Aprender ingles

1. DESCUBRIENDO
INGLÉS
INGLÉS
EL

2. INTRODUCCIÓN
El inglés, considerado como uno de los idiomas con mayor uso en la actualidad, es
un elemento fundamental y necesario en el proceso de comunicación global del
mundo moderno. En los últimos años, el inglés se ha convertido en el idioma más
utilizado en la distribución de información a nivel mundial. Esto, debido a la
globalización que conecta la sociedad y su uso es indispensable en innumerables
contextos. Descubriendo el inglés te brinda información útil e introductoria en el
idioma que te permitirá identificar su contenido de manera fácil y que, además te
llevará a interactuar con elementos comunes conocidos y nuevos a través del uso
de la lengua.

3. INTRODUCCIÓN
OBJETIVOS
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Introducir al lector en el vocabulario
base del idioma inglés, permitiendo
la interacción del mismo con el
contenido aquí propuesto, su
conocimiento previo y contexto.
Proveer herramientas comunicativas,
básicas y esenciales del idioma de
manera simple y divertida.

4. CONTENIDO
Nice to meet you 4
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Excuse me, where is...?
My job and my hobbies
The world through numbers
Yes, I can do it!
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PAG.

5. Nice to meet you!
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6. My name is John, my last name is Gómez.
I am a doctor.
What’s your name?
I am Lisa, I am a singer. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
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Presentarse a sí mismo es indispensable en toda conversación.
En inglés, presentarse a sí mismo es sencillo ya que usualmente
se hace uso del verbo ser To Be y la estructura de las preguntas
no difieren. La formalidad y el uso correcto del lenguaje hacen
parte esencial del inglés.
Nice to meet you!
“It’s a pleasure to meet you” is also a common
reply when introducing yourself.
Subject
Singular
Plural
“be” form Contraction
I am I’m
you are you’re
he he’s
she is
are
she’s
it it’s
you you’re
we we’re
they they’re

7. Nice to meet you!
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Give some information about
yourself and others…
I am a pilot, I am 40 years old and I am Colombian.
She is Lisa, she is my friend.
Lisa is from Cuba but she lives in Medellín.
She is beautiful and smart.
Cuba is a big island in the Caribbean.
El To be es un verbo primordial y su forma interrogativa es simple.
A continuación, veremos su uso en diferentes situaciones:
How old are you? I am 40 years old. Age
You are in Colombia now. Location
She is happy. Feelings
We are soccer players. Jobs
Are they from Cuba?
No, they are from Mexico.

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Useful expressions
What do you do?
What is your occupation?
What do you do for a living?
How are you?
How are you doing?
I’m well, thank you and you?
I am a politician.
Let’s practice
Answer these questions:
What is your name?
What do you do for a living?
How old are you?

9. Excuse me, where is...?
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Excuse me, where is...?
Además de presentarse, saber llegar a un lugar, dar o recibir indicaciones hace parte fundamental
de una comunicación inicial. Las preposiciones de lugar nos ayudan a precisar una ubicación.
Where is the library? The library is in front of the police station.
Excuse me, where is the hospital? It is next to the bank.
The police station is between the supermarket and the cinema.
Use “where is” to ask for a specific location
Cuando damos indicaciones no necesitamos
incluir un sujeto en la oración:
Cross the street and turn left.
Walk two blocks and then, turn right.
Giving Directions
Verbs
Prepositions of place
turn left turn right go straight go past... cross
at the
corner of...
next to opposite between
A
A
A B A C
B
A
B

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Excuse me, where is...?
Los auxiliares Do (para los sujetos I, You, We, They) y Does (para los
sujetos he, she, it) nos permiten darle el sentido interrogativo y
negativo a una oración. Esta es la estructura común:
Common questions using “wh words” and auxiliaries
Auxiliary + subject+ verb
Where + auxiliary + subject + verb
Do you work? Yes, I do
Where do you work? I work at the city hall
Subject+auxiliary+not+verb
She does not go to the cinema in the mornings.
I live in the downtown. I don’t live alone, my siblings live with me.
I have a playful dog. It is a Labrador.
What?-¿Qué?
Where?-¿Dónde?
When?-¿Cuándo?
Where do you work? I work at the city hall. I am a secretary.
When does she arrive? She arrives next Monday.
Where do you go on weekends? I go to bars or clubs on weekends.
Recuerda que la negación
puede contraerse:
Do not Don’t
Does not Doesn’t
NOTE:

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Excuse me, where is...?
Hey you… Where are you from?
Where do you live?
What is your favorite place to visit?
Where is the bank in your city?
Big
Smart
Tall
Boring
Crowded
Happy
Beautiful
Small
Dumb
Short
Exciting
Empty
Sad
Ugly
Adjectives and their opposites

