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INGLÉS BÁSICO I
MATERIAL DE ESTUDIO
SEMANA N°2

UNIDAD DE COMPETENCIA ASOCIADA: Responde a preguntas y/o instrucciones de complejidad básica en

tiempo presente continuo para comunicarse en un entorno laboral y social de acuerdo con el nivel CEFR A1.

Conocimientos Aprendizajes Procedimentales.

1. Contables e Incontables:  Utiliza la estructura gramatical sustantivos

contables e incontables en tiempo presente para
 Some, any, much, many, etc. elaborar descripciones complejidad básica en
forma oral y escrita en un entorno laboral y social,
2. Indicaciones y locaciones: acuerdo al nivel CEFR A1.

 There is y There are.  Utiliza indicativos, preposiciones de lugar y

 Preposiones de lugar (in, on, at, etc.). adjetivos para descripciones con características
adicionales o indicaciones en forma oral y escrita
en un entorno laboral y social de acuerdo con el
nivel CEFR A1.

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COUNTABLES AND UNCOUNTABLES NOUNS:

COUNTABLE NOUNS HAVE PLURAL AND SINGULAR FORMS:

CONTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Are things we CAN COUNT! Are things we CAN´T COUNT!

For example: carrot, bicycle, market, onion, For example: salt, oil, water.
potato.

 They can be singular: AN ONION (1)  They DON´T USUALLY have a plural
 They often have A/ AN, THE, in front form: one oil, two oils.
of them:

Is there a market here? Where´s the  They DON´T USUALLY have A / AN in

market? The market is very close. front of them: an oil, a salt.

 They can be plural: carrots, bicycles,

markets, onions, potatoes, etc.

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SUMMARY CHART

1. Uncountable nouns only have SINGULAR 2. Many uncountable nouns refer to

form: SUBSTANCES:

EX: Money EX: Chocolate, water, coffee, milk, sugar, salt,

 There is no money in my bank account.
 There is a lot of money in my bank account.
cheese, bread, rice, wood, glass, plastic, soap,
toothpaste, etc.
 Do you have any chocolate?
 I want sugar for my coffee, please!
 Rice is only edible when it is cooked.

3. Many uncountable nouns refer to abstract 4. You can use A / AN with singular countable
ideas or emotions: nouns:

EX: love, sadness, happiness,
knowledge, etc.
 Money can't buy love.
 Happiness, is the goal.
 Education is priceless.
education, EX: an umbrella, a wheel, a mistake, etc.
 It's raining so I need an umbrella.
 I made a mistake.
 This is a job for superman.

5. You can't use an article with an 6. You can use plural countable nouns alone:
uncountable noun:
EX: apples, bees, clouds, etc.
EX: time, sand, electricity, etc.
 There are clouds in the sky today.
 We need electricity to use our heater.  There are bees making honey.
 I lost track of time and we stayed up very late.  We eat apples for breakfast.
 The beaches in Brazil have very nice sand.

FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, LOOK AT THESE SENTENCES:

COUNTABLE
I´m looking for a job
What a beautiful view!
It´s a nice day today.
These chairs are mine
UNCOUNTABLE
I´m looking for work
What beautiful scenery!
It´s nice weather today.
This furniture is mine

Most uncountable nouns related to:

 Liquids (milk, water, juice, etc)

 Abstract ideas (advice, chaos, motivation, etc)
 Powder and grain ( rice, wheat, sand, etc)
 Natural phenomena (sunshine, snow, rain, weather, etc)
 States of being ( sleep, stress, etc)
 Feelings ( anger, happiness, courage, etc)
 Gas ( oxigen, air, etc)

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SUMMARY CHART

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CONTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS ACTIVITIES

1. Complete the sentences with a / an or some:

a) We want _________ employee to work on a new project

b) I have ________ news about the exchange rate.
c) Can you send Gina __________ email with our prices?
d) The banks want _________ information about your account.

2. Complete this email with some / any / a / an:

Dear Mary:

Our visitors arrive on Thursday. Please check we have everything ready.

