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GRAMMAR: Simple Past.

INSTRUCTORA: Diana Milena Romero

NAME: Jessica Paola Moreno Caamaño DATE: 18/09/2020 GROUP: 1966980

SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
VERB TO BE
Susan was in a meeting yesterday Susan wasn’t at her office yesterday Where was Susan yesterday?
They were busy all day They weren´t busy all day Were they busy all day?

REGULAR VERB (-ED) AUXILIARY: DID + NOT AUXILIARY: DID

We opened a new store last moth We didn’t open a new store last year When did you open the new store?
He worked here 2 years ago He didn’t work here last week Where did he work?

IRREGULAR VERB AUXILIARY: DID + NOT AUXILIARY: DID

Mark sold his shares 2 months ago Mark didn’t sell his shares 2 months ago Why did Mark sell his shares?
They went to Moscow in 1998 They didn’t go to Moscow last vacation When did they go to Moscow?

I. READ THE NEXT TEXT AND COMPLETE THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST FORM OF THE VERBS.

WALT DISNEY

Walt Disney ____was___ (be) born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago. He was one of five

children. As a child, Walt ___took___ (take) art classes in Chicago. In 1923, Walt _moved_

(move) to Hollywood. He _created_ (create) the first animated film to have sound. It was called

Steamboat Willie and starred Mickey and Minnie Mouse. He continued to create more characters

such as Goofy, Donald Duck, and Pluto. In 1932, Walt _decided_ (decide) to make a full-length

animated film called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It took five years to complete and was

finally released in 1937. It was a huge success. Walt _produced_ (produce) more animated

movies including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. Disneyland _opened_

(open) in 1955 and cost 17 million dollars to build. The park was a massive success and is still one of the most popular

holiday destinations in the world. Walt Disney himself was the original voice for Mickey Mouse. 9. In his lifetime, he _

received_ (receive) 7 Emmy Awards, 4 honorary Academy Awards, 22 Academy Awards, giving him more awards and

nominations than any other individual in history. Walt Disney died_ (die) on December 15, 1966, from lung cancer. Walt

and his wife, Lilly, _had_ (have) two children.

II. WRITE A SENTENCE USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN SIMPLE PAST.

a. (BE / I) I was a policeman

b. (GO / WE) we went to San Andrés.

c. (BUY / SHE) she bought a tv

d. (READ NOT / YOU) you did not read the book of 100 years of solitude.

e. (EAT / I) I had a sandwich with juice

f. (TRAVEL / THEY) they traveled by plane

III. CHANGE INTO SIMPLE PAST THE NEXT SENTENCES.

a. Mr. Samuels isn’t at the office today. Mr. Samuels was not in the office today.

b. The students are in the library right now. The students were in the library right now.

c. Michael meets his friends on the weekend. Michael caught up with his friends over the weekend.

d. Sarah doesn’t work on Sunday. Sarah did not work on Sundays.

e. I have eggs and chocolate for breakfast. I had eggs and chocolate for breakfast.

f. We don’t watch TV at night. We didn't watch television at night.

IV. WRITE A WH-QUESTION FOR THE NEXT ANSWERS.

Eg: I watched a movie last weekend What did you do last weekend?

a. I went to the beach last year. when you went to the beach?

b. I was born on January 25th 2003. when you were born?

c. My uncle Pete visited us 2 months ago. How long ago did your uncle visit you?

d. I was upset because I lost my cellphone why were you upset?

e. Kelly and Jason had 4 children. How many children did Kelly and Jason have?

f. I spent $150.99 last week. How much did you spend last week?

V. READ AND ANSWER.

VICENT VAN GOH

Today the artist Vincent van Gogh is very famous, but he was never famous during his
life. Vincent was Dutch. His family was from a small village in the Netherlands. His brother:
Theo, was a very important person in his life. Vincent was usually poor, but his brother
always helped him with money. Vincent was always good at painting, but he had many
different jobs. He worked for an art company, and in a bookshop, and he was a
teacher: He was interested in religion, and he wanted to study theology, but he
wasn't a very good student. When he was 27 he started to work as a painter: He
lived in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France, where he was with his friend, the painter Paul Gaugin. But
Vincent was never really happy, and he was often not well. When he was only 37, he ended his life. When Vincent
was alive, he wasn’t famous and his paintings weren't popular. Today his pictures are very expensive, and you can
see them in art galleries all over the world.

True or False

1. Vincent van Gogh was famous during his life. False

2. Vincent was from Germany. False

3. Theo van Gogh was Vincent’s father. False

4. Before he was a painter, Vincent was a teacher. True

5. Vincent was interested in Painting. False

6. He was a good student. False

7. Paul Gaugin was Vincent’s friend. True

8. He was a happy person. False

9. Vincent’s paintings were popular in his life. False

10. Today his pictures are very expensive…True

VI. COMPLETE THE BLANKS WITH ONE OF THE VERBS FROM THE BOX IN SIMPLE PAST.

have be love get write finish become go study work sell

THE WRITER AND THE WIZARD

J.K Rowling was born in England in 1965. She ___loved ___ reading, and ____wrote_____ her
first book named “Rabbit”, when she was 6 years old. She ___studied__ French at school, then
worked as a secretary in London. This was her first job. She __had___ the idea about writing the
Harry Potter series when she was on a train. “Harry just walked into my head”, she said later.
She started writing the first Harry Potter book the next day.

