ed endinSs GRAMMAR past simple regular verbs

I kissed
myfirstwoman
andsmoked
myfirstcigarette
onthesame
day.
I never
hadtimefortobacco
afterthat.
AiwoTasconini,
ltolion
canductor
I PRO NUNC I A T I -OeN
de n d i n S s
b Orderthewordsto makequestions,
a Underlinethe word where-edis pronounced/rd/.
I book€d
checked
wanted
walked
2 painted
arrived
turned
trat€lled
3 asked
waited
looked
worked
4 called
played
landed
listened
5 danced
watched
helped
sta ed
5 worked
decided
followed
lived
Practisesayingthe words.
2 GRAMMAR
past
simple
regular
verbs
a Complete
thesentences
with a verb,ffrstin the
positiv€andthenin the negative.
book
parnl
show
study
h€lp. rrlk
work
I Yesterday
Sam
ditn\Nalk
2t_
'(/alfted
hor e.
I after/ Peter/ match/ tired / Was/ the
A l|as Petertiredaft$ thematch?
B Yes,hewas.
play
to workbut he
2 lou / night/ Wlere/ last/ were
B I wasat home.
tley/ conce / late/ the/ Wer€/ for
Frenchat school,
but I
GermanandSpanish.
3 The teacher-
me with the exerc$e,out
B No, they wereD't.
did / land/ the/ wh€re/ they/ plane
my fiiend.
she
basketballwhenhewasyoung,but
4 Bill -
he
did / universit,,/ your / at / brother/ What/ study
footbell.
5 Theseq€tary---
a tablefor lunch,but she
B Modem Languages.
a talo.
5 We -
B At theairporr.
the Iiving room, but we
Wa6/ tall / boyfriend/ v€ry/ your / first
the bedrcom.
7 The shop assistant-
last Saturday,but she
on Sunday.
8 I
-
B No,not very
didrit / the/ you/ wait/ Why/ for / bus
the phoroslo my sisrer,but I
$em to my brorher.
B Becauseit was too cold.
time / wo* / did / What / arrive / Sandra/ yesteday / at
B
c Completcthe questionsand ans$,ers.
5 VOCABUIARY pasttimeexpressions
Circle the correct answer.
L 5he$r5n'rrn(lasrniqhD/ vesrerdav
nisht.
2 My son wasborn agotwo years/ two yearsago.
3 Theytrnvelledto lhe USAlast monrh / the lastmonth.
a Did you phoncme last morDing/ yesterdaynorning?
s The planclandedtwo hours ago/ two agohours.
6 Mar. arrivcdin Englandthe lastluly / tastluty.
7 I staiedwith lim beforetwo weeks/ two wecksago.
8 lsabcllabookedihe ricketsyesterdayaftcmoon/
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\\rrite translati(nrsand try to rementbcr the $!rds.
Translation
/ ti:ncrd3i/
/'d;3rri/
flight rroar
/lkrt/
/ l^ki/
,/w^rid/
l)ook(i lickcll !.r,
/lrrnd/
Crnyouanswarth6e qlastions?
y€sterday?
i-.1Didyoutudy EnSlish
W lastnight?
r:triDidyouwatch
i; Didyoutravelby
plane
lastyea?
:': Didyoucookdinner
yerterday?
li:.'iDidyoustartlearning
English
a y€arago?
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Girls
lustwantto havefun.
CndiLoupeL
Aneicon
inqer
go,hove,
get
I VOCABUIARY
a
2 GIAMMARpast
simple
irregular
verbs
Crossout thewrongexpression.
I GO
to the beach
2 HAVE
lunch
out
swimming
4 GO
to bed
5 HAVE
6 GET
Gbtrs
a sandwich for a walk
dressed a goodtime
3 CET
a Writ€ sentencesin the past.
a taxi
up
away
br€akfast a drink
shopping home
I Robert wearsa tie to work. (yesterday)
a drink
Robertwore a tie to itork yesteilay.
2 They do their homeworktogether,(lastnigh0
a letter
to church
a shower
18y€ars
3 Helendoesntgoto theshops.(lastweek)
a newspaper a tald
Completeth€spaces
in the story\rith llEnt,had or got.
