The document provides examples of language used to talk about past experiences and habits, including the past perfect tense, uses of "get", and question tags. It also includes examples of language for discussing topics like childhood memories, fashion trends from the 1970s, and activities people used to engage in or not engage in. Finally, it addresses uses of language for agreeing and disagreeing in questions, including question tags. The document serves as a reference for grammatical structures and vocabulary useful for recounting personal histories and opinions.

1.  PAST PERFECT
 USES OF GET
 QUESTION TAGS

3. QUIZ
BOOM
ICON
INVENTION
HAIRSTYLE
CRAZE
WAR
LOOK
BIRTH
PROTES
T
FASHION
DEATH
PEACE
GADGET

4.  In the 70s, people used to wear platform boots.
 When she was 12, Julia used to play paddle
tennis every week.
 In the 70s, people didn’t use to wear skyscraper
boots.
 When she was 12, Julia didn’t use to play
basketball or football.
 Did Julia use to play paddle tennis when she
was 12?

5. WHEN I
WAS
A
CHILD…
WHEN I
WAS
12…
PEOPLE…
I…
MY
FRIENDS
…
USED TO…
DIDN’T
USE TO…
STUDY…
PLAY…
WEAR…
GO TO…
READ…
LISTEN
TO..
LIKE…
HATE…
EAT…
…

6. … you … watch Smallville on TV? What about
The OC or Buffy the Vampire slayer? My
classmates … talk about them all the time, but
I … see them because my parents were very
anti-TV. In fact, they … have a TV at home!
My parents were anti a lot of things. They
often … go to protests, but I … go with them.
I stayed with my grandma. She didin’t have a
TV either, but I … get bored at her house. She
… play the piano and sing songs. Grandma
…. Be a hairdresser too. So she … cut mu
hair and give me really awful hairstyles.

9.  I am not very fond…
 Marilyyn Monroe was
famous…
 These days people
are crazy…
 I am not very good …
 I never get bored…
WITH
ABOUT
OF
FOR
AT

10.  What did Becky find interesting when she visited
Alice last weekend?
 How did the Second World War influence people’s
lives in the fifties?
 Where did Alice first see a TV?
 What does she think of TV nowadays?
 How is life different for women now?
 What positive and negative opinions has Alice got
about young people?
 What does Becky disagreee with Alice about?

11.  Eva had already been to Italy before she visited
Rome last summer.
 When Alberto came to my house, he had gone
to the supermarket to get some candies.
Subj + HAD + Past participle (been,
gone…)
HAD + Subj + Past participle ?
(interrogative)
Subj + HAD NOT + Past part. (negative)
Past Perfect: We are telling things that
happened before a recent past.

12.  You / Study / a foreign language / before / you /
come / this school.
 Before / everyone /have / TVs, what / people / do /
evenings.
 Be / life / harder / for / people /in / past?
 Someone / invent / DVDs / before / you / be / born
 What / be / most exciting thing / you / do / last
year?

13.  Had you studied a foreign language before
you came to this school?
 Before / everyone /have / TVs, what / people / do /
evenings.
 Be / life / harder / for people / in / past
 Someone / invent / DVDs / before / you / be /
born?
 What / be / most exciting thing / you / do / last
year?

14.  Had you studied a foreign language before
you came to this school?
 What had people done in the evenings
before everyone had TVs
 Was life harder for people in the past?
 Someone / invent / DVDs / before / you / be /
born?
 What / be / most exciting thing / you / do / last
year?

15.  Had you studied a foreign language before
you came to this school?
 What had people done in the evenings
before everyone had TVs
 Was life harder for people in the past?
 Had someone invented DVDs before you
were born?
 What / be / most exciting thing / you / do / last
year?

16.  Had you studied a foreign language before
you came to this school?
 What had people done in the evenings
before everyone had TVs
 Was life harder for people in the past?
 Had someone invented DVDs before you
were born?
 What was the most exciting thing you did
last year?

17.  What / Julia / eat / when / he / be /
sick?
 What / Ana / say / before / Pilar /
be / so upset?

18.  What / Julia/ eat / when / he / feel / sick?
 What / Ana / say / before / Pilar / be / so
upset?
 What had Julia eaten when he felt
sick?
 What had Ana said before Pilar was
so upset?

20.  Driving licence, bus, dark, the flu, upset,
up
+ adjective: BECOME
+ noun: GET
+ phrasal verbs: get away Get
together…
+ nouns: OTHER
MEANINGS

21.  Driving licence, bus, dark, the flu, upset, up
+ adjective: get dark, get upset
+ noun: get a driving licence
+ phrasal verbs: get up,
+ nouns: get the flu, get a bus

22.  Do you usually ____ early at the weekend?
 At what age can you ______ for a car?
 What nice _____ did you _____ last Christmas
 What time do you ______ from school?
 What _____ do you want to ______ when you
leave school?
 Will your English _____or worse this year?
 Did you _____ when your parents left you at
school on your first day?
 Where do you ______ with friends?
 Do you usually walk to school or do you _____?
 How often do you _____ colds and coughs in the
winter.

