Trabajo Integrador para 6to año

Temas: Simple past - Used vs. Would – Passive Voice

El trabajo debe ser entregado:

-con carátula y en folio
- impreso o copiado a mano (prolijo)
- de ser necesario será defendido oralmente.

• Simple Past (regular irregular verbs)

1. Look at the following verbs: are they regular or irregular? Complete the chart.
WAS - STAYED - HAD - READ - WENT - STARTED - CALLED - LIKED - MADE -
BECAME - LEFT - GOT - BEGAN - HATED – INVENTED

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULA VERBS

2. Complete Thomas Edison’s biography using the verbs from point 1.

3. Answer True ( T ) of False (F)
a) Thomas Edison was from New York. ( )
b) He was born in 1847. ( )
c) A teacher called him stupid. ( )
d) He invented the telephone. ( )
e) Edison read science books at home. ( )
f) He never liked school. ( )
g) New York was the first city to have electric lights. ( )

• Passive Voice
1. Tennis _____________________ on a clay, grass or hard court. (PLAY)
2. In this hospital small injuries _____________________by assistant doctors. (TREAT)
3. The wheel ___________________thousands of years ago (INVENT)
4. English ___________________many countries all over the world. (SPEAK)
5. India ____________________independence after the end of World War II (GIVE).
6. The goals____________________ in the first 15 minutes of the match (SCORE).
7. New medicine for many diseases ____________________every year. (FIND)
7. America _________________________ by Christopher Columbus in 492 (DISCOVER)
8. Breakfast _______________________from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (SERVE)
9. The thief _______________________to the nearest police station. (TAKE)

Change the sentences to passive voice!

1. Mozart wrote "The Magic Flute".
"The Magic Flute" ____________________by Mozart.
2. A friendly policeman checked our bags.
Our bags _____________________by a friendly policeman.
3. Thousands of pupils have seen Schindler's List up to now.
Schindler's List ______________________by thousands of pupils up to now.
4. They sent the documents to the wrong address.
The documents ___________________to the wrong address.

5. This restaurant serves excellent food.

Excellent food ____________________in this restaurant.
 • “Used to” vs. “Would”

For each of the following sentences, choose either "used to" or "would".

If both are possible, use "would".

1. Do you remember how your Uncle David ___________________sit in that chair and
smoke those disgusting cigars.

2. Your mother ____________________have a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a young

girl, didn't she?

3. For years, they ______________________ go on holiday to the Rockies, but then it

became very fashionable and, hence, expensive.

4. Years ago, I _____________________________ write a diary every day but then I got
bored with doing it and I stopped. Maybe it was my life that was boring!

5. At the start of their marriage, they ______________________be very happy - but then it
all went wrong!

6. You ________________________spell so well. Whatever happened?

7. When I was five, I ____________________________be able to do incredible

gymnastics. Now I can't even touch my toes.

8. Before getting my driving licence, I _____________________ride a bicycle everywhere.