Unit 6

Simple past

Use the simple past to talk about actions and situation in the past. The actions and situations are finished.

Example : my hair was red when I was a girl, but it´s gray now

Be
+	I/he/she/it/ was	We /you/ they were
-	I/he/she/it/ Wasn´t (was not)	We /you/ they Weren´t (were not)
?	Was I/he/she/it/.	Were We /you/ they.
	Yes, I/he/she/it  was. No , I/he/she/it  wasn´t.	No, We /you/ they were. No, We /you/ they weren´t.

Examples

She was tired last night.

They weren´t at the theater yesterday.

Was Karen at the office? No, she wasn´t

Were the musicians good? Yes, they were

Regular verbs

Positive

Make the simple past of most regular verbs by adding –ed to the verb.

Work         worked, watch         watched ,  listen            listened

Note the spelling rule: 

·         Add –d to verbs that end in –e

Live             lived ,  change               changed

·         With verbs that end in consonant + -y, change –y to –I and –ed

Study            studied, carry          carried

(if the verbs ends in vowel + -y, add –ed  stay          stayed )

·         With verbs of one syllable that end in vowel + consonant, double the consonant add –ed 

Plan            panned, jog            jogged  

Negative

Did +  not +  base form of verb

Ancient people did not use compasses.

People didn´t know their exact location.

Questions       

Wh-questions

Wh-word + did + subject pronoun + base form of verb

When did you finish work yesterday?

Yes/No questions

Did + subject pronoun + base form of verb

Did you study in college? Yes, I did

Yesterday  / last night / last weekend / on their last vacations

Prepositions of place

In    /  On  /      Under   /   In front of    /    Behind     /  Next to       

 Between    /   Near     /  Across

Examples

Steve sits behind Stephanie and next to Susan

Sam sits on the left of Sean

Simon sits in front of Susan and behind Sean

The salad is in the sick   

The apples are on the table

The potatoes are under the chair

Ask for and give directions

Ask for directions	·         Can you tell me how to get to the bank? ·         (Excuse me,) do you know the way to the bus station?
Give directions	·         Turn left at the next street. ·         Then go straight. ·         Take a right on to Beach Road. ·         Go down one block. it´s on the left /right ·         Go up ·         Go across

UNIT 5 REFERENCE

There is/there are

	Singular	plural
+	There’s….  (there is)	There are
-	There isn’t … (there is not)	There aren’t ….(there are not)
?	Is there …..?	Are there…?
	Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t	Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t

Examples

-         There´s a huge forest in the west.

-         There are three bedrooms

-         Is there a garage?

-         Is there a dining room?

Have/has

	I /we/you/they	He/she/it
+	Have	Has
-	Don’t have	Doesn´t have
?	Do ……. have?	Does ……. have?
	Yes, we do. No, I don´t.	Yes, it does No, she doesn´t

Examples

Alvaro has a stereo

They have a swimming pool

We have a new sofa

Does she have a car?

He doesn´t have a DVD palyer?

Do you have a watch?

Modifiers: very/pretty/really

The words (not) very, pretty, and really are modifiers. Put them in front of an adjective to make it stronger or weaker.

Use very and really to make the adjective stronger.

Use pretty and not very to make the adjective weaker.

Examples

This car is very/really expensive.

This car is pretty expensive.

This car isn´t very expensive

My town city is very beautiful

My house is not very noisy

Adjectives and places

A hot, dry desert

A long, wide river

A large lake

A beautiful beach

An amazing forest

A popular beach town

Use usually placed in front of the noun. Put a comma between two adjectives in front of noun.

Unit vocabulary

Types of home

Apartment     /   house

Townhouse   /   studio apartment

Rooms and parts of a house

Hall    /      balcony  /      bathroom

Deck      /   kitchen  /      dining room

Yard    /       bedroom /     living room

Garage

Furniture

Bed  /    table   /   bookshelves

Desk  /    chair   /    coffee table

Sofa  /    armchair    /   dining room chairs/table

Equipment and possessions  

Bath     /     shower   /    microwave  /     sink    /   CD player    /     dishwasher   

Video    /   DVD player  /     refrigerator   /     stove   /    coffee maker    /    toilet     

Vacuum cleaner /     stereo  /    washing machine /    answering machine  

UNIT 4

Count and noncount nouns; How much?  / How many ?

