James’s 30th Birthday
1.- Vocabulary – Special Events
Birth: nacimiento
Birthday: cumpleaños
Christening: bautismo
Christmas: navidad
Christmas eve: nochebuena
New Years eve: nochevieja
New Years day: día de año nuevo
Good Friday: viernes santo
Easter: semana santa
Wedding: boda
Honeymoon: luna de miel
Anniversary: aniversario
Death: muerte
Funeral: funeral
To celebrate: celebrar
Party: fiesta
Surprise party: fiesta sorpresa
To suspect: sospechar
Suspicious: sospechoso
To happen: ocurrir
Birthday card: tarjeta de cumpleaños
Present: regalo
Congratulations!: ¡Felicidades!
Happy Birthday!: ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
Happy New Year!: ¡Feliz año Nuevo!
Merry Christmas!: ¡Feliz Navidad!
Cheers!: ¡Salud!
Enjoy your meal!: ¡Qué aproveche!
Have a good time!: ¡Qué lo pase(s) bien!
1.A.- Practice
Fill in the gap with the correct event.
| 1) | It´s John´s tomorrow. He´s going to 25 years old. | |
| 2) | Maria and Tony are getting married in September. Their is in a church in Liverpool Street. | |
| 3) | I can´t believe next week it´s . I can´t wait to eat lots of chocolate eggs. | |
| 4) | On we usually have a big family party and go to bed at 3 in the morning. The next day, the 1st January we usually go to a Chinese restaurant. | |
| 5) | Her grandma died last week. Her is on Wednesday. | |
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2.- Grammar - Past Continuous
Form: Was/were + Gerund
Affirmative | Negative | Contraction |
I was walking | I was not walking | I wasn’t walking |
You were walking | You were not walking | You weren’t walking |
He/she/it was walking | He/she/it was not walking | He wasn’t walking |
We were walking | We were not walking | We weren’t walking |
You were walking | You were not walking | You weren’t walking |
They were walking | They were not walking | They weren’t walking |
Use
1. You use the past continuous for an action which was interrupted by another action:
- I was reading the newspaper when the doorbell rang.
- They were watching the television when he opened the door.
2. You use the past continuous for an action which was still in progress at a particular time:
- At 07:00 am I was waiting for the underground.
- It was just before midnight. We were talking quietly.
3. You often use the past continuous to set the scene for a story or for a series of events.
- It was 1980. We were living in a cottage in London.
- On the day I had my accident. I was preparing for my examinations.
2.A.- Practice
A. Put the following verbs into the gerund
| 1) | Walk | |
| 2) | Get | |
| 3) | Cook | |
| 4) | Go | |
| 5) | Hold | |
| 6) | Swim | |
| 7) | Drive | |
| 8) | Drink | |
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B. Complete the table in the Past Continuous
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C - Write sentences in the Past Continuous
| 1) | He (wash) the car. | |
| 2) | We (sit) in my bedroom. | |
| 3) | It (rain). | |
| 4) | My parents (work) all day. | |
| 5) | They (go) to the party. | |
| 6) | I (look) for something. | |
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D - Are the following sentences correct or incorrect? Please correct the incorrect sentences.
| 1) | They were eating sandwiches in the park when it started to rain. | |
| 2) | On the day of the exam I studied. | |
| 3) | I spoke to John when Maria entered the room. | |
| 4) | Ir was 2000. We were living in Paris. | |
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3.- Reading
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3.A.- Practice
Answer the following questions.
| 1) | How old is James today? | |
| 2) | What did hos friends and family give him this morning? | |
| 3) | Why was Jame´s 21st birthday special? | |
| 4) | When dis Jame´s girlfriend start to organize the party? | |
| 5) | Who did she invite to the party? | |
| 6) | Where did James think he was going on his 21st birthday? | |
| 7) | Was James suspicious? | |
| 8) | What is James going to this evening? | |
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