RegionalCaldas

CentroPecuarioyAgroempresarial
GRAMMAR
1 Choosethecorrectanswer,AorB.

1 Weusedid/didntinthesimplepastwith:
Ahe,she,itBI,you,he,she,it,we,they

2 Regularandirregularverbsformnegativesandquestionsinthesimplepastin:
AthesamewayBdifferentways

3 Weformsimplepastquestionswith:
Adid+subject+verbBsubject+did+verb

4 Weformsimplepastnegativeswith:
Adidnt+subject+verbBsubject+didnt+verb

5 ThecorrectshortanswerforDidshelikethemovie?Is:
AYes,shedid.BYes,sheliked.

6 Thereareonlytwo/threesimplepastformsofbe.

7 Inquestions,thesubject(I,he,she,etc.)comesbefore/aftertheverb.

8 Weusewas/weretotalkaboutthepresent/past.

9 Theshortformofwasnotiswerent/wasnt.

10 WeusewerewithI,he,she,andit/we,you,andthey.

2 Howdoyoufeel?ChooseA,B,orC.

1 Icantfindmyschoolbag. AhotBworriedChappy

2 Its40andverysunny. AangryBscaredChot

3 Imwaitingforafriend.Heslate. AangryBscaredChappy
Themoviesstarting.

4 Look!Aghost! AscaredBangryChot

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5 ItsmybirthdayandIhavelotsofgreatpresents. AworriedBangryC
happy

6 Thatsmycamera.Youalwaystakemythings! AangryBhappyChot

FUNCTION

3 Readthetext.Complete110withA,B,orC.

Nina: Where1wereyouyesterdayevening,Paul?Wewereoutsidethecafat7
oclockbut

You2werentthere.

Paul: No.I3Awaslate.Sorry!

Nina: 4wereyouathome?

Paul: Yes,I5Awasintheshower!Whataboutyou?

Nina: I6wasinthecafwithZakallevening.We7wereworriedaboutyou.

Paul: 8wasDorawithyou,too?

Nina: No,9AshewasntShe10AwasatGeorgeshouse.

1 Ayouwere Bwereyou Cyouwerent

2 Awasnt Bwerent Cwas
3 Awas Bwere Cwerent
4 AIwas BWereyou CWasI
5 Awas Bwerent Cwere
6 Awere Bwerent Cwas
7 Awas Bwere Cwasnt
8 ADorawas BDorawere CWasDora
9 Ashewasnt Bshewas Cwasshe
10 Awas Bwere Cwerent

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VOCABULARY

4 MatchthewordsinAwiththewordsandphrasesinB.

A B

1 have a) sorry

2 no b) angry

3 say c) afever

4 make d) course

5 get e) evening

6 see f) amistake

7 yesterday g) problem

8 of h) aboutit

9 forget i) right

10 all j) youlater

FUNCTION

5 Readthetext.Complete110withA,B,orC.

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YesterdayI1visitedSt.PatricksCathedralonaschooltripitsabeautifuloldchurch

inNewYork.MyfriendRachel2camewithmebecauseshesinthesameclass.

We3walkedtothecathedralandlookedaround.Itwasveryquiet.We4didntsee

aghost,butwe5sawlotsoftourists.We6hadlunchnearthecathedral.

I7lovedthetrip,but8Racheldidntlikeit.

I9didntdomyhomeworkintheeveningbecauseIwasverytired.10Iwenttobed

ateightoclock!I

1 Avisited Bvisit Cvisiting

2 Acomes Bcame Ciscoming
3 Awalked Barewalking Cwalk
4 Anotsee Bdontsee Cdidntsee
5 Asee Bareseeing Csaw
6 Ahave Bhad Chas
7 Aloved Bnotlove Cdoesntlove
8 ARacheldidlike BRacheldidntlike CdidRachellike
9 Adiddo Bdo Cdidntdo
10 AIwent BIgo CdidIgo

6. Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

(We) (+) 1 We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.

(He) (-) 2 He didnt eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(Yesterday) (?) 3 Did I have fever yesterday?
(Study in the library) (?) 4 Did they study in the library?
(We) (-) 5 We were not in the church
(Play tennis) (+) 6 They played tennis
(I) (-) 7 I was not in the class
(Get a present) (+) 8 Manuel a got a present
(You) (?) 9 Did you study?
(Go shopping) (?) 10 Did you go shopping?
(Last week) (-) 11 They did not work last week.
(She) (+) 12 She sang a beautiful song
(Stay home) (?) 13 Did you stay home?
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(Last night) (?) 14 Did she dance last night?
(They) (-) 15 They did not eat in class
(Get into trouble) (+) 16 We got into trouble
(You) (?) 17 Did you run?
(See him) (?) 18 Did you want see him?
(Yesterday afternoon) (?) 19 Did He see television yesterday afternoon?
(I) (+) 20 I had sleep

7. Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin was born (Be born) in Boston in 1706. He was (Be) the fifteenth of
the seventeen children of a poor candle maker. He went (Go) to school only one year. He
began (Begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he decided (Decide) to
be a writer. He copied (Copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he became
(Become) the best known writer in his time. When he was (Be) seventeen, he left
(Leave) Boston and arrived (Arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his
pocket. He got (Get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and retired (Retire) from
business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he spent (Spend) the next forty years for
his government. He played (Play) an important role in the founding of the USA.
Franklin (Be) also an important scientist and inventor. He drew (Draw) electricity from a
cloud on a kite string. He wrote (Write) one of the first text books on electricity. He
invented (Invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He made (Make)
a study of water and discovered (Discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even
invented (Invent) bifocal glasses when he was seventy-eight and needed (Need) them
himself. Franklin did (Do) all these things and many more because he believed
(Believe) he could (Can).

8 Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship. One
summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mothers
house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her
when he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port. Bobs
first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot
speaks three languages. When Bobs ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl.
The letter says, Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

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Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
One summer he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbors near his
mothers house. They had a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to
marry her when he came back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.
Bobs first port is Cape Town in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The
parrot spoke three languages. When Bobs ship reaches Australia, a letter came from the
girl. The letter says, Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a
chicken.