Bob Is eighty. He's old and weak. ‘Mary his ile Is seveny-nine. She's oi8 too. ple (Was/Were - Had) Fit yeas ago they were young, Bob was strong. He wasnt week Mary was besutlt. She wasnt od. ‘© The past simple of the vert “to be” is was for |, he, she, Ik and were for we, you, they. We form questions by putting wasiwere before the subject pronoun (I, you, he, etc). 9. She was i yesterday.» Was she i ‘We form negations by putting not ater was/were. e.g. She wes not il yesterday. (She wasn il yesterday. was, | was not Iwasart Was? You wero ‘You were not You werent Were you? Ho was He was not Ho wasn't Was ha? ‘She was ‘She was not ‘She wasn't Was she? was twas not Hewaso Was i We wore ‘We were not ‘We werent Wore we? Youwere ‘You wore nt ‘You werent Were you? They were, They werenct They werent Were they? Fill in the short forms as in the ‘example. Ho water’. n Pars ‘at home. 1 He was notin Pass. 2 They were notat home. They 3 Tomas notat school. Tom 4 The gis were not The gis. with us, us. 55 Sophia was not in the Sophia in the ark. Park. 60 {In pairs, ask and answer questions Using the prompts below, as in the ‘example. ‘SA Where were you at 8 o'clock yesterday? ‘SB: Iwas at the cinema you / cinema Helen / park ‘Tom and Mary / theatre Me Miter / work Dos / home "you and the boys / supermarket‘use the past simple for actions which at a definite stated time in the past. is, we know when the action happened. ‘Time expressions used with the past simple Include: ‘yesterday, last week, last month, last year, ‘two days! weeks/months/ years ago, in 1975, etc. ‘Tom and Jean in Spain ast wook. ‘Saran ‘en years old in 1995, George trod. He is going to bed now. 1 2 3 4 31 ‘a secrotary. | work in a big office 8 Tom ‘at Peter's house yesterday. 7 Mum 276 08d ens tome lastnight. 8 Tory........ my tend. He Ives next door. 9 Alison and Kate... late for school yesterday. 0 the cameramen atthe studio now? {In short answers we only use Yes or No, the per- ‘sonal pronoun and the verb form was/wasn't or werefweren'. We do not repeat the whole ‘question. ‘¢g. Were you late yesteriey? Yes, I asiNo, I wasn. ‘eee Yes, 1 wasiwe were. No, see's waren. sheisnem. 2 Yeesbeshott was, pe =? No, hele wasn. Yes, they were. Sehidei No, they weren’.. ‘Note: Wo use the past simple to talk about people who are no longer alive. By rani as, wan, wore or wort 1. Wao... Marilyn Monroe a. famous actress?” Yes, she a5...” ‘Aled Hitchcock an actor?” “No, he "a famous drector.” TIL. Abraham Lincoln and George Washrgion Presidents of he USAT” “Yes, thoy Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then, match the questions to the answers. 4. was /with/ you who? 2 the meeting / at were / people / how many? 8 you / were sad / why? 4 last right / you /at/ home / were? 5 open / was / shop / the? {6 were / much / tickets / the / how? a No, it was dosed. > ~ Foye. ° d t Boceie lo “No, Iwas out ‘Aunt Mary, “Who was with you?.(Was/Were - Had) | There was/There wore Is the past simple form of There is/There are. We use thore was in the singular. e.g. There was 2 post office in the street tity years ago. ‘We use tore wore In the plural. e.g. There were a few houses in the street tiny years ago. We put yas/wore before there to form questions. .g. Was there a post office inthe street thy years ago? Were there any houses i the street thy years ago? ‘We form negations by putting not after wasiwere. eg. There was notiwasn't @ post office in the “street hity years ago. There wre notiwaren't any houses in the street tity years ago. Sion Anewers “© In short answers we only use Yes or No and there wasiwere. We do not repeat the whole ‘question. ‘SA: Wore