English 3: Unit 4. Growing up.
Learning outcome: 4.1 Aplica expresiones de experiencias pasadas en contextos sociales o laborales a
través de interacción oral. (Integrada Competencia Genérica Autogestión)
Assessment criteria: [Link] preguntas y respuestas sobre el origen propio y de un interlocutor.
[Link] gustos y aversiones.
[Link] sobre el tiempo que estuvieron o que duró una acción.
[Link] preguntas y respuestas sobre un pasado terminado.
[Link] objetivos para el desarrollo de su propio aprendizaje (largo plazo).
Contents:
Expresiones de pasado.
Frases para mencionar lugar y fecha de nacimento.
Asignaturas del colegio
Class1
Class 2
Unit’s prezi: [Link]
June 13th: Unit 4 practice.
June 17th: Unit 4 practice.
June 20th: No classes.
June 24th: Portfolio delivering and role-play practice
June 27th: No classes.
June 1st: Role-play. (No second chances)
July 5th: Unit 5.
July 4th: Unit 5.
July 8th: Unit 5.
July 11th: Test.
July 15th: Portfolio marks, averages, and review for the exam.
July 18th: Exam.
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Exercise 1: Read the following paragraph and identify past structures.
I was born in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires in 1981. I grew up in a neighbourhood called
Villa Sarmiento. My parents were born in Rosario and my sister was born in Buenos Aires. I
studied at Juan XXIII school from 1986 to 1993. I moved to La Serena, Chile in 2001 and
13 years ago I started University in La Serena. I teach English at Inacap since 2013.
Exercise 2: Pay attention to the following questions and answers. Identify mistakes and
correct them according to the paragraph.
a) Where did you study? I studied at Juan XXIII school for 5 years.
b) When did you start University? I started University in 2010.
c) Where did you grow up? I grew up in Rosario.
d) Where were you born? I was born in Villa Sarmiento.
e) When were you born? I was born in 1982.
f) Where were your parents born? My father was born in Buenos Aires and my
mother was born in Rosario.
Exercise 3: Complete the following questions and answer them with your own
information:
g) Where____ you study when you were a child?___________________________
h) When _____ you start University? _____________________________________
i) Where ____ you grow up? ___________________________________________
j) Where ____ you born? _______________________________________________
k) When _____you born? _______________________________________________
l) Where _____ your parents born? ______________________________________
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Exercise 4:
Exercise 5: Complete the questions using was-were-did and answer them.
1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________
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Exercise 6: Write the years in numbers or words
Exercise 7: Complete the conversations using did-didn’t, was-wasn’t, were-weren’t
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Exercise 8:
Exercise 9: Unscramble the questions and answer them
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Exercise 10: A Complete the following questions:
a) Where ________ Ling born?
b) Where ______ her parents born?
c) When ____ they move to Sao Paulo?
d) How long ______ Ling live in Sao Paulo?
e) _______ she grow up bilingual?
Exercise 10: B Listen here [Link]
and answer the questions above.
a) .
b) .
c) .
d) .
e) .
Exercise 11: School subjects. Read the following school subjects and say. What subjects did you
like? What subjects you didn’t? Complete with was or were when necessary.
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a) I loved _________ and __________ . They____________ my favorite subjects.
b) I liked geometry and algebra I was very good at it.
c) I didn’t like _________. It _____ boring.
d) I hated____________. I ______ terrible at it.
Exercise 12: Complete the questions using was-were or did and answer them, add 2 more
questions.
a) What school ____ you go to?
___________________________________________________________________
b) What _____ your favorite subjects? Why?
____________________________________________________________________
c) What subjects _________you hate?
_____________________________________________________________________
d) Who ____ your best friends at high school? _________________________________
e) ______you better at Math or Languages? ___________________________________
f) ________ you like Physics? Why? _________________________________________
g) _____________________________________________________________________
h) _____________________________________________________________________