Asking and telling where someone is from (preguntar y decir de dónde es alguien)
 | ¿Sabes cómo describirte a ti o a tus compañeritos? |
En esta unidad practicarás cómo describirte a ti mismo y a otras personas. También contarás del 20 al 100 y preguntarás e informarás sobre la nacionalidad y el idioma que hablan las personas de distintos países.
EXERCISE:
CROSS OUT THE WORD THAT DOES NOT BELONG IN EACH GROUP:
1. sleep – cook – eat – drink- sandwich
2. games – always – never – sometimes – often
3. mother – friend – son - grandfather – wife
4. he – they – we – is – I
5. library – restaurant – hospital – school – living room
THE NUMBERS
20- Twenty 20 + 1 = 21 (twenty-one)
30- Thirty 30 + 2 = 32 (thirty two)
40 – Forty 40 + 3 = 43 (forty three)
50 – Fifty 50 + 4 = 54 (fifty four)
60 – Sixty 60 + 5 = 65 (sixty five)
70 – Seventy 70 + 6 = 76 (seventy six)
80 – Eighty 80 + 7 = 87 (eighty seven)
90 – Ninety 90 + 8 = 98 (ninety eight)
100 – one hundred 100 + 9 = 109 (one hundred nine)
100 + 25 = 125 (one hundred twenty-five)
Exercise:
WRITE THE NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS:
27 ____________________________ 61 ___________________________
49 ____________________________ 78 ___________________________
55 ____________________________ 44 ___________________________
96 ____________________________ 32 ___________________________
23 ____________________________ 88 ___________________________
EXERCISE
WRITE THE NUMBERS:
Sixty - six _________________________ Twenty-two __________________________
Forty - nine ________________________ Thirty - eight __________________________
Twenty-seven _____________________ Fifty - five ____________________________
Seventy - three _____________________ Eighty - four __________________________
Ninety - one _______________________ Fifty - eight ___________________________
EXERCISE 162
FIGURE OUT THE FOLLOWING MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS:
32 – 12 = ______________________ 51 + 10 = ________________________
27 + 15 = ______________________ (15 + 5) – 10 = ___________________
13 + 13 = _______________________ 15 · 2 = __________________________
95 – 12 = _______________________ 100:5 + 11= _____________________
EXERCISE:
Are you good at math? Then, solve these problems.
1.There are two rulers, three books, five notebooks, an eraser, two pencils, and a compass on the teacher's desk. How many objects are there on her desk?
2. There are fifteen books on the shelf: Three history books, two biology books, and five math books. The rest of them are English books. How many English books are there on the shelf?
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3. There are 30 students in the class. The principal gave the teacher 95 pencils. How many pencils should she give each student? How many pencils must she return (or keep)?
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¿Has observado que cuando la profesora escribe la fecha en el pizarrón pone unas letras junto al número que indica el día del mes?
Tuesday, November 5th, 2001.
Esas letras después del número expresan orden; es decir, se trata de un número ordinal, en este caso quinto día de noviembre. Las letras varían según el número. Aunque no aparezcan escritas observarás que siempre están cuando se dice la fecha.
¡Sí! Es cierto que las letras no son siempre las mismas, pero es muy sencillo aprenderse la regla:
Los números terminados en uno (1), excepto el 11, llevan st, porque 1st es first, 21st es twenty-first, 31st es thirty-first.
Los números terminados en dos (2), excepto el 12, llevan nd, porque 2nd es second, 22nd es twenty-second.
Los números terminados en tres (3), excepto el 13, llevan rd porque 3rd es third, 23rd es twenty-third.Todos los demás, incluyendo el 11, el 12 y el 13 llevan th porque 4th es fourth, 11th es eleventh, 12th es twelfth, 13th es thirteenth, etc.
1.Asking and telling where someone is from
You meet two foreigners on the street. They are talking in English.
A: Excuse me. Are you Canadians, by any chance?
B: No.
A: I'm sorry. Where are you from?
B: Ah, we're from New Zealand.
A: Oh, I see. Thank you.
Exercise:
With your teacher, look at the countries, nationality words, and languages on the list below. Group the countries according to the continent they belong to; say what you call the people who come from each of the countries, and say what language they speak. You may want to guide yourselves by these questions:
In what continent is ...?
What do you call the people from ...?
What language do they speak in ...?
Some countries , nationalities, and languages
COUNTRY NATIONALITY LANGUAGE
Argentina Argentinean Spanish
Australia Australian English
Austria Austrian German
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
Canada Canadian English / French
Cuba Cuban Spanish
France French French
Germany German German
Greece Greek Greek
Italy Italian Italian
Jamaica Jamaican English
Mexico Mexican Spanish
Poland Polish Polish
Russia Russian Russian
Spain Spanish Spanish
SPELLING RULE (Reglas ortográficas)
Los gentilicios (nacionalidades, idiomas), los días de la semana y los meses del año se escriben con letra inicial mayúscula (capital letter) en inglés, pero recuerda que en español no es así. Ejemplos:
cubano ? Cuban
viernes ? Friday
enero ? January
EXERCISE 166
Complete the following information about yourself, and about other people.
Hi!
I'm from _____________. I'm Cuban. I speak ____________.
This is Luis, from Mexico. He is _________________. He speaks _________________. And this is Francoise. She is from Canada. She is ______________. She speaks ____ and English.
Exercise:
Guadalupe — Mexico ___________________________________________________________.
Vladimir — Russia _____________________________________________________________.
Lola — Spain _________________________________________________________________.
Mark — Germany ______________________________________________________________.
Owen — Jamaica ______________________________________________________________.
Where are you from? = What nationality are you?
Exercise:
Look up the following information about these personalities and write short paragraphs about them:
• their nationalities
• the language each speaks or spoke
• the places where they live or lived
1.Gabriel García Márquez
2.Paul Mc Cartney
3.Diego Armando Maradona
4.Vladimir Putin
5.Hugo Chávez
Exercise:
Practice this dialogue with your partner
Two strangers are sitting next to each other on a train.
A: Hello. My name is Lucy.
B: Where are you from, Lucy?
A: _____________________________.
B: ______________________________.
EXERCISE:
HANGMAN
This is a game. You are going to draw a line for each of the letters in the name of a country. Your partner will try to guess the right letter in the word. If she cannot guess the right letters, You will start drawing a hanged man. Every time your partner misses a letter, You will draw one part of his/her body (head, limb, and so forth), the tree and the rope to hang him/her with. Then, change roles. After you have finished, write the names of the countries according to the language they speak. For example:
S P A I N Spanish
R ___ U___ S___ S____ I_____ A Russian, etc.
EXERCISE:
Work in pairs and prepare a presentation about someone you consider your hero or heroine. You may follow these hints:
name
address
age
birthday
birthplace
Exercise:
With your teacher, look at the countries, nationality words, and languages on the list given above. Group the countries according to the continent they belong to; say what you call the people who come from each of the countries, and say what language they speak. You may want to guide yourselves by these questions:
In what continent is ...?
What do you call the people from ...?
What language do they speak in ...?
