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UNIT 2 THINGS HAPPEN

INSTRUCTIONS
Preparing your Role Play

You are going to tell what happened to you in a conversation.

Answer your classmates questions

The conversation must include the following information:

1. Simple Past and Past Continuous to tell about what happened to you (an
event, an accident, an anecdote, something bad, funny, embarrassing, etc).
2. Reflexive pronouns.
3. Verbs to describe what happened and vocabulary related to parts of the body.
4. Where and when it happened (at work, on vacation, yesterday, last year, etc).

Ideas:

a) You sprained your…………

b) You walked into a …………
d) You spilled ………………
e) You broke your ……………
f) You damaged your…………..
g) You burnt your…….
h) You hurt your……….
i) You lost your………..
j) You forgot………….
k) Your friend deleted………….
l) You missed your stop……………..
l) You cut your…………..
m) It started to rain……….
m) you got a black eye……
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QUESTIONS FOR THE ROLE PLAY

Hi, how are you? I'M SAD I'M BAD

Hola, como estas? ESTOY TRISTE ESTOY MAL

VERBOS WHAT WHAT WERE YOU DOING? WHERE AND WHEN DID WHAT DID YOU DO?
HAPPEND TO ¿QUE ESTABAS HACIENDO? THAT HAPPEN? ¿QUÉ HICISTE?
YOU? ¿DÓNDE Y CUÁNDO
¿QUÉ TE SUCEDIÓ ESO?
PASÓ?
You I sprained my I was jogging in the park, when I hit a This happened to me I kept walking home, my ankle hurt
sprained ankle tree branch that was on the ground yesterday when I was in a lot, when I got home, my wife put
your Me torcí mi and fell. the park walking my dogs ice on me and gave me
Te torciste tobillo Estaba trotando en el parque, choqué Esto me pasó ayer cuando paracetamol.
I sprained my con una rama de árbol que estaba en estaba en el parque Seguí caminando hasta mi casa,
wrist el suelo y me caí. paseando a mis perros me dolía mucho mi tobillo, cuando
Me torcí mi llegue a mi casa, mi esposa me
muñeca puso hielo y me dio paracetamol.
You walked I walked into a I was walking in the park and I looked I was walking my dogs in Well, I got up, cleaned my pants,
into a tree and collided back and hit a tree, I was very the park and this and kept walking home.
Caminar y with it embarrassed happened yesterday. Bueno, me levante, me limpié mis
chocar con Choqué contra Estaba caminando en el parque y miré Estaba paseando a mis pantalones y seguí caminando
un arbol hacia atrás y choqué con un árbol, me perros en el parque y esto hacia mi casa.
dio mucha verguenza sucedió ayer.
You spilled I spilled my cofe I was having breakfast at home and I A few hours ago in the I had to quickly change my pants,
Derramaste Derramé mi café was late for work, and I ran out quick kitchen of my house. its was dirty and I was very
and spilled my coffee on my pants Hace unas horas atrás en embarrassing.
Estaba tomando desayuno en mi casa mi casa. Tuve que cambiarme rápidamente
y estaba atrasada para el trabajo, y de blusa y me la coloque al revés.
salí rápido y derrame mi café
You broke I broke my I was riding a bike when a dog got in Last week on Cerro San Well, my husband helped me up
your anckle the way and I had to brake and fell into Cristobal. and I had to go to the hospital from
Te Me quebré mi a mud puddle. La semana pasada en el the emergency room.
quebraste tobillo Estaba andando en Bicicleta, cuando cerro San Cristobal. Bueno, mi esposo me ayudó a
se atravesó un perro y tuve que frenar levantarme y tuve que ir de
y me caí. urgencias al Hospital.
You I damaged my I ran to the bus stop to take the bus to This happened to me two A person helped me to get up and
damaged wrist work, when I fell and damaged my weeks ago, I was on the I had to go home because I was in
your Me dañé la wrist. street of av. Vicuña a lot of pain.
Te dañaste muñeca Fui corriendo al paradero para tomar mackena. Una persona me ayudó a
el bus hacia mi trabajo, cuando me caí Esto me pasó hace dos levantarme y tuve que ir a mi casa
y me dañé mi muñeca. semanas, estaba en el porque sentía mucho dolor.
paradero de av. Vicuña
mackena
You burnt I burnt my arm I was cooking, when I burned myself It happened to me I had to go to the bathroom and
your Me quemé el with boiling water on my arm yesterday at my house. pour ice water on my arm and I
Te brazo Estaba cocinando, cuando me cayó Me pasó ayer en mi casa. spent a couple of hours with an ice
quemaste agua hirviendo en el brazo. pack to calm the burning and pain
Tuve que ir al baño y echarme
agua helada en el brazo y estuve
un par de horas con una
compresa de hielo para calmar el
ardor y dolor
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You hurt I hurt my nose I was playing volleyball, when the ball This happened to me Well, blood came out and I had to
your Me lastimé la fell on my face, hurting my nose. yesterday, I was playing go lie down for a moment and take
Te nariz Estaba jugando Voleibol, cuando me with my family at my Paracetamol.
lastimaste cayó la pelota en la cara, father's house. Esto me Bueno, me salió sangre y tuve que
lastimándome la naríz pasó ayer, estaba jugando ir a recostarme un momento y
con mi familia en la casa tome paracetamol.
de mi padre.
You lost I lost my keys I went shopping at the supermarket, . I lost the keys last week I started to check the car, my bag,
your Yo perdí mi and when I returned home, I couldn't at my house. and finally when I got closer to my
Te perdiste llaves find my keys to open the door. Perdí las llaves la semana house, I realized that I had left the
