Unit 7

Unit 7
Decade
1850s
1920s
1930s
1960s
1960s
1980s
1980s
1990s
Unit 7: Reading
Year
1851
1920
1938
1962
1969
1980
1980
1996
 Past simple
• We use the past simple to talk about
completed actions in the past, usually at a
specific time.
• These time expressions are common with the
past simple: yesterday, last week/ month/
year, two years ago.
 Practice
decided
started
studied
discovered
watched
 Practice
• Yesterday police officers at Dublin airport
stopped four mafia leaders.
• Last night the Boston Symphony Orchestra played
final concert of their European tour.
• Two days ago the president visited Harvard
University and discussed politics with student
leaders.
• Last Monday teachers demanded more money
from the government.
• Last year more people studied English than any
language.
 Practice
• 1. arrived 2. phoned
• 3. studied 4. visited
• 5. wanted 6. showed
• 7. talked 8. cooked
• 9. started 10. finished
 Writing
• Time
• For decades use in
• For complete dates use on
• For years use in
• Place
• For institutions use at
• For countries and states use in
• For movement to a place use to
 Past simple
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
Answer -answered get- got
Look- looked have- had
Pick up- picked up hear- heard
Walk- walked know- knew
Look- looked leave- left
make- made
see- saw
 Practice
• 1. were 2. heard
• 3. went/ asked 4. wrote
• 5. got 6. became
• 7. ended 8. made
• 9. were 10. won
 Practice
• 1. talk- talked 2. ask- asked
• 3. stop- stopped 4. use- used
• 5. print- printed 6. like- liked
• 7. want- wanted 8. chat- chatted
• 9. start- started 10. Study- studied
 Practice
• 1. was
• 2. went
• 3. worked
• 4. became
• 5. ended
• 6. wrote
• 7. won
• 8. died
 Grammar
* we use it to replace singular nouns
* we use it to talk about the weather and
to talk about the time.
 Practice
• 1. Correct
• 2. Incorrect My birthday is in June.
• 3. Incorrect It is warm and sunny today.
• 4. Correct
• 5. Incorrect What time is it?
• 6. Incorrect I like this book. It is about a
family in the 1920s
 Practice
• 1. A car
• 2. The time.
• 3. A baby
• 4. An exercise
• 5. Jam
• 6. A dress
• 7. A chair
• 8. A cake
 Reading
• 2. Because a friend invited me
• 4. My friend Daniel
• 1. Last August
• 3. In France
• 6. Well the most important thing was a
specially converted car.
• 5. Really, really scared
 Past simple
• * Affirmative
S + V- ed
• * Negative
S+ didn’t + V
• * Question
Did + S + V?
 Practice
• 1. Alan did not know a lot about storm
chasing.
• 2. Alan went with his friend Daniel.
• 3. They chased storm in a car.
• 4. The car did not have any metal.
• 5. Lightning hit the car three times.
 Practice
• 1. Where did you go?
• 2. Who did you go with?
• 3. How did you travel?
• 4. What did you do there?
• 5. Did you have a good time?
 Practice
• I didn’t walk to the museum.
• I didn’t know his name.
• Did they get up early?
• Did she leave when the class finish?
• He wrote her an email.
• They went to the meeting.
• Did you ask the teacher?
• I didn’t see him at the office.
 Practice
• 1. Where did you go?
• 2. When did you go?
• 3. Where did you stay?
• 4. What did you do?
• 5. How long were you there?
• 6. What did you eat?
 Unit 7
• 1. What country would you like to call?
• 2. The United States
• 3. And What’s the name of the city or town you would
like to call?
• 4. Chicago, Illinois.
• 5. What’s the last name of the person you would like to
call?
• 6. McGuinness.
• 7. What’s their first initial?
• 8. P, for Paul.
• 9. Thank you. The number is 3125678741.
 Reading
• 1. It happened last year
• 2. It happened in Sharjar, in the United Arab
Emirates.
• 3. It lasted ten days.
• 4. Thousands of people attended.
• 5. There were several activities for children.
• 6. It takes places every year.
• 7. Its aim is to encourage young people to buy
and read more books.
• 8. They bought book, they ate Arabic food.
 Language focus
• There were over one thousand publishers from
many different countries at the Book Fair.
• Thousands of people visited the Book fair.
• The Book Fair had lots of different sections.
• Most books were in Arabic, but there were some
books in English.
• Lots of different writers came to the fair.
• There were several activities for children.
•
 Grammar
• Where did you go at weekend?
• Who did you go on holiday with?
• How did you travel to London?
• What did you do last night?
• Did you have good time at the party?
• What time is it?
• Is it snowy in Alaska in December?
• Blizzard is the English word for a snow storm
 Grammar
• become- became know- knew
• make- made see- saw
• stop- stopped win- won
• hear- heard leave- left
• play- played study- studied
• visit- visited write- wrote
 Vocabulary
• It’s sunny
• It’s foggy
• It’s cloudy
• It’s rainy
• It’s windy
• It’s bright.