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PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTOGRADO 8 TEMAS PASADO SIMLE Y PASADO CNTINUO

Name_________________________________________ Grade_____________ Date:____________________________

Simple past: 1- Affirmative form: S Verb in past +C 2- Negative from: S + AUX DID + VERB PRESENT +C 3- Interrogative from; AUX DID + S + VERB PRESENT + C the past of the regular verbs is formed adding ed WH questions meaning what: que cual / Where: donde/ when: cuando/ why: por qué / who: quien/ how: como/

Make the past simple: Write the verbs in brackets in Past Simple. Affirmative form

_ Luis :…..went…………………….(go) to Bogota last month. - My sister .............................. (tidy) her bedroom yesterday morning. – We ................................ (phone) our cousins last week. – The girls ............................... (play) on the computer last night. - I ....................................... (travel) to Paris three months ago. - John ................................. (stay) at his granny’s house last summer. - The film ........................... (end) very late yesterday. - My family .......................... (live) in New York in 1995. - You .............................. (clean) your teeth three times yesterday.

Make the past simple negative: 1. (I / not / go out last night) ________________________________________________________________________ 2. (you / not / come to the party) ____________________________________________________________________ 3. (she / not / love chocolate as a child) _______________________________________________________________ 4. (he / not / like sport) ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. (we / not / study for the exam) ____________________________________________________________________ 6. (they / not / cook at the weekend) __________________________________________________________________ 7. (Lucy / not / meet her friends last week) ______________________________________________________________ 8. (I / not / stay at home) _____________________________________________________________________________ 9. (you / not / do your homework) ______________________________________________________________________ 10. (John / not / work in the bank at the same time as me) __________________________________________________

Make past simple ‘wh’ questions: 1. (where / you / go to school?) ______________________________________________________________________ 2. (when / she / arrive?) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. (why / he / eat so much?) ________________________________________________________________________ 4. (what / they / do yesterday?) ______________________________________________________________________ 5. (who / you / meet at the party?) ____________________________________________________________________ 6. (how / she / come to work this morning?) _____________________________________________________________7. (where / I / leave my glasses?) ______________________________________________________________________ 8. (when / he / get home last night?) __________________________________________________________________ 9. (what / you / do at the weekend?) ___________________________________________________________________ 10. (why / she / get angry?) ___________________________________________________________________________

Past continuousEscriba el uso del pasado continuo: El pasado continuo sirve para _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Escriba la estructura del pasado continuo

Escriba cutro reglas para frmar el continuo” ing” y 10 ejemplos para cada regla.1.- __________________________________________________________________________Ejemplos________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. ___________________________________________________________________________Ejemplos: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ejemplos: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. ___________________________________________________________________________Ejemplos: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

past simple & past continuous 1. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. a. Were you watching (watch) the football match on TV when I phoned (phone)? b. The teachers _______________ (speak) when you _______________ (arrive) to school. c. We _______________ (not like) the movie. It was boring. d. I _________________ (not listen) to music last night. I ______________ (study) Chemistry. e. She _______________ (have) a shower when you ______________ (knock) at the door. f. They _____________ (not go) to the theatre last month. The tickets were all sold. g. While Chris and Jane ___________________ (travel) on Saturday, we _________________ (prepare) the party for their arrival. h. The children _______________ (sing) some songs last week, at the Christmas Festival. i. Yesterday, I _______________ (hear) a strange noise while I _______________ (put on) my pyjamas. j. We _________________ (write) notes in class, when the Headmaster _____________ (come) in. k. What __________ you __________ (do) last Tuesday at 11 p.m.? 2. Underline the correct answer. a. While my mother [cooked / was cooking], she [watched / was watching] TV. b. We [slept / were sleeping] in our bedrooms at 6 o’clock. c. The boys [played / were playing] baseball when it [started / was starting] to rain. d. My cousin [had / was having] dinner when the telephone [rang / was ringing]. e. When I [got / was getting] up, my father [read / was reading] the newspaper. f. Emilio [fell / was falling] when he [painted / was painting] the wall. g. The doctor [examined / was examining] my eyesight yesterday. 3. Complete the following text with the Past Simple of the Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. I was (be) with some friends and we _______________ (run) in a race. It was a marathon. There _____________ (be) hundreds of runners around us, men and women, and it _____________ (be) extremely


