WEEK # 4

TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY –
THURSDAY - USUAL
CLASS

FRIDAY – GRAMMAR
Important EXAM (LISTENING –
dates: LANGUAGE IN USE -
SPEAKING)

MONDAY – ( READING –
WRITING)
 TALKING ABOUT
CHANGES IN TIME
PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE
OBSERVE THE IMAGES, WHAT IS COMMON IN
THEM. CAN YOU FIND SOME DIFFERENCES?
 OBJECTIVE
Use the structure of existence in past (there was/ there were) in negative, affirmative and interrogative form to
ask and give information about objects and places.
DO YOU REMEMBER THERE IS / THERE
ARE?
We use it to express existence in present. With nouns you can count.
 YOU ALSO KNOW SOME EXPRESSIONS TO TALK
ABOUT THE QUANTITY OF OBJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE:

COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

A LOT OF people A LOT OF pollution

SOME cars SOME water

A FEW boats A LITTLE danger

ANY students ANY milk

MANY  rooms HOW MUCH sugar was there in the cabinet?

NOW LET’S STUDY EXISTENCE IN
THE PAST!
We use There was/ There were in a similar way as There is / There are, but we can include
past time expressions to describe what there was in a place at a specific time in the past

With singular nouns With plural nouns

This morning, there was an apple on the table Yesterday, there were two women in the park.
NEGATIVE FORM

THERE WAS NOT/ WASN’T THERE WERE NOT

◦ THERE WAS NOT AN APPLE ON THE ◦ THERE WERE NOT TWO WOMEN IN THE
TABLE PARK

◦ THERE WAS NOT A DOG IN THE PARK ◦ THERE WEREN’T ANY PEOPLE IN THE
PARK.
WHAT WAS THERE IN BOGOTÁ IN THE PAST?
 There was less
pollution

There was a
There were
traffic light
trams

There were
less people

There wasn’t a
cannal
 WERE THERE
TRANSMILENIO
S IN BOGOTÁ 50
YEARS AGO?

No, there weren’t. There were Trams

WAS THERE
A LOT OF
TRAFFIC IN
BOGOTÁ 100
YEARS AGO?
 WERE
THERE
MODERN
MALLS 100
YEARS
AGO?
 WERE
THERE A
LOT OF
PEOPLE IN
THE
STREETS ?
 ◦ Taking into account what we just learned. Let’s do

Let’s Practice exercise # 3 and # 4

https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/view
game.asp?id=5211
Writing!
◦ Choose a city, town, place that has changed and
write what was there in the past, and what is
there now!
 In the past, there were less people and there was
less pollution in Bogotá. There were not
transmilenios, there were trams. There were not
modern houses or malls. There were old
fashioned cars and buildings. There were not
supermarkets.
Example:
Bogotá past
vs. present
Right now, there are a lot of people, there is a lot
of pollution. There are transmilenios, there are a
lot of modern houses and malls, There are cool
cars and buildings. There are plenty of
supermarkets.
TALKING
ABOUT
THE
FUTURE
 LET’S LOOK AT THE
FOLLOWING INFOGRAPHIC
AND ANALYZE HOW https://www.visualc
apitalist.com/predict
THEY’RE MAKING FUTURE ions-earth-in-100-y
ears-future/
PREDICTIONS
 OBJECTIVE
Make predictions about the future using WILL.
 The simple future tense

Will Won’t
Form
Will – ‘ll Won’t = Will not

I WILL pass the exam I WON’T pass the exam

You WILL buy a new car You WON’T buy a new car
She WILL get married She WON’T get married
He WILL be happy He WON’T be happy
It WILL rain It WON’T rain

We WILL have fun We WON’T have fun

They WILL arrive late They WON’T arrive late

QUESTIONS
Will +  + v + complement Wh + Will +  + verb + complement

◦ Will you get a promotion next year? ◦ When will you get a promotion?

Yes, I think I will! Next year, I hope.
◦ Will he travel to the U.S.A. next year? ◦ When will he travel to the U.S.A.?
No, he won’t. Next week.
◦ Will the economy improve next year? ◦ When will the economy improve?
Yes, it will. I don’t know.
◦ Will we buy a house next year? ◦ When will we buy a house?
No, we won’t. In 2015.
◦ Will they win the lottery next year?
Maybe!
 I have a toothache, I’ll buy
some pain killers.
For decisions
made at the
moment! I’m tired. I won’t play
videogames tonight.
 I promise I will help you
with your homework!
For making
promises
I promise I won’t dissapoint
you!
 I think I’ll fail the exam.
For thoughts
about the
future I think I won’t go on
vacation this year.
 For In 2021 everything will go
back to normal.
predictions,
assumptions
about the There won’t be soccer
future matches this year.
 In the year 2050, we will have flying
cars.
In the year 2050, there won’t be any
more war.
Examples: Predictions for In the year 2050, people will
the year 2050. live until they are 100 years old.
In the year 2050, countries won’t
fight against each other.
In the year 2050, everyone will
speak at least three languages.
 1. How do you think life will be
different 50 years from now?
How about in 100 years?
Think and
Discuss 2. Do you think we will live on
other planets someday? Why, or
why not?
 Let’s ◦ https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/e
Practice! n/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/
Future_Simple/Will-won't_un265018my
 LISTENING https://www.passpor
COMPREHENSION ttoenglish.com/Begi
nning-English/Less
on16/Listening.html

Reading
Comprehension
Read each statement below.
Then choose T for true and F for
false, according to the reading.
Correct the false statements
◦ Appliances That Talk
◦ 1. Someday, kitchen cabinets will tell you it’s
time to buy more food. T F
◦ 2. RFID chips are already used today for keeping
track of children. T F
◦ Houses That Think
◦ 3. People will change their wall patterns using
RFID technology. T F
◦ 4. Darkening windows at night is an example of
ambient intelligence. T F
◦ Robots That Feel?
◦ 5. Scientists are building robots that can help
take care of elderly people. T F
◦ 6. Robots will soon be more intelligent and
sociable than humans. T F
 Create a video describing a place:

In the past

Project
In the present

Making predictions about its future