CLASS 28 A2

PAST EVENTS
(Part 2 )
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What does this

picture show?

• A present state or action?

• A past state or action?
• A prediction about the future?

• Why do you think so?

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What do these events have in common?

These are events from the past.

Can you think of other significant events in the past? A very
famous person?
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Let’s learn some facts

about the famous singer,
Freddie Mercury.

• He was born in Tanzania.

• He and his family left Tanzania, and
moved to India in 1954.
• He took piano lessons at the age of 7.
• He had only one girlfriend, Mary.
• He wrote his own songs.
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Freddie’s Life

One of the following ideas refer to

Freddie’s past.

• He and his family go to India every

year.
• He and his family went to India in
1954.

What is the difference between go and

went ?
The difference between go and went, Is that go is in
theSimple present tense and went is in the simpl past tense
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Verbs in the Simple Past Tense:

Irregular Verbs

They are called

irregular verbs
because they
are written
differently
when they are
in the past.
These verbs can
change one
letter, two
letters or even
all of their
letters, in the
past.
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Other famous
people’s lives Armstrong
• ____________ went to the moon.
Let’s talk about famous people’s lives. Lennon
• ____________ wrote “Imagine.”
Look at the pictures and the information Schumacher drove F1 cars.
below and match the names to the facts. • ____________

● Schumacher ● Armstrong ●
Lennon
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Now let’s use the Went

• Maradona ____________ (go) to
verbs in the the World Cup in 1986.
Simple Past
. Tense Painted
• Da Vinci _________ (paint) the
What is the difference between irregular
and regular verbs like worked, lived, Mona Lisa.
and died? Had
• Whitney Houston _________
To regular verbs
(have) a daughter, Bobby.
we add “d” or
“ed” or “ied”
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Did you know that

in the past…
• People didn’t drive to work?

• People didn’t have bathrooms inside

the house?

• People didn’t eat fast food?

• People didn’t use the Internet?

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Negatives in the
Past.

People didn’t drive to work.

• Remember to use the auxiliary did

+ not (didn’t) + infinitive verb.

People didn’t watch movies at

home.
People didn’t write emails.

• The rule is the same for both

regular and irregular verbs.

 Can you think of any other

things people didn’t do in the
past?
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Are these
statements true or
false?
1. Michael Jackson was a famous doctor.

2. He released only one successful album. He wasn’t release only

one successful album. He was released many successful albums.

3. He lived in New York. He wasn’t live in New York. He was live

in Indiana, United States.

4. He joined the Rolling Stones in 1996. He wans’t join the Rolling

Stone in 1996

5. He was born into a very wealthy (rich) family. He wasn’t born into
a very wealthy family

6. He sang folk songs. He wasn’t sing fol songs. He was sing pop
songs

Correct and justify false statements as follows:

Michael Jackson wasn’t a famous doctor. He was a musician.
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What about
you?

• Tell us something
about your life, in the
past.

• In the past, what

didn’t you do?
• Fly a plane
• Write a book
• Climb a mountain
I didn’t drive a car
I didn’t win a lottery
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CONNECTORS

• The main function of connectors in English

grammar is to join words or sentences of what
you want to express. The correct usage of
connectors gives coherence to what you write or
express orally. In addition to joining words,
sentences or paragraphs, the sequence connectors
are very helpful to organize your ideas when
you want to tell someone what happened at a
particular time in a logical sequence.
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Connectors Function Example

I ate a tasty
Is used to add another
and crepe and we went to
idea or concept.
the hotel.

Introduces one or I watched TV or read

or
more alternatives. some of travel guides.
We stayed there for
Introduces an
three weeks but we
but exception or a
were too tired in the
contrast.
first day.
I had to stay in
Demonstrates the
because bed because I was
reason for something.
sick.
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Connectors Function Example

first Introduces the first of a sequence. First, I went to Paris.

Introduces the next action or

then concept.
Then we took a boat.

Introduces the next action or We took a train, later we went to

later concept. Spain.

That also introduces another After that, I proposed to go to

after action or concept. Barcelona.

Demonstrates a previous action Before we left Europe we visited

before or concept. Barcelona.

Demonstrates the last action or Finally, my friends and I decided

finally concept. to stay in Barcelona.

During his visit to France, he went

Two actions in progress in the to the Louvre Museum.
During/while past While visiting France, he drank
wine.

Two actions in progress at the When Lily was at Univerity, she

When same time in the past met Ann.
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CONNECTO
RS
HERE IS AN
EXAMPLE ON HOW
TO USE THEM.

VISIT
https://avi.cuaed.unam.
mx/repositorio/moodle/
pluginfile.php/3622/mo
d_resource/content/14/
Contenido/index.html
PRACTICE THE
EXERCISES THERE.
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• Let´s talk about Steve Jobs

Name: Steve Jobs (Steven Paul Jobs)
Profession: Businessman, Industrial Designer and Investor
Born: February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California,
USA
(Work): Apple and a few other companies including Pixar.
In 1984, Jobs and Apple Computer, Inc. (release)the
Macintosh.
In 1995, (become)the executive producer of the famous film
“Toy Story” a Pixar release.
In 2001, Jobs and Apple Computer, Inc. (create) the first
iPod.
In June 2007, Jobs and Apple, Inc. (release) the iPhone
smartphone.
(Die): October 5th, 2011 in Palo Alto, California, USA of
pancreatic cancer at the age of 56.
Legacy: A pioneer of the home computer revolution and
Use
Apple this info to write about Steve
products
Jobs´biography. Use connectors:
then- next- after that- during.
• Steve Jobs was business, Industrial Desingner and Inversor. He was
born February 24th, 1995 in San Francisco, California, USA.
• He worked in Apple and a few other companies including Pixar.
Then In 1984, Jobs and Apple Computer, Inc. Released the
Macintosh.
• After that In 1995, became the executive producter of the famous
film “Toy Story” a Pixar release.
• During 2001, Jobs and Apple Computer, Inc. Created the first ¡Pod.
• In june 2007, Jobs and Apple, Inc. released the next ¡Phone
smartphone.
• In October 5th, 2011 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He died of
pancreatic cancer at the age of 56.
• He was a pioneer of the home computer revolution and Apple
products.
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Today we
learned…
To describe events that started and
finished in the past.

To distinguish between regular and

irregular past verbs

To describe famous people’s lives in

the past.
HOMEWORK:
DO SLIDES 8 -11- 13

See you, Next class!