Examples

-         How many bananas do you buy each week?

-         How much water do you drink every day?

-         How many students are in the class?

-         How much money do you have?

-         How much sugar do you eat every week?

a/an/some/any/

Singular count nouns 

+ We have a car

-We don’t have a car

? Do you have a car?

Prural count and nocount nouns

+ We have some books/juice.

-We don’t have any books/juice.

? Do you have any books/juice?

Object pronouns

I / me

He / him

She / her

It/   it

We/ as

You / you

They / them

UNIT VOCABULARY

Food

Dishes: burger    /   salad    /     hot dogs    /     fries    /    pizza   /   sandwich

Meat and fish: ham    /    lamb    /    chicken /    (ground) /   beef   /    fish   /    pork   /   tuna 

Pepperoni

Dairy: butter   /   cheese   /   cream   /    ice cream    /   milk 

Fruit and vegetables: papaya   /   pineapple   /   onion    /   grapes   /   mango  /   banana   /   melon  

Apple    /   tomato   /   strawberry   /   potato   /   carrot   /   lettuce 

Drinks : coffee   /   soda   /   fruit(orange juice)    /   tea   /  water   /   milk 

Other : cereal  /   chips  /   cookies  /    pasta  /  rice   /   sugar   /   eggs   /  mayonnaise   /   bread

Containers: bag   /    battle   /   box   /  can   /   carton   /  package 

Active Grammar

Noun	Singular count	Plural count	Noncount
+	a/an	some	Some
-	a/an	any	Any
?	a/an	any	Any

Healthy food	Unhealthy food
Vegetables	Burgers
Pasta	Chips
Bananas	Instant coffee
Apples	Pizza
Milk	Can of soda
juice	Cookies

Examples

·         We don’t have any potatoes.

·         I want some potatoes and some carrots, please.

·         Can I have an apple now?

·         I have some fruit here- do you want a banana?

·         We don’t eat any meat.

·         Do they eat any vegetables or any fruit?

·         We have some cans.

Week 4

Simple present

Take                Takes   

I                         He
we                     She
you                   It
they

this, that, these, those

	Singular	Prural
near	This	these
far	that	Those

Prural nouns 

scarf                                                      scarves
knife                                                       knives

week 3

Weeek 3

writing 1

Introducing myself

Hello!My name is Sara Orozco. I´m from Costa Rica, I am Costa Rican. I´m 25 years old, and I am  single. I´m a college student, I am studying at Ulacit. My phone number is 85614100; my email is mor9689@gmail.com. I like run and swim, I walk to bus station every days, I eat toast in a breakfast, my best friend is Dentist. I always watch series in my room, I have three dogs, I love it pizza and a jocotes; I love animals and  nature.
 

Introducing Harry Jones

His first name is Harry and his last name is Jones. Harry was born in Austria, he is Austrian. He is 19 years old; he´s single. Harry is a college student, he lives in 13 Marten street, Maimi, Florida. His phone number is (11301) 3055551467. His email is hjones@gmail.usa. His fathers  name is Frank and his father´s occupation is a Doctor. Harry  mothers name is Maria and his mothers  is a Banker manager.

Activity
Do not show this to him or her 

Is this her camera ?

Where is Hiro from?

Are your two sisters teacher?

Is this you cell phone?

Are you a estudent?

What's your father's job?

Are Jonh and Carrie married?

What's your job?

Are you Japanese?

What's your phone number?

How old are you? 

Where is your home?

Are you single?

Where are you from?

What is your first name?

Are you German?

What's your nationality?

Is this Mark's pen?

Start and finish a basic conversation 

Start  

Hello

Good morning

Hi

Excuse me...

Finish

See you tomorrow

See you later

Bye

Goodbye