Workbook

English I

Teacher: Catalina Zempoaltecatl Cortes

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 Unit I: Verb TO BE

1.1 Verb TO BE

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

Long form Short form Long form Short form Short form Long form
I am I´m I am not I´m not I -------- Am I?
You are You´re You are not You´re not You aren´t Are you?
He is He´s He is not He´s not He isn´t Is he?
She is She´s She is not She´s not She isn´t Is she?
It is It´s It is not It´s not It isn´t Is it?
We are We´re We are not We´re not We aren´t Are we?
You are You´re You are not You´re nor You aren´t Are you?
They are They´re They are not They´re not They aren´t Are they?

Activity 1: complete de sentences with the verb to Be

1. It _____ a shark 5. We _____ friends.
2. They _______ dolphins. 6. It _____ a bus.
3. It _____ a bicycle. 7. I ______ a teacher.
4. They _____ oranges. 8. You ______ a doctor.

Activity 2: write is or are as in the example.

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Ana is the years old.
1. Ann, Mario and Costas_________ students.
2. Manos _______ a doctor
3. Susan and Kim __________ teachers
4. Manos and Costas _________ Greek.
5. Kim ________ Japanese. She ________ from Tokyo.
6. Mario _________ Italian. He _____ from Rome.
7. Manos ________ from Athens and Costas _____ From Thessaloniki.
8. Susan _______ American. She ______ from New York.
9. Susan and Kim ___________ twenty-five years old.
10. Mario _____ twelve and Costas _________ thirteen.

Activity 3: look at exercise 2 and fill in is, isn´t, are, or aren´t.

1. Ann _______ a doctor. She _________ a student.
2. Manos ______ a student. He _______ a doctor.
3. Susan and Kim ______ students. They _____ teachers.
4. Ann ___ from Athens. She ______ from London.
5. Kim __________ ten years old. She ________ twenty-five.
6. Ann, Mario and Costas ________ doctors. They ______ students.
7. Manos and Costas ______ English. They ____ Greek.
8. Susan and Kim _______ thirteen years old. They ____ twenty-five.

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1.2 Prepositions of place

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Activity 1: Look at the picture and fill in the blanks.

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Activity 2: look at the picture and fill in the blanks.

Activity 3: look at the picture and fill in the blacks.

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Prepositions of time

Activity 1: fill in in, at, or on.

Activity 2: fill in in, at, or on.

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1.3 Articles: a, an, the

Activity 1: add a or an

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Activity 2: Put in a/an or the

1. This morning, I bought a book and ___ magazine. ______ book is in my bag, but I
can’t remember where I put ____ magazine.
2. I saw ____ accident this morning. _____ car crashed into___ tree. ____ driver of
____ car wasn’t hurt, but ____ car was badly damaged.
3. There are two cars parked outside: ____ blue one and _____ grey one. ____blue one
belongs to my neighbors. I don’t know who ____ owner of ____ grey one is.
4. My friends live in ____ old house in ____ small village. There is ____ beautiful
garden behind ____ house. I would like to have ____ garden like that.

1.4 Possessive adjectives

Read the text again. Find and circle the names.

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Read the text again. Find and circle the names.

1.5 Question words: WHAT, WHERE, WHO, HOW OLD, WHEN, WHICH, WHY.

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Activity 1: fill in who, whose, what, when, or where.

1. _____? in the park. 8. ______? Peter 15. ______? At noon

2. ______? Jane´s 9. ______? A horse 16. ______? Mother
3. ______? a table 10. ______? At night 17. _____? Father´s
4. _____? At 6 o’clock 11. ______? Today. 18. ____? At Christmas
5. ______? At school 12. ______? Julie 19. _____? On Tuesday
6. ______? The doctor 13. ______? A snake 20. _____ ? in the room
7. _____? On Saturday 14. ______? John´s 21. _______? In May

Activity 2: fill in who, whose, what, when or where.

1. ________ is it? It´s a monkey
2. ________ is your birthday? May the 1st
3. ________ is your pen? Here it is.
4. ________ are they? they´re Jane and Pam
5. ________ is your school? It´s near here.
6. ________ is father? He´s in the garden.
7. ________ are they? They´re my parents.
8. ________ are you? I´m George.

1.6 Vocabulario:

Personal Pronouns

Activity 1: Write he, she, it or they in the picture.

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Activity 2: fill in he, she, it, we, you or they according to the words.
1. Helen ______ 9. Tom and I _____ 17. School ______
2. Sam ______ 10. Car _____ 18. Apples ____
3. Father_______ 11. Dog _____ 19. Book _____
4. Mother ______ 12. You and Jane ___ 20. Nick and I ____
5. Father and mother __ 13. Ball _____ 21. Children _____
6. Ann and Tom___ 14. Plane _____ 22. Feet ______
7. Clowns _____ 15. Sister _____ 23. Guitar _____
8. Pen _______ 16. Brother _____ 24. Amary ____

Activity 3: Write as in the example

Mr Smith is a teacher = he is a teacher
1. Jane is my friend.
2. Tom and I are doctors.
3. Ian and Andrew are English.
4. The cat is three years old.
5. Michael is American.
6. Carolin and I are students.
7. Mrs Brown is twenty-five years old
8. Robert and Tom are friends.
9. Jenny is a nurse.
10. Bill is a boy.

