Sesión 1 - A1

A1

English

Basic Level

Master in Applied Linguistics Francisco Alberto Espinoza Moreno

Session 1

Index

The AlphabetPersonal Pronouns Greetings and Farewells

- The Alphabet

Personal Pronouns

The subject of a sentence is a person or thing that performs the action of the verb. Subject pronouns are used to replace the subject (person or thing) of a verb. We do NOT normally say: John is tall and John is intelligent. Saying the word "John" twice is repetitive and does not sound natural. We replace the Subject (John) that appears the second time with a subject pronoun to avoid repetition (and in this case to avoid saying the name John again.) So we would say: John is tall and he is intelligent. We replace the second "John" with the Subject Pronoun "He".

+ Info

Greetings & Farewells

farewells

Greetings

Practice Activities

Listening Practice

Listening Practice

Verb to beAdjectives

Verb To be

The verb to be is used to describe that state of existence of people, things, places, and ideas. To be is a unique verb because it has three forms in the present tense. The correct form of the verb to be depends on the subject and the tense of the sentence.

Practice Activities

Listening & Reading Practice

Conversaton 3

Conversaton 1

Conversaton 4

Conversaton 2

Adjectives

What is an adjective?

An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun). An adjective gives us more information about a person or thing.

Correct order of adjectives

So what is the correct order of adjectives before a noun?

The order of adjectives before a noun is usually the following: Opinion – Size – Age – Shape – Color – Origin – Material – Purpose If we take the first letter of each one, it creates OSASCOMP which is an easy way to remember the order.

O S A S C O M P

Types of adjectives

size

age

opinion

shape

color

material

purpose

bonus

origin

Practice and Vocabulary

shape

size

age

opinion

material

color

Number

origin

Listening & Reading Practice

Conversaton 3

Conversaton 1

Conversaton 4

Conversaton 2

Listening Practice

Conv. 2

Conv. 1

cheap

small and

fun and

strict

expensive

or cold

is difficult

no fun

Conversation 2 Woman: Hello, can I help you? Man: Yes, can I have a cafe mocha? Woman: OK, hot __________ ? Man: Ice mocha, please. Is it sweet? Woman: It is a little sweet. What size do you want? Man: Medium, please. Woman: We only have __________ large sizes. Man: In that case, large please. Woman: OK, that will be 8.50. Man: Wow! That’s __________ . Woman: Yeah, it’s not __________ . Do you still want it? Man: Yes, please.

Conversation 1 Man: How are your classes? Woman: Good. I really like my English class. It is _______ interesting. Man: That’s nice. My English class is fun too, but it _______ . Woman: What about your math class? Man: It is easy, but it is very boring. Plus, the room is very small and hot. Woman: Is the teacher _______ ? Man: Yes, but she is very nice and friendly. Woman: That is important. Math is _______ without a good teacher. Man: I think so too.

Listening Practice

Conv. 4

Conv. 3

is fast

a short

salty, too

delicious

nice of

new one

so hungry

is perfect

Conversation 3 Man: What a beautiful day! Woman: Yes, the weather is _______ . Not too hot, not too cold. Man: How is the wifi speed? Woman: It is _______ , but my computer is slow, though. It is a very old computer. Man: My computer is old, too. I want a _______ . Woman: Me too, but computers are so expensive. Man: Some basic computers are cheap, but they are not very good. Woman: Yeah, and they have _______ life, and they are slow. Man: Yes, no more slow computers for me! Woman: Same here!

Conversation 4 Man: How is your food? Woman: It is OK, but the sauce is a little salty. Man: My food is _______ . Woman: Do you like it? Man: Yes, it is very _______ , but I am full. Woman: Really? I am still _______ . Man: Oh, please have mine. I cannot finish. Woman: Thanks! That is very _______ you.

Adjectives oral activity

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