NOTAS CLASE 1

 CLASE 1:

Languagefocus
Past Simple

Talking about the past is an important part of learning English. So, let’s study verbs
in the past. They can be regular or irregular.
The irregular ones, as its name says, have no specific spelling rules. That means
you have to learn them by heart (using your memory).
However, there are some patterns between their present, past simple, and past
participle forms that may be useful to analyze.

On the other hand, regular verbs have spelling rules. These rules apply for
the past simple and past participle forms since their spelling is the same
(siterminaenconsonate, agregared; siterminaen vocal agregar d; siterminaen y,
eliminar la y yagregaried)

Present Past Pastparticiple

Add -ed
work worked worked
talk talked talked
match matched matched
start started started
finish finished finished
 walk walked walked
listen listened listened
Add -d
change changed changed
move moved moved
practice practiced practiced
live lived lived
Eliminate "y" and add "-ied"
study studied studied
apply applied applied
 
Now... When do we use the past simple? What do we use it for?
We use past simple to talk about finished actions or states in the past.
Examples:   

 Barack Obama was the first Afro-American President of the United

States. (state)
 Charlie Chaplin made over 100 movies. (finishedaction)

Real Life
Months and Dates

Now that you are learning the past, it is important to learn how to express the
time when something happened.
 
To talk about dates, we have to follow this order:
1. The month; remember that months always use capital letters at the beginning.
     Examples:    July     September     May     October
2. The date, which is expressed using ordinal numbers.
    For example:   July 4th (written) / July fourth (said).

3. The year. We usually say years by dividing them into two parts:

1998
         nineteen 19 – 98 ninety-eight
Example:   July 4th, 1998 / July fourth, nineteen ninety-eight
  ENGLISH IN CONTEXT:

Pronunciation

During this class, you learned how to write verbs in the past tense.
However, their pronunciation does not always match their spelling. When
talking about regular verbs in the past simple tense, there are some important
things to recall:

-Voiced sounds: Are those that make your vocal cords "vibrate", like /z/. All
vowels are voiced.
-Voiceless sounds: when pronouncing these your vocal cords do not vibrate,
like /s/.

The -ed sound is pronounced differently according to the following rule: 

o NOTAS VIDEO 1: PRONUNCIATION

-Los verbos en pasado que terminan en ed, y su pronunciación

suena como una T al final. Ej: walked = walk + t / glanced = glance +
t
 -Los verbos en pasado que terminan en ed, y su pronunciación
suena como una D al final. Ej: arrived = arrive + d / ordered = order +
d

-Los verbos en pasado que terminan en ed, y su pronunciación

suena como una ID al final. Ej: handed = hand + id / tasted = taste +
id

-Las reglas para definir que pronunciación de ED usar, son:

a) Cuando el verbo (en presente normal) termina en un sonido de T

o D, se pasa su pasado colocándole el ED, pero se usa la
pronunciación que suena como ID.

Ej: Want – wanted = want + id / need – needed = need + id

b) Cuando el verbo (en presente normal) termina en un sonido de P,

K, F, S, SH, CH, TH, usar la pronunciación del ED, que suena
como T.

Ej: Help – helped = help + t / wash – washed = wash + t

c) Cuando el verbo (en presente normal) termina en un sonido de

vocal o de i, m, n, j, r, g, b, v, w, z, usar la pronunciación del ED,
que suena como D.

Ej: call – called = call + d / play – played = play + d

d) Siempre debes tomar en cuenta es como suena el ultimo sonido

del verbo en normal (es decir, no necesraimente las ultimas
ñetras coincidirán con el sonido, pero puede pasar, ej: promise –
promised = promise + t; close – closed = close + d), para luego
pasarlo a pasado, y definir que pronunciacion de ED usar.

o NOTAS VIDEO 2: ORDINAL NUMBERS

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o NOTAS VIDEO 3: DATES

 -American: date, month, year. Ej: 12 thJune, 2017 = the 12th of June,
2017

Tambien: 12/06/2017 o 12/06/17

-British: month, date, year. Ej: June 12th, 2017 = June the 12th, 2017

Tambien: 06/12/2017 o 06/12/17

 TRY IT OUT: COMPLETION AND LISTENING(quedeaqui)

o EJERCICIOS CLASE:

1. Use the following names (or your ideas) to write sentences

about six creative people.

