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NIVEL II

DISTANCIA
INGLÉS
1.º Trimestre
Profesora: María Ugidos
Correo electrónico: [email protected]
Teléfono:
El examen consistirá en comprensión escrita (texto y responder
preguntas), expresión escrita (redacción), comprensión oral
(audio), ejercicios de gramática, vocabulario y pronunciación. Los
audios de los apuntes estarán subidos al aula virtual en el tema
correspondiente. La parte de expresión oral (conversación) se
evaluará durante las clases para resolver dudas.
UNIT 7A
Past simple of be: was/were
PAST SIMPLE OF BE: AFFIRMATIVE
 Subject + was/were + complements

 I was at the airport.


 You were in class.
 He was here.
 She was with her sister.
 The dog was hungry.
 We were tired.
 You were at the cinema.
 They were thirsty.
PAST SIMPLE OF BE: NEGATIVE

 Subject
+ was/were + not
(wasn’t/weren’t) + complements

 I wasn’t at the airport.


 You weren’t in class.
 He wasn’t here.
 She wasn’t with her sister.
 The dog wasn’t hungry.
 We weren’t tired.
 You weren’t at the cinema.
 They weren’t thirsty.
PAST SIMPLE OF BE: INTERROGATIVE

 Was/Were + subject+ complements?

 Was I at the airport?


 Were you in class?
 Was he here?
 Was she with her sister?
 Was the dog hungry?
 Were we tired?
 Were you at the cinema?
 Were they thirsty?
SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, subject + was/were. No, subject + was/were +
not (wasn’t/weren’t)
Yes, you were. No, you weren’t.
Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.
Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.
Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
Yes, we were. No, we weren’t.
Yes, we were. No, we weren’t.
Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
WHEN TO USE IT

 We use was/were to talk about the past.


 Helen was tired after work.
 Andrew and Frank were late.

 We often use was/were with past time


expressions: yesterday, last night…
 Dave was hungry last night.
 Patricia and Sarah were happy yesterday
morning.

 We use was/were with born.


 Peter was born in England.
 Connor and Sean were born in Ireland.
Vocabulary: word formation
Professions
We often add –er or –or to a verb

Act Actor
Compose Composer
Dance Dancer
Sing Singer
Direct Director
Professions
We often add –ian or –ist to a noun

Act Actor
Compose Composer
Dance Dancer
Sing Singer
Paint Painter
7A GRAMMAR  past simple of be: was / were
Complete with was / were or wasn’t / weren’t to make true sentences.

1 Mother Teresa wasn’t born in India.

2 Kurt Vonnegut an English writer.

3 Tchaikovsky the composer of Swan Lake.

4 The Vikings from Germany.

5 Gustave Eiffel a famous French engineer.

6 Roald Dahl a famous British musician.

7 The Beatles from Liverpool.

8 Jennifer Lawrence in the Hunger Games


films.

9 Socrates and Plato Greek artists.

10
Pablo Picasso Spanish.

11
Beethoven a Swiss composer.

12
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the first
men to walk on the moon.

13
Adele’s first album 25.

14
The Incas from Mexico.

15
Marco Polo born in Venice.

16
The Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016.

17
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
famous German painters.

18
Barack Obama the 44th President of
the USA.

19
Monet and Gauguin French painters.

20
Albert Einstein a German politician.

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Make questions and test your partner’s memory. Correct the information if you can.

  Was Mother Teresa born in India?   No, she wasn't. She was born in Albania.

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UNIT 7B
Past simple: regular verbs
PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS - AFFIRMATIVE
 Subject + verb-ed + complements

 I watched a football match yesterday.


 You arrived late to the airport last week.
 Peter closed the door when he left for work.
 Jane opened the window because it was hot.
 The cat played with the ball two days ago.
 We listened to the radio yesterday morning.
 You walked home after school.
 Andrew and Sarah received an e-mail from the
boss before lunch.
PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS - NEGATIVE
 Subject
+ did not (didn’t) + verb +
complements

 I didn’t watch a football match yesterday.


 You didn’t arrive late to the airport last week.
 Peter didn’t close the door when he left for work.
 Jane didn’t open the window because it was hot.
 The cat didn’t play with the ball two days ago.
 We didn’t listen to the radio yesterday morning.
 You didn’t walk home after school.
 Andrew and Sarah didn’t receive an e-mail from the
boss before lunch.
PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS - INTERROGATIVE

 Did + subject + verb + complements?


