Barbara Tuchman: “Learning from experience is a faculty

almost never practiced”.

LESSON FOUR

Did you study yesterday?

LEARNING GOALS

Communication

 Talk about past events

 Express approval
and disapproval
Grammar

 The simple past of regular and

irregular verbs.
Vocabulary

1. LISTEN AND READ:  Past time expressions

 Emoticons and acronyms
Cover the dialogue and listen.
Grammar

Simple Past. (Regular and irregular verbs)

We use the simple past:

1. For an action that happened at a specific time in the past.

He left the office at nine last night.

What time did you have lunch yesterday?

2. For past habits or states. In this case we can also used to + verb.

Joe worked in his uncle´s store when he was younger.

 I saw a movie yesterday.

 I didn't see a play yesterday.
 Last year, I traveled to Japan.
 Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
 Did you have dinner last night?
 She washed her car.
 He didn't wash his car.

Spelling (regular verbs) 3. Stop ……stopped.

1. Decide ………decided. Prefer….preferred.
2. Study…………studied.
But Play…………..played. 4.Travel…...traveled.

IRREGULAR VERBS do not take – ed in the simple past. Each irregular verb forms the simple
past in its own way.

For example: buy….bought; eat….ate; know…knew. (see grammar reference)

Irregular verbs form the negative and interrogative form with did, like regular verbs.

They stole his car. They didn´t steal his car. Did they steal his car?
She had long hair. She didn´t have long hair.
Did she have long hair?

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2. Practice:

1. On Saturday I __played__(play) computer games with my cousins.

2. My mum ____________ (not cook) dinner last night.
3. I ____________ (walk) to school because there weren´t any buses.
4. They ____________ (not dance) at the party.
5. My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
6. Liza________ (ask) about Brian a while ago.
7. ______Andy and Robbie __________ (play) basketball in the yard this morning?
8. Brian __________ (stop by) five minutes ago.
9. _______He __________ (try) to call Joey an hour ago?
10. Liza _________ (worry) that Brian called Joey again.
11. Brian and Joey ____________ (enjoy) shopping together yesterday.
12. Liza __________ (suggest) a party for Brian.
 3. Vocabulary

Past Time Expressions

A. Listen and repeat.

• yesterday • last year • a week ago

• last night • last Monday • a month ago

• last week • a few minutes ago • a year ago

• last month • three days ago.

Grammar

SIMPLE PAST TENSE WITH W.H. QUESTIONS

A. PRACTICING GRAMMAR

Write sentence in interrogative form using W.H. questions.

Ex: What did they reserve? They reserved a table.

Where did he stay? He stayed at home.
1. ______________________yesterday? I posted a letter yesterday.

2. _______________________a lot of photographs? She took a lot of photograph in London.

3. _______________________home? She came home by taxi.

4. _______________________school? He left school at four o´clock.

5. ________________________ vase? Tom broke the vase because he was angry.

4. Conversation.

Listen and repeat.

5. Useful Expressions.

Listen and repeat. Draw a smiley next to the expressions of approval and a
frownle next to those that express disapproval.

 That´s a great idea.

 Don´t gossip!

 That´s not very nice.

 Excellent idea.
6. Reading. Read this instant message between Liza and Annie.

What do the acronyms B4N and TTYL mean?

7. Vocabulary.

Emoticons And Acronyms

A. Match the emoticons with the emotions and actions they express.
1.

2
a. I’m sad.

b. I’m angry.
3.

c. That’s funny.

d. I’m joking.
4.

e. I’m happy.

5.
f. I’m crying.

g. I’m surprised
6

7.
 B. Match the acronyms with the expressions.

a. See you later.

1. ASAP b. Parents are watching.

c. Talk to you later.

2. B4N
d. Got to go.
3. BRB
e. As soon as possible.
4. CUL8R
f. Bye for now.
5. G2G
g. Be right back.

Grammar practice

Complete the table.

Present simple Past tense

caught
Learn
got
Go
stole
put
Tried
Rob
Stop
Gave
See
 LEARNING GOALS
LESSON FIVE
Communication

Talk about the past

Talk about nationalities

Grammar

The simple past of

be (was/were)

Vocabulary

Some occupations

Match the labels with the pictures

1. The Beatles were an English pop and rock group.

2. Thomas Edison was an American inventor.

3. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were Mexican painters.

