Diagnostic evaluation

A Find the mistake, underline and write it correctly.

Example: We not tired. We are not tired.

1. I from Turkey. ___________________________________________
2. They is at the park. ___________________________________________
3. Are that your dog? ___________________________________________
4. Im very tall. ___________________________________________
5. My dad are an engineer. ___________________________________________
6. He’s n’t angry. ___________________________________________

B Unscramble the words to make questions. Make sure to start the questions with capital letters.
1. you / where / from / are / ?

2. name / what’s / your / ?

3. old / how / you / are / ?

4. telephone / what’s / number / his / ?

C Answer the following questions.

1. Are you a good student? _________________________________________________________.
2. Is your father a strict person? _____________________________________________________.
3. What’s your favorite subject at school? _____________________________________________.
4. What does your mom do?________________________________________________________.
5. How often do you take English classes? ____________________________________________.

D Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses in present continuous.

Dear Paula,
Berta and I are here on Sacrifice Island. Our vacation is wonderful. I’m on the beach right
now. The children (1) __________________ (play) in the water.
Your cousin (2) __________________ (swim). Berta (3) __________________ (read) a book.
I (4) _________________ (lie) in the sun. We (5) _________________ (think) of you all the time.
(6) __________________ you __________________ (work) a lot at the office?
(7) __________________ your brother __________________ (plan) to come to Sacrifice Island
on weekend?
With love,
Ruth
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 E Listen to the conversation and complete the missing information. 1

A: Thank you for ______________ ATG. Barbara ______________.

How ______________ I ______________ you?
B: ______________ I ______________ extension 321?
A: Excuse me. ______________ I ______________ who is ______________, please?
B: ______________ is Ken.
A: Please, hold and I’ll ______________ you ______________. Can you ______________ the
______________?
B: I’m afraid Mr. Torrance is not ______________ at the moment, the ______________ is
______________.
______________ you ______________ to leave a ______________?

F Listen and write the words you hear. 2

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

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Unit 1 – My city
Progression 1
Use the present continuous in an affirmative form to describe your own actions and other
people’s that are in progress at the moment of narrating through texts, stories, cartoons or
narratives.
Examples:
I am having a great time! My mom is sunbathing now. My brothers are making a
sandcastle.

Integrating activity
My favorite scene
X You have to work with a group of classmates. Select a short scene from a movie or a
TV program. Use the Present progressive to describe the ongoing actions in the scene.
Practice the narration and present it in class.

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 Recognizing
A Look at the actions below and check (4) the most common.
B Listen and label the pictures. 3

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.
C Listen and check your answers. 4

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

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 Defining
D Listen to this conversation and practice it with a friend. 5

Joe: I am planning a ridding bike tour in group now.

Gina: Sounds great, but I can’t go with you to organize it because I am reading a book, I have
an exam tomorrow.
Joe: I am working too; remember I have a part-time job. Let me tell you the event is on
Saturday. I am inviting friends and partners to join the ride.
Gina: In that case, I am joining the event, people are doing more exercise these days so we
need to motivate them, our partners will love it as well.
Joe: I am giving a map to every one of the bike tour to go, it is important to know this
information before the event.
Gina: Hey Joe, guess what?
Joe: What?
Gina: I don´t have a bike.
Joe: Ohh my god! Then just help me to organize it please while I’m looking for one for you.
Gina: Okay. Count on me.

E Write information in the box from the conversation that indicates ideas in progress at the
moment, for example:
I am planning a ridding bike tour in group now.

F According to the previous information. What do you say about these questions?
1. How is the verb form written in the progressive form?

2. What is the conjugation of be in simple form?

3. What is added to the action verb?

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 Analyzing
G Work with a group of classmates and complete the chart.
Use information from electronic and printed sources to answer the questions.

1. What do we express with present progressive?

2. How do we use present progressive?

3. How do we form affirmative sentences?

H Work with a group of classmates and complete the information.

Structure:

Use:

Examples:

I Remember the following present progressive exceptions in spelling.

