THESE ARE MY STUDENTS AT HIGHSCHOOL N°29.

NATALIA P.

URUGUAY

Uruguay is a country between Brazil and Argentina. The capital city is Montevideo.

Uruguay is a country in the southeast of South America and at the Atlantic coast.
Early in Uruguay's history, Brazil tried to annex Uruguay. Instead Uruguay became an independent country.
FACTS

Full name: Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Population: 3.3 million (UN, 2007)
Capital: Montevideo
Area: 176,215 sq km (68,037 sq miles)
Major languages: Spanish, Portunol or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix)
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 73 years (men), 80 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Uruguayan peso = 100 centesimos
Main exports: Meat, rice, leather products, vehicles, dairy products, wool, electricity
GNI per capita: US $4,360 (World Bank, 2006)
Internet domain: .uy
International dialling code: +598

MY BODY

OCCUPATIONS

I am a Doctor. I help sick people.
I am chef. I cook in restaurants.
I am a police officer. I keep order in town and cities.

THIS IS MY TOWN

THERE IS A BANK.

THERE IS A HOSPITAL.

THERE ISN´T ANY PARK.

1º Semester practice activities for 1º grade

Please, Read the text.

Hello, I’m Jose and I’m 13 years old. I am from Montevideo and she is my sister Anna. She is twelve years old. We are at home with my mother Susan and my father Juan. They are from Durazno, “Sarandi del Yi” but now we are from“La Blanqueada”. My sister and I are at High School “55”.

1) Complete the sentences using the information in the text.

Jose is _________ years old. He’s from __________. She ______ his sister Anna. Anna___ 12 years old. We ______ at home with my mother Susan and my father Juan.

Susan and Juan aren´t from_______ now, they _____ from Montevideo. Jose and Anna _____ at High School “55”.

2) Please, answer the questions.

1- What’s your name? _______________________________-

2- How old are you? ________________________________-

3- Where are you from? _____________________________-

3) Please, write the days missing. Monday

________

________

Thursday

________

Saturday

________

4) And write the month of the year. ________ August

February ________

March October

________ November

________ ________

________

July

________

5) Write the words in the correct place:

math - eleven - pencil case - eight - Uruguayan - P.E. - rubber - are - French - Brazilian - notebook - twenty - glue - Chinese - Art - isn’t - Chilean - three - am not - bag - Biology

Numbers	School Objects	School Subjects	Verbs	Nationalities

6) Write an e-mail telling your pen friend about you…….. include: name, age, where from, favourite school subject, etc.

Michael Phelp's Handout to practice routines with can, can't and must 1º form

Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps is American. He`s 23 years old and he is from Baltimore, Maryland. He`s won 6 gold medals in the Beijing Olympic Games.

His mother Debbie and his father Fred are divorced and he has got 2 sisters.

He can swim! He`s a very famous athlete now.

Before competing he listens to a rap song and he says it makes him win!

He must follow a hard training everyday but he can eat whatever he wants! In fact, he eats a lot! "Of course, he mustn`t eat too much!"

Read the text and answer the questions,

1- What`s Michael`s nationality?

2- How old is he?

3- Where`s he from?

4- How many gold medals has he won?

5- Are his parents married?

6- Has he got any brothers or sisters?

7- What does he do before swimming?

8- Can he eat what he likes?

Find the example in the text:

Can ---- to talk about ability

Can ---- to talk about possibility

Must ---- obligation

Mustn`t ---- prohibition

Read and write sentences. What does the doctor say he must/mustn`t or can do?

He

can Mustn`t Must

eat drink listen practise take

coke vegetables fish alcohol spaguetti to rap music drugs hamburgers everyday