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QUEST 2 AND BEATS 2

LESSON 1
A. Answer the questions.
1. Do you believe in good and bad luck? ____________.
2. It is a short, funny or interesting story about a thing or a person.

__ tale ___ anecdote __ myth

B. Read what happened to three teenagers. Write true or false on the blank.

Last Tuesday morning was a very cold and rainy day. I was running to my History class because
it was raining and I didn´t want to get wet and the strap on my school bag broke. My bag fell
into the puddle and my books got wet. Then when I was picking up my books a kid knocked
me over and I also fell in the puddle as well. Now I have a really bad cold. Adolf

Last Tuesday I was walking to school and met my best friend. We were talking about the weekend and
he was telling me about a new computer game he played. He was explaining the different levels when
he walked into a lamp post. I thought it was really funny. I couldn´t stop laughing. My friend didn´t think
Kim so, and he hit me.

Last week was terrible. There were exams all week and I was tired from studying. I was going home on the
bus last Friday after school and I fell asleep. I missed the stop and woke one and a half kilometers from my
house. I had no money for another bus and walked home. Later I was watching TV and I fell asleep again. Lucia

1. Adolf´s school bag strap didn´t tear. ________

2. A kid knocked Adolf and he fell down on the puddle. ________
3. Kim´s friend walked into a light post when he was explaining. ________
4. Kim´s didn´t laugh about his friend accident. ________
5. Lucia didn´t fell asleep on the bus when she was going home. ________
6. Lucia had to walk home. ________

PAST PROGRESSIVE
C. Read this information with your teacher.
The past progressive is also called past continuous. We use this verb tense to talk about an action that was occurring
in the past and it is interrupted by another action (the simple past).
Example: My friend was explaining when he fell down.

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D. Follow the structure to form the past progressive or continuous.
Affirmative form
subject + verb be + main verb with –ing form + complement
was / were
I was doing my homework.
You were talking with your mom.
He was watching a movie.
She was cooking breakfast.
It was raining last night.

We were working on our project.

You were talking in class.
They were taking French classes.
E. Reflect on this information.
Interrogative form:
Wh question + verb be + subject + main verb with –ing form + complement
what, where was pronoun
why, when were noun
how, who
What were you doing at home?
Negative form
subject + verb be (not) + main verb with –ing form + complement
My sister was not watching an action movie.
F. Read the information from the three anecdotes and complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

1. I was walking to school.

2. We __________________________ about the weekend.

3. He ____________________ me about a new computer game he played.
4. He _______________________ the different levels.
5. I _____________________ home on the bus.
6. I ________________________ TV.

7. I _______________________ to my History class.

8. It was raining.
9. I ______________________ up my books.

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G. What were they doing yesterday afternoon? Complete the sentences.
A Viviana was___________________________________
Mariana was _________________________
B
C Joel was _________________________
Sue: Guess what! I saw Vivian talking to someone interesting.
Tina: Really?
Sue: Yes, I saw her talking to this handsome man. Do you
think she has a new boyfriend?
H. Read the two conversations and indicate Tina: Maybe, was she talking to a tall guy with black straight
to what picture they correspond. hair?
Sue: Yes, she was.
Joel: Hello, Mariana? Tina: That´s not her boyfriend. He is her brother.
Mariana: Yes, Joel? 1 ___
Joel: How are you doing? 2 ___
Mariana: I´m doing pretty well.
Joel: I called you at your house yesterday after work and nobody was home.
Mariana: But I was at home. What time did you call?
Joel: At about seven pm. What were you doing?
Mariana: Oh, I was walking the dog. You just missed me.

I. Match the questions to the answer. Write the letter on the blank, not the number.

1. What were you doing? ___ A. I studied for Physics.

2. Were they doing insanity? ___ B. She was cooking beans.
3. What was your mother cooking ___ C. It was great.
when you came to the kitchen?

4. Was you teacher grading exams ___ D. I was reading a book.

when you interrupted him?

5. How was your weekend? ___ E. She was going to the cinema.
6. What did you last night? ___ F. Yes, they were.

7. Where was she going? ___ G. No, he wasn´t.

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LESSON 2

Answer these questions.

1.. Which of these types of news are most important to you? _______________________________
2. Where do you get most of your news: from newspapers, television, radio or the internet? ____________________

B Read the conversation again to complete the sentences.

1. A couple was crossing the Pacific
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when their boat hit a _____________.

2. A guy was ____________ a bank in

Los Angeles when he got caught in the
revolving door.

3. A guy locked out his house, so he

_________ to get in through the
chimney.

4. The man was trying to get out, two

days later, the police ___________
him.

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What verb tense is it? Indicate if the sentences are in past continuous or simple past.
1. While they were crossing the Pacific. ________________________

2. As he was escaping from the bank. ________________________

3. The boat hit a whale. ________________________
4. The police caught the robber. ________________________
5. He was trying to get out of the chimney. ________________________

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Regular Verb Forms
Present Past
encounter encountered
discover discovered
call called
A stop stopped
drop dropped

Irregular Verb Forms

Present Past
find found
see saw
make made
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Match each headline with the beginning of one of the

news stories.

Match the words in column A with the definitions from column B.

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LESSON 3

A Look at the pictures to answer the questions. 1. What sports can you see in the pictures? I can see _______
__________________________________________.

2.Why do you think people participated in such sports?

Because ___________________________________________
__________________________________________________.

B Listen to two students sharing sports

6 anecdotes. Mark (✔) the sports Arthur
enjoyed doing.

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C Listen again. Then circle true or false for these statements.
1. Arthur said that tracking practice was a great sport. True False
2. Arthur felt sad and pathetic when he was running alone. True False
3. Arthur didn´t play any team sports. True False
4. Arthur used to play hockey and basketball. True False
5. Lizzy said that Arthur is playing the wrong sport. True False
6. Arthur stopped playing team sports because he moved Mexico. True False
D Get in pairs to give your opinion about individual and team sports.
A: I think baseball is…. Adjectives to describe sports:
B: Well, in my opinion baseball is…
Boring, interesting, fun, stressful,
A: I agree that karate is … hard, unpleasant, violent, motivating,
B: I don´t think so because …
awful, challenging, rewarding,

E Read Arthur´s e-mail to his friend Lizzy about his practice experience. Then, complete the sentences below.

1. Arthur joined the _________________ team a month ago.

2. One day, he was ___________________________________. He kept thinking about the ___________________.
3. The coach ____________________ them really hard.
4. Two Arthur´s friends felt ________________.
5. Now, Arthurs feels ____________________ and __________________.

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F Read the subject of the e-mail and look at the picture. Predict what the e-mail is about.

The e-mail is about ________

_________________________
_________________________.

G Read Adam´s e-mail again to respond the questions.

1. Why do you think Adam decided to share this specific anecdote with Sam? Because _______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. Did he share a good or bad experience with Sam? ________________________________

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LESSON 4

Scene A is ____________________________________________.
Scene B is ____________________________________________.
Scene C is ____________________________________________.

In scene A, she feels _________________.

In scene B, they feel _________________.
In scene C, they feel _________________.

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