3.1. Did you remember...?

Reflexión

Después de los fantásticos días que Anna ha pasado en casa de Laura toca volver a casa. Lee el siguente e-mail que le escribe a su amiga contándole lo que le ocurrió en su viaje de vuelta. No te preocupes si hay cosas que no entiendes, lo traduciremos más adelante. Cuando lo hayas leído intenta contestar a las preguntas de abajo. 

Train tracks

Fotografía en Flickr de Mundoo bajo CC

Dear Laura, 

I want to thank you for the lovely days I spent with you in your new home. I really had a fantastic time. While I was going by train, I remembered how much we laughed the last day during dinner. Your friends are really funny, and the meal was delicious.

My journey back was long but very funny. On the second stop, a very handsome guy got in the train and he asked me if I could change my seat with him. His was aisle seat and he prefered a window seat. Honestly I don't care travelling in one or another so I accepted. When I stood up to change our seats, my ticket fell down and we didn't find it at first.  We were looking for it for a long while and just when it appeared, the ticket inspector got in. Uff, just in time! 

The boy felt guilty and he insisted on inviting me to have a coffee. I thought it was a great idea so we went to the dining car and we were there to the end or the trip. Guess what? He's from my town, so we are having a coffee this evening.

I'll keep you updated!

Love,

Anna

 

  1. ¿Sabes en qué tiempo verbal están los verbos en negrita?

  2. ¿Qué tienen en común los siguientes verbos: remembered, laughed, asked, prefered, accepted, appeared e insited?

Actividad

Como habrás observado en el texto anterior, algunos verbos forman la afirmativa del pasado simple añadiendo -ed al verbo y otros no. ¿Cómo saber cuales sí y cuales no? Los verbos regulares añaden -ed al infinitivo del verbo, mientras que los verbos irregulares tienen una forma diferente al del infinitivo. Aquí tienes una lista con los verbos regulares más comunes en inglés.  

    • Aquí tienes unas listas de los verbos irregulares más comunes en inglés. Fíjate que la forma del pasado simple es la segunda. Para la prueba de acceso tendrás que saberte todos estos verbos y algunos más.


Lista 1   Lista 2

 

 

Para formar la negativa y la interrogativa no vamos a usar estas formas del verbo, sino que usaremos el auxiliar did para la interrogativa y didn't para la negativa y el verbo principal irá en la forma de infinitivo. Mira esta presentación para entenderlo mejor.

Actividad de Lectura

Vuelve a leer el texto del inicio de la sección e intenta traducirlo. 
Dear Laura, 

I want to thank you for the lovely days I spent with you in your new home. I really had a fantastic time. While I was going by train, I remembered how much we laughed the last day during dinner. Your friends are really funny, and the meal was delicious.

My journey back was long but very funny. On the second stop, a very handsome guy got in the train and he asked me if I could change my seat with him. His was aisle seat and he prefered a window seat. Honestly I don't care travelling in one or another so I accepted. When I stood up to change our seats, my ticket fell down and we didn't find it at first.  We were looking for it for a long while and just when it appeared, the ticket inspector got in. Uff, just in time! 

The boy felt guilty and he insisted on inviting me to have a coffee. I thought it was a great idea so we went to the dining car and we were there to the end or the trip. Guess what? He's from my town, so we are having a coffee this evening.

I'll keep you updated!

Love,

Anna