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Students 2
Students 2
jericaya
bread
cheese
yogurth
rice
ice cream
unhealthy because i prefer the junk food but no always,
i prefer fresh homade but usually its not healthy , the food balance
guarniciones postres
hot dog
soda
hamburgeur
piña colada
mineral water
toasted sandwiches
beer
milk coffee french fries rice
cop pleit boul
sh ch
,áY • With your partner, practice pronouncing the words in the list. Correct your partner if
W he/she pronounces incorrectly.
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Make a list of other words you know with "sh" or "ch".
"3:
5 share 10 shell 5 chip 10
■ Compare your answers with your classmate's list Add any extra words if you don't
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havethem.
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The Nsh" sound is similar (but different) to the "sN sound and the Nch" sound.
■ Listen and compare:
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bored
nervous happy
hungry
angry
where
Which
When
How many
How much
What
Why
Who
is
are
was is
is
were
were was
were
were were
was
Yesterday, Nick was sick and he was in the hospital. I was happy with our new teacher, because
He wasn´t at school she was happy and she wasn´t angry
tired happy
proudest
tired
worried nervous
hungry
talk (tok) talked (tokt)
walk (wok) walked (wokt)
walk investigate
rest like
walked
stayed rested
discovered finished
reserved
arrived liked
id
id
I Sally asked some interesting questions , and our teacher answered them
On Saturdays, I played basketball with my brother. After this, we rested and laughted
together
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- Where did you go to on vacation?
(E> • Read this emall from Jessy about her family vacation and answer the questions.
Here are sorne pies from our family vacatíon in Cuyullán, Colima last monlh.
� From:Jessy My cousin Selh also traveled with us, and he ptayed with my younger brother.
Zack.
Answer Cuyutlán is a beautiful. quiet village on the beach We rested every day. it
was a very relaxing week! 1:!f
My dad organ1zed the trip because he investigated relaxlng beach destlna
tions, and this place appeared.
There aren't a lot of things to do in Cuyutlán, but we visited the salt museum
and a crocodile and turtle sanctuary. We also freed sorne turtles into the
sea That was so cute! 4º-
1 loved these vacations. We ali walked on the beach every day, we rested, we
vlsited sorne lnteresting places and I tried sorne delicíous local flsh.
1 want to come back next year!
Love,Jessy
IZlD • Answer the questions with information from the text in full sentences
lff7 Who did Jessy's cousm Seth play wíth? .i, plA!jtd wib,_.....= m
:.::. her
= y===
younger brother
== Zack
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Who organized the trip? Her Dad because he investigated relaxing beach
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What 2 places did Jess and her family visit? Tht!J v�1t,d ... SALT MUSEUM AND A CROCODILE and
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turtke santuary
O What food did Jessy try? �t"IJ tntd ... _some_ delicius
_____________
local fish _
e
+- • Underline all the regular past verbs in the text.
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eml • Listen to the families talk about their last vacations and complete the table with the
information you hear.
What place(s) Where did they Who organized What did they do
Family name
did they visit? stay? the trip? there?
TThe Clarks ••• l Mrs. Clark
Check your answers with your dassmates. Do you have ali the correct
information?
46 Platform Two
slept drove saw gave
rode
was ate
left drunk
bought
drove
slept had
was woke up
stopped planned shouted
liked cycled counted
accepted ended
listened
shopped guided
pulled
asked
used visited
exercised
worked
watched
last week, my family and I didnt travel to the beach
We werent worry about the situaticion in the hospital yesterday
I didnt visit a new restaurant last weekend, and the food wasn´t delicious
Last Sunday my cousins fly to Costa Rica for a baseball competition
The students did asked the teacher some questions in class I did walked to school yesterday because i did have time
I did had breakfast yesterday morning I was tired las nigth, but i did slept quickly
Frank and Emily were happy with their grade in the geography exam Miss Jenses did took rhe bus to work this morning and she did arrived on time
MY EXPERIENCES
What words do you know in these categories?
■ Complete the spaces with ali the words you know
62 Platform Three
MR JAOOBS (SCHOOL JANIT-()Jl'9
• Miss Hill' Helio, Mr Jacobs What were yo11 • Miss Hill And d1d you see 1f anyone susp1-
:loin yt e , al e rnoon hal P< t rel 1 u was angin1, ro 1nd 1 ,e e ,s r om
• Mr Jacobs: Ha! What was Idoing yesterday af • Mr Jacobs: Ha! Anyone suspicious. 1 wasn't
ternoon? The same thing Ido every afternoon, watchmg ali the people In the school Iwas
1 was cleaning the school after all the dirty busy.
students. Honestly. those teenagers don't • Mis• H ll So. you d1dn't see 1f anyone stole a
think about helping others... '' 1ow I} s I alba 1011' OJl�Í' 3l,
Miss H1ll YPs. t 1ar � � u , 1 Jacobs And • Mr Jacobs: No, but Ihave that bag. While
exactly what classrooms were you cleanmg 1 was cleaning, 1 saw the bag abandoned
at 3.JO outside the classroom, so Itook it to lost
• Mr Jacobs: 1 was cleaning the third year property,
classrooms. They are always the dirtiest, so 1 • ""iss Hil T nank you very much for your hrlp,
start there. Mr Jacobs Mystery solvl"dl
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iZfi.15' • Complete this chart with details of where the people were
W yesterday afternoon and what they were doing:
Mr Jacobs
Paige
Connor
Riley and
Noah
Bobby
Platform Three 65
cyclin soccer
What were you doing? Why were you?
When
when
while
while
while
pc
waiting
saw was/were + verb + ing
was traveling
had
was
was visiting
stared
3 4 1
6
2
7 5
1 5
2 6
3 7
tlD •
Think of an accident or unfortunate experience you have had.
� ■ Answer these questions in the correct tense to give more ínformation about the
incident. Use the verb list on page 90 for simple past verb forms.
i been alone
i call to car insurance
i felt angry
i call my family
� • Use a dictionary or the internet to fmd any useful vocabulary to describe your accident.
� Make a note of the vocabulary here:
Useful vocab: 4 8
1 5 9
2 6 10
3 7 11
1111 ■ Ask your partner the questions above, and answer your partner's questlons.
� ■ Use your notes and answers to the questions to describe your unfortunate experience to the
class or your partner.
111 • Use all the information on this page to write your description. Be sure to include verbs in
tff) past continuous to describe what was happening when the incident occurred.
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■ Read your story
to your classmate
and listen to your
classmate's story.
Check the use of past
continuous and past
simple. Make any
changes if necessary.
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has done
has jumped has swum
he has
haven´t seen
Have tried
has won
has change
traveled by
drive a car
Monterrey Los Cabos
Have you tried Japanese food?
yes i have
no i havent
has wanted
visited
didnt go
has had didnt have
worked
stared
bougth
gave
hasn´t reserved
investment
translado development
o recorrido move
advertise
acuerdo agreement
discusion pelea bronca argu
inversion invest
replacement
empleo trabajo employment
desempleo
unemploy payment
pago pay
evaluacion
assessment
requerimiento requisito requirement
requirement
remplazo replace
emocion excitement employment
anuncio advertise
assessment
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cofee bear
sea
tree beach
three cream
green dream
freeze bread
queen beard
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fecha en la que naci 25 octubre 1990
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