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CUN
ENGLISH A.1.2

STUDENTS NAME:________________________________________
TEACHERS NAME:________________________________________
2013

TOPICS

Prepositions
Verbs
Verbs in past
Simple past
Modal verb can review
Past continuous
Exercises
Reading comprehension

PREPOSITIONS
IN- ON- AT
IN
Its used for:
General dates
Places: cities, countries
The morning and the afternoon

ON
Days of the week
Special dates
Specific dates

AT
Night
Hours

Example.

Halloween is a special date for that reason the right preposition is

ON: I celebrated with my friends ON Halloween

EXERCISES
Complete with the right preposition

_____ night
____ Christmas
____ July
____ November 7th
____ the morning
____ 7:00 p.m
____ Halloween
____ Colombia
____ 11:00 a.m
____ Cali
____ the afternoon
____ the park
____ 4:17 p.m
____ Wednesday
____ Friday
____ Sunday
____ Holy week
____ 8:05 a.m.
____ Saturday
____ Monday
____ Fathers day
____ Tuesday
____ May 28th
____ May

_____ China
____ Valledupar
____ Womens day
____ October
____ January
____ Childs day
____ 12:00 a.m
____ February 7th
____ New Year
____ Thursday
____ Villavicencio
____ 1:17 p.m.
____ August
____ August 29th
____ June
____ June 20th
____ Independence
day
____ The school
____ My house
____ May
____ March 20th
____ Santander
____ 5:00 p.m.
____ September

____ November 30th

____ holidays
____ Monteria
____ Spain
____ 7:00 a.m.
____ the restaurant
____ the carnival
____ January 1st
____ July
____ the cinema
____ the bathroom
____ 10:00 p.m
____ the forest
____ 4:15 a.m.
____ February
____ February 20th
____ Paipa
____ the gas station
____ My room
____ May 1st
____ Medellin
____ Vacations
____ 3:20 a.m.
____ September 7th

PLACES
Write and draw 21places.

VERBS
Write the meaning of the following verbs:
VERB
Skate
Paint
Swim
Write
Read
Drink
Eat
Jump
Do
Have
Cook
Brush
Chat
Love
Forget
Buy
Comb
Hate
Take

MEANING

VERB
Drive
Pay
Dance
Get
Go
Walk
Wash
Pray
Talk
Iron
Color
Bet
Fish
Listen to
Hug
Check
Sing
Kiss
work

MEANING

VERBS IN PAST
Write the past of the following verbs, you can use the dictionary.
VERB IN PRESENT

Skate
Paint
Swim
Write
Read
Drink
Eat
Jump
Do
Have
Cook
Brush
Chat
Love
Forget
Buy
Comb
Hate
Take

VERB IN PAST

VERB IN PRESENT

Drive
Pay
Dance
Get
Go
Walk
Wash
Pray
Talk
Iron
Color
Bet
Fish
Listen to
Hug
Check
Sing
Kiss
Work

Please. Write sentences in past using the pictures.

VERB IN PAST

Vocabulary exercise
Using the verbs from page 4, invent a soup of letters, into the soup
you must write the verbs in past, and in the lines the verbs in
present.

P
A
I
N
T
E
D

Paint

SIMPLE PAST
USE: This tense is used for talking about actions in past.
TIME EXPRESSSIONS USED IN PAST
Yesterday
year
month
Last
week
Weekend

Sandra

ran

In the race

yesterday

Exercise:
Write more exercises in simple past.(Different verbs)
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ACTIVITY
Write sentences in past and elaborate a picture for each one

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

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SIMPLE PAST IN NEGATIVE FORM

DIDNT

AUXILIAR

Example:
I wrote a text for my English class yesterday: Affirmative (verb in past)
I didnt write a text for my English class yesterday: Negative (verb in
present).
Complete with the sentence in past. (translate them)

1.William swam in the pool last week

William didnt swim in the pool last week
William no nad en la piscine la semana pasada
2.They bought candies in the party on Halloween

3.Veronica walked by the park yesterday

4.Maria Paula and Rosita visited some museums last week

5. We had a lot of money last year

6.I painted my bedroom yesterday afternoon

7.My mom cooked a delicious lasaga last month

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8.My teacher danced reggaeton last weekend

9. You drank coffee this morning

10. My sister skated on ice last year

11. She worked in a bank last December

12. He ate two hamburgers yesterday at night

13. I listened rock music in class yesterday

14. My uncle chatted with me last week

15. We played volleyball in the school on Wednesday

16. My father kissed to my mom this morning

17. Pirry talked about drugs last year

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SPECIAL DATES
In each month you must draw and write a special date.

In each cloud write a month of the year.

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This is a review for the modal verb can.

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PROFESSIONS
Complete the chart
PROFESSION
Teacher

MEANING
Profesor

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VERB TO BE IN PAST
I WAS WASNT
YOU WERE WERENT
SHE WAS WASNT
HE WAS WASNT
IT WAS WASNT
THEY WERE WERENT
WE WERE WERENT

Example:

I was an excellent teacher

Exercises

Write sentences with verb to be in past and using all the

professions

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EXERCISE
With the last activity, you must write sentences in past continuous.
EXAMPLE.
1.(praying): They were praying in the church at night
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