FOOD:

There are 1 ______ drinks in the meeting room- But are there 2 ________
biscuits?

There aren´t 3 _______ sandwiches for lunch, but there is 4 _________

restaurant near the office so we can invite the, to have lunch there.

MEETING ROOMS:

There´s 5 _______ projector and 6 _______ pens and paper. But there
aren´t 7 _______ laptops and there isn´t 8 __________ wireless connection.

ARRIVING:

Are there 9________parking spaces in the car park for them? There are 10
________ name cards for them and 11 __________ info packs about our
company at the reception desk.

Thank you very much,

James Gonzalez.

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3. Complete the table writing the corresponding uncountable names:

MUSIC / MONEY / TIME / PAPER / INFORMATION

NOUNS ANSWER
a) SONG.
b) DOCUMENT.
c) COIN.
d) FACT.
e) MINUTE.

4. Read the sentences and underline the right WORD OR EXPRESSION:

a) How much / many time do you have?

b) I'm sorry but the news aren’t / isn’t very good.

c) My son has a lot of work / job to do.

d) There aren’t many jobs / isn’t many jobs in the farming industry nowadays.

e) How much times / many times does our sales manager travel in a year?

f) Are there any information / Is there any information about the delay in the delivery?

g) How much / many business trips are this year?

h) How many luggage / much luggage do you have, Sir?

i) I would like any / some water, please!

j) We need any / a lot of books for our class.

5. All these sentences are wrong correct the mistakes:

WRONG SENTENCES CORRECT SENTENCES

a) We need a employee to work in a new project.

b) Would you like a cash?

c) I have a news about the exchange rate.

d) Can I have an window seat, please?

e) There are much flights to New York.

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6. Read the phone conversation between a customer and a sales assistant in a money exchange
house. Complete the conversation using SOME, ANY, MUCH or MANY:

CUSTOMER Good morning, I would like to change 1 __________ money please. Do

you have 2______ Australian dollars?

SALES Yes, sir. How 3_____________ dollars would you like?

ASSISTANT
CUSTOMER $ 1,500. How 4_______ is the commission?

SALES 1%. Do you need 5________ other currencies, sir?

ASSISTANT
CUSTOMER Yes, Can I have 6__________ Chilean pesos, please?

SALES How 7__________?

ASSISTANT
CUSTOMER $ 200,000 please.

SUMMARY CHART

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HOW MUCH / HOW MANY

When we want to know the quantity or amount of something, we ask questions starting with: How much
and How many.

HOW MUCH...? + (Quantity)

How much is used with uncountable nouns.

HOW MUCH + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN?

Examples:

● How much time do we have to finish the test?

● How much money do you have?
● How much paper do you need?
● How much milk is in the fridge?

HOW MUCH...? (Price $)

How much can also be used when we want to know the PRICE of something.

HOW MUCH + COUNTABLE NOUN

In this case, we can use HOW MUCH ($) with countable nouns (both singular and plural nouns).

● How much is that painting? $

● How much are those shoes? $
● How much is the dress on display in the window? $
● How much does it cost? $

HOW MANY...? - (Quantity)

How many is used when we want to know the QUANTITY of something.

It is only used with plural countable nouns.

HOW MANY + PLURAL NOUN

● How many days are there in January?

● How many people work in your company?
● How many cousins do you have?
● How many countries are there in the world?
● How many students are in the class right now?

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SUMMARY CHART
HOW MUCH / HOW MANY

ACTIVITIES: A, AN, SOME, ANY, HOW MUCH, MUCH MANY.

1. Underline the noun that does not belong to each group:

1. A. COIN B. CASH C. TICKET

2. A. INFORMATION B. BANK C. FACT

3. A. PRICE B. MINUTE C. TIME

4. A. PAPER B. BREAD C. DOCUMENT

5. A. SONG B. MUSIC C. FOOD

6. A. NEWS B. FRUIT C. APPLE

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2. Complete the sentences with A, SOME, ANY, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY:

a) I want __________ information about train schedules, please!

b) ___________ money do you have?

c) Is there ____________ bank in the city center?

d) I don´t have ___________ paper for the printer.

e) _______________ Concert tickets do you want?

f) The finance department wants___________ documents.

g) Do you have _____________ coins for the coffee machine?

h) ____________ Euros do you want?

