Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1

Unit 10 • Lesson B: A busy week

Vocabulary
Activities
do (a lot of) work (v)
have an appointment (v)
have a piano lesson (v)
make a list (v)
take a test / an exam (v)
write a report (v)

Personal items
list (n)
note (n)
daily planner (n)
weekly planner (n)

Past tense endings: irregular verbs

bought (buy) (v)
did (do) (v)
got (get) (v)
had (have) (v)
made (make) (v)
met (meet) (v)
read (read) (v)
saw (see) (v)
took (take) (v)
went (go) (v)
wrote (write) (v)

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Time expressions
yesterday
two days ago
last Friday / weekend
last night / week / month / year
last summer

Grammar
Simple past statements – irregular verbs
You can use the simple past to talk about the time before now – the past.

Affirmative statements

Use subject + simple past form of an irregular verb:

I saw three movies.

Remember, irregular simple past verbs have different endings than regular simple past verbs.

Negative statements

Use subject + didn't (=did not) + verb:

I didn't see three movies

The form of simple past irregular verbs is the same for all subjects (I, you, he, she, we, and they).

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Simple past – Yes-No questions

Use Did + subject + verb to ask a Yes-No question in the simple past:

Did he go out a lot last week?

Use did / didn't (= did not) to give a short answer to a Yes-No question:

A Did you go out a lot last week?

B Yes, I did.

A Did he play tennis last weekend?

B No, he didn't.

Remember, the form of did / didn't is the same for all subjects (I, you, he, she, we, and they).

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