UNITS 3,4,5 AND 6

GRAMMAR

Unit 3

· PAST SIMPLE
We use this tense to talk about something that happened in the past.

Verbs: Regular - add ED

Irregular - see- saw (page 167 student book)

+ I visited my friend last night. I bought a present for her.

Aux: Did/ Didn’t + verb in nitive

- I didn’t visit my friend. I didn’t buy a present.

? Did you go with Anne? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

Time expressions: Last week- yesterday- two months ago, in 2018, this morning

· LINKING WORDS
Or, but, and, so, because

Unit 4
· Past continuous
We use the tense to talk about action in progress, temporary and changing situations in the past.

Was/were + verb ing

+ I was singing
- I wasn’t watching
? Were you sleeping? Yes, I was/ No, I wasn’t

· Past continuous and past simple

When an action in progress is interrupted by another action, we use the present continuous for
the rst action and the pas simple for the second

I was watching Tv when my friend phoned me.

· Linking words
When + past simple
While + past continuous

Unit 5

· Quanti ers
Some in positive sentences
Any in negative sentences and questions
A Lot of in positive sentences

Countable Uncountable

A few - positive sentences A Little - positive sentences

Many - negative sentences and Much- Negative sentences and

questions questions
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· Comparatives

To compare two people or things

Short adjectives add ER
Adj +ER+ THAN
Peter is shortER THAN Ben

Funny- funnier
Big - Bigger
Large - Larger

Long adjectives add MORE

MORE + Adj + THAN
Cars are MORE expensive THAN bikes

IRREGULAR - Good- better

Far - Farther
Bad- Worse

·Superlatives
To compare more than two people or things
Short adjectives
THE + adj+ EST
Emma is THE tallEST in the class

Long adjectives
THE MOST + adj
Uruguay is THE MOST beautiful country

Irregulars- Good - The best

Bad - The worst
Far - The farthest

Unit 6
· Present Perfect Simple
We use this tense for a situation that connect the past and present, when the speci c time it
started in the past isn’t mention

Have(I, they, we, you)

Has ( She, he,it). + verb 3rd

+ She has been to the USA

- She hasn’t been to the USA = She has never been to the USA
? Has she ever been to the USA? Yes, she has / No, she hasn’t

· Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple

We use the past simple to talk about a nished action and the present perfect to talk about an
action which happened in the past and is linked to the present.

VOCABULARY
· Unit 3 in connection with food, ways to cook
Have - lunch, a drink, a good time
Take - an exam, a trial, a photo
Do- homework, the washing up, sport
Make- breakfast, a picnic, a mistake
Bake- bread, a cake
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 · Unit 4 about travel
Car park
Driving licence
Helicopter ride
Petrol station
Sailing boat
Ticket machine
Tour guide
Tra c news

Luggage
Trip
Journey

Phrasal verbs
Take o - to leave the ground and go into sky
Go in - to enter
Set o - to start a journey
Come in - to invite somebody into a place
Pick up- to collect something or somebody
Turn o - to leave a main road

· Unit 5 in connection with technology

Collocations
Make - a phone call
Download - a piece of software, a le, a photo
Take - a phone call, a photo
Open- a le
Start - a conversation
Send - a text message

· Unit 6 about fashion, clothes and shopping

Pay for + something
Pay in + cash/ credit card
Write down - to write something on a piece of paper so that you do not forget it
Take o - to remove something, especially clothes
Put on - to move something you wear onto your body
Take back- to return something you have bought to a shop

Collocations
Go shopping
Save money
Catch the bus
Keep the change
Do the shopping
For sale
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