PrROFESORA: Rosa ana Moreira Fernández
2º ESO
Worksheet “THE GOOD OLD DAYS”
PART 1
Holiday Tour: Can you write the past simple tense of the verb TO
BE?
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I …… I ……… not …………. I?
You …… You ……..… …………. ?
He/She/It …… He/She/It ……. …………. ?
We ……... We ……....… …………. ?
You . …...... You ……….. …………. ?
They ……… They ……… …………. ?
Complete with time expressions and the past tense of the verb TO
BE:
next after then in the end later
TRIP: 1st Madrid, 2nd Sevilla, 3rd Valencia, 4th Barcelona
I ……. in Madrid for four days, The weather …… fantastic and I had
long walks in El Retiro.
……… I ………. in Sevilla for five days. People …….. very friendly,
the city ….. .. wonderful and I had fun.
………… Sevilla I ……… in Valencia with my family. We ………..
together for two weeks. We went to the beach every day because the
weather …….. sunny and hot.
……….. I went to Barcelona but the weather was awful so three days
…….. I decided to come back home.
Famous Places. Where can you see these monuments and places?
The Underground ……..…. The Canals …………..….
Brandenburg Gate ……….. Piccadilly Circus …..…….
Fontana di Trevi …..……. Saint Peter ……..………
Big Ben …………..……. The Louvre ………………
The Eiffel Tower ...………
Positive and negative adjectives. Complete with the adjectives you
have just learnt, then add a comment.
My best friend is…………., I love ………..
Exams are …………., ……..………...…..
My village is ……….., ……...…….…..….
Football is …………., ……..…………….
Reality shows are ……., ……..…….……..
Documentaries are ……….., ……..….……
English is …………., ……………….…...
Drugs are …………., ……………………
PART 2
The Louvre visit
Answer the questions. Write complete answers:
Was Alexandra in her room? ……………………………
Where was Mary yesterday? ……………………………
Were there many children at the museum? ……………….
What was there on TV? ………………………………..
Write sentences in the past with these tips:
I / school / 9:45 ……………………………………..
She / not at home / 14:30 …………………………….
We / on the beach / 17:15 ……………………………
You / in the classroom / 11:00 ………………………...
PART 3
Can you translate these sentences?
No había teléfonos móviles hace veinte años.
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No había TV en color en casa de mi abuelo.
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¿Había muchos coches hace treinta años?
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Sounds. How do you pronounce the following words?
MOON MUSIC BEAUTIFUL
BUT SUNDAY USUALLY
BLUE JUICE SOME
FEW TRUE SON
AFTERNOON NUMBER REDUCE
REMEMBER!
/ j / va frecuentemente junto a / u: / , en palabras, por ejemplo como
university , student, new, computer...
- / ju: / es un sonido alargado, frente a / ju /, que es breve.
- Los grafemas que lo representan son: ew - u – eau
es posterior, cerrada y larga. Es un sonido largo.
- Los grafemas que lo representan son: " oo - u - ou - o - ew - ue - ui - oe " ( for
example: foot , June ).
- Suena como la " u " española de : cubo, puro, sube, musa, nuca
es un sonido sonoro, va en las sílabas acentuadas o tónicas y en
monosílabos.
- Los grafemas que lo representan son la " - u -" trabada entre dos consonantes,
"o -" ( Monday ), " - ou - " ( young ) y también " - oo - " (blood , flood).
CONCLUSION
1. What button do you have to press if you don’t understand
what you have to do?
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2. What do you do if you don’t know the meaning of a word?
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3. What words were new for you in the glossary?
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4. What is your favourite activity in this unit?
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5. Was it very difficult for you to understand?
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EXTENSION:
Do you want to learn more about The Past Simple Tense? GREAT!
Visit this web site:
http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm
Now try to translate these sentences:
¿Cuándo conociste a tu novia? La conocí hace dos años
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Yo no compré ese vestido, lo compró Jane ayer.
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¿Dónde encontraste el libro? Estaba debajo del sillón.
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¿Por qué no comiste el bocata? Porque no tenía hambre.
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2º ESO
Worksheet “Science Museum”
PLANETS
If you don’t understand the grammar you
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How many planets are there in our Solar System?
There is one………………………………………................
There ….. five ………………………………………………...
There ……………………………………………………..
GRAMMAR:
Write down the comparative and superlative forms of
the adjectives you have learnt in the GAMES
SECTION:
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
fat f………. than The f…
EVOLUTION
Write sentences with these words. Use the comparative:
MODERN / HUMANS / OLDER / TALL
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SKULL / COMPACT / HUMANS
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BRAINS / LARGE / PAST
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MODERN / NARROW / TEETH
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BREAK
Now write a short paragraph about YOUR family.
Use the dialogue in this part of the unit as a guide
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ANIMALS
Write the name and the category of these animals:
REPTILE
Cro……..
Now write some sentences about them using the
comparative and superlative structures:
1. …………………………………………………….
2. …………………………………………………….
3. ……………………………………………………..
4. …………………………………………………….
