UNIT 3: LIFE WAS DIFFERENT

VOCABULARY 1:

laptop (ordenador portátil), digital camera (cámara digital), calculator (calculadora), mobile
phone (teléfono móvil), DVD player (reproductor de DVDs), memory stick (tarjeta de
memoria, pendrive), headphone (auriculares), charger (cargador), computer games (juegos
de ordenador), MP3 (mp3, reproductor de música), television, pop concert (concierto de
música pop), clock (reloj), binoculars (prismáticos), jeans (pantalones
vaqueros), school (escuela), sunglasses (gafas de sol), old-fashioned (pasados de
moda), plane (avión), cap (gorra), watch (reloj de pulsera).

VOCABULARY 2: Irregular verbs

Presente--Pasado

buy--bought (compro--compré) make--made (hago--hice) eat--ate (como--comí)

drink--drank (bebo--bebí) write--wrote (escribo--escribí) give--gave (doy--dí)

GRAMMAR:

A) Verb "HAVE GOT" (Present)

* Affirmative form

Subject + have got + Complements

We usually use the "short form". Remember:

Short form

I have got a pencil I've got a pencil.

You have got a laptop. You've got a laptop.

He has got headphones. He's got headphones.

She has got a memory stick. She's got a memory stick.

They have got computers. They've got computers.

Note: Be careful with the 3rd Pers. in Singular---- HAS GOT no HAVE GOT.

* Negative form

Subject + haven't got + Complements

I haven't got a folder.

You haven't got a mouse.

He hasn't got a charger.

She hasn't got a DVD player.

They haven't got a laptop.

Note: Be careful with the 3rd Pers. in Singular---- HASN'T GOT no HAVEN'T GOT

* Interrogative form

Have + Subject + got + Complements

Questions Answers: Affirmative/ Negative

Have you got a ruler? Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.

Has he got a computer? Yes, he has. / No, he hasn't.

Has she got headphones? Yes, she has. / No, she hasn't.

Have they got a radio? Yes, they have. / No, they haven't.

Note: Be careful with the 3rd Pers. in Singular ---- HAS HE GOT no HAVE HE GOT

B) PAST SIMPLE:

The past tense, presents two forms:

a) Regular Verbs: In this verbs, we form the past tense adding the end "-ed" to the verb

Examples:
Present Past Present Past

want wanted collect collected

listen listened watch watched

play played jump jumped

The participle is always the same that the past in the regular verbs.

b) Irregular Verbs: In this vebs, there isn't a rule to form the past tense. We have to learn it by
heart.

Examples:

Present Past Participle Present Past Participle

have had had come came come

eat ate eaten drink drank drunk

forget forgot forgotten buy bought bought

AFFIRMATIVE FORM:

Subject + Verb (in the past) + Complements

It's the same structure for regular and irregular verbs. Examples:

He listened to music yesterday evening.

She wrote a letter on Saturday morning.
They played a football match on Sunday evening.

NEGATIVE FORM:

Subject + didn't + Verb (in present) + Complements

It's the same structure for regular and irregular verbs. Examples:

I didn't watch that film last weekend.

He didn't eat pizza yesterday in the restaurant.
They didn't play handball last Saturday.

INTERROGATIVE FORM:

Did + Subject + Verb (in present)+ Complements

It's the same structure for regular and irregular verbs. Examples:

Questions Answers

Did you read that book last summer? Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

Did he run in the race yesterday? Yes, he did. / No, he didn't.

Did they play tennis last Saturday? Yes, they did. / No, they didn't.