Transportation
Say three means of transportation studied in unit 3.
Examples: car, motorcycle, truck, train, bus, subway, bike, boat, plane etc.
Say three travel activities studied in unit 3.
Examples: climb mountains, visit museums, explore new places, have a good time, taste local food etc.
What's the general rule for the regular verbs in the simple past?
They end in -ed.
How can we memorize the irregular verbs?
Doing lists, practicing with flashcards, doing grammar exercises and using the language.
What was the country studied in unit 3?
The UK.
Answer the questions: How do you go to school, to the park and to the beach?
Examples: I go to school by bus, I go to the park on foot and I go to the beach by plane.
What objects/gadgets you can't forget to take to a trip?
Examples: wallet, passport, clothes, backpack, shoes, sunscreen, sunglasses, swimsuit, camera, cellphone etc.
Put the sentence in the simple past: "Carlos studies in his bedroom every night"
Carlos studied in his bedroom every night.
What's the past form of the verb go?
Went
What's the name of London's red buses?
What means of transportation go by land, by water and by air?
Land: car, motorcycle, bus, truck, bike etc.
Water: boat, ship, submarine etc.
Air: airplane, helicopter, hot air balloon etc.
What travel activities would you recommend for a foreign person that is visiting Brazil?
Examples: visit museums such as the Museum of Tomorrow, explore new places such as waterfalls near BrasÃlia, sunbathe in one of the many beaches etc.
Say three regular verbs in the simple past.
Examples: played, traveled, studied, wanted, invented, watched, climbed, danced, loved, hated, liked, asked etc.
Put the sentence in the simple past: "I think about you during the game"
I thought about you during the game.
Say three tourist points in London.
Examples: London Eye, the Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, the British Museum etc.
What's the difference between the subway and the train?
The train usually goes through the surface (open-air) and the subway goes underground.
What's the difference between trip and travel? Give an example using them in a sentence.
Trip is the noun and travel is the verb.
I loved my trip to Paris.
I'm going to travel to Paris.
What are the specific rules for the regular verbs?
1. Most verbs: add -ed
2. Verbs ending in "e": add -d
3. Verbs ending in consonant + "y": omit the "y" and add -ied
4. Verbs ending in vowel + "y": add -ed
5. Verbs ending with stressed vowel + consonant: double the last consonant and add -ed
Say three irregular verbs in the simple past.
Examples: did, had, ran, took, understood, ate, drank, said, told, spoke, was, were, lost, knew, saw etc.
What is the favorite and the second favorite sport in the UK?
Favorite: football (soccer). Second favorite: rugby.
Complete the collocations:
Drive _____. Sail _____. Catch _____. Ride _____. Fly _____.
Drive a car, sail a boat, catch a bus, ride a bike, fly a plane.
What are the seven wonders of the modern world?
Christ the Redeemer, Petra, Machu Picchu, The Great Wall of China, Chichen Itza, the Colosseum and Taj Mahal.
What are the three different pronunciations for verbs in the simple past ending in -ed? Give examples.
/d/ as in lived, loved
/t/ as in asked, liked
/id/ as in wanted, started
What's the past form of the following verbs: fall, buy and fly? Give examples in a sentence.
Fell, bought and flew.
Examples: My brother fell from the tree. She bought him a gift. The plane flew on the sky.
What's the difference between the United Kingdom and the Great Britain?
Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.