X A single, silent e at the end of the verb is dropped before ing.
Example: come – coming
I am coming home. You are coming home. He is coming home.
X Double ee at the end of the verb is not changed.
Example: agree – agreeing
X The final consonant after a short, stressed vowel is doubled before ing.
Example: sit – sitting
I am sitting on the sofa. You are sitting on the sofa. He is sitting on the sofa.
The verbs that can be used in the progressive form are called action verbs.
Here are some verbs that are not normally used in the progressive form.

like dislike love hate prefer remember forget believe mean

seem understand want need know belong own

Here are some verbs that can be both state and action verbs depending on
their meaning.
I think you made a mistake. think = believe
think = mental process I am thinking about my mom now.
I have two cars. have = possess, own
have = eat I am having my lunch now.
I am seeing my friend tomorrow evening. see = meeting with

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 Implementing
J Look at the images and then complete with the appropriate word. Then complete them with
your own words.

1. Jane isn’t at home. She is 2. I can see Daniel. He is _____________ over

______________________. there.

3. Can I help you? - No, thank you. We are 4. I am in Oxford. I’m ____________ English
just ______________________. this summer.

K Complete the conversations. Then practice them with a classmate.

a. I´m going on holiday. a. He´s cooking dinner. a. My sister is going to England.

b. Where ________________ ? b. What _________________ ? b. Who __________________ ?
L Write the correct form. Then read them loudly.
1. I ________________________ an email now.
X am writing
X am writting
2. I ________________________ in London this month.
X am staying
X stay
3. Peter ________________________ this week.
X working
X is working
4. My mum and dad ________________________ now.
X is cooking
X are cooking
5. I’d like to know why you ________________________ my bedroom.
X are tiding
X are tidying
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 M Write down the correct -ing form of the following verbs.
Example: Come coming
1. Study __________________________ 6. Read __________________________
2. Have __________________________ 7. Walk __________________________
3. Jog __________________________ 8. Sing __________________________
4. Sit __________________________ 9. Get __________________________
5. Write __________________________ 10. Break __________________________

There are some verbs that cannot be used in the progressive tense. They express mental and
emotional states: believe, dislike, doubt, imagine, know, like, love, hate, prefer, realize, recognize,
remember, suppose.

Example:
I believe in love. () correct
I am believing in love. () incorrect
The teacher dislikes lazy students. () correct
The teacher is disliking lazy students. () incorrect

Your examples:
1. _______________________________________________________________ 4 correct
2. _______________________________________________________________ 8 incorrect
3. _______________________________________________________________ 4 correct
4. _______________________________________________________________ 8 incorrect

N Use the words below to write sentences in present progressive.

1. Aline / to get / pretty anxious

2. Sam / to write / a song

3. We / not / to talk

4. You / to discuss

5. Look! / The dog / to bite / the carpet

6. I / to meet / Mark / tonight

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O Describe what is happening in the pictures below.

Example: 1. Julia _______________ 2. Sandra _______________

A chef cooks now.
_______________ the _______________ right
Your answer:
A chef is cooking now. violin. now.

3. Katy _______________ 4. George ____________ 5. Julian and Peter

______________ a nice _______________ the ____________________
song. newspaper. basketball.
P Number the conversation in the correct order.
______ Well, I’m studying a lot at school. I’m taking some extra classes.

______ She’s working in a café in the afternoon.

______ I’m swimming in the morning and playing soccer in the afternoon.

______ Hi, Vernon. What are you doing these days?

______ And your girlfriend?

______ And in your free time?

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 Reflecting
Q Order the words to make sentences.

1. am / I / poem / writing / a

2. swimming / is / lake / ? / the / she / in

3. friend / are / evaluation / the / and / reading / for / my / I / not

4. dad / cooking / is / pasta / a / my

5. great / you / a / reading / novel / ? / are

R Answer these questions with your personal information.

1. What are you doing now?

2. What are your classmates doing?

3. Are you playing sports today?

4. Where are you going in this moment?

Further practice: BMX studying platform, Progression 1 – Present continuous – affirmative form.