3. Complete the following sentences using MUCH or MANY:

a) How _______ equipment is in the warehouse?

b) There isn´t _________ money left in the company.

c) I’m afraid we can’t give you _________information at the moment.

d) There isn´t___________ new machinery in the plant.

e) How __________dollars are there to one pound £?

f) There isn´t__________work to do now.

g) Are there____________ important reports to do?

h) There isn´t_________ news to report.

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A. Complete these questions with MANY or MUCH, then answer the questions with your own
information:

a) How much cash do you have in your wallet?

About $5,000 pesos.
b) How __________ keys do you have in your bag / pocket?

c) How __________ people work in your company?

d) How __________ time do you have for lunch?

e) How __________days of vacations do you have?

f) How __________classmates do you have?

*Do you have = Tienes

B. Complete this short survey with the words and phrases from the box:

HOW MANY- HOW MUCH - SOME- ANY – AN - AN

A: _____________ time do you spend on the internet?

B: Fifteen or twenty hours __________ week.

A: Do you buy __________ products online?

B: Yes, I buy ____________ things, for example; toys books and clothes.

A: And in your job_________ emails do you send every morning?

B: About ten- I always send __________ email to each member of my team. Then I reply to all the emails
I receive.

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INDICATIONS AND LOCATIONS

THERE IS / THERE ARE

We use there is and there are to say that something exists.

Positive Sentences:
We also use THERE IS with uncountable nouns:
We use THERE IS for singular and THERE ARE for
plural. ● There is milk in the fridge.
● There is some sugar on the table.
Examples: ● There is ice cream on your shirt.
● There is one table in the classroom.
● There are three chairs in the classroom.
● There is a spider in the bath.
● There are many people at the bus stop.

Contractions: Negative Form:

The contraction of there is = there's.
● There's a good song on the radio.
● There's only one chocolate left in the box.
You cannot contract there are.
● There are nine cats on the roof.
● There are only five weeks until my birthday.
The negative is formed by adding “NOT” after IS
or ARE:
● There is not a horse in the field.
● There are not eight products in storage.
● There is not a tree in the garden.
● There are not two elephants in the zoo.
There's not = There isn't
There are not = There aren't

When we want to indicate that a zero quantity we use THERE AREN'T ANY.

● There aren't any people at the party.

● There aren't any trees in my street.

We also use this structure with uncountable nouns:

● There isn't any water in the swimming pool.

● There isn't any sugar in my coffee.

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Questions:

To form a question, we place is/are in front of there.

Again, we use any with plural questions or those which use uncountable nouns.

We also use there is / are in short answers.

● Is there a coffee machine? - No, there isn't.
● Is there a security guard in the shop? - Yes, there is.
● Are there any polar bears in Antarctica? - No, there aren't.
● Is there any ice-cream in the freezer? - Yes, there is.

THERE IS / ARE WITH SOME ANY

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ACTIVITIES: THERE IS / THERE ARE / SOME / ANY

1. Look at the picture. Complete the text with the words in the box.

APPLES / BANANA / BISCUITS / BREAD / BUTTER / COFFEE / EGGS / MILK / SUGAR

a) There’s some 1 milk and some 2 _________ in the fridge and there are some 3 __________.

b) There are some 4 ________ under the table. There’s some 5 _______on the table and there’s a
6
_______.

c) There’s some 7 ________ on the shelf. There isn’t any 8 ________and there aren’t any
9
_________.

