Review about verb to be in past)

ENGLISH II

Unit7-Lesson 2
 Unit 7 Lesson 2
Importance
Objective
To learn words and phrases
for talking about
In the future, you may need to write about
entertainment and events . your past. In this situation the use of verb be (
was and were) tense will help you describe
To introduce There was / yourself. In short conversations you will also
There were . be able to talk about using the verb be in past.
 PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
1.- Was there a concert in your district yesterday?
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2- Was there a baseball game on tv last night ?
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Lesson 2
Which activity is your favorite ?

How was your weekend ?

It was nice. There was a concert in my district.
 Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
(a / an) (s / es)
a concert concerts
a tv show tv shows
an earthquake notification earthquakes notifications
There was There were
(for singular nouns ) ( for plural nouns )

There was a concert in my district

yesterday.
There wasn´t a TV show on TV last
night.
A.Was there an earthquake
notification last night?
B. Yes, there was . /No, there wasn´t.
+ There were (a lot of) concerts last year .
There weren´t (any)TV shows on TV last
- night.
A. Were there (any) earthquake notifications
last night?
? B. Yes, there were. / No, there weren´t.
Complete the following exercises with form of
There was / There were

1. Last year, _______________ a circus in my town.

2. ______________ any cinemas in our country in 1945.
3. ______________ fountains in this park 20 years ago.
4. ______________ a disco in this town ten years ago.
5. ______________ five bananas in the fridge last night.
6. ______________ any children in the park yesterday?
7. ______________ a Chinese restaurant here. There was a Japanese one.
8. ______________ an alien in that video.
9. ______________ elephants in the zoo.
10. ______________ a tailor in your town?
 Answer these questions

1. Was there a special event that changed your life?

2. Were there many good teachers in your high school?
3. Was there a McDonald's in your district town when
you were a child?
4. Were there interesting TV shows on TV when you
were a child?
5. How many TV stations were there in your hometown
20 years ago?
Writing : Write a composition using the verb be and there was
and there were in past

I was at home with my family. My wife was in the

dining room and my son was in the living room. There
was an announcement on TV about a concert in my
district. We were surprised about that. In the concert,
there were many bands and there were a lot of people
too. It was a great experience to go to a rock concert
with my whole family.
REVIEW
Unit 7 Lesson 2
Evaluation
Objective
To learn words and phrases
for talking about
entertainment and events . 1.- Reading
2.- Writing
To introduce There was /
3.-Listening
There were .
Unit 7 Lesson 2
Party time
Metacognitive Questions
Objective
To learn words and phrases 1. What did you learn in this unit?
for talking about 2. How did you learn it?
entertainment and events . 3. What strategy can you use to
remember…?
To introduce There was / 4. What is the importance of these topics?
There were .