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2A past simple: regular and irregular verbs regular I seayed with fiends. id’ stay in hotel Did you stay forthe weekend? Yes, Lali. WAI | Wheredid you stay? irregular @35) ‘Wewent to Brazilon holiday. Wedide’e goto Sio aslo Didyougoto Ri? No,we didn’ Why did yougo there? ‘+ Use the infinitive after didn’ for negatives and Did.2 for questions + Use ASIand QUASI to remember word onderin + Use the past simpleto talk about finished actions inthe past + Theformof the past simple isthe same forall persons. + Tomake the past simple #]of regular verbs add -ei. See the spelling rules in the chart, + Many common verbs areirregularin thefpust imple -g.go>> went, se0> saw. See Irregular verbs p-164 2A a Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple. Complete the questions in the past simple. {Where you goon holiday last year? Wewent toVancouver. vosummersgo weal he sain 1 good time? Scotland. We} (drive) therefrom London, but oar car? (break) down 2 ‘Wess well grencriin: wih? con the motorway and we? (epend)the inewwihay kei firs night in Birmingham, When we (get) to Edinburgh went with my Fely we® {not can) find agood hotel — they ® (be) all ull Bo We? {not now) what odo, burintheend we® (Gnd) We stayed ina hotel. Bed and Breakfast andwe® (sta) there forthe week We 4 the planeticket__? ® (Gee) the caste. (go) tothe Arts Festvaland Tecost £500 wel (buy) alot of souvenirs. We (oan) togoto ina paseo ae Lochtess bur wel (cot have much ime andi os iewashot arian, quite faraway. The weather ® (notbe) very good and é aie 7 Acerca tie dere (tea Wewenttobarsand rstaurans, << p13, ‘© Complotethe text with the pase simple form ofthe verbsinthe box. Write these irregular past simple forms in the correct circle, ‘ave ask Dock canrot geace gDOz look take wank Bought broke came caught drank diove gave made rang read said saw sat went wrote TOL The holiday that wasn't Fouryearsage,we! decide to goanay for the eekone. We horse , togoce Portugal so we” ‘beaut bought aparemantontne.A weet er, We* aux wtte lipo. We* ttheatpert ettwo otleckand we . tocheckn. The womanat the desk? vsfor cur passporis We Inour bags, bus we finder. Sone” ome! Read thetextin e again, Complete the questions Wher ld heydevde to goaway forthe weckern? Four years 1 2 Where to go? Portugal 3 How theapartment? They booked it online. 4 When atthe airport? Atewo otloek. 5 Whar ask or” She asked for their passports. 6 Where insheend? They went hack home 2B past continuous: was/were + verb + -ing Ac 845 last Saturday Iwas working in my office, wasn’t doing anything important, My friends were haying breabfast.They weren't working, A Was training when you got up? B No, icwasn'e A What were you doingat Il olocklas night? B Iwas watching TV. 2B a Complete the sentences with a verb in the past I ynseuting dinner, so Ldide't answer the phone, (et) 1 Trookthis photo when my wife inthe garden. (work) 2 Hemet hiswifewhenh inJapan, (live) 3 They foruswhen wearrived. (aot wait) 4 she acoat when she went out? (wensy 5 Thesun when left forwork. (shine) 6 What you at 7.30 lastnight? (do) 71 when you gave the instructions (not listen) 8 We ‘TV whenyou phoned. (notwatch) 930)” Shoalor are bagi inuous to describe anacticn pecificmomentin dhepast. ‘+ Weoften usethe past continuous describe the ofa story ornarrative past simple or past continuous? Iwasworkingin ay offcewhenthe 401) bore walked in Iwas having inch wher my sisterarrived, + Usethe pastsimplefora completedaction in the past. + Use the past continuous for an action in progress before or at the time of the past simple action. b_ Pur the verbs into the past simple or past continuous. She arrived when we were having dinner. (arrive, have) ut mnyarmwhen foosball (break, play 2 yor fast when the poice you? (rive, sop) 3 when we thepub, (snow, leave) 41 thematch because (not see, work) 5 When you mest romyboss. (allt) 6 We in Cambridge when we (seudy. meet) 7 they in Rome when they their first baby? (live, have)

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