Practice the grammar- there is/there are

Post your answers in the blog.

 

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Gramática

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• There is/There are ("hay" en inglés)
• Una actividad de "Find the Mistake" (Busque el Error) para aprender de errores comunes

 

There is/There are

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"There is" y "There are" quieren decir "Hay" en español.  "There is" es singular y "There are" es plural.

There is a book. (Hay un libro.)*
There are books. (Hay libros.)

*Se puede hacer una contracción de "There is" a "There's".  No se puede hacer una contracción de "There are."

El negativo es "There is not" y "There are not" y sus contracciones.

There is not a book.  -  There isn't a book.
There are not books.  -  There aren't books.

Para formar una pregunta nada más cambiamos el orden de las palabras.

Is there a book?
     Yes, there is.
     No, there isn't.

Are there books?
     Yes, there are.
     No, there aren't.

Práctica
Seleccione las respuestas correctas para describir los cuartos.

1.  Is there a bed?

2.  Is there a TV?

3.  Are there four chairs?

4.  Is there a table?

5.  Is there a light?

6.  Are there cabinets?

7.  Is there a lamp?

8.  Is there a TV?

9.  Is there a toilet?

10. Is there a sink?

Práctica
Escriba oraciones usando There is o There are o el negativo para describir que hay y que no hay en cada cuarto.  Escriba las oraciones afirmativas sin contracción y las negativas con una contracción como el ejemplo abajo.

Ejemplo

table   

TV

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1. sofa 
    

2. bed 
    

3. lamp 
    

4. dresser 
    

5. toilet
    

6.  table 
    

7.  stove 
    

8.  cabinets 
    

9.  bathtub 
    

10. chair 
    

11. chair
    

12. bed 
    

13. lamp 
    

14. TV 
    

15. refrigerator
    

Instrucciones
Busque el error en las siguientes oraciones.  Escriba la oración corregida.

ejemplo
He are a student. 

1. There are gabinets in the kitchen.
   

2. There're four chairs. 
   

3. There's a refrigerador in the kitchen.
   

4. There is two tables.
   

5. There isen't a sofa.
   

Practice the prepositons.

go to the following link:

 http://www.detailenglish.com/index.php?page=articles&op=readArticle&id=230&title=Prepositions-of-Place-Exercises-With-Pictures

Write your answers in the comment section of this blog.

Prepositions of place

Watch the video and choose the prepositons for each sentence. Post your answers in this blog.

Listen to the pronunciation of nationalites repeat after the recording. Post in the blogger a sentence, for example.  Marcus is from Japan. He is Japanese.

Watch the video and write the questions in your notebook. Questions will be checked during class.

personal information

Unscramble the questions and answer the questions.

1   your surname? is What

2   are from? Where you

3   you married? Are

4   any got sisters? brothers Have or you

5   time? do do free What in your you

6   do What company you for? work

7   live? you Where do

8   can What languages you speak?

In order to answer page 12 of your student book, watch this video about the use of the verb to be.

Exercises:
Present tense of the verb “to be”
1. Completa con la conjugación correcta del verbo to be (am, is, are) en la forma afirmativa. Si quieres,
puedes usar contracciones (‘re, ‘s, ‘m):
a) I ___ an English student.

b) You ___ a good person.

c) We ___ singers.

d) He ___ a teacher.

e) They ___ angry.

2. Ahora, re-escribe las oraciones anteriores, pero esta vez usando la forma negativa del presente del verbo
to be (am not, is not, are not). Si lo deseas, puedes usar las contracciones (isn’t, aren’t).

Go through the exercise and post your answers in this blog.

Which is correct? Have or has? Write either have or has in the blank space.

I a car.

She a car.

I used to a car.

Hampus never lost a game of Ping Pong against Kjell.

We moved to a new house.

Some people not been happy about it.

But Ola been very happy about it.

Now he a much shorter bike ride to work.

My cat bitten off the wire to my modem.

But now I a new modem.

The Xbox 360 not got many good games.

The PS3, on the other hand, got many good games.

People to be careful not to leave their doors open.

Kjell & Ola never played any videogame other than FIFA.

Janne never played any videogame at all.

When growing up, you to go through a lot of changes.

They hats on their heads.

watch the video and practice the classroom rules.  which rules are the most important in Conalep. post your ideas.

practice the pronuciation of the numbers repeat the words along with the person.

Decide whether the following words belong to Cardinal numbers or Ordinal numbers. Write them into the correct column:

six, twelfth, fourteenth, twenty-fourth, thirty-two, eleven, thirty-fourth, twenty-second, fourteen, twenty

Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers

 

English Numbers: Cardinal Numbers

this is a follow up activity of the ordinal numbers. 

 Ordinal numbers (1)

 match their written forms on the left.

The first

The thirteenth

The thirtieth

The twenty-first

The fifth

The fortieth

The third

The fiftieth

The eighty-sixth

The twelfth

3rd

30th

86th

5th

13th

12th

1st

40th

50th

21st

in order to practice the classroom commands we have seen in class go to the following link.  Practice the listening exercise.  Write a post and mention what activities you worked.

 http://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/beginners-course/unit-2/classroom-instructions.html