LEARNING ENGLISH

Verb “BE”   (=ser ó estar) 

Watch this video and learn the Simple Past tense

affirmative form:    I/he/she/ it was       you/we/they  were  

Negative form:    long forms:   I/he/she/it was not          you/we/ they were not

                                      short forms: I/he/she/it wasn’t       you/we/ they weren’t   

Interrogative form:    Was I/he/she/it?        were you/we/ they?

Expresiones temporales que se usan con el Past Simple:  

 yesterday, the day before yesterday,  last night, last week, last year, last Summer, last Saturday,  a long time ago. a week ago, two years ago.   

Examples:  Last month we were at the sea   I was at the disco last Saturday.  My sister wasn’t in bed two weeks ago.    

Questions and short answers:

   Was your birthday last week? No, it wasn’t / yes, it was         Were your friends at the disco last Sunday?    Yes, they were / no, they weren’t

Exercises  :   Complete the sentences with was/were/wasn’t/weren’t

1.- The concert …….. very good. I liked it.

2.- Diana …………..  at the park yesterday and Sonia ………. at the shopping center.

3.- Last winter  it …………………. very cold.  The children …………..  in the mountains.

4.- Rick ……… at the Internet cafe last Saturday.  He …………………  with his friend Alan.

5.- I ……………….. (not) at the gym last Friday afternoon. I ………… at home.

6.- You ……………….. at the school yesterday.   Where ………………. you?  I ………….. ill in bed.

7.- They ……………… at the cinema last Saturday but the film ………………… (not) very good.

Complete the text with was/wasn’t /weren’t   

Yesterday, it ……………..Sunday, so I ………….. at work. I ………. at home. My husband goes to the gym on Sundays, but he ……………. at the gym yesterday. He ………….. at home with me. But our children ……….. at home. They ………. at the zoo in the morning.   In the evening, we ………. at a concert. But it …………… good. It was awful!

                    

PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS

Para formar el pasado simple de los verbos regulares se añade la terminación -ED a la raíz del verbo correspondiente.

walk—- walked        look—–looked               listen—listened          explain——explained

A) Según sea la terminación del verbo, a veces es necesario hacer algunos cambios:

1) Si el verbo termina en -y precedida de una consonante, se cambia la -y por -i y se añade la terminación -ED

hurry—— hurried                    study—–studied               reply—- replied

2) Si el verbo termina en -e, sólo se añade la -D         

arrive——arrived                    close—–closed

 3) Algunos de los verbos regulares forman el pasado duplicando la consonante final y añadiendo -ED cuando su última sílaba está formada por una vocal seguida de una consonante y sobre ella recae el énfasis al pronunciarla.

 stop—–stopped                   travel——travelled               unwrap——

El pasado simple es igual para todas las personas   (es muy fácil)                    

  I worked         you walked     he listened                 they    talked

La forma negativa del Past Simple:    

Sujeto + did not/didn’t +  verbo               

  Example:        I didn’t work         he didn’t walk          he didn’t listen

La forma interrogativa del Past Simple:       

 Did  +  sujeto +  verbo

Did you see my father?          Did he paint the table?             Did she wash her hands?

 

  

 

Usamos los pronombres interrogativos para hacer preguntas. 

                  What did you do yesterday?              Who did you see last night?                

 Where did you go last weekend?     When did you visit Madrid?

 How did you go to the cinema?               Why did he fail the exam?

watch this video about Past Simple tense

LOS VERBOS IRREGULARES HABRÁ  QUE ESTUDIARLOS MUY BIEN, PUES NO SIGUEN NINGUNA REGLA FIJA PARA SU FORMACIÓN.

Watch this video. James Blunt sings “You’re beautiful”

What time do you get up on weekdays?           Do you have a shower every day?                   

                              

What time do you start school?                          Do you have a break?

How many lessons do you have every day?    What do you do after school?

Do you do your homework before dinner?      Do you like school?         Is it fun?

What time do you usually go to bed?

                                            

 

Carol’s daily routine

Her name is Carol. She’s eleven years old and she is from Manchester, in England. She has got a lot of friends but Alice is her best friend. She’s a student at Greenpark Secondary School. On weekdays she wakes up at half past seven. She has a shower and then she has breakfast. After breakfast, she brushes her teeth and she goes to school. Lessons start at eight o’clock and finishes at half past three. She has lunch in the scholl canteen. In the afternoons, she goes to the gymnasium and play volleyball. She likes it. At home she dos her homewok and then she has dinner with her familly and after that she usually watch television or plays with her brother. She always goes to bed at half past ten.

                             

Why don’t you write your daily routine?

 

Watch this video. People talk about their jobs. There are English subtitles in the second part.

