Content 11

 

UNIT 11

What do you remember about your first friend?

I met him in the school, his name was Fernando, he was 6 years old. We lived in the same neighborhood, we enjoyed playing soccer in the afternoons. We were very happy.

TO BE (Past)

I was

You were

He was

She was

It was

We were

You were

They were

 

I was unhappy.

My teacher was strict.

We were scared.

They were tall.

Structure:

subject + was/were + adjective.

 

I was a teacher.

She was my friend.

They were my students.

Structure:

subject + was/were + noun

Noun:

People

Animals

Things

 

He is working (Present Progressive)

He was working (Past Progressive)

 

Negative form:

He was my teacher.

He was not my teacher.

He wasn’t my teacher.

 

They were friends.

They were not friends.

They weren’t friends.

 

 

She was angry.

She was not angry.

She wasn’t angry.

 

Questions:

You were tired.

 

Were you tired?

Yes, I was.

No, I wasn’t.

 

She was a lawyer.

 

Was she a lawyer?

Yes, she was.

No, she wasn’t.

 

I wasn’t good with numbers. I wasn’t good in Math.

 

 

Were you happy? (Yes/no question)

Yes, I was

No, I wasn’t

 

Where Were you happy? (Information question)

I was happy when I was a child.

I was happy in my school.

 

When Were you happy?

I was happy when I was 18 years old.

 

Why were you happy?

I was happy because I had good grades.

 

Where were you last night?

Last night I was at home.

 

Vocabulary

Get lost = perderse

I got lost = Yo me perdí

Get sick = enfermarse

I got sick = Yo me enfermé

 

Get married = casarse

We got married = Nosotros nos casamos

 

Get along = llevarse bien.

I broke up with my girlfriend because we didn’t get along.

 

Get a bad sunburn = quemarse con el sol