2. Look at the picture in exercise 1 again. Match the answers to the questions.

a) Is there any milk? 5 1. No, there isn´t.

b) Are there any apples? 2. Yes, there are. They´re in the fridge.

c) Is there any bread? 3. Yes, there is. It´s on the shelf.

d) Is there any sugar? 4. Yes, there is. It´s on the table.

e) Are there any biscuits? 5. Yes, there is. It´s in the fridge.

f) Are there any eggs? 6. No, there aren´t.

g) Is there any butter? 7. Yes, there are. They´re under the table.

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3. Look at the picture. Complete the sentences with A, AN, SOME OR ANY:

a) There isn’t any bread.

b) There’s _______ orange.

c) There aren’t ________biscuits.

d) There are _______eggs.

e) There’s ________ banana.

f) There isn’t ______ butter.

g) There’s ______ coffee.

4. Look at the picture in exercise 3 again. Write questions and answers:

a) Coffee: Is there any coffee? Yes, there is.

b) Biscuits: _______________________________________________________

c) Sugar: _________________________________________________________

d) Eggs: __________________________________________________________

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5. Read about Dubai. Is it a good location for business? Why?

Why do more businesses choose Dubai?

LOCATION
Dubai is at the centre of the Middle East and the city is the perfect
place for the markets of Europe, Asia and Africa. That is why there
are over 65 airlines to 100 destinations worldwide from our
international airport.

BUSINESS
Dubai is the perfect location for a regional office and has
conference and exhibitions centres. There are some excellent
services (banks, law firms, advertisement agencies etc.) and hotels
at very good price.

TRANSPORT
Unlike many cosmopolitan cities, there isn´t a problem with
transport in Dubai you can take a taxi or use public transport. There
is a bus every 20 minutes to any place in the city.

6. Read this information and complete the questions and answers:

In Cairo Conference & Exhibition Centre Near to Conference & Exhibition Centre

1200 parking spaces Shops

Chinese garden Banks
3 large meeting rooms 5 Star hotels
Restaurants Airport

a) Are there any restaurants in the Conference Centre?

Yes, __________________________________________________

b) Are there any shops in the Conference Centre?

______________________________________________________

c) ________________________ Hotels near the Conference Centre?

______________________________________________________

d) Is there a bank in the Conference Centre?

______________________________________________________

e) _____________________________ meeting rooms.

______________________________________________________

f) _______________________________ Parking spaces?

________________________________________________________________

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7. SITUATION: You are in charge of choosing the best alternative for a conference for your company,
read the two descriptions and complete the chart above:

The Arabian Garden Hotel

 Bus to airport every 30 minutes and to city center every 15 minutes.

 No car park, but guest can park on the street. There is also car hire at Reception.
 Two restaurants and one bar.
 Swimming pool, gym, and sauna.
 Internet access in all rooms.
 Conference room for 80 people and four meeting rooms.
 The hotel has a tourist information service and there are daily trips to places of
interest.

The Dubai Grand Hotel

 Buses to airport every 20 minutes.

 Car park for 100 guests.
 No restaurant in the hotel. There are some international restaurants near the hotel.
 Swimming pool and gym.
 Internet access in all rooms.
 Bank and post service inside the hotel.
 Six meeting rooms.
 The hotel has free taxi service to city center.

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8. Complete the following chart with the hotels descriptions:

QUESTIONS The Arabian Garden Hotel The Dubai Grand Hotel

a) Is there a bus to the
airport?

b) Is there a car park?

c) Are there restaurants and

bars?
d) Leisure facilities
(swimming pool, gym)?

e) Services (internet, bank)?

f) Conference / meeting
room?

g) Other services?

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PREPOSITIONS OF TIME AND PLACE

1. DESCRIBING TIME:

At, in and on are used to describe different points in time.

AT IN ON
Describes a specific time. Describes a period of time. Describes days and specific
dates.
Let’s meet at 12:15. Let’s meet in four hours. Let’s meet on Thursday

These examples should help demonstrate the differences:

AT
(specific time)
Hours and festivities.
 At three o´clock
 At 5:45
 At midnight (12:00 pm)
 At moon (12:00 am)
 At Christmas/ Easter
IN ON
(period of time) (specific day/date)
Months, seasons, years, Day on a calendar.
decades, centuries.
 In the morning /  On July 4th
afternoon/ evening.  On Christmas Day
 In April / June / October  On my birthday
etc.  On Monday
 In spring / summer/
winter etc.
 In 1992 / 2002 / 2019 etc.
 In 1960s / 1980s

We have a meeting at 3 pm. We have a meeting in the We have a meeting on Tuesday.

afternoon.