Agatha Christie - Cervantes - Greta Garbo - Leonardo Da Vinci

Federico Fellini -  Tolstoy - Gianni Versace - AdnanSaygun

a) Agatha Christie was a British writer in thriller genre.

b) Miguel de Cervantes was a soldier in the period from 1569 to 1580.
c) Leonardo Da Vinci was recognized for his talent to paint, but either he was
a engineer too.
d) Gianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer, he was the creator of the
brand Versace or “House of Versace”
e) Greta Garbo was an American actress, famous for played the lead in Ana
Karenina 1935.
f) Adnan Saygun was music teacher from Turkey, he was born 1907.

2. Speaking task
Pay special attention to this activity! You may share your timeline with the
group in the Let’s talk section.
Draw a line for your life, like this.
 Write the things that have happened to you on the line. You may use
the following prompts as reference.

 MINE:

 I was Born in Guayana City – 1997

 I moved to the town from another 1999
 I Started School 2004
 I changed from school 2007
 I moved from my house to another 2014
 I Finished School 2015
 I Started college 2016
 I Finished college 2020
 I Started to work 2020
 I changed my job and hired in a Company 2021

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3.-Real Life (P. 88)

Listen the audio and underline the date you hear.
a) 21 / 31
st  st

b) April 5 / 15th  th

c) October 9 / 19 th  th

d) December 13 / 30 th  th

e) January 6 / 16 th  th

f) March 12 / 20 th  th

NOTAS CLASE 2

 CLASE 2:

Past Verbs and Prepositions

 Part 1 - Words and Expressions 
 (ACE 1 Module 11 P. 90-96)

Verbs
Last class, you learned some verbs in the past, but there are many
more. Hereyouwillfindsomeverbs:

Life events
Now that you know different actions to express ideas in the past, what are you
going to talk about?
 In the following image, you will find common expressions to refer to the things
that someone already lived (life experiences).

Take a look at these examples, use the same verbs in past:

 My English teacher moved to Canada last month.

 I got married two weeks ago. I'mveryhappy!
 When I was a child, I changed schools two times.
 I started work very late today.
 Richard left home after he graduated from High school.
 They had a very cute child six months ago.

 
 Prepositions (in, on, to)
Last class, you learned how to say dates. In order to use dates and places, it is
necessary to use prepositions. These words may be a little confusing, but you'll
get them with practice.

Let'schecksomeexamples:

 My sister was born in 2000. 

 On my birthday, I visited my grandparents.
 I usually go to school at 7 o'clock.

Past Simple - Part II and conjunctions

 

Part 2 / Language Building 
(Module 11 ACE 1 P. 90 - 97)

Past Simple
You already know how to make affirmative sentences in the past simple tense.
Now, you will learn how to make negative ones. To make that possible, you will
review positive sentences in this comparative table. Please, take notes and pay
special attention to the differences between positive and negative sentences.
 Questions in the Past Simple
Are you ready with the sentences? Now it’s time for questions and answers.
There are simple questions; that means that the answer is yes or no.
For example: 

 Q: Did you stay at home yesterday?

 R: Yes, I did / No, I did not.

These kinds of questions are also used in the past. As you may remember, their
answers may be short or long.

 Short: Yes, I did.
 Long: Yes, I studied at the School of Modern Languages at college.

There are also information questions. These kinds of questions use question

words such as what, where, and when.

 NOTA: En las preguntas simples o preguntas de información, al escribirlas

ya no es necesario colocar el verbo en pasado, pues al usar el “Did” la
pregunta se cataloga en tiempo pasado.

Present Simple vs Past Simple

It is important to see the differences between the past simple and present
simple. Pay close attention to the table.

 Esto sucede porque:

REMEMBER:
We can also use the verb to be in past as an auxiliary verb in English (el was y el
were). We do NOT use “did” in these sentences or questions.
And/But:
Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together. They
connect the ideas logically. Let's study a couple of them.
And: It has a positive meaning; you add an idea.
My mother was a teacher. My father was a doctor.
These are two separate sentences, but they can become just one:
My mother was a teacher and my father was a doctor.
But: It creates a contrast between the two ideas. There is always a comma (,)
before the but.
He hates Maths, but he loves English.
I like strawberry, but I love chocolate.

