Universidad de Córdoba
Departamento de idiomas Extranjeros
Activity 2 week 3
English I
1.Complete the text with the
affirmative or negative form
3. Circle the correct words.
of be.
Name: Robert My name (1) ’re / ’s Orla. I (2) ’m / ’s
Surname: Pattinson from Cork in Ireland and this is
Nationality: British a leprechaun from my collection.
Profession: actor A leprechaun (3) is / are a character
American Edward from Irish mythology. It (4) isn’t /
Cullen (1)_________
aren’t
a comic character.
He (2)_____________ real. Leprechauns (5) is / are small
a character in the Twilight books. green men. They (6) ’re / ’s good luck
The books (3) ______very popular symbols and that’s why I collect them!
with teenagers and I (4)______
a big fan of them. They (5)_____
great! Actor Robert Pattinson
(6)______
Cullen in the films. In real life, he
(7)______ American.
He (8)______ British.
4. Complete the sentences with
2. Find 15 countries in the the nationality.
wordsquare I’m from the UK. I’m British .
1 Shakira is from Colombia.
D B E L G I U M P O M
She’s__________
B C A M J A P A N L U
S O U C O M B I S V K 2 Dublin is in Ireland. It’s
the______________
A U S A N O A M P E J
capital.
I N T C H R N E A C R 3 Manga is from Japan. It’s ___________
R F R A N O E X I U O
E R A U S C H I N A M 4 Burritos are from Mexico. They’re
_________
L A L M O C R C I D A 5 Brussels is in Belgium. It’s the
A N I C L O U O Q O N ___________
N C A N A D A X P R I capital.
D E X C O L O M B I A 6 Beyoncé is from the USA. She’s _______
5______ from York.
5. Rewrite these false sentences with the
affirmative or negative form of be. 8. Read the text. Where are Amisha, Chen
American people aren’t from the USA. and Han
American people are from the USA. from?
Amisha _________________________
1 I’m a comic character. Chen and Han ____________________
___I'm not a comic
character.__________________________________
_____
2 Superman is real.
_Superman isn't
real._______________________________________
__
3 We’re from Krypton.
__We are not from
Krypton____________________________________
____
4 The Joker isn’t an evil villain.
The joker is an evil. Hi. My name’s Amisha and I’m British Asian.
5 Bogotá and Quito aren’t in South America. That means I’m from the UK, but my
grandparents are from India. My mum’s
____Bogotá and Quito are in South parents live in London with me, my mum
America____________________________________ and dad and my three sisters. English is
__ our first language, but for my grandparents
it’s Hindi. My grandma’s English is terrible.
6. Complete sentences with the We speak Hindi with her, but she isn’t
affirmative or negative form of be.
‘grandma’, she’s ‘nani ma’!
(✓) I ’m from Japan.
__________________________________________
1 (✗) I 14. I'm not from Japan.
2 (✓) My friends and I fans of
Manga comics.
My friends and I are fans of Manga
__________________________________________
3 (✗) They just for boys.
They aren't just for boys.
4 (✓) Goku my favourite character.
Goku is my favorite character.
5 (✗) He a girl.
I’m chen and this is my brother Han. We’re
from a mixed-race family in London. Our mum’s
Chinese and our dad’s French, but we’re from the
7. Complete the sentences with the words UK. One in ten children in the UK today are
in the box. mixed-race. Han and I are trilingual. We speak
From are name My I’m 13 English, French and Mandarin. There’s a big
What’s your name ? Chinese community in London. The Chinese New
1 _______name’s Thomas. Year celebrations are fantastic! Zai jian! That’s
‘Bye!’ in Mandarin.
2 How old ______you?
Circle T (true) or F (false).
3 I’m ______years old. 1 London is the capital of Europe. T / F
2 People speak lots of different languages
4 Where are you _______? in London. T / F
3 Amisha is from India. T / F
4 Amisha’s grandma and grandad are in
India now. T / F
5 Nani ma is the Hindi word for grandma. T / F
6 Mixed-race means your parents are
different nationalities. T / F
7 Chen and Han’s mum is from France. T / F
8 Chen and Han speak three languages. T / F
