UNIT 8 I was It s so cold in Hong Kong. We were in Australia last week. It was very hot there. A We use the simple past tense to talk about events or completed actions that happened in the past. I He She It was tired. I He She It was not (wasn t) tired. You We They were You We They were not (weren t) B The past forms of the verb to be are was and were. Present Past past now am/is was ( was/were) (am/is/are) are were I was in Primary 6 last year. I am in Secondary 1 this year. He was in Australia yesterday. He is in Hong Kong today. They were hungry this morning. They are full now. 16 C We often use expressions of time such as yesterday, last night, two days ago and just now with the simple past tense. She was not happy with the results of the match yesterday. My friends were not in the same class last year. My brother was in London three years ago.
Unit 8 Exercises 8.1 Fill in the blanks with was or were. Remind Ss to note the plural nouns. 1 the room was 3 the firemen 5 dolphins 2 the people 4 the cheese was 6 my arm was 8.2 Read the sentences. Underline the wrong words and write the correct ones in the spaces. 1 It is very noisy last night. 2 Mrs Cheung were my class teacher in Primary 1. 3 We are in Singapore last Christmas. 4 You was not the last one yesterday. She arrived later than you. 5 The weather is nice this morning, but it s cloudy now. 6 My uncles was farmers, but they work in the market now. was was was 8.3 The verb to be is missing in each sentence. Put a in the correct places and write the correct forms of the verb to be in the spaces. 1 Kenny a student two years ago. 2 They my best friends in primary school. 3 Mr Kwan late this morning. 4 The students sick after eating sushi yesterday. 5 My wallet in my bag, but it s not here now. 6 I very upset, but I feel better after talking to you. 7 Digital cameras not popular in the past, but they re very common now. 8.4 Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences. Remind Ss that the verb to be usually goes after the subject in a sentence. was was was was 1 2 in the past now The man was fat in the past, but he s thin now. 3 in the past now In the past, the sea, was clean but it s dirty now. 4 in the 80s now in 1999 now Mobile phones big in the, Computers were expensive in 1999 80s, but they are/they re small now. but they are/they re cheaper now. 17
UNIT 9 Simple past forms of regular verbs You look tired today. Mum wasn t at home last night. I cooked dinner, boiled some soup, washed the dishes, watched TV and played computer games. A I You We They He She It played computer games last night. Cathy boiled some soup for lunch yesterday. Maggie and I checked our homework carefully last night. You missed a good show. It was fantastic! The woman received a parcel from France this morning. B We form the simple past form of regular verbs like this: Most verbs + -ed boil boiled Verbs ending in -e + -d receive received Verbs ending in a consonant letter + -y Short verbs ending in a vowel letter + a consonant letter y + -ied double the consonant letter + -ed tidy tidied plan planned When the last syllable of a verb is not stressed, we do not usually double the final consonant when adding -ed, e.g. visit visited. 18
Unit 9 Exercises 9.1 Write the simple past form of the verbs. 1 walk walked 5 ban banned 2 enjoy enjoyed 6 carry carried 3 jump jumped 7 collect collected 4 compare compared 8 slip slipped 9.2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. copy hand move play promise punish start visit 1 I visited Mary s new home last Sunday. 2 Grandpa played harmonica when he was young. 3 John handed in his project last week. 4 The mother promised her son to buy him a toy car last time. 5 The game started at 6 p.m., but you were half an hour late. 6 My neighbour moved to Tokyo last month. 7 The student copied homework from his classmate, so the teacher punished him. 9.3 Make sentences in the simple past tense with the words in brackets. Last year 1 (Susan/watch/a baseball match) Susan watched a baseball match. 2 (David/listen/to music) David listened to music. 3 (the school/raise/some money) The school raised some money. 4 (my friend/travel/to Mongolia) My friend travelled to Mongolia. 9.4 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences in the simple past tense. 1 school/study/sister/at/japanese/my My sister studied Japanese at school. 2 morning/rain/this/heavily/it It rained heavily this morning. 3 London/ago/man/years/live/ten/in/the The man lived in London ten years ago. 4 shop/the/the/stop/car/outside/flower The car stopped outside the flower shop. 5 week/early/homework/elaine/her/finish/last Elaine finished her homework early last week. 19
UNIT 10 Simple past forms of irregular verbs Hi, Nancy. I just came back from Canada yesterday. How are you? Really? I went to Canada last week, too! A I You We They He She It came home last night. I got a present from Sandy yesterday. My parent sent the school principal a letter two days ago. The postman put the parcel in the mailbox. They took the ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui. B Irregular verbs have past forms that do not follow the regular spelling rules. They sometimes look very different from the infinitive form of the verb. We can form irregular past forms in the following ways: Change the vowel letter Change the consonant letter Change the word No change get got give gave send sent make made bring brought take took put put cost cost 20
