Unit 5: Places and People

 

Hello, kids. In this Unit 5, as you can see looking at the pictures, we're going to study: "Places and People". Apart of that, you have to review THE TIME and the verb " TO BE" in the Present Tense and the Past Simple Tense.

VOCABULARY:

A)    Places in a town:

Shopping centre (centro comercial), library (biblioteca), supermarket (supermercado), theatre (teatro), hotel (hotel), church (iglesia), cinema (cine), café (cafetería), restaurant (restaurante), shop (tienda), school (escuela), bank (banco), swimming pool (piscina).

B)    Jobs:

Scientist (científico), cook (cocinero), farmer (granjero), waiter (camarero), waitress (camarera), student (estudiante), baker (panadero), fishmonger (pescadero), firefighter (bombero), teacher (maestro), hairdresser (peluquero), electrician (electricista), doctor (médico), musician (músico), taxi driver (taxista), nurse (enfermera).

C)    Prepositions:

In front of (delante de); opposite (enfrente de), next to (al lado de), between (entre, en medio de)

D)    The time:

O’clock (en punto), quarter past (y cuarto), quarter to (menos cuarto), half past (y media)

GRAMMAR: Sentences that we're going to use in this Unit.

• Excuse me. Where's the hospital?
• It's over there. Near the hospital.
• Where's the church, please?
• It's on Church Street.
• Great. Thank you.
• Excuse me. Is there a hotel near here?
• Yes. It's opposite the cinema.
• OK. Thank you.

Verb "to BE" ------------   Simple Past Tense (Tiempo Pasado Simple)

a) Affirmative Form:

                       I was  (Yo era, estaba)                                                    We were
                      You were (Tú eras, estabas)                               Plural    You were
    Singular      He was (Él era, estaba)                                                   They were
                       She was (Ella era, estaba)                                       
                       It was (él era, estaba:animales y cosas)

b) Negative Form.

La forma negativa se hace añadiendo a la forma afirmativa la  negación "not" siguiendo el ejemplo:

           Was + not =  WASN'T                            Were + not = WEREN'T

Examples:
                * I wasn't at the cinema yesterday.
                * They weren't playing football last Sunday.

c) Interrogative Form:

La forma interrogativa  sigue el modelo que aparece a continuación:

                                      Was/Were +  Sujeto + El resto de la frase....

Examples:
                      * Were you at home last Saturday?           Yes, I was. / No, I wasn't.
                      * Was she playing the piano yesterday?     Yes, she was. / No, she wasn't.
                      * Were they with you yesterday morning?  Yes, they were. / No, they weren't.

If you want to practise the contents  we're going to learn in this unit, click on this links, please.

About Places:

a1      a2      a3      a4      a5      a6      a7      a8      a9      a10      a11      a12      a13      a14      a15

a16     a17      a18      a19      a20     a21      a22      a23      a24      a25

About People:


b1      b2      b3      b4      b5      b6      b7      b8      b9      b10      b11      b12      b13      b14      b15 

b16      b17      b18      b19      b20      b21      b22      b23      b24      b25

About the Past Simple of the verb TO BE, here you have several activities:

c1      c2      c3      c4      c5      c6      c7       c8      c9      c10      c11      c12      c13       c14      c15

c16      c17      c18      c19      c20      c21      c22      c23       c24       c25

And these videos