Conversational English Course

CINDEA San Martin

Teacher: Karen Chavarría Umaña
Level: Beginner Subject: English
Student’s name: __________________________________________________

INFORMATION QUESTIONS: Letting people know me!

Answer the following questions by giving your personal information.

What’s your name?

______________________________________________________________________________

Where do you live?

______________________________________________________________________________

How old are you?

______________________________________________________________________________

Where are you from?

______________________________________________________________________________

When is your birthday?

______________________________________________________________________________

Task 1. Observe the following information.

Greetings: Saludos
Good morning Good
afternoon

Good evening Hi/ hello

How are you? How is it

going?

Responses: I am fine! / I am good! / I am great! / Not bad!

Leave-Takings: despedidas
Bye / Good bye / See you / See you later /See you tomorrow/ Take care!

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Titles:
Mr. (single or married man).
Mrs. (married woman). Miss (single woman).
Ms. (single or married woman, you don’t know).

Pronoun+ verb be Contractions Negative forms Possessive

adjectives
I am I'm am not My

You are You're are not Your

He is He's is not His

She is She’s is not her
It is It's is not its
We are We're are not Our

They are They're are not Their

Task 2. Complete the following sentences:

Part A complete with pronouns (she, he, it, we, they, you, I).
1. ______ am a teacher
2. I love you. ______ are my best friend.
3. ______ is Paul.
4. ______ ´s Mrs. Stephens.
5. ______ are my cousins.
6. Guápiles is hot. ______ is very humid, tough.
7. My mother and I live together. ______ are happy.
8. Daniela is my sister. ______ is a nurse.
9. Andrés is a great carpenter. ______ is my best friend.
10. My dog is very funny. _______ is always running.

Part B complete with possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their)

1. He´s a teacher. ______ name is Mr. Jones.

2. I´m a student. _______ name is Margaret
3. She´s the instructor ______ name is Ms. White.
4. I´m Richard. What´s ______ name?
5. We are the Araya Family. _______ house is in Alajuela.

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6. My dog is very happy. _______ favorite toy is teddy bear.
7. You look happy. ______ face has a beautiful smile.
8. They are my cousins. ________ house is in front of my house.
9. Lilliam is my Biology teacher. ________ family lives in Costa Rica.
10. Guápiles has a very hot weather. ________ is almost always very sunny.

Part C complete the conversation using possessive adjectives or pronouns.

1. A: What´s. his name?

B: His name is Tom

2. A: Mom, this is Sam._______________ my instructor.

B: Nice to meet you, Sam.

3. A: What´s ______________ name?

B: Her name is Debbie. ___________________ my friend.

4. A: Welcome to English class. ________________ Janet Wilson.

B: Hello, Ms. Wilson. ___________________ Frank Slater

Task 3. Complete the conversations. Use “How are you?”, “Good morning!”,
“Nice to meet you”, and “Take care.”

Task 4. Listen and practice the alphabet, then, spell your name. From the audio unit
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 Spell your name: _______________________

Spell your last name: _______________________

Task 5. Listen to the audio unit 1 part 7 and mark with an X the correct
response to the greeting or leave taking listened.
1. A. Bye 3. A. Nice to meet you 5. A. Goodbye.
B. Thank you. B. I´m OK. B. Fine, thanks

2. A. My name is 4. A. Good morning, 6. A. Nice to meet you,

tom Miss Jones. too.
B. Goodbye. B. Hi. How are you? B. Take care.

Task 6. Practice the following conversation. Then, practice it with a classmate

using real information.

Mike: Hi, I´m Mike Jones.

Carol: Hello, Mike. I´m Carol Sanchez. This is my friend, Fred.
Mike: Nice to meet you.
Fred: Nice to meet you, too. Welcome to California.
Mike: Thank you.

Complete the following conversation, using your information.

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STUDENT A: Hi, I´m ____________.

STUDENT B: Hello, _____________. I´m ______________. This my friend ____________.

STUDENT A: Nice to meet you.

STUDENT C: Nice to ____________ you, too. Welcome to _____________.

STUDENT A: Thank you.

Task 7. Complete the following conversations using possessives adjectives or verb

to be.

1. A: How old are Maisy 2. A: How old __________you?

and Daisy?
B: We ___________Twelve.
B: _____________ one year
old. A: How old are _______?

A: How old is Munchie? B: __________ thirteen.

B: She ________ three. A: What are _________names?

B: _______names are Pam and

Sue.

Task 8. Match the correct response to each question by writing the corresponding
letter.

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How old are Jim and Jack? ( ) a. We´re 8 today.

When is their birthday? ( ) b. It´s in July.

How old are you? ( ) c. They´re Jim and Jack.

What day is today? ( ) d. It´s Monday.

What are their names? ( ) e. They´re 8.

Task 9. Complete the questions. Use What, When, How old.

1. A: _______________ are you? 2. A: _____________ are their names?

B: I´m sixteen years old. B: Susan and Sally.

A: I´m sixteen, too. We´re both A: ______________are they?

sixteen! B:They´re two months old
________________is your birthday?

B: it´s in may
A: My birthday is in May, too!

Task 10. Write about yourself and your friend.

My name is ____________________________________________________________.

I am __________________________ years old.

My birthday is on ________________________.

_____________________ is my friend.

He/she is ____________________years old.

His/her birthday is in _____________________.

Task 11. Listen to the audio and write the numbers in letters. Also practice the
pronunciation. Numbers 1-100 in English (youtube.com)

15 _____________________________________________________________

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18 _____________________________________________________________

20 _____________________________________________________________

5 ______________________________________________________________

15 _____________________________________________________________

9 ______________________________________________________________

12 _____________________________________________________________

Write the days of the week.

1. _________________________ 4. _________________________
2. _________________________ 5. _________________________
3. _________________________ 6. _________________________
7. _________________________

Write the months of the year.

1. _________________________
2. _________________________
3. _________________________
4. _________________________
5. _________________________
6. _________________________
7. _________________________
8. _________________________
9. _________________________
10. _________________________
11. _________________________
12. _________________________