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Welcome to Class!

ESOL 20 Week 1- Wednesday

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Family warmup!

Describe your family using adjectives! Talk to your classmates! Use one positive sentence and one negative sentence for each family member.

My mother is ________. She is not ________.

My father is ________. He is not ________.

My sister is ________. She is not ________.

My brother is ________. He is not ________.

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Campus Tour!

Today we will visit:
Business Office- pay for class and parking.
Bookstore
Cafeteria
Lab

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Fee Waiver

If you have a fee waiver, please show me!

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Homework Review

Get in groups of 5. Go over the homework.

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Homework Review

Complete the sentences with the positive form of To Be

1. Bella is my sister.

2. She is my mother.

3. I am your brother.

4. Kevin is her teacher.

5. Bill is rich.

6. We are cousins.

7. He is your father

8. You are early.

9. They are in my house.

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Homework Review

Complete the sentences with the negative form of To Be

1. Bella is not my sister.

2. She is not my mother.

3. I am not your brother.

4. Kevin is not her teacher.

5. Bill is not rich.

6. We are not cousins.

7. He is not your father

8. You are not early.

9. They are not in my house.

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More Introductions!

Get in groups of five!

Talk to your group. Tell them your first and last name. Tell them how to spell and pronounce your name. Tell them your country and your language. Finish the worksheet!

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Class Information

Join our WhatsApp group! I will post homework and reminders every week!

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Break

BE BACK IN 20 MINUTES!

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Class Information- Reminder

You can buy our class textbook at the PCC bookstore. It costs about $35. If you can't pay for the book, you can borrow one for free. You must return the book at the end of the term. You can't write in the book.

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He is nice.

He is mean.

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It is true.

It is false.

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They are polite.

He is rude.

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She is beautiful.

It is ugly.

He is handsome.

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They are loud.

They are quiet.

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She is young.

He is old.

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It is new.

It is old.

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Charade!

Instructions:

One student will be given an adjective to act out.
The class needs to guess what adjective is shown.

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“To-be” verbs- positive contraction

“to-be” verbs can be made short!

Examples:

I’m hungry.
She’s early.
It’s heavy.
He’s serious.
You’re healthy.
We’re polite.
They’re quiet.

Noun or Pronoun	Present Verb	Contraction (short form)
I	am	I’m
he she it	is	he’s she’s it’s
you we they	are	you’re we’re they’re

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Practice- Positive Contraction

1. I’m thirty years old.

2. He’s from Mexico.

3. They’re in English class.

4. They’re at home.

5. We’re going home after school.

6. I’m in my class.

7. You’re happy today.

8. She’s married.

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“To-be” verbs- negative contraction

Negative “to be” verbs can also be made short.

Examples:

I’m not sad.
He isn’t young.
It isn’t cold.
Bill isn’t loud.
My sisters aren’t rude.
They aren’t ugly.
We aren’t mean.

Noun or Pronoun	Negative Verb	Contraction (short form)
I	am not	I’m not
he she it	is not	�isn’t
you we they	are not	��aren’t

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Practice- Negative Contraction

1. I’m not 15 years old.

2. He isn’t from India.

3. They aren’t in the bookstore.

4. They aren’t at work.

5. We aren’t single.

6. You aren’t in Level 1 class.

7. She isn’t tired today.

8. He isn’t married.

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Homework

No homework! ☺

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Have a Great Day!

And remember…