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    This document provides information about describing people physically and emotionally in English. It discusses using adjectives with the verb "to be" and includes examples of describing family members. Contractions of "to be" and yes/no questions with "to be" are also demonstrated. Several vocabulary lists are then provided with English and Spanish translations of physical characteristics and personality adjectives commonly used to describe people. Finally, an exercise is given to practice the present simple form of the auxiliary verb "to do".

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    Capítulo 1 - Chapter 1 TÍO

    1. Function: DESCRIBING PEOPLE PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY

    Describir personas en su aspecto físico y emocional es uno de los usos más


    comunes que tiene un idioma, en inglés se pregunta de dos formas distintas
    dependiendo de qué aspecto queremos conocer, entonces para preguntar se
    utiliza:

    ¿Cómo se ve tu mamá? What does your mom look like?


    ¿Cómo es tu mamá? What is your mom like?
    ¿Cómo está tu mamá? How is your mom?
    John: Hey Alex, I think i saw your mom at the mall today.
    Alex: What did she look like?
    John: She is tall, quite chubby and she has short and dark hair.
    Alex: Oh yeah, it sounds like my mom!

    2. & 3. Verb and grammar: TO BE AND PRONOUNS

    El verbo to be es usado para expresar las acciones de ser, estar o parecer.

    PRONOUNS VERB TO BE PAST OF VERB


    TO BE
    I I am I was
    You You are You were
    He He is He was
    She She is She was
    It It is It was
    We We are We were
    They They are They were

    I am chubby. Estoy gordito.


    You are tall. Eres alto.
    He is hungry. Él esta hambriento.
    She is funny. Ella es graciosa.
    We are fast. Somos rápidos.
    They are young. Ellos son jóvenes.
    CONTRACCIONES DEL VERBO TO BE:
    FULL FORM CONTRACTED FORM
    I am I'm
    I am not I'm not
    You are You're
    You are not You're not / You aren't
    He is He is
    He is not He's not / He isn't
    She is She is
    She is not She's not/ She isn't
    It is It is
    It is not It's not/ It isn't
    We are We're
    We are not We aren't / We're not
    They are
    They're
    They are not
    They aren't / They're not

    PREGUNTAS DE SI/NO con verbo TO BE:


    Las preguntas de si y no con el verbo TO BE se hacen de la siguiente forma:
    Am I happy? ¿Soy feliz?
    Are you skinny? ¿Eres delgado?
    Is he nervous? ¿Está él nervioso?
    Is she young? ¿Es ella joven?
    Is it cold? ¿Está frio?
    Are we friends? ¿Somos amigos?
    Are they old? ¿Ellos son viejos?
    4. Fonética /i:/
    Sonido idéntico a la i larga en español como en Iglesia, Piso, Cortina, etc…

    Té Tea /ti/ - /ˈtiː/


    Ovejas Sheep /ʃip/ - /ˈʃiːp/
    Nosotros We /wi/ - /ˈwiː/
    /iː/
    Ver See /si/ - /ˈsiː/
    Calor Heat /hit/ - /ˈhiːt/
    Encontrarse/Reunión Meet /mit/ - /ˈmiːt/
    5. Mnemotecnia

    Llegó una tarde donde mi tío y golpeo la puerta, cuando me abre me dice sin saludarme:
    “You are fat”, como no lo veo hace mucho me sorprende y le digo “You look sick”, me
    dice que entre y vamos a la sala, cuando nos sentamos le pregunto "How is your wife?"
    (¿Cómo está tu esposa?), él me responde "She is sad because I am sick" (Ella está triste
    porque estoy enfermo), después le pregunto "How does she look like?" (¿Cómo se ve
    ella?) ya que no la veo hace mucho tiempo, él me contesta "She is short, chubby and
    pretty" (Ella es bajita, gordita y bonita) como no la veo hace mucho quiero saber cómo es
    ella como persona entonces le digo a mi tío "And what is she like?" (¿y cómo es ella?)
    "She is considerate, polite and a little absent-minded" (Ella es considerada, educada y
    un poco distraida), luego pregunto por mi primo "How is my cousin doing?" (¿Cómo le
    está yendo a mi primo?) y mi tío me dice "He is doing well, he is young and smart" (Él
    está bien, es joven e inteligente), después de preguntarle por su familia le pregunto ¿Qué
    hay para hacer? Y él me dice que en la tarde “We Leave and See Sheeps at the Sea (Nos
    vamos y vemos ovejas en el mar).

