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Ex. 4

· Past Perfect

· Past Simple

· Past Simple

Ex. 5

1) Hadn’t thought

2) Was

3) Didn’t do

4) Walked

5) Thought

6) Had arrived

7) Chose

8) Was knowing

9) hurt

A memorable day in my life

Write about a memorable day in your life. Follow the steps:
1. Think about the topic.
2. Make a list of ideas divided in 3 paragraphs, before you write.
3. Follow the structure. Write a different paragraph for each part.
1. Introduction, presentation.
2. Developement
3. End, conclusion

Read about your pals' memorable days and write at least 5 suggestions on any of the paragraphs to improve it. Do it through this document in gogle docs.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=d6f8882_184crkq5fd6&hl=es

Practice tests unit 1 and unit 2

If you need a bit more practice here there are some more exercises...

Verb Tense Exercise 1	Simple Present and Present Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 2	Simple Present and Present Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 3	Simple Past and Past Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 4	Simple Past and Past Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 5	Simple Past and Present Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 6	Simple Past and Present Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 7	Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 8	Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 9	Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 10	Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 11	Simple Past and Past Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 12	Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Past Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 13	Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 14	Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 15	Present Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 16	Present and Past Tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs
Verb Tense Exercise 17	Present and Past Tense Review Practice question words and asking questions http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~mbibliow/whquestions3-3.html

All the past tenses explained

Past tenses

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Word formation

Do these activities to practice word formation:

http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/word_formation.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/dictionaries/word_f_1.htm

Past Continuous

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Past Perfect

Positive sentences:

Subject	+	Auxiliary verb	+	Past participle
I/a dog etc.		had		eaten/given/gone

Negative sentences:

Subject	+	Auxiliary verb + not	+	Past participle
I/a dog etc.		hadn't/ had not		eaten/given/gone

I hadn't seen Berlin before I flew there in the summer. He said Mr. Johnson hadn't mowed the lawn

Questions (interrogative sentences):

Auxiliary verb	+	Subject	+	Past participle
had		I/a dog etc.		eaten/given/gone

Had he known some words before he started learning English?

Taken from http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/page/tenses/past_perfect

I recommend to visit the page to see some good examples with cartoons.

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

More exemples http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html

• I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.

Situations which happened before a specific moment in the past

By the time he was twelve, Mozart had composed a simphony.

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With the expressions it was the first/second/third,.../ time

It was the first time we had visited Cuba.

With the expression just to talk about recent actions in the past.

He had just bought the car when he had the car accident.

Exercises for extra-practice.

Difference in the use of past perfect and past simple in Spanish by AulaFácil

Practice difference in the use of past perfect and past simple.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Ejerc22.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/pastpastperfect.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.pastperf.i.htm

Past simple-past continuous

Past simple

-Affirmative

I/he/she/it/you/we/they + past simple form

Example: He started work at the age of seventeen.

-Negative

I/he/she/it/you/we/they + didn’t + infinitive

Example: I didn’t enjoy the film.

-Questions

Did + I/he/she/it/you/we/they + infinitive

Example: Did he go to university?

·Most verbs + -ed // -e + -d

Play-played // notice-noticed

·Consonant + -y à -ied // -l à -ll + ed

Apply-applied // study-studied // travel-travelled

·Doubling the final consonant

Plan-planned // spot-spotted // admit-admitted

Use:

• Events or actions in the past that have completely finished.

• Things which happened repeatedly in the past.
• Past states.

Past continuous

-Affirmative

I/he/she/it + was + -ing

You/we/they + were + -ing

Example: A woman was watching her son.

-Negative

I/he/she/it + wasn’t + -ing

You/we/they + weren’t + -ing

Example: They weren’t paying attention.

-Questions

Was + I/he/she/it + -ing

Were + You/we/they + -ing

Example: Was she helping you?

Use:

• To talk about in action which was happening at a specific moment in the past.
• To refer to a past action which was interrupted for a particular reason.

Exercises

Match A-C with sentences 1-3

A) A completed action in the past

B) A state or habit in the past

C) One action completed when another was in progress

1) When I arrived, people were playing drums

2) I recently visited Vanuatu

3) The boy was now a man

A= 2

B= 3

C= 1

1- A Read the information about Ed and Julia. Write questions using the past simple. Then invent complete answers to the questions

1- Did Ed leave home? No, Ed didn't leave home, because he wanted to stay with her parents

Ed

1 leave home – No

2 get a job – No

3 go to prison – Yes

Julia

4 go to university - Yes

5 do military service - No

6 get married - No

2 – Did Ed get a job? No, Ed didn't get a job, because he didn't look for it.

3 – Did Ed go to prison? Yes, Ed went to prison, because he robbed a bank.

4 - Did Julia go to university? Yes, she went to university, because she was very intelligent.

5 – Did Julia do military service? No, Julia didn't do the military service, because she was studying.

6 – Did Julia get married? No, Julia didn't get married, because she hated the weddings.

B. Write questions using the past continuous for of the verbs. Then answer the questions.

What (you/wear) yesterday? What were you wearing yesterday? I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt.

1 What (you/do) an hour ago? What were you doing an hour ago? I was reading a book

2 (the sun/shine) yesterday? Was the sun shining yesterday? Yes, it was.

3 Who (you/talk) to before the lesson started? Who were you talking to before the lesson started? With a friend.

4 What (happen) in the class five minutes ago? What was happening in the class five minutes ago? There was a fight.

5 How (you/feel) while (you/travel) to school this morning? How were you feeling while you were travelling to school this morning? I was feeling good.

6 What (the teacher/do) while (you/do) exercise 1A? What was the teacher doing while you were doing exercise 1A? She was correcting the exams.

C. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

The sun was shining and I was enjoying my walk. But after a while, I realized that I was lost. I looked at my map, but I didn’t recognize the area. It was getting dark quickly now.

I spent the night scared and alone in the forest. When I woke up, I was lying with my face on the ground. I didn’t enjoy the experience, but afterwards I felt a little older and wiser.

Sergi Muñoz

Javi

Used to

USED TO

- “Used to” has the same form for all the persons. “Used to” goes followed by infinitive.

- Negative form: didn’t use to

- Question form: Did you use to...?

- We use “used to” to express habits in the past.

Example: I used to go to the disco on Fridays.

He didn’t use to live here.

- We use “used to” for express stats in the past.

Example: Nights used tobe very cold when I was a child.

Exercise pg12:

Ex.A

1-B

2- Both

3- B

4- A

5- A

Ex.B

1. People used to get married younger than today.
2. Many young people used to start work at fourteen.
3. Cities used to be a lot smaller.
4. The word “teenager” didn’t use to exist.
5. People didn’t use to travel a lot by plane.
6. Most women used to work in the home.

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