Level 7

Compare what people usually do with what they are doing

now

Simple present tense Present continuous tense

 I eat rice.  I’m eating rice.
 She cooks fish.  She’s cooking fish.
Every day  They bake bread.  They’re baking bread. NOW
 We have fruit for breakfast.  We’re having fruit for breakfast.

Conversation
Tom: What are you doing?

Julie: I’m looking at pictures from my vacation.

Tom: Oh, can I see? Where did you go?

Julie: I visited my cousins in the South. It’s very flat there. No mountains or
hills, and it’s pretty dry for most of the year.

Tom: What about food? What do you cousins usually eat?

Julie: Meals are very simple there. It’s basically meat and potatoes and a lot
or vegetables. But they grow wheat everywhere, so pasta is becoming
popular.

Tom: That sounds good!

Julie: Yes, I really life the food there.

Vocabulary
This is my first visit to Argentina. It’s a wonderful place! The people are
friendly and the meals are delicious- from my morning coffee to my dinner in the
evening. The staple foods in different parts of the country depend on the
geography and climate. For example; in the northeast, the land is flat and the
weather is hot and humid. Farmers there grow a lot of rice, and people in that
region eat rice almost every day. Wheat and corn grow well in the cooler central
part of the country, so while I’m here I’m eating bread and pasta. In the coastal
region near the Atlantic Ocean, fish is an every day food. In the grasslands,
animals such as cattle and sheep are raised. Farmers in mountainous regions of
Argentina work very hard. They grow crops, such as grapes for wine. On small
areas of flat lands called terraces. All of these different regions and different foods
make Argentina a great choice for travelers.
 Flat Plano.
 Geography Geografía.
Work Bank  Climate Clima.
 Humid Húmedo.
Valley  Grasslands Praderas.
River  Mountainous Montañosas.
Lake  Crops Cosechas.
Desert  Flat lands Terrenos planos.
Marsh  Such as Tal/ Tal como/ Tanto/ Cuál.
Rocky  Coastal Costal.
Dry  Staple foods comida en materia
Rainy prima.
Mansoon
Snowy
Frozen
Hills
Flats
Becoming
Meals
Meat
Wheat
 More Vocabulary

 Bread Pan.  Stew Estofado.

 Cheese Queso.  Pasta Pasta.
 Tofu Tofu.  Tortillas tortillas.
 Meat Carne.  Oatmeat Avena.
 Fish Pescado.  Yucca Yuca.
 Curry Curry.  Eggs Huevos.
 Milk Leche.  Dumpling Dumpling.
 Soup Sopa.  Potatoes Patatas.
 Red beansFrijoles rojos.  Millet Mijo.

Simple past tense

 We learned how to make pizza. Yesterday

 Too much rain fell. Last November
 I ate sushi for the first time.
In 2006

Complete the conversation. Use the simple past tense of the verb
in parentheses.

Mary: Tell me about yourself, Pedro.

 Pedro: Well, I love to travel. Last year, I traveled to Greece.

Mary: Wow! You went to Greece?

Pedro: Yes, and I met my friend Vasilys and his family there. They showed
me around Athens and introduced me to many new foods.

Mary: That sounds like fun.

Pedro: It was. I ate seafood and lamb, and tried a dish made from rice and
grape leaves. It was delicious!

Conversation
Albert: You should try this! My aunt made it.

Mary: Mmmm… Delicious! What is it?

Albert: It’s called Couscous. It’s made from wheat.

Mary: And what’s this on top of the Couscous?

Albert: Mostly vegetables and some kind of sauce.

Mary: How did you aunt learn to cook it?

Albert: Her great- uncle married a woman from North Africa. That’s where
Couscous is from. They always ate it on special occasions.

Mary: What an interesting family history!

Albert: Yeah, and a great family recipe.

Verbs in past

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

learn Learned See Saw
Arrive Arrived Eat Ate
Play Played Drink Drank
Ask Asked Go Went
Travel Traveled Send Sent
Want Wanted Give Gave
 Need needed Take Took
Help helped Fall Fell

Sentences
1. I have met many Canadians, but I haven’t been in Canada.
2. My husband and I have been married for six years.
3. Mary isn’t in the office this week. She has gone on vacation.
4. Jason doesn’t want to watch videos. He has watched video every night this
week.
5. Tomorrow is my friend’s birthday, but I haven0t bought her a present. I
forgot!
6. I have finished all my homework. Now, I can go out!

Homework
Hi, Ronald! I’m very good, and I’m happy for you. Here people all the time
eat arepas for breakfast or sometimes eat mandocas, pastelitos or tequeños. I love
mandocas. My favorite place for eating mandocas was Pastelitos Junior.

For lunch, people usually eat paella or pasta. They rarely eat lasagna for
lunch. I like lasagna, and I prepared it yesterday.

And for dinner, people sometimes eat bread with ham and cheese with
orange juice or pizza.

Conversation

 Hello, we always have coffee at the same time but we’ve never spoken
here. Don’t you remember me? I was at Tom’s party.
 Oh, of course! I remember you. I have seen you a couple times here.
 Have you seen the weather? It’s crazy!
 Yes, it’s frigid outside! I come here when it’s cold outside to get warm
with a coffee.
 Have you read the newspaper? That’s going to worst.
 No, I haven’t, but that’s sounds bad.
 We should stay home.
 Yes. I have to go, but we should go to the park or to the cinema.
 Yes, we should. Well, see you later!
  See you, bye!

Goal
My family and I have been in Maracaibo this year. The city is so beautiful but
it’s dirty. We have visited different places there. For example: La vereda Del Lago
and The Basilica, we have eaten arepas, pepitos and hamburgers; and we have
played baseball. It was amazing, because we’ve played and eaten a lot.

Language expansion: Starting a conversation