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) is not
aren’t
a comic character.
He (2) is real. Leprechauns (5) is / are small
a character in the Twilight books. green men. They (6) ’re / ’s good luck
The books (3) are very popular symbols and that’s why I collect them!
with teenagers and I (4) are
a big fan of them. They (5) are
great! Actor Robert Pattinson
(6) he's
Cullen in the films. In real life, he
(7) isn't American.
He (8) is British.
4. Complete the sentences with
2. Find 15 countries in the the nationality.
wordsquare
I’m from the UK. I’m British .
D B E L G I U M P O M
1 Shakira is from Colombia. She’s colombian
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 irish
capital.
A U S A N O A M P E J
I N T C H R N E A C R 3 Manga is from Japan. It’s japanese
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 mexican
L A L M O C R C I D A 5 Brussels is in Belgium. It’s the belgian
A N I C L O U O Q O N capital.
N C A N A D A X P R I
6 Beyoncé is from the USA. She’s U.S
D E X C O L O M B I A
 5. Rewrite these false sentences with the
affirmative or negative form of be.
American people aren’t from the USA. 8. Read the text. Where are Amisha, Chen
American people are from the USA. and Han
from?
Amisha is from British Asian
1 I’m a comic character.
__________________________________________ Chen and Han are from the UK. They're British.
2 Superman is real.
__________________________________________
3 We’re from Krypton.
__________________________________________
4 The Joker isn’t an evil villain.
__________________________________________
5 Bogotá and Quito aren’t in South America.

__________________________________________

6. Complete sentences with the

affirmative or negative form of be.
(✓) I ’m from Japan
__________________________________________ Hi. My name’s Amisha and I’m British Asian.
That means I’m from the UK, but my
grandparents are from India. My mum’s
1 (✗) I 14. .I'm not from japan
parents live in London with me, my mum
and dad and my three sisters. English is
2 (✓) My friends and I fans of
our first language, but for my grandparents
Manga comics.
it’s Hindi. My grandma’s English is terrible.
My friend and I aren't fans of manga comics We speak Hindi with her, but she isn’t
‘grandma’, she’s ‘nani ma’!
3 (✗) They just for boys.

They'ren't justo for boys

4 (✓) Goku my favourite character.

Goku__is_my_favorite_character_

5 (✗) He a girl.

He isn't a girl

I’m chen and this is my brother Han. We’re

7. Complete the sentences with the words from a mixed-race family in London. Our mum’s
in the box. Chinese and our dad’s French, but we’re from the
From are name My I’m 13 UK. One in ten children in the UK today are
What’s your name? mixed-race. Han and I are trilingual. We speak
1 my name’s Thomas. English, French and Mandarin. There’s a big
Chinese community in London. The Chinese New
2 How old are you? Year celebrations are fantastic! Zai jian! That’s
‘Bye!’ in Mandarin.
3 I’m 13 years old.
Circle T (true) or F (false).
1 London is the capital of Europe. T / F
4 Where are you from? 2 People speak lots of different languages
in London. T / F
5 I'm from York. 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