Unit 10 Exercises 10.1 Complete the tables. Present Past Present Past 1 eat ate 6 fly 2 know knew 7 buy flew bought Tell Ss that the past form of read is pronounced /red/. 3 read read 8 bite bit 4 do did 9 pay 5 see saw 10 be Remind Ss there are two past forms of the verb to be. 10.2 Circle the past forms of verbs in the crossword puzzle. Then use the words to complete the sentences. paid was/were T O L E T E L W 1 The football player drank a lot S E W E S C M R of water after the game. P C A U G H T O 2 Sarah chose a birthday gift for her friend in the shop. O I P S U O C T 3 The thief hid in the closet K J E T H S D E when the police arrived. E E L O G E O N 4 My cat caught a mouse last night. H I D L E Y A B 5 Kenneth wrote a letter to T U C D R A N K Mary last Christmas. 6 The governor spoke to the journalists after the meeting. 7 Dad let me stay in Grandma s house last summer holiday. 8 Jack told little Anna a story before bed. 10.3 There is one mistake in some of the sentences. Underline the wrong words and write the correct ones in the spaces. Put a if the sentence is correct. 1 A baby falls down from 18th floor in this building yesterday. fell 2 I forget to bring my Maths homework to school today. forgot 3 My parents buy me an MP3 player as a birthday present. bought 4 This mobile phone cost four thousand dollars last year. 5 She hears some strange noise from the garden last night. heard 6 Some people sleep in these public toilets ten years ago. slept 7 She lose her luggage during the trip. lost Tell Ss that we often use forget and lose in the past tense. 21
UNIT 11 I didn t say (negative) I didn t break the vase! A I You We They He She It did not (didn t) have dinner last night. did + not bare infinitive My daughter did not break the vase. Grace and I did not go to Shirley s party. My dog didn t bark last night. B We use the bare infinitive after did not. Sally watched a film. She did not watch a concert. Marcus went to the beach. He did not go to church. C We usually use short forms in conversation. We didn t order this dish. Can you take it away, please? I m sorry. I didn t keep my promise. 22
Unit 11 Exercises 11.1 Make sentences with did not and the words in brackets. 1 (Jane/see/the doctor) Jane did not see the doctor. 2 (Ken/help/the old woman) Ken did not help the old woman. 3 (the man/steal/the money) The man did not steal the money. 4 (Santa/write/to me) Santa did not write to me. 5 (my neighbour/feed/her dog) My neighbour did not feed her dog. 11.2 Rewrite the sentences with did not. 1 I watched a film this afternoon. I did not watch a film this afternoon. 2 My sisters went to the playground. My sisters did not go to the playground. 3 The baby cried last night. The baby did not cry last night. 4 Uncle Tom drove me to school. Uncle Tom did not drive me to school. 5 Darren came back to Hong Kong. Darren did not come back to Hong Kong. Remind Ss to use the negative. 11.3 What do the people say? Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. bite buy cost give press talk 1 I didn t press _ the button. Matthew did it. 2 My dog didn t bite _ you. He was with me the whole morning. 3 The cup and the spoon didn t cost _ much, but they look nice. 4 Lawrence was mad at me, so he didn t talk _ to me all day. 5 Janice didn t give _ me back my pen. I don t have one now. 6 Dad didn t buy _ me anything from Taiwan because he was too busy. 11.4 Read the situations and make sentences with the words in brackets. 1 Isaac and Adam stayed at home yesterday. (leave) Isaac and Adam did not leave home yesterday. 2 Yvonne failed her violin examination last week. (pass) Yvonne did not pass her violin examination last week. 3 Gabriel kept the computer on this morning. (turn off) Gabriel did not turn off the computer this morning. 4 The workers stayed up all night because they had to finish the roadworks. (sleep) The workers did not sleep all night because they had to finish the roadworks. 5 Roy left the office door open and the robbers took everything away. (lock) Roy did not lock the office door and the robbers took everything away. 23
UNIT 12 Did you say?/was it? (Yes/No questions) Did you go to Causeway Bay yesterday? Yes, I did. Were you in a black jacket and black trousers? No, I wasn t. A question short answers Did I/you/we/ they/he/she/it have lunch yesterday? Yes, I/you/we/ they/he/she/it did. did + subject + bare infinitive No, I/you/we/ they/he/she/it did not (didn t). questions short answers Was I/he/she/it I/he/she/it was. late yesterday? Yes, Were you/we/they you/we/they were. was/were + subject No, I/he/she/it you/we/they was not (wasn t). were not (weren t). B We put did or the verb to be (was/were) at the beginning to ask Yes/No questions in the simple past tense. Did you join the English Club last year? Yes, we did. Were you in the English Club last year? Yes, we were. 24
Unit 12 Exercises 12.1 Match the answers to the correct questions. 1 Did Mr Wong answer you? 2 Was it a school in 1984? 3 Were the cars outside my house? 4 Was Sally Li a famous actress? 5 Did you enjoy the concert? a Yes, everybody knew her. b No, I m still waiting for his reply. c No, it was boring. d Yes, but it s a museum now. e Yes, I could see four. 12.2 Fill in the blanks with did, was or were. 1 Was Aaron in Hong Kong last month? 2 Janice was here this morning. Did you see her? 3 Were John and Cecilia in the classroom during recess? 4 Did Sandy return the book to the library two days ago? 5 I passed a message to Mr Jackson this morning. Did he get it? 6 Was Mrs Kwan your class teacher last year? 7 Did Class 1B go to the computer fair last week? 8 Were you the last student to leave the hall yesterday? 12.3 Read the answers. Make questions. 1 Did you dance in the show? 2 Were your parents at work? 3 Did the man take my/our bag away? 4 Did they read the news yesterday? 5 Were houses in Hong Kong big in the past? 6 Did your grandpa do any exercise this morning? No, I didn t dance in the show. No, my parents weren t at work. Yes, the man took your bag away. Yes, they read the news yesterday. Yes, houses in Hong Kong were big in the past. No, my grandpa didn t do any exercise this morning. 12.4 Read the questions. Complete the short answers. Remind Ss to use the correct pronouns in the short answers. 1 Were Judy and Ada good friends before? Yes,. they were 2 Did the firemen put out the fire? Yes,. they did 3 Was the cupboard expensive? No,. it wasn t 4 Were the people angry? No,. they weren t 5 Did your uncle rent a house in Shenzhen? No,. he didn t 6 Was the office quiet this morning? Yes,. it was 25