UNIT 6. EL PASADO MISCELLANEA Los diferentes tipos de habitación en un hotel 1. Dónde alojaría a los siguientes viajeros? Relacione las columnas A y B. Utilice un diccionario si no conoce el significado de algunas palabras. A Una persona que viaja sola Un matrimonio con dos hijos adolescentes Un matrimonio con dos hijos pequeños Un multimillonario B A double room and a twin bedded room. A suite. A single room. A family room. TEXT The Past Simple Tense. Regular and Irregular Verbs Los verbos regulares son todos aquellos que forman el pasado y el participio añadiendo la terminación -ed al infinitivo del verbo. work worked live lived play played La grafía de algunos verbos puede variar al añadir esta terminación: a. Los verbos acabados en -e eliminan esta vocal: like liked close closed b. Los monosílabos con la estructura (consonante) +consonante + vocal + consonante doblan esta última consonante al añadirles -ed: stop stopped fit fitted knit knitted c. Los verbos acabados en -y precedida de consonante hacen diptongo -ie: study studied bury buried d. Los verbos irregulares, tal como su nombre indica, no siguen ninguna norma y es necesario aprender las formas de pasado y participio correspondientes a cada verbo: Ejemplos: Página 1
Infinitive Past simple Past Participle see saw seen fly flew flown put put put buy bought bought Como puede observar, en la tabla hay una conjugación única para todas las personas. Las formas interrogativas y negativas necesitan del auxiliar did (pasado del verbo do ). Al utilizar este auxiliar, el verbo principal queda en la forma de infinitivo. Past Simple Afirmative Negative Interrogative I stopped I did not (didn't) stop Did I stop? You stopped You did not (didn't) stop Did you stop? He/she/it stopped He/she/it did (didn't) stop Did he/she/it stop? We stopped We did not (didn't) stop Did we stop? You stopped You did not (didn't) stop Did you stop? They stopped They did not (didn't) stop Did they stop? e. La negación e interrogación de los verbos irregulares se hace de la misma manera: They ran They did not (didn't) run Did they run? He knew He did not (didn't) know Did he know? 2. LISTENING. At the meeting. Lidia está en Heidelberg, Alemania, en viaje de negocios. Ha citado a Mr Lang, Mrs Ackerman y Mr Helmotz en un restaurante para mantener una reunión. Escucha la conversación y lee el diálogo. Mrs Ackerman & Mr Lang: Hi, Frank. How are you? Mr Helmotz: Fine, thanks. Mrs Ackerman:Let me introduce you to Mrs Lidia Ferrer, from Easy Travel in Barcelona. Lidia: Pleased to meet you. Mr Helmotz: Pleased to meet you too. I m sorry we couldn t meet yesterday but I had another appointment, as you know. But I m sure you talked about very interesting things. Lidia: You re right. As you know, I work for Easy Travel, one of the leading holiday enterprises in Spain. I m here because my company wants to attract a specific type of European tourist to Spain. Mrs Ackerman: And we also talked about the possibility of doing the same thing in Germany and getting Spanish tourists to come here. The idea is to do a sort of exchange. Página 2
Mr Lang: Yes! For example, imagine that a Spanish family would like to visit Germany and the German family wants to visit Spain. We offer them different possibilities: they can buy the typical organized trip, of course, or they can exchange homes. While the Spanish family is in Germany they can accommodate themselves at the German family s home and vice-versa. Lidia: Obviously this type of tourism is only for select families. We started this programme in Great Britain a couple of years ago and in France last year and the people who tried it were extremely satisfied. Mr Helmotz: That sounds really great! But tell me about the conditions... 3. Vuelve a escuchar la conversación e indica cuáles de las frases siguientes son verdaderas (T) y cuáles son falsas (F). 