second class - the verb be

Basic Level English CourseAugust 14th, 2010

The Verb BE

To apply affirmative, negative sentence and questions with the verb BE in conversations about personal information.

Additional Information : To learn how to use and pronounce definite/indefinite articles with BE.

Aplicar oraciones afirmativas, negativas, y preguntas con el verbo SER/ESTAR a conversaciones de información personal.

Información adicional: Aprender como usar y pronunciar los artículos definidos/indefinidos con SER/ESTAR.

I am an anthropologist (*) You are a student (*) Edilberto is an economist (*) Denice is an English Teacher (*) This is a black chair We are in Lima You are the English students (*) Becky and Alex are intelligent

(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son

artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).

I am an anthropologist (*) You are a student (*) Edilberto is an economist (*) Denice is an English Teacher (*) This is a black chair We are in Lima You are the English students (*) Becky and Alex are intelligent

(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son

artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).

POP QUIZ: What subjectpronouns can you useto replace the underlined words?POP QUIZ: Qué pronombrespersonales pueden usarpara reemplazar laspalabras subrayadas?

SubjectPronouns:IYouHeSheItWeYou (plural)They

I am an anthropologist (*) You are a student (*) He is an economist (*) She is an English Teacher (*) It is a black chair We are in Lima You are the English students (*) They are intelligent

(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son

artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).

CLICK TO SEE THE

ANSWERS/HACER CLICK PARA VER

LASRESPUESTAS:

I’m an anthropologist You’re a student (*) He’s an economist She’s an English Teacher (*) It’s a black chair We’re in Lima You’re the English students (*) They’re intelligent

(*) These are indefinite (a/an) and definite (the) articles/Estos son

artículos indefinidos (a/an) y definido (the).

CONTRACTIONS/CONTRACCIONES

(SPOKEN OR INFORMAL

ENGLISH/INGLES HABLADO O INFORMAL):

I am not an economist You are not my friend He is not in Nieva (*) Denice is not from Lima (*) It is not a marker Edilberto and I are not enemies You are not my English teachers Those are not my friends

(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming

from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,

respectivamente.

I am not an economist You are not my friend He is not in Nieva (*) Denice is not from Lima (*) It is not a marker Edilberto and I are not enemies You are not my English teachers Those are not my friends

(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming

from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,

respectivamente.

POP QUIZ: What subjectpronouns can you useto replace the underlined words?POP QUIZ: Qué pronombrespersonales pueden usarpara reemplazar laspalabras subrayadas?

SubjectPronouns:IYouHeSheItWeYou (plural)They

I am not an economist You are not my friend He is not in Nieva (*) She is not from Lima (*) It is not a marker We are not enemies You are not my English teachers They are not my friends

(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming

from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,

respectivamente.

CLICK TO SEE THE

ANSWERS/HACER CLICK PARA VER

LASRESPUESTAS:

I’m not an economist You’re not/aren’t my friend He’s not/isn’t in Nieva (*) She’s not/isn’t from Lima (*) It’s not/isn’t a marker We’re not/aren’t enemies You’re not/aren’t my English teachers They’re not/aren’t my friends

(*) These are prepositions of place (in/from) to talk about where you are, and where you are coming

from, respectively/Estas son preposiciones de lugar (in/from) para decir dónde estás, y de dónde vienes,

respectivamente.

CONTRACTIONS/CONTRACCIONES

(SPOKEN OR INFORMAL

ENGLISH/INGLES HABLADO O INFORMAL):

YES/NO QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWERS

I am an anthropologist

Am I an anthropologist?

Yes I amNo, I am not/No, I’m not

For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo

Affirmative short answersare never contracted. negative short answers are contracted/Respuestascortas afirmativas no secontraen. Respuestas cortasnegativas se contraen

YES/NO QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWERS

Roger is a teacher

_______________?

Yes he isNo, he’s not/No, he isn’t

For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo

Affirmative short answersare never contracted. negative short answers are contracted/Respuestascortas afirmativas no secontraen. Respuestas cortasnegativas se contraen

POP QUIZ: What is the YES/NOQUESTION for this sentence?/POPQUIZ: Cuál es la YES/NO QUESTION para esta oración?