hot. As we _____________ (cross) a bridge over a river, I suddenly _____________ (notice) that everyone in the race _______________ (have) the same face, even my friends! They were all the same person! I _____________ (want) to stop, but there ______________ (be) so many people behind me that I _______________ (have to) keep running. Then I _______ __________ (wake up) screaming

Acciones paralelas

Escriba que son las acciones paralelas: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Escriba 10 frases con acciones parlelas:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________2. ____________________________________________________________________________________3. ____________________________________________________________________________________4. ___________________________________________________________________________________5. ____________________________________________________________________________________6. ____________________________________________________________________________________7. ____________________________________________________________________________________8. ____________________________________________________________________________________9. ____________________________________________________________________________________10. ___________________________________________________________________________________

AtmosferaQue es una atmosfera______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Escriba 10 frases utilizando elvocabularia de la famila para describer una atmosfera:

1. ____________________________________________________________________________________2. ____________________________________________________________________________________3. ____________________________________________________________________________________4. ____________________________________________________________________________________5. ____________________________________________________________________________________6. ____________________________________________________________________________________7. ____________________________________________________________________________________8. ____________________________________________________________________________________9. ____________________________________________________________________________________10. ____________________________________________________________________________________


11. You look really great! at the fitness centre lately?0a- did you exercise b- have you exercised c- have you been exercising

12. A) What when the accident happened?a- did you do b- have you done c- were you doing

B) I to change a light bulb that had burned out.a- tried b- was trying c- have tried

13. I the same car for more than ten years. I am thinking about buying a new onea- had had b- have had c- had

14. If it this weekend we can go to Lake Tahoe for a skiing holiday.a- will snow b- snowed c- snows

15. What do you call people who work in libraries? I think they librarians.a- were called b- have called c- are called

16. I to England six months ago. a- have come b- was coming c- came

17. Sam in San Diego a week ago.a- has been arriving b- arrived c- was arriving

18. Samantha in Berlin for over twenty years. In fact, she there when the Berlin Wall came down.a- lives b- did live c- has been livinga- was living b- had been living c- lived

19. If Vera keeps drinking she her job.a- will lose b- loses c- will be losing

20. The Maya established a civilized culture in the jungles of Yucatan, however their culture disappeared by the

time the first Europeans in the New World.a- were arriving b- have arrived c- arrived

21. Please be quiet! John .a- is sleeping b- will be sleeping c- sleeps

has been arriving

had slept


22. It all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.a- has been raining b- was raining c- rained

23. Listen Donna! I don't care if you missed the bus this morning. You too late to work too many times. You are fired.a- were being b- have been c- had been

24. I too much yet a- hadn’t travelled b- have not travelled c- didn’t travel

25. In the last one hundred years travelling very comfortable and much easier. In the 19th

century it two or three months to cross America by covered wagon. The trip was very rough and often dangerous. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of minutes.a- became b- has become c- was becominga- took b- was taking c- has taken

26. Joe's English , isn't it? Yes, he has been watching American TV programs every day since he first arrived in San Francisco last December. He will soon be totally fluent.a- is really improving b- did really improve c- has been really improving

27. When I home last night I discovered that Jane had prepared a great candlelight dinnera- was arriving b- had arrived c- arrived

What is the difference in meaning of the following sentences:I studied when she slept= i studied after she slept (2 continuous action, there is no big time difference)I was studying when she slept= she slept in the time when I was studyingI was studying while she was sleeping= 2 long action that happened at the same time in the pastI studied after she had slept = she slept and after some time I studied

has been raining

did not travel

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