Unit 2
Language Focus
ENGLISH 11
Personal Experiences
UNIT 2 – LANGUAGE FOCUS
PRONUNCIATION:
Sounds /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/
GRAMMAR:
Present Simple indicating past time.
Tense Revision: The Past Simple, Past Progressive, Past Perfect
PRONUNCIATION
Activity 1: Listen and Repeat
PRONUNCIATION
Activity 2: Practise Reading
Good morning. I want an apartment in central London.
We have an inexpensive apartment in Northend Avenue.
I remember meeting him on a nice summer afternoon.
Mr. King is singing next door.
He’s holding a string in his fingers.
He loves spending his holidays in his small summer house.
GRAMMAR
1) The Present Simple Tense indicating past time: We can use Present Simple Tense to tell a story happening in the past to make the events more dramatic and lively.
2) The Past Simple Tense: We use Simple Past to talk about actions and situations in the past.
3) The Past Progressive Tense: We use Past Progressive to talk about something which was in progress at a past time. The action or situation had started but it had not finished at that time.
Activity 1: Tense Revision
GRAMMAR
4) The Past Perfect Tense: We use Past Perfect to talk about something which had happened before the past time we are thinking about.
Activity 1: Tense Revision
Activity 2: Doing Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2 (see Textbook pages 30, 31)
Exercise 3
EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Story Completion
The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who (0. live) lives with her mother. Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother (1. invite) __________ her to her cottage, so one fine day she (2. set) ______ off to visit her. The little girl (3. get) ______ready, (4. wave) _______ goodbye to her mother and (5. promise) _________to be careful. On her arm she (6. carry) _______a basket which (7. contain) ________a cake her mother (8.bake) __________specially. It (9. be) ___a lovely spring morning, the sun (10. shine) _________and birds (11. sing)__________, happy that the winter (12. be) ___over.
invites
sets
gets
waves
promises
carries
contains
has baked
is
is shining
are singing
is
Exercise 2: Sentence Completion
He ________his arm when he ____________football. (break, play)
Julia _______her first novel when she _____19 years old (write, be)
I ____________on the computer when the fire ______ out (work, break)
When it ________to rain, they ___________through the forest (start, walk)
broke
was playing
wrote
was
was working
broke
started
were walking
5) He _____us about his marriage when we ____________ afternoon tea (tell, have)
6) Sorry, I ___________ to you. I ______________about something else. (not listen)
7) I _______you last night, but you ____________. What ______you _______? (phone, not answer, do)
8) Mary ________________her glasses at the time, so she _______________what kind of car the man ______________(not wear, not notice, drive)
Exercise 2: Sentence Completion
told
was having
didn’t listen
was thinking
phoned
were
doing
wasn’t wearing
didn’t notice
didn’t answer
was driving
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing
1) They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party.
____________________________________
2) When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it.
____________________________________
3) By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close).
____________________________________
had eaten
arrived
found
had taken
got
had closed
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing
4) When they (get) to the station, the train (leave).
____________________________________
5) By the time you (get) her letter, she (arrive) in Paris.
____________________________________
6) The police (pay) no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone) them so many times before.
____________________________________
got
had left
got
had arrived
paid
had phoned
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing
7) I (go) to the post office to ask about my package, but they (say) that it (not arrive) yet.
___________________________________
8) When I (look) at the new dress for half an hour, I (ask) how much it (cost).
___________________________________
went
said
hadn’t arrived
had looked
asked
cost
Homework
Make 5 sentences with each tense: The Present Simple indicating past time, The Past Progressive, The Past Perfect.
Prepare for the Reading of Unit 3 in advance.