circle a or b.

01. a. Elm street 03. a. (323) 05. a. Jose

b. Ramirez b. 90011 b. Ramirez

02. a. 555-1224 04. a. 16 Elm Street 06. a. Los Angeles

b. 16 b. [email protected] b. Jose Ramirez
Listening 2. Listen and write the websites and emails addresses.

01. _______________________________________________________________________________

02. _______________________________________________________________________________

03. _______________________________________________________________________________

04. _______________________________________________________________________________

05. _______________________________________________________________________________

12. Saying and accepting thanks

Basic phrases Accepting thanks

Thank you!
Thanks! That´s all right! The pleasure is all mine.
Thanks a lot! You´re welcome. You´re very welcome.
Thank you very much! Don´t mention it. It´s my pleasure.
That´s very kind of you. Not at all. It wasn´t a problem at all.
You´re so helpful. It´s nothing. My pleasure.

Exercise. Complete the conversation with thank you or please.

01. A: Here´s your change. 03. A: Would you like some more soup?
B. ________________. B: Yes, ________________.

02. A: What would you like to drink? 04. A: Here´s your pizza.
B: Orange juice, ______________. B: Yummy, _______________.

13. Colors

Primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. Secondary colors: green, orange, and purple

black red blue yellow green pink gray gold

orange brow beig purpl white silver

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01. What´s your favorite color? My favorite color is brown. Speaking
02. What´s his favorite color? His favorite color is blue. Ask your classmates about
03. What´s her favorite color? Her favorite color is green. their favorite color.
04. What are the color of Nicaragua´s flag? They are blue and white.

Exercise 1. Complete with the missing words.

01. p ____ ____ k 04. r ____ ____ 07. ____ lu ____ 10. B ____ ____ ____ k
02. gr ____ ____ n 05. w ____ ____te 08. ____ r ____ a ____ 11. b ____ ____ w ____

03. y ____ ll ____ ____ 06. ____ ____ r ____ l ____ 09.o ____ an ____ ____ 12. be ____ ____ ____

Exercise 2. What colors describe the following objects?

01. a lemon _____________ 03. the sky _______________ 05. snow _____________

02. a tomato _____________ 04. an orange _______________ 06. a canary _______________

Listening 1. Listen and read the sentences.

1. My name is Irma Chavez. 4. My date of birth is January 7th, 1988.

2. I live in California. 5. My favorite color is purple.
3. I´m from Mexico 6. I´m a student at City Community College.

Listening 2. Listen and complete the questions.

1. What´s your _________________? 3. What´s your _________________ of birth?

2. _________________ are you from? 4. What´s your favorite _________________?

INTRODUCTORY TOPICS REVIEW

Exercise 1. Put the lines of the conversations in order. Then write the conversations.

01. ________ I´m fine, thank you. And you, Mrs. Harris?

________ Good, thanks.

________ Hello, Mr. Salazar. How are you?

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

02. ________ O.K. How are you?

________ Hi, Harry.

________ Oh, not bad.

________ Hi, Pete. How are you?

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A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________
03. ________ Good, thank you.

________ Hello, Ms. Jacobs. How are you today?

________ Hello, Mr. Oshima.

________ Fine, thank you. How are you?

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

A: ____________________________________________________________________________

B: ____________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Circle the correct words.

01. A: What´s ( my / you / your ) name, please?

B: Smith. Sylvester Smith.

A: S-M-I-T-H

B: Yes, ( it´s / I´m / that´s ) right.

A: Could you spell your ( first / last ) name, please?

B: S-Y-L-V-E-S-T-E-R

A: Thank you, ( Miss / Mr. / Mrs. ) Smith. Sign here, please.

02. A: ( Am / Are / Is ) you Elena Lopes?

B: Yes, I ( am / are / is ):

A: I´m sorry, could you spell your ( first / last ) name, please?

B: L-O-P-E-S

A: Sign here, please.

B: O.K.

A: Thank you, ( Mr. / Ms. / Elena ) Lopes.

Exercise 3. Choose a orb.

01. Thank you. 02. Is this 555-1037? 03. I´m sorry. 04. Is Susan there?
a. Yes, it is. a. That´s O.K. a. That´s O.K. a. No, I don´t.
b. You´re welcome. b. No, it isn´t. b. Yes, I do. b. Yes, she is.
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Exercise 4. Answer and write the math problems.

01. 3 + 2 = _______ ________________________________________________________________

02. 4 * 5 = _______ ________________________________________________________________

03. 3 + 6 = _______ ________________________________________________________________

04. 5 – 5 = _______ ________________________________________________________________

05. 8 / 2 = _______ ________________________________________________________________

06. 10 – 3 = ______ ________________________________________________________________

07. 10 * 2 = ______ ________________________________________________________________

08. 1 + 6 = ______ ________________________________________________________________

09. 4 – 1 = ______ ________________________________________________________________

10. 9 / 3 = ______ ________________________________________________________________

Exercise 5. Complete the conversation with the appropriate questions.

A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: Tony Stavros.

A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: S-T-A-V-R-O-S.
A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: It´s 555-7469.

A: ________________________________________________________________________________

B: It´s 950 Rockefeller Avenue.

Exercise 6. Match the numbers and words.

01. _______ eight divided by four equals two. a. addition

02. _______ four times three equals twelve. b. subtraction

03. _______ six plus two equals eight. c. multiplication

04. _______ nine minus six equals three. d. division

05. _______eight times two equals sixteen. e. 16 – 8 = 8

06. _______ sixteen divided by eight is two. f. 8 * 2 = 16

07. _______ sixteen minus eight equals eight. g. 8 + 8 = 16

08. _______ eight plus eight is sixteen. h. 16 / 8 = 2

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Exercise 7. Complete with the missing day of the week.

01. Monday __________________ Wednesday 04. Saturday __________________ Monday

02. Friday __________________ Sunday 05. Thursday _________________ Saturday

03. Tuesday __________________ Thursday 06. Sunday __________________ Tuesday

Exercise 8. Circle the word that doesn´t belong.

01. January May Monday April

02. Tuesday Saturday Sunday September

03. see you tomorrow hello good morning good evening

04. Friday February March October

05. her my they our

06. thanks you´re welcome thank you very much thanks a lot

07. nice to meet you glad to meet you happy to meet you good night

08. I he your you

09. see you on Monday good afternoon take care goodbye

10. dime one hundred dollar bill penny quarter

Exercise 9. Write the next month.

01. June July _________________ 04. April May ____________________

02. February March _________________ 05. October November ____________________

03. December January _________________ 06. August September ____________________

Exercise 10. Listen and write the time you hear.

01. _______________ 04. ______________ 07.____________ 10. ____________

02. _______________ 05. ______________ 08.____________ 11. ____________

03. _______________ 06. ______________ 09.____________ 12. ____________

Exercise 11. Circle the correct times.

01. a. It´s four o´clock. 02. a. It´s eleven thirteen. 03. a. It´s a quarter after nine.
b. It´s five o´clock. b. It´s eleven thirty. b. It´s three fifteen.

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04. a. It´s twelve o´clock. 05. a. It´s half past six. 06. a. It´s two fifteen.
b. It´s twelve five. b. It´s twelve half. b. It´s a quarter to three.

07. a. It´s one thirty. 08. a. It´s a quarter to seven. 09. a. It´s six thirty five.
b. It´s one forty five. b. It´s a quarter after seven. b. It´s six half.

Exercise 12. Interview a classmate or coworker. Report the information to the class.

INTERVIEW SHEET

INTERVIEWER: ___________________________________________________________________

INTERVIEWED: ___________________________________________________________________

POSITION: ___________________________ DATE: ____________________________________

01. When is your birthday?

02. What´s your telephone number?

03. What´s your e-mail?

04. What´s your address?

05. What´s your favorite day of the week?

06. What´s your favorite month of the year?

07. What time do you usually have lunch?

08. What´s your favorite color?

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