hitpsliwen:CambridgeEbook.com Vets STAGE 17 was, were: Past Simple tense of verb to be FORM Negative Positive Long, Short | Question Twas Twas not T wasn’t Was 1.7 ‘You were You were not You weren't Were you ... ? She was | She was not She wasn't Was she ...? He was He was not He wasn't Was he .? It was | It was not It wasn't | Masi We were | We were not We weren't They wer They were not They weren't Practice ‘Ta Complete the sentences using was or were. 1 He ..as.. very tired yesterday. 2. They ..¥er#. not very happy together, 3 YOU. ssseccone Very angry with me last night. 4 Her doctor ........... not very helpful. 5 They in France last summer, 6 Mr Jones .....,...... Hot in the office yesterday, 71 in bed all morning, ait not very warm in the swimming pool. 9 You not very friendly to my sister. 10 She a beautiful baby. 1 The children awake early this morning. 12. Tesssessees hot With them in the restaurant. 13 Ruth .. on holiday last week. 14 Tt scsseceens a Very nice letter. 15 We ...sssseses very pleased to see you. 16 Callum and his brother Josh ... here last night, 17b Complete the story, adding was and were. It'..42., a beautiful day. The sun *..1¥48.. hot and the sky * blue. James and Wendy * on the beach. They *. with their three children. The children ° in the sea. The sea’. a bit cold but the children *... very happy. There *. lots of other children in the sea too: some of them. in the water withhtipahwrew.CambridgeEbook.com their parents. Wendy and James " Verbs STAGE on the sand and James " asleep with a book on his face. But suddenly there " grey clouds all over the sky and the sun ™. beautiful weather * finished and there not hot any more. The wet picnics and wet people everywhere. A British summer holiday! 17c In your notebook, write questions and answers about the story above, using was or were. 1 The weather nice? Was the weather nice?’ Yes, it was a beautiful day. 2. Where/James and Wendy? ‘Where were James and Wendy?’ ‘They were on the beach. James awake! ‘Sunny all day? 10 Where/this beach? Where/their children? Other children in the sea? James and Wendy in the sea? What/on James’ face? ‘The holidaymakers wet in the end? 17d in your notebook, write ten questions about a friend’s trip to London, using the table below. Then choose a short answer for each question. the streets | the people Was the parks Were —_| the airport the museums the shops the hotel the food warn? beautiful? friendly? busy? clean? expensive? good? fast? interesting? comfortable? Yes, it was. No, it wasn't. Yes, they were, No, they weren't. Examples: ‘Were the underground trains fast?” ‘Yes, they were. Was the weather warm?" No, it wasn't. Fzhtipahwew.CambridgeEbook.com Verbs STAGE 1 18 | walked to school: Past Simple tense: positive FORM [1 You He, She, It walked We, They * Add ed to regular verbs. The verb is the same for all persons: I, you, she, he, it, we and they. Notes Spelling: Verbs ending in: lke liked e, add d. study studied consonant + y, change y + + ed . stop stopped vowel + consonant, double the consonant and add ed. ‘+ y and w at the end of a word are not consonant sounds. So verbs ending in y ‘or w do not double the consonant: play = played > See Appendix 2 on spelling rules. USE * We use the past simple to talk about the past. Practice. 18a Write the past simple of these verbs. [stay stayed | { listen study help wash work carry | [sop start want |! ask live jo | took ; watch ; walk { open like 18b Complete these sentences in the past simple. 