Past Tense in the Past

Theme: An amazing thing happened! p.25

Grammar : Past Tense in the Passive

Vocabulary : Art and literature p.25

Everyday English : Giving opinions p.29

Reading: “The painter and the writer” p.26

Speaking: An amazing thing happened!

Listening : Books and films

Writing : A narrative

Plan of the lesson:

• Warm up
• Introduction to the Past Tense in the Passive

use

Form

Use

the

Past simple passive

Was/were +past participle

Past continuous passive

Was/were being+past participle

Past perfect passive

Had been +past participle

The uses are the same in the passive as in the active

The bridge was built in 1876. (finished action in the past)

The bomb was being defused when it exploded (interrupted past act)

The letter didn`t arrive because it had been sent to my old address (one action before another action in the past)

Discussing grammar. Complete the sentences.

• 1. When I arrived at the barbecue, they ________ eating sausages
• When I arrived at the barbecue, they __________eaten all the sausages
• 2. We thanked our teacher for everything she _____to help us pass the test.
• We thanked our teacher for everything she_____done to help us pass the test.
• 3. He told me that they _____ staying at the Carlton Hotel.
• He told me that they _____ stayed at the Carlton Hotel before.
• 4. _______ you learn Italian when you went to Italy?
• ______ you already learned Italian when you went to Italy?
• 5. _____ Shakespeare write Hamlet?
• ______ Hamlet written by Shakespeare?

Vocabulary: Art and literature

• Write these nouns in the correct column. Which noun goes in both columns?
• Painter, author, poet, poem, sculpture, novel, picture, brush, palette, chapter, biography, exhibition, fairy tale, portrait, play, art gallery, masterpiece, novelist, sketch, act

• Which of these verbs (read, write, paint, draw, go to) can go with these nouns:

ART

Literature

1.

2.

3.

I went to a party

Great! I really enjoyed it

What did you think of her?

Really? What was it like?

I met Maria`s sister.

She`s really nice. I liked her a lot

• Everyday English

• Exercise 1
• A. it was really boring! I fell asleep during the first act. (a play)
• B. I didn`t like his first one, but I couldn`t put his latest one down until the last page.
• C. it was excellent. Have you seen yet? It stars Julia, and Antonio
• D. She`s usually good, but I don`t think she was right for this part
• E. I think they spoil them. They always give them whatever they want
• F. it was a nice break, but the weather wasn`t very good
• G. They were delicious. John had tomato and mozzarella and I had tuna and sweetcorn
• H. it was really exciting, especially when David Stuart scored in the closing minutes
• 2. Match questions 1-8 with the opinions in exercise 1.
• 1. Did you like the film?
• 2.What did you think of the play?
• 3. Did you like your pizzas?
• 4. Do you like Malcolm Baker`s novels?
• 5. What do you think of their children?
• 6. What was your holiday like?
• 7. What did you think of Sally Cotter?
• 8. What was the match like?

Reading: The painter and the writer

Group A. read about Pablo Picasso

Group B: Read about Ernest Hemingway.

Questions to the text:

• Who are or were the most famous painters and writers in your country? Why are they famous? What nationality were they? Which century were they born in? Do you know the names of any of their works? Do you know anything about their lives?
• Who are or were the most famous painters and writers in your country?
• Why are they famous?
• What nationality were they?
• Which century were they born in?
• Do you know the names of any of their works?
• Do you know anything about their lives?

• The sentences below appear in the texts. Try to guess which sentences go with which man. Write P (Picasso), or H (Hemingway)

• His first word was lapiz (Spanish for pencil) and he could draw before he could talk
• He had wanted to became a soldier, but couldn`t because he had poor eyesight
• His portraits of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong places
• In the 1930s, he became a war correspondent in the Spanish civil War and World war II
• At the age of 90 he was honoured by an exhibition in the Louvre in Paris

Speaking: An amazing thing happened!

• Group A:
• A true story
• Last summer, Wanda and Roy went on holiday to Florida (where?). Every day, they went swimming and lay in the sun.
• One morning, they were___(where?) swimming in the sea, when a huge wave knocked Wanda`s expensive Italian sunglasses into the water. Wanda was very upset because ___(why?). The next day, they were sunbathing on the same beach and Wanda was wearing ____ (what?) when suddenly there was another huge wave, which totally covered Wanda. She was ____ (how … feel ?) but then she looked down and to her amazement, she saw the expensive sunglasses that she had lost the day before.

• Group B:
• Last summer, Wanda and Roy went on holiday to Florida. Every day, they went swimming and lay in the sun (what … do?). One morning they were at the beach near their hotel, swimming in the sea, when a huge wave ____(what..do?). Wanda was very upset because Roy had given her the sunglasses for her birthday.
• The next day, they were sunbathing____ (Where?) and Wanda was wearing a new, cheap pair of sunglasses, when suddenly there was another huge wave, which ___(what …do?). She was furious, but then she looked down and to her amazement, she saw____(what?)

Listening and writing

Books and films

• 1. work in groups. Do you have a favourite book or film? Why do you like it?
• 2. look at the list of books and films. Which do you know? Which are both book and film?

• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• Harry Potter and Philosopher`s Stone
• Titanic
• Star wars
• The sun also rises

• Write some notes about a book or film that you know and like. Use these questions to help you.

• What`s it called?
• Who wrote it?
• Who directed it?
• Who starred in it?
• Who are main characters?
• Where does it take place?
• What`s it about?
• Why do you like it?

Home work. Writing : A narrative

• Telling a story-linking ideas

• Read a story. where do clauses a-f go?
• a. as soon as their father had died
• b.who had worked hard in his vineyard all his life
• c.what their father had meant by the great treasure
• d.and while they were working they thought about what their father had said
• e. because they felt that all their hard work had been for nothing
• f. Soon they had dug up every inch of the vineyard

• The farmer and his sons
• There was once an old, dying farmer ___. Before he died he wanted to teach his three sons how to be good farmers. So he called them to his bedside and said, “My boys, I have an important secret to tell you: there is a great treasure buried in the vineyard. Promise me that you will look for it when I am dead.”
• The sons gave their promise and ___ they began looking for the treasure. They worked very hard in the hot sun ___. They pictured boxes of gold coins, diamond necklaces, and other such things. ___ but they found not a single penny. They were very upset___. However, a few months later the grapes started to appear on the vines. Their grapes were the biggest and the best in the neighbour hood and they sold them for a lot of money. Now the sons understood ___and they lived happily ever after.