domingo, 18 de enero de 2026

UNIT REVIEW: Health Matters

 1️. VOCABULARY – Health matters


馃┖ Illnesses and health problems

Word

Meaning

Example

a cold

resfriado

I’ve got a cold.

a cough

tos

He’s got a cough.

a headache

dolor de cabeza

She’s got a headache.

a stomach-ache

dolor de tripa

I’ve got a stomach-ache.

a toothache

dolor de muelas

He’s got a toothache.

a temperature

fiebre

She’s got a temperature.

馃憠 Remember:
Most health problems use have got / had.

馃彞 Places, people and objects

  • doctor – m茅dico
  • dentist – dentista
  • hospital – hospital
  • medicine – medicina
  • eye test – prueba de la vista
  • dream – sue帽o
  • medical check – prueba m茅dica

✍️ Study task

Complete:

  • When you have a toothache, you go to the d__________.
  • When you are ill, you take some m__________.
  • When you can’t see well, you have an e_____________.
  • When you have a temperature, you go to the d_________________.

  

2️. GRAMMAR – Past Simple (Irregular verbs)

We use the past simple to talk about yesterday, last night, last week, etc.

Very important verbs

Present

Past

Example sentence

is / are

was / were

I was ill yesterday.

have

had

She had a headache.

go

went

He went to school.

take

took

Mum took a photo.

eat

ate

I ate pizza.

drink

drank

He drank water.

see

saw

She saw the dentist.

give

gave

Sam gave Joe chocolate.

do

did

I did my homework.

Write

Wrote

I wrote a letter to my grandparents

Learn

Learnt

I learnt to read at school

Speak

Spoke

I spoke French with my friends

Think

Thought

I thought about the problem.

馃憠 Important:
Irregular verbs do NOT end in -ed.
You must learn them by heart.

✍️ Study task

Circle the correct word:

  • Yesterday I eat / ate an apple.
  • She see / saw the nurse.
  • We drink / drank pineapple juice.

 

3️. SENTENCE STRUCTURES – Talking about health

Affirmative sentences

Subject + past verb

  • He had a cold.
  • She felt sick.
  • They drank water.

Negative sentences

Subject + didn’t + verb

  • He didn’t go to school.
  • She didn’t have lunch.
  • We didn’t eat chocolate.

馃憠 Remember:
After didn’t, the verb is in present form.

✍️ Study task

Write one sentence:

  • Affirmative: __________________________
  • Negative: _____________________________

 

4️. FUNCTIONS – Giving reasons with because

We use because to say why something happened.

馃 Structure

Sentence + because + reason

  • He didn’t go swimming because he was ill.
  • She went to the dentist because she had a toothache.

✍️ Study task

Complete:

  • I drank water because ______________________.
  • She didn’t go to school because _______________.

 

5️. READING – How to understand the text

When you read:

1.     Look for past verbs (ate, drank, went…).

2.     Look for food and drinks.

3.     Look for health problems.

馃攳 Ask yourself:

  • What did he/she eat?
  • What did he/she drink?
  • What problem did he/she have?

馃憠 Tip:
Underline verbs in the past simple.

 

6️. LISTENING – How to do it well

Before listening:

  • Look at the pictures.
  • Read the question.

While listening:

  • Listen for key words (ill, dentist, water…).
  • Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything.

After listening:

  • Check: Does my answer match the picture?

FINAL STUDY CHECK

☐ I know health vocabulary
☐ I can use past simple verbs
☐ I can make negative sentences
☐ I can explain reasons with because / to
☐ I feel ready for the unit test
馃槉

mi茅rcoles, 7 de enero de 2026

PAST SIMPLE: Regular and Irregular Verbs

馃暟️ THE PAST SIMPLE: Viajamos al pasado en ingl茅s!



Hello everyone! 馃憢

Today we are going to travel to the past… but not with a time machine — with English grammar! 馃殌
Hoy aprenderemos a usar el Past Simple, el tiempo verbal que usamos para hablar de cosas que ya pasaron.


馃 What is the Past Simple?

¿Qu茅 es el pasado simple?

We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that finished in the past.

Usamos el pasado simple para hablar de acciones que ya ocurrieron.

馃搶 Examples:

  • Yesterday → ayer

  • Last week → la semana pasada

  • Two days ago → hace dos d铆as

  • In 2023 → en 2023


✏️ Regular Verbs: Easy and Fun!

Los verbos regulares son muy f谩ciles:
馃憠 A帽adimos -ed al verbo.

VerbPastTraducci贸n
playplayedjugar → jug贸
walkwalkedcaminar → camin贸
cleancleanedlimpiar → limpi贸
watchwatchedver → vio



馃摌 Example:

I played football yesterday.
Yo jugu茅 al f煤tbol ayer.



馃寑 Irregular Verbs: The Crazy Ones!

Los verbos irregulares son traviesos 馃槣
No siguen reglas… ¡hay que memorizarlos!

VerbPastTraducci贸n
gowentir → fue
eatatecomer → comi贸
seesawver → vio
comecamevenir → vino
dodidhacer → hizo
havehadtener → tuvo




馃摃 Example:

She went to the park.
Ella fue al parque.

馃幆 Tip:
Apr茅ndelos como si fueran cromos o cartas Pok茅mon ⚡


馃‍♂️ Verb TO BE: was / were

PersonPresentPast
Iamwas
He / She / Itiswas
Youarewere
Wearewere
Theyarewere

馃摋 Examples:

I was happy yesterday.
Yo estaba feliz ayer.

They were at school.
Ellos estaban en el cole.


馃Ш Verb HAVE: had

En pasado, have siempre es had.

馃摌 Example:

I had a sandwich.
Yo tuve un bocadillo.

She had a great day.
Ella tuvo un gran d铆a.


Making Questions

Usamos DID:

Did you play football?
¿Jugaste al f煤tbol?

Did she go to the cinema?
¿Fue ella al cine?

Y con to be, no usamos did:

Was he tired?
¿Estaba 茅l cansado?


馃槀 Funny English Fact

En ingl茅s no se dice:
Yesterday I go to school
Se dice:
Yesterday I went to school
Porque el verbo sabe viajar en el tiempo 馃暟️


馃幃 Mini Challenge

Complete:

  1. Yesterday I ____ (eat) pizza.

  2. She ____ (play) the guitar.

  3. They ____ (be) at the park.

✔️ Solutions:

  1. ate

  2. played

  3. were

And now, time to practice and have fun with these games:






UNIT REVIEW: Health Matters

  1️.  VOCABULARY – Health matters 馃┖ Illnesses and health problems Word Meaning Example ...