23.  Do you usually get up early at the weekend?
 At what age can you get a driving licence for a car?
 What nice presents did you get last Christmas
 What time do you get home from school?
 What job do you want to get when you leave school?
 Will your English get better or worse this year?
 Did you get upset when your parents left you at
school on your first day?
 Where do you get together with friends?
 Do you usually walk to school or do you get a bus?
 How often do you get the flu, colds and coughs in the
winter.

24.  When we refers to the subject:
Who gave Michael the money?
normal Past
Michael’s dad gave it. (subject)
When we refers to the object
What did Liz miss?
Past interrogative form
Lizz miss the keys. (object)

25.  Who / buy / present for Rachel?
 What / mark / you / get / in / test?
 How many people / go / Mick’s party?
 Which friends / you / meet / Friday night?
 What pets / you / have / when you were younger?
 Who / sing / that amazing song?

26.  Who / bought a/ present for Rachel?
 What / mark / did you / get / in / test?
 How many people / went to / Mick’s party?
 Which friends / did you / meet / Friday night?
 What pets / did you / have / when you were
younger?
 Who / sang / that amazing song?

27.  Her cousin Pete went with her.
 40000 people went.
 George Best.
 He scored three goals
 Manchester United won the match.

28.  Her cousin Pete went with her.
 Who went with Liz?
 40000 people went.
 How many people went to the match?
 George Best.
 Who was the Manchester United’ star
player?
 He scored three goals.
 How many goald did he score?
 Manchester United won the match.
 Who won the match?

29. Examples Situations.
1. I was talking to my
cousin when he scored.
A. Two actions in progress at
the same time
2. When I passed the test,
my dad gave me the rest of
the money
B. An action which
happened when another was
in progress
3. As mum was putting my
things in my school bag, I
was getting more and
more upset.
C. Two actions which
happened ine after the other.

30. Examples Situations.
1. I was talking to my
cousin when he scored.
A. Two actions in progress at
the same time
2. When I passed the test,
my dad gave me the rest of
the money
B. An action which
happened when another was
in progress
3. As mum was putting my
things in my school bag, I
was getting more and
more upset.
C. Two actions which
happened ine after the other.
1 B ; 2 C; 3 A

31. 1. The Titanic / not sail / Japan /when it sink
2. Julius Caesar / live / Rome / when / he /die
3. Pliny the Elder /watch / as / Vesuvius /erupt
4. Garibaldi /born / France / but / not / die / there
5. Some fans / fight / while / we / watch / match.
6. Marina / be / in the Dominican Republic /
while /we /suffer / the school lessons.

32. 1. The Titanic / not sail / Japan /when it sink
The Titanic wasn’t sailing to Japan when it sank
1. Julius Caesar / live / Rome / when / he /die
Julius Caesar swas living in Rome when he died.
1. Pliny the Elder /watch / as / Vesuvius /erupt
2. Pliny the Elder was watching as Vesuvius erupted
3. Garibaldi /born / France / but / not / die / there
Garibaldi was born in France but he didn’t die there.
1. Some fans / fight / while / we / watch / match
Some fans fought /were fighthing while we were
watching the match.
Marina was in the Dominican Republic while we were
suffering the school lessons.

33. - Pablo is good at Maths, isn’t he?
- Pablo es bueno en matemáticas, ¿no?
 Ana has been to Italy for two months, hasn’t she?
afirmative (present perfect) Negative
 Amanda didn’t play the piano last week, did she?
Negative (past) Afirmative
BEWARE: We use here the
auxiliar
verb “did”, not “play”
and we keep the same tense.

34.  Leonor is good at dancing, ___________
 Juan was in the kitchen, ______________
 Amanda studies korean, ___________
 Marina has been to the Dominican Republic,
_______
 “Fátima” is a very difficult name to memorize,
________
 Lucía doesn’t like lizzards, ________
 Alicia loves parties on Friday nights, _______

35.  Leonor is good at dancing, _isn’t she?_
 Juan wasn’t in the kitchen, __was he?____
 Amanda studies korean, __doesn’t she?____
 Marina has been to the Dominican Republic,
_hasn’t she?_____
 “Fátima” is not a very difficult name to memorize,
___is it?_____
 Lucía doesn’t like lizzards, __does she?______
 Alicia loves parties on Friday nights, __doesn’t
she?_____

36.  Best bit: lo mejor.
 I bet (…): Me apuesto que…
 That sounds great: suena genial.
 Have I ever told you…: Te he contado alguna
vez…
 Rode down: conducir calle abajo…