ENGLISH 3 IEM 305 A SEP. 22, 2020.

GENERAL REVIEW
1 I´M NOT hungry but I AM SLEEPY.
2. five hundred ninety-five
3. what does your dad do?
4. my sister is twenty years old
5. the new secretary is always in a good mood.
6. my new sneakers are under are your bed
7. what do you usually have for breakfast?

SEP. 23, 2020.

PAST SIMPLE
1. REGULAR VERBS.
2. IRREGULAR VERBS
REGULAR VERBS:
Add -ed to the simple base form of the regular verb.
Visit visited 2
Clean cleaned 3
Paint painted 2
Walk walked 1
Argue argued 3
Dance danced 1
Jump jumped 1
Mix mixed 1
Rain rained 3

_Ed is pronounced 3 ways:

1. T
2. id

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3. D
RULES:
1. Verbs ending in augh, ough, ce, ch, f, k, ke, p, pe, s, sh, x; -ED sounds as a T.
Laughed
Coughed
Practiced
Reached
Puffed
Worked
Puked
Sipped
Hoped
Kissed
Splashed
Fixed

2. Verbs ending in: T, Te, D, DE; -ED sounds as -ID.

Imported
Commuted
Ended
Included
3. Verbs which have some other different endings, -ED sounds as a D.
Let’s find the verbs. LET´S: -amos, -emos (WE). Let´s eat: comamos.
Let´s dance: bailemos. Let´s have fun: divirtamonos.
Snowed
Rained
Called
Answered
Filled

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Played
*cried

VERB -ED VERB -ED

PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION
pushed T Excite
Enjoyed D Rule
Grabbed D Raise
Ceased D Hail
Jogged D Melt
Milk Exclude
dress mate
load fix
invent Practice
praise Love
kick yell

SEP. 28, 2020.

IRREGULAR VERBS.
Buy bought
Eat ate
Write wrote
Fly flew
Make made
Go went
Make up 10 sentences:
1. I was angry with my brother yesterday.
2. The cat bit my sister’s leg.
I lived bought
You lived bought
He lived bought
She lived bought
It lived bought
We lived bought

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They lived bought

Jenny lived in Chicago for more than 30 years.

Jenny did not/didn´t live in Chicago for more than 30 years.
My parents bought a new apartment near downtown.
My parents didn’t buy a new apartment near downtown.

OCT. 2, 2020.
NEGATIVE FORM.
Larry smoked a lot some years ago.
Larry did not =didn’t smoke much/a lot some years ago.

Karl drove a yellow cub for 3 years.

Karl didn´t drive a yellow cab for 3 years.

Maggie studied medicine in San Antonio.

Maggie didn’t study medicine in San Antonio

Judy ate fish for dinner last night.

Judy didn’t eat fish for dinner last night.

OCT. 6. 2020.
QUESTION FORM.
Nancy had two parakeets last year.
Did Nancy have two parakeets last year?
Helen and Julie went to Ixtapa 2 days ago.
Did Helen and Julie go to Ixtapa 2 days ago?

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Bill cooked spaghetti for dinner last night.
Did Bill cook spaghetti for diner last night?
It rained a lot in Cancun yesterday.
Did it rain a lot in Cancun yesterday?
Jack ate fish at Paul’s home last night.
Did Jack eat fish at Paul´s home last night?

Betty did the laundry twice this week.

Did Betty do the laundry twice this week?
Larry´s dog bit one of his neighbors.
Larry’s dog bite one of his neighbors?

Frank and mark went fishing yesterday.

Did Frank and Mark go fishing yesterday?
It snowed a little in Chiconquiaco last month.
Did it snow a little in Chiconquiaco last month?

OCT. 7, 2020.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Did you have dinner last night?
Yes, I did. I had spaghetti with meat balls.
No, I didn´t. I went to bed early.
2. Where did you study high school?
I studied H. School in “el aguacate”
I studied H. School online.
Oh, I´m sorry but I didn´t study H.S.
Honestly, I only studied elementary S.

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 OCT. 9, 2020.
SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE: WAS – WERE.
I am / was yo fui, estuve, era, estaba.
You are / were tú fuiste, estuviste, eras, estabas; ud. Fue, estuvo, era,
estaba.
He is / was él fue, estuvo, era, estaba.
She is / was ella fue, estuvo, era, estaba.
It is /was fue, estuvo, era, estaba.
We are / were
You are / were
They are / were

I was 20 last year.

Nancy and Sandra were the top students in my class last semester.

I was not / wasn´t scared ‘cause I was in my room.

The dogs were not / weren´t in the yard.

Was it cloudy yesterday?

Where were your parents on vacation?
OCT. 14, 2020.
THERE WAS – THERE WERE.
There is: Hay (sing.) There was: hubo, había.
There are: Hay (plur.) There were: hubo, había.

There was a car accident near the round circle this morning.
There was a grocery store near my house some years ago.
There were many problems in this company.
There were a lot of people at the new restaurant.
There was not/wasn´t a bank in this small town.

