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Emiliy's travels

Getting to know each other: Emily's travels

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In this lesson you will learn:

The position of adjectivesHow to make the plural in EnglishVocabulary: ColoursHow to describe picturesVocabulary: Countries and Nationalities.Cultural content about English-speaking countries.Some interesting facts about the British and American flags

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1. Show me the photos

LISTEN AND READ

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B- Hello again, Emily!

E- Hi there, Beatriz!

B- Are you OK?

E- Great, thanks. And you?

B- Fine! What’s up?

E- Not much.

B- What’s that!?

E- It’s my camera. I’m a photographer.

B- I know. That’s a big camera!

E- Here are some beautiful photographs from my long trips.

B- These are very nice pictures!Imagen de pedrosimoes7 en Flickr bajo licencia CC

THESE ARE EMILY's PICTURES

Picture 1

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Picture 2

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Picture 3

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Picture 4

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Description A Picture

Description B Picture

Description C Picture

Description D Picture

Enviar

You will listen to Emily describing the four pictures above. Match the descriptions with the pictures.

The pictures are numbered (1, 2, 3, 4) and the descriptions are lettered (A, B, C, D).

A.

B.

C.

D.

Description A Picture 4

Description B Picture 1

Description C Picture 2

Description D Picture 3

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LISTEN AGAIN, READ and FILL IN the gaps with the words in the box.

A.

B.

C.

D.

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A. These are my friends in the USA. They’re all American, like me. It is a picture of our trip to Rumania. The woman on the left is my best friend.

She’s got a very name, her name is Pi. The woman on the right with the hair is a musician. The boy in the middle

is her son and he’s very intelligent too.

B. This is a picture of my trip to India. India is an country. The woman on the left is a woman. She’s only 22

years old. The child on the right is her daughter. She’s only two! They are Indian but they speak English, and we are friends now.

C. This is a picture of my trip to Rome. The woman with the mobile phone and the glasses is a woman, a nun. She is dressed in black

and white. She has shoes too. I don’t know her but it’s an picture.

D. This other one is a picture of my trip to Italy. These are my friends Marco and Fabiola. They’re married and they’re very happy together.

Marco is an chef. He cooks food. Fabiola is a teacher. She is a woman.

Enviar

beautiful best black brilliant cute delicious

excellent exotic interesting Italian lovely recent

red religious strange young

A. These are my best friends in the USA. They’re all American, like me. It is a picture of our trip to Rumania. The woman on the left is my best friend.She’s got a very strange name, her name is Twinkle. The woman on the right with the red hair is a brilliant musician. The boy in the middle is her sonand he’s very intelligent too.

B. This is a picture of my trip to India. India is an exotic country. The woman on the left is a beautiful young woman. She’s only 22 years old. The childon the right is her cute daughter. She’s only two! They are Indian but they speak English, and we are friends now.

C. This is a picture of my trip to Rome. The woman with the mobile phone and the glasses is a religious woman, a nun. She is dressed in black and white.She has black shoes too. I don’t know her but it’s an interesting picture.

D. This other one is a picture of my recent trip to Italy. These are my friends Marco and Fabiola. They’re married and they’re very happy together. Marcois an excellent chef. He cooks delicious food. Fabiola is a wonderful teacher. She is a lovely woman.

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Sugerencia

Solución

1. Opción correcta (Retroalimentación)

2. Incorrecto (Retroalimentación)

Sugerencia

Solución

Pregunta de Elección Múltiple

1. What's the position of the adjective in English?

Before the noun

After the noun

Correct!

Incorrect!

Adjectives are...

Singular and plural

Always plural

Always singular

Incorrect! Adjectives in English have NO plural. They don't agree with the noun.

Incorrect! Adjectives in English have NO plural. They don't agree with the noun.

Correct! Adjectives in English have NO plural. They don't agree with the noun.

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2. Incorrecto (Retroalimentación)3. Opción correcta (Retroalimentación)

Reflexión

Watch the pictures on the video and write 8 sentences combining adjectives and nouns.

The first picture is the example:

It's an ancient monument

ADJECTIVES

ancient

American

angry

beautiful

black and White

delicious

dirty

modern

red

NOUNS

monument

building

bus

cap

car

people

pijamas

wine

woman

Adjectives before nouns

Suggested answers

1. It's a red bus.

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2. It's a dirty car.

