Past simple I can use the past simple tense with appropriate time expressions. Past simple: regular verbs v>id you have a good holiday?j Spelling rules: regular verbs Most verbs: f -ed ask-» asked start-»started Verbs ending in -e: d live lived hate -» hated Verbs ending in vowel + -y: -ed stay-ÿs tayed enjoy -» enjoyed Verbs ending in consonant + -y: -> -ied carry -» carri ed s tudy s tudied Verbs ending in one vowel + one consonant: double the consonant plan->pla ned prefer-* prefe ed We don't double the consonant when stress is not on the last syllable. listen -»listened We don't double the consonant when it is -w, -x or -y. relax -> relaxed snow -> snowed We use the past simple to talk about actions that finished in the past. I started school in 20 7 0. We didn't play football on Sunday. 'Did Molly phone yesterday?' 'Yes, she did. ' What did you watch on TV? Pronunciation: -ed The -ed ending has three different pronunciations. /id/ after Id/, HI: started, ended, invited HI after IfI, Ikl, Ipl, Isl, ///, /tj7: laughed, asked, watched Write the past simple form of the verbs. agree ask close cry dance discover enjoy hate miss 9 need 10 plan 11 rain 12 stop 13 study 14 try agreed 161 after other sounds: played, called, used 2 7.1 Listen to the final sound in the past simple verbs from exercise 1. What do you ÿ r hear? Write the words in the correct place. /id/ It 1 /d/ agreed Unit 7 35
3 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verb in brackets. ÿ It didn't raí*, on Sunday, (not rain) 1 Cathy_after the exam, (cry) 2 _you_tim to the concert? (invite) 3 My parents_english at school. (not study) 4 The train _ 5 _ 6 I _suddenly, (stop) your grandparents_you at the weekend? (visit) (use) 7 Katie _ (open) 8 What_ (cook) 9 Harry _ (wait) 10 I really play sport _Tom's phone to call my mum. _the door for her teacher. your mum_last night? _for me at the bus stop. -that meal, (enjoy) Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions about yesterday and complete the table. Write a tick ÿ or a cross x. tidy your room use a computer walk to school get maths homework eat chocolate ÿ üúd you use a computer yesterday? Past simple: be We use the past simple of be to talk about situations that finished in the past. He was a footballer. His parents were very angry. The exam wasn,t difficult ' Were you at school yesterday?/ 'No, I wasn't! Where was James last week? There was a lot of traffic in the street. 6 Circle the correct option. ÿ The weather is good today, but yesterday it was / wasn't / were terrible. 1 I was / wasn't / weren't at school on Monday because I was ill. 2 William Shakespeare was / were / weren't a famous writer. 3 They was / wasn't / weren't on the bus; they were on the train. 4 We enjoyed the meal. We was / were / weren't very hungry! 5 There was / wasn't / weren't any milk in the fridge. It was empty. 6 You was / were / wasn't tired yesterday. Are you K today? 7 I didn't have an omelette. There was / wasn't / weren't any eggs in the cupboard. 8 Mike was happy because the exam was / wasn't / weren ' t very difficult. 9 Those people were / wasn't / weren't students; they were teachers! 10 The school was / wasn't / were very noisy at two o'clock but now it's very quiet. Yes, i did. 5 Write two true sentences and two false sentences about your partner in exercise 4. Work with a new partner. Ask them to guess the false sentences. javÿe didn't use a computer yesterday. " flint's false, i twin\zjane used a computer yesterday. 36 Past simple
%7 o 7.2 Write the words in the correct order to make questions. Then listen and check. ÿ your parents/were/angry Were you.r parents atvary?_ ÿ yesterday/jo/where/was where was )o yesterda y?_ 1 good/the film/was 2 was / his name /what 3 late /the bus /was 4 clean/were/their shoes utri iu o Past simple: irregular verbs There are no rules for the affirmative past simple form of irregular verbs. You must learn each form individually. See the list on page 176. go-* went buy-* bought take-* took have-* had We went on holiday to Luxor in 2011. My dad took a lot of photos there. We make the past simple negative and question forms of irregular verbs like regular verbs. We use didn't and did + the infinitive. I was late, so I didn't have breakfast. Did you buy a T-shirt? 5 the exam/was/when 6 grandfather / an engineer / your / was 7 your/were/where/trainers 8 any tourists / there / in the museum / were 9 you /were /why/tired * 9 Complete the crossword with the irregular past simple forms. 10 snow / any / there / was / in the mountains 8 Work in pairs. Student B: turn to page 170. Student A: ask Student B questions and complete text A. Then look at text B and answer Student B ' s questions. A Sam and weren,t at school yesterday. They _at home.they_ill. Sam_ tired and he_in bed. He_on the sofa.they_ There a lot to do. bored. in bed. were sak*, ai-vdjacte at school yesterday? No, they weren't. B Saturday was a nice day. It was very hot. Lucy and Sara weren ' t at the beach. They were at the shops. Lucy was happy, because the shops weren ' t busy. Sara wasn't happy. She was bored and hungry but there wasn 't a good café. was.saturday a vúce day? yes. It was. Down get become take buy 8 make 9 find 12 leave Across 3 4 5 7 spend come go break 10 have 11 forget 13 read Unit 7 37
