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Central
South :
When in Rome do as Romans do?
Have you ever heard of this saying?
How important do yo think it is to learn about other
countries’ customs?
Do you think learning english will help you
understand other customs?
Listening comprehension (15): Listen carefully to this
piece of news and answer the following questions.
Celebration
Party
Festival
Listening 4: listen to the recording about New years’ traditions
all over the world and choose the correct answer. (3-24)
Differences between an opinion and a fact and uses of modal verbs.
•In English we use modal verbs to express obligation, to express possibility, to express (un)
certainty and to give advice and recommendation as the following table shows:
Must to express obligation You must wash your hands frequently over the
corona virus pandemic
Should to give advice and recommendation You should keep social distancing at work and
school
What is a tradition?
What is a custom
What is a Fact?
What is an Opinion?
Let´s check the Answers!!!
LET’S PRACTICE!
EXAMPLE
Past Perfect:
My husband had
painted our house
(in 1789) before we
moved in (1790)
It was very
colourful then.
We had a very
original house then!
EXAMPLE
Past Perfect
Continuous:
3. We had been looking for her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
4. I had not been walking for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
5. How long had she been learning English before she went to London?
6. Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he had been singing in the rain too long.
7. He had been driving less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
8. They were very tired in the evening because they had been helping on the farm all
day.
9. I had not been working all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night.
10. They had been cycling all day so their legs were sore in the evening.
Complete each sentence with
past perfect continuous.
Negative:
They had not been talking lately.
Max had not been sleeping well.
Jack and Jill had not/hadn’t been taking their medicine.
John and Jane had not been watching television.
Interrogative:
you / study English => had you been studying English?
they / dance => Had they been dancing?
she / drive the new car => Had she been driving the new car?
Jack / sleep => Had Jack been sleeping?
Write sentences with the information given.
John had been waiting for us.
● run → RUNNING
● arrive → arriving
● chat → chatting
● sit → sitting
● lie → LYING
● move → MOVING
● cycle → CYCLING
● travel → TRAVELING/TRAVELLING
● tie → TYING
● dial → DIALING
PAST PERFECT
had forgotten
I got wet because I ____________ (forget) my umbrella.
PAST PERFECT
He was so pleased.
had caught(catch) three fish in just one hour.
He __________
PAST PERFECT
1. Peter was Sally's best friend. She________(know) him all her life.
2. The children were wet because they________(play) football in the rain.
3. We were very hungry because we___________(not / eat).
4. I was delighted when I found my keys. I________(look) for them for
hours.
5. She was exhausted because she________(work) since eight o'clock that
morning.
6. Everything was white because it__________(snow) since morning.
7. The passengers were upset because the airline___________(lose)
everyone's bags.
8. I___________(not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognized him
immediately.