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 Progression 2
Use the present continuous in its negative and interrogative forms to deny and ask about actions
that are in progress at the moment of speech through texts, stories, cartoons or narratives.
Examples:

A: Is he reading a message?
B: No, he isn’t reading a
message.

A: Is he taking a picture?
B: No, he isn’t taking a picture.
He’s drawing.

Integrating activity
Recording a video
X Work with a group of classmates. Use your cell phone to record your classmates and you
performing different actions and saying at the same time, what you’re doing:
X I’m washing my face.
X Fernando is lifting some tree leaves.

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 Recognizing
A Imagine people are sick and they can’t get out of bed. Mention what can happen to them
at the moment, mention their actions, use the information below.
Example: Joe is listening to the radio because he has the flu.
X Listen to the radio X Have lunch X Go swimming
X Work X Watch TV X Play basketball
X Take a shower X Eat out X Go clubbing
X Go to the movies X Play soccer X Take a nap
X Read a book X Go cycling

B Use the words in brackets to make sentences.

1. (I / wash / 2. (It / rain)

the dishes)

3. (Laura / 4. (Alex / wear /

stand / next jeans and a
to me) jacket)

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 Defining
C Read and listen to the following conversation. 6

Adriana: Look! This is a photo of my family.

Jessica: Who is singing? What is he holding?
Adriana: That’s my father. He is holding a lollipop as a microphone.
Jessica: Is this your mom? Where is she playing the guitar?
Adriana: She’s playing the guitar on the sofa.
Jessica: What about this boy? Who is dancing?
Adriana: Oh! That’s me.
Jessica: You?
Adriana: My hair is short.

D Match the questions with the correct answer.

1. Who is dancing? ____ a. On the sofa.
2. Where is she playing the guitar? ____ b. Adriana.
3. What is he holding? ____ c. A lollipop.

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 Analyzing
E Work with a group of classmates and complete the chart.
Use information from electronic and printed sources to answer the questions.

1. What do we express with present progressive?

2. How do we use present progressive?

3. How do we form negative and interrogative sentences?

F Work with a group of classmates and complete the information.

Structure:

Use:

Examples:

G Write some examples below.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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 Implementing
H Listen to the audio and complete the missing information. 7
1. My family and I ________________________________________________________________.

2. We ___________________________________________________________________________.

3. My mother ____________________________________________________________________.

4. My grandma ___________________________________________________________________.

5. I _____________________________________________________________________________.

6. My father _____________________________________________________________________.

7. My little brother ________________________________________________________________.

8. My sister ______________________________________________________________________.

I Complete the conversation with was, wasn’t, were, weren’t.

Dan: Where (1) _________ you last night, Mark? I called you but you (2)
_______ at home.
Mark? No, I (3) ______. Betty and I (4) ______ at a friend’s house. We had
dinner there and then watched TV.
Dan: Did you watch a film?
Mark: No, there (5) ______ a boxing match on Channel 7. It (6) ______ great,
but the girls (7) _______ upset!
Dan: They hate boxing, right?
Martin: Yes, and there (8) ________ another TV in the house.

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 J Make questions using the given information. Then, answer them.

1. Why / you / eat / pizza?

2. What time / you / go to the theater?

3. Why / you / run?

4. When / you / travel?

5. you / drink / coffee?

6. Why / he / watch / tv?

7. Where / you / go / camping?

8. What / you / buy?

9. Where / you / read now?

10. What / you / write?

K Make questions using the given information.

1. Why / you / eat / cake?

2. What time / you / go to the cinema?

3. Why / you / study?

4. When / you / leave?

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 L Read the text below.

T
om’s Peter’s father, he is an electrician. He’s going
out the door. He is getting into his car. Right now
he is starting the motor. The car is moving. He is
driving fast a railway station. He is stopping the car.
His friend is getting in the car. They are driving to work.
Tom’s friend is happy to be in the car. It is quite early in the
morning, and today it’s very cold. Tom’s friend is going to
be early for work today.