YES/NO QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWERS

Roger is a teacher

Is Roger a teacher?

Yes he isNo, he’s not/No, he isn’t

For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo

Affirmative short answersare never contracted. negative short answers are contracted/Respuestascortas afirmativas no secontraen. Respuestas cortasnegativas se contraen

CLICK to see the answer/HACER CLICK para ver larespuesta:

WH-QUESTIONS (INFORMATION QUESTIONS)

My name is Denice

What is your name?

For questions in English,we invert the subject/verborder/Para preguntas enInglés, invertimos el ordensujeto/verbo

What’s your name?

Remember: In spoken orinformal English contractions canalso be present in some questions/Recuerden: En Inglés hablado oinformal, contracciones también pueden suceder en algunaspreguntas

WH-wordVerb BE

Subject

BASIC WH- QUESTIONS: ANSWERS:

What is your name? Who is the economist? Where is Eduardo? When is your class? How are you today?

My name is Roger Edilberto is the

economist He is at home My class is on Saturday I’m fine. Thank you

Next slide – POP QUIZ!!!/Próxima diapositiva – POP QUIZ!!!

WE GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS:/LES DAMOS LAS RESPUESTAS:

PLEASE WRITE THE QUESTIONS:/POR FAVOR ESCRIBAN LAS PREGUNTAS:

Their names are Deni and Roger Roger is the English teacher They are in English class My university class is on Monday She’s fine Yes, she is. She is a doctor Yes, I am. I am his friend No, she isn’t. She is in Trujillo Wilson is from San Ignacio No he isn’t. He’s from Lima

________________________? ________________________? ________________________? ________________________? __________? ______________? ________________? ____________? __________________? ___________________?

Next slide – the ANSWERS!!!/Próxima diapositiva – las RESPUESTAS!!!

WE GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS:/LES DAMOS LAS RESPUESTAS:

CLICK TO SEE THE ANSWERS:/HACER CLICK PARA VER LAS RESPUESTAS:

Their names are Deni and Roger Roger is the English teacher They are in English class My university class is on Monday She’s fine Yes, she is. She is a doctor Yes, I am. I am his friend No, she isn’t. She is in Trujillo Wilson is from San Ignacio No he isn’t. He’s from Lima

What are their names? Who is the English teacher? Where are they? When is your university class? How is she? (a possible answer) Is she a doctor? (a possible answer) Are you his friend? Is she in Lima? (a possible answer) Where is Wilson from? Is he from Amazonas? (a possible

answer)

INDEFINITE ARTICLES DEFINITE ARTICLE

“a/an” Not specific/Noun

introduced to context Singular nouns

Examples: A student in Lima An armadillo in the

Amazon An English class

“the” Specific/noun in a

familiar context Singular and plural

nouns Examples:

The student in our class The animals in the Parque

de las Leyendas zoo The English classes in

ICPNA

“A” “AN”

“a” Pronounce “a” before

consonant sounds (i.e. b,c,d,f,g…z)

Examples: This is a book She is a student in

class

“an” Pronounce “an”

before vowel sounds (i.e. a,e,i,o,u)

Examples: She is an architect He is an intelligent

person

___ city ___ orange ___ example ___ eraser ___ purse ___ desk ___ book ___ watch ___ student

___ map ___ country ___ umbrella ___ actor ___ apple ___ friend ___ bag ___ exercise ___ camera

Next slide – the ANSWERS!!!/Próxima diapositiva – las RESPUESTAS!!!

a city an orange an example an eraser a purse a desk a book a watch a student

a map a country an umbrella an actor an apple a friend a bag an exercise a camera

My first name is Roger. My last nameIs Villamar. V-I-L-L-A-M-A-R. I am from Lima. I am an Anthropologist. I am happynow. She is Denice. D-E-N-I-C-E. Her last name is Culqui. She is in Lima. She is from Bagua Grande. She is an Englishteacher. This is her dog. Its name is Racumin. Denice and her dog are happy.

Introducing yourself and a friend/ Presentación personal y de un amigo(a)

My first name is …

His/Her name is…

Introducing yourself and a friend/ Presentación personal y de un amigo(a)