 Did I watch a football match yesterday?
 Did you arrive late to the airport last week?
 Did Peter close the door when he left for work?
 Did Jane open the window because it was hot?
 Did the cat play with the ball two days ago?
 Did we listen to the radio yesterday morning?
 Did you walk home after school?
 Did Andrew and Sarah receive an e-mail from the boss
before lunch?
 Short answers:
 Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did.
 No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t.
USES

 For finished actions that happened once in the


past.
 Andrew and Sarah cooked dinner for the party.

 Habits in the past:


 Peter played a football match every week when he
was little.

 Series of completed actions (stories):


 Jane cooked breakfast, walked her son to school
and arrived to work.
7B GRAMMAR  past simple: regular verbs
Complete the conversations in the past tense. Use the verbs in brackets.

1 Annie 1
Did you study French at university? (study)
No, I 2
Beth  French; I 3 Italian. I 4 in
Rome for six months in my third year. (not study, study, live)
Where 5
Annie  you in Rome? (live)
6
Beth 
Near the Forum. I a house with some Italian students. (rent)
7
Annie  you in Italian all the time? (talk)
8
Beth 
Not always, because they to practise their English. But I
9
to cook great pasta! (want, learn)

2 Alan 10
you Brazil? (like)
11 12
Ben 
We it! We to come home. (love, not want)
13
Alan  you around the country? (travel)
14
Ben 
We much, because we were only there for two weeks.
(not travel)
15
Alan  you in hotels? (stay)
16
Ben 
No, we with Brazilian friends. (stay)

3 17
Dave  you the match? Arsenal and Real Madrid? (watch)
Carl No, I 18 .
Dave Why not?
Carl 
I 19 late last night. I 20 until 7.00. (work, not finish)
Dave 
But the match 21
at 7.45. (start)
Carl 
Yeah, but I 22
my train. I 23 home until 9.30.
(miss, not arrive)
Dave 
What a pity! It was a great game.

4 I 24
Sam  you three times last night, but you 25 .
(call, not answer)
Lucy Sorry. I was at the cinema with my sister.
And I 26
Sam  you, too. Why 27 you me back?
(text, not text)
Lucy 
Because I was angry.
Sam Angry? Why?
Because you 28
Lucy  to me at the party last week. You
29
to Eva for about an hour. (not talk, chat)
I 30
Sam  to Eva for an hour! She had a problem, and she just
31
to tell me about it. (not chat, want)
A problem? Is that why you 32
Lucy  with her for 20 minutes? (dance)

ACTIVATION
Practise the conversations with a partner.

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UNIT 7C
Past simple: irregular verbs
PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS
 Some verbs are irregular in the past and change their
form.
 Buy – bought
 See – saw

 We only use the irregular past form in affirmative


sentences
 I bought a new book.
 Peter drove his car to work.

 We use the infinitive after did / didn’t in negative


and interrogative sentences
 I didn’t buy a new book. // Did I buy a new book?
 Peter didn’t drive his car to work. // Did Peter drive his
car to work?
PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS
 Don’t forget: in questions the order between
subject and auxiliary verb changes:
 I bought a new book.
 Did I buy a new book?

 Could doesn’t use the auxiliary verb did /didn’t


 We add not to make negative sentences
 They couldn’t buy a new house.

 We reverse the subject and the verb to make


questions
 Could they buy a new house?
7C GRAMMAR  past simple: irregular verbs
 a Complete the blog with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

A MEMORABLE
NEW YEAR’S EVE
This happened to me a couple of years ago. Some university friends and I wanted to
celebrate New Year’s Eve at the famous street party in Edinburgh. We 1knew (know) it
2
(be) difficult to get tickets for the party, but we 3 (be) really lucky and
4
(buy) some online six months before. On 31st December, we 5 (get) a fast
train from London.

We arrived in Edinburgh at 6.00 p.m. and walked from the station to our hotel. We relaxed,
6
(have) dinner, and then 7 (get) ready to go out. We 8 (wear) warm
9 10
clothes, because it (be) really cold. We (get) to the city centre at about
11 12
9.30 p.m. It (be) wet and quite windy. We (go) into the first warm bar
13 14
we (find) and (drink) some whisky. At about 10.30 p.m., we 15
(put on) our warm coats again and 16 (go) back outside. The streets 17 (be)
18
nearly empty! Some people (say) ‘The street party is cancelled because of the
19
terrible weather.’ We (not can) believe it! The weather 20 (not be) good,
21
but it (feel) like a normal winter night in Scotland.

In the end, we 22 (get) a taxi back to our hotel and 23 (spend)


24
midnight in our rooms! We (not have) a very happy New Year’s Eve!

 b Complete these questions about the blog.

