4.

SUCCESS AND FAILURE

 UNIT 4.2 Measures of success
REVIEW OF CONTENTS

GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses

GRAMMAR: “ used to” and “would”

success
and PRONUNCIATION: Elision of consonants t
failure and d

SPEAKING: Old habits

LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of the session, students will be able to:

 Describe events using narrative tenses.

 Elaborate sentences about past habits and states using “used to”
and “would” appropriately.
 REVIEW OF CONTENTS
Success is a
continuous journey
1. push ahead

2. creative block

3. focus
1. one – way street
4. passion
2. sit back in out comfort zone
5. serve
3. I’ve made it
6. persist
4. get into stuff

5. couldn’t care less

6. to cut a long story short

DISCUSSION
1 Read the following questions and discuss
them in pairs or groups.

o Do you think age is important in the workplace?

o Are there any jobs that you need to be young or
old to do?
o How can you measure a person’s success?
o Is it easier or more difficult for anybody to achieve
success today than it was fifty years ago?
2 Look at the infographic. Find these people.

• An airline executive
• An inventor
• A technology
executive
• A fashion
enterpreneur
• A sports executive
• A telecoms magnate
 ANSWERS
A sports executive

A fashion
enterpreneur A technology
executive

An inventor

A telecoms magnate

An airline executive
 GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
3 Read the text in the grammar box.
Answer the questions.

1. Which tenses are the verbs in bold?

a) Past simple /bought, worked
b) Past continuous /was working
c) Past perfect simple /’d had (had had)
d) Past perfect continuous /had been trying

2. Which tenses are used to describe these

a) things?
An activity or state in progress before the main event /past perfect continuous
b) A background activity or state /past continuous
c) A sequence of events /past simple
d) An action that took place at an earlier time than the
main event /past perfect simple
NARATIVE TENSES VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGYqLc06Oy8
 GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
Examples:
1. An activity in progress before the main event
a. PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST SIMPLE
While I was driving home, I saw a ghost in the middle of the road.

b. PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

When the pólice arrived, she had been lying on the floor for about 20 minutes.

2. A background activity
a. PAST CONTINUOUS
I decided to go home walking, it was a dark night, there were few people who were walking on the Street,
some dogs were barking and the store owners were closing their stores because it was late.

3. A sequence of events
a. PAST SIMPLE
I went to bed, turned off the lights and I heard a loud scream.

4. An action that took place at an earlier time than the main event
a. PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
I heard a noise in my house. I thought it was my sister, but she was not home, she had already left.
In that moment I felt scared.
4. An action that took place at an earlier time than the main event
a. PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

Making my lifeline
 4. An action that took place at an earlier time than the main event
a. PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

Making my lifeline
• Draw your lifeline and describe at least five events. Use Past simple and Past perfect simple.
An activity in progress before the main event
a. PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST SIMPLE
While I was driving home, I saw a ghost in the
middle of the road.

b. PAST SIMPLE & PAST PERFECT

CONTINUOUS
When the pólice arrived, she had been lying on
the floor for about 20 minutes.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XEZpGHvR4w
 The Day After Tomorrow Movie CLIP

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkErNkX2HKM
Instruction:
Watch the video and write at least three sentences describing the events using past perfect continuous and past simple.
Choose one of the following situations:
• A dangerous situation
• An exciting moment
• A tragic moment
Write a short story using narrative tenses. for about three hours when suddenly she
Underline the narrative tenses.
Paste your story in this padlet link.
https://padlet.com/bmmc/r2hoa8fkyaa4zfq5
Example:
One night, when my sister was at
university, she was doing her homework.
She had been sitting in the living room
heard a girl screaming. Two guys wanted
to kidnap her. When my sister saw that,
she called the police. When they arrived,
the kidnappers had gone.
GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
4 Choose the correct option to complete the
sentences.
1. Amancio Ortega’s clothing empire was operating / had operated in over 80 countries when, in
2011, he resigned / was resigning as a chairman and moved / had moved into property
investment.
2. Before she joined / was joining Google, Sheryl Sandberg was working / had been working for
the US Treasury. She rose / had risen to the position of Chief of Staff by the time she left.
3. Carolin McCall did / was doing her degree when she met her husband. After graduating from
university, she trained / had trained as a teacher.
GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
5 Complete the biography of Oprah Winfrey with the correct form of the verb.

had led
Kahoot Narrative tenses

https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/bcec8d6c-d5aa-4a20-a8ce-
13b25e55aba5
6 Work in pairs. Tell a partner about a
time you were successful at
something.
• What were the events leading
up to your success?

• What happened next?

GRAMMAR: “used to” and “would”
7 Listen to a radio interview with the founder of the children’s charity Places for Kids, Gina
Desai. How does she measure success? Choose the correct option a, b or c.

a)She feels powerful.

b)Her work helps to make children’s lives better.

c) She heads up a very big organization.

Teacher’s digital book

ANSWER

a)She feels powerful.

b)Her work helps to make children’s lives better.

c)She heads up a very big organization.

GRAMMAR: “used to” and “would”
8 Listen again. Correct the factual mistake in each
sentence.
1. Gina’s family used to live in Iraq.
2. Gina’s brothers and sisters wouldn’t talk to her.
3. Alisha would put her books in strange places.
4. Gina used to be dyslexic
5. Gina didn’t use to need glasses.

Teacher’s digital book

ANSWERS
India
1. Gina’s family used to live in Iraq.
Other girls
2. Gina’s brothers and sisters wouldn’t talk to her.
toys
3. Alisha would put her books in strange places.
is
4. Gina used to be dyslexic
wear
5. Gina didn’t use to need glasses.
GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
9 Read the sentences in the gramar box. Answer the questions.

1. Which form describes both past habits and past states?

2. Which form describes past habits?
ANSWERS

1. Which form describes both past habits

and past states?

USED TO
2. Which form describes past habits?

WOULD
GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses
10 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
Sometimes both options are posible.

1. Sue used to know / would know a girl called Gina.

2. Did Sue use to work / Would Sue work in a bank?
3. Where did Gina use to hide / would Gina hide Sue’s toys?
4. She used to be / would be unhappy.
5. She used to cry / would cry when she was alone.
Used to/would VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFk5x2WupBY

Used to/would KAHOOT

https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/d61a61d5-8e86-4e0c-9311-
e407e2c6398c
PRONUNCIATION: Elision of consonants t and d

11 Listen to the sentences. Notice how the words in bold

are pronounced. Which consonant is omitted?

1. We used to live in India.

2. The other girls wouldn’t talk to me.
3. She would put my toys in strange places.
4. I needed glasses, but I didn’t use to wear them.
ANSWERS

1. We used to live in India.

2. The other girls wouldn’t talk to me.
3. She would put my toys in strange places.
4. I needed glasses, but I didn’t use to wear them.
SPEAKING: Old habits

12 Write sentences with used to and would about these things. The sentences can be
true or false. Then, share your ideas with your partners.

o A job I used to do
o A place I used to live
o Some people I used to know
o When I was at school
o When I was looking for a job
o When I was younger
GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses

Canvas – Modules – Week 8

GRAMMAR: Narrative tenses

Homework

Canvas – Modules – Week 8

Week 8: Session 2

Homework

Canvas – Extra activities

REFERENCE

[1]Helen Stephenson, Lewis Lansford &Paul Dummett

(2016). Keynote (Split A) – Upper Intermediate (1era
edición). 2017:National Geographic Learning - Cengage
Learning.
Thank you!
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