English II · A1.2. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students talking on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United Kingdom, Big Ben and a red London bus.
English II · Lesson 1 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From English I you bring the present simple, your daily routine and your career glossary. Now you locate the places of your day: Lesson 1 asks «Where is it?».
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use There is / there are + prepositions with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can say where places are on campus and in the city.

Puedo decir dónde están los lugares en el campus y en la ciudad.

Open the URA of Lesson 1 · 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.

There is / there are + prepositions

There is + one thing, there are + many things. Place: next to · between · opposite · in front of · behind · near.

PrepositionExample
next toThe café is next to the library.
betweenThe bank is between the shop and the park.
oppositeThe stadium is opposite the station.
in front of / behindThere is a car park behind the hospital.
En español

«There is / there are» = hay. Pregunta: «Is there a library?» «Are there any cafés?». «Opposite» = enfrente de; «between» = entre dos cosas.

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Gramatical, about there is / there are and prepositions of place. 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 1 · III PAC

Your career, your examples

III PAC · September – DecemberSportAugust – May (Boxing Day matches on Dec 26) · approx.England (and Wales)

Cultural Corner · Premier League season

This week: Choose a Premier League stadium. Where is it? What is there near it?

The Premier League is the top football league in England. There are 20 clubs. On Boxing Day, many fans are going to matches.

Key words

  • club club
  • league liga
  • match partido

Fact

Fans in more than 180 countries watch it. Some players come from Central America.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Sports science.
  • Engineering & technology: Video assistant referee (VAR).
  • Business & economics: Clubs, TV and players.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Fan culture and chants.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Green stadiums.
Mirror Honduras. Do you know a Central American player in England? Which is your favourite Honduran club?

Official source

Mission: Find 2 clubs from London. Write: <i>There is a club in…</i>

Cultural competency: I can say what Premier League is (August – May), use There is / there are + prepositions 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

«Hay» = there is (one) / there are (two or more).

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Il y a (FR) · há / tem (PT) · c'è / ci sono (IT) · es gibt (DE). Italian also has singular and plural, like English.

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

In the U.K. the ground floor is at street level and the first floor is the next one up; in the U.S. street level is the first floor.

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Explain to a visitor where the library is on your campus map.

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 · Visual artNational Gallery, London, U.K. · 1821

The Hay Wain

John Constable

A painting of the English countryside. There is a cart in the river. There are trees and a small house.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 1

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_lessons.js (lección 1). 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.