M Answer the following questions with the correct option.

1. What does Tom do? He is a(n) __________.

a. mechanic b. chemist c. electrician d. plumber
2. What is he doing first? He’s __________.
a. getting into b. starting the c. going out d. is moving
his car engine the door
3. What is Tom starting? He’s starting __________.
a. the train b. the motor c. the door d. his car
4. How is Tom’s friend feeling? He’s feeling __________.
a. cold b. happy c. late d. warm
5. Where are they driving? They’re driving __________.
a. to work b. to Tom’s place c. to the railway d. to a movie
station

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 Reflecting
N Read the following text. Then, underline important ideas.

Taylor Swift

T
oday is a beautiful day, the sun is
shining and the wind is blowing. Also,
we are very happy because we are
visiting Taylor’s house. The famous singer is
opening her house to us.
At this moment, Taylor is recording her new
album. She is working with her producer at
her office.
Taylor’s family is visiting her. Her mom is in
the kitchen. She is cooking delicious food
for all of us. Her brothers are playing video
O Are the sentences True (T) or False (F). Tick (3) the correct answer.
games in the living room and her dad is
playing the guitar. Taylor has a little cat
named Spongy. It is eating and playing with
its food.
Taylor’s manager is also in the house.
She is working on the computer. She is
trying to make more contracts with different
companies. Taylor also has many people
working in her house. They are helping her.
They are cleaning the house.
This is a day in a famous person’s life.

1. It is raining where Taylor lives. T

____ F
____
2. Taylor is working at home. ____ ____
3. Taylor’s cat is playing in the garden. ____ ____
4. Taylor’s manager is working to get new contracts. ____ ____

Further practice: BMX studying platform, Progression 2 – Present continuous negative and
interrogative forms.

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 Progression 3
Use the simple past of the verb to be in its affirmative form to describe personal or other people’s
states, attributes or characteristics, places, objects and events through reading or dialogue
strategies.
Examples: The party was awesome!

Integrating activity
X Select a famous person you admire. Describe her/him in her/his early years. Use was or
were in the descriptions.

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 Recognizing
A Loo k at the pictures below and discuss these questions with a classmate.
X Do you recognize these people?
X What do they have in common?

Steve Brittany Paul Amy Albert

Jobs Murphy Walker Winehouse Einstein
B Complete the following chart with the opposite adjectives. Use an online dictionary to help you.

Trait Opposite
1. old

2. shy

3. rich

4. generous

5. slim

6. short

7. witty

8. angry

9. clumsy

10. handsome

11. offbeat

12. stubborn

13. easy

C Use some of the previous words to describe the people in exercise A.

Write some examples below.
Example: He is Andy Whitfield.
He was an actor.
He was rich and talented!
X ______________________________________________________________________________
X ______________________________________________________________________________
X ______________________________________________________________________________
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X ______________________________________________________________________________
 Defining
D Work with a classmate and discuss the questions below.

X What was your city like?

X Who was your best friend?
X Who was your favorite teacher?
X Was he/she a good teacher?
X What was your school like?

b er in g
em
Rem CHILDHOOD
My
E Read and listen to the following information about these famous people. 8

C
ristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5th, 1985 in Madeira,
Portugal, a small island off the western coast of the country.
Ronaldo was the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos
and Jose Dinis Aveiro. He was named after Ronald Reagan, a favorite
actor of his father. Ronaldo’s childhood was in a largely working class
neighborhood, his home was a small tin roofed shack that overlooked
the ocean. His early life was hard, he was not rich; his father was
a gardener, drinking was his main problem and eventually he died
from kidney problems in 2005. Ronaldo’s mother was a cook and a
cleaning person. By the time he was 10, he was already recognized as
a phenomenon - a kid who ate, slept, and drank soccer! Cristiano Ronaldo

B
orn Katheryn Hudson on October 25th, 1984, in Santa Barbara.
You will be surprised to learn that she was a daughter of a
very conservative family. Both of her parents were pastors, and
they refused to let her listen to any rock or popular music. She was
a member of the church choir. She was not allowed to watch such
cable channels as MTV and VH1. When she was 9, she learned to play
the guitar and when she was 13, she was very rebel against her strict
parents and pierced her nose. Perry made several trips to Nashville
to record a gospel album, Katy Hudson, which was released in 2001.
Katy Perry That was the beginning of one of the most popular pop singers in
the world!

