Presentaciones formales e informales, títulos y profesiones Módulo 1. Gramática
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Capítulo 1
Presentaciones formales
e informales, títulos y profesiones
Módulo 1. Gramática
Hi!
Hello!
What’s up?
How are you?
How are you doing?
Exercise1
Use la forma apropiada del verbo ser o estar.
Hi! Kevin. My last name ____ Wilford. My mother ____ an architect. My father ____ a
businessman. My brother _____ an electrical engineer. My sister ____ a bioengineer.
Exercise 2
Use la forma apropiada del verbo ser o estar.
This ____ my brother, Josh. He ____ 19 years old. This ____ my sister, Kay. She _____15
years old. We _____ good friends.
Exercise 3
Order the following presentation. (Ordene la presentación, siguiendo el orden lógico de salu-
do, presentación y despedida).
1. Glad to meet you Marilyn.
2. Nice to meet you too, Pete.
3. I’m okay.
4. Pete. This is Marilyn.
5. Hello Marilyn. How are you?
6. Hi, Pete!
7. Fine, thank you and you?
El orden es: ___________________________________________________________.
Inglés para Ingenieros I – English for Engineers I - Universidad de Antioquia - Programa de Educación a Distancia —Ude@—
Workbook - Capítulo 1
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Exercise 4
Complete the following presentation. Use the appropriate form of the verb
To Be
in the third
person. (Utilice la forma apropiada del verbo
To
Be
en tercera persona).
This _______ Dereck. He ________13 years old. He ______ from South Africa. He ________
visiting some relatives. He _________ a student.
Exercise 5
Utilice el vocabulario que ya conoce para presentar a un amigo o a una amiga.
I have a female friend. She _____ ______years old. Her mother _____ ______ (profession);
his father ______a medical doctor. She has 3 brothers and 1 sister. They live in Puerto Rico.
Exercise 6
Write sentences using the following vocabulary. Write positive or negative sentences according
to likes and dislikes. Use the correct form of the verb
To Be.
(Escriba oraciones afrmativas y negativas utilizando el vocabulario siguiente, de acuerdo
con sus preferencias o no preferencias. Use las formas correctas del verbo ser o estar).
a. I have a pet. It / be / beautiful / ugly
____________________________________________.
b. In July, in Argentina, the climate / be / warm / cold
____________________________________________.
c. In winter, I / be / hungry / thirsty
____________________________________________.
d. China / be / continent / country
___________________________________________.
e. My sister’s apartment / be / comfortable / uncomfortable
___________________________________________.
f. Los Angeles / be / Canada / USA
___________________________________________.
g. My mother / be / afraid of airplanes / afraid of buses
___________________________________________.
h. Paris / be / interesting city / boring city
___________________________________________.
i. Some laptops / be / cheap / expensive
___________________________________________.
Inglés para Ingenieros I – English for Engineers I - Universidad de Antioquia - Programa de Educación a Distancia —Ude@—
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Exercise 7
Use the appropriate subject pronoun to complete the following presentations.
a. Heather: How are_____today, Dereck?
b. Dereck_ ______am fne, thanks.
c. This is my son. ______is 11 years old.
d. This is his female friend, Camila. _______ is 10 years old.
e. _____ are in the same school.
Exercise 8
Use the indefnite article a or an before the following words.
My father is 50 years old. He is ___ professor in Universidad de La Plata. My mother is 40
years old; she is ___ psychologist. My brother Santiago is 20 years old; he is _____ electrical
engineer. My sister is also 20 years old because they are twins; she is _____ administrative
engineer.
Exercise 9
Answer the following questions using affrmative or negative short answers according to the
information required.
a. Are you brothers and sisters? Yes, _______.
b. Is he your father? No, ______ _______.
c. Is she your mother? Yes, _________.
d. Are you ninety years old? No, ______ _______.
e. Are you in high school? No, ______ _______.
f. Are your bother, your sister, and you students? Yes, ______.
Exercise 10
Answer the following questions about yourself using short answers.
a. What is your name?___________________________________.
b. What’s your address? _________________________________.
c. What’s your cell phone or mobile phone number? ___________________________.
d. How old are you? ____________________________________.
e. What’s your preferred soccer team?______________________________________.
f. What’s your father’s profession? _______________________________________.
g. What’s your mother’s profession? ________________________________________.
Inglés para Ingenieros I – English for Engineers I - Universidad de Antioquia - Programa de Educación a Distancia —Ude@—
Workbook - Capítulo 1
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Exercise 11
Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate possessive adjectives.
In ____ family, we love pets. _____ father has a cat. _____ name is Xixi; ____ skin is very
soft; it is a peaceful cat. ______ grandmother has a female parrot. It is talking all the time. I
have a dog. When the parrot talks, the cat says miau and the dog barks. Since the parrot is
talking all the time, _____ house is always noisy.
Exercise 12
Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate possessive adjective.
_____ friends Johana and Dasika also love pets. They have a snake and a hampster. _____
pets live in ____ rooms. _____ other brothers and sisters are afraid of ______ pets.
Exercise 13
Complete the following paragraph with the appropriate ’s possessive.
Example: Mary has many friends. Mary’s friends live in USA.
a. Jimmy has different types of automobiles. _____________ automobiles are old and new.
b. My brother has a very important
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