there bicycles a hundred years ago? ‘Wes there a back on the desk? ee Yeu Pro wes eenae ay perenne oer a No be werentPast Simple (Was/ “© The past simple of the verb have (90%) Is had. Iie the same in all persons. \We form questions withthe auxiliary verb i, the subject pronoun and the verb have. e.g. Did you hhave many toys when you were a child? ‘We form negations with sic not and have. e.g. | did notididn't have many toys when | was a chic. ec tong form ‘Shoe form trae \aanetraw Ideritnve De nae? Bas Yeusdnattoe Yougarinwe — Balyounae? tos Weiddratwe — Hedarttaw Ba hehe! Sees Sregmtne — Suasartnoe dhe? Fe erttme” — Aartine Bane wots Weacretae Negertnme Bawehne? Younes Yovsuretme Yooarttee — Bayunmer Trey Thoysrcthe Tyaertnowe Baby? Gy Mi rettorme sein tment gape wit hc ord hve 1 2 toothache yesterday. Se 3 o2od mete enc, 2 They cid not have lunch, * a big party last 3 Stason may 7In short answers we only use Yes or No, the ‘subject pronoun and the auailiary verb didn't. We do not repeat the whole question. .2.g. Did you have much money? Yes, dic iNo, | didn't Didyou..? Yes iwe dla. Nowe. Did heishe/t..? Yes, heisheiit did. No, eisai itr itty? Yor thy di {In pairs, look at the objects and ask land answer questions as in the ‘SA: Did you have @ rocking horse when you ware tive years old? ‘8B: Yes. | No, | akin. We use there wasiwere to say what existed and it was/they were to talk about what we have already mentioned. (2g. There was a soe inthe room. (NOT: t-wa6-a-cofein-the-voom.,) It was big ‘and convortaole. There were trees in the garden. «or: They were apple trees. 1. There were... wenty people atthe party -They were... all John and Patty's tends. ‘nen & €F Outside my house this morning. ‘white sportscar. Paul atthe office. al from hie Boss. “a hundred guess atthe wedding, al oatves, 10 clouds in the sky yesterday. ‘a beaut! day. seat youths mong a c your fiend Tony. 7 vse FS Of Roles in my jacket. . ‘ sn VOY OG Tot of people in the room, ns ORY CrOWSES. oa 1. Did Jim hada bath tis moming? ‘2. There was a telephone cal fr me? ‘3. Was your parents on holiday in June? a 5 Mary had not a party yesterday. ‘There weren't not any Discus loft in the tnFlin the gaps with was, were or have. Past Simple (Was/ RALLY Look at the two pletures below. Picture A shows ‘the town of Barton as it is now and picture B shows ‘Barton as it was many years ag0. Im pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below as in ‘the examples. ‘ag. $A: Was Barton ciferent many years ago? ‘$B: Yes, twas, ‘SA: Were there any al bulking? ‘SB: No, there weren't. é Activity Now, using the pictures and your notes from the(Regular/Irregular Verbs) © We form the past simple of eguiar verbs by adding -c to the main verb. e.g. He played footbalyestrcay. We form questions withthe audary verb ci, the subject pronoun and the main verb without -e4. 0. Did he play otal yesterday? We form negations with ci nct/scin' and the main verb without -e. e.g. He did not ‘didn play footbal yesterday. worked 1 41d not work 1 it work Did I work? You worked You did not work You dnt work Did you work? He worked He did not work He dda't work Did he work? ‘She worked She did not work She dnt work Did she work? worked Nid not work Nt work Did t work? We worked We did not work We dent work ict we work? You worked. You did not work You dnt work id you work? ‘They worked ‘They did not work They dat wore Did trey work? Verbs ending in-otake only ho - hoc! “© Verbs ending in 8 consonant + y, drop the y ‘and take ied. study - tuchod But, verbs ending in @ vowel + y, take -ed. ly played, stay stayed “© Verbs ending in one crossed vowel between ‘wo