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 Analyzing
F Work with a group of classmates and complete the chart.
Use information from electronic and printed sources to answer the questions.

1. What are was / were?

2. How do we use was / were?

3. How do we form affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences?

Printed sources
1. What are was / were? 2. How do we use 3. How do we form affirmative,
was / were? negative, and interrogative
sentences?

G Read the information.

We use the past tense of the verb to be to ______________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

was (was not) were (were not)

X I was at home last night. X You were my classmate.

X He was sick yesterday. X We were busy last week.

X She was not an actress. X They were not at the movies.

X The dog was not tired. X Mary and her sister were not from Brazil.

X It was my birthday X Those guys were my friends.

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 Implementing
H Underline the correct option.

1. It was / were five o’clock when he got to school.

2. Was / Were you still in bed when I called?
3. Mozart and Beethoven was / were famous musicians.
4. The weather was / were rainy yesterday.
5. He was / were sick last week.
6. Frida Kahlo was / were a Mexican artist.

I Fill in the following sentences with was or were.

Y
esterday our class 1. ________ on a trip. It 2. ________ a trip to Cancun. At six o’clock we
3. ________ still at home. Our things 4. ________ ready. At half past six we 5. ________
at school. All the students 6. ________ there. Our teachers 7. ________ there and
the buses 8. ________ there, too. At eight o’clock we 9. ________ on the buses on the way to
Cancun. We 10. ________ in Cancun all day long. The weather 11. ________ very pleasant. It 12.
________ a long day but it 13. ________ very interesting. At six o’clock in the evening we
14. ________ back at our school. It 15. ________ a nice class trip.

J Order the words to form sentences.

1. home / at / was / I / not

2. we / garden / were / the / in

3. Nina / were / and / Paul / the / not / in / library / week / last

4. night / ? / were / home / last / you / at

5. you / my / with / were / parents / month / last / ?

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 K Complete the following sentences using was or were.

1. Paul ________ at home last month.

2. Amy and Isa ________ at the cinema the day before yesterday.
3. Charlie’s parents ________ at the school at seven o’ clock.
4. I ________ on the street this morning waiting for you.
5. My sister ________ in the station yesterday morning.
6. We ________ on a trip in September.
7. Eric and Ann ________ at the library last Sunday.
8. We ________ in an Italian restaurant last night.

L Check the correct answer.

1. It was / were five o´clock 2. Was / Were you still in 3. Mozart and Beethoven
when he got to school. bed when I called? was / were famous
musicians.

4. The weather was / were 5. He was / were sick last 6. Frida Kahlo was / were a
rainy yesterday. week. Mexican artist.

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M Find and circle ten different words to complete the following sentences in the word search.
Circle the correct form of the verb to be.

1. Your keys was / were on the ___________.

2. My sister was / were ___________.
3. John’s brothers was / were always ___________ with him.
4. I wasn’t / weren’t lost in the ___________.
5. The kids was / were awake early ___________.
6. Yesterday the weather was / were very ___________.
7. She was / were here ten ___________ ago.
8. Were was / were you last ___________?
9. It was / were a nice ___________.
10. Yesterday’s TV shows was / were very ___________.

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n f e d s l n t a d t r

u n t y t c t f a e m a

t a b l e i r r u d e n

e n t e r t a i n i n g

s c o l d y m d t d a r

g s t c a o p a r t y y

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 Reflecting
N Read the following example of a biography.

