SIMPLE PAST WORKSHOP Inglés con Fines Generales y Académicos 1

I. LISTENING SECTION
Part A: Listen to the conversation and complete it with simple past forms.

Interviewer: Are you bored with doing the same thing every summer? Do you want to do something
different this school holidays? Then why not try an international camp? A special summer camp where
young people from around the world meet and learn about each other's languages and cultures. Here's
Patricia to tell us about the international camp she went to last summer. Hi, Patricia.
Patricia: Hi.
Interviewer: Tell me, why _did__ you __decide_____ to go to this international camp?
Patricia: Well, I _thought___ it ___sounded__ great. I'm very interested in learning about other
countries and languages so I thought this was perfect for me.
Interviewer: Tell us more!
Patricia: Well, the camp ___was ___ for a week in July. I was in a group with four other
students: a boy from Italy, a boy from Greece, a girl from Kenya and another girl from
Japan. We __were__ all between fourteen and sixteen years old. We us __had__ a lot
of fun!
Interviewer: What a great mix of nationalities! What did you do every day?
Patricia: Um . . . we did a lot of different things. We __went__ on trips together to interesting
places nearby: museums and castles – places like that. We all __spoke__ English, but
we also __took__ one day to teach the others in the group about our country,
language and culture. I __ learned __ so much! At the end of each day, all the groups
__got_ together to talk and play games. Then, at the end of the camp we had a big
party.
Interviewer: Were you very sad to leave?
Patricia: Yes, I was. I __made __ new friends and we all __understood___ each other really
well. I ____didn`t want___to come home.
Interviewer: It sounds great! Thanks Patricia!
Part B: Now, according to the text, answer the questions.
a. What is the topic of the conversation?
____ about patricia`s experience attending a camp
b. What is the main idea od the conversation?
______ they tell us about the experience of a girl who was in an international camp_________
Part C: Listen to an interview with Patricia. Are the sentences (a–f) true (T) or false (F)? Correct the
false ones.
a. Patricia went to an international camp last summer. ____T_____
b. She went because she wanted to try some new sports. _____F____
_because she wanted to learn about new language and cultures_____________
c. The camp was for a week in August. ____F_____
____bacause the camp was in july______________
d. The young people at the camp usually spoke English together. _____T____
e. At the end of each day the groups got together and had a big party. _____F____
_____no, the big party ______
Taken and adapted from ( My Gold Experience 1, progress test)

II. READING SECTION:

HOW LANGUAGES CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

Only a year ago, Roxana Trandafir wasn’t keen on school. ‘I was terrible at maths and bad at science. I
wasn’t interested in sport either. Also I was very shy and didn’t have many friends. My family were
worried about me because I didn’t want to go to school in the morning.
Then one day something changed. Roxana was coming out of school when she saw an advert for an
evening class in Spanish. ‘Why not, I thought. I was bored and didn’t have anything else to do.’
On the first night of the class, Roxana didn’t feel very confident. When she walked into the Spanish
class, her classmates were talking and laughing. ‘They all looked very clever and had lots to say,’
Roxana says. ‘I just wanted to go home.’
Roxana’s feelings soon changed. Her Spanish teacher was very lively and really good at explaining the
new language. Roxana quickly learnt to pronounce Spanish words. A week later she could repeat short
sentences in Spanish. Now she can understand her teacher when she speaks in Spanish. ‘This summer
my mum and dad took me to Spain. It was great – I could translate the menu for my parents and I could
tell my parents what people were saying to us. For the first time in my life I felt like I was good at
something!’
Roxana thinks she was lucky to see the advert for the class. ‘Now I feel more confident in school
because I know there’s something I’m good at. I can speak to people from other countries too! I learn
Spanish every day and I’m learning French now, too.’
Taken and adapted from ( My Gold Experience 1, progress test
VOCABULARY HELP
Keen: eager; interested; Shy: timid Advert: advertisement Confident: sure of
enthusiastic. oneself
 Lively: vivid Translate: to make a Lucky: fortunate Either: used with a
translation negative word
1. Now, according to the text, answer the questions.
a. What is the topic of the reading?
______ the good thing about learning other languages ____
b. What is the main idea of the reading?
____ is the story of a girl who tells us about how learning Spanish changed her life ________

2 . Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false ones.
a. Roxana didn’t like school. ___T____
b. Roxana’s friend told her about the Spanish evening class. ___F_____
c. Roxana felt nervous at the beginning of her first Spanish class. ____t ____
d. Roxana’s mum and dad can both speak Spanish well. ___F_____
e. Roxana is learning Spanish and French now. ___T_____

3. Read the text again and answer the questions.

a. Why did Roxana not have many friends?

__ because I was very shy________________
b. Why were Roxana’s family worried about her?
____ because she didn`t want to go to school_______________________
c. Why did Roxana decide to go to the Spanish night class?
___ because I was bored and had nothing else to do______________________
d. Why was Roxana’s teacher good?
____ because her was a very lively teacher and very good at explaining___________________
e. Who translated the menu when Roxana’s family went to Spain?
____ Roxana did_________________
f. How often does Roxana learn Spanish?
______ every day __________________________

III. GRAMMAR SECTION AND VOCABULARY

1. Complete the parragraph below with the correct form of Past Tense.

Rafael Nadal __ was born ___ (be born) in Manacor in 1986. He _ learned___ (learn) to play tennis
when he __was____ (be) five years old. In 2002, Nadal __won____ (win) his first ATP match at Majorca
 at the age of 15. In 2008, he ___became____ (become) the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon. In
2016 He ___ranked__ (rank) World No. 2

2. Ask the right question for the following answers.

a. ___ when did you here ? __________?

We arrived here yesterday at 5:00 pm.

b. ___ why did you go out? _________?

Because I didn’t want to stay at home.

c. _______ how did it was?____________?

It was great!

d. ______ when did she talk to the boss?____________________?

She talked to the boss on Friday morning.

e. _______ did the children the homework?_______________________?

The children did homework.

IV. WRITING SECTION

1. Write a paragraph about a family member, using the following questions. You can add more information if
necessary. You must write a paragraph between 100 to 120 words.

1. What his/her name? 5. What places did he/she visit? 9. Where did he/she travel?
2. When was he/she born? 6. What activities did he/she do? 10. Give an opinion about
3. What did he/she study? 7. What did he/she like to eat? him/her.
4. What was he/she like? 8. What did he/she do in his/her free
time?

my sister is name yeimi diaz velasco, she borned on 24 the jenary of 1994, she ended high school, studied
human Resources and music, she has traveled all over cali and visited other place as palmira, buenaventura,
kilometer 30, nariño, etc. She was a volunteer in a foundation, she was in the police and in a community brigade,
she like to eat spaghetti, sancocho, sudado, etc. she before in his free time played football, was to the gym and
came out whit is friends, now she in home watch movies, rest, etc.