Salí a comprar al supermercado, y pasada en mi casa. keys in the door lock. I was lucky
cuando volví a la casa, no encontré that no one robbed my house
mis llaves para abrir la puerta. Comencé a revisar el auto, mi
bolso, y finalmente cuando me
acerco a mi casa, me doy cuenta
que había dejado las llaves
puestas en la puerta. Tuve suerte
que nadie entró a robar a mi casa.
You forgot I forgot my I forgot my cell phone and could not This happened to me I had to ask a stranger for his cell
Olvidaste phone communicate with my mother, and let yesterday, in a cafeteria phone so I could tell my mom that
Yo olvidé mi her know that I was waiting for her in Esto me sucedió ayer, en he had arrived
celular the cafeteria. una cafetería. Tuve que pedirle a un
Olvidé mi celular y no pude desconocido su celular para poder
comunicarme con mi mamá para avisar a mi mamá que había
avisarle que había llegado a nuestro llegado.
encuentro.
Your friend My friend My friend accidentally deleted a report she deleted my report . I got mad at her, but was able to
deleted deleted my file from my university when I shared my yesterday when we were rescue the file and apologized to
Tu amiga of my computer computer with her for a job in college. her for getting mad at her.
borró Mi amiga borró Mi amiga me borró accidentamente un Me borró el informo ayer, Me enojé con ella, pero pude
un informe de mi informe de mi universidad cuando le estábamos en la rescatar el archivo y le pedí
pc presté mi computadora para un universidad. disculpas por haberme enojado
trabajo. con ella.
You missed I missed the bus I was in a hurry walking to the bus This happened to me I had to take an uber because I
your stop Yo perdí el bus stop, I was late because I was yesterday and I was at my was really late for work and had a
Perdiste el watching the news on TV and I missed house.. meeting
bus the bus. Esto me sucedió ayer y Tuve que tomar un uber porque
Estaba apurada caminando hacia la estaba en mi casa. realmente iba atrasada a mi
parada de bus, me atrasé porque me trabajo y tenía una reunión.
quedé viendo las noticias en la TV y
perdí el bus.
You cut your I cut my finger I was cooking dinner, I was cutting I was at my mother's My mother helped me, and she
Te cortaste Me corte el dedo some vegetables, tomatos, when I cut house and this happened went to buy me a band-aid patch.
my finger with a knife. yesterday. Mi mamá me ayudó, y me fue a
Estaba cocinando la cena, cortaba Estaba en la casa de mi comprar un parche curita.
unas verduras cuando me corté mi mamá y esto sucedió ayer
dedo con un cuchillo
It started to It started to rain It started to rain when I left my house This happened yesterday I had to run home because it
rain and I got wet for a walk in the park, and I didn't bring in the park near my house. started to rain very hard and I had
Empezó a Yo Quedé my umbrella. Esto sucedió ayer en el to pick up the clothes that were
llover mojada por la Empezó a llover cuando salí de mi parque que está cerca de hanging in my yard.
lluvia casa a pasear al parque, y no llevé mi mi casa Tuve que irme a mi casa corriendo
paraguas porque comenzó a llover muy
fuerte y tenía que recoger la ropa
tendida que estaba en mi patio.
you got a I got a black eye I was playing with my nephews, when We were playing at my Well, I put ice on my eye to reduce
black eye Tenía el ojo one of them accidentally hit me in the sister's house, two weeks the swelling and my nephews
tengo ojo morado eye. ago. apologized because my eye was
morado Estaba jugando con mis sobrinos, Estábamos jugando en la very ugly.
cuando uno de ellos me golpeó casa de mi hermana, hace Bueno, me puse hielo en el ojo
accidentalmente en el ojo. dos semanas para que bajara la hinchazón y
mis sobrinos me pidieron
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disculpas porque me quedó muy
feo el ojo.
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 ACTIVITY TO PRACTICE SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS

COMPLETE THE ANECDOTES WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS OR SIMPLE PAST
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Simple past SP
Past Continuous PC
WAS / WERE + VB ING
I WAS WALKING
YOU WERE TALKING
SHE WAS + WORKING
HE WAS GOING
IT WAS RAINING
WE WERE BUYING
THEY WERE COOKING
ETC.

1. A few weeks ago, when I was making ( make) dinner , my friend called (call)
PC SP
I completely _______________ (forget) about the food on the stove and I burnt everything!
SP

2. I _____________ (damage) my parent’s car last week. I_____________(drive) to work, and

SP PC
I _____________(run) into a stop sign. Now I have to pay for the repairs
SP
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3. Last week, I ___________(hurt) my foot when I ___________(do) aerobics. I don’t know why,
SP PC
but I just _________(fall). I felt so stupid.
SP

4. I________________(have lunch) in a restaurant last week, when the server accidentally

PC
________________(spill) water all over me. It was embarrassing, but then I ___________(get)
SP SP
my lunch for free.

5. My friend and I _____________(talk) in class and we _______________(not pay) attention.

PC PC
Suddenly, we ____________(realize) the teacher ____________(stand) right beside us. He and
SP SP
the whole class_____________(listen) to us.
PC
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