Unit 3 Learning from the past.

November 2013

Vocabulary: crime O Alarm jail O Alibi kidnap, kidnapper,O Burglar, burglarize kidnappingO Call mug, mugger, O Court mugging O Crime scene murder, murdererO Criminal prisonO Hack, hacker rob, robber, robbery

Crime O Security guard O Steal, thief, theft O Witness

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Expressing sympathy O How terrible!O It’s your own fault.O That’s a real shame!O That’s terrible!O That’s too bad. O There’s no point complaining. O What bad news!O You poor things!

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Size and shape. O Circle / circular heightO Haxagon / hexagonal lenght O Oval width O Pentagon O Rectangle / rectangular O Square O Triangle / triangular

Accommodation O Apartment resort O Beach house spa O Cabin trailer O Campsite tent O Cottage O Farm O Hotel O Ranch

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Outdoor activities O Bird watching

whitewater rafting O Climbing O Fising O Hiking O Horseback riding O Rock climbing O Snowmobiling

Linking words O Also as a result O And so O As well (as) because O In addition for this reasonO Too after that O Although beforeO But finallyO In spite of first

Linking wordsO LaterO ThenO WhileO In order toO So that

Grammar focus: past simple

O Past simple, past continuous, past perfect.

O the past simple describes a completed action in the past. It is used for the main events in a story:

O Last weekend we saw an eagle in the park.

Past continuous O The past continuous describes an

action that was in progress at the same time as the main event. It can describe a background event<.

O It was raining. O Or it can describe an event

interrupted by the main event: O As we were leaving the park, a huge bird

flew past us.

The past perfect. O The past perfect describes an action

that was completed before the main event:

O There had been reports in the newspaper that a golden eagle had made its nest in one of the trees.

Grammar: past simple, past continuous, past perfect. O Past simple.

Affirmative Negative Question /short answer

I won a prize yesterday.

didn’t + infinitive I didn’t win any money

did + infinitive Did you win anything? Yes, I did No, I didn’t.

Past continuous. AFFIRMATIVE Was/were + - ing

We were waiting for the bus at seven.

NEGATIVE Wasn’t / weren’t + - ing

I wasn’t wearing my raincoat .

QUESTION Was/were + subject + -ing

What were you doing at seven?

Past perfect AFFIRMATIVE had + past participle

I knew that I had seen her somewhere before.

NEGATIVE hadn’t + past participle

I was sure I hadn’t talked to her before.

Question had + subject + past participle

Had she been at my brother’s party?

Grammar: managed to, was/were able to, could.

O Managed to describes ability on a specific occasion in the past.

O Could describes general ability in the past.

O Was / were able to and couldn’t describes both general ability and ability on a specific occasion in the past

Was / were able to./wasn’t/weren’t able to Affirmative Negative Question

Lila was able to free the wasp from the spider’s web.

We were late and we weren’t able to catch the 4:15 train.

Was Kathy able to go with you or did she have to study?

Managed to/didn’t manage to

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

Tom managed to pass his driving test on the fifth try.

Patty didn’t manage to finish the test so she failed.

Did you manage to find Jane at the concert?

Could /couldn’t Affirmative Negative Question

Julie could read and write before she started school.

We couldn’t go swimming because the pool was closed.

Could you whistle when you were six?

Thank you for your attention

Have a nice day!