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3.1 Past simple 1 The plane took off half an hour late, but landed on time. 2 I didn’t sleep very well last night. 3. Did you fall down the stairs? Regular verbs Past simple Example form most verbs ted | entered the lift. ends in -e +d She decided to jump. ends in consonant +-y | y-+i+-ed You copied my Write the past simple form of these verbs. L grow grew 7 take [_] 2 copy [_ ] 8 need [| 3 move [) 9 write 4 cut 10 play 5 watch |_| undo [ 6 wear [ 12 chat Complete the biography with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Valentina Tereshkova — the female astronaut 1955 At eighteen, Valentina Tereshkova ined oma 1961 She 7 |apply) to become an astronaut six years, later. At that Gime, the space progam ofthe Soviet Union 2 (begin) tolook for women astronauts they ©] (wani)%0be the fist country to send a woman into space research. ———_—_—_ Career timeline: ends invowel+-y | +-ed We enjoyed the trip, " ends in short vowel + | double last They planned the parachuting club. consonant letter +-ed holiday. Negatives (except be | did't+ ‘He didn't sleep well and modals) infinitive Questions (except be did + subject Did you enjoy it? and models) + infinitive * Verbs can be regular or irregular. regular verbs don't follow the rules for forming the past simple. Look at the examples. Regular: watch -+ watched, marry + married, dive dived, land ~ landed Irregular: go —+ went, get ~* got, set — set, take + took (Gee the irregular verbs table on * We use the past simple for finished actions in the past. We often use it to tell stories, ‘She left the house early in the morning. tHe didn't enjoy the experience. Did she take a ong time? ‘The past simple doesn’t change form in the third person, except for the verb be. ‘She wore a beautiful dress. NOT Stee eter daar dey 1961 Yuri Gagerin {___|select) Tereshkova to train as an astronaut the same year-Butit | [be) a secret - her mother 7| (learn) about it on the radio! 1963 On 16 june, Tereshkova flew into space. She q |(travel) around the Earth forty-eight times before. returning to Earth 41963 she mary astronaut Andrian Nkolayev in Novernber. 1964 They (have) a daughter, Yelena - the first child of two astronauts Rewrite the sentences in the negative form (-) oras questions (?). 1 Armstrong landed on the moon in 1967.) Did Armstrong land on the moon in 1967? 2. She dived into the freezing pool. (2) 3. The passengers were all from Russia. () 4. We got tired after running 5km.() 5 Ourchildren played in the tree house all afternoon. (2) CO 6 Thad a bad experience on the journey. () 7 Paula ate a delicious meal in the restaurant. (2) 8 They spent the afternoon watching tennis. (-) 1. Complete the questions with the correct question word. Where doeshe live? me does the class start? does the bank close on Friday? 1 2 3 4 Js your brother's birth 5 clothes do you like? 6 are their names? /s that book interesting? 2 Gireldthe correct option. Why (oY does they like that moder building? What do / does she do in the evening? What colour 5 /are your new trousers? ‘What time do /does we have dinner? Where do / does his sister ive? What 's / are your favourite clothes? 3. Match questions 1-6 in exercise 2 to answers a-f She watches TV. Black. *C) © [] Because it’sinterestingand different. 4) at6.0. ©] Casual clothes. £7) InMadria 5.3 present simple - all forms 1. wear smart clothes at work. 2. My sister enjoys clothes shopping, 3 Raul and Sophie don't like fashion clothes. 4 She doesn’t work in an office, 5 A What do you do at weekends? 8 Igo ut with friends, 6 A Does your sister live in Lublin? B Yes, she does, Positive (+) you/werthey | like colourful clothes Helshe wears traditional clothes. tt leaves at 430. Negative (-) vyou/werthey | don't [tive | in aly. Helshe doesn't |have | dinner at 7 p.m. it doesn't | arrive | at 8 o'clock Yes/No questions (2) Do — | vyourwerthey [read] comics? Does | he/she speak | Japanese? Does | it ook | good? Short answers Yes, 'yourwe/they do. No, he/she/t doesn’t Yes, he/she/it does No, Vyou/we/they don't. Wh questions (2) What books do you read? Where does he live? Put the wordsin the correct order. 1 /wear/ sometimes / skirts /long / really L sometimes wear really long ski 2 She /lots / clothes /of / beautiful /has 3. A you/at/Do/shoes /home /wear? B don't/No,/1 4 doesn’t /He/ / clothes / smart 5 We/ different / have / hairstyles . 6 A put/Does /he / cream /his/on /Tace? B he/does/Yes, ‘Complete the conversation with the correct form ofthe verbs in (brackets). ‘A Where de_you_come (come) from, Anouk? B I'm from Greenland, but 14 ] (live) in Copenhagen.14 | (work) ina hospital. A Tell me about this photo. B Thisisa picture of my brother and sisterin our traditional clothes. Men and women 4 (have) different styles. Men (wear) white shirts, black trousers and black boots. Women § (wear) colourful clothes. In this photo, my sister (have) a really nice red jumper and white boots. A What] ipeople in Greenland usually [wean? B Well, 17 {have got) alot of warm clothes because it’s always really cold! A you [like) traditional clothes? B No,Idon't.1"{ like) fashion clothes.

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