One of my favourite places is the Doñana national park, one of the biggest wetlands in Europe. This picturesque area of land and water, located in Huelva, in the sout-west of Spain, is a perfect refuge for wildlife.

The park is home to many beautiful and exotic species including red deer, boar, wild horses and flamingoes. Doñana is probablye the only home left in the overdeveloped south of Europe for endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the imprerial eagle. This scenic park also offers an opportunity for visitors to learn about the unspoilt flora of the region and its unique biodiversity.

Visitors are taken in groups, with speciall trained guides, to tour the park and learn about the different animals that live there and their habitats.

Visit Doñana national park, and you’ll be delighted. I’m sure you have never seen such a lovelly place before.

                

Visit Doñana

When I was younger, I used to practise more often.

She used to play tennis  almost every day, but not anymore.

I used to work in a school but not now.    She didn’t use to smoke

Did you use to surf in the web?

Watch this video       

---

Be used to is an expression. It is not a tense.     Be used to something     or       Be used to doing

If I say “I am used to Thailand” it is like saying “I am accustomed to Thailand”

 The structure is:  Subject +be+used to+object

I am used to horses

He is used to running

She isn’t used to getting up early

The be used to expression is for talking about something that is familiar to us or easy for us.

For example: British people are used to driving on the left

It means that it is not a problem for them to drive on the left of the road.

I am  used to hard work  ( =estoy acostumbrado al trabajo duro)

I am used to working hard  (= estoy acostumbrado a trabajar duro)

He is not used to New York  (él no esta acostumbrado a Nueva York)   We can use BE USED TO in any tense. We just conjugate the verb BE in the tense that we need.

When we lived in Bangkok, we were used to hot weather

I have been used to snakes for a long time

You will soon be used to living alone

He isn’t used to living in New York (=él no está acostumbrado a vivir en Nueva York)

Are you used to fast food?  (=estás acostumbrado a la comida rápida?)

Are you used to eating quickly? (=estás acostumbrado a comer rápido?)

Watch this video about prepositions of place 

on, above, over, in front of, under, behind, next to, below

Usamos el present simple para hablar de rutinas y hábitos, de las cosas que hacemos regularmente:  

 Forma afirmativa:     I play football with my friends on Saaturdays   My mum gets up very early

La 3ª persona del singular, normalmente añade una   -s               like-likes      wash- washes

Añadimos -es  a los verbos que acaban en -s, -sh, -ch,-o, -x             watch- watches     go-.goes     kiss-kisses

Si el verbo termina en consonante  +y,   cambiamos  -ies                         cry- cries        study-studies

Si el verbo termina en vocal +y ,   añadimos   -s                                         say-says          play-plays

Forma negativa:    do not =  don’t  + verb          y       does not =  doesn’t + verb            

                                                     I drink tea        I don’t drink tea           He works        He doesn’t work

Forma interrogativa:          Do I /you/we/ they ?        Does he/she?              

Respuestas breves:                     Yes, I /you/we/ they do                         No I/you/we/they don’t    

                                                              Yes he/she/it does       No, he/she/it doesn’t

EXERCISES: Complete the text with the verbs in Present Simple, affirmativa or negative

When I travel I …..(get up) early and a friend …… (take) me to the airport.  I ….. (not like) flying but it’s necessary in my job. When I ………. (arrive) at my destination, my agent …….. (come) and we ……. (go) to the studio. I …….(not wear) my normal clothes. They …..(give) me special clothes, and then the photographer …….. (start) to take photos. He …………… (not finish) taking photos until he’s happy.

      

Complete the dialogue

Andrés: What time do you ………………….. to school?            Betty: At a quarter past eight, byt my brother …………… to school at nine.

Andrés: Which school ……………………. your brother go to?     Betty: He ………………… to the Primary School in El Entrego

Andrés: What time do you  ……………….. school?                      Betty: I …………………. school at twenty-five past two.

Andrés:  Do you have a break?                                                  Betty: Yes, we …………… a break at ………………………..

Object Pronouns: Replace the words underlined with an object pronoun

1.- I don’t know Carla’s new boyfriend.                           2.- Do you like Sarah Harper?    

  3.- My sister doesn’t like The Beatles.                 4.- My father gives my brother and me pocket money.    

5.-Does your teacher know your mother?            6.- She doesn’t like me and my dog at all.     

 7.- He  likes the new computer room very much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In English the Present Continuous is formed with

   The present simple of BE + a verb in -ing   

I’m running in the park

You’re writing a postcard

He’s lying on the beach

She’s doing yoga

It’s eating

We’re swimming in the sea

They’re studying French               

                                                    

What are these people doing?

 

What’s your job?   Watch this video and learn some new vocabulary   Nurse, Traffic warden, unemployed, etc….

 

Now listen to a song called “My father is a pilot”