INGLÉS II

Busy Lives and Looking Back

Folio: INT-P2017-IDSP02-CP
Temas a desarrollar

 Tema 1. Expressions about past and finished actions.

 Tema 2. Expressions to talk about past feelings.
 Tema 3. Go and Get expressions in the past.
Next, we present the topics to
develop class to class.
Tema 1. Expressions about past and finished actions

What did you do last night?

Were you at the rock concert last night?
Tema 1. Expressions about past and finished actions
SIMPLE PAST

The simple past is used for single or habitual actions

completed at a definite time in the past.
It is often used with a past time expression (example:
yesterday, last week, two days ago, etc.).
Tema 1. Expressions about past and finished actions

Did

Auxiliary

NEGATIVE QUESTION
You DID NOT play Did you play?
He DID NOT pay it Did he pay it?
Tema 1. Expressions about past and finished actions

SIMPLE PAST

WAS WERE
Be
I was You were
He was We were
She was They were
It was
Tema 1. Expressions about past and finished actions

Simple past of be Yes-No questions

• The structures for the verb be in the simple past are the same as the Be (was/were)+subject+complement?
structures with be in the simple present. Use was with I, he, she, it;
use were with you, we, they. Was it easy?
Were they easy?
Affirmative statements
Short answers
• Subject+be (was/were)+complement
E.g., adjective/noun She was very strict. Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
Negative statements

• Subject+be (was/were)+not+complement
They weren’t noisy.
Note: Was not and were not are usually contracted to wasn’t and
weren’t in spoken English.
To deepen the study, we recommend reading:

Check the links of the Cambridge platform:

• McCarthy, M., McCarten, J., y Sandiford, H. (2006). Touchstone Student’s Book 1B.
Recuperado de http://www.cambridge.org/touchstonearcade “Busy Lives and Looking Back”,
pp. 98-100.

https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/es/class/18325707/launch_scorm/311923/4114

• Unit 10, Lesson A, A night at home, exercise 3.

https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/es/class/18325707/launch_scorm/311171/4114

• Unit 11, Lesson A, My first…, exercise 2.

Tema 2. Expressions to talk about past feelings

Did you keep a journal when you were a

teenager?
Tema 2. Expressions to talk about past feelings

Simple past tense

• The simple past is used for single or habitual actions completed at definite time in
the past. It can also be used to talk about states and feelings in the past when you
remember or think about past events or activities.

Example: I didn’t want to go out last night. I didn’t like the movie.
It is often used with a past time expression (e.g., yesterday, last week).
Tema 2. Expressions to talk about past feelings

Check the links of the Cambridge platform:

• McCarthy, M., McCarten, J., y Sandiford, H. (2006). Touchstone Student’s Book 1B.
Recuperado de http://www.cambridge.org/touchstonearcade “Busy Lives and Looking
Back”, pp. 108-110.

https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/es/class/18325707/launch_scorm/311106/4114

• Unit 11, Lesson C Anyway, what did you do?

https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/es/class/18325707/launch_scorm/311106/4114
• Unit 11, Lesson C Anyway, what did you do?, exercise 5.
Tema 3. Go and Get expressions in the past

What time did you get home last night?

Did you go out until late?
Tema 3. Go and Get expressions in the past

Vocabulary Get and Go

Get and go are two of the most common “delexical verbs” in English. Verbs such as get, go,
make, do, take, and have are called “delexical” because they change their meaning depending
on the expressions in which they are used.
Get is used with the following meanings:
• Obtain or receive: get a gift, get a sunburn
• Become: get lost / scared / sick
• To arrive: get home / back

It is also used as a phrasal verb in the expression “to get along (with)”.
Go is used in the following ways:
o Before -ing forms: go hiking / snorkeling
o With the infinitive: go to see a band
o In the expression “go on a trip”
To deepen the study, we recommend reading:

Check the links of the Cambridge platform:

• McCarthy, M., McCarten, J., y Sandiford, H. (2006). Touchstone Student’s Book 1B.
Recuperado de http://www.cambridge.org/touchstonearcade “Busy Lives and Looking
Back”, pp. 111-115.
• https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/es/class/18325707/launch_scorm/311085/4114

Unit 11, Lesson B Vacations, exercise 6.

• https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/es/class/18325707/launch_scorm/311086/4114

6ª Building vocabulary: Expressions with go and get.

Referencias bibliográficas

• Cambridge Learning Management System (s. f.). Recuperado de

https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/splash

• McCarthy, M., McCarten, J. & Sandiford, H. (2006). Touchstone

Student’s Book 1B. Recuperado de
http://www.cambridge.org/touchstonearcade
INGLÉS II

Busy Lives and Looking Back

Folio: INT-P2017-IDSP02-CP