SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE GESTIÓN

COMPETENCIA: PRODUCIR TEXTOS EN INGLES EN FORMA ESCRITA Y ORAL
INSTRUCTORA: SOL CAROLINA SAENZ

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Where were their children? They were in the sea.

Were other children in the sea?
Yes, there were lots of other children in the sea too.
Were James and Wendy in the sea? No, they weren’t
Was James awake? No, he wasn’t.

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 A WEEKEND IN LONDON

Read the text and complete it with the Look at the pictures. Read the texts and
correct form of the verb in the past simple complete them with the or  article.
tense.
Saturday
Our aunt, Jenny, lives in London. One weekend we
…………………………… (visit) her and she
…………………………… (take) us sightseeing.
On Saturday we …………………………… (go)to
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Buckingham Palace. We …………………………… (see) the
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soldiers but we …………………………… (not see) the
Queen. Then we …………………………… (go) to 3Trafalgar
square and …………………………… (feed) the 4pigeons. This is Mike outside ………… Buckingham
After lunch we …………………………… (go) to the Palace. It’s ………… Queen’s house in London.
National History 5Museum. We …………………………… The soldier is wearing a hat called a 14‘busby’.
(stay) there all afternoon. There …………………………… It looks very hot.
(be) lots of things to see. I …………………………… (like)
the dinosaurs best. Then we …………………………… (go)
back to Jenny’s house on the tube.
On Sunday morning we …………………………… (go) to see
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the Houses of Parliament and 7Big Ben. We
…………………………… (hear) Big Ben strike eleven. Then
we …………………………… (go) on a boat in 8the River
Thames. We …………………………… (see) a lot of
bridges. My favourite …………………………… (be) 9Tower This is ………… Trafalgar Square. There’s a
Bridge. statue of Nelson on ‘………… 15Nelson’s column’,
After lunch we …………………………… (go) to 10the some statues of lions, some 16fountains and
Tower of London. The buildings there are very old. lots of pigeons!
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The White Tower was built in 1078. we
…………………………… (see) 12the Beefeaters and 13the
Crown Jewels. At the end of the afternoon we
…………………………… (be) tired. We ……………………………
(go) back to Jenny’s house in a taxi.
It …………………………… (be) a lovely weekend.

This is me and a dinosaur at ………… National

History Museum.

This is Mike and Jenny on the 17escalator in

the underground station. Londoners call the
underground ‘the tube’.
 Read the texts. Use the words from the texts to
write the names of these places and things. You can
sometimes use two words for one picture
Sunday

This is my photo of …………Big Ben. ‘…………Big Ben’

is really the name of the 18bell inside the clock.

This is Mike and me on the boat by

………… Tower Bridge.

These are the soldiers at ………… Tower of

London. They are called ‘Beefeaters’. Mike is in
the photo too.

This is Jenny and a London taxi.

 Read the text and complete it with the correct form of the verb in the past simple tense.

Last summer Peter and his parents ……………………………… (go) to London for summer holidays. They
……………………………… (stay) in a small hotel next to a beautiful park in the centre of the city. Peter
……………………………… (find) everything in London very interesting and ……………………………… (have) a good time
there. Only the noise ……………………………… (be) terrible and it ……………………………… (not be) easy to remember
that they always drive on the left side of the road in England. One day, for example, Peter and his parents
……………………………… (wait) and ……………………………… (wait) for the bus to the zoo – and after half an hour a
policeman ……………………………… (say) to them that the bus ……………………………… (stop) on the other side of the
road.

