A2 LESSON 4: RELATAR HECHOS DEL PASADO

 

OTRO PASADO PARA CONTAR HISTORIAS…

PAST CONTINUOUS

 El Pasado Continuo, es un tiempo verbal que describe acciones que estaban siendo realizadas en un momento del pasado al que se hace referencia.

 EXAMPLE

- Yesterday he was studying English. Ayer él estaba estudiando inglés.

            . John was playing tennis at 10 a.m. John estuvo/estaba jugando tenis a las 10 a.m.

 FORM

El Pasado Continuo se construye con el verbo auxiliar “TO BE” en su forma pasada y el verbo principal en infinitivo con la terminación – ING.

OBSERVA que la forma negativa se construye colocando la partícula NOT después del verbo TO BE.

Puede usarse también la forma contraída WASN’T o WEREN’T.

PRACTICE

A- WRITE QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS IN THE PAST CONTINUOUS. ANSWER YES (Y) OR NO (N)

 1 you / listen to / your MP3 player last night ? (Y)

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2 they / have / lunch with their cousins last Sunday ? (N)

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3 Tina / play / computer games at the weekend ? (N)

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4 Mark / study / history yesterday afternoon ? (Y)

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5 Sara and Eva / sing / karaoke yesterday ? (Y)

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 B- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS FORM OF THE VERBS

not wash- tidy- not wait- visit- write

 1 You _____________________________ your room.

2 Rick and Julia _____________________ their grandparents.

3 Mr Miller _______________________________ his car.

4 My sister _______________________________ an email.

5 We _________________________________ at the bus station.

READING COMPREHENSION- LECTURA COMPRENSIVA

Role of Women in Society

With the changes in time the role of women in society has acquired new dimensions. This article takes a look at some of the important women in history and the issues that challenge the women of 21st century.

Traditionally, chauvinists have always looked upon women as inferior to men. In the past, the norm was that men worked and women stayed at home and raised the kids, did the household chores, etc.

Women did not have access to education, and the role of women in marriage was insignificant, with parents selecting a groom for them. Altogether, the role of women in society was to make sure that they were obedient wives and caring mothers. They did not have an individuality of their own.

Women had to fight for the basic right to vote. In the year 1918, they got this right but there was still a disparity between men and women. This kind of gender discrimination was very common in those times. Women started working in factories in the 19^th century, but the working conditions were deplorable. They had to work for long hours and were given a poor pay.

With time, a lot of people fought for women's rights and today a lot of changes have taken place, but we still cannot say that gender inequality does not exist.

In Politics

Politics was always a men's game, dirty and not fair for the weaker sex. However, many women made history:

-      Golda Meir was the prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974.

-      Isabel Martinez de Perón became the President of Argentina upon her husband's death and was in office for two years.

-      Margaret Thatcher became the prime minister of Britain in 1979, and remained in the office for three consecutive terms.

In Education

Besides politics, women have also played a major part in the education sector. They  proved that they are in no ways lesser than men in getting higher education.

There was a time in early 18th century when women were told to withdraw from certain courses so that more men could be elected. But, the immense contribution women made to science and literature really shook the world.

 

ACTIVITIES about  the Reading

 

1. Mark IN GREEN all the regular verbs in the past.
2. Mark IN RED all the irregular verbs in the past.

 ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F)

 

1. Chauvinists are men who think women are superior …………..
2. In the past, women did not have access to education and could not choose their husband. ……………….
3. Their most important role wasn´t at home and taking care of their children. ………………
4. Now we can say gender discrimination does not exist. ………………..
5. Women have worked very well in many fields of knowledge. …………

 

FIND OUT ABOUT WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY WITH THEIR LIVES.

1. Say HER NAME.
2. Where was she from?
3. What did she do?
4. How did she fight resistance?
5. How do we reckon her now?

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