*1C Circle the correct option. *1 3 ÿ Richard didn't play / don't played football yesterday. 1 Emma went/goed to Australia. 2 Did you broke/break my computer? 3 Sarah didn't send / didn't sent me a postcard. 4 My team won / win the competition last year. 5 When did Libby's grandfather die / died? 6 Suzy not see / didn't see the cyclist. 7 Leo drunk / drank a litre of water after the match. 8 What time did you wake / do you woke up? 9 We hadn't / didn't have a good day at school. 10 Did you / Did you do the maths homework yesterday? Work in pairs. Look at the pictures of Katy's day. Ask and answer questions about Katy. Complete the first part of Harry's story with the past simple forms of the verb in brackets. Everything went (go) wrong yesterday. 11_(get) up late, because my brother 2 _(not set) the alarm clock. 13_ (have) a shower but the water4_(be) cold. 1f_(leave) the house at 8.30, so of course I f_(miss) the bus. 17_(walk) to school. It8_(take) me 30 minutes, and 1 _(not arrive) on time. My teacher was angry and ' _(give) me a detention. In the morning, we,'_(have) a listening test in French. 1'2_(not understand) anything and 1,3_(get) all the answers wrong! p2 7.3 Complete the end of Harry's story with the past simple forms of the verbs in the box. Listen and check. m ÍJ be not come feel get have not enjoy make rain stay wait walk In the afternoon, we had a PE lesson, but it 1 _and 12_very wet. Normally I love PE but 13_it yesterday. 14_at school for an extra hour because of my detention. Then 15_at the bus stop for the bus but itf_1'_home. My parents _ worried because I was late. But my mum9 a nice dinner. 1' _ much better after that! ÿ what time/wake up 1 how/travel to the shops 2 what/buy 3 who /meet 4 what / eat at the café 5 when/get home what tívu did \cat\ wa tee up? *14 7.4 Now listen to Katy's description of her day and look again at the pictures in exercise 13. Are the pictures true or false? Write sentences. ÿ The picture is false. 3he didn't watee up at eight o'clock.._ 1 The picture is_ 2 The picture is 3 The picture is 4 The picture is she wotee up atj o'clock.. 5 The picture is 38 Past simple
Time expressions We often use time expressions to say when something happened. We use them with the past simple when we talk about an action or situation which is finished. in: I started school in 20 7 0. last: They moved house last year. yesterday: I finished the book yesterday. on: They arrived in Mumbai on 24 January. ago: She broke her arm three weeks ago. We put the time before ago, not after it. I went to China two years ago. I went to China ago two years. *15 Tick (ÿ) the correct word to complete the expressions. Write about yourself and the events in exercise 16. Use time expressions. I was bom, o\a,... i started prlm-flry school ItA,... iíl 8 Read the text. Rewrite the phrases in bold in a different way. Use the words in the box and last or ago. month one hour six months three years two days week year ÿ _week ago [ ] in [ last 0 on ÿ _18 July. 2 two years_ 3 _year 4 six weeks_ 5 _11 November ago [! in [ last [ on ÿ 6 _2010 7 four days_ ago ÿ in ÿ last [ on ( SI 6 7.5 Listen to Fred talking about important events in his life. Match the events 1-7 to the time expressions a-h. ÿ was born c\ a five years ago It is 2 o'clock on 13 July 2005.1 arrived home in London at one o'clock, after my rescue from a desert island. ' In 2002 I left home in a boat, to sail around the world. But bad weather destroyed my boat and I had to swim to an empty island. 1 didn,t see anyone for two years.then iin 2004,1 saw a boat. I waved but the people didn ' t see me. 3ln January 2005,1 became very ill and nearly died. But then "on 18 June 2005,1 saw a plane. It was flying very low. I waved and the pilot saw me! &n 7 July, a boat arrived at the island and we sailed to a big island with an airport. n 11 July, I took a plane back to London. 1 started primary school b in 2006 2 learnt to read c three years ago 3 first went to the cinema _ d in 2007 4 started language lessons e last year 5 started secondary school f in 2005 6 meet his best friend g on 7 May, 2000 7 gota mobile phone _ h in 2012 ÿ ovÿl hour ago 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 5 6 Unit 7 39
;; : 19 o 7.6 Complete with the past simple forms of the verbs in brackets. Then listen and check. v>id you Wave_(you/have) a good weekend? No. Not really. Why not? Well,,_ (Robert and I / decide) to go cycling. But 2 -(we/get) lost. How'_ (that/happen)? Well,4_(we/not/ have) a map.5_ (Robert/forget) to bring it. And then it started to rain. _(you/get) really wet? Yes, especially Robert.'_ (he/not/have) a coat. But that wasn't the worst thing. The chain on my bicycle 8 _(break). h no. Q 9 _(we/not/know) what to do. My' _ (phone/not/work) because we couldn't get a signal. We looked for a car, but 1, _(there/not/be) any cars on the road. So what,2_ (you/do)? 13 for an hour. In the end, (we/walk) 14-(we/come) to a village and phoned my dad., _(he/drive) to meet us m the car. 16 happy! (he/not/be) *20 Look at the questions in exercise 19. Use words from the table to write more past simple questions about a bad day. When... Who... What... Where... How... Why... Were... Was... happen see go do meet decide get afraid nervous alone late wheuv did It hcrppeia>? why did you. decide that? ;;:22f Work in pairs. Think about a bad day that you had recently. Answer your partner ' s questions, and ask about his or her bad day. WheiA, did it hflfypei'v? were you aiotÿe? it was 1\a> May last year. No. I was with m,y sister, Ayva. Write a description of your day from exercise 21. it was lt-v May last year. My sister Avÿrx aiÿd decided to go sho"}ypli-vg. it started ok. we... T Self-evaluation Rate your progress. j 1 2 3 4 5 H 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 * * & * 40 Past simple