1 Where did they buy tickets for the party? They bought tickets for the party online.
2 Why warm clothes? Because it was really cold.
3 What time to the city centre? They got there at about 9.30 p.m.
4 What the weather like? It was wet and quite windy.
5 What in the bar? They drank some whisky.
6 What at 10.30 p.m.? They put on their coats and went outside.
7 What to them? They said ‘The street party is cancelled.’
8 a bus back to their hotel? No, they didn’t. They got a taxi.
9 Where midnight? They spent midnight in their rooms.
10 a good time? No, they didn’t.

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Cover the answers. Take turns to answer the questions.
Then cover the questions and take turns to make the questions from the answers.

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UNIT 8A
Past simple: regular and
irregular
WAS / WERE AND COULD

 Past of be: was / were


 Peter was happy.
 Sarah and Helen were at home yesterday.

 Past of can: could


 Andrew could swim when he was little.
WAS / WERE AND COULD
 Not is added to make negatives

 Peter wasn’t happy.


 Sarah and Helen weren’t at home yesterday.
 Andrew couldn’t swim when he was little.

 The subject and the verb are reversed to make


questions

 Was Peter happy?


 Were Sarah and Helen at home yesterday?
 Could Andrew swim when he was little?
REGULAR VERBS
 +ED or +D is added in the affirmative past
simple
 Jane watched a film last night.
 Connor cooked lunch last week.
 We visited the musem two days ago.

 The auxiliary verb did is used in negative and


interrogative past simple
 Jane didn’t watch a film last night.
 Did Jane watch a film last night?
 Connor didn’t cook lunch last week.
 Did Connor cook lunch last week?
 We didn’t visit the museum two days ago.
 Did we visit the museum two days ago?
IRREGULAR VERBS
 Irregular verbs change their form in the
affirmative past simple.
 Claire bought some books yesterday.
 Shane and Neil went to the cinema last week.

 The auxiliary verb did is used in negative and


interrogative past simple.
 Claire didn’t buy some books yesterday.
 Did Claire buy some books yesterday?
 Shane and Neil didn’t go to the cinema last week.
 Did Shane and Neil go to the cinema last week?
8A GRAMMAR  past simple: regular and irregular verbs
Complete the conversation with the past tense of the verb in brackets.

A NEW LIFE
Inspector 
OK, Mr Thomas. Please just relax
and tell me the problem.
It’s my wife. She 1went (go) out
Mr Thomas 
yesterday evening. And she
2
(not come)
back.
When 3
Inspector  (you /
see) your wife for the last time?
Mr Thomas Yesterday evening, at about nine
thirty.
Inspector 
Tell me what happened yesterday.
4
(you / do)
anything unusual?
No, it 5
Mr Thomas  (be)
just a normal day. We 6 (wake up) at seven.
I7 (have) breakfast. Then I 8 (drive) to
9
work. My wife (not have) breakfast. In the morning, I think she
10
(go) shopping. She 11 (come) home at
lunchtime. I don’t know what she 12 (do) in the afternoon. She
probably 13
(make) dinner.
When 14
Inspector 
(you / come) home?
I 15
Mr Thomas  (arrive)
home at about seven thirty. I
16
(sit) down
and 17 (read)
the newspaper, and
18
(check) my
emails. We 19
(have) dinner at about eight. After
dinner, I 20
(watch) TV. I 21
(go to sleep) in my chair.
22
Inspector  (you /
speak) to your wife at all? What 23 (she / say) to you?
24
Mr Thomas 
We (not talk) during dinner. After dinner, she
25
(say), ‘This isn’t a life. I need to go out.’ She
26
(call) a taxi. I 27 (hear) the taxi about 15
minutes later. She 28 (take) her bag and her coat and
29
(close) the door. She 30 (not say) goodbye.
I see, Sir. I think I know why she 31
Inspector  (leave).

ACTIVATION
Read the conversation again. Then cover it. Can you remember five things
that Mr and Mrs Thomas did yesterday?

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GRAMMAR 8B AND 8C
There is / There are
There was / There were
Some / Any + plural nouns
THERE IS / THERE ARE
 Affirmative:

 There is a car.

 There are two apples.

 Negative:

 There isn’t a car.

 There aren’t two apples.


THERE IS / THERE ARE
 Interrogative:

 Is there a car?

 Are there two apples?

 Short answers:

 Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.

 Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.


THERE IS / THERE ARE
 To say that something exists or doesn’t exists
 There are seven apples on the table.
 There is a pen under the chair.

 There is + singular noun


 There is a blue car in front of the supermarket .

 There are + plural noun


 There are twenty people waiting to buy the tickets.