1 I .stayed. at home all weekend. (stay) 2. She ..ctied.. all night. (cry) 3B Teccccscsseesnemnenn every day last week. (rain) AWE cccenees to her very carefully. (listen) 5 Hen. her very much. (love) 6 The shop seve at § o'clock. (close) 7 My friends to stay all weekend. (want)htipahwew.CambridgeEbook.com Verbs STAGE 19 Past Simple tense: positive: irregular verbs We saw a good film last night. J bought all my Christmas presents at the weekend. They had a good time at the party. [You She Het We They aw | * The verb is the same for all persons: 1, you, she, he, it, we and they. * There are a lot of irregular verbs. Practice 19 Complete the tables below. > See the list of irregular verbs in Appendix 1 Infinitive Past simple Infinitive Past simple Infinitive Past simple bring [brought | give run buy _[bougt || [wet | aw come J have shut do know swim : drank ‘| Piet || take drove Tost taught find | [mae tell flew meet thought forget | put understand get (up) read write 31htipahwrew.CambridgeEbook.com Vets STAGE 20 Past simple tense: positive Check 20a Write these sentences in the past simple. 1 Isee my parents every weekend, (last weekend) J saw my parents last weekend. 2. Matthew always asks a lot of questions. (this morning) 3. They go to the mountains in the winter. (last winter) 4 Julie meets Tom from school every afternoon. (this afternoon) 5 Jenny watches a lot of television at the weekends. (on holiday) [ee 6 He eats a lot in the evenings. (last night) 7 The programme starts at 7.30 every Friday. (this morning) 8 I love cycling at the weekends. (when I was a child) 9 We always have a nice time with them, (on holiday) 10 The garden looks lovely in the spring. (last spring) 2htipalhrenw. CambridgeEbook com Vets STAGE1 20b Complete the sentences about Kelly's morning using a verb in the past simple. Use the verbs in the box. read getdressed leave faveashower turn on brush getup acupoftea eat wash 1 DY 2 ( Uff! 4 yy /} Hi MM Kelly ..a¢% 4p. She She She She She She She 10 She 33Vorbs STAGE httipahwew.CambridgeEbook.com 21 Past Simple tense: questions and negatives FORM Question Did Subject Infinitive Jr you she walk? Did he go? it come? we | they © Did + subject + infinitive for all persons and all verbs, regular and irregular, Did you go... ? Did you walk ... ? NO Dighsnstiert Biden Negative : _ 7 Subject__| did not Infinitive 1 You She did not walk. He (didn’t) 80. It come We ‘They © Subject + did not + infinitive for all persons and all verbs, regular and irregular. He did not go NOT Heddid-rerivent— Practice 21. In your notebook, put these sentences into the past simple. Write them in the positive form, the question form and the negative form. 1 She gets up early in the morning. She got up early in the morning. Did she get up early in the morning? She didn’t get up rly in the morning, 2 He teaches history at the university. He taught history at the university, Did he teach history at the university? He didn't teach history at the university.htipahwew.CambridgeEbook.com Verbs STAGET 3. They leave home at 8 o'clock. 4 He stays in very good hotels. 5 You smoke a lot. 6 Look very tired. 7 We stop at Oxford. 8 The restaurant closes at 11 o'clock. 9 Pam buys a lot of clothes. 10 The birds fly away to other countries. 22 Past Simple tense: times in the past Last night / week / month / year Three minutes / hours / days / nights / weeks / months / years ago Practice 22 Answer the questions using last or ago and the words in brackets. 1 When did you speak to Peter? (week) Last week. 2 When did they buy that car? (two years) 3. When di we clean the windows? (six months) 4 When did the film start? (five minutes) 5 When did you see your cousin? (three years) 6 When did she stop smoking? (month) 7 When did it stop raining? (two hours) 8 When did they go to Australia? (year) 9° When did Max phone? (night) 10 When did you find your wallet? (half an hour) 5Verbs btipaiteerw.CambriigeEbook.com 23 Past Simple tense 36 Check 23. Complete the conversation with the verbs in the past simple. ‘A: Where ' 440449. (you/go) for your last summer holiday? B: We* went. (go) to Egypt. A: Oh really? How interesting! °.. (you/enjoy) it? B: Oh yes, we ‘.... secnceesnse « PAU (love) the River Nile and [....cc.00 ... (think) the pyramids and all the historical sights... sss. (be) fascinating As How Long *...ccsecssseecsseesene (you/stay}? B: For four weeks. We *......cseseeee (be) there for the whole of October. As How nice, $0 YOU "...scccssee (have) lots of time to travel