1. This is the first time Lidia meets Hans Helmotz. 2. Lidia, Helmotz and Lang had a meeting the day before. 3. Lidia works for a hotel. 4. Mrs Ackermann works for Easy Travel. 5. Easy Travel wants to send Spanish tourists to Germany. 6. Mrs Ackerman and Mr Lang want to attract Spanish tourists. 7. This type of tourism is addressed to all types of people. 8. Easy Travel started this scheme two years ago. 4. Contesta a estas preguntas con oraciones completas. 1. Why could Mr Helmotz not meet Lidia yesterday? 2. What is Easy Travel? 3. Why is Lidia in Germany? 4. According to Easy Travel s plan, where can Spanish families accommodate themselves while they are on holiday in Germany? 5. When did Easy Travel start to offer this kind of holiday? Página 3
VOCABULARY El vocabulario más imprescindible para moverse dentro de un aeropuerto internacional. 5. A continuación presentamos situaciones típicas que se dan en un aeropuerto. Escoge la opción correcta. Usa un diccionario si lo necesitas. 1. Ud. quiere facturar su equipaje. Esta operación se llama: a. facturation b. check-in c. check-out d. baggage 2. Una vez ha facturado el equipaje, cambia su billete por: a. the boarding card b. the flight ticket c. the plane pass 3. Ahora que ya tiene su tarjeta de embarque, decide compra unos artículos libres de impuestos. Esto lo hará en: a. the souvenir shop b. the airport shop c. the gift shop d. the duty free shop 4. Su vuelo es anunciado por megafonía. Adónde se dirigirá? a. the waiting room b. door number... c. the boarding gate 5. Ya ha llegado a su destino. Ahora para recuperar su equipaje, Ud se dirigirá a: a. baggage claim b. traveller's bags c. luggage wanted d. lost property office Cortesía A su/tu salud! Cheers Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year! Adiós! ; Hasta la vista! Goodbye Feliz cumpleaños! Happy Birthday! Adiós! Bye-bye! Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas! Bienvenido! Welcome! Gracias! Thanks! Buena suerte! Good luck! Hasta la noche! See you tonight Buenas noches! Good night ; Night-night Hasta luego! See you later Buenas tardes! Good afternoon Hasta pronto! See you (soon) Buenas tardes/noches! Good evening Hola! Hallo, hello! Buenos días! Good morning Hola! Hi (there)! Cúanto lo siento! How sorry I am! Hola! Qué hay! Howdy! Felicidades! Congratulations Perdón! Excuse me! Página 4
Perdón! ; Lo siento! Sorry! Felizmente ; Por fortuna Fortunately Cómo está usted? Cómo está/estás? Qué tal? How do you do? How are you? How are things? Guardar un feliz recuerdo Le presento a To have happy memories of I'd like to introduce you to... Y usted/tú? And you? Me alegro de verle/te Nice to see you Adiós definitivo Farewell ; Adieu Muchos recuerdos Kindest regards Agradecer To thank Muy bien Very well Bien ; Vale ; Tirando OK, okay No hay de qué ; De nada Not at all Bien, gracias Fine, thanks Por favor Please Buenos deseos Good intentions Presentar To introduce De nada ; Faltaría más! Don't mention it Señor Sir Deseos de felicidad Wishes for happiness Señora Madam Disculparse To apologize Sí, por favor Yes please Encantado de conocerle/te Pleased to meet you Estrecharle la mano a alguien To shake hands with SELF-EVALUATION EXERCISES 6. Detecta y corrige los errores de las siguientes oraciones en pasado. 1. Where did he spends his summer holiday last year? 2. When my mother were 18, she won a beauty contest. 3. I didn t did the homework because I left the workbook in the classroom. 4. Sheila buyed me a CD for my birthday. 5. We don t enjoyed the film very much. 7. Vuelve a escribir estas frases usando la forma negativa del pasado simple. Usa las palabras que aparecen entre paréntesis: Example: Jack always takes the train to go to work. (yesterday. / take / bus) Jack didn t take the train to go to work yesterday. He took the bus. 1. I usually have a toast with jam and an orange juice for breeakfast. (this morning. / have / ham sandwich / coffee) Página 5