Leonardo da Vinci
eonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, and inventor during the Italian
Renaissance. He is considered as one of the most talented and intelligent people
of all time.
Leonardo was born in the town of Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452. There is not much
information about his childhood: his father was wealthy and had a number of
wives. About the age of 14 he became an apprentice to a famous artist named
Verrocchio. This is where he learned about art, drawing, painting and more.
Leonardo was excellent in many areas including drawing, painting, and sculpture.
Although we don't have a lot of his paintings today, he is probably the most
famous artist for his paintings and also gained great fame during his own time
due to his paintings. Two of his most famous paintings, and perhaps two of the
most famous in the world, include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
The term Renaissance Man means someone who is good at everything.
Leonardo is considered to be the ultimate Renaissance man. Here we have some
interesting information about him:
Some people claim he invented the bicycle.
He was very logical and used a process like the scientific method when
investigating a subject. His Vitruvian man is on the Italian Euro coin.
Only around 15 of his paintings are still around.
The Mona Lisa is also called “La Gioconda” meaning the laughing one.
Unlike some artists, Leonardo was very famous for his paintings while
he was still alive.
It’s only recently that we’ve realized what a great scientist and
inventor he was.
O Analyze the previous biography. Answer the questions below.
1. What kind of information do we have at the beginning?

2. How do we develop the biography?

3. What other information do we need to include?

4. How do we write the end?

Further practice: BMX studying platform, Progression 3 – Verb to be in past: was – were.
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 Progression 4
Use the past tense of the verb to be in its negative and interrogative forms to deny or ask about
states and situations at a specific moment in the past through strategies such as reading or
dialogues.
Examples:
Was García Márquez from Mexico?
No, he wasn’t.
Was he from Colombia?
Yes, he was.

Suggested activity
X Interview a member of your family. Prepare questions to ask about the childhood.
Use was/were. Share your interview in class.

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 Recognizing
A Read the following information. Circle the sentences that express descriptions.

Steve Jobs
He is Steve Jobs.
He was from the USA.
He was the founder of Apple.
Jobs and Wozniak were the creators of Macintosh, the first
commercial computer.

Marilyn Monroe
She is Norma Jean Baker, better known as Marilyn Monroe.
She was American.
She was a model, a singer, and an actress.
Joe DiMaggio was a famous baseball player,
he was her husband.
Her movies were very popular.

The Beatles
They are The Beatles.
They were the Quarrymen at the beginning of their career.
They were the Rolling Stones’ rivals in the 60s.
Two albums and five singles were in the top ten lists in the
same month, at the same time.

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 Defining
B Read and listen to Brittany Murphy’s biography. 9

Brittany
Murphy
rittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was

B born on November 10th, 1977. Her artistic

name was Brittany Murphy. She was an
American actress and singer.
Her parents were Sharon Murphy and Angelo Bertolotti. Murphy’s
father had personal problems and was in and out of prison.
As a result, Murphy’s parents were not happy together and they were divorced when she was
only two years old.
Murphy and her mother were in Edison, New Jersey when she became interested in acting
and performing. She entered the Verne Fowler’s School of Dance and Theater (voice lessons) in
Colonia, New Jersey and was a student there until she was in her early teens.
When she was eight, she was at auditions all the time. She made her first TV commercial when
she was 12. Murphy and her mother relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 when the actress was
14 years old, in order to further Murphy’s acting career. She was a regular on the Fox sitcom
Drexell’s Class (1991). When she wasn’t working on set, Brittany was studying at John Burroughs
High School in Burbank, California.
After the success of Clueless, Murphy was a star in a series of critically acclaimed film roles,
including starring roles in Girl, Interrupted (1999) with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie; 8 Mile
(2002) with rapper Eminem; and Sin City (2005) with a star-studded cast that included Bruce
Willis, Mickey Rourke, and Jessica Alba.
In December of 2009, Murphy’s life changed drastically. Her husband, screenwriter Simon
Monjack, was hospitalized for health problems. She was sick as well and was forced to leave her
project, The Caller. On December 20th, 2009, actress Brittany Murphy died of a cardiac arrest.
She was only 32 years old.

C Read the biography again, circle the sentences in the past tense. Share your answers in class.

