UNIT 2

VOCABULARY: celebrations, customs and feelings

Þ Contest
Þ Sculpture
Þ Put up decorations
Þ Procession
Þ Light up bonfires
Þ Watch fireworks display
Þ Public/National holiday
Þ Take place
Þ Marching bands
Þ National symbol
Þ Hold street parades
Þ Attend concerts
Þ National costumes
Þ Let of fireworks

Þ Frightened
Þ Amazed
Þ Nervous
Þ Upbeat
Þ Fulfilled
Þ Worried
Þ Frustrated
Þ Flattered
Þ Annoyed
Þ Astonished
Þ Disappointed

PHRASAL VERBS:

Þ To hand in: entregar

Þ To hand out: repartir
Þ Put up: decorate/ put something
Þ Put on: ponerse algo de ropa y colocar en
Þ Take off: quitarse algo de ropa, despegar
Þ Make off: escaparse
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Þ Make up: invent

Þ Blow sb away: impress sb very much
Þ Blow into (a place): arrive somewhere unexpectedly
Þ Blow sb off: not met sb at an arranged meeting; plantón
Þ Blow up: 1) enlarge a photograph 2) fill something with air
Þ Blow something out: extinguish something with your air
Þ Dry out: lose all water and harden
Þ Dry (sb/sth) off: remove water from
Þ Dry up: become dry because of heat
Þ Knock off: force to fall
Þ Knock down: derribar
Þ Set off: leave a place
Þ Came up with: presentar algo
Þ Let off: lanzar

GRAMMAR:

Used to/ would + base form

Be used to (estar acostumbrado) +ing
Get used to (tener q acostumbrarse) +ing

PAST SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I (every form) walked/ I did not/ didn’t walk/

took take

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Did I walk/ take? Yes I did/ No I didn’t

• actions which happened at a specific time in the past.

• past habits.
• past actions which happened one immediately after the other.
• past actions which won't take place again.
PAST CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I was running I was not/ wasn’t running

We were running We were not/ weren’t running

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Was I running? Yes I was / No I wasn’t

Were we running? Yes we were/ No we weren’t

• an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We do not know when the
action started or finished.
• a past action which was in progress (past continuous) when another action interrupted
it (past simple).
• two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past.
• to give background information in a story.

PAST PERFECT
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I (every form) had seen I had not/ hadn’t seen

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Had I seen? Yes I had/ No I hadn’t

• for an action which finished before another past action or before a stated time in the
past.
• for an action which finished in the past and the result was visible at a later point in the
past.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I (every form) had been eating I had not/ hadn’t been eating

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Had I been eating? Yes I had/ No I hadn’t

• to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started and finished in the past,
before another action or stated time in the past, usually with for or since.
• for an action lasted for some time in the past and the result was visible in the past.