BASIC ENGLISH III

VIGILADA MINEDUCACIÓN | Reconocimiento como Universidad: Resolución 303 del 3 de abril de 1967 | Reconocimiento personería jurídica: Decreto 2694 del 12 de diciembre de 1974
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Welcome back to our basic English courses. Today we begin our 3 rd course. In this
process we will be able to refresh our recollection and acquire new knowledge
concerning the English language so we can be able to communicate. This process
was developed for your assistance and basically to enhance your knowledge of the
target language. This is your professor Manuel Palma speaking. Now, fasten your
seat belts because we are about to begin.
 Introductory video

• Now if you allow me I would like to take you step by step to the following
procedures that we will develop trough out this course. This is an English
Basic 3 Course and is developed as I said before to enhance your knowledge
or to brush up the knowledge that you have already acquired at some point in
your life.
 Introductory video

• We will share with you information about the topics you will see in this
course beginning with our usual set of vocabulary words to complement the
course, then we will see the past progressive, adjectives with countable and
uncountable and the use of adjectives with comparatives and superlatives.
Now without further delay lets get into our course. Again we wish to
welcome you. Shall we begin?
VOCABULARY
Through the park

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Over the bridge

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Under the bridge

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At the top of the hill

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At the bottom of the hill

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Past the store

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Station

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Parking lot

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Road

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Modern gym

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Supermarket

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Hotels

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Museum

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College

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EXERCISES FOR THIS VOCABULARY

Select:
1. A place where you can see paintings, statues and relics

a. Movie theater b. Museum c. College d. The road

2. The path to the house is ……………. .

b. Under the bridge b. over the bridge c. through the city d. on top of the hill

3. In this place there is a great postgraduate program.

c. Supermarket b. movie theater c. modern gym d. college

4. There are great prices and promotions in the groceries at this place.
a. Supermarket b. at the top of the hill c. parking lot d. under the bridge
The past continuous

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 The past continuous

The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in
the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words, it expresses an
unfinished or incomplete action in the past. It is used Often, to describe the background
in a story written in the past tense

In other words the past continuous allows you to talk about situations, events or actions
that started in the past and are still continuing at the time of speaking.
 The past continuous

1. Forming the past continuous tense

This tense is formed using two components: the verb BE (in the past tense), and the
ING form of a verb. Here are the rules, using the example verb “eat”:

Subject BE -ING form

I was eating

You were eating

He was eating

She was eating

It was eating

We were Eating

You were eating

They were eating

 The past continuous

Verb ending in... How to make the -ING form Examples

swim - swimming
Double the consonant, then
one vowel + one consonant hit - hitting
add -ING
get - getting
come - coming
one vowel + one consonant +
Remove E, then add -ING lose - losing
E
live - living
say - saying
[anything else] Add -ING go - going
walk - walking
 The past continuous

Past Continuous: Negatives and Questions

In the past continuous tense, negative forms are made using NOT, and question
forms are made by changing the word order of the sentence.
1. Forming a negative: Negatives in the past continuous are formed by
adding not or n't after the verb BE:

Positive sentence Negative sentence Contracted negative

I was playing. I was not playing. I wasn’t not playing.

You were eating. You were not eating. You weren't eating.

He was writing. He was not writing. He wasn't writing.

She was reading. She was not reading. She wasn't reading.

It was raining. It was not raining. It wasn't raining.

We were teaching. We were not teaching. We weren't teaching.

You were dancing You were not dancing You weren’t dancing

They were driving. They were not driving. They weren't driving.
 The past continuous

2. Forming a question
Yes/no questions are created by moving the verb BE to the beginning of the sentence.
WH-questions are formed by moving the verb BE, and then adding the WH- word.
Here are the rules:
Statement Yes/no question WH- question

I was playing. Was I playing? What was I playing?

You were eating. Were you eating? Why were you eating?

He was writing. Was he writing? Where was he writing?

She was reading. Was he reading? When was she reading?

It was raining. Was it raining? Why was it raining?

We were teaching. Were we teaching? When were we teaching?

You were dancing Were you dancing Where were you dancing?

