Verb “to be”

MISAMIGOS Y

YO

M. Jose Suarez Febrero 2015

In this lesson you will learn to:Describe yourself and others.Identify people and things.

Using:Ser to describe what someone is like.Definite and indefinite articles.Noun-adjective agreement.

MIS AMIGOS Y YO(MY FRIENDS AND I)

Objetivos2

I will now pass out your vocabulary for this section of the

unit.

We will be studying description words and reviewing the verb

ser.

There are a lot of words in this unit - please

be sure to study every night!

Please take a few minutes to go over

your words and jot down any notes.

VOCABULARIO

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Artístico(a) artistic Atlético(a) athletic Trabajador(a)

hard-working Perezoso(a) lazy Organizado(a) organized Desorganizado(a)

disorganized Alto(a) tall Bajo(a) short Grande big Pequeño(a) small Viejo(a) old Joven young

Bonito(a) pretty Guapo(a) handsome Malo(a) bad Pelirrojo(a) red-

haired Pelo castaño brown

hair Pelo rubio blond

hair El hombre the man La mujer the

woman El chico the boy La chica the girl Cómico(a) comic Serio(a) serious

PRESENTACIÓN DE VOCABULARIO

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We can now use ser and our new vocabulary to describe ourselves to others.

We use ser to describe our physical features and our personality traits.

Below is a review of the ser chart which we already learned.

SER & DESCRIPTIONS

YO soy ÉL, ELLA,

USTED es

NOSOTROS-AS

somosELLOS, ELLAS,

USTEDES son

Now, we can put ser and our vocabulary together to form a

complete sentence which describes ourselves or other

people.

To ask somebody what they are like

we say:

“¿Cómo eres tú?”( informal) or

“¿Cómo es usted?” (formal)

The formula to answer the previous

question would be:

Subject pronoun + ser + description word(s)

Ex: Yo soy baja y simpatica. Ser & descriptions6

SER & DESCRIPTIONS

Use ser to describe what people

are like.

El soldado es alto. The woman is tall.

Los chicos son organizados. The boys are organized.

EJEMPLOS

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Más ejemplos :

Yo soy baja y cómica- I am short and funny.

Él es antipático e inteligente -

he is mean and smart.

Nosotros somos amigos- We are friends.

Usted es tonta pero estudiosa –

you are silly but intellectual.

Ellos son altos, feos y gordos.

EJEMPLOS

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1. Marco es pequeño.2. Luisa es

trabajadora.3. Pablo es

organizado.4. Joaquín es malo.5. Anabel es joven.6. Francisco es

cómico.

a. No, es bueno.b. No, es alto.c. No, es

desorganizado.d. No, es perezosa.e. No, es serio.f. No, es vieja.

ACTIVIDAD 1LOS OPUETOS OPPOSITES

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Definite articles (in English, the) are used with

nouns to indicate specific persons, places, or

things. Indefinite articles (a, an) are used with

nouns to indicate nonspecific persons, places, or

things.

Examples:

The boy is a friend. The (El) definite article

El chico es un amigo. a (un) indefinite article

ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION

Refreshing your memory.10

Complete the following Actividades:

¿Cómo son las personas de la clase?

¿Son estudiosos?

¿Cómo son después de la clase de español?

TIME TO PRACTICE!

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English Grammar Connection. Adjectives are words that

describe nouns. In English, the adjective almost always

comes before the noun. In Spanish, the adjective usually

comes after the noun.

Examples:

The serious students.

Los estudiantes serios.

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR CONNECTION

Noun – Adjective Agreement

In Spanish, adjectives match the gender and

number of the nouns they describe.

Masculine

Singular el chico alto the tall boy

Plural los chicos altos the tall boys

Feminine

Singular la chica alta the tall girl

Plural las chicas altas the tall girls

ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT

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To make a negative statement about

yourself, all you have to do is place the word

“no” before the verb ser in the sentence.

For example, if you want to say “I am not tall”

you would say: Yo no soy alta.

You may also see sentences where the

subject pronoun is dropped. This is okay to

do once you feel more comfortable with

using the verb.

Ex: Soy alto- I am tall (the yo is dropped)

NEGATIVO

We will now practice using our vocabulary and Ser.

1.Please give me 3 words that describe you physically.

2. Please give me 3 words to describe your personality.

3. Please describe your best friend to me in 4 words.

4. Describe one of your siblings to me in 3 words.

5. Describe 1 other person in this room in 3 words.

VAMOS A PRACTICAR

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To practice further, we will now create wanted posters.

Using the worksheet with faces, pick 1 face to be the criminal.

Write a description of the criminal in the 3 rd

person.

Ex: Ella es muy baja. (Be sure to watch your feminine and masculine description words!)

Then describe the criminal’s personality. Remember that they are a criminal….

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Evaluación

¡Excelente trabajo!

¿Alcanzamos (did we reach)

nuestro objetivo?

Sum up this lesson in 2 sentences.

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