UNIT 1.

MEMORIES

LESSON 13
Aim: Students will identify the past simple tense of the verb to be in a singular form to talk about biographies of famous people
in the past.
Who was the first president of the United States?
Read

1. Answer the question.

Who was he? _______________________

Read the biography

George Washington
1732 – 1799

George Washington was the first president of the United States. He was born on February 22 nd, 1732 in
Wakefield, in the state of Virginia.
When he was young he was a soldier. Later, he became a president. He was president from
April 30th, 1789 until March 3rd, 1797.
He married Martha Dandridge Custis. They didn’t have any children. George died on December 14th, 1799.

Write
2. Use the information in the biography to solve the following activities.
Write the missing information.
Name:
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Profession:
Married to:
Died:
Write True or False.

A) George Washington was a president. ___________________________

B) It was his profession after being a soldier. ___________________________
C) He wasn’t born in1932. He was born in 1732. ___________________________
D) He wasn’t born in Dakota. He was born in Virginia. ___________________________
E) Martha Dandridge Custis was his wife. ___________________________
F) She wasn’t mother. They didn’t have any children ___________________________

Think
4. Look at the words in bold in exercise b) and complete the chart. Look at the example.
Pronouns Affirmative Negative
I was wasn’t
________ _________ _________
________ _________ _________
________ _________ _________

Write
5. Look at the pictures and write where these people were last weekend. Use the words in the box.
PARK ZOO MUSEUM BEACH ROCK CONCERT HOME

Last weekend…

Claudia wasn’t at home. She was in a ____________________________

 Mike was in an interesting place. He was in a _________________.

Mrs. Estrada wasn’t at work. She had a pic nic in the______________ with her family

Jenny was very sick so she was at _____________.

Mr. Bell wasn’t at office. He was at the ______________.

Luis wasn’t at school. He was in the ______________.

6. Write about the places where you were or weren’t last weekend.
Example.
I wasn’t at home. I was in the library.

_______________________________________________________________
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Check your progress

After reflection, write the missing words about the topics in this lesson.

A) In this lesson you learned that ____________________ are words to indicate the past simple tense of the verb to be
in a singular form.

B) Also, we can use was/wasn’t to talk about ___________________ where we were in the past.

Lesson 14

Aim: Students will identify the past simple tense of the verb to be in a plural form to talk about biographies of famous people
who lived in the past.

They weren’t actors, they were muralists

Read
1. Order the following words to write the names of these muralists.

Alfaro Clemente Siqueiros Jose Orozco David

a) ______________________________________

b) _________________________________________

c) _______________________________________________

2. Read the text.

Alberto’s mother: What are you doing Alberto? Remember, you have to do your homework.
Alberto: I’m doing it, mom. I’m looking for information about some Mexican muralist on the Internet. Look, I found something.
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José Clemente Orozco

He was born in Jalisco on November 22nd, 1883. When he was seven years old he moved to
Mexico City where he studied. He painted murals in Mexico and in the United States. His
main topics in his murals were about
Mexican history. He was an excellent and famous muralist. He died on September 7 th, 1949.
You can admire some of his murals in the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

David Alfaro Siqueiros

He was a Mexican muralist and painter.

He was born in Chihuahua in 1896. When
he was young he was a soldier in the Venustiano Carranza’s army. At the end of the
Mexican conflict he went to Europe where he studied. When he came back to Mexico he
participated painting the murals in the Escuela Nacional
Preparatoria. His most famous murals are Proceso al fascismo (1939) and Muerte al
invasor (1940). He died in Cuernavaca in 1974.