Before they ……………………………… (catch) the plane back to Germany, they ……………………………… (be) all very
excited. And then something ……………………………… (go) wrong: first, their taxi ……………………………… (be) late; and
there ……………………………… (be) twenty passengers at the ticket desk. Suddenly Peter’s father said: “Oh
dear, where are our tickets? I haven’t got them.” Well, can you guess where they ……………………………… (find)
them? Under the clothes in Peter’s bag!
 Listen to the song and complete using verbs in past:
Celine Dion: Because you loved me.
For all those times you _________ by
me
For all the truth that you ________ me
see
For all the joy you ________ to my life
For all the wrong that you ______ right
For every dream you _____ come true
For all the love I _______in you
I’ll be forever thankful baby
You’re the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You’re the one who saw me through
through it all
You _________ my strength when
I_________ weak
You _________ my voice when I
couldn’t speak
You _________ my eyes when I
couldn’t see
You _________ the best there was in
me
Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You _________ me faith coz you
believed
I’m everything I am
Because you _________ me
You _________ me wings and made me
fly
You _________ my hand I could touch
the sky
I _________ my faith, you gave it back
to me
You _________ no star was out of
reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I _________ your love I had it all
I’m grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don’t know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I _________ loved by
you
You _________ my strength when I_________
weak
You _________ my voice when I couldn’t speak
You _________ my eyes when I couldn’t see
You _________ the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You _________ me faith coz you believed
I’m everything I am
Because you _________ me
You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You’ve been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You _________ my strength when I_________
weak
You _________ my voice when I couldn’t speak
You _________ my eyes when I couldn’t see
You _________ the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You _________ me faith coz you believed
I’m everything I am
Because you _________ me
You _________ my strength when I_________
weak
You _________ my voice when I couldn’t speak
You _________ my eyes when I couldn’t see
You _________ the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You _________ me faith coz you believed
I’m everything I am
Because you _________ me
I’m everything I am
Because you _________ me
 PRINCIPAL IRREGULAR VERBS

be was/were been ser, estar

become became become llegar a ser
begin began begun empezar
bend bent bent doblar, flexionar
bite bit bitten morder
bleed bled bled sangrar
blow blew blown soplar
break broke broken romper
bring brought brought traer llevar
broadcast broadcast broadcast emitir
build built built construir
buy bought bought comprar
catch caught caught coger, atrapar
choose chose chosen elegir
come came come venir
cost cost cost costar
cut cut cut cortar
deal dealt dealt tratar
do did done hacer
draw drew drawn dibujar
dream dreamt/dreamed dreamt/dreamed soñar
drink drank drunk beber
drive drove driven conducir
eat ate eaten comer
fall fell fallen caer
feed fed fed alimentar
feel felt felt sentir
fight fought fought luchar
find found found encontrar
fly flew flown volar
forbid forbade forbidden prohibir
forget forgot forgotten olvidar
get got got obtener
give gave given dar
go went gone ir
grow grew grown crecer cultivar
have had had tener
hear heard heard oir
know knew known saber, conocer
lead led led guiar, llevar
learn learnt/learned learnt/learned aprender
leave left left dejar salir
lend lent lent prestar
let let let dejar, permitir
lie lay lain estar tumbado
lose lost lost perder
make made made hacer, fabricar
mean meant meant significar
meet met met encontrarse conocer
pay paid paid pagar
prove proved proven/proved probar, demostrar
put put put poner
read read /red/ leer
ride rode ridden montar, cabalgar
ring rang rung sonar/tocar timbre/teléfono
rise rose risen levantarse
run ran run correr
say said said decir
see saw seen ver
sell sold sold vender
send sent sent enviar
shine shone shone brillar
shoot shot shot disparar filmar
show showed shown mostrar
sing sang sung cantar
sit sat sat sentarse
sleep slept slept dormir
speak spoke spoken hablar
speed sped/speeded sped/speeded conducir a mucha velocidad
spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled deletrear
spend spent spent gastar pasar tiempo
stand stood stood estar de pie
steal stole stolen robar
sweep swept swept barrer
swim swam swum nadar
take took taken coger
teach taught taught enseñar
tell told told decir
think thought thought pensar
throw threw thrown lanzar
understand understood understood comprender
wake woke woken despertar(se)
wear wore worn llevar puesto
wet wet/wetted wet/wetted mojar
win won won ganar
write wrote written escribir