1. UNIT 2
GROWING UP

2. IN UNIT 2, YOU LEARN HOW TO…
Use the simple past in statements and questions.
 Use time expressions to talk about the past.
 Use all, most, a lot of, a few, etc.
 Talk about memories of childhood, school, and your
teenage years.
 Correct yourself with espressions like
wait, actually, and I mean.


3. CHILDHOOD
A: How are you doing, Don?
B: Pretty good.
A: I heard you were on vacation.
B: Yeah! I went to Aruba.
A: Aruba! Wow! How was it?
B: Fantastic. The weather was nice.
A: What did you do there?
B: I went to the beach, swam, and
drank piña coladas! You know, having
a good time.
A: Who did you go with?
B: My kids came with me. My wife
didn’t. She went to Montreal to attend a
business meeting.

4. GRAMMAR BE BORN; SIMPLE PAST
I was born in 1987
You were born in the same year as me.

5. FAVORITE CLASSES

6. GRAMMAR DETERMINERS
GENERAL
SPECIFIC
All (children learn a
lenguage).
Most (Canadians need
French).
Some (Studients take
Spanish).
A few (people are good at
Latin).
No (students like exams)
All of (The children in my
town take English)
Most of (The people in my
office know French)
Some of (the students in my
class take Greek)
A few of (my classmate got
As)
None of (my friends failed the
exams)

7. • chemistry
• physics
• biology
VOCABULARY
• choir
• band
• orchestra
• geometry
• algebra
• calculus
• history
• geography
• ecomonics

8. WELL, ACTUALLY
You: Hey, what are you up to?
Friend: Just playing video games.
You: Oh, am I bugging you?
Friend: No, it’s cool. I was getting sick of it. Keep dying.
You: Have you seen that movie Charlie was talking about today?
Friend: Not yet, but he made it sound really good.
You: Really? You like horror movies?
Friend: I LOVE horror movies. I think I’m a little obsessed with
them.
You: Well, I was thinking about seeing it tonight. Wanna come?
Friend: Sure! Is anyone else coming? When does it start?
You: There’s one at 7. Does that work? And I figured it could just
be the two of us. We never really get a chance to hang out.
Friend: Oh! Yeah, of course. That works for me.
You: Okay, I’ll meet you at the theater. I’ll get the tickets if you get
the refreshments!
Friend: Haha. I can do that! :)

9. STRATEGY PLUS I MEAN
You can use I maen to correct yourself when you
say the wrong word or name. This is just one use of
I mean.
 Mean is one of the top 100 words. About 90% of its
uses are in the expression I mean