4. Albert Einstein was a German scientist.

5. Pierre and Marie Curie were French scientists.

6. Mother Teresa was a Yugoslavian nun

 GRAMMAR

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A. Look at the grammar chart. Complete the rules with words from the
box.
was wasn’t be were weren’t

1. The simple past forms of _________ are was and were.

2. Use _______ and _______ with He, She, and It.

3. Use ______ and _______ with I, You, We, and They.

B. Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were, or weren’t.

Last Saturday, I (1) _____ at a friend’s party. Some of my classmates

(2) _______ there, too. The party (3) ________ a lot of fun.

The food (4) __________ great. There (5) ______ cakes, cookies,

and lots of ice cream! Yum! There (6) _________ games and lots of

fun activities. But there (7) _________ any music. There (8) _______ any dancing
either. But it (9) __________ a lot of fun because the games (10) ______ awesome.
 To Be - Negative Sentences

I was not tired this morning. or I wasn't tired this morning.

You were not crazy. or You weren't crazy.

He was not married. or He wasn't married.

She was not famous. or She wasn't famous.

It was not hot yesterday. or It wasn't hot yesterday.

We were not invited. or We weren't invited.

You were not at the party. or You weren't at the party.

They were not friends. or They weren't friends.

To Be - Interrogative Sentences

Question Short Answers** Short Answers

** With To Be,

Was I late? Yes, you were. No, you weren't.

We don't use
contractions in
Were you sick? Yes, I was. No, I wasn't.
affirmative short
answers
Was he surprised? Yes, he was. No, he wasn't.

Was she from Italy? Yes, she was. No, she wasn't.

Was it a big house? Yes, it was. No, it wasn't.

Were we ready? Yes, we were. No, we weren't.

Were you early? Yes, we were. No, we weren't.

Were they busy? Yes, they were. No, they weren't.

C. Complete the following sentences.

1. ___________you in class yesterday?

2. 'Mozart was a painter.' 'No, he __________!
3. When ___________their holiday?
4. 'Were you late for work this morning?' 'Yes, _____________
5. ______________Vincent's paintings popular during his life?

D. PUT IN ORDER

1. Where / Sarah / from / was / ?

__________________________________________________

2. Barcelona / you / were / in / ? / yesterday

________________________________________________

3. was / week / Lanzarote / last / ? / Pamela / in

__________________________________________________

4. 2005 / in / was / she / his / teacher .

__________________________________________________

E. CORRECT THE LETTER

________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

Mark,

Sorry I was home last night. I were at a basketball game. Amanda and Josh
was with me. It were really exciting. Where were you on Tuesday
afternoon? Susan, Brent, and I are at the soccer game, but you were
there. That’s too bad. It is really exciting. I’ll talk to you soon. Call me.

Kathy
G. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION

1. Where were you last night? 4. How long were you there?
A. Yes, I was. A. Fine, thanks.
B. Alone. B. Yesterday.
C. At a movie. C. By car.
D. For two hours. D. Four days.

2. Was she at the gym? 5. It was scary.

A. No, she was. A. How long was the movie?
B. Yes, at the gym. B. How was the movie?
C. Yes, she was. C. How is the movie?
D. No, they weren’t. D. Who was in the movie?

3. Where were you?

A. Sorry I wasn’t at a soccer game.

B. At the gym.
C. Mark and I are at home last night.
D. With my husband.

H. COMPLETE THE LETTER

Hi Everyone, Last week _________ terrible. It __________

exam week. My friend sand I ___________ at the library every
day. But this week is easy. We ___________ free to read and
relax. No homework, no exams. How __________ everyone at
home? Mom, how __________ your flowers? Beautiful, I
__________ sure. And Ken, how __________ your arm? I hope
it __________ okay. Remember! Basketball __________ just a
game. Dad, thanks for the check. My classes ___________
terrific this year, especially journalism. Send my love to
Grandma and Grandpa. Love Judy.
 LEARNING GOALS
LESSON SIX
Communication

 know the use of past continuous

tense
 ask and answer questions in
past continuous tense
Grammar

 Using The Past Continuous Tense

 When and While
Vocabulary

 Past time expressions

LISTEN AND READ

Study this example situation:

Yesterday Karen and Jim played tennis.

They began at 10 o'clock and finished at 11.30.
So, at 10.30 they were playing tennis.

They were playing = they were in the middle of playing.

They had not finished playing.

GRAMMAR

Was/were -ing is the past continuous:

playing
I/he/she/it was
doing
we/you/they were
working etc.

