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Dr. Sedique Popal
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Disneyland
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Amusement Park This is an amusement park
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This is the map of Anaheim.
Anaheim is near Los Angeles (L.A.).
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Children Many children
Child One child
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Crowd
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This park is very crowded.
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• Lets review the vocabulary one more time.
• Disneyland It is an amusement park
• 2. Amusement Park It is a place that people go
  for fun.
  
• 3. Anaheim It is a city near Los Angeles.
• 4. Child A very young boy or girl
• 5. Children Many young boys or girls
• 6. Crowded A place where there are
  many people.
  
• 7. Popular Well-liked

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• Focus Questions
• Listen to a story that I will read to you
• two times. Then, find the answer for the
• following questions.
• Where is Disneyland?
• Is Linda alone in Disneyland?
• Who is with her?
• PLEASE LISTEN TO THE STORY

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Focus Questions(Answers)

• 1. Where is Disneyland?
• Answer Disneyland is in Anaheim, California.
• Is Linda alone in Disneyland?
• Answer No, she isnt.
• Who is with her?
• Answer Her daughter, Anna, is with her.

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Comprehension Questions
Directions Write T for True and F for false
statements The first one has been done
for you. F 1. Linda is with her cousins in
Disneyland. _____ 2. There are a lot of people
in Disneyland. _____ 3. Only children visit Di
sneyland. _____ 4. It is Lindas birthday. _
____ 5. It is a sunny day. _____ 6. Anna is Lin
das daughter
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Comprehension Questions
Directions Write T for True and F for false
statements The first one has been done
for you. F 1. Linda is with her cousins
in Disneyland. T 2. There are a lot of p
eople in Disneyland. F 3. Only children
visit Disneyland. F 4. It is Lindas birt
hday. T 5. It is a sunny day. T
6. Anna is Lindas daughter
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Disneyland Linda and her daughter are at Disn
eyland now. Disneyland isnt a city. Its an
amusement park in Anaheim, California. Its not
far from L.A. Disneyland is really for children,
but its fun for adults too. Lindas daughter
s name is Anna. Its Annas birthday. Shes ten
years old. Shes very happy here. Disneyland is
very crowded because its so popular. Many people
visit Disneyland in the summer every year. Its
sunny and warm in Disneyland today.
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Forms of To Be Verbs
Subject Be Complements I am at Disneyland.
My daughter is ten years old. She i
s happy. He is from San Francisco. We
are in Anaheim. They are in Los Angel
es.
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• Directions Fill in the following blanks with is,
  am, or
  
• are. The first one has been done for you.
• My daughters name is Suzanne. She ___ ten
  years old.
  
• The students ____ in the class now. They
  __happy.
  
• I ____ a student. I ___ in a classroom now.
• They ____ teachers.
• The teachers ____ in the office.
• We ____ from different countries.

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• Directions Fill in the following blanks with is,
  are, or am.
  
• The first one has been done
  for you.
  
• My daughters name is Suzanne. She is ten
  years old.
  
• The students are in the class now. They are
  happy.
  
• I am a student. I am in a classroom now.
• They are teachers.
• The teachers are in the office.
• We are from different countries.

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Contraction of To Be Verbs
Long Forms Short Forms I a
m Im You are Youre He is Hes
She is Shes It is Its There
is Theres They are Theyre We are
Were
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• Here is another exercise for you. Fill in the
  blanks with the
  
• correct form of To Be (is, am, are). Please the
  use and
  
• pronounce the short form of To Be verbs. The
  first one has
  
• been done for you.
• The United States is a big country. Its between
  Mexico and Canada.
  
• My classmates and I are immigrants. We ___ in the
  U.S.
  
• My apartment is on the first floor. It ____ very
  small.
  
• My classmates are from all over the world. They
  ___ nice.
  
• Our teacher is a woman. She _____ friendly.
• John is from L.A. He ____ in San Francisco now.

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Here is another exercise for you. Fill in the
blanks with the correct form of To Be (is, am, a
re). Please the use and pronounce the short form
of To Be verbs. The first one has
been done for you. 1. The United States is a big
country. Its between Mexico and
Canada. 2. My classmates and I are immigrants
. Were in the U.S. 3. My apartment is on the f
irst floor. Its very small. 4. My classmates a
re from all over the world. Theyre nice.
5. Our teacher is a woman. Shes friendly. 6.
John is from L.A. Hes in San Francisco now.
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DIALOG Now, lets listen to and watch
this dialog. Please pay attention to how Im i
s pronounced in the dialog. I will also ask you
some questions about the dialog. So, please
listen carefully. Now, Lets listen to and watch
Chuck and Liz
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Comprehension Questions
Directions Write T for True and F for False sta
tements. The first one has been done for you.
____ 1. Chuck is from San Francisco.
T 1. Chuck is from San Francisco. ____
2. Elizabeth is also from San Francisco
____ 3. Chuck knows Elizabeth very well. ____
4. It is Chucks and Elizabeths first meeting.
____ 5. Chuck is happy to meet Elizabeth.
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Comprehension Questions
Directions Write T for True and F for False
statements. The first one done for you.
____ 1. Chuck is from San Francisco.
T 1. Chuck is from San Francisco. F
2. Elizabeth is also from San Francisco
F 3. Chuck knows Elizabeth very well.
T 4. It is Chucks and Elizabeths first
meeting. T 5. Chuck is happy to meet Eliz
abeth.
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DIALOG Listening Reading Now, I
will play the audio tape of the dialog for you
and will show you the dialog in writing. Please
listen to and read the dialog at the same time.
Please notice how the long and short forms of To
Be Verbs (is, am, are) are used to make
statements. Now, please Listen and
Read
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Introducing
Yourself Liz Hello, Im Elizabeth. Chuck Hi!
My name is Charles. But please call me Chuck.
Liz Nice to meet you Chuck. You can call me
Liz. Chuck OK. Where are you from, Liz? Liz L
.A. How about you? Chuck Im from San Francisco.
Liz Oh, I love San Francisco! Its really
beautiful. Chuck Thanks. So is L.A.
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Common Nick NamesMale Names