    VOCABULARY PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION


    ENGLISH ESPAÑOL
    Wrinkles Arrugas
    Spots/pimples Granos
    Moles Lunares
    Facial features Rasgos faciales
    Worried Preocupado
    Surprised Sorprendido
    Freckles Pecas
    Birthmark Marca de nacimiento
    Dimple Hoyuelo
    Warts Verrugas
    Happy Feliz
    Sad Triste
    Angry Enojado
    Smile Sonrisa
    Cross-eyed Bizco
    Blind Ciego
    Blind in one eye Tuerto
    To wink Guiñar el ojo
    Black eye Ojo morado
    Stye Orzuelo
    Arched eyebrows Cejas arqueadas
    Thick eyebrows Cejas pobladas
    Bushy eyebrows Cejas tupidas
    Eyelashes Pestañas
    False teeth Dentadura postiza
    Buckteeth Dientes salidos
    Chapped lips Labios agrietados
    Bald Calvo
    Bunches Coletas
    Shinny hair Pelo brillante
    Short hair Pelo corto
    Frizzy hair Pelo crespo
    Spiky hair Pelo en punta
    Greasy hair Pelo graso/grasoso
    Shoulder-lenght hair Pelo hasta los hombros
    Lank hair Pelo lacio
    Long hair Pelo largo
    Straight hair Pelo liso
    Wavy hair Pelo ondulado
    Curly hair Pelo rizado (churco,
    crespo)
    Dyed hair Pelo teñido
    Grey hair Pelo canoso
    Dandruff Caspa
    Split ends Puntas abiertas
    Streaks Mechones
    Sideburns Patillas
    Ponytail Cola de caballo
    Wig Peluca
    Pigtail Trenza
    Tall Alto
    Short Bajo
    Médium height De estatura media
    Medium build Talla media
    Plump Gordito
    Fat Gordo
    Hunchback Joroba
    Beer belly Panza
    Ugly Feo/fea
    Pretty, Good looking, Guapa, bonita, linda
    attractive Guapo
    Handsome, Good looking, Preciosa, lindísima,
    Beautiful hermosa, bella

    VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES

    ENGLISH ESPAÑOL
    Kind Amable, bondadoso
    Ambitious Ambicioso
    Unpleasant Antipático
    Passionate Apasionado
    Arrogant Arrogante
    Calm Calmado
    Whimsical, capricious Caprichoso
    Coward Cobarde
    Competitive Competitivo
    Understanding Comprensivo
    Considerate Considerado
    Brave, Courageous Valiente
    Polite Cortés, educado
    Creative Creativo
    Gullible, naive, credulous, Crédulo, inocente
    innocent Cruel, despiadado
    Ruthless, cruel, merciless Depravado
    Vicious Desalmado
    Carefree Despreocupado
    Absent-minded Distraído

    Exercises:
    1.Completar los espacios con la forma correcta del auxiliar “to do” del presente simple
    1. ___ she have blue eyes?
    Yes, she ___.
    2. ___ you wash the dishes?
    No, I ___.
    3. ___ they read the newspaper?
    Yes, they ___.
    4. ____ your mom speak english?
    Yes, she _____.

    2. Completar con la forma correcta del verbo en presente simple.


    1. She ____ in the park at night. (To walk)
    2. They ____ at a fancy restaurant (To eat)
    3. We _____ together since long ago (To live)
    4. He _____ a heavy bag to work (To carry)

    3. Describirse físicamente utilizando el vocabulario visto en el capítulo, describir también


    cómo es usted como persona.

    What do I look like? What am I like?

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