UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA

VICERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
INSTITUTONTERNACIONAL
I DE IDIOMAS

PROFESSOR DANIEL ALIRIO CRUZ BERNAL

GUIDE ENGLISH III WEEKS TOPIC DUE DATE:

1 2-3 *Past continuous JULY 9TH – 12:00 P.M
*Past simple vs Past continuous

OBJECTIVES

● To identify the past continuous and the past simple to show how two past actions or situations are connected.
● To integrate the tenses studied in order to engage in short written or spoken interactions.
● To be able to describe and talk about personal or general past experiences or events using the past simple and past
continuous tense.

DEAR STUDENT:

Welcome to this new level! This guide presents a detailed explanation of two past tenses, the past simple tense, and the past
continuous tense. This topic will be very useful for you, especially when telling others about experiences you have had. So
please, get ready for this topic! Remember that your teacher will always help you out if you have any problems so do not
forget about getting in touch with him/her.

1. GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER

This first point is going to be socialized in class. Be ready!

Vocabulary you might not know: Before starting our topic, take some time to answer the following questions, do not use a
translator, and try to reflect on your answers
Before: Antes After: Después Hate: Odiar To be bothered: Incomodar/preocupar Life changing: Algo que cambia tu vida
Midterm recess: Receso de mitad de semestre/año Few: Pocos Ago: hace

A. Before the pandemic started, what was your opinion about COVID-19?
Before the pandemic started I thought it was not such a serious disease

B. Do you like, hate, or are not bothered by being on quarantine? Why?

I like to be quarantined before I don't like to go out. now less
 C. Was COVID-19 a life changing experience for you and your family? Tell me why?
Something that changed in my life was seeing my mother before I saw her very often now a few times

D. What were you doing in your midterm recess three years ago?
My whole family was in Villavicencio while there was still no pandemic

E. What did you do in the recess we had a few days ago?

I was starting to read a new science fiction book while having a drink.

2. FAMOUS ACCIDENTS!

DEAR STUDENT: Did you know that some of the products or services that we have today were at some point invented by
accident? Read the following chart in which you are going to find three elements that were discovered accidentally.
CONSIDERATIONS:
• Each question may have a complete answer (1 Paragraph). Do not forget to use connectors and try to expand

your knowledge searching more information on different websites.

• Don’t copy and paste! Please remember the Author publishing agreement.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES PENICILLIN Coca-Cola®

Taken and adapted from www.britishscienceweek.org

 Nearly one hundred years ago, a
lady called Ruth Wakefield was
making cookies when she ran out
of cooking chocolate. Cooking
chocolate melts and makes the
cookies all brown and chocolatey.
She didn’t give up and used a
different type of chocolate instead,
called ‘semi-sweet’ chocolate. But
it didn’t melt. Mrs Wakefield had
accidentally invented the
chocolate chip cookie! She sold
the recipe to Nestlé in exchange
for a lifetime supply of chocolate
chips.
In 1928, Alexander Fleming was
growing bacteria in Petri dishes.
Bacteria are tiny living things –
some of them make people ill. One
of the dishes accidentally got
some mould in it. He noticed that
the bacteria didn’t grow close to
the mould. The mould is now used
as a medicine, called ‘penicillin’.
It can kill bacteria. You may have
taken some, if you’ve ever been
poorly with an infection. You
can’t actually make penicillin
yourself, but you can investigate
the growth of bacteria and moulds
in Petri dishes.
John Pemberton was trying to
make a cure for headaches when
he invented Coca-Cola®. For
eight years it was only sold in
chemist shops. But it became so
popular that it was put in bottles
and made available everywhere. It
eventually became the best-selling
fizzy drink in the world. The
recipe is still a closely guarded
secret, but you can always make
your own fizzy drinks if you want
to experiment a little.

Based on the previous reading activity, answer the following questions

1. What was Ruth Wakefield doing when she invented the chocolate chip cookies?
I was making chocolate dipped cookies while inventing chocolate chips.
2. How did Alexander Fleming invent penicillin?
I was growing bacteria in Petri dishes when mold grew on one, but the bacteria were not growing near the mold.
3. What was Coca-Cola originally used for?
It was being used as a headache medicine when it was marketed.
4. From the previous three accidental discoveries, which one surprised you the most? Why?
The one with penicillin as it came out of nowhere to save millions of lives
5. When you were a child, what was a “discovery” you made without other people telling you about it?
(Think of the first time you learned how to tie your shoelaces, think of the first time you learned to use a sharpener, etc. or
inventions you thought were revolutionary and necessary for you or other people)
He was playing with electric motors while unknowingly discovering electricity and its principles.
6. If you had the chance to invent or create something new, what would it be?
It would create a microorganism that could clean and purify water even in its worst state.

Taken and adapted from www.britishscienceweek.org

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Taken and adapted from www.britishscienceweek.org