English III · A1.3. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students planning together on campus, with the flag of Canada, autumn maple leaves, mountains and Toronto.
English III · Lesson 7 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 6 (At the clinic): your product, your glossary and «I can understand label instructions.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Past simple: was / were + regular verbs with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can talk about a past trip or vacation.

Puedo hablar de un viaje o vacaciones en el pasado.

Open the URA of Lesson 7 · II PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the II PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Past simple: was / were + regular verbs

was / were: It was great. We were at the beach. Regular verbs + -ed: visited, walked, stayed. Time: last year · two weeks ago · in 2025.

Example
wasThe weather was hot.
wereThe people were very friendly.
-edWe visited a museum and walked on the beach.
TimeLast summer · three months ago · in December
En español

Pasado de «be»: was (I, he, she, it) / were (you, we, they). Verbos regulares: -ed. «Ago» va después: «two years ago» (hace dos años).

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Gramatical, about was / were, past simple regular verbs and time expressions. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 7 · II PAC

Your career, your examples

II PAC · May – AugustHolidayThursday, July 1Canada

Cultural Corner · Canada Day

This week: Canada Day was on July 1. What did Canadians do? Find 3 activities and write them in the past.

Canada became a country on July 1, 1867. In 1982 the name changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day.

Key words

  • maple leaf hoja de arce
  • red and white rojo y blanco
  • birthday cumpleaños

Fact

On October 27, 1982, the holiday changed its name to Canada Day.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Public health care in Canada.
  • Engineering & technology: Engineering in cold weather.
  • Business & economics: Trade between Canada and Honduras.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Two official languages.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Forests, lakes and national parks.
Mirror Honduras. Canada has two official languages. How many languages are spoken in Honduras?

Official source

Mission: Find the old name of Canada Day. Write it.

Cultural competency: I can say what Canada Day is (Thursday, July 1), use Past simple: was / were + regular verbs to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my II PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

was / were = fue, estuvo, era, estaba. Spanish has two past tenses; the English past simple often covers both.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Regular past: -ed (EN) · -te (DE: ich machte) · j'ai visité (FR, with «have»).

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

In Canada, December is winter and July is summer. Canada Day is on July 1. Which dates are holidays for you?

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Tell a friend, in Spanish, about a classmate's past trip.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · MusicSaskatchewan, Canada · born 1943

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell (singer and painter)

Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer, songwriter and painter. She was born in Alberta and grew up in Saskatchewan.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 23

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in103_lessons.js (lección 7). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.