round. B: Yes, we". = well, quite a lot. But we only (see) a few places so I'd like to go again. ALY (you/leamn) any Egyptian Arabic? BI but Paul” eecsseecel tT 2 (study) the language for a few weeks before we 7 (go).1" (find) a good Arabic language cassette in the local library and that ”. (be) very helpful. (you/talk) to the local people? B: Not really, but I (know) how to order food and drink in the cafés and restaurants. A: Well, that’s good B: Yes it is, but I (want) to talk to people too so I'm still studying Arabic and I hope to go again next year. A: Well, best of luck!htipahrenw.CambrigeEbook.com Vers STAGE 24 go+ to, for a, ...ing T don’t go to work on Saturdays. ‘We went to the cinema last night. Would you like to go for a wall? 1 often go for a swim before work. They go sailing at the weekends, We went skiing last winter © go to ...: go to England, town, the cinema. * g0 for a...: go fora walk, a meal, a run, a swim, a drink, a game of tennis. * go ...ing: go climbing, skiing, swimming, fishing, sailing, walking, riding, birdwatching g0 + ...ing with sports. And go shopping. But we do not use go + playing. NOT #ewert playing tennis Practice 24 Complete the sentences. Twent .f@.. the .cinema.. last night. Tusually go fer, a ry. in the morning My father often goes... at the weekends. 3htipahwrew.CambridgeEbook.com Ves STAGE 1 We went ....-sccsecssseee this morning, , i Emma went ..... last week. Td like to go .. 8 eeseecsseeeene this afternoon, We go... eee IME ss oessssessseees OM Saturday nights,htipahwrew.CambridgeEbook.com Prepositions 25 at, on, in as prepositions of place Tsaw her at the bus stop. Can I meet you at the cinema? © ata place: @x at the bus stop/cinema Your books are on the table. The painting looks nice on this wall. © ona line or surface: 2 onthe table b on the wall Philip’s in the kitchen Your bag’s in the car. * ina place Cf) he tchen/car [2] inthe garden/park/town STAGE 1 inside. The place is not a line or surface: it has walls or sides: And we use in with names of towns and countries: in Britain, in Parts. Not We say: in a car, on a bus, on a train, Practice 25 Complete these sentences with at, on or in. 1 Do you live ..i#.. Manchester? 2. He was .2%, the bus stop for half an hour. 3. Are the plates ............ the cupboard? 4 Look at the example ............ the board, SI met my girlfriend a party, 6 Kathy’s not here - she’s work at the moment 7 Are my books that shelf? 8 My toothbrush isn’t the bathroom, Where is it? 9 She usually sits the floor, 10 Is your daughter happy school 11 We had breakfast 4 the garden. 12 There are too many cars .... the roadhtipahwrew.CambridgeEbook.com 27 at, on, inas prepositions of time They finish school at 4 o'clock. ‘The children usually have a story at bedtime. © at a point in time: at one o'clock, half past five, midnight; at lunchtime, dinner-time; at the end of the lesson. Tsaw her on Monday. My birthday’s on 4th September. © ona day or date: on Tiiesday, Thursday: on Ist April, 4th June: on the first day of spring. Tusually work in the mornings. [The weather's very nice here in the summer © ina period of time: in the morning, afternoon, evening; in April, May, June; in the summer, winter; in 1992 Notes © on Wednesday, in the afternoon, on Wednesday afternoon, © inthe morning, afternoon, evening, but at night on Christmas Eve, Independence Day, Easter Sunday, but at Christmas, at New Year, Practice 27 Complete the sentences with at, on or in. 1 College starts .4f., 9 o'clock in the morning. Tusually go swimming ..2°.. Tuesdays, got up oss... 7 o'clock this morning. Jim came round Saturday afternoon. We usually take our holiday September. They don’t go out very often the evenings She was born ip Australia 1952, J always go arfd see her .... her birthday. Prepositions ‘The children get too many presents ............ Christmas, 10 She phoned up the beginning of the match on TV. STAGE 11 They usually come and stay with us the summer holidays. 12 We moved here 20th October. a