This document provides a lesson plan on personal information, countries, and nationalities for a 7th grade English class. It includes topics, communication goals, and grammar focus on the verb "to be" in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. Activities include asking and answering questions about countries of origin and nationalities through filling out tables and rewriting sentences with correct verb forms. The lesson aims to teach students to talk about where people are from and their nationalities.

1. ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE SEVERIM DE FARIA
English – 7th Grade
TOPIC: Personal Information / Countries / nationalities (Informação Pessoal; países e nacionalidades)
COMMNUNICATION: asking and answering about countries and nationalities ( perguntar e responder sobre países e
nacionalidades )
GRAMMAR: Verb to be – affirmative / negative / interrogative forms ( verbo to be- afirmativa, negativa, interrogativa)
COUNTRIES / NATIONALITIES

2. 3- Write questions and answers. NOTA:
Where’s…?= Where is…? –
Onde é …?
It is … - é …
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
NOTA:
- Where are you from ?-
De onde és?
- I’m from …
Sou de …
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5. WHAT NATIONALITY ARE YOU ? ( Qual é a tua /sua nacionalidade ?)
1- Complete the following table.
She comes from... She is... She speaks...
(country) (nationality) (language)
France
English
Scotland
American
Irish
Russia
German
Scotland
Spain
Portuguese
Australia
Japanese
Greece
Brazilian
Indian
Canada
Spanish
China
2- Complete the sentences with the correct nationality.
a) What nationality are you? _________________________________________________________
b) She is from France. She is _________________________________________________________
c) They are from Madrid. They are ___________________________________________________
d) We are from China. We are ________________________________________________________
e) He is from England. He is _________________________________________________________
f) You are from Brazil. You are ________________________________________________________
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6. GRAMMAR FOCUS
Pay attention to the following sentences.
Jazz is / isn’t French.
Elton John and George Michael are / aren’t American.
Is JK Rowling British ?
Yes, she is.
No , she isn’t.
Are Cristiano Ronaldo and Nuno Gomes Portuguese?
Yes, they are.
No, they aren’t.
1- Complete the tables with the verb TO BE.
NEGATIVES
I ‘m not / am not British
He/She/It American
We/ you / they Chinese
Interrogative
Are you British ? Yes, I am.
No, I’m not.
she/he/it American ? Yes, she is.
No, she isn’t.
they/we/you Chinese? Yes, they are.
No , they are’nt.
VERB TO BE – Simple Present VERB TO BE – Simple Present
(VERBO SER /ESTAR) (VERBO SER /ESTAR)
NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
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7.  Practice.
1- Rewrite the sentences to make them true.
Example: JK Rowling is American .  ( British)
JK Rowling isn’t American. She is British.
1- Pizzas are Greek.  ( Italian  )
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2- He’s American.  (Canadian  )
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3- Baseball is Spanish.  (American  )
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4- You’re Brazilian.  ( Portuguese  )
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5- Seville oranges are French.  ( Spanish  )
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6- She’s English.  ( Irish  )
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2- Rewrite the sentences in the interrogative form.( Reescreva as frases na forma interrogativa)
Example: JK Rowling is British.
Is JK Rowling British?
1- Pizzas are Italian.
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2- He’s American.
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3- Baseball is Amerivan.
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4- You’re Brazilian.
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5- Seville oranges are Spanish.
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6- She’s English.
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