GRAMMAR PAST SIMPLE

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GRAMMAR PAST SIMPLE

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1.-COPIE A SU CUADERNO LA GRAMATICA DELPAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

We use the past tense to talk about:

• something that happened once in the past:

I met my wife in 1983.
We went to Spain for our holidays.
They got home very late last night.

• something that happened several times in the past:

When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.
We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

• something that was true for some time in the past:

I lived abroad for ten years.
He enjoyed being a student.
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

• we often use expressions with ago with the past simple:

I met my wife a long time ago.

PAST SIMPLE QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES

We use didn't (did not) to make negatives with the past simple:

They didn't go to Spain this year.
We didn't get home until very late last night.
I didn't see you yesterday. 

We use did to make questions with the past simple:

Did she play tennis when she was younger?
Did you live abroad?
When did you meet your wife?
Where did you go for your holidays?

COPIE LA LECTURA A SU CUADERNO Y CONTESTE LAS PREGUNTAS

2.- READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND CHOOSE THE BEST HEADING FOR EACH PART OF THE READING:

A.- TYPES OF DEMOCRACY

B.- HISTORY

C.- INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT

1.______________________________________________________________

The word democracy describes a form of government. The word comes from two Greek words that mean “rule by the people.” In a democracy, the people have a say in how the government acts. They do this by voting, though there are usually rules about who can vote. Democracies are different from dictatorships. In a dictatorship, one person called a dictator makes all the rules.

2.__________________________________________________

There are two main forms of democracy. In a direct democracy, all the voters come together in one place to make laws and decisions. Often there are too many people for a direct democracy to work. In those cases, the people elect representatives, or other people to speak for them. This is a representative democracy. The elected representatives make the laws and decisions.

3.___________________________________________________

The first democracies were in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago. Those did not last long, however. After that, kings and other rulers had all the power in their countries. In about the 1200s,

however, some rulers began to allow certain citizens to be part of the government. By the 1600s and 1700s, some people began to think that every person had certain rights. These included the right to participate in their government. In the British colonies of North America, the colonists felt that the king did not allow them to participate enough. They fought a war to gain their freedom. When they won the war, they established the United States as a republic.

A republic is a form of democracy in which the citizens vote for the people who make the laws. They also vote for the leader of the country, who is often a president. Many other countries became republics as well. Other countries kept their kings or queens but still became democracies. Monarchies with democracy received the name of constitutional monarchies. In such countries, the people vote for representatives. The king or queen is the head of the country, but they have little real power.

3.- CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE READING. CIRCLE THEM:

A.- Where does the word democracy come from?

-The Greek words that mean “rule by the people”

-The Italian words “rule in groups”

-The Chinese words “rule for the government”

B.- How many forms of democracy exist?

-Three forms

-One form

-Two forms

C.- Is a republic a form of democracy?

-Yes, it is

-No, it is not

-Maybe