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The document summarizes a conversation between a detective and a man whose wife left the previous day and did not return. The man describes his and his wife's normal daily activities until she took a taxi in the evening after saying she needed to go out.

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A New Life: Grammar

The document summarizes a conversation between a detective and a man whose wife left the previous day and did not return. The man describes his and his wife's normal daily activities until she took a taxi in the evening after saying she needed to go out.

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8A GRAMMAR simple past: regular and irregular verbs

a Complete the conversation with the past tense of the verb in the parentheses.
Be careful with + , – , and ? .

A new life
Detective Granger OK, Mr. Thomas. Please just relax
and tell me the problem.
Mr. thomas It’s my wife. She 1went (go) out
yesterday evening. And she
2
d
(not come) back.
d
Detective
d Granger When 3
d
(you / see) your wife for the last time?
Mr. thomas Yesterday evening, at about nine thirty.
Detective Granger Tell me what happened
yesterday. 4 (you / do)
anything unusual?
Mr. thomas No, it 5 (be) just a
normal day. We 6
(wake up) at seven. I 7 (have) breakfast. Then I 8 (drive) to work. My
wife 9
(not have) breakfast. In the morning, I think she 10 (go)
shopping. She 11 (come) home at lunchtime. I don’t know what she 12
(do) in the afternoon. She probably 13 (make) dinner.
Detective Granger When 14 (you / come) home?
Mr. thomas I 15 (arrive) home at about seven thirty. I 16 (sit) down and
17
(read) the newspaper, and 18 (check) my email. We 19
(have) dinner at about eight. After dinner, I 20 (watch) TV. I 21
(go to sleep) in my chair.
Detective Granger 22
(you / speak) to your wife at all? What
23
(she / say) to you?
Mr. thomas We 24 (not talk) during
dinner. After dinner she 25
(say), “This isn’t a life. I need to go out.” She
26
(call) a taxi.
I 27 (hear) the taxi about fifteen
minutes later. She 28 (take) her
bag and her coat and
29
(close) the door. She
30
(not say) goodbye.
Detective Granger I see, sir. I think I know why
she 31 (leave).

activation
b Read the story again. Then cover it. Can you remember five things that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
did yesterday?

American English File 2nd edition Teacher’s Book Level 1 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 183
2. Didn’t come
3. Did you see
4. Did you do
5. Was
6. Woke up
7. Had
8. Drove
9. Didn’t have
10. Went
11. Came
12. Did
13. Made
14. Did you come
15. Arrived
16. Sat
17. Read
18. Checked
19. Had
20. Watched
21. Went to sleep
22. Did you speak
23. Did she say
24. Didn’t talk
25. Said
26. Called
27. Heard
28. Took
29.Closed
30. Didn’t say
31. Left

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