Escuela Básica Particular Nº 2271 Altas Cumbres del Rosal Maipú Prof. Julián Quiero Serrano. Unit 2 “Countries, cultures and customs” 8th Grade Name:_______________________________________________________________________________ LESSON 1: HE TRAVELS EVERY YEAR Objective: Recordar tiempo verbal Presente Simple. 1. Read the following sentences: I walk to school Yo camino al colegio He travels every year Él viaja cada año SIMPLE PRESENT They go to the beach Ellos van a la playa STRUCTURE: I, you, we, they + verb + complement I play football He, she, it + verb(S) + complement He plays football. I, you, we, they + don’t + verb+ complement I don’t play football He, she, it + doesn’t + verb+ complement He doesn’t play football. Do + I, you, we, they + verb+ complement? Do you play football? Does + He, she, it + verb+ complement? Does he play football? Affirmative Negative Interrogative PARA “HE, SHE, IT” AGREGAMOS UNA “S” AL VERBO EN LA AFIRMACIÓN YOU CAN SAY: DON’T OR DO NOT DOESN’T OR DOES NOT Examples: - I play tennis (Yo juego tenis). - She does not play tennis (Ella no juega tenis). - Does he play tennis? (¿Él juega tenis?). - She cooks pasta on Fridays (Ella cocina pasta los Viernes). - They work in London (Ellos trabajan en Londres). Activity 1: Make questions and negative sentences (Haz preguntas y oraciones negativas). Example: He works at a hospital. Question: Does he work at the hospital? Negative: He doesn’t work at the hospital. 1. They watch TV in the evenings. Question: _________________________________? Negative: _________________________________. 2. Jane goes to Viña del Mar every month. Question: _________________________________? Negative: _________________________________. 3. We visit our grandparents every weekend. Question: _________________________________? Negative: _________________________________. 4. My brother works in Paris. Question: _________________________________? Negative: _________________________________. Activity 2: Match the questions to the answers (Une las preguntas a sus respuestas). 1. What time does she get up? _____ A. She works in luxury Hotel. 2. How does she go to work? _____ B. She walks to work. 3. Does she have breakfast every day? _____ C. She gets up at 7:00. 4. What does she do in the afternoon? _____ D. No, she doesn’t. 5. Where does she work in a hotel? E. She watches Netflix. _____ Activity 3: Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets (Completa las oraciones con los verbos en paréntesis). 1. Daniel _________ (serve) the breakfast every day. 2. She __________ (work) at the airport. 3. Every Saturday, Paul _________ (go) to the gym. 4. In the mornings, Betty ___________ (take) her sister to school. 5.We __________(go) to the swimming pool. 6. John and Mary _________ (travel) to Europe every year. 7. Peter __________ (speak) English. 8. Monkeys __________(eat) bananas at the zoo. 9. Jane ____________ (buy) a book. 10. We ___________ (have) a big garden. LESSON 2: I COME FROM CHILE! Objective: Identificar vocabulario relacionado a los países y nacionalidades. - Where are you from? - I am from Chile. - I am chilean. Para preguntar por la nacionalidad de alguien utilizamos: Where are you from? / Where do you come from? Where does he come from? Who speaks?... what?... where?... Country Nationality Language Australia Australian English Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Chile Chilean Spanish China Chinese Mandarin Egypt Egyptian Arabic France French French Germany German German Greece Greek Greek Italy Italian Italian Japan Japanese Japanese Korea Korean Korean Poland Polish Polish Russia Russian Russian Spain Spanish Spanish Switzerland Swiss Swiss, German, French, Italian. Thailand Thai Thai Turkey Turkish Turkish The USA (United States of America) American English The UK (United Kingdom) British English “I come from Argentina, so I’m Argentinian and my first language is Spanish. The capital is Buenos Aires, which has a population of more than 10 million people”. Parts of the world The continents in the world are Europe, Africa, Asia, America (North America, Central America, South America), Australia and Antarctica. Activity 1: Answer the questions (Responde las preguntas). 1. What nationality are people from Poland? ________________. 2. What nationality are people from Thailand? ________________. 3. What language is spoken in Spain? _________________. 4. Where do people speak Greek? __________________. 5. Where do people speak Turkish? _________________. 6. What language in spoken in Brazil? __________________. 7. What language is spoken in Egypt? __________________. 8. What nationality are people from Germany? ________________. 9. Write down 3 countries whose first language is English? _____________. Activity 2: What part of the world are these countries in? Write the continent (¿En que parte del mundo están estos países? Escribe el continente). 1. Germany: 4.Italy 2. Japan 5. Jamaica 3. Chile 6. Argentina Activity 3: Complete the sentences using the countries in the box (Completa las oraciones utilizando los países en el cuadro). Turkey – Thailand – Korea – Argentina – Russia - Greece 1. Bangkok is the capital of __________________. 4. Moscow is the capital of ___________________. 2. Ankara is the capital of ___________________. 5. Buenos Aires is the capital of________________. 3. Seoul is the capital of ____________________. 6. Athens is the capital of _____________________. Activity 4: Who are they? Where they come from? Complete the sentences (¿Quiénes son ellos? ¿De donde vienen? Completa las oraciones). 1. Justin Bieber is from___________. 2. Daddy Yankee is from___________. 