LET’S GET STARTED!

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LET’S GET STARTED!

• What`s your name?  My name is…  
• Where are you from?  I am from...              
• How are you?  I am fine 

(Happy / Tired /  So far so good / So so / Sick / Bored / Angry / Busy / Nervous)

1-The Alphabet.        

A (ei)    B (bi)    C (si)    D (di)    E (i)    F (ef)    G (yi)    H (eich)    I (ai)    J (yei)          

K (kei)     L (el)    M (em)     N (en)     O (ou)    P (pi)     Q (kiu)    R (ar)    S (es)

T (ti)     U (iu)     V (vi)     W (dobliu)     X (ecs)     Y (uai)     Z (zi)

- How do you spell your name?                      

a- Spelling Practice:

* CIA, FBI, UCA, UAM, CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, UNAN, HBO, DF, NBC, NICA, YES, USB!   

* CEC, BAC, URSS, GOD, BBC, SAC, LBC, CVD, CDS, PAZ, BEA, OTAN, SOS, ONU, NO!

b- Vocabulary: Pen, Pencil, Book, Teacher, Student, Chair, Desk, Ruler, TV, Door, Fan, Window, Eraser, School, Computer, Notebook, Cellphone, Car, Bicycle, Table, Backpack, Motorcycle, Wall, House, Street, Floor, Bus, Lamp, Boombox, Kitchen, Living room, Dining room, Yard, Basement, Porch, Bathroom, Bedroom, Garden.

c- Singular - Indefinite Article - A/AN: Un, Una.

Examples: A pen / A computer / A school

Examples: An eraser / An apple / An orange

d- Singular and Plural - Definite Article - THE: (La, El, Los, Las)  

Examples: The pen / The pens    The apple / The apples

2-Greetings and Farewells.

Greetings                                              Farewells

Good morning                                      Good bye / bye

Good afternoon                                    Good night

Good evening                                       See you / See ya

Hello / Hi / Hi there!                              Have a nice day

How you doing?                                    See you later (tomorrow, soon, then)

How’s everything?                                 Catch you later

How’s it going?                                     Take care

Introductions

Carlos: Hello, Maria; how are you?

Maria: I’m fine, Carlos; and you?    Hi (Karen)

Carlos: I’m good; Oh, Excuse me, Maria. This is Karen.  

            Karen, This is Maria.

Karen: Nice to meet you, Maria.

Maria: Nice meeting you, too; Karen.

Writing and Speaking Practice: Write a small dialog using the vocabulary given. Be creative, then perform it in front of the class.

3-Singular and Plural (Nouns).

a- If the nouns ends in CH, SH, O, X, SS add ES to the words.

Examples:   Church – Churches     Fox – Foxes     Kiss – Kisses     Dish – Dishes

                     Tomato – Tomatoes    Box – Boxes    Beach – Beaches

b- If the noun ends in Consonant + Y, drop the Y and add IES to the words.

Examples:   City – Cities      Country – Countries     Lady – Ladies     Fly - Flies

c- If the noun ends in Vowel + Y, add just S to the words.

Examples:    Boy – Boys       Key – Keys       Toy – Toys

d- If the nouns ends in F, FE, change F / Fe and write VES.

Examples:     Life – Lives    Knife – Knives     Wife – Wives    Wolf - Wolves

e- Add S to the rest of the words.

Examples:    Dog – Dogs      School – Schools      Computer - Computers

Irregular Plurals.

Child – Children  

Foot – Feet  

Person – People

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