Unidad 2

grammar

1.-Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind

EXAMPLES:

I saw a movie yesterday.I didn't see a play yesterday.Last year, I traveled to Japan.Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.Did you have dinner last night?She washed her car.He didn't wash his car.

SIMPLE PAST

2.-We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.

EXAMPLES:

I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.

Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?

3.-The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.

EXAMPLES: I studied French when I was a child. He played the violin. He didn't play the piano. Did you play a musical instrument when you

were a kid? She worked at the movie theater after

school. They never went to school, they

always skipped class.

TIME EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST

last - used when speaking about the previous week, month or yearExample:They went on holiday last month.yesterday - used when speaking about the previous dayExample:I visited my best friend yesterday.ago - used when speaking about X days, weeks, months, years before. NOTE: 'ago' follows the number of days, weeks, etc.Example:We flew to Cleveland three weeks ago.in - used with specific years or monthsExample:She graduated in 1976.when - used with a past time clauseExample:

I played tennis every day when I was a teenager.

DETERMINERS"Determiners are sometimes called limiting adjectives in traditional grammar. However, they not only differ from the class of adjectives by meaning, but also must normally precede ordinary adjectives in noun phrase structure. Further, among determiners themselves there are co-occurrence restrictions and fairly strict rules of word order. EXAMPLE When there is more than one determiner, follow

these useful rules:a) Place all and both in front of other determiners.

We ate all the food. Both my sons are at college. Place what and such in front of a and an in 

exclamations.What an awful day! I've never seen such a crowd! Place many, much, more, most, few, little after

other determiners.His many successes made him famous. They have no more food. What little money I have is yours.

EXPRESSIONS LIKE WAIT, ACTUALLY, AND I MEAN

EXAMPLES I´m from Sao Paulo. No. Wait, I from Rio

My father studied Geography, I mean History.

I watching a video every day. Well, actually, I watching two videos.

Expression to correct yourself

• No• Wait Well• Actually• I mean

SUBJECT AND CATEGORIES

MUSIC

ChoirBandOrchestra

HistoryGeographyEconomics

SOCIAL STUDIES

MY FIRST DAY I N MY SCHOOLMy first day of school was very bad: I came in class late and the teacher made me sit alown.Hour after hour we met new teachers and they seemed nice, at least on that day!!!I did not know any of the twenty-one kids but the two boys who were sitting next to me, in the future, would have become my best friends (and they still are)!

-Rebecca Gini