Unit 4

Would you dare?

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D

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V

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VERBS

• SWIM JUMP CYCLE WALK SKISAIL FALL CLIMB DRIVE RUN

PREPOSITIONS

• ACROSS INTO OUT OF OFFTHROUGH OVER UNDER DOWNUP AROUND

PLACES

• DESERT FOREST FALLS LAKE OCEAN

MOUNTAINS POLE RIVER SEA VALLEY

DEFINITIONS VERBS

To descend by the force of gravity from a higher to a lower

place

To descend

To move along in water, etc, by means of movements of the

body or parts of the body, esp the arms and legs, or (in the

case of fish) tail and fins

To travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle

To go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)

To pass under something, a bench, a ladder…

To circle something by running

To leap over an obstacle

to leap or spring into someplace like a swimming pool

FALL OFF

CLIMB DOWN

SWIM ACROSS

CYCLE THROUGH

CLIMB UP

WALK UNDER

RUN AROUND

JUMP OVER

JUMP INTO

Reading workbook

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-0uBcnmE2M LONG WAY ROUND

This documentary series follows actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on a motorcycle trip around the world. The two friends will travel through such places as Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Alaska, before finally ending the journey in New York.

2004 - to cross 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Riding their BMW GS R1200s(Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, through Siberia, over to Alaska, through Canada, North America and finished in New York. The Long Way Round journey would challenge their view of the world and also test their physical endurance.

Ewan and Charley also helped to raise awareness for the vital UNICEF projects they visited along the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3K9Db_EcJM

• LONG WAY DOWN

Following the world success of Long Way Round, Ewan and Charley once again combined their love for motorbikes with the irresistible attraction for wide and big roads on the Long Way Down. Riding their BMW GS R1200s from John O'Groats, Scotland, through Western Europe, East and Southern Africa.

Geographical features

Lake

River

Desert

Forest

Valley

Ocean

Sea

Pole

Falls

Mountains

http://www.spain-holiday.com/Spain/articles/10-great-lakes-and-reservoirs-in-spain

http://www.spain-holiday.com/Spain/articles/10-amazing-spanish-rivers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/minube/8-amazing-places-made-fam_b_4460056.html

There are no poles in Spain

https://www.google.es/search?q=Famous+rivers+in+spain&biw=1366&bih=630&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=iBu6VNunBIvpUom-glA&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&dpr=1#q=Famous+valleys+in+spain

http://www.spain-holiday.com/Spain/articles/top-10-spanish-forests

http://www.hellovisitspain.com/en/toph/3.html

http://www.geonames.org/ES/highest-mountains-in-spain.html

PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

What were you doing…?

Yesterday at 7:00 in the morning…

Yesterday at 22:00…

On Tuesday morning…

On Monday at night…

On the 31st at 0:00…

This morning at 8:00…

PAST CONTINUOUSThis tense describes…

AN ACTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AT SOMEPOINT IN THE PAST.My brother was working yesterday at 7They were doing and exam last Friday at 2:30

TWO EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME INTHE PASTEllen was cooking while her sister was watching TV

2º ESO Unit 4 Grammar

• I was eating chocolate

• She was studying French

• They were reading comics all night

• You were talking during the film

• My dogs were barking the whole night

• He was phoning his mother

• I was cutting wood in the forest

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMPLE.

SUBJECT + WAS/ WERE + GERUND (Verb + ing)

GERUND = continuous form of the verb

In Spanish= RUN– CorrerRUNNING- Corriendo

AFFIRMATIVE• I was studying yesterday at 5 o’clock

• Peter was living in San Francisco

• They were watching TV

• My best friend was travelling to Paris

Think about something…

you were doing yesterday at 10:00…

your father was watching on TV at 14:00…

the person next to you was eating yesterday…

YOU – WE – THEY WERE Ving ………..I - HE – SHE – IT WAS Ving ………..

NEGATIVE • I wasn’t studying yesterday at 5 o’clock

• Peter wasn’t living in San Francisco

• They weren’t watching TV

• My best friend wasn’t travelling to Paris

Think about something…

you weren’t doing yesterday at 10:00…

your father wasn’t watching on TV at 14:00…

the person next to you wasn’t eating yesterday…

YOU – WE – THEY WEREn’t Ving ………..I - HE – SHE – IT WASn’t Ving ……….

INTERROGATIVE• Were you studying yesterday at 5 o’clock?

• Was Peter living in San Francisco?

• Were they watching TV?

• Was your best friend travelling to Paris?

ASK YOUR PARTNER About something…

he was doing yesterday at 20:00…

his/her father watch on TV at night…

the person next to you was doing yesterday…

WERE YOU – WE – THEY Ving ………..?WAS I - HE – SHE – IT Ving ………..?

Think about two different actions.

- I was reading while…..

- When the phone rang I ….

- When I opened the window it …

- I was walking when the car…

- I was walking when I …..

- While they were cooking I…

PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE

The past continuous describes a longer action or

situation and the ‘action’ described by the past

simple tense interrupts the ‘situation’ described by

the past continuous tense

• It was raining hard when we left the building.

• While I was reading the report you rang.

• He was going out to lunch when I saw him.

• While he was cooking I phoned him

WHILE – It is usually used before continuous tensesWHEN - It is usually used before simple tenses

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