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 Analyzing
D Analyze the information in the chart.
We use the past tense of the verb to be to:

was (was not) were (were not)

X I was at home last night. X You were my classmate.

X He was sick yesterday. X We were busy last week.

X She was not an actress. X They were not at the movies.

X The dog was not tired.

X It was a horrible day.

E Work with a group of classmates and complete the information.

Structure:

Use:

Examples:

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 Implementing
F Read the words and use them to form sentences and questions.

he on was today last week house happy

we our were at school home big sad
my wasn’t father this bye last night clean
my today friends weren’t at teacher in class
was you it hot last night her tired
were sick you home line last night car

1. __________________________________________________________________________.

2. __________________________________________________________________________?

3. __________________________________________________________________________.

4. __________________________________________________________________________.

5. __________________________________________________________________________?

G Work in groups of three students. Choose a person. Your classmates have to make questions
to guess who the person is.
Example:
A: He was famous.
B: Was he a singer?
A: No, he wasn’t. Heath Ledger
C: Was he American?
A: Yes, he was.

Mathew Perry Amy Winehouse Angus Cloud

Moon Bin Paul Walker Steve Harwell

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 H Read the information. Complete the missing information.
When we answer questions in English, we can use long or short answers.

Question Long answer Short answer

Was it hot yesterday? Yes, it was hot yesterday. Yes, it was.

No, we weren’t tired last

Were you tired last night? No, we weren’t.
night.

Was the morning warm

today?

Were you sick yesterday?

I Work with a classmate. Complete the missing information.

1. Where were you last weekend?

2. What was the weather like?

3. Who were you with?

4. How long were you there?

5. How was it?

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J Write the correct form of “to be” in past tense.
1. The party (be) ________ fun last weekend.
2. They (be) ________ in a movie when Ernesto called.
3. Jessie (be) ________ tired. So, he went to sleep.
4. When she was a little girl, Margo (be) ________ very good at tennis.
5. My friends and I (be) ________ in the English last night.
6. Kendra (be) ________ in my sixth grade English class. We (be) ________ good friends before she
moved away.
7. The movie (be) ________ really boring. It (be, not) ____ ____ funny. We stopped watching it
before it was over.
8. After playing outside, my dog (be) ________ very dirty. She was in the house and in my room. It
(be) ________ such a mess!
9. I (be, not) ____ ____ eating a sandwich when you called. I (be) ________ eating a salad.
10. The students (be, not) ____ ____ ready to take the test. They needed to study more.

K Complete the conversation with was, wasn’t, were, weren’t.

Dan: Where (1) _________ you last night, Mark? I called you but you (2)
_______ at home.
Mark: No, I (3) ______. Betty and I (4) ______ at a friend’s house. We had
dinner there and then watched TV.
Dan: Did you watch a film?
Mark: No, there (5) ______ a boxing match on Channel 7. It (6) ______ great,
but the girls (7) _______ upset!
Dan: They hate boxing, right?
Martin: Yes, and there (8) ________ another TV in the house.

L Listen to check your answers. 10

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 Reflecting

N Complete the questions using past of the verb to be. Read them alod.
1.
a. I was on vacation.
b. Where __________________________________________________________________ ?

2.
a. They were in a fast-food restaurant yesterday.
b. What time ______________________________________________________________ ?

3.
a. My little brother was in England last year.
b. How long _______________________________________________________________ ?

4.
a. We weren´t in a hotel last night.
b. Where __________________________________________________________________ ?

5.
a. I was at home on weekend.
b. When ___________________________________________________________________?

O Read the answers then write the questions. Then practice them with a classmate.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________?
He was born in 1916.
2. _____________________________________________________________________________?
It was sunny and hot.
3. _____________________________________________________________________________?
She was friendly and talkative.
4. _____________________________________________________________________________?
I was with my sister.
5. _____________________________________________________________________________?
They were at the beach last summer.
6. _____________________________________________________________________________?
The party was great, I was really happy.
7. _____________________________________________________________________________?
She was happy because it was her birthday.
8. _____________________________________________________________________________?
My best friend was Andy.
9. _____________________________________________________________________________?
Her birthday party was last summer.