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There were not/weren´t enough oranges for the juice.
Was there milk in the fridge last night?
Were there many taxis and buses in this city last year?

OCT. 20, 2020.

THERE IS/ARE: HAY.
THERE WAS/WERE: HUBO, HABÍA.

THERE CAN BE: PUEDE HABER.

There can be some landslides near the hill.
There can be some water in that pitcher.
There cannot/can’t be any bank open today.

THERE MAY BE: PUEDE QUE HAYA / TAL VEZ HAYA.

There may be a hail storm tonight.
There may not be subway service tomorrow due to the strike.

THERE MUST BE: DEBE HABER.

There must be 12 color pencils in that case.
There must not/mustn’t be too many people gathered in one place.

THERE SHOULD BE: DEBERÍA HABER.

There should be some vacancy in that hotel.
There should not/ shouldn´t be too many taxi cabs in this city.

THERE WILL BE: HABRÁ.

There will be more diseases and famine according to the Bible.
There won´t be any restaurants open by the time we get there.

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THERE WOULD BE: HABRÍA.
There would be more and more people due to the overpopulation.
There would not/wouldn´t be any problems with the new government.

THERE HAS BEEN: HA HABIDO (SING.)

There has been some trouble with the new water pump.
There has not/hasn´t been tap water for three days.
THERE HAVE BEEN: HA HABIDO (PLUR.)
There have been some thefts in our neighborhood lately.
There have not/haven’t been any comments about the future local elections.

THERE HAD BEEN: HABÍA HABIDO.

There had been some gun shooting before the party started.
There had not/hadn´t been any kind of help from the authority after the hurricane.

DICTATION TIME:
There may be an eclipse this month.

OCT. 26, 2020.

COULD: PUDE, PODÍA, PODRÍA, PUDIERA, PUDIESE.
COULD is the past tense of CAN.
I could dance well some years ago.
Mom could make delicious cookies in the oven.

I could not/couldn´t believe what she had said to me. Kued n-t

Could you do me a favor? (Polite)

When could you help me clean my basement?

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MAKE UP YOUR OWN STATEMENTS:
1. she could take the children with her to Houston.

2. He could take a flight to Denver tonight.

3. he could help the street dogs.

4. you could learn at least five new words in English every day.

OCT. 28, 2020.

USED TO: SOLÍA, ACOSTUMBRABA; VERB + -ÍA, -ABA.
When speaking about habits in the past.
1. I used to climb trees as a kid.
2. Mom and dad used to take my sisters and me to the park.
3. It used to rain a lot some years ago.

4. I did not/didn’t use to smoke when I was young.

5. My sister didn’t use to sing in the bathroom.

6. Did you use to save money in a piggy bank as a kid?

7. How did you use to spend your free time as a teenager?

STUDENTS´PARTICIPATION:
1. I used to do a lot of exercise.
2. I used to walk in the park.
3. I used to play soccer after school.

NOV. 3, 2020.
USED TO. Tell a story and use used to in your story.

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NOV. 4, 2020.
PAST CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE): subject + was/were + gerund.
Estaba, estuvo + Verb -ando, -endo.

1. I was studying for an exam when the light went out.

2. The kids were watching TV when Jake came home with some ice cream.
I was running, swimming, begging . . .

3. Kate was not/wasn’t cooking when the fire started in the kitchen.
4. The dogs were not/weren´t sleeping in the garage lately.

5. Was it raining in your hometown yesterday?

6. Where were you living 5 years ago?

STUDENTS´ WORK.
1. I was riding my motorcycle in the city.
My brother was running in the park.
I was eating at my grandfather’s house yesterday
I was playing soccer inside/outside my house.
I was DRINKING atole champurado yesterday.

I was swimming in the pool.

One of our teachers is flunking everyone in my class.
He wasn’t training so hard for the competition.
were they dancing when it started to rain?

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 NOV. 6, 2020.
PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE.
An action in progress is interrupted by another action.
1. I was watching TV when the light went out.
2. Mom was cooking when she received that call.
3. The kids were playing in the yard when/as it started to rain.
4. I was not/wasn´t doing anything when my friends came home.
5. What were you doing when that building collapsed?

STUDENTS’ WORK:
I was studying when the power went out.
I was playing soccer when the ball burst.
What were you doing when it trembled?
I was swimming when the river started to overflood
I was living in New York when I met Michael. / I met Michael as/when I
was living in New York.
NOV. 11, 2020.
TIME CLAUSES: WHEN, WHILE, AS, AS SOON AS, AFTER, BEFORE,
UNTIL/TILL, SINCE

WHEN: cuando.
1. When I am alone, I prefer to listen to music or watch a movie.
2. I was working in a restaurant when my father came back from The
States.

WHILE: mientras.
3. While you were in school, I was doing business with a group of Chinese
people on the internet.
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4. Jason was playing the guitar while the dogs were barking outside.

AS: al momento de, en el momento de, como, mientras.

5. As I got my paycheck, I headed to the bank.
6. My mom found a “metate” as she was digging a hole in the yard.

AS SOON AS: tan pronto como, luego de que, así como.

