You will learn to:

 Talk about things in the past.

 Talk about what you did last weekend

GUIDE NUMBER 7
A WEEK AGO

A WONDERFUL WEEKEND

1. Read the paragraphs and guess who is Connie, André and Olga.
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2. Listen to the conversations and write the names.

This morning I got up early, went shopping. Then I cooked some lunch. In the
afternoon I went for a walk. The weather was beautiful. In the morning I stayed
at home, just watched TV. _____CONNIE____

In the morning I just stayed at home. I worked on my computer, wrote some

emails. Then I met a friend in town. We went shopping for some CDs. In the
evening I went to the cinema.
____ANDRE___

On Saturday I got up late, about 10:30 in the morning. I stayed at home and I
listened to music. Then I phoned a friend and we went into town, we went
shopping. And in the evening, I went to a party.
____OLGA____

GRAMMAR

Regular Irregular

Verb Past Verb past

Stay stayed Get up got up
Listen Listened_ Go __Went__
Phone _Phoned_ Have __Had__
Cook _Cooked_ Write __Wrote_
Watch _Watched_ Meet __Met__

1. Using the verbs in past from the box to complete the sentences

1. __I had__ lunch in a restaurant.

2. __I got up_____ early and ___listened__ to the radio.
3. __I met_______ a friend and _went___ shopping.
4. __I went______ to the cinema.
5. __I stayed________ at home and ___watched__ TV.
6. __I wrote______ some emails.
 2. Read the text to identify to be in past:

Only three people were at the meeting yesterday. I was there, of course, and
Hassan and Paula were there. But María was in hospital and Boris was on
Holiday. And Peter was busy.

Affirmative Affirmative Negative Negative

Was Were Wasn’t Weren’t
I, he, she, it You, we, they I, he, she, it You, we, they
I was there We were at work I wasn’t there We weren’t at work

3. Complete the sentences with was or were: 4. Complete the sentences with negative form
was or were:
1. I _was_ in London on Monday.
1. I _wasn’t_ in London on Monday.
2. They __were_ at home yesterday.
2. They _weren’t_ at home yesterday.
3. We __were__ on holiday.
3. We _weren’t_ on holiday.
4. They _were_ in Paris last year.
4. They _weren’t_ in Paris last year.
5. My mother _was_ ill.
5. My mother _wasn’t_ ill.
6. She __was_ here on Monday.
6. She _wasn’t__ here on Monday.

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5. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct word.

1. I was / wasn’t at the meeting.

2. Boris and Maria were / weren’t at the meeting.
3. Peter was / wasn’t there.
4. It was / wasn’t a very good meeting.

6. Use the words in the box to make sentences:

At home in bed at work at a party

asleep on holiday at a meeting

1. My father was at home.

2. They weren’t on holiday_.
3. Mariawatch go
wasn’t at work. read listen
4. I was asleep.
5. I was at a party yesterday.
6. She was in bed all day.
7. Match the two halves of the sentence
1.Were you at home yesterday? ___d___ a. No, it wasn’t. The music was pretty bad.
2.Was Ryan in class yesterday? ___e____ b. Yes, she was. We were both there.
3. Was the concert good? ___a___ c. Yes, it was. Matt Damon is a great actor.
4. Was the movie interesting? ___c____ d. No, I wasn’t. I was at a concert.
5. Was Susan at the library yesterday? ___b____ e. No, he wasn’t. He was sick
 CALLED and BY

1. Match the word to make sentences:

A movie San Agustin

Hips don´t lie Shakira

called
A song Cinderella
by
A book written Gabriel García Márquez

A beautiful place Michael Jackson

2. Now write your own sentences:

1. I saw a movie called Cinderella.
2. They danced Hips don’t lie by Shakira.
3. I listened a song by Michael Jackson. watch go
read listen
4. We read a book written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
5. He visited a beautiful place called San Agustin.
watch
Goodgoor bad
read
watch
listen
go Good Bad
read
watch Excellent Terrible
golisten Wonderful Very bad watch
read Very good Not very good go
listen read
1. Complete the sentences using the adjectives in the boxes. Make them TRUE for you:listen
1. (student) I was an excellent student.
2. (movie) _They watched a wonderful movie.
3. watc
(soccer player) I was a very bad soccer player. watc
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(accident) I had a terrible accident.
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5. (museum)_Was were in a very good museum. watc
watc h h read
2. How readdid you feel yesterday?
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go
liste listen
Watch – watched
read
read
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See - saw
read Look at - looked at TV
listen
A film A picture A footballlisten
match
(Golisten
to the cinema) A photo A film

1. Tick the things you did last weekend:

1. _X__I saw a film at the cinema.
2. _X__I went to the shops and looked at clothes.
3. _____I look at family photos.
4. _____I watched TV.
5. _____I watch the match on TV.
6. _X__I watch the World Cup matches.