Action! Module 1 by Laura Rojas

1 Can you do it? 1. Listen and repeat cook play soccer speak Chinese

dance drive a car play the violin

juggle ride a bicycle run a marathon

___ cook ___ run a marathon ___ ride a bicycle

___ juggle ___ drive a car ___ play soccer

2. Exercise Match the pictures and the verbs.

___ dance ___ play the violin ___ speak Chinese

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Talking about skills

Affirmative I can drive a car

Negative I can’t run a marathon Yes / No Questions

Affirmative A: Can you dance ? B: Yes, I can

Negative A: Can’t you cook? B: No, I can’t.

3. Listen and repeat Pay attention to the difference in stress in affirmative and negative sentences. Which one do you hear? Can or can’t Affirmative

Negative

1. 2. 3. 4.

___ ___ ___ ___

I can explain that to you. We can understand the teacher. I can help you after class. We can stay late tonight.

I can’t explain that to you. I can’t understand the teacher. I can’t help you after class. We can’t stay late tonight.

4. Conversation Practice with your partners the activities on Exercise 1. What can you do? I can drive a car, but I can’t cook.

Can you play soccer?

No, I can’t.

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2 What did you do last weekend? 1

Martin: Well, I played soccer on Saturday morning.

Carla: Hey Martin! How are you? You look tired. Martin: Well, I am. I watched the late movie, and I did lot of things last weekend Carla: Really? What did you do?

On Sunday morning, I walked the dog. Later, I cleaned up my room.

I helped my mom to wash the car and I visited my best friend.

in the afternoon I cooked lunch for my girlfriend

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and then we worked on her thesis until 7 p.m. When I got home my favorite movie was on, so… Carla: I know…you really wanted to 6 see it…again!

VERBS PRONUNCIATION IN PAST TENSE Most verbs pronounce ed or d as / td /

ending on p - ch - sh - s - k - x pronounce ed as / t /

ending on t - d pronounce ed as / ed /

Present Past

Sound

Present Past

Sound

Present Past

Sound

play

played

/pleɪd/

fix

fixed

/fɪkst/

end

ended

/ended/

clean

cleaned

/kliːnd/

stop

stopped

/(e)sˈtopt/

want

wanted /wα:nted/

move

moved

/muːvd/

wash

washed

/wɒʃt/

hate

hated

/heɪted/

closed

/kləʊsd/

watch

watched

/wɒtʃt/

invite

invited

/ɪnˈvaɪted/

enjoy

enjoyed /ɪnˈdʒɔɪd/

guess

guessed

/ɡest/

skate

skated

skeɪted/

believe

believed /bɪˈliːvd/

work

worked

/wɜːrkt /

land

landed

/lænded/

Present _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

Past _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

Present _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

Past _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

Present _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

Past _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

2. Exercise Pronounce these verbs and put them in the correct spaces in their present and past form in the chart above. ask cry

kill love

mix miss

slip crash

cross smell

paste repeat

plan include

match decide

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4. Exercise Turn these sentences into all of their forms. Example: Affirmative (a): She played football last weekend Negative (n): She didnÂ´t play football last weekend. Yes/no question (y/n q): Did she play football last weekend?

1. a: We talked that day. n: _____________________________________ y/n q: _________________________________

4. a: They played video games all day. n: _____________________________________ y/n q: _________________________________

2. a: She called me last night. n: _____________________________________ y/n q: _________________________________

5. a: He watched T.V. all Sunday afternoon. n: _____________________________________ y/n q: _________________________________

3. a: I worked in this project all night long. n: _____________________________________ y/n q: _________________________________

6. a: We visited our grandparents last Sunday. n: _____________________________________ y/n q: _________________________________

Past Simple of Regular Verbs To change regular verbs into the past tense, just add ed at the end of the verb. walk + ed = walked play + ed = played visit + ed = visited If the verb ends with vowel or consonant- vowel, duplicate the last consonant and add ed. stop + last consonant + ed = stopped If the verb ends in consonant y change for ied: study + change y for i + ed = studied

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Simple Past Tense Affirmative I walked the dog last weekend

Negative I didn’t clean my room last Sunday

Simple Past Yes / No Questions Affirmative A: Did you watch a movie last night? B: Yes, I did.

Negative A: Didn’t you watch a movie last night? B: No, I didn´t.

4. Conversation Look at these activities and tell your partner what you did or didn´t do last weekend.

I played a s port I played the

guitar

I cleaned m y room I studied En

glish

I visited my

I cooked I worked I exercised I watched T

.V.

relatives

I played vid

eo games

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3 Irregular verbs 1. Exercise Match the verbs in simple present tense to their form in simple past tense. 1. go

_____ ran

2. be

_____ said

3. make

_____ ate

4. have

_____ came

5. swim

_____ went

6. see

_____ swam

7. come

_____ made

8. meet

_____ had

9. eat

_____ drank

10. say

_____ met

11. drink

_____ saw

12. run

_____ was/were

Regular verbs past tense Regular verbs past tense is made by adding ed at the end of the verb; but in Irregular verbs, past tense is made in different ways: Present go meet swim

