SUPER NATURAL

SUPER NATURAL

VOCAB

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SUPER VOLCANO (reading)

VOLCANOLAVAASHERUPTIONGASACID RAIN

Past Simple• PAST ACTION started and finished at

specific time in the past.• KEYWORDS:- YESTERDAY- AGO- IN 1990, IN 2000…- WHEN..- LAST WEEK, LAST SATURDAY, LAST

MONTH…

Past Simple

• WHAT ARE REGULAR VERBS???

THOSE VERBS WHICH END IN [ –ED] WHEN FORMING THE PAST SIMPLE

IF A VERB IS NOT REGULAR … WHAT DO WE DO??? WE NEED TO STUDY THE 2nd COLUMN IN THE IRREGULAR VERB LIST.

Past Simple

• Regular verbs : [-ed]play-played , decide- decided, arrive-arrivedaccept- accepted, add- added, agree-agreedapologise-apologised, answer-answered, appear-appeared, ask-asked, avoid-avoidedAttract-attracted , etc.

• Irregular verbs list: 2nd Column Past Simple ADEDINGLISH BLOG

Past Simple

AFFIRMATIVE

S + V [-ED] + C (Regular)• My teacher corrected my exam

last week

S+ V. 2nd C + C (Irregular)• My father gave me a present

yesterday

Past Simple

NEGATIVE S + DIDN’T + INFINITIVE + C ** S + DIDN’T + [ V-ED] +C ( incorrect)**• My teacher didn’t correct the

exam last week.

• My father didn’t give me a present yesterday.

Past Simple

QUESTIONSAUXILIAR + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE ?? DID + SUB + INFINITIVE + C ??• DID THE TEACHER CORRECT THE

EXAMS LAST WEEK?

• DID YOUR FATHER GIVE YOU ANY PRESENT YESTERDAY?

ARE THESE SENTENCES CORRECT???

• Linda getted up very early yesterday morning.

• Adam didn’t drank tea last night.• I didn’t went to school last week.• I was went to school by car.• I left my notebook at home.• I didn’t watched a film yesterday

evening.

ARE THESE SENTENCES CORRECT???

• She payed me a lot money.

• I thinked she didn’t has any brothers.

• The mechanic didn’t repaired my car.

THERE WAS / THERE WERE

a) Choose the correct answer.

• 1. ________ a terrible earthquake in Japan in 2005.•  There was•  Was•  There were

• 2. The cake _________on the table when I arrived home.•  were•  wasn't•  there wasn't

• 3. _________ any apples left when I came back home yesterday. •  There weren't•  There wasn't•  There were

THERE WAS / THERE WERE

• 4. How many children __________ at the party? •  there were•  was there•  were there• 5. _________ any water in the bottle? No,

_________ any!•  Was there / wasn't there •  Was there / there wasn't•  Were there / there weren't•  

• EXERCISE 2: Complete with WAS, WERE, THERE WAS, THERE WERE in the affirmative, interrogative or negative.

 • a) Annie / at home when I phoned her. We were speaking for

half an hour!• b) My sister /  at school yesterday. She fell ill and she

stayed at home.• c) Our teachers / angry because we didn't do the homework.• d) / many students at the theatre play, just a few.• e)  / enough time to finish the exam. I couldn't do the last

part!• f)  / many people at the party?• g)  enough food for everyone?• h) I phoned Mary, but  / anyone home.• i) We / at the party until midnight.• j) Alice  in my house yesterday afternoon. We / doing our

homework together.•  

WRITING ACTIVITY

• DESCRIBE WHAT YOU DID LAST WEEKEND.

Last weekend

Saturday / Sunday morning activities

Saturday / Sunday afternoon activities

Who were you with ? Friends, family??

Did you have fun? Hang out with friends??

-REMEMBER PAST SIMPLE TENSE!!!

-REMEMBER NOT TO MAKE MASSIVE MISTAKES!!!! [ I didn’t went!!!! ]

Past simple and Past Continuous

• Used together ( juntos ) to express simultaneous actions ( acciones que ocurren en el mismo momento)

• Normalmente Short Action ( Past Simple) interrumpe a Long Action ( Past Continuous)

• To know the correct verb tense help yourself with the KEYWORDS ;)

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

While I was sleeping, A thief broke into my house

Past Simple and Past Continuous

I was dreaming When suddenly the alarm clockWoke me up

Past simple & Past Continuous

Past Simple Past Continuous

•Short actions (quick)•Finished actions•Keywords: when, suddenly…

•Long actions •Actions still in progress•Background actions: used to describe contexts•Keywords: while, as , when…

I was sleeping when suddenly the burglar broke into my house.

Examples:

• The telephone rang when I was having a bath.

• While they were watching TV, thieves broke into the house.

• As I was reading the paper, I heard a loud noise.

• While Susie cleaned the floor, Alice washed the clothes.

Structures

• Past Continuous:• Subj.+ was/were+ v-ing (affirmative)• Subj.+ wasn’t/weren’t+v-ing (negative)• (Wh-) Was/were +Subj.+ v-ing (question)• Past Simple:• Subj.+ - ed + object ( affirmative)• Subj.+didn’t+ Inf+ Object ( negative)• Did+ Subj.+ Inf.+ Object? ( question)

Keywords

• WHILE / AS [ MIENTRAS ] FOLLOWED BY A PAST CONTINUOUS

• AFTERWARDS / THEN / LATER /AFTER THAT, / [ DESPUÉS] NORMALLY FOLLOWED BY A PAST SIMPLE

• SUDDENLY [ de repente ] PAST SIMPLE

REVISE IRREGULAR VERBS !!!