3. It's an American cap.

4. It's a modern building.

5. They're angry people.

6. They're black and white pyjamas.

7. It's delicious wine.

8. She's a beautiful woman.

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2. Two or more

1 plane 2

1 bird 2

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Write the plural nouns.

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1 building 5

1 cookie 3

1 egg 4

1 eye 2

1 tree many

1 zebra 2

1 finger 5

1 friend 3

1 sandwich 2

1 sock 2

1 tooth many

1 computer many

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Enviar

Listen & Check

1 plane 1 bird 1 building 1 cookie 1 egg 1 eye 1 tree 1 zebra 1 finger 1 friend 1 sandwich 1 sock 1 tooth 1 computer

2 planes 2 birds 5 buildings 3 cookies 4 eggs 2 eyes many trees 2 zebras 5 fingers 3 friends 2 sanwiches 2 socks many teeth 3 computers

Reflexión

In your notebook, write the plural of the following sentences.

REMEMBER:

"A" (or "an") means "one" so you don't use "a" in front of a plural nounAdjectives in English have no plural

1. It's a nice watch.

2. I'm an English teacher.

3. You're an Italian student.4. That isn't a problem.

5. This is a beautiful dress.

6. Monday is a busy day.

7. He's a good friend.8. Close your book.

9. A child is a little man or woman.

10. She's a very important person.

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Listen & Check.

Then check again with script here.

Importante

The PRONUNCIATION of the PLURAL in English

In the presentation above, you learnt that :

words ending in an f sound, change the f to v and add -es to make the pluralwords ending in consonant + y, change the y to i and add -es to make the pluralmany words ending in -o, add -es to make the pluralnouns ending in -sh,-ch,-s, -x y -z add -es to make the plural

The pronunciation of the plural -es in these words is:

Listen and repeat:

actressesaddressesboxescountriesdictionarieshousewivesnationalitiessandwicheswatches

TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO...

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BBC School SpellitsBBC Learning English. Language points. Spelling plural nounsSpelling plural nouns: crossword

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3. The rainbow

How you write it How you say it

BLACK /blæk/

BLUE /bluː/

BROWN /braʊn/

GREEN /ɡriːn/

GREY /ɡreɪ/

ORANGE /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

PINK /pɪŋk/

PURPLE /ˈpɜː(r)p(ə)l/

RED /red/

WHITE /waɪt/

YELLOW /ˈjeləʊ/

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1. Blue and Yellow make

2. Black and White make

3. Red and Blue make

4. Green and Red make

5. Red and White make

6. Yellow and Red make

Comprobar


Actividad desplegable

Read and complete.

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Blue&

Blue& &

Yellow

&

Green

&

Blue


Enviar

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Fill in the table with the right colours.

Black Blue BrownBlue&

White

Blue&

YellowGreen Orange Red

Blue

&

Yellow

Yellow White

Grey

&

Green

Red

&

Blue


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Talk to your partner.In pairs, answer the following questions:

What's your favourite colour?What's your least favourite colour?What colour is your car?What colour is your mobile phone?What colour is the Spanish flag?

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Did you know that...?

The word colour is written color in American English. AmE spelling tends to be simpler.In English, you say "black-and-white" (adjective) instead of *"white and black" like you do in Spanish.

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4. Describing pictures

Useful phrases for describing pictures

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Look at the pictures and fill in the gaps with an appropriate word. You will find clues in brackets.

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At the there are three pictures. In the picture on the there are two : the green sofa is on the and the

sofa is on the left.

In the middle there are three . The one with the hair is on the right. The one with the black hair is on the .

On the there is a picture of a and a dolphin. The dolphin is [colour] and is on the .

At the bottom there are two . The picture on the left shows a [colour] bicycle on the and a girl with a [colour]

dress on the .

The last picture shows two at the and some numbers at the . Their hats are white and .

The numbers at the top are one, , four, twenty-six and . The numbers in the are five, , twenty-three,

twenty-five and . The numbers the bottom are eighteen, , , eight and seventeen.

Enviar

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At the top there are three pictures. In the picture on the left there are two sofas: the green sofa is on the right and the yellow sofa is on the left.

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In the middle there are three people. The one with the red hair is on the right. The one with the black hair is on the left.

On the right there is a picture of a girl and a dolphin. The dolphin is blue and is on the right.

