Question Words

Palabras interrogativas
Where are you from?

Where...? ¿De dónde eres /son (ustedes)?

¿Dónde? Where is she from?

¿De dónde es ella?

I’m from... Cuándo queremos expresar nuestra

procedencia, podemos hacerlo de dos
Soy de... maneras:

1. Usando la preposición from, que significa

“de”, pero en éste caso expresa el origen o la
procedencia de una persona o cosa.
“This chair is from China”

2. Usando el adjetivo de nacionalidad:

“I’m Spanish” y en este caso ya no se utiliza
la preposición from.

Vocabulary
Argentina Argentina Peru Perú
Argentinian Argentino-a Peruvian Peruano-a
Australia Australia Portugal Portugal
Australian Australiano-a Portuguese Portugués-a
Chile Chile Spain España
Chilean Chileno-a Spanish Español-a
China China Switzerland Suiza
Chinese Chino-a Swiss Suizo-a
Denmark Dinamarca Uruguay Uruguay
Danish Danés-a Uruguayan Uruguayo-a
France Francia Venezuela Venezuela
French Francés-a Venezuelan Venezolano-a
Germany Alemania
German Alemán-a
Italy Italia
Italian Italiano-a
Jamaica Jamaica
Jamaican Jamaicano-a
Japan Japón
Japanese Japonés-a
Mexico México
Mexican Mexicano-a
Match the columns
1. This doctor is English. ( ) a) Las secretarias son de Francia
2. The table is from Spain. ( ) b) Soy de Chile
3. My grandfather is from Switzerland. ( ) c) El novio de ella es de Portugal
4. Jaime and Jose are from Mexico. ( ) d) Este doctor es inglés
5. That laptop is Chinese ( ) e) El elefante es australiano
6. I’m from Chile ( ) f) La mesa es de España
7. Her boyfriend is from Portugal ( ) g) Jaime y José son de México
8. The secretaries are from France ( ) h) Tu tía y tu tío son de Uruguay
9. Your aunt and your uncle are i) Mi abuelo es de Suiza
from Uruguay ( ) j) La laptop es china
10. The elephant is Australian. ( )

Answer the questions

1. Where is the doctor from?

2. Where are the secretaries from?
3. Where is the table from?
4. Where is that laptop from?
5. Where is the elephant from?

Circle the right answer

1. Is my grandphater from Mexico? YES / NO

2. Are Jaime and Jose from Spain? YES / NO
3. Are your aunt and uncle from Uruguay? YES / NO
4. Is her boyfriend from Portugal? YES / NO
5. Am I from Jamaica? YES / NO

Fill in your fact file

Name: Surname:
What’s your name? What’s your surname?

Occupation:
What do you do?

Nationality:
Where are you from?

Birthday Date:
When is your birthday?

Age:
How old are you?

Address:
What’s your address?
Draw a picture of you
Telephone Number:
What’s your telephone number?
Past tense of the verb ‘to be’
Pasado simple del verbo “ser/estar”

Es la forma de escribir en pasado el verbo ser/ estar, es decir: estuve/ fui

Afirmativo Negativo Interrogativo

I was I was not Was I?
You were You were not Were you?
He was He was not Was he?
She was She was not Was She?
It was It was not Was it?
We were We were not Were we?
You were You were not Were you?
They were They were not Were they?

Contracted forms: Negativo

Formas contractas I wasn’t
En la forma contracta, así como con is/are, You weren’t
solamente puede hacerse en la forma
negativa.
He wasn’t
She wasn’t
Lo que se hace es eliminar una letra (en
éste caso la “o”) y sustituirla por la comilla. It was’nt
De ésta manera es más rápida su
proununcaición.
We weren’t
You weren’t
They weren’t
Work-out
Complete the sentences using these words was / were

1. You _____ under a lot of pressure.

2. How much_______that?
3. They______at school yesterday.
4. Last night there_______a lot of people in the street.
5. Where_______Steve yesterday?

Arrange these words to form sentences

1. were there patients in th four yesterday hospital

_____________________________________________________________

2. last a good there wastelevision film on

_____________________________________________________________

3. there yesterday were litres of beer three

_____________________________________________________________

Translate the next sentences

1. My dog was sick yesterday

2. Our parents were at the hospital last night.

3. Yesterday there was some money on the floor.

4. My mother was playing videogames yesterday.

5. There were five birds in the tree last night.

6. The school was boring.

7. The television was fine yesterday.

8. Their great grandfather was alive two weeks ago.

Vocabulary Draw something
that lives in your
a lot of imagination
mucho-s
again otra vez, de nuevo
anybody alguien
anything algo, alguna cosa
big gran, grande
birds pájaros, aves
boring aburrido
change canbio
car park aparcamiento
every cada, todos-as
everybody todos-as, todo el mundo
everything todo, todas las cosas
explain explicar
imagination imaginación
go back to volver, regresar
nobody nadie
nothing nada
school escuela
somebody alguien
something algo, alguna cosa
television televisión
weeks semanas
yesterday ayer

Usual Sentences
Let’s try this! I’m afraid...
¡Probemos esto! , ¡Intentemos ésto!. La “Me temo que...” Ésta es una expresión
escritura de let’s, seguida de un verbo en formal que se utiliza cuando tenemos
infinitivo se utiliza principalmente para comunicar a alguien una noticia que
hacer sugerencias. seguramente no será bien recibida, como
por ejemplo: I’m afraid I can’t go out with
Otras estructuras similares para hacer you today. Esta estructura siempre requiere
sugerencias son: What about?/ How una frase a continuación.
about? Sin embargo estas últimas van
seguidas de un verbo en gerundaio En algunos casos. I’m afraid es parecido a
(terminación ing): Sorry, es decir, a “lo siento”.

How about going to the cinema?