Lesson 2

“Personal Information”
Cardinal number: We use the cardinal numbers to count, say our age, telephone numbers, etc.
Zero and the letter “O” are used for telephone numbers.

100: one hundred 1000: thousand 50: fifty

Age: In English, to speak about age you use the verb “to be”

I am __ years old. He/she is ___ years old.

To say dates in English you need to learn the months of the year and the ordinal numbers.

Ordinal numbers.

1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth
5. Fifth
12. Twelfth

Months of the year.

I. January
II. February
III. March
IV. April
V. May
VI. June
VII. July
VIII. August
IX. September
X. October
XI. November
XII. December

Dates: In English dates are written in one way and the are said in a different way.

Month/Day/Age = mm/dd/aa

Days of the week.

I. Monday
II. Tuesday
III. Wednesday
IV. Thursday
V. Friday
 VI. Saturday
VII. Sunday

Nationalities

Country Nationality Language

France French French
Chile Chilean Spanish
United States American English
Ireland Irish English and Irish
Italy Italian Italian
Switzerland Swiss French, German, Italian
England English English
Germany German German
Denmark Danish Danish
China Chinese Chinese
Japan Japanese Japanese
Canada Canadian English
Australia Australian
Sweden Swedish
Egypt Egyptian
Scotland Scottish English
Russia Russian Russian
Poland Polish
Austria Austrian
Holland Dutch
Greece Greek

Places where students live.

I. Apartment = Departamento
II. Dorm = Dormitorio
III. Family house = Casa de familia
IV. Boarding house = Pensión

Marking comments: Cool!, Awesome!, Cool!, Sweet!, Great!, Brilliant!, Terrific!

Simple present tense:

 Is used to express the idea that an action happens regularly or is a habit.

I. I live at 965 Chacabuco Street.
II. She lives at 965 Chacabuco Street.

Subject + Verb + Object

Simple present tense: Facts

 Is also used to express the idea that an action is a fact.

Ex:
I. I’m student. I study Spanish at the UdeC.
II. I like meeting foreign people

*Notes.

Have / Has

I. Have are used for “I, You, They and We”

II. Has are used for “She, He and It”

Go / Goes

I. Go are used for “I, You, They and We”

II. Goes are used for “She, He and It”

Simple present: Spelling rules

Ex.

I. I always carry a pen in my bag

II. She always carries a pen in her bag
 If the verb ends in a consonant + “y”, change the -y to -i and add -es.
Ex. Carry – Carries
 If the verb ends in -s, -z, -h, -x or -o, add -es.
Ex. Go – Goes
 In all other cases, add -s to the simple form of the verb.
Ex. Wear – Wears, Work – Works, Pay – Pays.

Go Goes Work Works

Carry Carries Fix Fixes
Love Loves Reach Reaches
Fly Flies Dress Dresses
Need Needs Wax Waxes
Do Does Tease Teases
Pay Pays Switch Switches
Say Says Miss Misses

Simple present: Negative Form.

Ex

I. I don’t live on Freire Street.

II. She doesn’t live on Freire Street.

Subject + Auxiliary + not + Verb + Object

  Do + not = don’t
 Does + not = doesn’t

Subject Do not/Does not Base form of verb

I
You Do not Work
We Don’t
They
She Does not
He Doesn’t Work
It

Interrogative form:

Ex.

I. Do you have two photographs here?

II. Does the apartment cost $100.000 pesos a month?

Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Object/Adverbial

Yes/No questions:

Ex.

 Do you walk to the university?

 R: Yes, I walk to the university / Yes, I do.
 Does Beverly like to study at night?
 R: No, Beverly doesn’t like to study at night/ No, she doesn’t.

Wh- Questions:

Ex.

 Where do you come?

 R: I come from Los Angeles
 What does she need to share?
 R: She needs to share her apartment.

Question word + Auxiliary + subject + Object/Adverbial

Preposition used in addresses: At/On

 We use at when we give the number and street where a building is located
Ex. I Iive at 965 Chacabuco Street.
 We use on when we give only the street (without the number) were a building is located.
Ex. I live on Chacabuco Street.

Present continuous affirmative form:

  We use the present continuous to express the idea that something is happening at the
moment of speaking.
Ex. Can I speak with Claudia? R: Yes, speaking.
I’m calling about the apartment.

Subject + Be + Verb+ing + Object

Spelling of -ing forms

 Verbs that end in -e (write, make, drive, etc) > writing, making, driving
 Verbs that end in -ie (lie, die, trie) > lying, dying, trying
 Verbs that end in one vowel + one consonant (run, sit, get) > running, sitting, getting

Present Continuous: Negative form

Ex.

I. We are not studying French – We aren’t studying French

II. It is not raining today – It isn’t raining today

Subject + Be + Not + Verb+ing + Object

Present Continuous: Interrogative form

Ex. Are you drinking water?

Be + Subject + Verb+ing + Complement/object

Present Continuous: Interrogative form Wh- questions

Ex. What is Carol drinking?

Question word + Be + Subject + Verb+ing

Pronunciation.

Stress syllables Unstressed syllables

Canada

Stress and word functions:

Noun Verbs
Present Present
Record Record
Rebel Rebel
Suspect Suspect
Object Object
Intonation of Yes/No questions

Rising intonation

Intonation of Wh- questions

Falling intonation

Intonation of Tag questions (isn’t it? / aren’t you?)

Falling intonation Rising intonation

Cuando el hablante conoce la información y Cuando el hablante no está seguro de la
quiere que el oyente lo confirme. información y quiere que el oyente la
confirme.

Otras cosas:

Underscore > “_”

Were (plural) / Was (singular)

What do you have in your wallet?

I. Credit card
II. Id card
III. TUdec student card
IV. Giftcard
V. Student bus pass
VI. Driver license
VII. Student benefit card

Rut = Id number // firma = signature // fingerprint = huella digital

I. When were you born? I was born in 1987 // I was born on May 14th, 1987
II. What’s your date of birth? My birthday it’s on October 22nd, 1984.
III. When is your birthday? My birthday it’s on October 22nd // My birthday it’s in October.

Full date > Month+Day (we use “on” to say the full date)

I. It > name just the year, name of seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) and month of
the year.
II. On > full dates, say days of the week, to give street name
III. At > full address, to give the time