4. VERBS
• SWIM JUMP CYCLE WALK SKI
SAIL FALL CLIMB DRIVE RUN
PREPOSITIONS
• ACROSS INTO OUT OF OFF
THROUGH OVER UNDER DOWN
UP AROUND
PLACES
• DESERT FOREST FALLS LAKE OCEAN
MOUNTAINS POLE RIVER SEA VALLEY
5. DEFINITIONS VERBS
To descend by the force of gravity from a higher to a lower
place
To descend
To move along in water, etc, by means of movements of the
body or parts of the body, esp the arms and legs, or (in the
case of fish) tail and fins
To travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle
To go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)
To pass under something, a bench, a ladder…
To circle something by running
To leap over an obstacle
to leap or spring into someplace like a swimming pool
FALL OFF
CLIMB DOWN
SWIM ACROSS
CYCLE THROUGH
CLIMB UP
WALK UNDER
RUN AROUND
JUMP OVER
JUMP INTO
6. Reading workbook
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-0uBcnmE2M LONG WAY
ROUND
This documentary series follows actors Ewan McGregor and Charley
Boorman on a motorcycle trip around the world. The two friends
will travel through such places as Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia,
and Alaska, before finally ending the journey in New York.
2004 - to cross 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Riding
their BMW GS R1200s(Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and
Mongolia, through Siberia, over to Alaska, through Canada, North
America and finished in New York. The Long Way Round journey
would challenge their view of the world and also test their physical
endurance.
Ewan and Charley also helped to raise awareness for the vital
UNICEF projects they visited along the way.
7.
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3
K9Db_EcJM
• LONG WAY DOWN
Following the world success of Long Way
Round, Ewan and Charley once again
combined their love for motorbikes with the
irresistible attraction for wide and big roads
on the Long Way Down. Riding their BMW GS
R1200s from John O'Groats, Scotland, through
Western Europe, East and Southern Africa.
12. What were you doing…?
Yesterday at 7:00 in the morning…
Yesterday at 22:00…
On Tuesday morning…
On Monday at night…
On the 31st at 0:00…
This morning at 8:00…
13. PAST CONTINUOUS
This tense describes…
AN ACTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AT SOME
POINT IN THE PAST.
My brother was working yesterday at 7
They were doing and exam last Friday at 2:30
TWO EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME IN
THE PAST
Ellen was cooking while her sister was watching TV
2º ESO Unit 4 Grammar
14. • I was eating chocolate
• She was studying French
• They were reading comics all night
• You were talking during the film
• My dogs were barking the whole night
• He was phoning his mother
• I was cutting wood in the forest
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMPLE.
SUBJECT + WAS/ WERE + GERUND (Verb + ing)
GERUND = continuous form of the verb
In Spanish= RUN– Correr
RUNNING- Corriendo
15. AFFIRMATIVE
• I was studying yesterday at 5 o’clock
• Peter was living in San Francisco
• They were watching TV
• My best friend was travelling to Paris
Think about something…
you were doing yesterday at 10:00…
your father was watching on TV at 14:00…
the person next to you was eating yesterday…
YOU – WE – THEY WERE Ving ………..
I - HE – SHE – IT WAS Ving ………..
16. NEGATIVE
• I wasn’t studying yesterday at 5 o’clock
• Peter wasn’t living in San Francisco
• They weren’t watching TV
• My best friend wasn’t travelling to Paris
Think about something…
you weren’t doing yesterday at 10:00…
your father wasn’t watching on TV at 14:00…
the person next to you wasn’t eating yesterday…
YOU – WE – THEY WEREn’t Ving ………..
I - HE – SHE – IT WASn’t Ving ……….
17. INTERROGATIVE
• Were you studying yesterday at 5 o’clock?
• Was Peter living in San Francisco?
• Were they watching TV?
• Was your best friend travelling to Paris?
ASK YOUR PARTNER About something…
he was doing yesterday at 20:00…
his/her father watch on TV at night…
the person next to you was doing yesterday…
WERE YOU – WE – THEY Ving ………..?
WAS I - HE – SHE – IT Ving ………..?
18. Think about two different actions.
- I was reading while…..
- When the phone rang I ….
- When I opened the window it …
- I was walking when the car…
- I was walking when I …..
- While they were cooking I…
19. PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
The past continuous describes a longer action or
situation and the ‘action’ described by the past
simple tense interrupts the ‘situation’ described by
the past continuous tense
• It was raining hard when we left the building.
• While I was reading the report you rang.
• He was going out to lunch when I saw him.
• While he was cooking I phoned him
WHILE – It is usually used before continuous tenses
WHEN - It is usually used before simple tenses