2. We watch Army Babes on TV every Tuesday. (last Tuesday. / our television / break down) 3. My parents always give me some clothes for my birthday. (this year. / give/ computer) 4. I usually spend 30 at the weekend. (money / this weekend. / I / be / ill / bed) 5. Our friends from Germany come to visit us every summer (last summer. / we / travel / there) 8. Relaciona la columna A con la columna B para formar oraciones completas con sentido. A B When I was at school I went to school for the first time. When I was a child my parents gave me a car for my birthday. When I was 18 I found a job in an office. When I broke my leg I didn t like studying very much. When I left school I cried. When I was five I always spent my holidays on the beach. On my first day at school I stayed at home for a month. OPEN EXERCISES EVALUATION 9. Busca el pasado de los siguientes verbos: try stop have drink buy spend put talk can remember think say study read play 10. Responde a estas preguntas sobre ti. Escribe respuestas con oraciones completas. Página 6
1. What time did you get up today? Yesterday, I got up at 6:30 am. 2. What did you have for breakfast? 3. How old were you when you left school? 4. What was your first job? 5. What presents did you get on your last birthday? 6. When was the last time you played any sport? 7. Did you practise any sports when you were a child? 8. Did you go to the cinema yesterday? 9. What did you do last weekend? 10. Where did you go on your last summer holiday? Página 7
List of irregular verbs Present Past Participle Be was/were been Become became become Begin began begun Blow blew blown Break broke broken Bring brought brought Build built built Burn burn burn Buy bought bought Catch caught caught Choose chose chosen Come came come Cost cost cost Cut cut cut Do did done Draw drew drawn Dream dreamt dreamt Drink drank drunk Drive drove driven Eat ate eaten Fall fell fallen Feel felt felt Fight fought fought Find found found Fly flew flown Forbid forbade forbidden Forget forgot forgotten Get got got Give gave given Go went gone Grow grew grown Hang hung hung Have had had Hear heard heard Hit hit hit Hold held held Hurt hurt hurt Keep kept kept Know knew known Learn learnt learnt Leave left left Lend lent lent Let let let Lose lost lost Make made made Mean meant meant Meet met met Pay paid paid Put put put Read read read Ride rode ridden Ring rang rung Rise rose risen Run ran run Say said said See saw seen Sell sold sold Send sent sent Set set set Meaning Ser/estar Llegar a ser Comenzar Soplar Romper Traer Construir Quemar Comprar Agarrar/coger Elegir Venir Costar Cortar Hacer Dibujar Soñar Beber Conducir Comer Caer Sentir Luchar Encontrar Volar Prohibir Olvidar Conseguir/obtener Dar Ir Crecer Colgar Tener/haber Oír Golpear/dar Sujetar/agarrar Herir Guardar/conservar Saber Aprender Abandonar/irse Prestar Dejar/permitir Perder Hacer Significar/querer decir Encontrarse con/conocer Pagar Poner Leer Montar Sonar/repicar/tañer Subir/elevarse Correr/funcionar Decir Ver Vender Enviar Poner/colocar Página 8
Show showed shown Shut shut shut Sing sang sung Sit sat sat Sleep slept slept Speak spoke spoken Spend spent spent Stand stood stood Steal stole stolen Swim swam swum Take took taken Teach taught taught Tear tore torn Tell told told Think thought thought Throw threw thrown Understand understood understood Wake woke woken Wear wore worn Win won won Write wrote written Mostrar/enseñar Cerrar Cantar Sentarse Dormir Hablar Gastar/pasar Estar de pie Robar Nadar Llevar/coger/tardar Enseñar/dar clases de Rasgar/romper Decir/contar Pensar Arrojar Comprender/entender Despertar Llevar puesto Ganar Escribir Página 9