When I was

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Unit 6

Listen and learn When I was

Audiovisual Presentation

Listen to the following text.

Audio Text

Now, listen again reading along with the writen text.

Let's try and remember what life was like when we were six. I could go to school and was in the first grade of elementary school. I had a lot of friends and we all learned to read and write. We could add and subtract too, but we didn't know how to multiply or divide.

I liked my teacher a lot, but recess on the playground was the most fun. We all liked to play tag and hopscotch. Sometimes we played soccer too. If it was too sunny, we just sat in the shade and gossiped talking about everything that had happened in school that week. What did you like best?

I liked to ride the merry go round and eat cotton candy, but I didn't like vegetables. I loved to watch cartoons on TV and play computer games.

There were lots of things I still had to learn. For example, I didn't know how to drive a car or even ride a bicycle very well yet. I couldn't cook my own dinner and my parents wouldn't let me go to the park alone. I could brush my hair by myself and I knew how to brush my teeth also.

I had some strange ideas. I thought the moon was made of green cheese and believed in the tooth fairy. I was afraid of goblins and monsters. Sometimes I had nightmares and couldn't sleep. Were you afraid of anything?

I didn't like clowns because they scared me. I got very angry when the boys pulled my pigtails.

Sometimes I was very naughty. I liked to paint, but often I drew pictures on the walls too. When it rained, I liked to splash in mud puddles and sometimes my clothes got very dirty. What did you do?

I liked to play with water and sometimes I got all wet. Once in a while I fought with my younger brother when he broke my toys.

Regular verbs

Listen to the text another time and fill in the blanks using regular verbs. Pay attention to the word order in your text and punctuation.

We all learned to read and write.

I liked my teacher a lot.

We all liked to play tag and hopscotch.

Sometimes we played soccer too.

I liked to ride the merry go round and eat cotton candy.

I loved to watch cartoons on TV and play computer games.

The boys pulled my pigtails.

I liked to paint pictures.

I liked to splash in mud puddles.

Irregular verbs

Listen to the text another time and fill in the blanks using irregular verbs. Pay attention to the word order in your text and punctuation.

Recess on the playground was the most fun.

If it was too sunny, we just sat in the shade and gossiped.

What did you like best?

I didn't like vegetables.

There were lots of things I still had to learn.

I had some strange ideas.

I thought the moon was made of green cheese.

Sometimes I had nightmares and couldn't sleep.

Were you afraid of anything?

I didn't like clowns because they scared me.

I got very angry when the boys pulled my pigtails.

Sometimes I was very naughty.

I drew pictures on the walls too.

Sometimes my clothes got very dirty.

What did you do?

Sometimes I got all wet.

Once in a while I fought with my younger brother when he broke my toys.

Could and couldn't

Listen to the text another time and fill in the missing information about what they could or couldn't do. Pay attention to the word order in your text and punctuation.

I could go to school and was in the first grade of elementary school.

I had a lot of friends and we all learned how to read and write.

We could add and subtract too, but we didn't know how to multiply or divide.

For example, I didn't know how to drive a car or even ride a bicycle very well yet.

I couldn't cook my own dinner and my parents wouldn't let me go to the park alone.

I could brush my hair by myself and I knew how to brush my teeth also.

Simple past: meaning and form

The simple past adds a sense of distance which may be temporal, imaginary, or social

Notion

Use

Examples

Temporal distance

Definite completed action
States in the past
Habitual repeated action
Indirect speech

We all learned to read and write.
I had a lot of friends.
Often I drew pictures on the walls.
I thought the moon was made of green cheese.

Imaginary distance

Hypothetical situation

If it was too sunny, we sat in the shade.

Social distance

Sign of politeness

Were you afraid of anything?

Regular verbs

How to form the simple past tense of regular verbs

Rule

Examples

Affirmative

Most verbs

Add -ed to the infinitive without to (verb word)

Sometimes we played soccer too.

Verbal endings exceptions:

e
consonant + y
one vowel + one consonant

Add -d
Change the y to i and add -ed
Double the consonant + -ed

I liked to ride the merry go round.
I tried to ride my bicycle.
I hopped on one foot when I played hopscotch.