4 Wem€etin the bar.{lastnight)
5 Wedorft havedinnerat home.(lastnight)
6 lanegetsup early.(yesterday
morning)
7 Hebuysa newspaper
at thestation,(yest€rday)
8 I leavehome at 7,00,()€sterdayl
Lastmonthlill,a journalist
frornLondon,
'----1y3rt
to
B ghtonfortheweekend.
shebooked
a hotelonthe
Intemet,
andon Friday
she)thetratnio the
10 Bob can'tcometo dinnet (lastweek)
lt wasquitelatewhenshearrived,
coast.
so shejust
a hamandcheese
sandwich
and
'-'-
to bed.Thene\tmoming
she
Complete the questionsin the dialogue.
up earlyandlooked
outof thewndow- Lt
A Where I
'-wasraininSl
She'--.
a shower
and
oLI
to theshoptogether
andafterthatthey
A z--
good?
with?
B I went wilh my bovfriendrnd someliiend..
breakfast
in a cafe.Fromthatmoment,lill
didn'tthinkabouttherain- she 'zgoodtimein Brightonl
il
last night?
B Yes,it wasgreat.
anumbrella
andaskedherif sheneeded
it.They
''
ir--
did /o go
B I went to that new jazz club in town.
dressed,
ald rhe'rsl-e"
to bLysomepostcd'ds.
Another
5ote.gJest"
.
9 Sh€sees
herliiendsafterwork.(lastnight)
a very
g ookp.lio vocobuloty
Eonk
D 51u6snt'5
B I wore my tonS denim skirt and a nevrtop I bouShr
last week,
home?
B We got homeat about3.00in rhe morniDg.
Ao
4 PRON
UNCIATION
pastsimple
irregular
verbs
a taxihome?
a Circle the word with a different vow€l sound_
B No, my bo).friend hasa cnr
A Did 7
f,^
B Ycs,we had a reallySreatrime.you cancomewrm us
nexttime, if you like.
swam
A It depends.3
(*,i)
the jazT€lub expcnswcl
B No, not very.
Sfllillfu
l
D 5f ,, e, ?,
E
a goodrime?
g aokp.l5oGronn r Bonk5c
51r6ss1's
cost
tfl
bought
ste
met
\'w
made
tcft
sang
--t.
got
heard
said
feli
sot
hor
catled
Fajd
krew
b Practisesayingthe words.
5 R EA DI NG
a Readthe story.
TH EW RO N G
BUs
A JapanesebusinessmanriShtbusuntiltheystopped
had a big surpriselast ar a pubandeveryone
got
Sundaywhen he 8ot the ofl Theyasked
MrKajiyama
wrongbusto the.irportand tolojnlheirparty
andsohe
miss€d
hisflight.
followed
themintothepub
Zenko (ajiyama,32, Whenhelooked
at hhwatch
wentto waverley
9ation1o he sa\rtt wat too lateand
calchthebusto Edinb!€h that he had missedhis
airport.
He hada meeting plane.At lirst he wasvery
ihe nextdayin London
and \4o[ied,
butthen
hedecided
he \4antedto catchthe to stayrnthepub.Hehada
evening
flight.Whenhesa\a drinkand dancedlo the
a srtverb!s marked
Club music with the other
Class he got on it. members
of thepady.Inihe
Unfortunately
the buswas end he went backto the
for peoplegoing to a houseof one ol his new
bidhday
pafty.
friends
andhe tlepton the
Thepeople
on the bls sota,Thenextmorninghe
helped
l\.4r
Kajiyama
wirhhis tookataxitotheairport
and
bags
andtoundhima seat llewto London,
but hewas
Hethought
he wason the toolateforhismeeting.
b Mark the sentencesT (True) or F (Falsc).
I Mr Kajiyarmwantcdto catchrhe busro London.
2 He wantedto go to a party iD London.
3 The Club Classbusdidn'r go ro the airporr.
4 Mr Kajiyamawent to ihe pub.
MoteWoldsto Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words.
pronunciarion
Wojd
Translarion
DlIe up ,1or.,r
/ merk
cake ror,
'
/kerU
,wain/
dress ,olr,
/drcs/
llshr,'ns rorl,i
/ ftr.lrnz/
.l
llterature,ror,
^D/
/'Llrat.fc/
grclt (= fantastic) /qre(/
adJectNt
lllcn / clo\cd
ttuJedlycs
PAYk)r rrr,
-l
/roDrn/ /kl)tr7dl l
/pet fe/
crpqci.rlly,r,./vcrb
.rrDctrti/
Canyouansw€lth€s!qmtdont?