• Charles Chuck
• Henry Hank
• John Johnny/Jack
• Michael Mike
• Robert Bob/Rob
• William Bill/Billy

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• Common Nick Names
• Female Names
• Elizabeth Liz/ Beth
• Catherine Cathy/Cat Kate
• Cynthia Cindy
• Margaret Marge
• Susanne Sue

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So far, you have learned how to use the long and
short forms of To Be Verbs (is, am, are) in
statements. Now lets use them in questions. You
can change a statement to question by moving is,
am, are to the beginning of a sentence. Here are
some examples
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• Now lets practice changing statements to
  questions.
  
• Please change the following statements to
  questions.
  
• The first one is done for you.
• American movie stars are rich. (Statement)
• Are American movie stars rich? (Question)
• 2. Mohammad is a good student.
• 3. Johns parents are at work.
• 4. Pashto is Minas native language.
• 5. English is very hard for me.
• 6. They are very honest.

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• Now lets practice changing statements to
  questions. Please change the following statements
  to questions. The first one is done for you.
  
• American movie stars are rich. (Statement)
• Are American movie stars rich? (Question)
• 2. Mohammad is a good student.
• Is Mohammad a good student?
• 3. Johns parents are at work.
• Are Johns parents at work?
• 4. Pashto is Minas native language.
• Is Pashto Minas native language?
• 5. English is very hard for me.
• Is English very hard for you?
• 6. They are very honest. Are they very
  honest?

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DIALOG Now, lets listen to and wat
ch this dialog. Please pay attention to how ARE i
s used to ask questions. I will also ask you some
questions about this dialog. So, please listen
carefully. Please Listen and Watch
Jessica and Jose.
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Comprehension Questions Directions Write T for
True and F for False statements. The first one
has been done for you. ____ 1. Tracy is from L.A
. ____ 2. Jose and Jessica are friends. ____
3. Tracy is Joses friend. ____ 4. Tracy is on
vacation in San Francisco. ____ 5. Tracy is st
udying computer science. ____ 6. Tracy and Jose
are classmates.
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Comprehension Questions Directions Write T f
or True and F for False statements
T 1. Tracy is from L.A. T 2. Jose and J
essica are friends. T 3. Tracy is Joses fr
iend. F 4. Tracy is on vacation in San Fran
cisco. T 5. Tracy is studying computer scie
nce. F 6. Tracy and Jose are classmates.
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DIALOG Listening Reading Now, I
will play the audio tape of the dialog for you
and will show you the dialog in writing. Please
listen to and read the dialog at the same time.
Please notice how To Be Verbs (is, am, are) are
used to ask questions and make statements.
Now, please Listen and Read
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Introducing a Friend Jessica Hi, Jose. Hows eve
rything? Jose Not bad. How are you? Jessica P
retty good. Thanks. Jose Jessica, this is Tracy
. Shes from L.A. Jessica Hello, Tracy. Nice to
meet you. Are you on vacation? Tracy
No, Im not. Im a student at the College of
Alameda Jessica Oh, are you studying English?
Tracy well, yes, I am. And Im also studying
computer science. Jessica Are you and Jose in t
he same class? Tracy No, we arent. But we live
in the same apartment complex.
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Dear Viewers, I will show you the same dialog o
ne more time. This time, I want you to fill in
the missing words. All the missing words are the
long and short forms of To Be Verbs
Long Forms Short Forms is s a
m m are re
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Introducing a Friend Jessica Hi, Jose. How ____
everything? Jose Not bad. How ______ you? Jess
ica Pretty good. Thanks. Jose Jessica, this __
__ Tracy. Shes from L.A. Jessica Hello, Tracy.
Nice to meet you. _____ you on vacatio
n? Tracy No, Im not. Im a student at the Colle
ge of Alameda Jessica Oh, _____ you studying
English? Tracy Well, yes, I ____. And I _____ al
so studying computer science.
Jessica _____ you and Jose in the same class?
Tracy No, we arent. But we live in the same
apartment complex.
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Introducing a Friend Jessica Hi, Jose. Hows eve
rything? Jose Not bad. How are you? Jessica P
retty good. Thanks. Jose Jessica, this is Tracy
. Shes from L.A. Jessica Hello, Tracy. Nice to
meet you. Are you on vacation? Tracy
No, Im not. Im a student at the College of
Alameda Jessica Oh, are you studying English?
Tracy well, yes, I am. And Im also studying
computer science. Jessica Are you and Jose in t
he same class? Tracy No, we arent. But we live
in the same apartment complex.
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Dear Students and Viewers, This is the end of
our first English lesson on Noor TV.
Now, you can call me at the number that is on yo
ur TV screen and ask me your questions. You can
ask your questions in Dari or in English.