Negative

Subject plus the auxilliary did + not + the verb word

I did not (didn't) know how to drive a car.

Interrogative

Place did before the subject

Did you like your teacher?

Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the formation of the Simple Past of Irregular verbs. You have to learn these forms by heart.

Match the following present tense verbs with the correct forms in past.

am

are

sit

have

get

do

can

will

draw

know

ride

go

fight

was

were

sat

had

got

did

could

would

drew

knew

rode

went

fought

Word Order

affirmative, negative, interrogative

Rules

Examples

1. Subjects come before the verb in affirmative sentences.

Sometimes my clothes got very dirty.

2. In negative sentences without any auxiliaries, insert didn't or did not before the simple form of the verb.

I didn't like vegetables.

3. In the case of negative sentences with a form of to be, just add n't or not to this form.

I wasn't always obedient.

4. In yes/no question insert did before the subject.

Did you learn how to read?

5. In WH- questions (what, where, when etc.) also place the auxiliary did before the subject.

What did you do?

6. In questions with a form of to be, just place this form in front of the subject?

Were you afraid of anything?

Word Order

Place the components of the following sentences in the word order used in this text.

What did you like best?

I loved to watch cartoons on TV and play computer games

But we didn't know how to multiply or divide

We could add and subtract too

I liked to ride the merry go round and eat cotton candy, but I didn't like vegetables

I could go to school and was in the first grade of elementary school

I had a lot of friends and we all learned to read and write

I thought the moon was made of green cheese and believed in the tooth fairy

I was afraid of goblins and monsters

Sometimes I had nightmares and couldn't sleep

Were you afraid of anything?

I didn't like clowns because they scared me

I got very angry when the boys pulled my pigtails

I couldn't cook my own dinner and my parents wouldn't let me go to the park alone

What could they do?

Drag the following expressions to the correct category.

Read and write Play soccer Drive a car Add and subtract Go to the park alone Brush my hair by myself Cook my own dinner Brush my teeth Play tag Go to school Ride a bicycle very well

Could

couldn't

Logical relations

Conjunction

Meaning

AND

Add additional information to confirm expectations.

BUT

Introduce contradictions that often frustrate expectations.

BECAUSE

Introduce the cause in a cause and effect relationship.

IF

Introduce the condition in a hypothetical relation.

WHEN

Indicates a simultaneous temporal relation that sometimes is also causal.

Logical relations

Drag these conjunctions as used in your text to the corresponding spaces.

I had a lot of friends and we all learned to read and write.

We could add and subtract too, but we didn't know how to multiply or divide.

if it was too sunny, we just sat in the shade and gossiped.

I liked my teacher a lot, but recess on the playground was the most fun.

I couldn't cook my own dinner and my parents wouldn't let me go to the park alone.

I got very angry when the boys pulled my pigtails.

I liked to ride the merry go round and eat cotton candy, but I didn't like vegetables.

I could brush my hair by myself and I knew how to brush my teeth also.

I didn't like clowns because they scared me.

if it rained, I liked to splash in mud puddles.

Once in a while I fought with my younger brother when he broke my toys.

Antonyms

Match the following with their antonyms (opposites).

remember

add

multiply

go

life

like

friends

naughty

dirty

wet

know

strange

believe

a lot

alone

pull

let

forget

subtract

divide

come

death

hate

enemies

good

clean

dry

ignore

familiar

have no faith

not at all

together

push

prohibit

Writing

Stop and Think

Try and remember what your life was like at age six.
Choose one important event.
Describe where you were and who was with you.
Tell us what happened.
Use verbs in past tense.
Send your composition to a forum.

Creative Task

Write a short story about the life of a few of your own friends age six. Describe the characters and narrate the action. When referring to their distinguishing characteristics (either mental or physical) and activities at that age, use verbs in past tense. Send your story to a forum. If you wish, send illustrations too.

Listening Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

Audiovisual Presentation

Audio Text

Regular verbs

Irregular verbs

Could and couldn't

Simple past: meaning and form

Regular verbs

Irregular verbs

Word Order

Word Order

What could they do?

Logical relations

Logical relations

Antonyms

Writing

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