At the bottom there are two pictures. The picture on the left shows a red bicycle on the left and a girl with a white dress on the right.

The last picture shows two men at the top and some numbers at the bottom. Their hats are white and black.

The numbers at the top are one, twelve, four, twenty-six and thirty. The numbers in the middle are five, eleven, twenty-three, twenty-five andtwenty-nine. The numbers at the bottom are eighteen, nine, fifteen, eight and seventeen.

Choose some of your favourite photos and describe them.

Answer the questions:

Who is it? OR What is it?Where are they in the picture?What colour are they?

e.g. This is my friend Emily on the right...

USEFUL TIPS

Revise Emily's descriptions of her pictures in Section 1Revise how to make the plurals in Section 2Revise the colours in Section 3

NOTE. A picture can be a photograph, a painting or a drawing. Imagen cortesía de UVIc

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5. Flag-waving

Curiosidad

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If you are from Spain, Spain is your country but your nationality is Spanish.

It is important to remember that nationalities in English start with capital letters, the same as countries.

I'm from Spain OR I'm Spanish NOT I'm spanish

Here is a list of other nationalities. Listen to check how they're pronounced:

American from the USArgentinian from ArgentinaAustralian from AustraliaBrazilian from BrazilChinese from ChinaEnglish from EnglandFrench from FranceGerman from GermanyIrish from IrelandItalian from ItalyPolish from PolandRussian from Russia

TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO... Other countries and nationalities

Caso práctico

FAMOUS PEOPLE AND PLACES

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You're going to watch a video where you'll see pictures of famous people and places.Pause the video at regular intervals and describe the pictures you see as in the example below.

Say it aloud .

First, you say the country (He's from Spain ). Then, you say the nationality and profession (He's a Spanish bullfighter).

Then write it down

Listen and check

Finally, read and check

EXAMPLE

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He's from SPAIN

He's a SPANISHbullfigther

Some tips before you start the task:

Remember not only countries but also nationalities start with capitalletters in English.

Write Spanish not spanish

Remember to use the indefinite article before the profession and theadjective of nationality before the noun:

He's a Spanish bullfigther not He's Spanish bullfighter

There are 10 pictures in the video. The first one is the example.When you say words starting with an -s sound, such as Spanish or Spain,

try to start with consonant sound /s/ and not with a vowel sound.

Say /ˈspænɪʃ/ not /ˈespænɪʃ/

WATCH THE VIDEO NOW

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Famous People & Places

Listen to the description of the famous people and places here.

Read it here.

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5.1. English spoken

Curiosidad

These are the flags of the top English-speaking countries:

The United Kingdom

Find out more about the Union Jack in section 5.2

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The United States of America

Find out more about the Stars & Stripes in section 5.3

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Ireland

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Canada

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Australia

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New Zealand

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South Africa

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Reflexión

SPEAK


In pairs, look at the flags above and answer the following questions:

1. Which English-speaking countries have the colours red, blue and white in their flags?

2. What colours can you find in the South African flag?3. What colour is the Irish flag?

4. What colour is the Canadian flag?

1. The UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and also South Africa (although South Africa has other colours too).

2. Black, yellow, green, white, red and blue.

3. Green, white and orange.

4. Red and white.

READ and LISTEN at the same time.

Then do the multiple choice exercise below.

≈ALL ABOUT LANGUAGES≈

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In the United States of America, English is the national language. 80% of the population speak only English at home. Spanish is the second mostcommon language.Canada's two official languages are English and French. English is the mother tongue of 59.7% of the Canadian population, while French is the mother

tongue of 23.2%. More than 85% of French-speaking Canadians live in Quebec.South Africa has eleven official languages. Though English has a large role in public and commercial life, it is nevertheless only the fifth most-widely

spoken home language.English and Irish are the official languages of Ireland, with English being the dominant one. Most public notices and print media are in English only. The

Polish language is one of the most widely spoken languages in Ireland after English and Irish.In Australia, English is the national language. Australian English has a unique accent and a small number of unique terms. Grammar and spelling are

largely based on those of British English. English is the only language spoken at home for close to 79% of the population.In New Zealand, the two official spoken languages, English and Māori, are also the most widely used; English is spoken by 98% of the population and

Māori by 4.1%.

Adapted from:http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/cultural-studies/english-speaking-countries/


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Solución



Solución



1. For American people, the second most important language is:

Spanish

English

Spanish is the second most common language.