Further practice: BMX studying platform, Progression 4, , affirmative and negative forms of
the verb to be (was-were).

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 Summative evaluation
A Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. very / play / my / can / cousin / soccer / well 5. make / can / your / mom / cakes / good

2. project / with / you / Danny / can / help / your 6. go / you / tomorrow / can / out

3. Anna / English / can't / speak 7. dad / cannot / a / bike / ride / my

4. you / it / I / about / cannot / tell 8. night / come / I / tomorrow / can't

B Circle the mistake and write the sentences and questions correctly.

1. Tim cans ride a bike. _________________________________________________

2. Can you to play cricket?
3. Ben not can speak English.
4. Can swim they fast?
5. Liz can't ate 20 cakes!
6. He can to cook dinner.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

C Choose the correct past tense form of the verb to be for each sentence.

1. These ______ my new friends in this 3. ________ he Mexican?

school. a. weren’t
a. were b. wasn’t
b. was
4. His final tests ________ very difficult.
2. Robert _________ sick, he couldn’t go a. weren’t
to school. b. wasn’t
a. were
b. was 5. I ________ older than my brother.
a. was
b. were
D Complete the sentences. Use was or were.
Ten years ago…
1. I was _________________________________________________________________
2. My mom ______________________________________________________________
3. My dad ________________________________________________________________
4. My friends _____________________________________________________________
5. My teachers ____________________________________________________________

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 E Interview four classmates to complete the chart. Share your answers in class.
Classmate 1 Classmate 2 Classmate 3 Classmate 4
Student’s name:
Six years ago…
Who was your favorite singer?
What was your favorite food?
What was your favorite TV program?
What was your favorite game?
Which was your favorite holiday?
Who was your favorite hero/ heroine
/ cartoon character?
F Find the mistake and rewrite the following sentences.
1. I were on the street when I saw it.
______________________________________________________________________________
2. My friends and I was at school when we felt the earthquake.
______________________________________________________________________________
3. The men was waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Mary and Dave was excellent students in junior high.
______________________________________________________________________________
5. That wasn’t me! It were him!
______________________________________________________________________________

G Read and listen to the following information. 11

Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr., is considered in history
as one of the principal leaders of the civil
rights movement in the United States and a
prominent advocate of nonviolent protest.
King’s challenges to segregation and racial
discrimination helped convince many white
Americans to support the cause of civil rights
in the United States.
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist Albert Einstein
contributed more than any other scientist to
the 20th century vision of physical reality. In
the wake of World War I, Einstein’s theories,
especially his theory of relativity, seemed to
many people to point to a pure quality of
human thought, one far removed from the
war and its aftermath. Seldom has a scientist
received such public attention for having
cultivated the fruit of pure learning.

H Read the text again and complete the charts.

Martin Luther King Albert Einstein

Occupation: Occupation:

Contribution to mankind: Contribution to mankind:

Outstanding fact: Outstanding fact:

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Social-emotional Welfare
A Read the information below. Share your answers in class.

Empathy
X Describe a time when you felt empathy toward someone else, meaning that you felt
sad or happy because you could sense what they were feeling.

X What do you think is the purpose of empathy?

X Empathy is just like any other skill: The more you practice it, the stronger it gets. What
are some ways you might work to expand your empathy by showing care
and concern for others?

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 Achievement Evaluation

Checklist for the suggested activity 6 4

Criteria.

Express ideas with clarity and fluency.

Use wide and adequate vocabulary.

Correct and clear pronunciation.

Reinforce presentation with gestures and body language.

Voice projection.

Title of the presentation: precise and adequate.

Content and selection of the information for the presentation is relevant and
sufficient for the activity.

Clear examples are included.

Written support and adequate visual material are included providing clear
examples of the presentation’s content.

Answer questions in a logical form.

Take into account the information and classmates’ opinions to improve

personal work.

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