+DESTINATIONSUNIT 6

+UNIT GOALS

TALK ABOUT PAST VACATION TRIPS

EXCHANGE INFORMATION ABOUT VACATIONS

USE WAS/WERE TO DESCRIBE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

TALK ABOUT A DISCOVERY FROM THE PAST

+SIMPLE PAST TENSE

FORM

[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs

Examples:

You called Debbie.

Did you call Debbie?

You did not call Debbie.

+COMPLETE LIST OF SIMPLE PAST FORMS

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepastforms.htm

+POSITIVE

I waited.

You waited.

We waited.

They waited.

He waited.

She waited.

It waited.

+NEGATIVE

I did not wait.

You did not wait.

We did not wait.

They did not wait.

He did not wait.

She did not wait.

It did not wait.

+QUESTION

Did I wait?

Did you wait?

Did we wait?

Did they wait?

Did he wait?

Did she wait?

Did it wait?

+PRACTICE:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm

+STATEMENTS

To be (past tense)

I was a student of this school         (Yo era un estudiante de esta escuela)

She was a model                              (Ella era una modelo)

They were good kids                      (Ellos eran buenos niños)

Being there:

He was at the beach this morning       (Él estaba en la playa esta mañana)

We were married                               (Estábamos casados)

You were wrong                               (Estabas[n] equivocado[s])

+Ejemplos de oraciones negativas de pasado "to be"Ejemplos "ser":

I was not student of this school.          (Yo no era un estudiante de esta escuela)

She wasn't a model                                 (Ella no era una modelo)

They weren't good kids                          (Ellos no eran buenos niños)

Ejemplos "estar":

He wasn't at the beach this morning    (Él no estaba en la playa esta mañana)

We weren't married                                 (No estábamos casados)

You were not wrong                                 (No estabas[n] equivocado[s])

+YES/NO QUESTIONS:

- Were you a football player at the school?

- Yes, I was.

- Was she a model?

- No, she wasn't.

- Were they your friends?

- No, they weren't.

- Was Richard your boyfriend?

- Yes, he was.

- Were we on a test?

- Yes, you were.

+WAS/WERE excercises: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/

was_were.htm

EMPHATIC ADJECTIVES:

We use them to express the adjectives in a very strong way:

Adjective: good--------emphatic adjective: excellent

Bad…….terrible

Clean…..spotless