In short: 

 ENGLISH IN CONTEXT: quede aqui

o Videos aboutthepast / Pronunciation

 NOTAS VIDEO 1:Leonardo da Vinci

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 NOTAS VIDEO 2:Songs

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 o Videos about Prepositions and Real life

 NOTAS VIDEO 1: Prepositions of time

In – aplica para periodos de tiempo o espacios largos.
On –aplica para lugares o espacios de tiempo relativamente
cortos o indefinidos.
At – aplica para lugares o espacios de tiempo muy cortos o
muy específicos.
Excepciones: Cuando hablamos de superficies, o cosas que
están sobre algo, siempre se usa ON. Cuando hablamos de
momentos del día, siempre se usa IN.

 NOTAS VIDEO 2: Real Life - Buying tickets for Public

Transportation

“Quantity + tickets + destination + please”

Five tickets to Times Square, please.

 TRY IT OUT: Reading and writing

o EJERCICIOS DEL LIBRO:

Exercises:
To practice the new vocabulary of this module, you will do the following exercises:

 Reading and Listening (ACE 1 P. 86-87) (esto no)

1. Read and look for unknown words in a dictionary.

2. Read again with the audio.
 3. Match the names with the explanation:
1 Camelot ___                                      a) where Arthur sat with his knights
2 Sir Lancelot   ___                             b) Arthur’s sword
3 Excalibur  ___                                   c) Arthur’s castle
4 Guinevere  ___                                 d) a wizard, Arthur’s teacher, and friend
5 Merlin   ___                                       e) Arthur’s wife
6 The Round Table  ___                   f) Arthur’s best friend
 

 Past Simple: Irregular verbs (ACE – WB P. 49) (esto no)

 1. Write the past simple of these verbs in the crossword.

leave  -  write  -  become  -  go  -  sell  -  meet  -  make  -  have

2. Complete the sentences using the Past Simple of these verbs.

a) Joanna left home when she was 18.
b) Last night I ________ to the movies.
c) They _______ their car for £2,000.
d) Alfred Hitchcock ________ 53 movies in his life.
e) My father ________ a book last year.
f) She _________ an actress after she left school.
g) When we were children we _________ a dog.
h) Erica _______ her husband when she was on vacation.
 

 Improve your writing (ACE 1 – WB P. 51)

1. Look at the information about Alicia Ojeda and complete the text.

Name Alicia Ojeda  

1965, Buenos
Born  
Aires, Argentina.

Mother –
Parents housewife  
Father – Doctor
 One brother, Javier
Brothers/sisters One sister,  
Carolina

Started – 1970
School  
Finished – 1987

Yes – English and

College  
French

Firstjob Teacher  

Met Roberto –
Partner  
1993

Married Yes – 1996  

Children One son, Franco  

Job now Journalist  

Livesnow New York  

Otherinformatio Writesbook;
 
n goesswimming

        
Alicia Ojeda was born in a) Buenos Aires in 1965. Her father was a doctor and her
mother was a b) housewife. She has one brother, Javier, and one c) sister,
Carolina. She started school in d) 1970, and finished school in 1987. She went to
college and studied e) English and French, then she started work as a f) Teacher.
She met her partner, Roberto, in g) 1993 and they got married in 1996. They have
one h) son, Franco. Now Alicia works as a i) Journalist and lives in New York. She
also writes books, and in her free she goes j) swimming.

1. Complete the third column of the table for a person you know.

Name: Linnis Marrero

Born: 1965, Guiria City, Sucre State

Parents: Mother – housewife / Father -
Businessman

Brothers/sisters: One sister – Liliana

School: Yes/ Started – 1970 / Finished - 1984

College: Yes - Contability

Firstjob: Secretary

Partner: Met Edgar - 1990

Married: Yes - 1994

Children: One daughter - Coraima

Job now: Manager

Livesnow: Guayana City

Other information: Watch series and movies

2. Write a paragraph about the person. 

Linnis Marrero was born in a) Guiria City, Sucre State in 1965. Her father was a
businessman and her mother was a b) housewife. She has one sister, Liliana. She
started school in d) 1970, and finished school in 1984. She went to college and
studied e) Contability, then she started work as a f) Secretary. She met her partner,
Edgar, in g) 1990 and they got married in 1994. They have one h) daughter,
Coraima. Now Linnis works as a i) Manager and lives in Guayana City. She also in
her free time likes to watch series and movies.