ENGLISH II

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Gandhi
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the unit, YOU will be able to:
* to describe past events using Past Simple Tense
Lesson 6.A: Describe Past Vacations
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Ex. take a photo pack a suitcase

buy a car local food souvenirs a suitcase stay at a hotel
go on a tour eat local food
see a famous place rent a car
change money
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pack a suitcase go on a tour

buy souvenirs eat local food see a famous place

stay at a hotel change money rent a car

 Answer the questions

Where did you What did you do

travel last time? there?

Last time I traveled

I ….
to ….
 PAST SIMPLE TENSE
We use the Past Simple Tense to talk about situations or events that
happened (and finished) in the past.
Affirmative Sentences

V PAST
SIMPLE
form
COMPLEMENT

• I visited some relatives yesterday.

• She listened to music last night.
• They studied English last Saturday.
• Paul went to the church two days ago.
• You saw a movie last Friday evening.
• We ate Ceviche yesterday afternoon.
Negative Sentences

 DIDN’T
V BASE
form

• I didn’t visit some relatives yesterday.

• She didn’t listen to music last night.
• They didn’t study English last Saturday.
• Paul didn’t go to the church two days ago.
• You didn’t see a movie last Friday evening.
• We didn’t eat Ceviche yesterday afternoon.
Yes/No Questions

DID
V ?
• Did you visit some relatives yesterday?
BASE
form

Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

• Did she listen to music last night? Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
• Did they study English last Saturday? Yes, they did. / No, they
didn’t.
• Did Paul go to the church two days ago? Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t
• Did you see a movie last Friday evening? Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t
• Did we eat Ceviche yesterday afternoon? Yes, you did. / No, you didn’t
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flew
took

spent

visited
bought
rented saw
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We drove all day.

In the evening, we arrived at the campsite.
Every day, I swam in a lake and walked in the forest.

One day, we took a tour of an old city.

Lesson 6.B: Talk about your weekend
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Match the types of vacations to the pictures.

1 2 3 4

skiing theme park sightseeing and guided tour Adventure and safari

5 6 7

cruise camping beach

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adventure and safari theme park

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Ellie took a long weekend to

Chen had a long vacation.
Orlando.
Ellie visited three theme parks.

Chen saw Mount Kilimanjaro. She didn’t go on the Spider Man ride.
Lesson 6.C: Talk about your weekend
 Pay attention!
How can you describe these pictures?
2 3
1

filthy.
The hands are very dirty
__________. He looks very tired
exhausted.
__________. big
The carrot is very __________.

5 6
4

awful
The food tastes very bad
__________. The room is very clean
spotless
__________. good
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EMPHATIC or EXTREME
ADJECTIVES
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amazing fascinating

magnificent
huge
 Pay attention
* We were in quarantine for a long time.
* My mother was a nurse when she was younger.

Do these events happen

in the present or past?

What verbs are we using?

The past of BE

?
?
The past of BE

? ?
? ?
The past of BE
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were
wasn´t
was
was
weren’t
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f
c
e
a
d
REFERENCES

Hughes, J., Milner, M. (2019). World English: Level 1 Student’s

book. (3rd ed). United States of America: National Geographic
Learning