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 Unit II: Simple Present

2.1 Simple Present

Activity 1: Change the verb into the correct form,
1. I usually _____________ (go) to school.
2. They __________ (visit) us often.
3. You ___________(play) basketball once a week.
4. Tom __________ (work) every day.
5. He always __________ (tell) us funny stories.
6. She never __________ (help) me with that!
7. Martha and Kevin __________(swim) twice a week.
8. In this club people usually _________ (dance) a lot.
9. Linda ___________ (take care) of her sister.
10. John rarely _________(leave) the country.
11. We _________ (live) in the city most of the year.
12. Lorie __________ (travel) to Paris every Sunday.
13. I ________ (bake) cookies twice a month.
14. You always __________(teach) me new things.
15. She __________ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.

Activity 2: Change the verb into the correct form:

1. I ________________ (not ride) horses.
2. You _____________ (not sell) cars.
3. He ______________ (not bring) gifts.
4. She _____________ (not take) pictures.
5. It ______________ (not cost) so much.
6. We _____________ (not seem) so happy.
7. They ____________ (not buy) new products.
8. Michael _____________ (not dance)
9. Michel ____________ (not run) fast.
10. Tim and Kate _____________ (not work) every day.
11. Lucas and Clara _____________ (not eat) meat.
12. I _______________ (not swim) much.
13. You ________________ (not ski) at all.
14. It _______________ (not hurt).
15. We _________________ (not give up).

Activity 3: Change the verb into the correct form:

1. ___________________________ (I wake up) at five in the morning?
2. __________________________ (you go) to work by train?

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3. ___________________________ (she drink) coffee every morning?
4. ___________________________ (he smoke)?
5. ___________________________ (it hurt)?
6. ___________________________ (we dance)?
7. ___________________________ (they travel)?
8. ___________________________ (Emma cook) well?
9. __________________________ (Alexander exercise) regularly?
10. __________________________ (I look) well?
11. __________________________ (you rest) enough?
12. __________________________ (William work) too hard?
13. _________________________ (they travel) often?
14. _________________________ (Anthony go) to sleep too late?
15. _________________________ (you bake) cakes?

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 VOCABULARY
1. Activity 1: Daily routine: match the verbs and pictures.
Num. Num.
21 Do her English Have a coffee
Homework
Finish work Have a breakfast
1 2 3 4 5 /school
Get dressed Have dinner
Get home Have lunch
Get to work/ Make dinner
school
Get up Sleep (for 7 hours)
6 7 8 9 10
Go home Start work /school
Go shopping Take (the dog for a
walk)
Go to bed Take a shower /a
bath
11 12 13 14 15 Go to her English Wake up (early
class /late)
Go to the gym 20 Watch tv
6 Go to work/school

16 17 18 19 20

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 2. Activity: Verb phrases
A) Match the verbs and pictures

Num. Verb Num. Verb

Cook 1 Live 1: In an 2: in an office 3: children 4: Economics 5: German
apartment
Do Play
Drink Read
Drive Speak
Eat Study
Go Use
Have Watch 6: a VW 7: a 8: animals 9: to the 10: television
Like Wear newspaper muvies
Listen Work

11:to the 12: the guitar 13: to class 14: the :15 tennis
radio internet

16: a 17: coffee 18: fast food 19: dinner 20:

sandwich for housework
lunch homework

21: glasses

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B) More verb phrases: Match the verbs and pictures.

Num. Num.
1 2 3 4 5 Buy (a 1 Run (a race)
newspaper)
Call (a taxi) See (a movie)
Come (here) Sing (a song)
Dance (the Swim (every day)
6 7 8 9 10 tango)
Draw (a picture) Take (photos)
Find (some Take (your
money) umbrella)
Give (someone Talk (to a friend)
a present)
11 12 13 14 15 Hear (a noise) Tell (someone a
secret)
Help (someone) Travel (by plane)
Look for (your Turn on / off (the tv)
keys)
16 17 18 19 20 Meet (a friend) Use (a computer)
Paint (a picture) Wait for (a bus)
Play (chess) Walk (home)
Ride (a bike)

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2.2 verbo modal: can

write 5 abilities that you have.

1. __________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________

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 Unidad III: Present continuous (progressive)

3.1 Present continuous (progressive)

Exercises: complete the sentences with the verb to BE
1. I __________ reading a book.
2. You __________ playing football.
3. He ___________ sleeping.
4. She __________ dancing.
5. It ___________ eating bamboo.
6. We __________ running
7. You _________ talking.
8. They _________ walking.
9. My sister ________ riding her bike.
10. The birds _______ flying.

Activity: choose the correct option.

1. I _____________________ football.
Am playing Ins playing Are playing

2. You ___________________ tennis

Am playing Ins playing Are playing

3. He ____________________ video games.

Am playing Ins playing Are playing

4. She ___________________ rugby.

Am playing Ins playing Are playing

5. It ____________________ golf.
Am playing Ins playing Are playing

6. We _________________ the guitar.

Am playing Ins playing Are playing

7. You __________________ the piano.

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 Am playing Ins playing Are playing

8. They _________________basketball.
Am playing Ins playing Are playing

E xerci ses: t o be + -i n g verbs

01. I ___ eating an apple.

Am Is Are

02: She ___ reading a book.

Am Is Are

03: They ___ playing football.

Am Is Are

04: We ___ watching TV.

Am Is Are

05: My mother ___ writing a letter.

Am Is Are

06: I____ drinking water.

Am Is Are

07: You ___ wearing a hat.

Am Is Are

08: The birds ___ singing.

Am Is Are

09: I ___ cooking dinner.

Am Is Are

10: You ___ listening to music.

Am Is Are

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11: They ___ painting a picture.
Am Is Are

12: Your sister ___ talking on the phone.

Am Is Are

13: We ___ walking in the park.

Am Is Are

14: The leaves ___ falling.

Am Is Are

15: You ___ laughing.

Am Is Are

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 Unit IV: Countable and non-countable nouns

4.1 Parts of speech

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