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English II

Module #4 Celebrities-Months-Ordinal Numbers-Past Verb

to be

I. Datos Generales
Nombre de la Asignatura: English II Código: INE 205
Unidades valorativas: 3 Duración del Modulo: 10 días

I. Specific Objectives:
-Identify the MONTHS and ORDINAL NUMBERS vocabulary.
-Use simple past form of verb to be in sentence construction.
-Learn vocabulary related to CELEBRITIES

II. Goals to achieve:

-Write about the past of a celebrity using the simple present form of verb be.

III. Activities and Assignments

-Complete assigned exercises in the Richmond Learning platform
corresponding to unit 7 of Personal Best Level A1B E-Workbook.

Homework- Page 40, Exercises 2 and 3 Page 41, Exercises 3 and 4

IV. Content

Introduction

In this module you will learn the simple past form of the verb TO BE.

Vocabulary

Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September,
October, November, December

Remember – months of the year always start with a capital letter.

Celebrities

artist, athlete, dancer, DJ, fashion model, journalist, king, movie director,
musician, photographer, politician, queen, racing driver, soccer player, tennis
player, writer
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Ordinal Numbers:

1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty-first 31st thirty-first

2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty-second 40th fortieth
3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty-third 50th fiftieth
4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty-fourth 60th sixtieth
5th fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty-fifth 70th seventieth
6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty-sixth 80th eightieth
7th seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty-seventh 90th ninetieth
8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty-eighth 100th one hundredth
9th ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty-ninth 1,000th one thousandth
10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth 1,000,000th one millionth

Grammar

Using Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers all use a suffix. The suffixes are: -nd, -rd, -st, or -
th. Examples: ‘second’ (2nd), ‘third’ (3rd), ‘first’ (1st), and ‘tenth’ (10th).
We use ordinal numbers for dates and the order of something (think ordinal
= order).

Example 1:

‘January 15, 2013’. If we were to say this date it would be: ‘January fifteenth,
twenty-thirteen’.

What date is today? Today is June twenty-second, twenty twenty.

Example 2:

‘List of students: John, Mary, Henry, Ron, Sally, Jeff, and Robert.’

Where is Henry in line? Henry is third in line.

Who is fifth in line? Sally is fifth in line.

Other questions related to dates

What’s the date today? Today is Monday, June twenty-second.

When’s your birthday? My birthday is on April first.

What’s your favorite month? My favorite month is December.

When was the last national holiday? The last national holiday was on May first.
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Simple Past -Verb to be

The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE

To Be - Affirmative

Subject To Be Examples

I was I was tired this morning.

You were You were very good.
He was He was the best in his class.
She was She was late for work.
It was It was a sunny day.
We were We were at home.
You were You were on holiday.
They were They were happy with their test results.
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To Be - Negative Sentences
The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or
were).

Subject To Be Examples

I was not I was not tired this morning.

You were not You were not crazy.
He was not He was not married.
She was not She was not famous.
It was not It was not hot yesterday.
We were not We were not invited.
You were not You were not at the party.
They were not They were not friends.

To Be - Negative Contractions
We can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by
joining the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't
make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).

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

You were not crazy.
He was not married.
She was not famous.
It was not hot yesterday.
We were not invited.
You were not at the party.
They were not friends.
OR You weren't crazy.
OR He wasn't married.
OR She wasn't famous.
OR It wasn't hot yesterday.
OR We weren't invited.
OR You weren't at the party.
OR They weren't friends.
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To Be - Questions
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

Affirmative You were happy.

Subject Verb

Question Were you happy?

Verb Subject

Affirmative Question

I was late Was I late?

You were sick. Were you sick?
He was surprised. Was he surprised?
She was from Italy. Was she from Italy?
It was a big house. Was it a big house?
We were ready. Were we ready?
You were early. Were you early?
They were busy. Were they busy?

Before the verb you can also have a WH- Question word (Why, Who, What,
Where etc.)
Were you happy? Yes, I was.
Why were you happy? Because I was promoted at work.
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To Be - Short Answers
In spoken English, we usually give short answers in response to questions.

Was he from Japan? - Yes, he was (from Japan). The last part (from Japan) is
not necessary. We use shorts answers to avoid repetition, when the meaning is
clear.

Question Short Answers** Short Answers

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

Were you sick? Yes, I was. No, I wasn't.

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.

** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers.

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V. Bibliography

Textbook: Personal Best A1B, Editorial Richmond, 1st Edition.

Workbook: Personal Best A1B, Editorial Richmond, 1st Edition.
English and Spanish dictionary www.dictionary.com
English Lab – Richmond https://richmondlp.com/
English Central Website- www.englishcentral.com
Woodward English

To learn more about dates, ordinal numbers and

the past tense – check the following videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlhY9yQCI98 Dates
in English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOzY41qhkpc How to say the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGhyXqZg2c Months of the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBycKGkHVpY Ordinal Numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhq1wuu7NFk TO BE Past Tense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvuWQXR84Xo&t=86s Was / Were Questions