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Semana N° 5 Grado: 7mo

Docente: Ruth Camila Bolívar Zorro Temáticas: To be in past simple

Desempeño
Reconoce información básica sobre hechos en tiempo presente y pasado, así como
descripción de personas, fechas y lugares

Indicadores de desempeño
Organiza, complementa y construye oraciones usando correctamente
diferentes estructuras del presente y del pasado.

Introduction and motivation.

1. Listen to the song and circle the verbs that appear in the present simple in blue and
the new vocabulary in red.

When she was just a girl she expected the world

But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl she expected the world

But it flew away from her reach and the bullets
catch in her teeth Life goes on, it gets so
heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly

And dream of para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

She'd dream of para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say,
"Oh, oh,
oh, oh,
oh, oh
I know the
sun must
 set to rise"

This could be para-para-paradise

Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise(x3)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

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Conceptual contents

To Be - Past Tense
The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE To Be -

Affirmative

Subject To Be Examples

Iwas I was tired this morning.

You were You were very good.

He was He was the best in his class.

She was She was late for work.

It was It was a sunny day.

We were We were at home.

You were You were on holiday.

They were They were happy with their test results.

To Be - Negative Sentences
The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were). Subject

To Be Examples Negative contractions

Iwas not I was not tired this morning. I wasn’t tired this morning.
 You were not You were not crazy. You weren’t crazy.

He was not He was not married. He wasn’t married.

She was not She was not famous. She wasn’t famous.

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It was not It was not hot yesterday. It wasn’t hot yesterday.

We were not We were not invited. We weren’t invited.

You were not You were not at the party. You weren’t at the party.

They were not They were not friends. They weren’t friends.

To Be - Questions
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.
Affirmative You were happy.

Subject Verb

Question Were you happy?

Verb Subject

Affirmative Question

I was late Was I late?

You were sick. Were you sick?

He was surprised. Was he surprised?

 She was from Italy. Was she from Italy?

It was a big house. Was it a big house?

We were ready. Were we ready?

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You were early. Were you early?

They were busy. Were they busy?

Before the verb you can also have a WH- Question word (Why, Who, What, Where
etc.)

Were you happy? Yes, I was.

Why were you happy? Because I was promoted at work.

To Be - Short Answers
In spoken English, we usually give short answers in response to questions. Question

Short Answers** Short Answers

Was I late? Yes, you were. No, you weren't.

Were you sick? Yes, I was. No, I wasn't.

Was he surprised? Yes, he was. No, he wasn't.

Was she from Italy? Yes, she was. No, she wasn't.

Was it a big house? Yes, it was. No, it wasn't.

Were we ready? Yes, we were. No, we weren't.

Were you early? Yes, we were. No, we weren't.

 Were they busy? Yes, they were. No, they weren't.

** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers.

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Topic exploration questions

1. Do the exercises and then take a screenshot of your

score. https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be-past-simple.htm

Procedural contents

2. Read the text and circle true or false.

Yesterday was a nice day. I was on small trip with my family. We

were at the park for one hour. My mother was surprised because
finally we were not at home. My father was a little worried because
of the virus. My sister was happy and in love with the sun. My
grandpa was bored because he stayed at home. The weather was
great, it was hot and sunny. The park was green and clean, it was
beautiful. It was one of the best days of my life.
clean.

They were at the beach yesterday. True False

His mother was surprised. True False

His father was a little worried because of the True False

virus His grandpa was bored at the park. True False

True False
The weather was cold and cloudy.The park was
green and clean. The park was green and
 True False

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3. Choose was or were:

a. He____wasn’t_______ shy yesterday
b. I ____wasn’t_______ in your birthday party last year.
c. ____ weren’t_____ you at the school the last week?
d. She___was_______ angry with you last night.
e. We ___were________ sad yesterday.
f. They___were______ embarrassed with the football score.
4. Fill in the gap with the correct form of To Be
a. Why were you so ill yesterday?
b. Steve was at the library last Friday?
c. We weren't in Spain last year, we were in France.
d. Unfortunately, she was offered the job.
e. I was a good worker but he fired me anyway.
f. They are busy all day.
g. It is a very difficult situation.
h. Yesterday it was very cold. I hope it will be warmer today.
i. My brother has been a teacher for 20 years.
j. They are really unkind to me, but Isn't any better back. Attitudinal

content

5. Do the exercises and then take a screenshot of your score in each one.
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/ve https://agendaweb.org/exercises/ver
rbs/to-be/past-simple-forms bs/to-be/past-simple-affirmative
negative-interrogative
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Didactic resources

The didactic resources that were used for the realization of this guide are computers,
audiovisual sequences, textbooks, English dictionaries, notebooks, notepads, and the
human resource that has: Teacher, directives, and students.

Evaluation

6. Do the exercise and then take a screenshot of

your score. https://es.liveworksheets.com/nd639797hj

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Bibliography

• https://es.liveworksheets.com/
• https://www.eslvideo.com/
• https://en.islcollective.com/