A. What was you doing?

1 (at 8 o'clock yesterday evening) I was having dinner.

2 (at 10.15 yesterday morning) _______________________________
3 (at 4.30 this morning) _______________________________
4 (at 7.45 yesterday evening) _______________________________
5 (half an hour ago) _______________________________

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B. Use the following map to study and understand this verbal tense.
 C. READ AND CREATE COMIC STRIPS WITH THE FOLLOWING STORY
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PIRATE STORY

An old pirate was sitting in the bar. He was smoking a pipe and drinking a glass of

rum. He was wearing an eye patch and he had a parrot on his shoulder and a

wooden leg. Instead of his right hand he had a metal hook. A young sailor was

chatting with the pirate and he asked him about his adventures at sea.

‘So, how did you lose your leg?’, the young man asked the pirate.

‘Arrr! ,’ said the pirate, ‘You see, some sharks were circling the ship when I

fell overboard. Luckily, my men pulled me back onto the ship before the sharks

ate me completely, but one of the sharks got my leg.’

‘And how about the hook on your hand? How did you lose your hand?’

‘I was boarding a ship when another sailor cut off my hand with a sword.’

‘That’s amazing! What a life full of adventures!’ said the young man.

‘And how about your eye? How did you lose that?’

‘I was eating a grapefruit when the juice went into my eye.’

‘But I don’t understand. How did you lose your eye from the grapefruit

juice?’ ‘Arrr!’ said the pirate, ‘it was my first day with the new hook.’
D. Write the correct verb form into the gap. Use the Past Progressive.

1. ___________Ashley _________ on the computer? (to work)

2. ___________they __________ the bike? (to repair)
3. ____________Emma and Bertha ___________ their friend? (to phone)
4. _____________the girl ___________the window? (to open)
5. ____________he __________ judo? (to practice)

WHEN VS. WHILE

Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was
interrupted.

Examples:

 I was watching TV when she called.

 When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.
 While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
 E. COMPLETE

1 Matt phoned while we were having dinner .

2 The doorbell rang while I __________________.
3 We saw an accident while we __________________.
4 Ann fell asleep while she __________________.
5 The television was on, but nobody __________________.

LISTEN AND READ

How did the thief get

away?
Weren’t you following
him while he was trying
Well. I was following to get away?
him when he suddenly
ran into the cinema.

Why didn’t
you follow
him into the
cinema?

I was going to, but

I went to the
cinema yesterday

F. MATCH

1. Etna was reading a newspaper in the park A. while she was cleaning them. _______
2. I cut my face B. while I was shaving.______

3. Norton broke her glasses C. when his father saw him. ________

4. When I cut my finger, D. was making a salad. ________

5. While his wife was playing with the children, E. she fell down. __________

6. While Mrs. Bill was riding a horse, F. he came home. ________

 LEARNING GOALS
LESSON SEVEN
Communication

Talk about the future

Talk about plans

Grammar

The future with will /won’t

A. LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

You'll go to
I'll go to class He'll go to a
class
tomorrow and movie in the
tomorrow and
teach English. afternoon, and
learn English.
he'll eat a lot of
(I'll go = I will go) popcorn.

Mary __________________________________________________________-

Bob____________________________________________________________

Carol and John __________________________________________________

Sarah __________________________________________________________

Peter and Janet __________________________________________________

Morty __________________________________________________________
 GRAMMAR

Part A. Part B.

Directions: Change the verb from the present Directions: Change the verb from the past tense to
tense to the future tense using "will." (10 points) the "going to" future tense. (10 points)
1. She's in New York today.
1. We were at church on Sunday.
She ______________ in New York tomorrow, too.
We _____________________ at church next Sunday, too.
2. They're at home.
2. They went to a museum yesterday.
They ______________ at home this weekend.

3. He does his homework every night. They ________________________ to the zoo, tomorrow.

He ________________ his homework tonight after 3. Roger didn't do his laundry yet.
dinner.
Roger __________________________ it today either.
4. I really like this movie. My friends _________
probably __________ this movie, too.
4. What did they have for breakfast?
5. Is there enough time to finish this assignment?
What ________ they ____________________ for lunch?
________ there _______ enough time to finish this
assignment? 5. How many people were there?
C. Write two sentences about what you will do after class.

Then write two sentences about what you won’t do after class.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

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FUTURE
Tomorrow
Next week
in an hour
soon
in the near future
Next year
Next month

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LISTEN AND READ

The Oregon Weather Forecast

Weather Forecaster: Good afternoon and welcome to the weather forecast.

