Content Guide

Intensive Virtual Education

Third year of Unified General Baccalaureate

Unit 2
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CONTENT
VOCABULARY .................................................................................................... 4
Car types................................................................................................................ 4
GRAMMAR .......................................................................................................... 6
Simple past/review ........................................................................................... 6
Positive statements............................................................................................. 6
Negative statements. .......................................................................................... 7
Interrogative Statements. .................................................................................. 7
Past Continuous/review ................................................................................... 8
Positive statements .......................................................................................................................... 8
Negative statements. ....................................................................................................................... 8
Question statements and short answers. ........................................................................................ 9

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VOCABULARY

Car types
Which car do you like?

Picture 1. Car types. Source: https://engineeringlearn.com/top-9-types-of-cars-with-pictures-names-complete-details/

Eight habits of bad drivers.

Picture 2. Eight habits of bad divers. Source:

https://www.academia.edu/49074126/Libro_de_ingl%C3%A9s_Top_Notch_2_Third_Edition_Joan_Saslow_and_Allen_Ascher
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Driving behavior

Picture 3. Driving behavior. Source:

https://www.academia.edu/49074126/Libro_de_ingl%C3%A9s_Top_Notch_2_Third_Edition_Joan_Saslow_and_Allen_Ascher

Picture 4. Driving behavior. Source: https://7esl.com/driving-phrasal-

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GRAMMAR
Simple past/review
For short actions in the past.
Positive statements.

Regular verbs: spelling

Most+ ed e+ d + ied Double consonant

(c+v+c)
visited arrived Study = studied stop = stopped
watched changed Try = tried
played liked

Some irregular verbs

be Was (1) /were (2)
buy bought get got sleep slept
do did go went spend spent
drink drank have had swim swam
eat ate leave left take took
find found see saw understand understood
eat ate sit sat write wrote

Let´s practice: Write the simple past form of the following verbs: regular / irregular

1. Live ________ 2. Study ____________ 3. Get ____________ 4. Drive __________

5. Like ________ 6. Stop _________ 7. Have __________ 8. Leave ___________

Some examples:

Some practice: Write the correct form of the next verbs.

Example: We ________ (drive) to school by car.
We drove to school by car.

1. They ___________ (buy) an SUV car.

2. I __________ (rent) a convertible car.
3. You __________ (stop) in the gas station to fill the tank up.

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Negative statements.

Some practice: Choose the correct option.

Example: She didn´t rents / rent the VAN for the trip yesterday.
1. I don´t / didn´t get out of the car.
2. You didn´t / doesn´t arrive on time last night.
3. He didn´t stopped / stop at the bus station.

Interrogative Statements.

I
You
He
DID + She gesture at other drivers five days ago?
It
We
You
They

Some practice: Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Simple past.

Example: Does he text while driving the car?
Did he text while driving the car?

1. Did he observed the speed limit?

__________________________

2. Do they maintain a safe following distance?

__________________________

3. Did he pass in a non-passing zone?

__________________________

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Past Continuous/review
For actions that were in progress in the past.
Positive statements.

Spelling rules – ING

I - C+V+C: double second consonant.
He was driving my car at that moment. Run: running cut: cutting
She - Verbs end in E
Live: living taking
- Verbs ending in W, X and Y.
We were Say: saying fix: fixing
You were weaving through traffic. - Verbs ending in IE, add YING
They were Lie: lying die: dying
- For the other verbs add ING
Common expressions Talk: talking do: doing

That day
At the moment
At that time

Let´s practice: Complete the sentences with the correct verb form of the past progressive.
Example: She ___ _______ (speed) at that moment. .
She was speeding at the party at the moment.

1. They _____ _______ (slow down) the car at that time.

2. He _____ _______ (talk) on the phone.
3. Joel _____ ______ (honk) his horn.
4. We _____ ________ (pay) attention.

Negative statements.

I wasn´t texting while driving.

He
She wasn´t staring at other drivers.
It

We
You weren´t driving the car.
They

Let´s practice: Choose the correct option.

Example: She/They aren´t washing the car.

1. We / I wasn´t observing the highway at that moment.

2. Elena and Jessenia weren´t / wasn´t honking the horn.
3. They weren´t maintaining/maintain the distance.
4. She / I wasn´t flashing the lights.
5. Joseph isn´t eat / eating pizza right now.

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Question statements and short answers.

He Yes, he was OR No, he wasn´t.

Was she flashing a good time now? Yes, she was OR No, she wasn´t.
It Yes. It was OR No, it wasn´t

We Yes, we are OR No, we aren´t.

Were you speeding that day? Yes, I am OR No, I´m not.
they Yes, they are OR No, they aren´t.

Some practice: Correct the following mistakes.

Example: Are she gesturing at the other drivers?
Is she gesturing at the other drivers?

1. Were Sandra waiting for the train No, ______

________________________________
2. Was they observing the speed limit? Yes, _______
________________________________
3. Were you drive the car that day? No, _______
________________________________
4. Is we slowing down the speed? No, ______
________________________________
5. Were you text while driving that day? Yes, ______
________________________________

Simple past tense VS Past continuous

Two actions in the past, the action in progress: Present continuous. The action that
interrupts the action in progress: simple past.

Use WHEN or WHILE to join two ideas in the past.

Example: My dad was driving the car at that moment when the accident occurred yesterday.
Action in progress Interrupts the action in progress.

You can change the position of the elements.

When the accident occurred yesterday, my dad was driving the car at that moment.

Another example:

It started to rain while they were leaving out the car.

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Let´s practice.
Complete the next statements by using simple past or progressive/continuous.

Example:
I was not paying attention when I had an accident.
Not pay attention have

1. My brother ____________ at the stop sign, and he __________ the seat belt that day.
Not stop not wear

2. He _______________ on the cellphone when the VAN _________ his way home.
talk cut off

3. While we _______________ through traffic, my brother _____________ me.

Weave phone

4. When I ____________________ to music, I _____________ a car accident.

Listen see

5. They _____________________ when the police _____________ them.

Drive arrest

6. My mother ______________ the room while I _____________.

Enter sleep

7. The children ______________ video games when the cat _____________ down.
Play fall

REFERENCES
Picture 1. Car types. Source: https://engineeringlearn.com/top-9-types-of-cars-with-pictures-names-complete-details/

Picture 2. Eight habits of bad divers. Source:

https://www.academia.edu/49074126/Libro_de_ingl%C3%A9s_Top_Notch_2_Third_Edition_Joan_Saslow_and_Allen_Ascher

Picture 3. Driving behavior. Source:

https://www.academia.edu/49074126/Libro_de_ingl%C3%A9s_Top_Notch_2_Third_Edition_Joan_Saslow_and_Allen_Ascher

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