This document provides an overview of an English unit covering basic grammar topics including verbs, pronouns, possessives, and questions. It includes examples and explanations of these concepts. It also lists the assessment items for the unit and their values.
This document provides an overview of an English unit covering basic grammar topics including verbs, pronouns, possessives, and questions. It includes examples and explanations of these concepts. It also lists the assessment items for the unit and their values.
This document provides an overview of an English unit covering basic grammar topics including verbs, pronouns, possessives, and questions. It includes examples and explanations of these concepts. It also lists the assessment items for the unit and their values.
This document provides an overview of an English unit covering basic grammar topics including verbs, pronouns, possessives, and questions. It includes examples and explanations of these concepts. It also lists the assessment items for the unit and their values.
• This is… / What is this in English? • Negative form of questions • Possessive adjectives and possessive with “‘s” -> “apostrophe S” Items to grade Value Participation in class Homework Integrative activity Midterm exam Second term exam Pronoun Pronoun Possessive Adjective Pronouns Pronombres I Yo My -> My cellphone Mi -> Mi celular. You Tú Your -> Your camera Tu -> Tu cámara. He Él Our -> Our friend Nuestro -> Nuestro amigo. She Ella Its -> Its cable. Su (para cosas) -> Su cable. (de alguna cosa) It Eso/esa (cosas) Her -> Her purse. Su/ Suyo (femenino) -> Su bolsa / vuestra bolsa We Nosotros His -> His bagpack. Su / Suyo (masculino) -> Su mochila / vuestra mochila They Ellos Their -> Their food. Su / Suyo (plural) -> Su comida (de ellos).
Verb to be… -> am/ is / Are
Verbs • Verbs are words that communicate action, a state of being, an occurrence. Static verbs Dynamic verbs Verbs that communicate emotions, Verbs that communicate movement. sensations, belonging.
Have (todos los demás) = has Tener
(pronombres tercera persona singular) Sentence word order Love (todo los demás) = loves Querer / amar (pronombres tercera persona Subject singular) object Like (todos los demás) = likes Gustar (pronombres tercera persona Pete’s dog bit Mike. singular) Work (todos los demás) = trabajar Verb Works (pronombres tercera persona singular) How to make questions in english?
“Wh” questions Word Meaning Example What Qué What are you doing? Why Por qué Why are you singing? Where Dónde Where do you live? Who Quién Who is your teacher? When Cuándo When is your birthday? Which Cuál Which phone is yours? Noun (sustantivo) • Types of nouns:
• Abstract: art, responsibility, anger, efficiency… (algo que perceives o
sientes pero no lo puedes ver)
• Proper (name of people, places, events): Jane, London, August…
A Little bit of grammar •Adjective • Are words which give extra Information about nouns.
• Many adjectives are formed from other words (nouns):
• History -> historic; beauty -> beautiful; depend -> dependent
•Adverbs • Adverbs are words which modify or give extra Information about verbs. • Tomorrow, here, never, FAST. • He is moving fast. • To Born (nacer) -> Born to be alive!... I was born yesterday. (nací ayer) Conjunctions • We link sentences and clauses with conjunctions. • Examples: • And, but, or
Preposition Prepositions may be similar to adverbs, they can be the same words, nevertheless they work differently. This words change the meaning of the noun. Articles • Articles precede nouns and some other words (e.g. few, Little and adjectives) in a noun phrase: • examples: • a/an • The We use an: We use a: Before vowels sounds (a, e, i, o u) and words that Before consonant sounds (bcdfgjklmnpqrstvxy) and start with silent h: Before u/eu when pronounced /j/ Ex. Ex. A chef An artist A dragon An electrician A doctor An athlete A university An aeroplane Numbers Phonetics VOWELS CONSONANTS IPA EXAMPLES IPA EXAMPLES ʌ cup, luck b bad, lab ɑ: arm, father d did, lady Æ cat, black f find, if E met, bed g give, flag ə away, cinema h how, hello ɜ:ʳ turn, learn j yes, yellow ɪ hit, sitting k cat, back i: see, heat l leg, little ɒ hot, rock m man, lemon ɔ: call, four n no, ten ʊ put, could ŋ sing, finger u: blue, food p pet, map aɪ five, eye r red, try aʊ now, out s sun, miss eɪ say, eight ʃ she, crash His/her • Professions: • Architect • Doctor
• “¿Qué son los pronombres y adjetivos posesivos?” by Dora Luz Muñoz Rincón from [https://www.upb.edu.co/es/central-blogs/ortografia/pronombres-adjetivos- posesivos]
