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Unit 2

This document provides vocabulary and grammar concepts related to celebrations, customs, feelings, and past tenses. It includes lists of words to describe celebrations, customs, and feelings. It also defines phrasal verbs such as "put up", "take off", and "blow off". The grammar section explains how to form and use the past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. Examples are provided to illustrate the context in which each past tense should be used.

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Unit 2

This document provides vocabulary and grammar concepts related to celebrations, customs, feelings, and past tenses. It includes lists of words to describe celebrations, customs, and feelings. It also defines phrasal verbs such as "put up", "take off", and "blow off". The grammar section explains how to form and use the past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. Examples are provided to illustrate the context in which each past tense should be used.

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UNIT 2

VOCABULARY: celebrations, customs and feelings

Þ Contest
Þ Sculpture
Þ Put up decorations
Þ Procession
Þ Light up bonfires
Þ Watch fireworks display
Þ Public/National holiday
Þ Take place
Þ Marching bands
Þ National symbol
Þ Hold street parades
Þ Attend concerts
Þ National costumes
Þ Let of fireworks

Þ Frightened
Þ Amazed
Þ Nervous
Þ Upbeat
Þ Fulfilled
Þ Worried
Þ Frustrated
Þ Flattered
Þ Annoyed
Þ Astonished
Þ Disappointed

PHRASAL VERBS:

Þ To hand in: entregar


Þ To hand out: repartir
Þ Put up: decorate/ put something
Þ Put on: ponerse algo de ropa y colocar en
Þ Take off: quitarse algo de ropa, despegar
Þ Make off: escaparse
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Þ Make up: invent


Þ Blow sb away: impress sb very much
Þ Blow into (a place): arrive somewhere unexpectedly
Þ Blow sb off: not met sb at an arranged meeting; plantón
Þ Blow up: 1) enlarge a photograph 2) fill something with air
Þ Blow something out: extinguish something with your air
Þ Dry out: lose all water and harden
Þ Dry (sb/sth) off: remove water from
Þ Dry up: become dry because of heat
Þ Knock off: force to fall
Þ Knock down: derribar
Þ Set off: leave a place
Þ Came up with: presentar algo
Þ Let off: lanzar

GRAMMAR:

Used to/ would + base form


Be used to (estar acostumbrado) +ing
Get used to (tener q acostumbrarse) +ing

PAST SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I (every form) walked/ I did not/ didn’t walk/


took take

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Did I walk/ take? Yes I did/ No I didn’t

• actions which happened at a specific time in the past.


• past habits.
• past actions which happened one immediately after the other.
• past actions which won't take place again.
PAST CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I was running I was not/ wasn’t running


We were running We were not/ weren’t running

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Was I running? Yes I was / No I wasn’t


Were we running? Yes we were/ No we weren’t

• an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We do not know when the
action started or finished.
• a past action which was in progress (past continuous) when another action interrupted
it (past simple).
• two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past.
• to give background information in a story.

PAST PERFECT
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I (every form) had seen I had not/ hadn’t seen

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Had I seen? Yes I had/ No I hadn’t

• for an action which finished before another past action or before a stated time in the
past.
• for an action which finished in the past and the result was visible at a later point in the
past.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:


AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

I (every form) had been eating I had not/ hadn’t been eating

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS

Had I been eating? Yes I had/ No I hadn’t

• to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started and finished in the past,
before another action or stated time in the past, usually with for or since.
• for an action lasted for some time in the past and the result was visible in the past.

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