Name: Cohort: Date:

Training program: Instructor: Claudia Eraso M.

INTRODUCTIONS AND BASIC PERSONAL INFORMATION

Objective: You will be able to use verb to be and present simple tense to make a short presentation about
yourself.

I. GRAMMAR

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I am I am not Am I?
You are You aren’t Are you?
He/She/It is He/She/It isn’t Is he/she/it?
We/You/They are We/You/They aren’t Are we/you/they?

A. Complete the description of this girl. Use verb to be.

Hello! I ………… Maria and I ………… from Madrid in Spain. I ……… 11 years old and
I love music. I’ve got two sisters and one brother. My brother ………… Alberto, he
………… tall and thin and he loves computer games. My two sisters ………… younger
than me and my brother. I ………… the oldest of my sisters. My sisters ………… 3 and 4
years old. They like playing with dolls. I ……… very funny, I usually go out with my
friends Marta and Noelia on Saturdays. They ………… 11 and 12 years old. My mum loves
cinema and my dad loves sport and nature. I ……… very happy!
B. Complete the sentences. Use verb to be.

0. My teacher ……………………… American.

1. We ………………… at school.
2. Where …………… my dictionary?
3. What ………… it?
4. I ………… eleven years old.
5. ………… you OK?
6. We ………… students.
7. Murray ………… my brother.
8. Susan and Sarah ………… my friends.
9. I …………… from Spain.
10. John ………… English
11. They .......... friends

Taken from: https://www.coursehero.com/file/40661991/Verb-to-be-and-axon-practicedocx/

C. Wh words. Scan the QR code and complete the exercise. Share a screenshot with the answers.

Original link: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/be2.htm

Short link: shorturl.at/nwEQ5

II. SPEAKING: Find Someone Who.

Question Name More information

Find someone who is Are you a good Peter He has a band.

a good dancer singer?
Find someone who is
very hungry right
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Find someone who is

always very tired in
the morning
Find someone who is
often late for our
English class
Find someone who is
from a different
country or city.
Find someone who is
younger than you

III. WRITING.

A. Read Gabriela´s profile and tick the things she talks about.

I´m Gabriela Diaz. I am 25 years old and I´m Colombian. I live in Bogotá in a small apartment with my parents and two

brothers. I work in a shoe store as a seller. I meet different people every day. I ask them questions and recommend

them the best product based on their desires and needs. Besides, I am a student. I study gastronomy because I want

to be a professional chef. I am polite and friendly, but sometimes I am too sensitive. I like playing tennis and cooking.

I dislike fast food and waking up early. In my free time, I love listening to music, I usually listen crossover, but I don´t

like blues. My favorite singer is Bruno Mars. I also like reading and going to the cinema
B. Complete the outline using Gabriela´s information.

C. Brainstorming: Complete the graph with your own information. Include adjectives, likes and
dislikes.
 D. Outline: Complete the outline using the information from exercise C.

E. Draft: Write one paragraph describing your profile. Include: Name, age, nationality, home,
occupation, three likes, three dislikes, hobbies, and connectors.

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Authored by Eraso, Claudia (2019)