LESSON B WHO WAS THAT PERSON?

1. DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS WITH A PARTNER.

Who was Rosa Parks? • Where did she live? • Why is she famous for?

2. READ THE PARAGRAPH AND CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.

Rosa Parks was an African American woman. She was

born on February 4, 1913. Rosa Parks lived in
Montgomery, Alabama. She was a civil right leader
during the segregation. At that time, African Americans
were not happy because white people discriminated
them.

On December 1, 1955, a white man boarded the bus, the

bus driver asked Rosa Parks to stand up, but she
refused. The bus driver stopped and called the police,
so they arrested Rosa.

This act started the Montgomery bus boycott. This

boycott continued for 381 days. Finally, the U.S.
Supreme Court considered the segregation
unconstitutional.

She died on October 24, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan.

3. READ THE PARAGRAPH AND WRITE THE PAST FORMS OF THE VERBS.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST

Was discriminate Discriminated
be
Were ask Asked
arrest Arrested
continue Continued

SPELLING RULES die Died

work worked
call Called
plan planned live Lived
stop stopped board Boarded
try tried
refuse Refused
cry cried
bake baked start Started
consider Considered
stop Stoped

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 4. GO TO GRAMMAR REFERENCE UNIT 9.

5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF PAST OF THE VERBS IN
PARENTHESES.

1. The bookstore ____________________

Closed (close) early yesterday.
2. The children ____________________
Didn´t visit (not / visit) the Tortuga Park in Tula last week.
3. Rosa Parks ____________________
was (be) from the United States.
4. I ____________________ (not / study) in this university last term. I was abroad.
didn´t study
5. Last night, they ____________________
weren´t (not / be) ready to go to the airport.
6. This morning, Aida ____________________
tried (try) the new cappuccino at the local café.
7. My mom and I ____________________
were (be) sick last Saturday.
8. The bus ____________________
didn´t stop (not / stop) so I was late for school.

6. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE VERB IN THE BOX IN THE SIMPLE PAST.

not open live visit work close not be be cry

1. Last vacation we____________________

live the National Museum.
2. Last year I ____________________
visit in a famous restaurant as a waiter.
3. ____________________
be Salma at home last night?
4. close
The local library ____________________ last weekend because it was Independence Day.
5. Where ____________________ you ____________________
live when you were little?
6. All the local stores ____________________
not open at 8.pm the last Thanksgiving.
7. ____________________ the kid ____________________
cry after he watched the movie?
8. Monica and Peter ____________________
not be together last year. Now, they are a happy couple.

7. WRITE THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

1. Mary / my aunt / New York / in / we / visited Mary visited my aunt in New York
2. at / the café / I / was / seven / at / not I was not at the café at seven
3. did not / I / the cold / enjoy / weather I did not enjoy the cold weather
4. happy / my family / I / to see / was I was happy ti see my family
5. did / you / stay / where / ? Were did you stay?
6. were / when / born / you / ? When were you born?
7. Susan / and / like / did / Peter / play / the / not Susan and Peter did not like the Play
8. celebrated / her / month / Salma / 15 birthday / last Salma celebrated her 15 Birthday last month

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