The party starts at 10 pm. The party starts in an hour. The party is on December 1st.

Water the plants at noon. Water the plants in summer. Water the plants on the 2ndday of
each week.

Exceptions:

 At night: They only come out at night.

 At the weekend: What are you doing at the weekend?
 At the same time: I can sing and dance at the same time.
 At Christmas / Easter: Will you visit your parents at Christmas?

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2. DESCRIBING LOCATION:

AT IN ON
(Describes an (Describes a point within (Describes a point on
exact/specific point.) a larger area) top of a surface)

Meet me at our restaurant. Meet me in the restaurant. Meet me on the restaurant roof.
(At this location.) (Inside the building.) (On top of the building.)

Turn right at the traffic lights. Drive in the second lane. (point Don’t drive on the side of the
within an area) road. (point on a surface)

There’s someone at the There’s someone in the house. There’s something on the floor.
door.

Write your name at the top Write your name in the empty Write your name on the paper.
of the form. space.

Ask for me at the front desk. Ask for me in the reception area. Ask for me on the phone.

Exceptions:

AT

 At home: I’ll do the work at home.

 At work: I’m at work all day.
 At school: I left my book at school.
 At University: I am studying at Brighton University.

IN

 In a taxi: I left my umbrella in the taxi.

 In a lift: I met my wife in an elevator.
 In the newspaper: I read about the new school in the newspaper.

ON

 On a bus: I’ll arrive on the bus.

 On an elephant: We went through the mountain on an elephant.
 (Also on a train, on a plane, on a ship, on a bike etc.)
 On the television/radio: Did you see Game of Thrones on the TV last night?
 On the left/right: Look at the houses on the left.
 On the way: My new books are on the way.

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PREPOSITION OF PLACE AND TIME ACTIVITIES

1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use IN/ ON/ AT:

1) Where is he? He is IN the kitchen. 7) Where are they?

2) Where are the shoes? 8) Where is she?

3) Where is the pen? 9) Where is he?

4) Where is the clock? 10) Where is the spider?

5) Where is the bus? 11) Where is he?

6) Where are the horses? 12) Where is she?

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2. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use IN/ ON/ AT:

1) Where is she? She is IN the hospital. 7) Where is Steve?

2) Where are they? 8) Where is the restaurant?

3) Where is he? 9) Where is she?

4) Where are they? 10) Where are they?

5) Where are the stars? 11) Where are they?

6) Where are they? 12) Where are they?

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3. Write AT / ON / IN:

______ July 5th ______December 15th ______Friday morning

______the evening ______Thursday ______Saturday night
______12:20 ______11:45 ______night
______Wednesday ______Christmas Day ______the end of the day
______2017 ______Christmas ______the weekend
______September ______the morning ______winter

4. Complete the following sentences with the prepositions ON- IN –AT:

a) I am working _________a project to produce a new product for next year.

b) I work _________ the 23rd floor.

c) I hardly ever work __________ Sundays.

d) I’m rarely ___________ my desk.

e) I work ___________ a large, comfortable office.

f) We work ___________ the fashion business.

g) Our HQ is __________ the city center.

h) I’m ___________ charge of the sales team.

i) I work __________ Tokyo.

j) Our factory is _________ the suburbs.

k) Our head office is _________ Norway.

l) I hope I will be promoted __________ two or three years.

m) I have lots of meetings _________ the morning.

n) I work __________ my computer for most of the working day.

ñ) I meet my customers________ their offices.

o) I often speak to customers ________ the phone.

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PROPOSITIONS OF TIME AND PLACE SUMMARY CHARTS

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