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UNIT 2 :
MY EXPERIENCE

When I was 2nd grade of senior high school, my friends and I went to Bali. We were
there for three days. I had many impressive experiences during the vacation.

First day, we visited Sanur Beach in the morning. We saw the beautiful sunrise
together. It was a great scenery. Then, we checked in to the hotel. After prepared our
selves, we went to Tanah Lot. We met so many other tourists there. They were not only
domestic but also foreign tourists.

Second day, we enjoyed the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We played so many
water sports such as banana boat, jetsky, speedboat etc. We also went to Penyu island to
see many unique animals. They were turtles, snakes, and sea birds. We were very happy.
In the afternoon, we went to Kuta Beach to see the amazing sunset and enjoyed the
beautiful wave.

The last day, we spent our time in Sangeh. We could enjoy the green and shady
forest. There were so many monkies. They were so tame but sometimes they could be
naughty. We could make a close interaction with them. After that, we went to Sukowati
market for shopping. That was my lovely time. I bought some Bali T-Shirt and souvenirs.

In the evening, we had to check out from the hotel. We went back home bringing so
many amazing memories of Bali.

Grammar Focus: Simple Past Tense

The simple past is used for a completed action that happened at one specific time in
the past. It is also used to talk about past time (experiece), using ago, last week/month/year,
etc.

John went to Spain last year

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Bob bought a new bicycle yesterday

Shanty washed the dishes after dinner

Formula:

S + V2 + O

Simple past tense

Adverb of time

 Yesterday
 Last week
 Last month
 Last year
 Two minutes ago
 Five days ago

GRAMMAR FOCUS:

Simple past tense is always used V2 in a sentence to tell about past event

Sample of regular verbs :

Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 3

Close Closed Closed

Cook Cooked Cooked
Call Called Called
Decide Decided Decided
Listen Listened Listened
Marry Married Married
Play Played Played
Reject Rejected Rejected
Talk Talked Talked
Walk Walked Walked
Watch Watched Watched
Wash Washed Washed

Sample of iregular vebs:

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Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 3

Begin Began Begun

Break Broke Broken
Buy Bought Bought
Do Did Done
Drink Drank Drunk
Eat Ate Eaten
Get Got Got
feel Felt Felt
Go Went Gone
Make Made Made
Ring Rang Rung
Say Said Said
See Saw Seen
Sing Sang Sung
Tell Told Told
Understand Understood Understood
wear Wore Worn
Write wrote written

Example of past tense sentences:

Positive sentences Negative sentences Interrogative sentence

Ben went to New York last Ben did not go to New York Did Ben go to New York last
week last week week

I got a special gift last night I did not get a special gift last Did you get a special gift last
night night?

They repaired the computer They did not repair the Did they repair the computer
three hours ago computer three hours ago three hours ago

Use of Simple Past

Simple Past is used for actions and situations in the past.

 Facts and situations in the past

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Expresses a fact or given situation in the past.

Beispiele:
Our secretary worked very hard.
I did not agree with you.

 Actions in the past

Actions in the past that took place never, once, several times or regualary. (see also:
signal words)

Examples:
Mister Brown never attended any meeting. He always sent me.

 Actions taking place one after another

Actions in the past that took place one after the other.

Examples:
Mister Sanders came into the office, checked his mailbox and went straight to the
briefing.
What a horrible day: first my computer crashed, then our best
customercancelled their order and on my way home my car broke down.

 Actions taking place in the middle of another action

(Sudden) action that took place in the middle of another action.

Examples:
I was sitting in a meeting, when my mobile suddenly rang.
When I came in, John was playing solitaire.
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Exercises 1:

Read the text below and put one of these words or expressions into each blank!

As soon as went had on the night of

Invited were after others

Arrived and then

(1) ______ November 2nd, Linda (2) ______ some friends to her birthday party. (3)

____

the first guest. (4) ______ , we offered them drinks (5) ______ we put on some music.

(6) _____ half an hour, there (7) ______ about thirty people in Linda’s living room, some

of them (8) _____ small talk, (9) ______ just went on eating and drinking. We (10) _____

home a bit late, but we really enjoyed the party.

Exercise 2:
Give the past forms of these regular verbs!

1. We ____ an hour yesterday. (wait)

2. Joan _____ his room last night. (clean)

3. I _____ squash 2 hours ago. (play)

4. He _____ a lot as a baby. (cry)

5. We _____ TV all evening. (watch)

6. You ______ to me. (lie)

7. I _____ of you last night. (dream)

8. Mom _____ at me. (smile)

9. Sister _____ the letter yesterday. (send)

10. John ______ my bike. (break)

Exercise 3:
Put in the correct forms of the simple past tense of the verbs in brackets1
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LIZARDMAN

Christopher Davis, a young driver South of California, (claim) _______ a monster

(attack) ______ him while he was driving along a lonely road. The moster (be) _______

seven feet tall and (have) ______ red eyes and green, scaly skin. It (chase) ______

Christopher’s car and (jump) _______ on the roff. Many people (believe) ______ the story

and the newspapers (call) _______ the monster ‘Lizardman’. Seventy hunter recently (set

out) ______ to trap Lizardman and local radio (offer) ______ $1 million to anyone who

(capture) ______ him dead or alive.

Lizardman had so much publicity that thousands of people (visit) ______ South

California to find him. No one has found him yet. As everyone knows monsters may or may

not exist, but they are very good for the tourist industry.

Exercise 3:

Write your own story, it can be about a holiday, an office, your experience in the past, etc.