Sjjl Didyo! 80outlastSatorday?
didyoudo?
..? What
lij Didyouhav€a
Soodtim€?
what
you
did havefor dinnerlastni8fit?
L*
!j;,:lWhatdidyouw€dyesterday?
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5 He didn't catchhis plane.
6 In the end he enjoyedthe parqr
7 He sleptin the airporr.
8 He didn't go to his meetingin LoDdon.
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mydearWabon.
Ataibuted
taSherlock
(bLn
Holnes henevet
soidit)
I PRONUI{CIATION
pastsimpte
verbs
Matchthe verbswith the samevowelsound.
drove could nede said learnt bought had lost
I came *ourb-_
5 saw
2 left
6 spok€
8 Thematchwasa disaster.
Our tedm_
9 Ishewasltalian,but shewasSpanish.
l0 I lookedeverlvher€but I __find my glasses.
Gn
Shdenfsgookp.tslhregulqvehs
t GRAMMARpastsimple
3 got
4 ran
a Readthispolicereport.Complete
thesentenc€s
with
8 heard
the pastsimpleform of the verbsin the box.
b Practisesayingthe words.
be (x2) e#ite
leave not want
go not run look open find
2 VOCABULARY
irregular
verbs
a Completethe infinitive andpastformsof these
irregularverbs.Use4, e,i, o,o! ll.
Infinitiv€
p-t
P_t
r-ng
s-t
w ke up
w-ke up
?oliit, r?rt
Completethe sentences
with the pastsirnpleform
ofthe verbsin thebox
buy
can't
He
he
find
go
heor
lose
make S€+
meet think
not take
8'or gn ;n h. *iddle ofthe night because
heatd a nojse.
2 I3 They
Sallyat a partylasrweek.
.
4 We_
5 Karen-
asusual,
a newcartwo daysago.
to bedverylatelastDight.
the dinrer )€sterday.
It waspasta,
Shewasill, so she-
her dogfor a walkthis
mornrng.
7 When we ariv€d in Paris,we _._
hotel near th€ station.
a cheap
: balh robbsl
see canl
take
Completethe questionswith the correctform of the
verbsin brackets.
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Write translations and try to remember the words.
proDuncistion
Word
Translation
!o!l!try !a!!9
l/'k^ntri 'haus/
'?oll'l
m'rrro!4e ,or,
/mrli: ne:r
tJbr^ty noun
/'larhn/
gllder
/'m3:de/
noun
a*gvadjecti,/e
,lead adjecnve
llppen rer,
POLICE OFFTCER Wherer
!cre!!L
at
about9.30yesterday
evening?
(be)
STEVBN POTTER I wasat the cinema.The film
srartedrt 9.00.
l
/e,sli:p/
r /ded/
prorora
everynooy
/ hepen/
/'erribodi/
rg4ebodl profo"n
/'s^mbDdi/
rcbody pro,or"
, nrohodi,
l
PO Whatfilm,
___?rseet
SP I can'tremember,It wasn'tvery good,
PO Hmm. Veryinter€sting,
And who
. to th€ cinemawithi \Eo,
SP With my girlfriend.
PO 4- ._
_
. thefilm?(like)
SP Yes,shethouthtit wasverygood,
PO Whattim€5_ _
thefilm _
2
C.nyou rwlt th.!aquasdmr?
tim!didyou8etupyesterdsy?
m What
you.t 2 o,clo*?
H Meretvere
Where
you
did goafFrlundr?
m
m oidyougooutintheeveninS?
tim!didyou80tobed?
m What
rll[?1'fii1l MutflROM
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SP At about10,30.
PO And what 6
afteryouleft
the cinema?(do)
SP We wenr to a restaurant- La DotceVita, on the
High Street.
PO La Dohe Vita?I know ir.Verygoodspaghetti.
What
time 7
the restaurant?
(leave)
SP At about 12.00.