13. My job and my hobbies
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My job and my hobbies
A continuación, encontrarás algunos de los verbos más comunes dentro del contexto habitual.
Para crear oraciones negativas e interrogativas, necesitaremos los auxiliares previamente vistos.
I work at a hospital in Chicago. On weekends, I go to museums with my children.
I’m a school teacher. I do not work on Saturdays.
I talk to clients everyday. I am a salesman.
We do not exercise often.
Where do you work? I work at a law firm in the city.
When do you see your friends? We meet together for dinner every Friday.
I study chemistry at college, so I read a lot and I spend a lot of time at the
laboratory too. On weekends, I sleep a lot and watch some movies.

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My job and my hobbies
You can use certain verbs such as: like, love and hate
to show the way you feel about some activities.
DRINK SLEEP EAT
WORK TRAVEL SPEAK
I love to eat hamburgers for dinner.
I like to swim on weekends.
I love to listen to music in the morning.
I don’t like to wait for the bus.
I hate to be late.
Do you know these verbs?
Find some verb definitions in your dictionary: jump, run, smile, drink, wait, type, send,
speak, stalk, look at, call, want, have, bleed, find, travel, ride, fly, swim, chat, text.

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My job and my hobbies
Let’s answer these questions and use some verbs!
What are the activities you do at work or school?
What are your hobbies? How can you describe those activities?
Where do you like to go on weekends?
In your opinion, what is the best activity ever?

17. The world through numbers
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The world through numbers
Los números ocupan gran parte de la cotidianidad por ende es
indispensable conocerlos en cualquier lengua que se hable.
En vocabulario, veremos que la mayoría de sustantivos
en su forma plural contienen una S. sin embargo,
encontraremos algunos que cambian su forma totalmente.
Kids
Jobs
Women
Men
People
Cellphones
Kid
Job
Woman
Man
Person
Cellphone
Singular Plural
I am Silvie, I am 30 years old.
I have one kid and some beautiful pets.
I like to run with my 2 dogs on weekends.
NUMBERS IN ENGLISH
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fifteen
16 sixteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen
20 twenty
30 thirty
40 forty
50 fifty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety
100 one hundred
1.000 one thousand
1.000.000 one million

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The world through numbers
Countable and uncountable nouns
How much nos permite preguntar sobre sustantivos
incontables (las cuales van siempre en singular).
How many por el contrario, nos permite preguntar por
cantidades contables (aquellas que poseen una forma
plural).
How much is the coat? It is 50 dollars
How much are the shoes? They are 20
How much rice do you eat a day? I eat a lot
How many pets do you have? I have 2 dogs and 1 cat
Countables Uncountables
Burgers Bread
Cereal
Coffee
Cherries
Tomatoes
Oranges Milk
Juice
Rice
Pancakes
Candies

20. Question time!
Answer:
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
How many cities do you know?
How much water do you drink a day?
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The world through numbers
Let’s read some fun facts
7 is the most popular "Favorite Number“ in the world.
In Thailand, "555" is a hilarious (funny) number.
Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world. It costs between
$35 and $100 a cup, or about $100 to $600 a pound.
The most populated city in the world is Tokyo, there are
37,400,068 inhabitants.
Colombia has approximately 1921 different birds.
you know?
Did

21. Yes, I can do it!
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Yes, I can do it!
El verbo can expresa habilidad. Este debe ir acompañado de otro verbo y
su forma interrogativa y negativa no requiere auxiliar alguno.
I can speak four languages.
Can you fly a kite? Yes, I can.
I cannot call you right now, I’m sorry.
Can she sing Opera? Yes, she can.
How much ice cream can you eat during the week?
When can we have some coffee?
The liberian Ziad Fazah can speak 58 languages.

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Yes, I can do it!
QUIZ
QUIZ
Skills
Answer the next questions with “yes” or “no” and check your abilities while using English
Can you introduce yourself in two different languages?
Can you count from 1 to 100 in English?
Can you describe your home with three different words?
Can you jump the rope?
Can you climb a tree?
Can you sing a song by heart? (by memory)

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Yes, I can do it!
Remember…
When you introduce yourself, mention your name and
occupation. It’s polite to ask how the other person is.
Places are big and small. Small places are towns and big
places are cities.
Some cities are capitals, imagine for example Bogotá,
the capital of Colombia.
Use capital letters when talking about days of the week,
months, countries and names.
In English, adjectives are not pluralized.
Be curious and find vocabulary related to your own context.