UNIT 3: LENA’S BAD DAY

OBJETIVE: EXPLAIN WHY I COULDN’T ATTEND THE MEETING ON TIME

LOCATION: SAN FELIPE MALL
GRAMMAR TOPIC: PAST PERFECT

Grammar in context- conversation

Jota: Hey, did you go to the cinema in San Felipe mall with your friends yesterday?

Donal Trump: No, we didn’t want to. We had just gone to a movie the weekend before.

Jota: That sounds great. How was it?

Donal Trump: It was very interesting, but we missed the beginning of the movie. I had never
seen a science fiction movie before.

Jota: Why? Did you get to the cinema on time?

Donal Trump: No, we didn’t. Unfortunately, by the time we got to the cinema, the movie had
already begun. The Transcaribe I took to get there crashed with a sedan.

Activity

Complete each sentence. Use the past perfect of the verbs

1. If he _________________ (take) a taxi. I would have arrived on time to watch the full
movie.
2. When the movie started, he ____________________ (arrive) the San Felipe mall.
3. He _____________________ (watch) science fiction movies before watching this
movie.
UNIT 3: LENA’S BAD DAY
OBJETIVE: EXPLAIN WHY I HAVEN’T GONE TO THE FRITOS FESTIVAL THIS YEAR
LOCATION: FRITO FESTIVAL
GRAMMAR TOPIC: GERUNDS AS SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

Donal trump: Hi jota, how are you? Why do you look so sad today?

Jota: Hello. I don’t know. I think I really miss eating fritos.

Donal trump: Really? Why is that? Now that the frito festival is here, you should be enjoying a
lot.

Jota: Yes, going there was my favorite part of the year. But the doctor said that eating
fattening food is bad for my health.

Donal trump: So sad to hear that. I know your favorite activity is eating arepa de huevo.

Jota: What I really like is to taste the variety of fritos that you find there, it’s a paradise. Oh! It’s
so so so sad I can’t assist this year.

Activity

Underline gerunds used as subject.

Eating fritos isn’t healthy for anybody .But people do it because they like it and it’s something
from the Cartagena culture. Tasting all kinds of fritos is something the cartageneros love, and
not going to the festival is making feel sad to fritolover.