PO Thatt verylate.3
home
afterthat?(go)
SP No, we went to a nightclub
PO How?e
llaragcn s Then we
a tan? (get)
Conplet€.d rpa.. tyilhoneword.
yourdaughterswim?
ffi t - __
B Yetbutnotverywell.
mDoyoulike
_
to thegym?
W€
helpthem
and
they
help
ffi
ffi A Whoseisthiscar?
I lt's
. WebouSht
it lastweek.
Where
_ youborn?
ffi
5|"{ |
twasverylired.
80outlastnight.
8A Didyou-_
a Sood
timeattheparty?
Weto a reallygood
restaurant
lastnight
cx
SP No, we got a bus,
PO And what rime ro
to bed?(go)
SP At about4.00a.m.Can I go home now?I,m tired.
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pastsimple
ol be.wasI were
-l
+-
H. / S h. / ll
Contractions: r'ant t = .!ns nat, wuln\:
Usc l'|lrs/ rvcir t() talk rlboul thc pusL.
Mf granll tur ],'asbor i'1t.ottdoh.
H frS h c rl t
werc tnL.
ul
5B pastsimple
regular
verbs
spelling
rulesfor reSulaf
verbs
+-
Itrl i ni ti v.
spcl l i trg
I
i rc< l
l l ./5 rri l L
,,rr' \(^\( l
\lLklicd
r'
!1, r\, r.rnt
oi r. r,) n\ , ) I , r l
I
I
I
I
l rr / .l rr rL
f f n. r lll\ ?
di dnt
Ct'\tn ti<r\ didn t txl Nl.
Uscrhc|ist sinr|lEldr ilnishcddcti(nrs.
Rcgul.rvcrbsin thepasta cndh .,,1,
c.s.trarknl,Livtul,
tlaytd.
'lhc prslis rbesamel.,r.rllpersons.
Usenid I i\ln't r hiDiti\€ ii)r
Pist I and E.
5C pastsimple
irregular
verbs
I Df init iv e
Past I
got
bur
d r'l
didn'l
didnl
didn't
go
have
gcl
bny
lclt
d n't drive
did
didn'r do
i , r/
t ' r th, rr' .gul r t., Ii , .' ,,,,n ) i n r-rr..rr.,..
I saw u fibn Li:t nitht.
tisc rhc infiiitivc aftclItd/ d;/,'r
Did lor seed fibt1lin nilrri Nor +]i+,rrotrsn..a...?
RenreDrbert{ord order AsI (ruxiliarr subject,infirtitive)
or QUASI (question
rurdlirry, subject,iDil i iti!.e).
"ofd,
Dilfat ga ott ksr iight?
.u Pastof rar = rorll.
rorldr'i ror
ll
Z- CotLlyou...?
5A
a (lhangethe scntences
frorn presentto past.
Prescntsimple
Pastsimpte
thr tjr.d.
I lodav is S[nd.I
2 \\rhcrc Ie \.ou 1ro\!?
I \{. rre in lluni.h ioda),.
I I r r i| I t . ly t his i)x )n th .
5 ]\lt lrthefs a pjk)t.
b Conr1tetethe dialogueswith r.r,as,
va-sl'r,
llerel of yercn l.
A lltrl vou and Susarlr treparrytastnight?
B Yes,wc r
A:
iLgood?
B No, it r
. The musi. l
t 1'?5 tjred hst week.
yesrerdar
S.rrurctr\:
Whcrc
you yrstedal-?
\\t
in Berlin l.estcrdav.
I
i n l ri n cc LrsLnroni h.
trlr g ndfarhcr
a piloL t(r).
(4 re nrnrsnl ornnrg.
It
6 It is n t opc n now.
; \\'hr .llrf t vou .rt work tod,ry? Whl
awful. Whefe 5
A 16
i .
tsIr
)-ou .rr Nork yestcrd.r,v?
b('rnxr r\ustr.Llia
in 1919.
yourparents
Auslmlian?
D N(',lhe)'rr
MY
nloiher L
'
Itulirnnlld
5B
a l {rw r i( c lhe s c nt c n c e sin thc prst simplewith /is/( /?r4'.
I Us ( lhc I f ( c r nr l.
I |st\l rlt lnttl
d l.cn( hl.
I I w , r t . h i\ i.
