UNIT

7
A TIME AND A PLACE
When were you born?
Party time! Importance
Vocabulary PLUS
Objective
By the end of the unit, It is important to learn how to say years
students will be able to correctly to describe past events by using
talk about dates and past simple of be (was / were). Prepositions
events by using be past of time and places are also important for
simple, entertainment descriptions when writing letters and use
and events using There ordinal numbers to say dates.
was/were, say ordinal
numbers and talk about
events in the past.
YEARS
1900 = nineteen hundred

1999 = nineteen ninety-nine

2000 = the year two thousand

2005 = two thousand and five / two thousand five

2010 = two thousand and ten / two thousand ten / twenty ten
MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND DATES

ON + month + day, year

I was born on December 25, 1980

And you?
PREPOSITIONS IN, ON, AT FOR PLACES
V
In general we use: O
At for a specific point C
In for an enclosed space A
On for a surface B
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 PAST SIMPLE OF TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM NEGATIVE FORM
G
I was a teacher. I wasn’t a teacher. (wasn’t = was not)
R
You were in class yesterday. You weren’t in class yesterday. (weren’t = were not)
A
He was tired last night. He wasn’t tired last night.
It was hot last week. It wasn’t hot last week.
M
We were in London last month. We weren’t in London last month. M
You were late this morning. You weren’t late this morning. A
They were famous in the 60s. They weren’t famous in the 60s. R
 PAST SIMPLE OF TO BE
QUESTION FORM Affirmative short answer Negative short answer

Were you late? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.

Was she a singer? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Were they in Mexico last week? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.

❖ We use was/were to talk about the past. Past time expressions:

This morning,
❖ Present to past: yesterday,
am / is was, are were last night, last week, last month, last year.
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Tom is at university today.

is was

Tom was at home yesterday.

We are at university today.

are were

We were at home yesterday.

When were you born? Evaluation
Party time!
Vocabulary PLUS Write these sentences with was or were

We / at home last night

Objective (-) We weren’t at home last night.

By the end of the unit, 1. / you at school yesterday

(?) ___________________________________
students will be able to 2. James / very well yesterday
talk about dates and (-) ___________________________________

events by using be past 3. We / on the plane at 4.00

(+) ___________________________________
simple, entertainment 4. / they in class yesterday
and events using There (?) ___________________________________

was/were, say ordinal 5. David / very happy last night

(-) ___________________________________
numbers and talk about 6. I / in a meeting until 7.00 last night
events in the past. (+) ___________________________________
When were you born?
Party time! Metacognitive Questions
Vocabulary PLUS
Objective 1. Is it important to notice the difference
By the end of the unit, between the present and past? Why?
students will be able to 2. What is the process for buying tickets?
talk about dates and
events by using be past
simple, entertainment
and events using There
was/were, say ordinal
numbers and talk about
events in the past.