You will learn to:

 Talk about things in the past.

 Talk about what you did last weekend

GUIDE NUMBER 7
A WEEK AGO

A
WONDERFUL
1. Read the paragraphs and guess who is Connie, André and Olga.

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2. Listen to the conversations and write the names.

This morning I got up early, went shopping. Then I cooked some lunch.
In the afternoon I went for a walk. The weather was beautiful. In the
morning I stayed at home, just watched TV. connie

In the morning I just stayed at home. I worked on my computer, wrote some

emails. Then I met a friend in town. We went shopping for some CDs. In the
evening I went to the cinema.
andre

On Saturday I got up late, about 10:30 in the morning. I stayed at home and I
listened to music. Then I phoned a friend and we went into town, we went
shopping. And in the evening, I went to a party.
olga

GRAMMAR

Regular Irregular

Verb Past Verb past

Stay stayed Get up got up
Listen listened Go went
Phone phoned Have had
Cook cooked Write wrote
Watch watched Meet met

1. Using the verbs in past from the box to complete the sentences

1. Stayed lunch in a restaurant.

2. Got up early and went listened to the radio.
3. Phoned a friend and had shopping.
4. watched to the cinema.
5. Met at home and watched TV.
6. wrote some emails.
 2. Read the text to identify to be in past:

Only three people were at the meeting yesterday. I was there, of course, and
Hassan and Paula were there. But María was in hospital and Boris was on
Holiday. And Peter was busy.

Affirmative Affirmative Negative Negative

Was Were Wasn’t Weren’t
I, he, she, it You, we, they I, he, she, it You, we, they
I was there We were at work I wasn’t there We weren’t at work

3. Complete the sentences with was or were: 4. Complete the sentences with negative form
was or were:
1. I was in London on Monday.
1. I wasn’t in London on Monday.
2. They were at home yesterday.
2. They weren’t at home yesterday.
3. We was on holiday.
3. We wasn’t ill.
4. They were in Paris last year.
4. She wasn’t here on Monday weren’t on
5. My mother was ill.
holiday.
6. She was here on Monday.
5. They weren’t in Paris last year.
6. My mother
7. .
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5. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct word.

1. I was / wasn’t at the meeting.

2. Boris and Maria were / weren’t at the meeting.
3. Peter was / wasn’t there.
4. It was / wasn’t a very good meeting.

6. Use the words in the box to make sentences:

At home in bed at work at a party

asleep on holiday at a meeting

1. My father was at home.

2. she is sick in bed

3. my brother is at work

4. my friend and I are at a party

5. I am asleep
6. let's go to silver on holiday

7. im it at a meeting
 7. Match the two halves of the sentence
1.Were you at home yesterday?
bad.
2.Was Ryan in class yesterday?
3. Was the concert good?
4. Was the movie interesting?
5. Was Susan at the library yesterday?
____3_____ a. No, it wasn’t. The music was pretty
____5____ b. Yes, she was. We were both there.
____4_____ c. Yes, it was. Matt Damon is a great actor.
____1____ d. No, I wasn’t. I was at a concert.
____2____ e. No, he wasn’t. He was sick

CALLED and BY

1. Match the word to make sentences:

A movie San Agustin

Hips don´t lie Shakira

called
A song Cinderella

by
A book written Gabriel García Márquez

A beautiful place Michael Jackson

2. Now write your own sentences:

1. I saw a movie called Cinderella.
2. I saw how Shakira dances, the hips don’t lie
3. Listen to a folk song from San Agustin
4. I read a hundred years of a book written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5. A beautiful place to listen to Michael Jackson

Good or bad
Good Bad
Excellent Terrible
Wonderful Very bad
Very good Not very good

1. Complete the sentences using the adjectives in the boxes. Make them TRUE for you:
1. (student) I was an excellent student.
2. (movie) The movie was very bad
3. (soccer player) I am very good for soccer
4. (accident) I had a terrible accident
5. (museum) It’s a wonderful museum
2. How did you feel yesterday?

Yesterday, I felt excellent, I did very good in my bicycle training and in the office.

_______________________________________________.
Watch – watched
See - saw Look at - looked at TV
A film A picture A football match
(Go to the cinema) A photo A film

1. Tick the things you did last weekend:

1. __x___I saw a film at the cinema.
2. __x__I went to the shops and looked at clothes.
3. _____I look at family photos.
4. _____I watched TV.
5. __x___I watch the match on TV.
6. __x__I watch the World Cup matches.