UNIT 5- BACK IN TIME

GRAMMAR

 PAST SIMPLE OF REGULAR VERBS:

AFFIRMATIVE: Se añade –ED al verbo

Ej: I work- I worked

 SPELLING

1. Live- lived Se añade solamente –d al verbo cuando acaba en –e

2. Cuando el verbo acaba en –Y pueden darse dos casos:
Si antes de la –y hay una vocal como en PLAY, solamente se añade –ed:
PLAYED
Si antes de la –y hay una consonante como en STUDY, se cambia la Y por
I + ED : STUDIED
3. Cuando hay un verbo monosílabo en el que hay una vocal entre
consonantes, como en PLAN, se añade otra consonante +ED: PLANNED
Excepción : verbos que acaban en w, x : FIX- FIXED ( nunca añaden una
consonante cuando se escriben en pasado)
4. Cuando hay un verbo bisílabo en el que la última vocal entre
consonantes es tónica ( donde recae el golpe de voz) como PREFER, se
añade una consonante+ ED : PREFERRED
Si la vocal entre consonantes es átona, no se añade otra consonante al
añadir ED: LISTEN- LISTENED
Excepción: verbos que acaban l : TRAVEL-TRAVELLED ( siempre añaden
una consonante cuando se escriben en pasado)

 NEGATIVE:
SUBJECT+ DIDN´T + INFINITIVE .
EX: I didn´t listen…… ETC

 INTERROGATIVE :
DID+ SUBJECT+ INFINITIVE
EX: Did I listen? ….. ETC
  TIME EXPRESSIONS

Expresiones como:

Yesterday, yesterday morning, afternoon, evening

Last night, month, year,

In the past

Ago ( Two days ago, three years ago…)

Etc…

 PAST SIMPLE OF HAVE:

AFFIRMATIVE: I had/ he had/ they had….
NEGATIVE : SUBJECT+ DIDN´T + INFINITIVE : I/ he/ They… didn´t have
INTERROGATIVE: DID+ SUBJECT+INFINITIVE: Did I /he/ They… have?

 PAST SIMPLE OF COULD

AFFIRMATIVE: SUBJECT+COULD +INFINITIVE: I /he/ they… could listen
NEGATIVE: SUBJECT+ COULDN´T+INFINITIVE: I/he/ they… couldn´t listen
INTERROGATIVE : COULD+SUBJECT+INFINITIVE: Could I/ he/they… listen

VOCABULARY

JOBS

 Writer  Designer
 Astronaut  Doctor
 Scientist  Explorer
 Lawyer  Filmmaker
 Nurse  Sculptor
 Painter  Singer
 Pilot  Trader
 Architect  Craftsman
 Inventor  Builder
 Composer  Head of Government
 Dancer
VERBS

 Paint
 Sculpt
 Invent
 Discover
 Compose
 Create
 Dance
 Design
 Perform

ADJECTIVES AND THEIR OPPOSITES

 Fresh- Stale
 Important- Unimportant
 Dead- Alive
 Flat- Pointed
 Rich-Poor
 Hard-working - Lazy
 Special- Ordinary

PRESENTATION : BIOGRAPHY

1. Name 4. Achievements
2. Place 5. Time/ Place of Death
3. Date of Birth

Starting Presenting Ending

-Good morning - He/ She was born in… - Thank you for your
time

-Good afternoon -As a child…. -Are there any questions?

-Today I´ll talk about… -He/ She married…

-The focus of this presentation - He/ She wrote

is… - He / She died

HISTORIC PLACE:

A- To write or talk about a historic place, take these points into consideration :

 Name
 Location
 What you liked/ Disliked
 Means of Transport
 People
 Attractions
 Ticket

Think about these questions to write or talk about it:

- What was there?

- Who did you go with?
- How did you travel there?
- What was the journey like?
- What was the place like?
- How much were the tickets?
- Did you buy any souvenirs?

B- Asking about a historic place that someone has visited

- Did you like …?
- Did you enjoy…?
- How was …?
- What was…like?
- What did you think of…?

C- Expressing likes/ dislikes when someone asks you about the historic place you
write or talk about
- I really loved it
- It was fun/ really good/ brilliant/wonderful/ great, etc.
- They were great/ amazing, etc
- I didn´t like it
- Not very good
- It was/ They were boring/ disappointing/ tiring/ terrible/ awful, etc.
WRITING SKILLS

Your English teacher asked you to write a biography of a famous person in history/ a
famous dead person you admire. Write the biography and explain why you admire
him/ her.

USEFUL LANGUAGE

BIODATA

- ….was a famous
- He/ She was born in…., in….

LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS

- At the age of….., he/ she….

- When he/ she was……, he/she….
- In …., he/ she…..
- Two/ Five, etc years later he/she….
-

END OF LIFE

- He/She died on…., in….

REASONS FOR ADMIRATION/ FEELINGS

- I admire him/ her because….

- ….was a special person because…
- Everyone remembers…as the person who…

PLAN

( Paragraph 1) Name; What´s famous for; Date and Place of Birth

( Paragraph 2) Life achievements

( Paragraph 3) Time and Place of Death; Reasons you admire him/ her
READING DATES

1561: fifteen sixty-one

1807: eighteen oh seven

1972: nineteen seventy-two

BUT 2004: Two thousand and four

IMPORTANT EVENT

Name

Date

Reason

What happened

How you celebrate it

OTHER VOCABULARY: GUY FAWKES

- Ask - Protestant - Soldier

- Want - King - Light

- Kill - Leave - Guard

- Blow up - Plan - Arrest

- Open - Parliament - Force

- Check - Place - Celebrate

- Arrest - Barrel - Bonfire

- Prepare - Gunpowder - Burn

- Burn - Cellar