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G past simple: regular verbs V past time expressions P -edendings (Ota -1Ky-r- 4g 1 READING & LISTENING a (3)50)) Read and listen to the true story about a journey. Number the sentences 1-7. [J The taxi arrived atthe girls’ house [LJ They looked out of the window. ]) They chatted and listened to music [1] The gitls wanted to go toa match, 1] The taxi stopped in a steeet with pretty houses. 5) They called taxi () The taxi driver typed their destination into his satnay. b /51)) Listen and check. Do you think they were in London? '3)52)) Lister were they? (0 the news story on the radio. Where > Communication Stamford Bridge p.103. Read some tourist information about the place they were in and Took at the map. € Doyouthinkit is easy to make a mistake like this? Whose fault was it? 2 GRAMMAR past simple: regular verbs a Read the text again and highlight ten more past simple regular verbs [#), one past simple negative sentence| and one past simple question [7] b_ In pairs, complete the chart and answer questions 1-3. [Present ple Past simple They want to go to the They togoti match, the match, They dont talk tothe taxi_| They tothe taxi driver. fiver. Where do you want to go? | Where to go? 1 What letters do you add toa regular verb in the past simple, e.g, call? Whatdo you dof the verb ends ine, eg. type? What happens to verbs which end with one vowel and. +g. chat, stop? ¢ > p.136 Grammar Bank 7B. Learn more about past simple regular verbs and practise them. What did they want to do? ‘They wanted to go to the match, harles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, has three daughters, 18-year-old and 15-year-old twins Eliza and Amelia. They live in Althorp, a large country house near Northampton, about 85 miles (136 kilometres) north of London One of the sisters and her friend wanted to go to a football match in London. It was a Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. They called a taxi to take them to London and back. The taxi arrived and the driver typed Stamford Bridge into his satnay. The girls relaxed in the back of the car. They probably chatted, listened to music on their iPods, and texted their friends. They didnt talk to the taxi driver. ‘Two hours later the taxi stopped. They looked out of the window. It was a street with pretty houses, The girls were a bit surprised, and they asked the taxi driver where they were. In Stamford Bridge, he said. ‘Where did you want to go?" Sather Tay d_ Stand up and move around the class. Ask Did you. yesterday? questions with the verb phrases beiow. ‘When somebody answers Yes, I did, write their name. YESTERDAY Find a person who... ~ used satnav = watched a football match = chatted online ~ studied for an exam ~ cooked dinner = arrived at work /school late = listened to the radio ~ started a new book = worked studied uni late played a computer game id youse satnav yesterday?) No, td. Did you.” 3 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings B® Past simple regular verbs The ein -edis not usually pronounced, and -edis pronounced itor i, eg, closed iklauzdl, stopped tpt! The -edis pronounced id/ only in verbs which end with the soundit/ or dl, e.g. waited "werd! ended rendu -ed called | looked arrived relaxed listened | stopped | b (9550) Look at the verbs in the list Cirela)the ones that belong to group 3. Listen and check. “played finished started travelled asked missed cooked needed watched lived liked typed © (9/56) Listen to some verb phrases. Make true| Elsentences about yesterday. ») play tennis (ase tennis yesterday./ I didn't play tennis yesterday. 4 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING past time expressions a Number the past time expressions 1-10. yesterday morning last night ast month three days ago [1] Five minutes ago TF tast week tast summer "| the day before yesterday (Ja year ago (Jin 2009 Past time expressions We say last week, last month NOT the last week, thelast month b (3)57)) Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. ¢ Look at the questionnaire below. Tell your partner true sentences with past time expressions. Ask for more information. Jcriedat the end of )) (_ Oh really? afilmiast week What was it? When was the last time you...? % cried at the end of a film % travelled by plane ‘ started a new hobby ‘walked more than 10 km + booked tickets online ‘% downloaded a song + played sport ‘% missed an English class % watched a really good film % called friend % danced im EE 7 7A past simple of be: was / were King Edward VII's wife was American. (3.44) You/We/They | werethere. You/We/They | weren't there She wasn't in class yesterday. Was she il? ‘The Beatles were famous in the 1960s Where were you last night? You weren’tat home. + Weuuse was were to talk about the past. + Weoften use was] were with past time expressions, eg. yesterday, lastnight, in 1945, et. + Weuse was] were with born: was born in Hungary, 7B past simple: regular verbs WYou/ worked 1/You/ | didnt work layed tennis this mornin; @s3) He/She/It/ | yesterday. He/She/'t/ | yesterday. {piers east : 95s) esitey We/'They ‘We watched a good film on TV last night. My grandfather lived in Vienna when he was young, I studied German when Iwas at school. + Weuse the past simple for finished actions in the past. watch | watched | add-ed play _| played 3 iia = + Contraction: din’ = did not. ee + Regular verbsin che past] end in-ed, stop | stopped | one vowel + one consonant, eg worked, lived played. See onsen + The past simple is the same for all persons (I, you, she, ete). es Wiles common ste Vlad, + Use auxiliaries did didn’t + infinitive for past simple(F) and [=] Didis the past of do. 7C past simple: irregular verbs ‘+ Use the irregular past form only in] sentences: Isaw a film lastnight. Iwentto Spainlast month, (58) + Use the infinitive after did didn’: didn’t go to Madrid. Did you seea film last night? NOT Bidyorrsaw-—? Did you go to Barcelona? 1 didn't go out last night. NOT Haieevent=— + Remember word order in questions = ASI (Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), eg, Did you go out last night? or QUASI (Question word, Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), e.g. Where did you go? + There isa lis of irregular verbs on page 165, didn't go didn't have didn’t get could feacn stant teach Past of can = could. ear lidn't hear a fal Gidrrt feel El = couldn't NOT didn't ean leave didn’t leave [= Could you..? NOT Bid youcan::? lose didn’t lose meet didn’t meet speak didn't speak do didn't do 7A ‘a Complete the past simple sentences with was) wasn't or were weren't. present simple My father’s a painter. past simple My grandfather was | 1 Today is Monday. Yesterday _Sunday. 2 Where are you now? Where___you yesterday? 3. T'min kay. 1____inGermany last month. 4 Isithot today? ithot yesterday? 5 The café isn't open now. It open this morning. 6 Myneighboursaren'tathome. They at home yesterday. 7 We're in Rome now: We in Venice yesterday. 8 They're tired, They tired last week, GRAMMAR BANK b Complete the dialogues with was, wasn't, were, or weren't, A Were you and Charlie at the concert last night? B Yes, wet At good? B No, it?__. The singer “_ terrible. AS _____ the tickets expensive? B Yes, they ® A Where? your mother born? B She® ‘born in Argentina in 1955. A®__her parents Argentinian? B No, they ® Her father ™__ German and her mother !®__from Italy. < ps2 7B a. Rewrite the sentences in the past simple with yesterday. Present Past Iwatch TV, watched TV yesterday. We study English. Do you listen to the news? He doesn’t cook dinner. Does she play sport? They work late. use the internet at work. She chats to her friends. My brother doesn’t dance. 7 Waukon 'b Complete the sentences with a verb in the past simple. nat call cry dance finish notlisten play We finished work late yesterday. 1 [_____my mother on her biethday. 2 The film was very sad 3. My brother ___video games all day yesterday 41 tothe news this morning because Twas late 5 Sarah _with Martina the party?

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