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BEGINNERS LEVEL

UNIT 1Verb to be

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

am

are

is

is

is

are

are

are

Feelings, placement, occupations, age

Subj

ect

pron

oun

s

an engineer

at home

happy

28 years old

on the table

doctors

18 years old

sad

Affirmative

not

not

not

not

not

not

not

not

Negative

UNIT 1

complement

Verb to be

+

Question form

Is happy

Subject+

she ?

?+

Are doctorswe ?

Is in Spainyour father ?

UNIT 1Spelling rules for plural

nouns1. We add “s” to most nouns.

book bookspencil pencils

computer computers boy boys2. We add ”es” when the noun finishes in:

xch

sh s o

dish dishes sandwichsandwiches

class classes heroheroes

box boxes

UNIT 1Spelling rules for plural

nouns

3. When the noun ends in “y” after a consonant, drop the final “y” and add “ies”

dictionary dictionaries lady ladies

4. There are some irregular nouns:

child childrenman men

Woman women fishfish

UNIT 1

Demonstrative adjectives

This is a book

This (is) These (are)

That (is) Those (are)

Singular Plural

Near

Far

These are books

That is a computer

Those are computers

UNIT 1

Television Car Picture

ComputerCamera

Bag Hamburger

Sandwich Book House

UNIT 3Jobs

Teacher

Taxi driverPolice officer Businessma

n

Doctor Shop assistant

Nurse Student

UNIT 3Questions and

answers

What’s your name? My name is …

I am from…Where are you from?

What’s your address? My address is…

What’s your telephone number?

My telephone number is …

How old are you?

What’s your job?

I am … years old

I’m a …

Are you married? Yes, …

No, …

UNIT 3Greetings

Informal

Hi!

Bye!

Hello!

See you! / See you later!

What’s up?

Formal

Good morning!

Good evening!

Good afternoon!

Good night!

Good bye!How’s it going?

Howdy!

Take care!

UNIT 4Possessive adjectives

I

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

my

your

his

her

its

our

your

their

Indicate possession, ownership, or close relationship

Subj

ect

pron

oun

s

It is my birthday.

Your friend is beautiful.

This is his camera.

Her bag is old.

UNIT 4Possessive nouns

Indicate possession, ownership, or close relationship

1. Singular nouns: Add ’s to most nouns

Joe’s car My father’s laptop

2. Plural nouns: Add ’ only to plural nouns that end in s

The students’ classroom The companies’ workers

3. Plural nouns: Add ’s to plural nouns that do not end in s

The children’s mother The women’s dresses4. For names ending in s: Add

’sCharles’s cat Louis’s jackets

4.1 For names ending in s: Simply add ’ Charles’ cat Louis’ jackets

UNIT 4Members of the

familymother

son

daughter

brother

wife

husband

father

sister

children

parents

Male FemaleBoth

mother

son

daughter

brother

wife

husband

father

sister

children

parents

UNIT 4Members of the

family

Sally Tom

Kirsty Nick

UNIT 4Hav

eI

You

He

She

It

We

You

They

have

have

has

has

has

have

have

have

Subj

ect

pron

oun

s

three brothers.

a car.

a book.

four jackets.

The Alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll

Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww

Xx Yy Zz

A a

B b

C c

D d

E e

F f

G g

H h

I i

J j

K k

L l

M m

N n

O o

P p

Q q

R r

S s

T t

U u

V v

W w

X x

Y y

Z z

UNIT 5

Sports

Food

Drinks

Tennis

Football

Swimming Skiing

Italian food

Chinese food

Pizza Hamburger Orange

Ice cream

Tea Coffee SodaBeer

Wine

UNIT 5Present Simple

We use the Present Simple to describe habits, routine or everyday actions. It is the most

common tense in English.

Subject

object

verb+ +

Affirmative form

She basketball.

plays

We T.V.watch

The boy

to the pool.

goes

UNIT 5Present Simple

Subject

object

auxiliary verb

+ +

Negative form

She basketball.

doesn’t

We T.V.

don’t

The boy

to the pool.

doesn’t

We use two auxiliary verbs: I – You – We – They don’tHe – She - It doesn’t

base form of the verb+

play

watchgo

UNIT 5Present Simple

subject

object

Auxiliary verb

+ +

Yes – No question form

She basketball.