consonants. double the lest consonant fand take od. st0p stopped BUT vst ioc “© Verbs ening in one i, double the 1 and take 04. travel -ravlled, quarrel quarlied ‘Jl and her daughter did’ stay at home ‘ast weekend, They went toa tends house nthe ‘mountans. They played in the snow and had afoot un laugh, tidy, travel, stay. plan hate, cry, rob. pull, love, study, dance, kiss, drop, change, enjoy, try, Ive, pre fer, cook, huny Se Ss { laughed as Gas |Past Simple (Regular Write the past simple of the verbs in Bg el) the correct box, then read thom out. ‘start. open, wish, ook, walt jump. carry, viet, cook, ‘lean, end, finish, add, We, match, count, laugh, pray. kiss, type. decide, change ‘The suffix -od is pronounced: © [J when the verb ends in a // oF. ‘sound. Wanted, mended © /1/ when the vero ends in a Teh) 81h Lh It 10r/p {sound liked, missed, watched, washed, laughed, stopped '* /4/ when the vero ends in any other sound, ‘closed, studied, loved, robbed wont id not go eiant go You went You di not go You dnt go j d He went Heid not go ‘He didnt go ; Sho wont ‘She didnot ge She dnt 90 E Iewent Neidnot go Medit go t We went Wedd not go Wediént go c You went Youd notge Yount go , They went They did not go They dnt go : In pairs, ask and answer question " Wilto tho past simplo of tho vorbs. sing the prompts below as in the example. | rans 8 ‘SA: Mary went somewhere yesterday ‘$B: Did she go to the theatre? 1 Mary / go somewhere yesterday (theatre) 2 John / meet / somebody yesterday (his boss) ‘3. Father / repair / something yesterday (the car) 4. They /visit/ somebody yesterday (the Browns) ‘5. Shela / buy / something yesterday (a dress) {8 Tom /talk to / somebody yesterday (Ben) 7 They / bring / something yesterday (a cake) . 67 engeaaeages iy1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple. *..Dld you go. 0 School yesterday?” “No, it was Sunday.” (you'go) He sorsnmmnninnnnnnnne Af interesting book fast month, (reed) ‘ookod for my keys but them. (nottind) anything. (noveat) Fred yesterday?” wasn't hungry 801. ng rato 4 for repeated actions which happened in the gir”? rL sbe-bieilest Racteonimerwmmcnmenee ° hencaa hai we can use adverbs of frequency (e.g. always, 9 HOW MANY BOOKS orev r oan, usa, “Only oe boul we Oia pase Grain ayant rears: ott fook Foe yah on Sunday mete sence fea aan Other time expressions used with past simple apart from those on page 61 include: last ‘Monday! Tuesday etc. then, when First, put tho verbs in brackets in the (oot) the fm, 50 ‘Sophia ang Mary ae {chout) at them. (iss) the bus, so he = \¢_ (go) tothe bank, he «wer. (90) 10 bed early. HEY oon (ia aes owns = : o E 5 4 Ee E 4 3 4the gaps with the correct verb in the OE anenses: ie coh severe oie ;past simple. Give short answors. ‘pronoun and the auxilary verb didididnt. We do not ‘apeat the whole question. ‘go to the supermarket v 180. Dlo you go to the cinema? Yes, ck. No, cnt. ‘post the letters x © goto the baker's x Did you..? Yes, we did. No, Uwe dt “ee 5 Did heishelt.2 Yes, helshelt id. No, he'shelt cht take him for a walk v make the beds v Didthey...2 Yes, they dd. No, they dnt. ey e wash the dishes: v Put the verbs In brackets into the past simple. Mother: Hello Anna. Hi Mum, Did you do the things | asked you to do? | did some of them but not al of them, $0, 1) edd you go. 10 the supermarket? 2) but! 3) tothe baker's. ‘That’ all right. 4) the eters? Slaten 8 secon BOOS? n. enn Pas 8) the dishes. ‘Good! What about the dog? Last Sunday the Carter family 1) .en®...