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Past went met swam

2. Exercise Read the next paragraph and fill the blanks with the correct past form of the verb.

ON VACATION! Last vacation was (be) great! I ____________ (go) to Cartagena with my mom and my girlfriend. We ____________ (have) a great time. I ____________ (swim) in the sea and _____________ (visit) many new places. I ____________ (eat) shrimp for the first time but my mom didn’t like it. We ______________ (visit) the beaches and ______________ (drink) some delicious fruit juice. I _____________ (meet) many interesting new people and _____________ (talk) to them in English. We _____________(go) to “Playa Blanca”, and there, we ____________ (have) fish and rice for lunch. I don´t like dancing but I __________ (be) so happy that we ______________ (go)dancing to one of Cartagena´s night clubs. As I ______________ (say), last vacation was great!

Beware!

In sentences with auxiliary verb did, use the main verb in infinitve form. Incorrect: I didn’t went to the movies. Correct: I didn’t go to the movies.

Did you saw that? Did you see that?

3. Exercise Write the 3 forms of the following sentences:

1. a: I went on vacation on December

Affirmative (a) : I saw the sea Negative (n): I didn´t see the sea y/n question (y/n q): Did you see the sea?

3. a: I met many people

n: ____________________________________

y/n q: _________________________________

2. a: I went to Cartagena

4. a: ____________________________________

n: ____________________________________

n: My mom didn´t swim in the sea

y/n q: _________________________________

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4. Exercise Organize the following questions and answer them. Last vacation / where / go / you /did / on your/? Where did you go on your last vacation? I went to Cartagena

3. you / did / what / eat? _________________________________________ _________________________________________

1. with / go / whom / did / you / ? _________________________________________ _________________________________________

4. interesting things /did / you / what /see /? _________________________________________ _________________________________________

2. visit / places / did / you / what / ? _________________________________________ _________________________________________

5. stay / where / did / you / ? _________________________________________ _________________________________________

5. Conversation Tell your partner what you did on your last vacation.

I went to visit my family I stayed home on my last vacation

6. Exercise Write a text about your best vacation. Use the text in exercise 2 as a model.

Last vacation I went to.... My family and I ate ...

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4 I was in my room 6. Listen Susan: Hi Carlos! How are you? Carlos: Hi Susan. I´m fine thanks. Susan: I called you last night but your mom told me you weren´t home. Where were you? Carlos: What? I stayed home all night! What time did you say you called? Susan: At about 7:00 or 7:30 Carlos: Really? I´m pretty sure I was in my room, listening to music. Susan: Is that true Carlos? You know I hate when you lie to me. Carlos: Ok, ok, I wasn´t home. I was… well, I went out with the boys. We went to the BMX track. I´m sorry I lied to you but I really wanted to go and I know you don´t like BMX. Susan: Alright, It´s ok but why didn´t you call me? I was really worried!

Simple past verb be Use the simple past tense to talk about an event that occurred at a specific moment in the past in which is finished. Yes / no questions Affirmative Negative When using yes/no questions switch the I was I wasn´t subject and the simple past form of verb be. You ___________ You weren´t verb be + subject + complement He was He ____________ Were you at home lastnight? She ___________ She wasn´t Wh Questions It _____________ It _____________ When using Wh questions place Wh at the We were We weren´t beggining of the sentence. You were You ___________ Wh + verb be + subject + complement They __________ They __________ Where were you last night at 7 p.m.?

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2. Exercise Complete the exercises with the correct form of verb be. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

He was (affirmative) very tired yesterday They _______________________ (negative) happy together. You ____________(affirmative) very angry with me last night. They _________________ (negative) in France last summer. Mr. Jones _________________ (negative) at home last night at 7. Ruth __________________ (negative) on vacation last week. I ______________(affirmative) in bed all morning. I _______________ sick.

3. Exercise Organize the following yes / no questions about When you were at schoolâ&#x20AC;Ś, and then answer them. Example: mother / at home / always / your / was / ? Was your mother always at home? Yes, she was. 1. happy / you / were/ ?

4. your / teacher / was / a woman / favorite / or a man / ?

_________________________________________

2. your / or a girl / was / a boy / best friend / ?

5. school / or small / your / big / was / ?

_________________________________________

3. student / good / you / were / a / ?

6. popular / you / were?

_________________________________________

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4. Exercise Organize the following Wh questions about When you were at schoolâ&#x20AC;Ś, and then answer them. Example: last night / you / were / where / at seven / ? Where were you last night at 7? I was home.

1. favorite / your / was / teacher / who / ?

4. sport / what / favorite / was / your / ?

_________________________________________

2. which / subject / your / was / favorite / ?

5. your / vacation / was / when / ?

_________________________________________

3. best friend / was / who / your / ?

6. was / you / when / graduation / your / ?