7. As soon as you finish school, try to get a job in a prestigious company.
8. Please pay the water bill as soon as you get it at home.

AFTER: después de.

9. After Trump´s defeat, Joe Biden gave a party to his new committee.
10. Wash your hands after going to the toilet.

BEFORE: antes de.

11. Before you go, try to apologize to your neighbor to settle things down.
12. Maggie decided to go on a diet before having a physical check-up.

UNTIL/TILL : hasta, (para).

12. Nobody understands how painful is to lose a member in one´s family
until we go through this experience.
13. 12 minutes till next hour.

SINCE: desde, ya que.

14. Since “Manchas” died, my little brother doesn´t want to talk much.
15. There is no school on Monday since it´s a holiday.

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HOMEWORK: make up a sentence per word. Similar to mine.

NOV. 13, 2020.

PAST SIMPLE
1. REGULAR VERBS.
2. IRREGULAR VERBS.

REGULAR VERBS: -ED is added to the base form of the verb.

Wanted
Loved
Invited
Called
Snowed
Painted
Watered
Played
Attended
-ED is pronounced in three different ways:
1. T jumped, worked, kissed, washed, laughed, mixed.
2. ID incited, ended, pretended, excluded, excited, melted.
3. D answered, begged, pulled, rained, called, studied, filled.

IRREGULAR VERBS: their written structure changes.

Come came
Buy bought
Teach taught

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Eat ate
Drive drove
Fly flew
Sleep slept

AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS:
I went to a concert last Sunday night.
It rained a lot in Tabasco.
Henry needed to paint his house and he did so.
Marian flew to Detroit last night.

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS:
I did not/didn´t smoke in my office.
Sue and Tim didn´t get the tickets for the raffle.
The dog didn’t want to eat anything this morning.
Lisa didn´t do the laundry yesterday morning.

QUESTION FORM:
Did you eat dinner last night?
What time did you go to bed last night?
Why did you quit your job?
Where did Tom study college?

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

Did you read the paper last Sunday morning? Yes, I did. / No, I didn´t. I
prefer to read the news on the internet.

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When did you get a haircut? I got a haircut two weeks ago.
What time did you take your first class today? I took it at 1.
Did your father work last Saturday? Yes, he did. / No, he didn´t. He rested
on that day.

2. THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERB TO BE: WAS, WERE.

I was Yo era, estaba, estuve, fui.
You were Tú eras, estabas, estuviste, fuiste: Ud. Era, estaba,
estuve, fue.
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were

STATEMENTS.
AFFIRMATIVE:
I was hungry during the conference.
Mom was happy because it was her birthday.
Beth and Jim were separated for more than 3 years.

NEGATIVE:
I was not/ wasn´t alone, someone else was in that building.
My neighbors weren´t on vacation for 2 weeks.
It wasn´t a hot day.

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QUESTION:
Were you an excellent student in high school?
Was your pet a dog or a cat?
Where were you born?

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Was your father at work at 7:00 p.m. last Friday? Yes, he was. / No, he
wasn´t. He was at home at that time.
Why were you late for class? Because there was a traffic jam.

3. THERE WAS – THERE WERE.

THERE WAS: hubo, había (sing)
THERE WERE: hubo, habia (plur.)

STATEMENTS.
AFFIRMATIVE:
There was a lagoon in front of my house.
There were 4 banks in this town last year.

NEGATIVE:
There was not/wasn´t a museum in this town.
There were not/weren´t many people in the street today.

QUESTION.
Was there a fair in your hometown?
Were there many people at the beach yesterday?

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THERE CAN BE: puede haber.
THERE MAY BE: tal vez, quizás, posiblemente, probablemente, a lo mejor
haya.
THERE MUST BE: debe haber.
THERE SHOULD BE: debería haber.
THERE WILL BE: habrá.
THERE WOULD BE: habría.
THERE HAS/HAVE BEEN: ha (sing.) / ha(n) habido (plur.)
THERE HAD BEEN: había habido.

4. COULD THE PAST OF CAN: pude, podia, podría, pudiéra, pudiése.

AFFIRMATIVE:
I could roller skate when I was a teenager.
Mom could make different desserts when she was young.
John could help us paint our house.

NEGATIVE:
I could not/ couldn´t make kites as a kid.
Karen couldn´t cook at all.

QUESTION:
Could you lend me your car tonight?
Who could give us a ride to go to work now?

5. USED TO: solía, acostumbraba; Verb + -ía, -aba.

AFFRIMATIVE:
I used to live in a small apartment on this street.
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Jessie used to work even on Sunday.

NEGATIVE:
I didn´t use to smoke years ago.
Janet didn´t use to go out, she had not many friends.

QUESTION:
Did you use to eat a lot of candy as a kid?
Where did you use to play soccer?

6 & 7 PAST PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS) VS PAST SIMPLE.

Was/were + Gerund.
AFFIRMATIVE:
I was walking to school when I came across a wallet full of money.
Mike was fixing the roof when he had that accident.
Brenda burned her hand herself as she was frying fish.
Dave found 2 clay statues as he was digging a hole in his yard.

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