I l )( ) \ { , I iis t . r
(;onrplctcthc scntenccs
with a vcrb in the pnslsinplc.
nrriyr nor lmok l.Lrd livc sruy
nol fu)rcnrbcr tum on w.rnt wnt.h
r U f \ lU( ly linllis |.
I l l ( ( lo. s n l w{ ) r lt .
-l l hf\
5 l hr lllf r llr is li. s
i r;, i) 0.
.l Sorfy. I
5l
lhr'l\r.
in r tIrr:e-st,rr
Iotcl l.rstvcar.
t' lrl)l..rn(tthc rcstiurlnlw.1s
llll.
Lhflir)th.rllon lV l.st r)ighr?
i1wxsyoLrrbirthrllyyeslcrdrl.
w i l h rr\' f.fcnts w hcn I $ns l sruclent .
6 Id i ) nr iil. lh. 1lI D.
7 l l rc s s hc s r r r o[ c ?
l l l hc v |l. r ! t . nni{ .
7H c
Il l c for w ork i nd thc bossw l s. ul. t f ) .
,lrr
trc,m,,hit<
th,,n(.
5C
a (lnnflctr rhetcxt with thc vcrbsin be.kcrs in thc plsl sirrflc.
YcsLerduy
tl,.rsnry birrhday.(be)
iuv bovliicnd
m€ u l)c.'utirit jictcr. (bu) l
I tl' .,tning u.
ii.r. 'So'
II
nrynewjickcL.(Reirl
for a (ihineseresr.r[ranr(lool)
j
but we
find orc, (nor can)
diDncrin our favouriteItaliin rcstaufant.(hrve)
After th,rt\\e
a film. (see)
lhen we 3
rwo friendsar a nighrcluo.lncur
we'
fir two houn. (dance)
\{e !
homc unti1j.00. (not gct)
I"
vcrytired, (bc)
L:
rnd I
straightto bed. (go)
Complctctht'qucstions
in thc prstsimple.
l)r!l )rr! go d14 Lr(r night? (voL'/ go out)
I
l
(1ou/ wcar)
(!ou / so)
{ yolr/ do)
(your sister/ go)
?
+
5
t?
(theparty / finish)
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a goodrnnc? (yol' / have)
1.What'syourname?
2. Wh€reareyoufrom?
3. Whatdo youdo?
4. How old areyou?
5. What'syouraddress?
6. Are youEnglish?
7. Do youhavca pet?
8. Do yousmoke?
9. Do youwatchTV wery da/
10.Do youlikesu8hi?
I 1.Whatmusicdo youlike?
12.Whstsportsdo youplay?
13.Wheredo 1ouwork?
I 4. Do youwork in themoming?
15:Whattimc do yousta work?
I 6. Howmanychildrtndo youhave?
I 7. Howmanybroth€rsor sistersdo youhave?
18,Who'syourbrother'sson?
19. Whorsyourfsth€r'ssist€r?
20.Who'syoursister'shusband?
21.Who'syouruncle'sdaught€r?
22,What'syourfavouritecolour?
23.Whatcolouraretaxisin NewYork?
24.WheredoestheAmEricanp€sid€ntlive?
25.Whatcoloureyesdo youhave?
26.Whatcolourhairdo youhave?
27.What'sthetime?
28.Whatdayis it today?
29.What'sthedatetoday?
30.Whattimedo youhavebieakfast?
goto bed?
31.Whattimedoyouususally
32.Whattimedo youfinishschool?
33.Whendo youhav€a show€r?
34.Howmanytimesdo youeata day?
J), llow on€nco yougetup esrlyf
36.Howoft€nareyoustressed?
37,Howoftenarcyouin a hurry?
38,Howoft€ndo youeatmeat?
39.Whatis the9thmonthofthe year?
40.What'syou!favouriteseason?
41.Wheris )our birftday?
42.W1tendo youhavefreetime?
43.Whendo youusuallygo onholida;4
44.W1rcndo peoplegivepresents
to eachother?
45.How well can)ou swim?
46.Canyouplaya musicalinstument?
47.Do youlive in a houseo! a flat?
48.Howmanyroomsaletherein yourhouse?
49.Whendid youlastseea filrn?
50.Whereweroyouat l0 amyesterda/