English I · A1.1. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students greeting each other on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United States, the Statue of Liberty and New York.
English I · Lesson 6 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 5 (Please and thank you around the world): your product, your glossary and «I can say please, thank you and sorry.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Adjectives + has with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can describe people with simple adjectives.

Puedo describir a personas con adjetivos sencillos.

Open the URA of Lesson 6 · III PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the III PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Adjectives + has

be + adjective: She is tall. Adjective before the noun: a kind doctor. has + hair / eyes.

PatternExample
be + adjectiveHe is friendly.
adjective + nounShe is a creative designer.
has + hair / eyesShe has long black hair.
very + adjectiveHe is very patient.
En español

El adjetivo va antes del sustantivo y no cambia en plural: a tall man, tall women. Con he/she: has (no «have»).

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Léxica, about adjectives for appearance and personality, word order and has. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 6 · III PAC

Your career, your examples

III PAC · September – DecemberHeritage & festivalSaturday, October 31U.S.

Cultural Corner · Halloween

This week: Describe a costume: «He is a pirate. He has a black hat. He is funny».

Halloween is on October 31. Children wear costumes. They ask for candy: trick or treat!

Key words

  • costume disfraz
  • pumpkin calabaza
  • candy dulces

Fact

Halloween comes from Samhain, an old Celtic festival. Irish people took it to America.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Candy and children's health.
  • Engineering & technology: Safe lights for jack-o'-lanterns.
  • Business & economics: Costume and candy sales.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Scary stories and films.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Pumpkin farms and food waste.
Mirror Honduras. Do you know a scary legend from Honduras? Which one?

Official source

Mission: Open <i>Prints and Photographs</i>. Choose 1 photo. Write: <i>I see a…</i>

Cultural competency: I can say what Halloween is (Saturday, October 31), use Adjectives + has to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my III PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

The adjective goes before the noun and never takes -s: a tall man · two tall women (un hombre alto · dos mujeres altas).

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

A red car: une voiture rouge (FR) · um carro vermelho (PT) · una macchina rossa (IT) — after the noun, like Spanish. Ein rotes Auto (DE) — before the noun, like English.

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Describe personality and appearance with respect. Comments about weight or skin colour can hurt in any culture.

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Describe a person in a photo so that a classmate can find them among four photos.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · MusicU.S. · 1917–1996

Ella Fitzgerald, «The First Lady of Song»

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald was a jazz singer. She has a beautiful, clear voice. People call her «The First Lady of Song».

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 20

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in101_lessons.js (lección 6). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.