TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

MADAME CURIE INSTITUTE

Junior High School
1st GRADE

Subject: ENGLISH I
Topic 1: Attitude adverbs
Topic 2: Verb to be past simple
Topic 3: Past simple with other verbs
Topic 4: Past continuous
Topic 5: Used to

ATTITUDE ADVERBS

1: An attitude adverb expresses attitude toward the subject or action described in the sentence.
EXAMPLES
 Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the explosion.
 Apparently, the class starts at 5 pm.
 Unfortunately, there is no more room.
 Suddenly, I was dancing with my friends.

2: Attitude adverbs are usually placed before the subject of the sentence. 
EXAMPLES
 Unfortunately, she cannot go to Greece. She doesn’t have a vacation.
 Suddenly, it started raining.
 Luckily, I caught the bus.
 Amazingly, he knew all the answers of the test.

NOTICE: Remember adverbs usually end in ly.

Some of the most common attitude adverbs are…

 amazingly
 luckily
 sadly
 suddenly
 unfortunately

“Por una educación humana, justa, útil y trascendente”

 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

SIMPLE PAST VERB TO BE - FORM AND USE

1: Was and were the past forms of verb to be.

2: We use the past simple to talk about actions that happened before the moment of speaking.

3: We use was for personal pronouns I, he, she, it.

Examples:
 I was at school yesterday.
 He was really happy in Italy
 She was worried about her son.

4: We use were for personal pronouns you, we, they.

Examples:
 We were in the pool a while ago.
 You were a great help.
 They were at the cinema last night.

“Por una educación humana, justa, útil y trascendente”

 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

5: Formulas for affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences

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 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

PAST SIMPLE – OTHER VERBS

The past simple is used to talk about

• Something that happened and ended in the past

 The film started at seven thirty.
 We arrived home before dark.

• Something that was true for some time in the past

 Everybody worked hard through the winter.
 We stayed with our friends in London.

• Past habits and generalizations

 She did exercise every other day.
 They never went to school, they always skipped class.

• Something that happened several times in the past

 Most evenings, we stayed at home and watched DVDs.
 Sometimes they went out for a meal.

• A duration, such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year.
 A: How long did you wait for them?
 B: We waited for one hour.

• A habit which stopped in the past.

 Peter stopped smoking last year.

“Por una educación humana, justa, útil y trascendente”

 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

Formulas

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 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

Past Continuous

We use the past continuous to…

 Indicate that an action was in progress (happening) in the past when another action happened.
Examples
 You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.
 While John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car.
 Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane.
 When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

 Indicate that an action was in progress in the past.

Examples
 Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
 At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
 Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

When we are talking about past and ongoing actions, we need to connect both sentences. We do this with
the words when and while as follows.

We use when before the past simple, and when or while before the past continuous.
Examples
 When the car exploded I was walking past it.
 While I was watching TV my mom went to the mall.
 I was having lunch when Patty fell down.
 Peter and I were playing soccer while you walked the dog

“Por una educación humana, justa, útil y trascendente”

 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

Affirmative
+ was (I, he, she, it) + Verb + ing ** + Complement
were (we, you, they)

** If the verb ends in “e”, we drop it and add “ing”

Examples:
Lorena was washing the windows.
You were studying for your exams.
I was taking a nap.

Negative
+ wasn’t (I, he, she, it) + Verb + ing + Complement
weren’t ( you, we, they)
Examples:
I wasn’t doing exercise.
She wasn’t baking cookies.
They weren’t playing with the cat.
We weren’t writing a story.

Interrogative
Was + + Verb + ing + Complement ?
Were
Examples:
Were you and Patty doing your homework?
Was the dog eating chicken?
Were you and your brother watching the new movie?

Used to

“Por una educación humana, justa, útil y trascendente”

 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE

“Used to” is a past simple verb.

We use it to talk about past habits and old routines.

We use it when…

1) The state or action lasted for some time, or happened repeatedly.

 I used to drink coffee every morning, now I drink tea.

 My dad used to read me amazing stories every night at bedtime.
 Karen and John used to watch lots of TV, but now they prefer to do exercise.

2) The state or action doesn’t happen now.

 I used to have long hair.

 They used to live in India.
 My mother used to take me to school, but now I get the bus.

3) It happened a long time ago.

 Lucy used to wear dresses when she worked in a bank, twenty years ago.
 I used to eat lots of raisings when I was a child.
 Long ago we used to go on picnics every other weekend.

“Por una educación humana, justa, útil y trascendente”

 TEACHER:Martha Blando

DATE: September 27th – October 1st.

FIRST GRADE
Structure: Used to + infinitive

Affirmative Negative
 I used to like cartoons. I didn’t use to like cartoons.
 You used to go swimming. You didn’t use to go swimming.
 He used to paint houses. He didn’t use to paint houses.
 We used to play the guitar. We didn’t use to play the guitar.
 They used to dance ballet. They didn’t use to dance ballet.

Interrogative
 Did you use to like cartoons? Short answers
 Did I use to go swimming?
 Did he use to paint houses? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
 Did we use to play the guitar?
 Did they use to dance ballet?

Important:
 “Used to” is exactly the same for every personal pronoun.
 There is no present form of used to. If we want to talk about present habits or routines, we can
use the present simple and adverbs of frequency.

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