UNIT 1: IMAGES

Past simple & Past Continuous

Past Simple Past Continuous

•Short actions (quick)•Finished actions•Keywords: when, suddenly…

•Long actions •Actions still in progress•Background actions: used to describe contexts•Keywords: while, as , when…

I was sleeping when suddenly the burglar broke into my house.

Examples:

• The telephone rang when I was having a bath.

• While they were watching TV, thieves broke into the house.

• As I was reading the paper, I heard a loud noise.

• While Susie was cleaning the floor, the baby tripped with a toy.

Structures

Past Continuous:Subj.+ was/were+ v-ing (affirmative)Subj.+ wasn’t/weren’t+v-ing (negative)(Wh-) Was/were +Subj.+ v-ing?(question)Past Simple:Subj.+ - ed + object ( affirmative)Subj.+didn’t+ Inf+ Object ( negative)Did+ Subj.+ Inf.+ Object? ( question)

Simultaneous Actions

• He was reading a book while I was cooking dinner.

• While I was rocking the baby I was sleeping.

FEELINGS• Mischievous (miskívus)• Blissful ( blísful)• amused (amiúst) • calm (kám) • cheerful (chíirful) • confident (confident) • content (kontént)

eager (íguer) • satisfied (sátisfáid) • ecstatic (ekstátic) • enthusiastic (enzusiástic)

inspired (inspáierd) • elated (iléitid) – regocijado

energetic (eneryétic) • pleased (plíist)

excited (eksáitid) • grateful (gréitful) • thrilled (zríld)

hopeful (hóupful)

MOOD

• afraid (afréid) – con miedoangry (áangry) – enfadadoannoyed (anóid) – disgustadoashamed (ashéimd) – avegonzadobored (bóord) confused (confiúst)

• depressed (diprést) • lonely (lóunli) – solo y triste

upset (apsét) • sad (sáad) • tired (táierd)

disappointed (disapóintid) distressed (distrést)

• embarrased (embárrast) frightened (fráitend)

• frustrated (frástréitid) • jealous (dchélos)

worried (uórrid)

VERBS & FEELINGS• POSE • SMILE• FROWN• MAKE A FACE• LAUGH• TO BE GLAD• TO ANGER• TO REGRET• TO BOTHER• TO SURPRISE• TO FEAR• TO DOUBT• TO DENY

VERBS & FEELINGS

• HOPE

• TO HUG

• CUDDLE

• EMBRACE

NOW YOUR TURN!

1. Comment the following pictures With your partner.

2. What are the doing?

Key sentences:

• OK. Let me see ... what do these photos show? The first/second picture/photo shows ...

• Thank you, Alex. Yuko, which of these pictures do you prefer?

• Liking: I prefer A to B. I like A more than B. I like A, but I dislike B. A is more ... than B

• Giving your opinion• In my opinion, ...

For me, ...I think that ...

It seems to me that…

Writing tips• Subject + verb + Object• Adverbs : verb to be, can + adverb adverb + other verbs( go, think…)• Like and dislikes + Ving : I love dancing• Keep it simple , not very long sentences• Try new vocabulary• Avoid being repetitive• After prepositions + -ing : I’ interested in

studying• Don’t make a mess with verb tenses