(go) camp- Anna: 19) sven Blaghy and then | Ing inthe countryside, Mey 2)... find) anice 10) nen MO 8 Wa place by a river. Mr Carter 3) (out up) the Mother: 11) the plants? fent. After that they 4). (eat) some sand Anna: 92) vwwsnonennnan swenes and cakes. Then, Mr Carter 8)... Mother: It doesn't matter. I'm glad you did al those (show) Sam and Pamela how to fish. Ws Carter 6) tings. (Gick) some flowers, and their dog Anna: To tell you the truth Mum, Grandma camo Champ 7) nn (BWR) nthe ver. They snd biloed imal 2B) venvnnennnsens (MVE) a VEY Good time Read the text in ex. 7 again and in Put the verbs in brackets into present pairs, ask and answer questions os ‘simple, present continuous or past in the example. simple. 1 Tina moment 2 Aex 1 the Carter ‘arity / go shopping? washing... (wash) her car at the ‘$A: Did the Cartor family Qo shopping? ‘SB: No, they didn't. They went camping, (phone) me yesterday evening 2 they /find / nice place for their tent? 3 Sone sense YOU) the 9. Mes Carter / put up /the tent? football match on TV last ight?™ 4 they / eat /amburgers and biscuits? No, (tithe) football very much.” ‘5. Mr Carter / show the children /how to fish? 4 Father ‘~ f2ad} his newspaper now. {6 Ms Carter / swim in the river? He always (ead) tin the evening, 7 they / have a good time? 5 Thoy ction (G0) to the beach last year. 69(Regular/Irregular Verbs) 6 We {potige) tothe crema ast night We sn ta) at home and 7 Stove (wake up) t 8.30 yeteray moming. (have) @ shower and {han se ncnnn (eat) aig breast, 8 Richard usualy (eave) the ofc at ¢ o'clock. It is 430 now and he. sans (HiUWOrK) Because Ne {come} to work late this morning. 9 Greg and Cetherine * Wook) for anew iat at present 10 Mr and Mrs Adams Usually an. (i) their daughter on Sundays. 14 Diana (leave) School in 1989. She (study) French at university and she “-- (become) a teacher four years ago, 42 The children are in the garden. They ence (Glay) withthe dog. 99, Bon ofOM nn... (meget his friends on Sunday mornings. Last Sunday tHe snus (NE) 0 the Beach and. (90nd) al day there. 14 “Where... (oe) Peter? *deave) for work a minute ago. 6 : (youNisit) Inia” Ten years ago. {ike t very much.” 16 Tom usually “= (getup) late on ‘Saturday mom ‘wake up) ‘arly ast Saturday because (want) 0.9010 the shops wih my sister. First put the verbs Into the interrogative {orm of past simple, then match the ‘questions to the answers. 1 What time did you get ups Yougat UB) hi mmoming? (she/move) to London? sewn (gO) t0 Paris? (he/see) the fn? an Whose car : tri) hs moming? » Qheyfnite) 0 diner? (youhave for une? ii Donna: Helo Mark! i's Donna. How are you? Mark: fm ine. 1) ..woke up... (wake up) al! an ‘hour ago and 12). (ave) ‘broaktast a the moment. Donna: But, I's lunchtime! (G0) to Pris (come) ~ (have) a very good time but (cote) (Blay) rock music (hate) rock. She (Potdance) a a. (hoy) any food? | FC (Ge) alot of things. (You/do) lastnight? Karen washesiis washing hor hair every day. 2 Mark workedils working very hard these days. \talked/am talking to Caro} on the phone a few days ago. ‘John staysis staying with his cousin at present. | get upigot up 290 clock on Sundays. ‘They goiwent fo the Banaras last summer ‘She's buying bought = computer three days ago, : aa 1 Me Smiths atawyer. He A. alot ot ours. eerse ns oe 28 oa mth. mew a ht og Sa ott oa etn 1 you revel ead? SB: Yes | cid. The bbe. ove the wal and an away. a Atsjumpng 8 jumps C humped Uy sc =e 44 “Whats Dad doing?” He... he batwoom” Atepantng B parted” C. pains 8 When Father came, We 10 tas, BoB went” @ are gong x8 Choose the correct answer. FIll in the gaps with one of the verbs {rom the list in the correct form of the past simple. enjoy, break, have RS Bes aa ‘Imagine that you went abroad last year and write about your holiday. Begin ike this: