Who is it addressed to?

1 Meeting and greeting people -------------4

1.2 Verb to be

1.3 Present simple

2 Asking for and Giving Personal Information ---14

3. Asking for Clarifications----------------15

4 Finding lost personal personal objects -16

4.1 Demostrative pronouns

5 Talking about jobs and activities --------20

Block 1

6 Family Gathering -------------------------22

6.1 Apostrophe s- meanings and uses

6.2 Frequency advebs

7 USING EXPRESSIONS ABOUT WEATHER ------29

8 Talking About Holiday ---------------------34

8.1 Continue Present

9 Accepting or declining an invitation ------41

9.1 Accepting an invitation

9.2 Declining and invitation

9.3 Preposition at Time

Block 2

1 MEETING AND GREETING PEOPLE

Vocabulary

Hello/Hi: Hola

Good morning: Buenoss dias

Good evening: Buenas tardes(4-7pm)

Good afternoon: Buenas tardes

Good night: Buenas noches 

Good to see you: Que bueno verte

My name is..: My nombre es..

What is your name: Cual es tu nombre

Where are you from: De donde eres

Goodbye: Adios

You're welcome: De nada

How are you?: Como estas

Nice to meet you: Encantado de conocerte

Nice to see you: Encantado de verte

How have you been?: Como has estado?

Welcome: Bienbenido

Take care: Cuidate

Have a nice day: Ten un buen dia

See you soon: Te veo pronto

See you later: Te veo mas tarde

See you tomorow: Te veo mañana

Practice with Dialogues 

Hello

Hi

What is your name?

My name is Luis

What is your name?

My name is Carlos

How are you Luis?

I'm fine, thank you

and you?

I'm fine.

Where are you from?

I'm from El Salvador

See you tomorrow

See you tomorow

For asking and giving personal  information, people may ocasionally ask you for personal information like your name, address and birthdate.

For give personal information question are: "the basis for any conversation in English and so are important for when you meet somebody for the first time.

for example:  what´s your name? My name is Jacklyn

what´s your surname? my surname is Castillo

1.2 The Verb To Be

The verb to be is used to say something about a person thing, or state to show a permanent or temporary quality state job or occupation and Nacionality. 

We use this verb a lot in English differents forms, you to create simple sentences to comunicate.

example: I´m Jacklyn

Country: I am from El Salvador

Singular

I am

I am a student

You are

You are a teacher

He is

He is a doctor

 She is

She is beautiful

it is

It is red

VERB CONJUGATION TO BE, PERSONAL PRONUNS

Plural

We are

We are singers

You are

You are my friends

They are

They are from England

Don't forget. We use -am-, -is- an -are- in sigular sentences and -are- in plural sentences, (-You are- can be used in both context)

DIALOGUE VERB TO BE

A. HELLO, I AM CAROLINA.

B. HI, I AM DAVID.

A. NICE TO MEET YOU DAVID.

B. NICE TO MEET YOU TOO! WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

A. I AM FROM COLOMBIA.

B. I AM FROM EL SALVADOR. WHAT DO YOU DO?

A. I AM A LAWYER.

B. OH! NICE. I AM A CHEF.

1.3-Simple Present

The simple present in English is the verb tense indicated when you want to express any of the following conditions: Make known actions or permanent states.

Positive

Subject+verb+complement

Negative

Subject+don't/doesn't+verb+complement

Questions

Do/does+subjct+verb+complement

-You/we/they play soccer

-He/she/it plays soccer

-You/We/They don't play soccer

-He/She/It doesn't play soccer

-Do you/we/they play soccer?

-Yes, they do. No, they don't.

-Does he/she/It play soccer?

-Yes, he does. No, he doesn't.

When a sentence is present simple, affirmative and in the third person we add s to the verb.

Most verb we add -s

The verb ending in a consonat+y change -y to -i and add -es.

Verbs ending vowel+y add -s

Verbs ending in -ch -sh -ss -s -x add -es

Verbs ending in -o add -es

cook -cooks

help -helps. Example. -She cooks-

Try -tries

dry -dries. Example. -He tries to do it-

play -plays. Example -She always plays

finish -finishes    Ex.

watch -watches. -The child watches tv-

go -goes

do -does. Example. -He goes home-

Practice in Everyday Life

Hi, my name is Luis, I live in Santa Rosa de Lima and today I am going to talk to you about my friends. 

I have 3 friends Carlos, Daniel and Mark, they are very funny, Daniel not shut up when he whatches tv, he does not work but he does study. The other two do not study but they do work.

2 Asking for and Giving Personal Information

Personal Information

Name: Jacklyn                                                                  

surname: Castillo

Job: xx

Occupation: student

Nacionality: Salvadoreña

Asking for and giving personal 

where are you from? I am from El Salvador

birthday:  April 14, 1990

Address: La Unión, El Salvador

phone number: 78 88 11 00

3 Asking for Clarification

How to ask for clarification.

What do you mean by..?

Do you mean..?

Could you say that again, please?

Could you repeat please?

Could you clarify that, please?

Could you be more explicit?

I wonder if you could say that in a different way

Could you explain what you mean by...?

Could you be more specific, please?

4 Finding Lost Personal Object

hen it comes to personal objects, automatically, we go back in time and think of that or those items that were meaningful, and maybe are still important to us.

everyday objects:

SUNGLASSES

PURSE

WATCH

CELLPHONE

WALLET

KEY

RUCKSACK

 4.1 Demostrative Pronouns

It is a type of special deictic expression, like this or that and here or there in Spanish.  It refers to a type of word that lacks a fixed referent, since it is determined according to the relationship established with other people.

This: Este/a

That: Ese/a o Aquello/a

These: Estos/as

Those: Esos/as

Example

I like this table

That book is green

We use this when we want to mention someone or a thing  that is close to the person who mentions it.

We use that when we refer to someone or something that is far from us and is singular.

These books are interesting

I love those cats

We use these whe we talk about two or more peopleor things that are close, in plural.

We use those when we refer to two or more things or people that are far away, in plural.

    5    Talking About Jobs and Activities

KEY DIFFERENC

JOB: A job is a specific task or activity that someone does or performs in order to earn money.

A No education needed.

PROFESSION: A profession is a kind of job which normally requires some sort of specialized knowledge, skills, and expertise.

Education needed.

VOCABULARY

Accountant - a person that works with the money and accounts of a company.

Actor /Actress - a person that acts in a play or a movie

Architect - a person that designs building and houses.

Astronomer - a person who studies the stars and the universe

Author - They write books or novels.

Baker - They make bread and cakes and normally work in a bakery.

6 Family Gathering

Male

Female

Either sex

-Father ------------------

-Grandfather ---------

-Son ---------------------

-Brother ---------------

-Uncle ------------------

-Great-grandfather

-Grandson-------------

-Nephew--------------

-Adopted son--------

-Godson----------------

-Mother-------------------

-Grandmother ---------

-Daugther ---------------

-Sister---------------------

-Aunt ----------------------

-Great-grandmother-

-Granddaugther ------

-Niece---------------------

-Adopted daugther---

-Goddaugther----------

-Parents

-Grandparents

-Child/Children

-Sibling

-Relatives

-Great-grandparents

-Grandchild

-Cousin

-Adopted child

-Godchild

6.1 Apostrophe s-meaning and uses

What is the apostrophe s?

Singular Nouns

The apostrophe S is normally used to show possession, that there is a relationship between two things or that somthing belongs to another.

   -John's car (=The car of John. The car belong to John)

Add-'S

   -We went to Ange's house last night.

   -Have you seen the dog's bone?

Plural Nouns Ending in -S

Plural Nouns not Ending in -S

Singular Nouns Ending in -S

Only add the apostrophe -'

   -I went to my friends' party. (=The party of your friends)

   -My cousins' house is always a mess. (= Your cousins)

Add -'S

   -The children's toy are all over the room.

   -The men's toilet was disgusting.

Add -'s

   -The atress's role was very difficult.

   -Mr Lewis's dog always comes onto our propery.

As a Part of a Phrase

No Noun

Add -'S or only the -' depending on the rules above.

   -The president of Chile's speech was too long.

   -I had to give two weeks' notice I was leaving.

Sometimes the nouns after -'S is not necessary when the meaning is clear.

-My car is older than John's. (= John's car).

Practice in Everyday Life

Today I want to go shopping at the supermarket but my dad's car is not there, I am going to ask my friend's dad if he can take me becouse he works at the Uber. 

When I arrived I went to eat at a restaurant called Domino's Pizza where I met my mother's friend, who took me home.

6.2 Frequency Adverbs

7 USING EXPRESSIONS ABOUT WEATHER

1.1 common questions and answers

Questions     

1.1 common questions and answer

what´s it like out(side)?                  It´s sunny/ windy

How´s the weather?                        rainy/outside

How´s the weather?                      It´s cool/sunny/

                                                             It´s raining/snowing

what´s the temperature?             It´s really hot/cold

7 USING EXPRESSIONS ABOUT WEATHER

Example:

Hello Carlos, How´s the weather in San Miguel?

Hi Anna, the weather it´s very hot!

Another example

Good morning Alex, what´s it like outside?

Good morning Camila, It´s windy outside.

VOCABULARY

Weather: clima                                                   outside: afuera

forecast: pronostico                                          Windy: ventoso 

snowing: nevando                                               

sunny: soleado

cool: frío

hot: caliente

raining: lloviendo

How´s the weather? como esta el clima?

what´s the temperature? como esta la temperatura?

Cloudy: nublado

rainy: lluvioso

storm: tormenta