Unit 1: Memories

Unit Purpose

The purpose of this unit is to enable students to discuss their memories and describe actions that happened when other actions were in progress.

Social Practice: Giving and obtaining factual information of a personal and non-personal kind

1.1. Asking for and giving information about past memories

Sample productions: (Last week/vacations/...) I visited my aunt/went to Puebla/... ; He/She had a pet/moved/ ... when he/she was ten (years old)/in 2003/...; We met/were classmates/... two months ago/last year/...; Did you watch that TV programme/go to the cinema/... yesterday/on Monday/...?; Yes, I did; No, I didn’t; When did they go to Tabasco/see that fi lm/…?; (They went there/saw it/…) Three years ago/Last April/…; What did he/she do (last summer/on Friday (afternoon)/…)?; He/She went to Veracruz/played soccer/…

1.2. Describing what people were doing at a certain moment in the past

Sample productions: I was cooking/taking a shower/… when I cut my fi nger/I fell/…; Were you playing/chewing gum/… when the teacher/your mother/... arrived/went out/…?; Yes, I was; No, I wasn’t; Was he/she wearing my new sweater/the school uniform/... when you saw him/ you met her/...?;Yes, he/she was; No, he/she wasn’t; What were your parents/the neighbours/... doing when you got home/the earthquake began/...?; They were reading a book/having a cup of coffee/...