UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE HONDURAS

English IV

Modulo # _3_

I. Datos Generales
Nombre de la Asignatura: _English IV_____Código: __INE207____
Unidades valorativas: 4 Duración del Modulo: 10 días

Overview:
 The focus about this unit is talking about the past and past events.

Specific Objectives:
1. The student will be able to learn how to use: past of be, simple past,
irregular verbs, regular verbs and past time.
2. Students will learn vocabulary and use it.

Skills to develop:
 Practice the correct use of past and past time expressions.
 Practice correct vocabulary for life stages.

Brief Description of the Forum:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the
discussion forum and practice the reading segments of conversations use it
in conversation form in the forum.

Brief Description of Activities:

The student will practice conversations using the vocabulary learned.

Homework Description:
Workbook Activities from your Textbook Personal Best Level A2- Unit 8 using
the Richmond Learning Platform by doing practice exercises of skills / self-
study and assignments.
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II. Contennt:

Past tense and past time expressions

Language:
-past of be
-irregular verbs
-regular verbs
-past time expression

Content Development:

Technhology:

1. The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.

2. The scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or
industrial objective.

Science:

1.The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and

theoretical explanation of phenomena.
2.Knowledge, especially knowledge that is gained through experience.

Scientific discipline:

A particular branch of scientific knowledge such as social science, natural

science, mathematics ...

Scientific / technological advances:

There have been enormous scientific and technological advances in the last
decade.
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Computer age:

The current era as characterized by the development, applications, and socio-

political consequences of computer technology.

Computer addiction:

An obsessive addiction to computer use sometimes known as Dependency.

"Spending too much time in front of the computer can lead to computer
addiction."

Technological tools:

"Technological tools such as the computer,robot, telescopes, space crafts,

nuclear energy, satellite... have changed our life styles."

Information / communication technology:

The development, installation, and implementation of computer systems and

applications.
"Information technology can be a valuable means of development."

Space technology:

Space technology is related to entering space, maintaining and using systems

during flights and returning people and things from space.

Scientific experiments:

A method of investigating particular types of research questions or solving

particular types of problems. The experiment is a cornerstone in the empirical
approach to acquiring deeper knowledge about the world and is used in both
natural sciences as well as in social sciences. An experiment is defined, in
science, as a method of investigating less known fields, solving practical
problems and proving theoretical assumptions.
" More sophisticated technologies are necessary for scientific experiments."
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Digital divide:

The gap between those with regular, effective access to digital and
information technology, and those without it.
"It's alarming to see that the digital divide between the poor countries and
the rich countries is getting deeper and deeper.
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Inventions:

Forms

With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed:

call >> called; like >> liked; want >> wanted; work >> worked

But there are a lot of irregular past tenses in English. Here are the most
common irregular verbs in English, with their past tenses:

infinitive irregular past

be was/were
begin began
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infinitive irregular past

break broke
bring brought
buy bought
build built
choose chose
come came
cost cost
cut cut
do did
draw drew
drive drove
eat ate
feel felt
find found
get got
give gave
go went
have had
hear heard
hold held
keep kept
know knew
leave left
lead led
let let
lie lay
lose lost
make made
mean meant
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infinitive irregular past

meet met
pay paid
put put
run ran
say said
sell sold
send sent
set set
sit sat
speak spoke
spend spent
stand stood
take took
teach taught
tell told
think thought
understand understood
wear wore
win won
write wrote

Use

We use the past tense to talk about:

 something that happened once in the past:

I met my wife in 1983.

We went to Spain for our holidays.

They got home very late last night.

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 something that happened again and again in the past:

When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day.

We swam a lot while we were on holiday.

They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

 something that was true for some time in the past:

I lived abroad for ten years.

He enjoyed being a student.

She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

 we often use phrases with ago with the past tense:

I met my wife a long time ago.

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A preemie

a preemie is baby that is born „prematurely‟ – before it has completely

developed in the mother‟s womb. Generally it takes 37 weeks/9 months for a
baby to fully develop, so if a baby is born before 37 weeks/9 months, it‟s
considered a preemie.

A newborn

A baby that was just born; this term is usually used for the first 4 weeks of life.

An infant / a baby

The first year of life (from birth to 1 year old); an infant is a baby who has not
started talking or walking yet and who needs constant care.

A toddler

A child who is learning to crawl or walk

A child

There is no set age definition of „a child‟; „childhood‟ can be both the time
before someone becomes a teenager and the time before someone become an
adult. Most of the time, it refers to someone younger than a teenager.

Pre-teen / tween

A child who is around 10–12 years old; a child who has not yet reached the
„teenage‟ years. At this stage, most pre-teens undergo puberty.
= someone who is 13–19 years old (any number with „teen‟ in it!)

An adolescent

A formal term for the teenage years; someone who is becoming an adult.
A teenager is someone who is between thirteen to nineteen years of age.
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A young adult

Generally someone becomes an „adult‟ at the age of 18. A young adult could be
anyone over the age of 18 but before „middle age.‟ At this age, people are
concerned about their higher education and career. Even, settling down
becomes important.

Middle-aged / over the hill (adjectives)

Since people are living longer, „middle age‟ is changing. Generally, „middle–
aged‟ is the term for someone in the middle of their life, around 40–50 years
old. “Over the hill” is a humorous (sometimes insulting) way of saying someone
is old! So, do not use „over the hill‟ to describe someone is middle-aged.

A senior citizen

a polite way of saying „an old person‟! The age at which someone becomes a
„senior citizen‟ can vary from country to country: it could be 55 years old, or it
could be 65 years old!

Elderly (adjective)

A polite way of saying that someone is very old!

Bibliography
1. Textbook: Personal Best Level 2B , Editorial Richmond.
2. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
3. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Personal Best: https://richmondlp.com