Let's take a look at the weather outside now. What's it like? Well, it's
currently raining and cloudy in southern Oregon while northern Oregon is
cold and clear. The sun is shining, but it's rather cold up here in the North!
The temperature is currently 45 degrees in the southern Oregon and only 30
degrees in the North.

Shall we see what the weather will be like tomorrow? Well, it will be rainy in
the morning in southern Oregon and windy in northern Oregon. In the
afternoon, The South will see cloudy weather with some rain later in the day.
Northern Oregon will also see rain turning to snow and quite windy, with
winds coming from the North-East.

That's the weather forecast for this afternoon. Have a good day!
 D. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. What is the temperature in southern Oregon at the moment?

A. 30 degrees
B. 45 degrees
C. 13 degrees

2. What will the weather be like in southern Oregon tomorrow morning?

A. rainy
B. sunny
C. windy

3. What will the weather be like in northern Oregon tomorrow morning?

A. snowy
B. sunny
C. windy

4. What will it do later in the day in southern Oregon?

A. rain
B. snow
C. be clear

5. Where will it be windy tomorrow?

A. southern Oregon
B. northern Oregon
C. Seattle

6. What direction will the wind come from?

A. North-East
B. North-West
C. South-East
LESSON EIGHT

MAKING PLANS

TALKINGLEARNINGGOALSABOUT PLANS
Communication

 Talk about future plans.

 Express what is happening now or what
will happen in the future.
 Future with be + going to
Vocabulary

 Planning leisure activities.

 Time expressions.
 Invitations.

LISTEN AND READ:

 Grammar

FUTURE WITH BE GOING TO

FUTURE WITH PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND BE GOING TO

1. Practicing grammar

A. Complete the invitation in column A with present continuous used as future

and complete the responses in column B with be going to.

A B

1. What______you___________(do) tomorrow? a. Well, my father _________________(visit)

Would you like to go out? my brother at college. But my mother and I

____________(be) home. We´d love to

2. _______you________(do) anything on
Saturday night? Do you want to see a movie?
3. We____________________(have)friends over
for a barbecue on Sunday. Would you and your
parents like to come?
come!
b. Sorry. I can´t. I________________(work)
overtime. How about Saturday?
c. Can we go to a late show? I
___________(stay) at the office till 7:00.
After that I ______________________(go)
to the gym.

B. Match the invitations in the column A with the responses in column B.

 C. Put the verbs into the correct form. Use going to.

1. It (rain) .

2. They (eat) stew.

3. I (wear) blue shoes tonight.

4. We (not / help) you.

5. Jack (not / walk) home.

6. (cook / you) dinner?

7. Sue (share / not) her biscuits.

8. (leave / they) the house?

9. (take part / she) in the contest?

10. I (not / spend) my holiday abroad this year.

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Vocabulary

WORD POWER

Complete the word map with phrases from the list. Then add one more example
for each category.

Friendly gatherings
Spectator sports

LEISURE
ACTIVITIES

Live performances

Barbecue, baseball game, basketball game, beach party, birthday party,

comedy act, dance performance, golf tournament, picnic, play, rock concert,
tennis match.
 Student self-evaluation

Name ___________________________________ Date__________________

Look back and think about what you learned. Answer these questions:

1. For me, everything in this unit was:

_________ Easy ____________ OK ___________ Difficult

.[If you checked “difficult,” answer this question:]

How can I learn the material in this unit? ___________________________________________________

2. The grammar was:

_________ Easy ____________ OK ___________ Difficult

[If you checked “difficult,” answer this question:]

How can I learn the grammar in this unit? _________________________________________________

3. The vocabulary was:

_________ Easy ____________ OK ___________ Difficult

[If you checked “difficult,” answer this question:]

How can I learn the vocabulary in this unit? ________________________________________________

4. My favorite words in this unit are:

__________________, __________________, ____________, and _________________________

. 5. My favorite useful expression in this unit is:

_________________________________________

6. Lately, I think I am improving my:

___________ speaking _____________ listening _______________ pronunciation.

7. Lately, I think I need more practice with:

___________ speaking _____________ listening _______________ pronunciation.

8. Lately, I am…

always sometimes not so often

…attending class regularly.
…speaking English only in class.
…studying at home.
…completing all assignments.
…asking the teacher or other students for help.