3. Shakira is from___________. He is ______________. He is ______________. She is ______________. LESSON 3: Brazil is bigger than Chile! Objective: Identificar y utilizar adjectivos comparativos. What is an adjective? Adjectives are describing words. They describe nouns and pronouns. Chile is a long country (Chile es un país largo) A beautiful woman (Una mujer hermosa) Comparative adjectives: Comparatives are used to compare and clarify the difference between two nouns. In other words, comparative adjectives are used when two persons or objects are being compared. Short Adjectives John is taller than Peter John es más alto que Peter. Adjective: Tall (alto) Comparative: Taller (más alto) Long Adjectives Guatemala is more dangerous than Ecuador Guatemala es más peligroso que Ecuador Adjective: Dangerous Comparative: more dangerous Irregular Adjectives: Good: Better Samsung is better than Xiomi. Common comparative adjectives Bad: Worse Telepizza is worse than Papa Johns. Far: further Arica is further than Copiapo. Activity 1: Write the comparative form of the adjectives below (Escribe la forma comparativa de los siguientes adjectivos). Activity 2: Complete the sentences using the adjectives in brackets (Completa las oraciones usando los adjetivos en paréntesis). 1. I am (tall) ________taller than ______ my sister. 2. Sarah is (busy) _____________________________________ Mary. 3. The sun is (hot) _____________________________________ the earth. 4. The earth is (large) _____________________________________ the moon. 5. Elephants are (big) _____________________________________ horses. 6. Action movies are (exciting) _____________________________________ comedies. 7. This restaurant is (good) _____________________________________ that restaurant. 8. Salads are (healthy) _____________________________________ hamburgers. 9. I think weekends are (nice) _____________________________________ weekdays. 10. Lions are (dangerous) _____________________________________ rabbits. 11. The sun is (far) _____________________________________ the moon. 12. That hotel is (bad) _____________________________________ this hotel. 13. Cars are (fast) _____________________________________ bicycles. 14. I am (nervous) _____________________________________ my friend. LESSON 4: THE BIGGEST COUNTRY Objective: Identificar y utilizar superlativos. Superlative Adjectives A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use the word “the” with a superlative. “Russia is the biggest country in the world” Short Adjectives Long Adjectives Summer is the hottest season El verano es la estación más calurosa Adjective: Hot (caluroso / caliente) Superlative: Hotter (el/la más calurosa) I think math is the most difficult subject Yo creo que matemática es la asignatura más difícil Adjective: Difficult (Difícil) Comparative: the most difficult (el/la más difícil) Irregular Adjectives: Good: The best Summer is the best season Bad: The worst Sharknado is the worst movie! Far: The furthest My car is the furthest one. Activity 1: Complete the sentences using the adjectives in brackets (Completa las oraciones usando los adjetivos en paréntesis). 1. I am (tall) __________________________________ person in my family. 2. Jupiter is (big) __________________________________ planet in our solar system. 3. Elephants are (large) __________________________________ land animals on earth. 4. We bought (expensive) __________________________________ TV in the store. 5. Which sports do you think (dangerous) is __________________________________? 6. My cat (lazy) is __________________________________ animal I know. 7. This restaurant serves (good) __________________________________ food in town. 8. I think math is (difficult) __________________________________ subject. 9. What is (long) __________________________________ word in English that you know? 10. He is (strange) __________________________________ man in the story. 11. Last week, I had (bad) __________________________________ time of my life! 12. Which place is (hot) __________________________________ place on earth? 13. I think it is (funny) __________________________________ show on television. 14. My friend is (interesting) __________________________________ person I know. 15. Who is (famous) __________________________________ person in your country. Answer key LESSON 1 Activity 1: 1. They watch TV in the evenings. Question: Do they watch TV in the evenings? Negative: They don’t watch TV in the evenings. 2. Jane goes to Viña del Mar every month. Question: Does Jane go to Viña del mar every month? Negative: Jane doesn’t go to Viña del mar every month. 3. We visit our grandparents every weekend. Question: Do we visit our grandparents every weekend? Negative: We don’t visit our grandparents every weekend. 4. My brother works in Paris. Question: Does my brother work in Paris? Negative: My brother doesn’t work in Paris. 6. Greece LESSON 3 Activity 1: Activity 2: 1.C 2.B 3.D 4.E 5.A Activity 3: 1. serves 2. works 3. goes. 4. takes 5. go 6. travel 7. speaks 8. eat 9. buy 10. have LESSON 2 Activity 1: 1. Polish 2. Thai 3. Spanish 4. Greece 5. Turkey 6. Portuguese 7. Arabic 8. German 9. Australia, The UK, The USA, or others. Activity 2: 1. Europe 2. Asia 3. South America 4. Europe 5. North America 6. South America Activity 3: 1. Thailand 2. Turkey 3. Korea 4. Russia 5. Argentina Activity 2: 1. taller than 2. busier than 3. hotter than 4. larger than 5. bigger than 6. more exciting than 7. better than 8. healthier than 9. nicer than 10. amore dangerous than 11. farther / further than 12. worse than 13. faster than 14. more nervous than LESSON 4 Activity 1: 1. the tallest 2. the biggest 3. the largest 4. the most expensive 5. the most dangerous 6. he laziest 7. the best 8. the most difficult 9. the longest 10. the strangest 11. the worst 12. the hottest 13. the funniest 14. the most interesting 15. the most famous
