SIMPLE PAST, PAST

PROGRESSIVE AND MAKING

POLITE REQUESTS
Ms. Yasmin Castillo
English Teacher
English Department
Instituto Panamericano
2020
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 CONTENT

6. The Simple Past.

7. The Past Progressive.

Making Polite Requests.

 THE SIMPLE PAST
PAST SIMPLE: STATEMENTS
 
AFFIRMATIVE
 
FORM:
Regular verbs in the Past Simple end in -ed.
[SUBJECT + VERB+ed + REST OF SENTENCE]
 
Joe walked home last night.
We played tennis yesterday
 
SPELLING
 
Verbs ending in -e, take only -d: live / lived.
 
With verbs ending in consonant+y, change the y to i:
carry / carried, try / tried
 
NOTE: Past Simple is often used with adverbs: Yesterday, Last week/month/year, A... ago
 
NEGATIVE
 
FORM:
[SUBJECT + DID NOT / DIDN'T + VERB + REST]
They did not call me yesterday.
Ruth didn't study before the test.
 
 THE SIMPLE PAST

***Go to page 17 (Elements of Success Book) and complete the activity called
“Distinguishing Regular and Irregular Verbs” and the activity #20 “Using Simple Past”
1.5 A

Activities that are on the physical textbook will be checked by the teacher when we return to school.
However, you have to take pictures of what you’ve done and convert these images into one PDF
document and save it like this (example) :
9TH - U GRAMMAR - IGLESIAS, ENRIQUE – TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES (UNIT 1-SECTION A)

SEND IT BY EMAIL ycastillo@ipa.edu.pa the subject of the email must have the same name as
the file you’re sending *USE PENCIL INSTEAD OF PEN*

SECTION A  From page 4 to page 9 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.

SECTION B  From page 10 to page 16 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.
SECTION C  From page 17 to page 19 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION D From page 20 to page 26 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
 THE SIMPLE PAST

***Go to page 14 (Elements of Success Book) and complete the activity called
“Choosing the Correct Meaning” 1.4 B

Activities that are on the physical textbook will be checked by the teacher when we return to
school. However, you have to take pictures of what you’ve done and convert these images into
one PDF document and save it like this (example) :
9TH U - GRAMMAR - IGLESIAS, ENRIQUE – TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES (UNIT 1-SECTION A)

SEND IT BY EMAIL ycastillo@ipa.edu.pa the subject of the email must have the same name as the file
you’re sending *USE PENCIL INSTEAD OF PEN*

SECTION A  From page 4 to page 9 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.

SECTION B  From page 10 to page 16 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.
SECTION C  From page 17 to page 19 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION D From page 20 to page 26 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION E  From page 26 to page 36 DUE DATE: April 6th 10 a.m.
 THE SIMPLE PAST

***Go to page 19 (Elements of Success Book) and complete the activity called
“Error Correction”

Activities that are on the physical textbook will be checked by the teacher when we return to
school. However, you have to take pictures of what you’ve done and convert these images
into one PDF document and save it like this (example) :
9TH U - GRAMMAR - IGLESIAS, ENRIQUE – TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES (UNIT 1-SECTION A)

SEND IT BY EMAIL ycastillo@ipa.edu.pa the subject of the email must have the same name as the
file you’re sending *USE PENCIL INSTEAD OF PEN*

SECTION A  From page 4 to page 9 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.

SECTION B  From page 10 to page 16 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.
SECTION C  From page 17 to page 19 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION D From page 20 to page 26 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION E  From page 26 to page 36 DUE DATE: April 6th 10 a.m.
 THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
PAST PROGRESSIVE: STATEMENTS
AFFIRMATIVE
 
FORM:
[SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB + ing...]
He was waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
They were waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
 
EXAMPLES:
"She was eating when I arrived."
"We were sleeping at 3: 00 a.m.“

NEGATIVE
 
[SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + VERB + ing...]
I was not (wasn't) waiting for the bus.
They were not (weren't) waiting for the bus.
 
EXAMPLES:
"He wasn't sleeping when the phone rang."
"They weren't watching TV when the news was on."
THE PAST PROGRESSIVE

***Go to page 20 (Elements of Success Book) and complete the activity called “Noticing
Past Progressive Verbs”, the activity #25 “Describing Events in the Past” and the
activity #26 “Remembering a Frightening Event” 1.6 A

Activities that are on the physical textbook will be checked by the teacher when we return to school.
However, you have to take pictures of what you’ve done and convert these images into one PDF
document and save it like this (example) :
9TH U - GRAMMAR - IGLESIAS, ENRIQUE – TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES (UNIT 1-SECTION
A)

SEND IT BY EMAIL ycastillo@ipa.edu.pa the subject of the email must have the same name as
the file you’re sending *USE PENCIL INSTEAD OF PEN*

SECTION A  From page 4 to page 9 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.

SECTION B  From page 10 to page 16 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.
SECTION C  From page 17 to page 19 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION D From page 20 to page 26 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
THE PAST PROGRESSIVE

***Go to page 22 (Elements of Success Book) and complete the activity #27 called
“Making Polite Requests” 1.6 B

Activities that are on the physical textbook will be checked by the teacher when we return to school.
However, you have to take pictures of what you’ve done and convert these images into one PDF
document and save it like this (example) :
9TH U - GRAMMAR - IGLESIAS, ENRIQUE – TEXTBOOK ACTIVITIES (UNIT 1-SECTION
A)

SEND IT BY EMAIL ycastillo@ipa.edu.pa the subject of the email must have the same name as
the file you’re sending *USE PENCIL INSTEAD OF PEN*

SECTION A  From page 4 to page 9 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.

SECTION B  From page 10 to page 16 DUE DATE: March 23rd 10 a.m.
SECTION C  From page 17 to page 19 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION D From page 20 to page 26 DUE DATE: March 30th 10 a.m.
SECTION E  From page 26 to page 36 DUE DATE: April 6th 10 a.m.
 SIMPLE PAST VS. PAST
PROGRESSIVE
We use the Past Simple to talk about a completed action in the past. We use the
Past Progressive to talk about an action that continued over a period of time in
the past.
 
We can also use the Past Simple and the Past Progressive together in the same
sentence, to show that one short action or event happened during a longer
action or event. If we mention the shorter action first, we usually join the two
parts of the sentence together with WHILE.
 
EXAMPLES:
"Tom arrived while we were talking about him."
"She came in while I was doing my homework."
 
If we mention the longer action first, we usually join the two parts of the
sentence together with WHEN.
 
EXAMPLES:
"We were talking about Tom when he arrived."
"I was doing my homework when she came in."
 MAKING POLITE REQUESTS
Asking to do things – asking for permission
There are many different ways of making polite requests in English. If you don't want to
sound rude when speaking English, then you need to know how to make a request in a
polite way. Requests in English are usually made in the form of questions.

Asking others to do things – making requests Use 'Would you mind if

I...? Could I possibly...?
Could you possibly...?
Do you think you
could...? to sound more
polite.
Remember that 'Do you
mind...?' and 'Would
you mind...?' mean 'Is it
a problem for you?' so
the polite answer when
we 'say yes' is 'No'.
If you’ve reached this part, Congratulations!! You’re close to becoming a Master in Grammar.
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