Write
3. Complete the sentences with information in the web page.
a) __________________ and __________________ were muralists.
b) They weren’t American. They were ________________________.
c) They _______________ in other countries.
d) _______________________ was born in Jalisco on November 22nd, 1883.
e) ___________________ was a soldier in the Venustiano Carranza’s army.
Think
4. Look at the words in bold in exercise three and complete the chart.
Pronouns Verb to be in past simple tense
Affirmative Negative

you
we _________ _________
________

Write
5. Complete the chart with information about you and a classmate OR NEAR FAMILY.
last weekend? yesterday morning? at 8 last night?
Where were you…

Where was your classmate…

Use the information to write a text about you and your classmate and illustrate them.
Last weekend I was __________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
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 Last weekend __________________ was
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

Check your progress

After reflection, write the missing words about the topics in this lesson.
A) In this lesson you learned that ____________________ are words that indicate the past simple tense of the verb to be in a
plural form.

Lesson 15
Aim: Students will use the past simple tense of the verb to be to ask and answer questions in singular and plural form.

Was Iturbide the first president of Mexico?

Read
1. Choose the corresponding option and write it on the line.
In this subject you learn about historic events and personalities who lived in the past ____________________

a) Mathematics b) History c) Spanish

2. Read the dialogue.

Roberto: Hello Richard. We were waiting for you at the party yesterday afternoon. Were you at home?
Richard: No, I wasn’t. I was at the library.
Roberto: What were you doing?
Richard: I was doing my History homework.
Roberto: What was it about?
Richard: It was about the first president of Mexico.

Roberto: Was Iturbide the first president of Mexico?

Richard: No, he wasn’t. The first president of Mexico was Guadalupe Victoria. He governed from 1824 to 1829.
Roberto: Was it his real name?
Richard: No, it wasn’t. It was Jose Miguel Ramon Adaucto Fernandez y Felix.
Roberto: Was he born in Durango, wasn’t he?
Richard: Yes, he was. He was born in Villa de Tamazula, Durango on September 29th, 1786. And he died on March 21st,
1843 in the state of Mexico. But, tell about the party. Were you and Jenny dancing? Roberto: Yes, we were. It was a
funny party but we missed you.

Write
3. Use the information in the dialogue to solve the following activities.
A) Answer the questions.

a) Was Richard at the party yesterday afternoon? ____________________________________________________________

b) Was Roberto at the library yesterday afternoon? ___________________________________________________________
c) Were Richard and Roberto at school yesterday afternoon? ___________________________________________________
d) Was Richard looking for information about the first president of Mexico? ___________________________________________
e) Were Roberto and Jenny dancing at the party? ______________________________________________________________
WRITE THE MISSING INFORMATION

NAME: Guadalupe Victoria

REAL NAME: ___________________________________________________
OCCUPATION: __________________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH: ________________________________________________
PLACE OF BIRTH: _______________________________________________
DIED: _________________________________________________________
 4. Look at the words in bold in exercise two and complete the chart.
Pronouns Affirmative Negative
I Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.
____________ _______________ _______________
Was…? ____________ _______________ _______________
____________ _______________ _______________

____________ _______________ _______________

Were…? ____________ _______________ _______________
____________ _______________ _______________

Write
5. Complete the chart with your information then, ask some classmates OR NEAR FAMILY
Questions You _____________ ______________
Were you at home last
weekend?

Was your mother at office on

Monday?

Was your father at work last

Saturday?

Were you at school yesterday

morning?

Was your Spanish class so

interesting?

Were your friends in the zoo

last Sunday?

6. Use the information in the chart to complete the sentences.

Example:
Questions You Maricela Fernando
Were you at home last weekend? No, I wasn’t. Yes, she was. No, he wasn’t.

Last weekend Maricela was at home.

a) Last week ____________________________________ wasn’t at home.
b) My father ___________________________________________ at work last Saturday.
c) My Spanish class _____________________________________ interesting.
d) Last Sunday my Friends (or near family) _______________________________ the zoo
e) My mother ___________________________________ at the office on Monday.
Check your progress
Choose the corresponding option to complete the sentence. Write it on the line.
In this lesson you learned how _______________________________________________

a) asking for events in the present.

b) answering questions about events in the future.
c) answering questions about events in the past.
“was, were, wasn’t, weren’t” are the __________ forms of the verb to be.

a) present b) past c) future