They were driving. Were they driving? Why were they driving?
Past continuous activity

Activity: put the verb in brackets in the correct form of the Past Continuous
Tense.
1. Jill ____________________ (read) a book now.
2. What ________________________ (you do) yesterday?
3. Jack and Peter __________________ (work) late last night.
4. Silvia __________________________ (not listen) to music.
5. Maria ______________________ (sit) next to John the day before yesterday.
6. How many other students ______________________ (you study) with?
7. The phone _________________________ (not ring) this morning.
 Use the images below to write questions and answers.

Using the pictures create four (4) negative sentences and four questions using the past
continuous
Negative sentences Questions
1. _________________________ __________________________________
2. _________________________ __________________________________
3. _________________________ __________________________________
4. _________________________ __________________________________
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• Adjectives are words that name an attribute of a noun. There are three type of adjectives:
Descriptive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives and quantitative adjectives.
• Descriptive adjectives describe the characteristics of a noun as an example of it we can say
“the big white house in d.c is where the president of the usa lives”. Big and white describe
the house
• Demonstrative adjectives describe a particular noun. As an example we can say “that car
belongs to carlos or they bought those ornaments for their house” the use of That in the
first sentence and those (in plural) for the second one are demonstrative nouns in function.
• Quantitative adjectives describe amounts in the sentence. For instance if we have an
example that goes like this “there are five boys in the class” the quantitative / numerical
adjective is five. It can also be represented in amounts. For example “I want a lot of rice”
the expression a lot of is a quantitative adjective for quantities.

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 ADJECTIVES

Adjectives go before a noun, they are Adjectives are the same for singular
descriptive words and plural nouns
   
A cold city A city cold An old house / a big shirt
A green car NOT A car green  
A black jacket A jacket black Old houses / big shirts
 
 

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 ADJECTIVES

Adjective Order : From the most general to the most particular

1. quality 2. size 3. age 4. color examples
         
Beautiful Short New Green This nice new blue
pretty Long Old Black blouse.
Nice Small Young White  
Good Big Modern Blue A great long journey
Bad Large Old-fashioned red  
Great Medium-sized A pretty long wavy
Wonderful black hair.
comfortable

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 Exercises

• Choose the correct adjective order:

• 1. She’s a ______________________ athlete
• a. good young b. young good

• 2. They want to stay at a ________________ hotel

• a. modern comfortable b. comfortable modern

• 3. My mom bought a ________________ dress

• a. nice medium -sized flower print b. nice flower print medium sized dress

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 Comparatives & Superlatives

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 Comparatives & Superlatives

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 Comparatives & Superlatives

You can describe one thing, place or person, you can compare two things, places or
people and when you compare more than two (people, places or things) then use
superlatives. In other words to compare two (2) of the same kind make sure to use
ER at the end of the adjective following these rules. Same apply for Superlatives but at
the beginning of the adjective put THE and at end of the adjective place EST. Please
look at the examples offered in the following material.

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 Comparatives & Superlatives

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 EXERCISES

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 EXERCISES

ANSWERS FOR THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE WORKSHEET 1

Adjective comparative superlative

Big bigger the biggest
Hot hotter the hottest
Sick sicker the sickest
Rich richer the richest
Strong stronger the strongest
Soft softer the softest
Cold colder the coldest
Poor poorer the poorest
Loud louder the loudest
Wealthy wealthier the wealthiest
Rough rougher the roughest
Weak weaker the weakest
Quiet quieter the quietest
Short shorter the shortest

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 EXERCISES

MEXICO

One of my most favorite vacation places is Mexico. I really like the weather there because it
never gets cold. The people are very nice too. They never laugh at my bad Spanish. The food
is really good. Mexico City is a very interesting place to visit. It has some great museums and
lots of fascinating old buildings. The hotels are too expensive to stay but there are more
affordable options. For example, you can stay at one of the beach resorts like Acapulco. If you
are planning to visit Mexico, you should definitely see the Mayan temples near Merida.
 

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 EXERCISES

1. Why does the author like Mexico?

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2. What are more affordable options to stay when in Mexico?
__________________________________________________________________
 
3. What are the most interesting places to visit according to the author? (Check all that apply)
a) Museums
b) Stadiums
c) Restaurants
d) Mayan temples
e) Modern buildings
  
4. What is the weather like in Mexico?
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ANSWERS

1. Because the people are very nice in Mexico, also the food is delicious and
Mexicans never laugh at his
or her Spanish.

2. beach resorts

3. B and C

4. It is nice and it never gets cold.

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