UNIT KEY 6: INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS GO FAR!

VOCABULARY: INVENTIONS
dishwasher headphones microwave mobile phone quadcopter
(lavavajillas) (auriculares) (microondas) (teléfono móvil) (dron cuadricóptero)

remote control Rubik’s cube solar panel tablet washing machine

(mando a distancia) (cubo de Rubik) (panel solar) (tableta) (lavadora)

GRAMMAR: PAST SIMPLE OF REGULAR VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE [verb + -ed or -d if ends in -e] NEGATIVE [didn’t + verb in infinitive]

I / You / She / talked about inventions. I / You / She / didn’t visit the museum.
He / We / They baked biscuits. He / We / They walk to school.

She worked in the city and lived in the country. She didn’t live in the city.
(Ella trabajaba en la ciudad y vivía en el campo. No vivía en la ciudad.)

INTERROGATIVE [Did + subject + infinitive … ?] SHORT ANSWERS [Yes,/No, + pronoun + did/didn’t.]

Did I / you / she / invent a phone? Yes, I / you / she / did.

he / we / they play with a Rubik’s cube? No, he / we / they didn’t.

Did she visit her grandparents yesterday? Yes, she did. (¿Visitó ayer a sus abuelos? Sí, lo hizo.)

Some regular verbs: count explain like move shout talk want
(contar) (explicar) (gustar) (mover) (gritar) (hablar) (querer)
bake climb dance film listen open show use wash
(hornear) (escalar) (bailar) (filmar) (escuchar) (abrir) (mostrar) (usar) (lavar)
borrow close design happen look paint start visit watch
(tomar prestado) (cerrar) (diseñar) (pasar) (mirar) (pintar) (empezar) (visitar) (ver)
change cook disappear heat manage play study walk work
(cambiar) (cocinar) (desaparecer) (calentar) (manejar) (jugar, tocar) (estudiar) (caminar) (trabajar)

NEW LANGUAGE: CALENDAR YEARS

Years are usually divided in two parts. From 2000 to 2010 we normally say:
You write: 1984 2001: two thousand and one
You say: nineteen (19) eighty-four (84) 2002: two thousand and two

LIFE SKILLS: BE CREATIVE! (¡SÉ CREATIVO!)

Listen to all ideas. Have lots of ideas. Use your imagination.
(Escucha todas las propuestas. Piensa muchas más ideas. Usa tu imaginación.)

Now I can… talk about inventors and their inventions, know compound nouns, talk about
what people did in the past, say calendar years, and use my imagination to create ideas.