 List of things: there is if the first word is singular,


there are if the first word is plural.
 In the kitchen, there is a table, four chairs, a fridge…
 In the classroom, there are sixteen tables, a
whiteboard…
THERE WAS / THERE WERE
 Past tense of there is / there are

 Affirmative:

 There was a car in front of the supermakert yesterday.

 There were two apples on the table yesterday.

 Negative:

 There wasn’t a car in front of the supermakert yesterday.

 There weren’t two apples on the table yesterday.


THERE WAS / THERE WERE
 Interrogative:

 Was there a car in front of the supermarket yesterday?

 Were there two apples on the table yesterday?

 Short answers:

 Yes, there was. / No, there wasn’t.

 Yes, there were. / No, there weren’t.


THERE WAS / THERE WERE

 To say that something existed or didn’t exist.

 There were two bookselves in the classroom, but


there aren’t any more.

 There wasn’t a camera in the classroom, but now,


there is one.
A / AN, SOME AND ANY
 A / An (singular nouns) with there is / there
isn’t
 There is a book on the table.
 There isn’t a chair in the room.

 Some (plural nouns, affirmative) with there


are. Not an exact number.
 There are some books on the table. (We don’t know
how many)

 Any (plural nouns, negative, interrogative) 


with there are and there aren’t.
 There aren’t any books on the table.
 Are there any books on the table?
8B GRAMMAR  there is / there are, some / any + plural nouns

 a Write the questions and short answers.

1 shower / bathroom? Is there a shower in the bathroom? Yes, there is.


2 pictures / hall? Are there any pictures in the hall? No, there aren’t.
3 double bed / bedroom?
4 piano / living room?
5 plant / study?
6 dishwasher / kitchen?
7 cupboards / bathroom?
8 chairs / bedroom?

 b Write + or − sentences.

1 table / kitchen There’s a table in the kitchen.


2 plants / living room
3 mirror / hall
4 books / living room
5 computer / study
6 clock / kitchen
7 fireplace / living room
8 shelves / study

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Work with a partner. Look at the picture again for 30 seconds.
Then A (picture face up) ask B (picture face down) five questions about the house. Change roles.

  Is there a plant in the study?   Are there any chairs in the hall?

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8B VOCABULARY  Race around the house
In 10 minutes write as many words as you can for the definitions.

1 2 3
1 It’s usually in a living room. It’s on a table or wall. You 3 You put these on the walls
It’s for one person to sit turn it on when it’s dark. to decorate the rooms.
on. It’s very comfortable. a
an

16 17 4
They’re on the wall. You 17 It’s outside. It has You can see yourself in it.
can put things on them, flowers and plants. a
for example books. a

15 18 5
15 You put your clothes You put your car in here. 5 It’s a room where you
in this. a sleep.
a a

14 19 6
You clean your dirty 19 In the bathroom, you fill This is on the floor. It
clothes in this. this with water. You wash decorates the room.
a in it. a
a

13 20 7
13 A room has four walls, a You turn it on in winter to 7 It’s in the kitchen. You
floor, and... keep the house warm. cook on it. It can be gas or
a electric.
a

12 8
It’s a room where In summer, you turn it on
you wash. when it’s hot.
a

11 10 9
11 You put milk, eggs, and In the kitchen, you put the 9 You use these to go from
vegetables in it. It keeps glasses and plates in this. the ground floor to the
food cool and fresh. a first floor in a house.
a

ACTIVATION

Test your memory. Cover the words and the definitions. Say the words.

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8C GRAMMAR  there was / there were
Complete the sentences with the correct form (  + , − , or ?  ) of there was / were.

1
A 1Was there a supermarket in this town when you were
a child?
B No, 2 .3 a baker’s
and a small shop.
4
A any Italian restaurants? I love
pizza!
B No, 5 , but 6 a
café. And 7 two pubs!

2
A We stayed in a great hotel in Spain. It was on the
beach and 8 a really big swimming
pool, too.
B Cool! 9 a gym?
10
A Yes, and two tennis courts.
11
B any restaurants in the hotel?
12
A three! And the food was delicious!

3
13
A a very old castle in the town,
near where I lived when I was a child. People said
14
secret rooms in it.
B Really? 15 any ghosts in the castle,
too?
A Yes, 16 . My aunt saw one once. She
said that suddenly 17 a strange
light, and then she saw a face looking in through the
window – but she was on the second floor!

4
A Did you get anything nice in the sale?
B Yes, I did. 18 some lovely sweaters.
I got two.
A Great! 19 any jeans?
20
B Yes, , but 21 any
in my size.

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Say three things that were in the street or area where you live,
but which are not there now.

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8C VOCABULARY  Prepositions of place

Student A

1 2

Student B

1 2

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