LESSON 11

WE WENT ON A TRIP LAST SUMMER

TUNE IN!
Watch the video and complete the quiz. Talk to your friend and check your answers

1. How old were Harold and Gertrude when they first met? Harold was _______ years old and Gertrude ___________________________. 2. Complete the chart below with Harolds and Gertrudes characteristics, according to each characters opinion. Mark Y for YES or N for NO.

Characteristics
Gertrude was beautiful. Harold was handsome. Harold was very special. Gertrude was shy. Gertrude was outgoing. Gertrude was popular. Harold was popular.

Harolds opinion

Gertrudes opinion

3. Where did they go on their first date? ___________________________________. 4. Complete with T (true) or F (false)

( ) They sat on the bench and talked for hours. ( ) They ate some ice cream. ( ) They had some popcorn. ( ) It was a rainy day.

IMMEDIATE CONVERSATION
MY LAST VACATION
Talk to your friend about your last vacation. Follow the example. You can substitute the underlined words for others that you want. Ask your teacher for help. A: Where did you go on your last vacation? B: I went to the beach on my last vacation. A: Was it cool? B: Yes, it was. / No, it wasnt. A: Did you stay in a hotel? B: Yes, I stayed in a hotel. / No, I didnt stay in a hotel. I stayed at my grandmothers house. A: Did you eat some ice cream? B: Yes, I ate some ice cream. / No, I didnt eat some ice cream. I ate a hamburger. A: What did you have for breakfast? B: I had ham and cheese sandwich for breakfast.

GRAMMAR SPOT (1)

SIMPLE PAST IRREGULAR VERBS
Some verbs in English dont follow the rules we learned in Lesson 10. They have no rule, in fact. Check out how they work: Where did you go on your last vacation? I went to my grandmothers house on my last vacation. Did you have some ice cream for dessert? No, I didnt have any ice cream for dessert. I had a chocolate cake for dessert. See? When the verb is in the interrogative or in the negative forms, it stays in its base form because we have the auxiliary verb did/didnt representing the past. The verb only change to its simple past form in affirmative sentences. Heres a little list of the most common irregular verbs. Try to memorize them. But dont worry; you will use them a lot, so you end up memorizing them with use and practice.

IRREGULAR VERBS
Verb (infinitive)
become begin break bring build buy catch choose come cost cut do draw drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fly forget forgive get give go grow have hear hide hit hold know

Past simple form

became began broke brought built bought caught chose came cost cut did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found flew forgot forgave got gave went grew had heard hid hit held knew

Past participle
become begun broken brought built bought caught chosen come cost cut done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found flown forgotten forgiven got (BrE) / gotten (AmE) given gone grown had heard hidden hit held known

Translation

learn leave lend lose make mean meet pay put read ride rise run say see sell send set show sing sit sleep speak spend stand steal swim take teach tell think throw understand wear win write

learned left lent lost made meant met paid put read rode rose ran Said saw sold sent set showed sang sat slept spoke spent stood stole swam took taught told thought threw understood wore won wrote

learnt/learned left lent lost made meant met paid put read ridden risen run Said seen sold sent set shown sung sat slept spoken spent stood stolen swum taken taught told thought thrown understood worn won written

HANDS ON!
Complete the Irregular Verbs Table writing the translation of the verbs you know. Find out (in a dictionary) the ones you dont. Listen to the dialogs and answer with complete sentences. 1. Did Grace surf the Net yesterday? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What did she do? ( ( ( ( ) She bought a DVD. ) She bought a CD. ) She visited celebrity sites. ) She read her emails.
CHECK THIS OUT! What a shame! = What a pity!

3. Did Lewis visit celebrity sites? _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What did he do? ( ( ) He found good interviews. ) He got into a chat room.

FRESH NEW!
GOING ON A TRIP
How did you go to the beach? We went Excuse me, wheres the airport? Its on 5th Avenue, two blocks away. Wheres the information desk, please? Its upstairs, next to the entrance. When is the arrival / departure time? The plane arrives / departs at noon. What time does the flight take off / land? The flight takes off / lands at 3 p.m. Can you show me your passport, please? Im here on business / vacation. Im traveling alone / with my family. We took the baggage cart before the check-in.

BY PLANE

BY SUBWAY Excuse me, wheres the train / subway station? Its at 25, Roundhouse street. How much is the ticket to Madrid? Its 3.60. When is the arrival / departure time? The plane arrives / departs at noon. What time does the train leave? The train leaves in the afternoon. Wheres platform number 12?

BY TRAIN

BY BUS

Excuse me, wheres the bus station? Its on Washington Avenue. When does the bus leave for downtown? It leaves 15 minutes from now. How many stops before the shopping mall? Were just three stops before the mall. What time does the train leave? The train leaves in the afternoon. Wheres platform number 12?

Wheres the parking lot, please? Where can I park my car? Where can I rent a car? Id like to rent a car for 3 weeks. The car costs 30 a day to rent, but you get unlimited mileage (= no charge for the miles traveled) I had a car breakdown in the middle of the road. The car is in the garage getting fixed. Thank God / goodness we have insurance.

BY CAR

BY BICYCLE/ BIKE

BY SHIP

BY MOROTCYCLE/ MOTORBIKE

ON FOOT

ON HORSE

Form groups of 3 or 4 people and act out one of these following situations: Arriving at the airport Trying to get downtown by bus A rental car breakdown Missing the train

GRAMMAR SPOT (2)

IN / ON / AT PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
IN / ON are used to indicate the position of an object.

IN

ON

IN / ON / AT can also be used to refer to places. IN country, state, city We lived in Japan. They were in Utah. He had dinner in Taipei. ON streets and avenues I saw a car breakdown on Main Street. Did she meet you on 1st Ave.? AT address The car breakdown happened at 815 Main Street. No, she met me at 56, 2nd Avenue.

When talking about locations, use at to indicate the general vicinity or area, and in to indicate inside the building, enclosed area, etc. For example: at the swimming pool (on site) at the post office/bank (general) at the zoo (visitors, general area) at school Sample sentences: I met my wife at the theater. (while watching a movie) I spilled my drink in the theater (on the floor of the building) She works at the library on Wednesdays. She found a rare coin in the library (building). Dr. Jones works at the hospital every day. John was in the hospital for a week with a broken leg. For school, prison, and church, THE is used to indicate the building. NO ARTICLE indicates the general situation. "practice"/situation in school (studying, listening to teacher, etc.) in jail/prison (staying there as a criminal) in church (praying, listening to a sermon, etc.) Where's Dad? in church (attending services) at church in prison (He committed a crime.) building in the school (building) in the jail/prison (temporary) in the church (building) in the swimming pool (in the pool itself i.e. in the water) in the post office/bank (inside the building) in the zoo (animals in their cages) in the classroom

in the church (fixing the windows) at the church at the prison (visiting his friend)

Complete the sentences with IN / ON / AT: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Dont sit _____ the table. Janets cat was _____ the box. They met us _____ 356, 5th Street. They had dinner _____ Italy. My mother is window shopping _____ the mall. The TV I want to buy was _____ the mall yesterday. Gary is cooking a delicious cake _____ the kitchen. Gary spilled all the dough _____ the kitchen.

Complete the sentences with IN / IN THE: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Jenny was __________ school studying for her test. My father worked __________ church. He fixed all the windows. The robber was found and now he is __________ jail. The robbers family prayed for him __________ church. Then, they went to visit the robber __________ jail. The robber was found __________ school.