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SIMPLE PAST
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.
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 year

Example:
They went on holiday last month.
yesterday - used when speaking about the previous day

Example:
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 months

Example:
She graduated in 1976.
when - used with a past time clause

Example:
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 cooccurrence 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
Expression to correct yourself
•
•
•
•

No
Wait Well
Actually
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.
SUBJECT AND CATEGORIES
MUSIC

Choir
Band
Orchestra
SOCIAL STUDIES

History
Geography
Economics
MY FIRST DAY I N MY
SCHOOL
My 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
Unidad 2

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Unidad 2

  • 1.
  • 2. grammar SIMPLE PAST 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.
  • 3. 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?
  • 4. 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.
  • 5. TIME EXPRESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST last - used when speaking about the previous week, month or year Example: They went on holiday last month. yesterday - used when speaking about the previous day Example: 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 months Example: She graduated in 1976. when - used with a past time clause Example: I played tennis every day when I was a teenager.
  • 6. 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 cooccurrence 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.
  • 7. EXPRESSIONS LIKE WAIT, ACTUALLY, AND I MEAN Expression to correct yourself • • • • No Wait Well Actually 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.
  • 10. MY FIRST DAY I N MY SCHOOL My 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