Does / Doesn’t

We T.V.

Do / Don’t

The boy

to the pool.Does / Doesn’t

We place the auxiliary verb before the sentence:

Do I – you – we – they… ?Does he – she - it …?

base form of the verb

+

play

watchgo

?

?

?

?

UNIT 5Present SimpleShort answers

She basketball.

Does / Doesn’t

play ?

Yes, she does

No, she doesn’t

Long answers

Yes, she plays basketball

No, she doesn’t play basketball

UNIT 5Present SimpleTime expressions

They can be placed at the beginning or at the end of the

sentenceevery day on Mondays (s) once a…

every week on Christmas twice a…

every year on Halloween three times a…

every month on my birthday

Every day, I study my English lesson.

or I study my English lesson every day.

UNIT 5Present Simple

Adverbs of frequencyThey show us how often people do

actions.Always 100% of the time

Frequently about 90% of the time

Usually about 80% of the time

Often about 70% of the time

Sometimes about 50% of the time

Occacionally about 40% of the time

Seldom about 30%of the time

Rarely about 20% of the time

Hardly ever about 10% of the time

Never about 00% of the time

I always study my English lesson.

She is sometimes at home at 6 p.m.

We place them before the main verb

But after the verb to be

UNIT 5Spelling rules for the third person

singular1. We add “s” to most verbs.

write writesread reads

sleep sleeps eateats2. We add ”es” to the base form when the verb ends with:

zxch

sh s o

wash washes passpasses

watch watchesgo goes

fix fixes buzzbuzzes

UNIT 5Spelling rules for the third person

singular

2. When the verb ends in “y” after a consonant, drop the final “y” and add “ies”

fly flies study studies copy copies

NOTE: When a verb ends in “y” after a vowel, DO NOT drop the final “y”, simply add “s”

playplays

Countries &

Nationalities

ChinaHello, my name is Chun Li

I come from China

I am Chinese

I speak Chinese

JapanI am Takuya KimuraI come from JapanI am JapaneseI speak Japanese

Korea

I am Mr. Kim

I come from Korea

I am Korean

I speak Korean

France

My name is Napoleon

I come from France

I am French

I speak French

Italy

I am Del Piero

I come from Italy

I am Italian

I speak Italian

Spain

• I am Mr. Bull Fighter• I come from Spain• I am Spanish• I speak Spanish

Germany

I am Mr. Müller

I come from Germany

I am German

I speak German

The UK

I am a guard

I come from the UK / Britain / England

I am Britain

I speak English

The USA

I am George Bush

I come from the USA

I am American

I speak English

The United States of America

I come from China

I speak

I am

I am

I speak

I come from Japan

Chinese

Chinese

Japanese

Japanese

I come from the

I am

I speak

British

English

I come from the

I am

I speak

American

English

UNIT 7Wh -

questions

WhoWhatWhereWhyWhenHowWhichWhose

PersonThingsPlaceReasonTimeMannerChoicePossessions

Or information questions are used to ask for specific information.

Some wh-questions are:

UNIT 7Wh - questions

When you ask about the subject use a wh-word in place of the subject.

Example:

Mike writes you. Who writes you?

Victoria studies English. Who studies English?

For questions beginning with which, whose, how much, and how many, we often use a wh-word + noun in place of the subject.

Example:

The tall witness tells you the truth. Which witness tells you the truth?

Three people live in that house. How many people live in that house?

UNIT 7

When the verb is a form of be (am, is, are) use:

Wh-word + be

Example: Harry Adams is the teacher.

Who is the teacher?

Harry Adams is the teacher.

Who is Harry Adams?

UNIT 7

When you ask about the object use: a wh-word and this word order:

Wh – word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb + ?

Example: You look at someone. (someone = object)

Who(m) do you look at?

He says something. (something = object)

What does he say?

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Augusto Sánchez

084133384

augusto_sanchez_gallegos@hotmail.com