Spanish is the second most common language.

2. In Canada, the majority of people speak:

English

French

English is the mother tongue of 59.7% of the Canadian population, while French is the mother tongue of 23.2%.

English is the mother tongue of 59.7% of the Canadian population, while French is the mother tongue of 23.2%.

3. English is the most important language in South Africa.

True

False

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It is only the fifth (5th) most-widely spoken home language.

It is only the fifth (5th) most-widely spoken home language.

4. In Ireland,

English is more important than Irish.

Irish is more important than English.

English and Irish are the official languages of Ireland, with English being the dominant one. Most public notices and print media are in English only.

English and Irish are the official languages of Ireland, with English being the dominant one. Most public notices and print media are in English only.

5. Australian English is similar to:

British English

American English

Grammar and spelling are largely based on those of British English.

Grammar and spelling are largely based on those of British English.

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6. In New Zealand, the majority of people speak:

Māori

English

In New Zealand, the two official spoken languages, English and Māori, are also the most widely used; English is spoken by 98% of the population andMāori by 4.1%.

In New Zealand, the two official spoken languages, English and Māori, are also the most widely used; English is spoken by 98% of the population andMāori by 4.1%.

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5.2. The Union Jack

Conocimiento previo

The United Kindom or the UK (1 state) = Scotland + England + Wales + Northern Ireland (4 nations)

Same Prime Minister

Same Head of State = the Queen

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These are the British Isles. There are two islands. The biggest island is Great Britain.

Great Britain (1 island) = Scotland + England + Wales

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Verdadero Falso

Falso

If you are from Scotland, the blue country, you're Scottish.

If you are from England, the red country, you're English.

If you are from Wales, the yellow country, you're Welsh.

If you are from the UK, you're British.

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Pregunta Verdadero-Falso

1. The UK = Scotland + England + Wales

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The UK = Scotland + England + Wales + Northern Ireland

Verdadero Falso

Falso

The flag of Scotland is the white cross in the Union Jack

Verdadero Falso

Verdadero

Verdadero Falso

Verdadero

Verdadero Falso

Verdadero

Verdadero Falso

Falso

Wales has the same Head of State as England.

2. The flag of Scotland is the red cross in the Union Jack

3. St George's cross is the flag of England.

4. St Patrick's cross if the flag of Ireland.

5. Wales has the same Prime Minister as England.

6. Wales has a different Head of State from that of England because it is not represented in the flag.

7. The British Isles are three islands.

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Verdadero Falso

Falso

The British Isles are two islands.

Verdadero Falso

Falso

If you're from the United Kingdom, you're British.

Verdadero Falso

Falso

Great Britain = Scotland + England + Wales

The UK = Scotland + England + Wales + Northern Ireland

Verdadero Falso

Verdadero

8. If you're from the United Kingdom, you're English.

9. Great Britain = the UK

10. The UK = The United Kingdom


TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO...

How to understand the difference between the UK and Great BritainThe story of the United Kingdom and the Union Flag. A flag containing three other flags.

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5.3. The Stars and Stripes

Conocimiento previo

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The United States ofAmerica

or

The USA

or

The United States

or

The US

or simplyThe States

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Solución


Imagen de US Department of Interior (dominio público)


1. How many stars are there in the US flag?

35 stars

50 stars

Incorrect!

Correct!

2. How many stripes are there in the US flag?

13 stripes

15 stripes

Correct!

Incorrect!

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3. The stripes represent...

...Great Britain.

...the colonies that declared independence from the kingdom.

Incorrect!

Correct!

4. The stars represent...

...the United States.

...the British colonies.

Correct!

Incorrect!

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Solución



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5. "The States" mean...

...the first states in the Union.

...the United States of America

Incorrect!

Correct!

6. The state of Alaska is...

...in the mid-Pacific.

...in North America.

Incorrect!

Correct!

7. The state of Hawaii is...

...an archipelago /ˌɑː(r)kɪˈpeləɡəʊ/

...is between Canada and Mexico.

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Solución



Correct!

Incorrect!

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In this lesson you will learn:

The position of adjectivesHow to make the plural in EnglishVocabulary: ColoursHow to describe picturesVocabulary: Countries and Nationalities.Cultural content about English-speaking countries.Some interesting facts about the British and American flags

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