_________________________________________

5. Conversation Work with a partner. Have a conversation about When you were at school... from exercise 3 and 4. Ask and answer questions. Which was your favorite subject? It was Geography

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6. Listen Listen to the recording and fill in the gaps. I 1 ______________ really 2 _____________ school 3 _____________ I 4 _________ a little boy. Actually, I 5 _____________ _______. My mom 6 ___________ to 7 ____________ me 8 ______ ______ __________times but I 9 ______________ _______________ in bed for more than 10 __________________ ________________. Anyways, as I 11 _____________ I 12 ___________ ____________ school but there 13 _________ ________ thing that I really 14 __________ __________ it: 15 ______ _______________!. I 16 __________ the breaks 17 ________ _________ school yard. We 18 ______________ many games liked, hide and seek, football, or dodge ball. My 19 __________ ________________ ________ Juan. He 20 _________ definitely 21 _____ _________ influence for me and my mother 22 __________ ________ _________. He 23 ___________ ____ _______________ student but he 24 __________ _____ _____________________ boy and he 25 ______________ __________ _______ help him in his “adventures” 26 _______________ school 27 ___________caused me 28 _____ ________ _______ trouble. My favorite 29 ______________ _________ English. I 30 ________ ___________ ___________ at it and I 31 ____________ _____ ____________________. Her 32 ___________ ________ … hmm, well, I 33________________ _____________________ but she 34 _________ _______________ pretty!

7. Exercise Write a short text about your days at school, alike the previous paragraph.

When I was a kid I loved... My best friend was...

8. Conversation Tell your partner about your days at school, but do not just read your text ! Try to use your memory as much as you can. I loved playing at school I had a lot of friends there Page 14

5 I have done many things in my life. 1. Exercise Listen to the recording and put the verbs in the right places. eaten

done

climbed

seen (2)

been (3)

haven´t

swum

Diana: Tell me something about yourself. Jorge: Well, I am a very adventurous man. I´ve _______________ many things in my life.

Diana: Jorge:

I´ve ________________ mountains, I´ve ______________ many kinds of food in many different countries, I´ve _______________ many interesting places like: the pyramids in Egypt or the Eiffel tower in Paris, I´ve ______________ to the Amazon and to the… Wait, wait, wait… That´s amazing! Is there a place you haven´t _____________ to? Well, yes of course. I haven´t ________________ to Africa, I haven´t _______________ to the Empire State, and I like the idea but to be honest I am a little tired of travelling at the moment. Have you ever __________________ to Colombia? No, I _________________ but some of my friends live there so, I think I can go some day to visit you…

2. Exercise Look at exercise 1 and fill in the blanks. Do you remember the pronunciation? Present

Past

eat

ate

see

saw

write

wrote

swim

swam

do/does

did

am/is/are

was/were

Past Participle

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Present Perfect Tense We use the present perfect tense when we want to talk about our experiences in life without mentioning any specific moment in the past Subject + have / has + verb in past participle + complement I have eaten many kinds of food. He / she / it has travelled around the world • Look at exercise 1 and find more examples of the present perfect

To ask about other people´s experience in life we use Have you ever…? A: Have you ever been to Colombia? B: Yes, I have / No I haven´t.

A: Have you ever eaten sushi? B: Yes, I have / No I haven´t.

3. Conversation Look at these activities. Have you ever done any of them? Tell your partner! Example: I haven´t eaten sushi but I´ve eaten sancocho

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played poker?

seen a ghost?

eaten sushi?

played an instrument for an audience

acted in a school play?

been to United States?

ridden a horse?

sung for an audience

4. Conversation Ask to a classmate about the activities in exercise 3, starting Have you everâ&#x20AC;Ś? Check the box with if the answer is yes or if the answer is no.

Have you ever ridden a horse?

No, I havenÂ´t Yes, I have. Have you?

Names Have you ever... ridden a horse? seen a ghost? eaten sushi? been to Cartagena? ? walked up to Monserrate eet? seen a celebrity in the str acted in a school play? played poker? nce? sung in front of an audie nt played a musical instrume e? nc die in front of a big au Page 17

Present Perfect Tense Affirmative

Negative

He/she/it has been to Cartagena

He/she/it has not eaten sushi

Questions

Contraction Form has not = hasn’t

A: Has he / she / it ever seen a ghost? B: Yes, he / she / it has. No, he / she / it hasn’t

He has = He’s She has = She’s It has = It’s

5. Exercise Use the correct auxiliary verb, according to the subject. 1. Carla ____________________ been to New York (affirmative) 2. He _________________ swum in the Amazon. (affirmative) 3. They _____________________ seen the movie. (negative) 4. I ___________________ seen her for a long time. (negative) 5. She __________________ spoken to me for years. (negative) 6. Jorge and Ana _________________________ eaten sancocho (negative) 7. Carlos and I ___________________ been friends for many years. (affirmative) 8. My mom __________________ worked for a long time. She´s retired. (negative) 9. My best friend ___________________ studied English for a long time. (affirmative) 10. Sara and her mother ______________ travelled to Europe many times. (affirmative)

6. Conversation Work with a partner. Tell him / her about the information you collected in the chart in exercise 4. Lina´s eaten sushi. She´s ridden a horse.

Ana hasn´t seen a ghost or travelled to Cartagena.

Carlos has seen a famous actor in the street.

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