In 1992 she __went___ to live in Portugal for three years. She wrote Harry Potter in the morning, and __ worked__ as an
English teacher in the afternoon and evening. She __got__ married to a Portuguese TV journalist and had a daughter
called Jessica.

Then she returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh. She __was__ unemployed at that time, and wrote in café’s because
they were warmer than her small flat which was very cold. After five years she _finished__the first book. “Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s Stone. The book __sold__ millions of copies all over the world, she ___is__ very famous and very rich,
but she still writes her books in café’s.

VII.READ AND ANSWER.

HISTORY

Do you know how old Coca Cola is? More than a hundred years! It was invented in 1886 by a chemist
called John Perberton, who lived in Atlanta, in the South of the USA. Its name comes from two of its
ingredients-coca leaves and kola nuts.) Pemberton tried to sell Coca Cola as a medicine. He told his
customers that it was good for headaches. They didn't believe him, and they didn't buy it.

After John Pemberton died, in1888, a man called Asa Candler bought the recipe for Pemberton's

medicine He decided to sell it, not as a medicine but as a drink. In 1892, he spent $ 12,000 on advertising it. The Coca
Cola advertising campaign hasn't stopped since then! And it has worked brilliantly. Coke has been the most popular drink
in the USA for more than sixty years.

In 1941, when the USA entered World War II, American soldiers began to travel all over the world. The President of
the Coca Cola Company promised to send their favorite drink wherever they went, five billion bottles of Coke were sent
around the world to the soldiers! And that's why, since the War, Coke has been famous everywhere. If you look on a bottle
of Coke you will find that one of the ingredients is called simply 'natural flavorings'. What are those flavorings? No one will
tell you! The recipe for Coke has been a secret for a century. The Coca Cola Company keeps it in a safe in Atlanta. In
1985, the company made a small change to its famous drink, Millions of people complained. The company had to go back
to the original recipe!

Answer:

1. When and who invented Coca-Cola? Coca Cola was created in 1886, by John Pemberton.

2. Why did not people buy Coca-Cola at first? because John tried to sell it as medicine.

3. Who was Asa Candler? Asa Candler was the man who bought the prescription for the drug after Pemberton's death.
4. What happened in 1892? Asa Candler invests 12 thousand dollars to advertise Coca Cola, from there it began to shine.

5. What happened in 1941? In 1941 in the second war Asa Candler sent drink with the soldiers from all over the world,

from there everyone begins to know it.

6. Why did people complain in 1985? because the company made a small change.

VIII. PRONOUNCIATION. PLACE THE VERBS IN THE BOX IN THE CORRECT COLUMN.

Decide guess return lift cry repeat welcome ask kill flood slip yawn
end touch love fix Paint laugh land

/t/ /d/ /id/

Guessed Loved Decided

Asked Cried Lifted
Slipped Welcomed Flooded
Fixed Killed Ended
Laughed yawned Painted
Landed

IX. ANNE FRANK BIOGRAPHY...\..\..\..\..\..\..\Desktop\anne_frank.mp3

Anne Frank was a young Jewish / Christian German girl who gained international fame after her

murder / death following the publication of her diary. She wrote about her life, thoughts and

experiences of hiding / escaping from the Nazis in World War II. Her account of her two years

spent in an attic in Amsterdam became an international best seller. She died aged 15 / 19 in a

German concentration camp.

Anne Frank was born in 1939 / 1929 in Germany. Her father was a German officer from World War I. Anne was a very

studious and diligent student who had a passion for books. She went / moved to Amsterdam with her family after Adolf

Hitler came to power in 1933. She attended / joined a Montessori school and was a very energetic and outgoing girl.
In June 1942, Anne received a diary / notebook for her thirteenth birthday. She decided to use it as a diary and wrote

about her dream to become an artist / actress. In July, she and her family were ordered to go to a work camp. Instead,

they hid in the attic of her father’s workplace. They lived / shared the small space with another family for two years.

In August 1944, German security police encountered / discovered the hideout and arrested its occupants. Anne was

spent / sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Anne died in March 1945 and was covered / buried in a mass grave,

the whereabouts of which is still unknown. Her diary was found and given to her mother / father. It is one of the most

widely read books in the world today.

X. LISTEN TO THE SONG AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY

Yellow    Coldplay

I swam / run across

I danced / jumped across for you
Look at the stars,
Oh all the things you do
Look how they shine for you,
Cause you were all yellow
And everything you do,
Yeah they were / looked all yellow, I did / drew a line
I drew / put a line for you
I went / came along
Oh what a thing to do
I wrote / made a song for you
And it was all yellow
And all the things you do
And it was named / called yellow Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
So then I left / took my turn
Turn into something beautiful
Oh all the things I've done
D'you know for you I bleed myself dry
And it was / saw all yellow
For you I bleed myself dry

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Its true look how they shine for you
Turn into something beautiful
look how they shine for you
D'you know you know I love you so
look how they shine for you
You know I love you so look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you And all the things you do
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you