PrROFESORA: Rosa ana Moreira Fernández

2º ESO

Worksheet “THE GOOD OLD DAYS”

PART 1

Holiday Tour: Can you write thepast 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:

TRIP: 1stMadrid, 2nd Sevilla, 3rdValencia, 4thBarcelona

I ……. in Madridfor 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 ……..….
  • Brandenburg Gate ………..
  • Fontana di Trevi …..…….
  • Big Ben …………..…….
  • The EiffelTower ...………
  • The Canals …………..….
  • Piccadilly Circus …..…….
  • Saint Peter ……..………
  • The Louvre ………………

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.

………………………………………….

  • No había TV en color en casa de mi abuelo.

………………………………………….

  • ¿Había muchos coches hace treinta años?

………………………………………….

Sounds. How do you pronounce the following words?

MOON

BUT

BLUE

FEW

AFTERNOON

MUSIC

SUNDAY

JUICE

TRUE

NUMBER

BEAUTIFUL

USUALLY

SOME

SON

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?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

  1. What do you do if you don’t know the meaning of a word?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

  1. What words were new for you in the glossary?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

  1. What is your favourite activity in this unit?

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

  1. Was it very difficult for you to understand?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

EXTENSION:

Do you want to learn more about The Past Simple Tense?GREAT!

Visit this web site:

Now try to translate these sentences:

  • ¿Cuándo conociste a tu novia? La conocí hace dos años

……………………………………………………………….

  • Yo no compré ese vestido, lo compró Jane ayer.

……………………………………………………………….

  • ¿Dónde encontraste el libro? Estaba debajo del sillón.

……………………………………………………………….

  • ¿Por qué no comiste el bocata? Porque no tenía hambre.

………………………………………………………………

2º ESO

Worksheet “ScienceMuseum”

PLANETS

  • If you don’t understand the grammar you ………………………………………………………………..
  • 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

………………………………………………………………….

  • SKULL / COMPACT / HUMANS

……………………………………………………………

  • BRAINS / LARGE / PAST

………………………………………………………….

  • MODERN / NARROW / TEETH

………………………………………………………….

BREAK

Now write a short paragraph about YOUR family. Use the dialogue in this part of the unit as a guide

______

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
Sad

Beautiful

Weak
Ugly

Big.

Old

Tall
Old
New

Small

Badly dressed (
Next
High

Young
Low

Pretty

Long
Strong

Fat

Unfriendly
Thin
Handsome

Bad

Intelligent

Expensive
Deep (profundo/a).
Stupid

Wide

Joyful) (alegre).

Short.
Hot
Smart
Fool
Silly

Tight (apretado/a; ajustado/a).
Friendly
Light
Angry
Narrow
Similar
Cold
False

Dark
True
Different
Elegant
Last
Loose (flojo/a; no apretado/a).
Alike
Awake
Modern
Antique Ancient
Wild (salvaje, silvestre).
Domestic (doméstico/a).
Fierce (fiero/a, feroz).

Dull
Clever
Tame (doméstico/a).
Sweet
Poor
Complete
Incomplete
Empty
Full
Hard (duro/a; dificil).
Soft (suave; blando/a).
Cheap

Sour (agrio/a).

Rich
Shallow (poco profundo/a; superficial).
Sorrowful (afligido)

Asleep
Good

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)

IIf the adjective has a CVC ºpattern, double the consonant and add -er.
ºExamples:
big = bigger
sad = sadder / If the adjective has a CVC pattern, double the consonant and add -est. Don't forget THE!
Examples:
big = the biggest
sad = the saddest
Rule 2 - two syllable adjectives ending in Y
Change the Y to I and add -er
Examples:
pretty = prettier
happy = happier / Change the Y to I and add -est. Don't forget to use THE!
Examples:
pretty = the prettiest
happy = the happiest

CONCLUSION

What have I learnt about…?

  • PLANETS ......
  • EVOLUTION ......
  • ANIMALS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......

My favourite part was ...... because ......

We use the comparative to......

......

We use the superlative to ......

......

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 ......

How would you translate these sentences?

  • Mi coche es mejor que el tuyo pero aquel es el mejor

……………………………………………………………………..

  • Tu comportamiento es el peor de la clase

……………………………………………………………………..

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.
  1. 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.

…………………………………………………………………….

  • He fought Joker but he didn’t win.

…………………………………………………………………….

  • Richard Peer was hoovering at a quarter past four.

…………………………………………………………………….

  • Yesterday Marvin left his mansion at eight and went to work in a Cadillac.

…………………………………………………………………….

  • Marvin didn’t return home at seven.

……………………………………………………………………..

READING

Answer these questions. Write complete answers:

  • Did Harry’s cousin love him? ……………………………………………………………………….
  • Where did Harry live? ……………………………………………………………………….
  • Was Frodo a dwarf? ………………………………………………………………………..
  • 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’?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

  • We make the past continuous with… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
  • We use the …………………….. tense to describe finished actions and situations in the past.
  • In your opinion, what are the most difficult irregular verbs?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

  • What’s your favourite activity in this unit? Why? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
  • Was the unit very difficult to follow, why? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

CONSOLIDATION

Translate into English:

  1. Estaba durmiendo cuando alguien entró en la habitación.

………………………………………………………………………

  1. Qué hacías cuando llegaron tus padres?

………………………………………………………………………

  1. Mi hermana veía la TV mientras yo hacía los deberes.

………………………………………………………………………

  1. ¿Cuando llegó el hombre lobo? Llegó cuando los extraterrestres estaban hablando.

………………………………………………………………………

  1. Patricia estaba ayudando al chico cuando vio un fantasma. Yo no lo vi porque no estaba con ellos.

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