English II

3rd Mid-term
 Unit 3
Lesson 1
Competence: Reading, Writing, Speaking, & Listening.

Content

Component The importance of language

and grammar role it.
Reading Writing and Oral
production as learning
sources and abilities
practice.

Learning Outcome

Actions in the past.

Specific Content

Use the verb To Be in past.

Past simple ‘Verb To Be’
We use was and were to describe characteristics, states, and places in the past.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

was/were Was not / Were not Was/Were
Wasn’t / Weren’t
I was at the Was I at the hospital?
hospital. I was not at the
hospital. Were you very lazy?
You were very lazy.
You weren’t very lazy. Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
He was at a café.
He wasn’t at a café. Was he at a café?
They were at
home. They weren’t at home. Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t

Were they at home?

Yes, they were. / No, they

w weren’t

Activity 1

Check the information above and complete the following ideas.

 ___________ and ___________ are the past forms of the verb to be.
 We use ___________ when we talk about I, he, she or it.
 We use ___________ when we talk about you, we or they.
 Activity 2

Think about this time yesterday. Write ideas were you say where you and your family or
friends were, using was, were, wasn’t or weren’t.

1. At this time yesterday, I _____________________________________________________

2. My mother ____________________________________________ at this time yesterday.
3. My English teacher __________________________ yesterday at ___________________
4. Yesterday at ___________________, my best friend ____________________________.

Activity 3

Complete with the correct form of the verb To Be in past.

1. A: __________ the movie funny last weekend?

B: No, it _____________. It _____________ very scary.
2. Marco ___________ sleepy this morning. He didn’t sleep well last night.
3. My parents _______________ very angry yesterday because I broke a window at
school.
4. A: __________ the teacher worried about your grades?
B: Yes, he _____________.
5. Samantha ___________ tired after the trip. She continued cleaning the house after it.
6. A: Where ___________ you last Saturday?
B: I _________ at an amusement park. It ____________ very exciting.
7. Sophia and Anna ____________ in English class. They _____________ in the cafeteria.

Activity 3
 Lesson 2
Competence: Reading, Writing, Speaking, & Listening.

Content

Component The importance of language

and grammar role it.
Reading Writing and Oral
production as learning
sources and abilities
practice.

Learning Outcome

Actions in the past.

Specific Content

Past Simple
Past Simple
We use the past tense to talk about:

 Something that happened once in the past.

I visited my friends in Italy last year.

 Something that happened again and again in the past.

When I was a boy, I played soccer every day.

Structure:

Subject + verb in past + object.

Past Regular Verbs Pronunciation

Irregular Verbs
Present Past Meaning Present Past Meaning

Be Fall

Become Feel

Begin Fight

Break Find

Build Forget

Buy Forgive

Catch Get

Choose Give

Come Go

Cut Have

Do Hit

Dream Hurt

Drink Keep

Drive Know

Eat Leave

Lie Speak

Lose Swim
Make Take

Mean Teach

Meet Tell

Pay Think

Put Throw

Read Wear

Ride Win

Ring Write

Rise

Run

Say

See

Sell

Send

Sing

Sit

Sleep
 Activity 1

According to the previous information complete the next ideas.

 To make the past form of the regular verbs we just add _________________ to the
verb.
 If the verb ends in e, we just add _________________.
 If the verb ends in consonant + y, we change the y to_________________ and add
_________________.
 If the verb has just one syllable and ends in consonant – vowel – consonant, we double
the last consonant and add _________________.

Activity 2

Change the next verbs into past according to the information above.

1. cry _______________ 6. watch _____________

2. clap ______________ 7. like _______________
3. walk ______________ 8. clean _____________
4. dance _____________ 9. plan ______________
5. play _______________ 10. enjoy _____________

Activity 3

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in parentheses.

1. I ______________________ (help) my friends with their homework yesterday.

2. Emily ______________________ (work) at that factory for three years.
3. My brothers ______________________ (wash) the dinner plates last night.
4. We ______________________ (study) very hard for the math exam this morning.
5. The movie ______________________ (start) at 8:00 and we ______________________
(arrive) at 8:15 yesterday.
6. My dad ______________________ (try) a new car last weekend.
7. The car ______________________ (stop) abruptly at the traffic light.
 Activity 4

Complete the ideas with the past tense of the verbs in parentheses.

1. Diana __________________________________ (go) to the party last night.

2. Our teachers ________________________________ (look) at the books last morning.
3. My brother _________________________________ (leave) the house very late.
4. Peter and Sandy ______________________________ (eat) ten hot dogs the other day.
5. He __________________________________ (take) a shower very early this morning.

Past Simple ‘Negative & Interrogative’

We use the auxiliary did to make negative sentences and questions in past simple.

Negative Interrogative
Subject + did not / didn’t + verb + object. Did + subject + verb + object ?

I didn’t go to school yesterday.  Did you go to school yesterday?

She did not wash clothes last week.
They didn’t study for the exam.
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
 Did she wash her clothes last week?
Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
 Did they study for the exam?
Yes, they did. / No, they didn’t.
 Activity 5

Change the following sentences as indicated.

1. Danny went bowling with her best friend. (-)

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2. My cousins played a new video game all night. (?)

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3. We enjoyed the rock concert last Saturday. (-)

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4. My grandpa spent hours doing gardening last Sunday. (?)

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5. I took painting classes when I was little. (-)

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6. Emma danced ballet beautifully at the recital yesterday. (?)

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 Project 3
My own biography

Instructions

Write a biography about you and the most memorable events you have had in your life. Start
since the day you were born until now. (120 – 150 words)

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