5. …………………………………………………….
EXTENSION:
Match opposites:
Happy Tall Young
Sad Old Low
Beautiful New Pretty
Weak Small
Ugly Badly dressed (
Big. Next
Old High
Long Unfriendly
Strong Thin
Fat Handsome
Bad
Intelligent Different Incomplete
Expensive Elegant Empty
Deep (profundo/a). Last Full
Stupid Loose (flojo/a; no Hard (duro/a;
Wide apretado/a). dificil).
Joyful) (alegre). Alike Soft (suave;
Short. Awake blando/a).
Hot Modern Cheap
Smart Antique Ancient Sour
Fool Wild (salvaje, (agrio/a).
Silly silvestre).
Tight (apretado/a; Domestic Rich
ajustado/a). (doméstico/a). Shallow (poco
Friendly Fierce (fiero/a, profundo/a;
Light feroz). superficial).
Angry Dull Sorrowful
Narrow Clever (afligido)
Similar Tame Asleep
Cold (doméstico/a). Good
False Sweet
Dark Poor
True Complete
happy sad cold hot
IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
These adjectives have completely irregular comparative
and superlative forms:
Adjective Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
much more most
far further / farther furthest / farthest
SPELLING RULES
Rule 1- One syllable adjectives with a
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Pattern (CVC)
If the adjective has a CVC
IIf the adjective has a CVC
pattern, double the
ºpattern, double the
consonant and add -est.
consonant and add -er.
Don't forget THE!
ºExamples:
Examples:
big = bigger
big = the biggest
sad = sadder
sad = the saddest
Rule 2 - two syllable adjectives ending in Y
Change the Y to I Change the Y to I and add -est.
and add -er Don't forget to use THE!
Examples: Examples:
pretty = prettier pretty = the prettiest
happy = happier happy = the happiest
CONCLUSION
What have I learnt about…?
PLANETS
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EVOLUTION
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ANIMALS
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My favourite part was ..................... because
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We use the comparative to...................................................
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We use the superlative to ..................................................
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What three letters do we add to make the superlative
form of short adjectives? .....................................................
What word do we use after the comparative form when we
compare two things? ...........................................................
What word do we use before the superlative form? ............
With long adjectives, we put ............. before the adjective
to form the comparative.
With long adjectives we put ....... ......... before the
adjective to form the superlative.
When we add the suffix, the last consonant is doubled
when ..................................................................................
With short adjectives that end in –y, we omit –y and
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How would you translate these sentences?
Mi coche es mejor que el tuyo pero aquel es el mejor
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Tu comportamiento es el peor de la clase
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2º ESO
Worksheet “ACTION”
VOCABULARY
You click on ………… to check if you are right.
You click on ………… to start again.
You click on ………… to know what you have to do.
Now show us all the new words you have learnt about the cinema:
QUESTIONS
1. Complete the sentences. Then translate them into Spanish or
Galego:
When the ride stopped, the kids ……………….
Bugs Bunny was having a shower while ……………
The boy was smiling while ……………………………
The kids ………………….. when the photo was taken.
The boy ……………… while the girl …………………..
The baby …………………… while he was lying down.
2. Write down all the movies you can remember for these
categories:
FAMILY
SCIENCE-FIC
ADVENTURE
ACTION
KIDS
COMEDY
THRILLER
CLASSIC
WAR
WESTERN
USE OF ENGLISH
TRUE or FALSE? Correct if false:
Batman was having a chat with his friends.
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He fought Joker but he didn’t win.
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Richard Peer was hoovering at a quarter past four.
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Yesterday Marvin left his mansion at eight and went to work in
a Cadillac.
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Marvin didn’t return home at seven.
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READING
Answer these questions. Write complete answers:
Did Harry’s cousin love him?
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Where did Harry live?
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Was Frodo a dwarf?
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Where did Shrek live?
………………………………………………………………………..
EXTENSION
The –ed ending, pronunciation
/ id / : after a / t / or / d / sounds. - For example: waited
/ t / : after a voiceless sound ( Sordas ) : / p / - / k / - / f / - / Z /
- / s / - / / - / H / - / h / Example: walked
/ d / : after a voiced sound (Sonoras):b - g - v - ð - z - - F - l -
m - n - - w - r - j -a-e-i-o-u - Example: opened
CONCLUSION
When do you use the auxiliary verb ‘did’?
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We make the past continuous with…
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We use the …………………….. tense to describe finished
actions and situations in the past.
In your opinion, what are the most difficult irregular verbs?
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What’s your favourite activity in this unit? Why?
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Was the unit very difficult to follow, why?
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CONSOLIDATION
Translate into English:
1. Estaba durmiendo cuando alguien entró en la habitación.
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2. Qué hacías cuando llegaron tus padres?
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3. Mi hermana veía la TV mientras yo hacía los deberes.
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4. ¿Cuando llegó el hombre lobo? Llegó cuando los
extraterrestres estaban hablando.
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5. Patricia estaba ayudando al chico cuando vio un fantasma. Yo
no lo vi porque no estaba con ellos.
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