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MEMORIES

VOCABULARY: memorable, people, events and possessions

GRAMMAR: Be simple past

COMMUNICATIVE OUTCOME: To talk about memories

GETTING STARTED

1. Think about memorable people, events and possessions in your life.

Write two for each circle.
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2. Use the words and phrases in the box to complete the questions. use
each word and phrase once.

Listening part

1. Listen to two friends, Rosa and Man-Ho, play the memory game.
Check (/) the memories they talk about.

2. Listen again. underline the answers they give to the question.

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GRAMMAR FOCUS

1. Study the examples of verb TO BE in the past.

2. Look at the examples again and complete the charts.

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¿Ser o no ser?
El verbo to be no es tan simple como parece, y cuando empezamos a poder
mantener una conversación en inglés y hacer uso de una cierta flexibilidad
gramatical nos damos cuenta de que saber usarlo bien en pasado es realmente
útil, especialmente si te gusta (o crees que te puede gustar) contar anécdotas y
hablar de tu vida.

¿Qué reglas hay que tener en cuenta?

El verbo to be es un verbo irregular, como se puede ver en sus formas en past
simple (que se pueden traducir por: yo fui / estuve / era / estaba, tú fuiste /
estuviste / eras / estabas, etc.).

Afirmativo Negativo Interrogativo

I was I wasn’t Was I...?

You were You weren’t Were you…?

He / She / It was He / She / It wasn’t Was he / she / it…?

We were We weren’t Were we...?

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They were They weren’t Were they...?

3. Complete the conversations with the simple past of BE.