MANUEL CARLOS NIÑO CCYS SENA CAUCA 2020

Competence 1: Comprender textos en inglés de forma escrita y auditiva

Goal: to practice past simple with to other verbs

A. Complete the man’s statement with the PAST SIMPLE form of the verbs in brackets:

Last night I went (go) to my favorite restaurant in West Street. I leaved (leave) the restaurant at
about 11 o’clock. It was (be) a warm evening and I decided (decide) to walk along the beach.
Suddenly, I heard (hear) a noise. I turned (turn) and saw (see) three boys aged about eighteen.
One boy came (come) up to me and asked (ask) me the time. When I looked (look) down at my
watch, he hit (hit) me and I fell (fall) to the ground. Another boy took (take) my wallet. I shouted
(shout) for help. Then they ran (run) away.

B. Read the following story, then write it again, but in past.

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 mother’s 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. Bob’s first port is Cape Town in
Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s
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.”

-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 mother’s house.
They had a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loved her and he wanted to marry her when he came
back. Bob promised the girl to sent a present from every port. Bob’s first port was Cape Town in
Africa, and he sent the girl a parrot from there. The parrot spoke three languages. When Bob’s
ship reached Australia, a letter came from the girl. The letter said, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob.
It tasted much better than a chicken”.

C. Translate the following sentences into English in past simple tense.

a. Marc y Joseph corrieron en el triatlón el fin de semana pasado.

Marc y Joseph ran in the triathlon last weekend

b. Ella entendió la mentira de Michael

She understood Michael’s Lie / She got Michael’s Lie.

c. Él le escribió una carta a su novia.

He wrote a love letter for his girlfriend

d. Nosotros leíamos un libro cada mes.

We read a book every month

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e. Mi padre compró el nuevo juego para mi Xbox.

My father bought the new game for my xbox