“Nice hat! | used to have on hair while | was watching a \, 11 | football game on TV and a 0 just like it but | gave it to Alice. So, are you ready? Dy Look! Dax was cutting my i it wasn't my fault! | was shavi the back of his head when his team scored a goal. He jumped! | He phoned them last night. She was working at six o'clock yesterday. IE Did he phone them last night? He didn’t phone them last night. She wasn't working at six o'clock yesterday. Was she working at six o'clock yesterday?Past simple Use We use the past simple to talk about: + something that happened at a speci Jamie broke his leg last week. time in the past. + situations that existed in the past. Kate worked as a teacher for many years. + habits that we had in the past. My father walked to schoo! every day when he was a boy. * actions that happened one after the other in the past. We put on our coats, got our umbrellas and left the house. Time expressions We often use the following time expressions with the past simple: yesterday, yesterday morning / afternoon / evening, last night / month / year, ten minutes / days / weeks ago, in 2007, in May, on 15th October / my birthday, at six o'clock, etc. They left for London yesterday. We went to Spain last summer. Past continuous Use We use the past continuous: * to talk about an action that was in progress at a particular time in the past. Iwas having a bath at nine o'clock this morning. + to talk about two or more actions happening at the same time in the past. While Dad was cutting the grass, | was watering the flowers. * to talk about a past action that was interrupted by another action in the past. We use the past continuous for the longer action that was in progress. We use the past simple for the shorter action, the one that interrupted the first one. We were playing a game when the boys arrived. * to set the scene ina story. It was a dark night. It was raining and the wind was blowing across the hills. Time expressions * We often use the past continuous with these time words and phrases: © all day/moming / evening | was working all day yesterday. © at eight o'clock We were playing football at eight o'clock © at the time Liz wasn't working at the time. © while While ! was studying, he was watching TV. While ! was walking the dog, I saw Mike. o as As | was walking the dog, | saw Mike. ‘+ When we use the past simple and the past continuous together, we often use the word when. We use the past simple after when. We were having lunch when he phoned. . oRE complete, use the past simple. 2 kell ie to her pat. (oot invite) 3 story in dass toy? (ou Fite) 4 My grandad nest OMatOes inhi garden. (row) 5 When. Spain? (they / sit) 6 rmsure tat Sarah. the ‘money. (not ste) 7 We _along the road because we were late. (bury) 1 Sarah lM nna new erlast week, 8 -t0 bed early lastnight? ou ‘the boys/ 90) $f we cantnces. Us the pat continuous 1. we /watch /the game at four o'dlock «he / work /ll evening yesterday (Near ting te Se ter ced 2. /not talk/t0 you 5 why / Fred and Ray / fight? 3 it/rain at eeven o'dock this morning? 6 we /not sleep /at midnight PF circe the correct answer. 1 It was snowing when IGF UY was getting up this moreing 2 We practised / were proctsng forthe concert when Jamie phones. 3. As she was getting out of her car she cropped / wes cropping her keys. 4 While you watched / were watching TV {was tgying your room! 5 He wasn't driving / didn't dive fast when the accident happened. {6 What were the others doing when you conived / were arriving last ight? 7. Thelights went out /were going out while | was washing my hai 8 Someone knocked on the door while we had / were having lncff compete use the ast spe or past continuous A Karen oul onthe glass while she 5 While we through the ‘SENSE he dishes. (beak, wash) woods, it. toain. (wall tart) 2 Aswe tocatch thebus, 6 Nadia 10.0 to sleep when stacey and fel. (run, trp) the phone xy. ring) 3 Jon a comic while his sister 7 Me Fox.. the snow off his coat for her test. (read, study) and then into the house. 4 le snes Green 2s | (shake, step) smn ®® SCHOO! thIS MOMINg. BWR vnnnnnnnnne€h55 WHEN WE (see, cycle) the earthquake. (pay, feel) $f wine centnces, Us the passimple or pas continuous and the word in brackets Do not change the order of the sentences 1. 1/ sleep, my brother / work Jon his 5 he /laugh, he fread J the story (while) History project (hile) de lise seg, bree ae voting sti le ce : 6 1/ get ready for bed, 1/ hear /a strange 2 Mum / cook the dinner, Mike and Ela/ noise (as) arrive (when) 7 1/ brush / my teeth, the phone ing 3 I/.walk /home fromschool, /see/Jo (as) (while) 4 we/ watch /the fl, the electiity/go 8 Dave’ play / football, he / hurt / his leg ‘off (when) (winen) e was the first day ofthe summer holidays. The sun". 00. (shine) and a light wind (blow) across the fields. race” (put on) her jeans and a Tshirt and ee (un) into the garden. ‘Rover she... (ald but the big black dog © 2.0 NOt appeaN. ‘Where's Rover?” Grace asked her mum. I don't know, dear” she replied, ‘When 1”. {get up) this morning, he... (chase) rabbits at the bottom of the garden. 'm sure he's fine” ‘ut Grace was beginning to get worried. Rover always > nuns (COMO) When She Called iM, SHe rs snennne (purry) down to the bottom of the garden. must find him!” she thought, Then, 96 She "cnn (climb) over the fence, she au (hear a barkOTe Tey used to vein France. DEERE EME They dida't use to lve in France er Did they use to lve in France? [+ We use used toto tak about: © pasthabits, things that we did regularly inthe past. Janine used to walk to schoo! every day © situations that were tren the past but are not true now. Tony used to be very i but he never does any exerise now. ‘+ We can use the past simple and used to in the same way. But we can use tuted fo to emphasise the difference between what existed in the past and what exists now. They lived in abi house many years 290. They used to live in abig house but now they live ina tiny cottage $f complete Use sed, Genus. 5 Where before they eon case) se o.rtusedt 6 My dad noennnennonnnel dog when hhe was a child. (not have) 1 Shen nlBllalotot chocolate 71 ery ft but now but she doesn’t any more. (at) Unever do any exercise (be) 2 many toys when twas & room with your lite (not have) brother? (you /share) 3 what.. in your fee time 9 Before he bought hs bike, he wen you were my age? (you do) to work by bus. 00) 4 rs Jones. custteh 10. We. here very often 99 rom er farm every dey. (ng) (oot come) Aff ewite the sentences. Use we 1. My mum read me a story every night. 5. Was Grandpa a good swimmer? fmm aed ead. hey ey a, 2. There weren't many shopsin this town. 6 didnt lke her when we were at school 3 Did you play basketball every day? 7 Did your mum walk to work? 4 Mrand Mrs Evans ved in a small vilage, 8 Wermetin the park aftr school every day.Af read and complete, Use one word in enh space ‘A few years a strange thing happened to me. It? bout the moon was shining brightly in the night sky. My brother and | ‘coming home from our friend's house; he used *. lve in a small cottage (on the edge of the village. 5 _we were walking up the path towards our house, we heard a strange noise. Then suddenly, front of us, we saw a gil ina white dress. ‘Are you lost?” asked het. She n't reply, She was coming towards us ‘oud went over the moon. Fora moment there was complete darkness but when ‘the moon came out again, the git was gone! | don't know if she *. a ‘ghost but Inever walked home in the dark again after that! Write about something strange that has happened to you. You can look at Exercise 9 for help. You can also use these ideas. sme with a partner. Student A: Make alist of things you used to and dida't use to do when {you were litle, Dont say which things you used to or didn’t use to do. Show your ist to Student B Student 8: Look at Student A’ lst. Guess which things he /she used to do ‘and which things he /she didn’t use to do when he / she was lite, Get one Point for each correct guess. Nw snap reso co esane 7. as ih Opi ro) co are EN %e, Coositewoe) ie