Talking about childhood

Talking about childhood

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Talking about origins

Use the verb was / were to talk about origins:

Example,

"Where and when were you born?"

I was born in Santiago, on April 16th, 1986.

Remember:

Use in with cities and countries.

Use on with dates

Open Ended

Answer this question:

Where and when were you born?

Talking about the past:

When I was a child, I liked candies and chocolates. I didn't like mayonnaise or fish.

I played soccer on the street with my friends, "hide and seek", stickers, and videogames. I played nintendo and super nintendo.

I listened to hip-hop, rock and pop music.

I watched cartoons like Hey Arnold! Rugrats, Dragon ball, Saint Seiya and others.

• To talk about past events, use verbs in the past.

• For some verbs, we add ED to make the past form.

• "I liked candies and chocolates"

• "I watched cartoons"

• "I played videogames"

• We only add ED in affirmative sentences

• Remember the 4 rules for ED verbs

• To talk about negative events, we use the word didn't before the verb.

• Don't add ED to the verb in negative sentences.

• "I didn't like mayonnaise or fish"

• NOT "I didn't liked mayonnaise or fish"

• To ask questions in the past, we use the word did before the subject, and then the verb

• Don't add ED to the verb in questions

• "Did you play videogames?"

• NOT "Did you played videogames?"

• Answer with:

• Yes, I did.

• No, I didn't.

Open Ended

Answer the following questions, When you were a child:

1.What candies did you like?

Open Ended

Answer the following questions, When you were a child:

2.What food didn't you like?

Open Ended

Answer the following questions, When you were a child:

3.What cartoons did you watch?

Open Ended

Answer the following questions, When you were a child:

4.What was your favorite toy?

Open Ended

Answer the following questions, When you were a child:

5.What music did you listen to?

Open Ended

Answer the following questions, When you were a child:

6.Did you play videogames? which?

Remember:

• Never mix was / were and regular verbs

• Use was and were only to express "ser y estar" in the past.

• For different ideas, use other verbs.

• I was a good / bad student.

• I liked the school

• I didn't like the school

Multiple Choice

I _____ a good student at school. My grades were only 4.0 =(

• was

• wasn't

• were

• weren't

Multiple Choice

A: _________ the movie last night?

• did you watched

• you watched

• were you watch

• did you watch

Multiple Choice

Andy __________ for the test.

• weren't study

• didn't study

• didn't studied

• wasn't study

Multiple Choice

we ______ at the store for some food

• stoped

• did stopped

• stopped

• were stop

Multiple Select

what verb is incorrect?

• tried

• cried

• plaied

• studied

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for affirmative sentences, we add

to the verb

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For negative sentences, we use

before the verb.

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For questions, we use

before the subject, and then the verb.

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write true or false

This sentence is correct:

"Last weekend, I was watched movies on Netflix with my family."