When I was young

How can you describe a person in the past? 

When I was at school, I was quite shy and quiet.

When my mum was young, she was talkative and sporty. 

My dad was artistic and funny. 

My grandad was hard-working. 

My granny was brave and intelligent.

Remember some more adjectives:

Lazy: vago

Friendly: amable

Nervous: nervioso

Naughty: travieso

Marie Curie

Today is March 8th. We remember important women from the Past.

MARIE CURIE: she was born on November 7, 1867. She became the first woman to win a NOBEL PRIZE and the first person (man or woman) to win the award twice.
Curie´s efforts with her husband Pierre Curie led to the discovery of polonium and radium and, after Pierre´s death, the further development o
f X-rays. The famed Scientist died on July 4th, 1934.

Regular Verbs - Simple Past

A funny cartoon

A great day out!

People from history

Thomas Alva Edison:

He was an American inventor and businessman.
He developed many devices: the phonograph, the motion picture camera and the electrical light bulb.
He was born in 1847.
He died in 1931.

Irregular verbs

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Spanish	English	Past	Example
Hacer	Make	Made	I made a mistake.
Comprar	Buy	Bought	I bought a new shirt.
Ir	Go	Went	He went to the cinema.
Ver	See	Saw	She saw a new film.
Venir	Come	Came	They came to school by bus.
Comer	Eat	Ate	We ate spaghetti.

NEGATIVE:     I didn´t buy a new jumper.

INTERROGATIVE: Did you eat fish? 
                                  Yes, I did. No, I didn´t.

Regular verbs

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spanish	English	Past	Example
Trabajar	Work	Worked	I worked in a big restaurant.
Vivir	Live	Lived	I lived in New York.
Inventar	Invent	Invented	He invented a new robot.
Escuchar	Listen	Listened	She listened to the radio.
Pintar	Paint	Painted	They painted a new picture.
Gustar	Like	Liked	We liked the show.

NEGATIVE:     I didn´t work in a big restaurant.

INTERROGATIVE: Did you live in New York? 
                                  Yes, I did. No, I didn´t.

Famous People from History

Roal Amundsen:  He was a Norwegian explorer. He was the first person to travel to the South Pole (1911). In 1926 he was the first expedition leader to the North Pole.

Gustave Eiffel: he was a French engineer. He was born in 1832. He designed the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. He didn´t travel to New York to see the Statue.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: he was born in Salzburg ( Austria) in 1756. He was a composer from the Classical Area. He composed more than 600 works. He played the piano and the violin for kings and emperors. When he was a child he travelled around Europe with his family.