Past simpleI can use the past simple tense with appropriate time expressions.

Past simple: regular verbs

v>id you have a good holiday?J

We use the past simple to talk about actions thatfinished 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?

Write the past simple form of the verbs.agreeaskclose

crydancediscoverenjoyhatemiss

agreedO

9 need10 plan11 rain

12 stop13 study14 try

Spelling rules: regular verbs

Most verbs: f -edask-» asked start-»started

Verbs ending in -e: dlive lived hate -» hated

Verbs ending in vowel + -y: -edstay-ÿs tayed enjoy -» enjoyed

Verbs ending in consonant + -y: -> -iedcarry -» carri ed s tudy s tud ied

Verbs ending in one vowel + one consonant:double the consonantplan->pla ned prefer-* prefe edWe don't double the consonant when stress is not onthe last syllable.listen -»listened

We don't double the consonant when it is -w, -x or -y.relax -> relaxed snow -> snowed

Pronunciation: -ed

The -ed ending has three different pronunciations./id/ after Id/, HI: started, ended, invited

HI after If I, Ikl, Ipl, Isl, ///, /tJ7: laughed, asked, watched161 after other sounds: played, called, used

| 2 ©O7.1 Listen to the final sound in the pastsimple verbs from exercise 1. What do you ÿ§rhear? Write the words in the correct place./id/ It 1

/d/

agreed

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct pastsimple 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.

Past simple: be

(not study)4 The train _

5 _

_suddenly, (stop)your grandparents_you at the

weekend? (visit)6 I

(use)7 Katie _

(open)8 What_

(cook)9 Harry _

(wait)

10 I really

_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 questionsabout yesterday and complete the table.Write a tick ÿ or a cross x.

play sport

tidy your room

use a computer ÿ

walk to school

get maths homeworkeat chocolate

üúd you use a computer yesterday?

Yes, i did.

We use the past simple of be to talk about situationsthat 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.

O1 I was / wasn't / weren't at school on Monday

because I was ill.

2 William Shakespeare was / were / weren't afamous writer.

3 They was / wasn't / weren't on the bus; theywere on the train.

4 We enjoyed the meal. We was / were / weren'tvery hungry!

5 There was / wasn't / weren't any milk in thefridge. It was empty.

6 You was / were / wasn't tired yesterday. Are youOK 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.

5 Write two true sentences and twofalse sentences about your partner inexercise 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\zjaneused a computer yesterday.

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utri iu

o%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

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

10 snow / any / there / was / in the mountains

8 Work in pairs. Student B: turn to page 170.Student A: ask Student B questions andcomplete text A. Then look at text B andanswer Student B's questions.

A Sam and Jack weren,t at school yesterday. They_at home.They_ill. Sam_tired and he_in bed. Jack

He_on the sofa.They_in bed.

bored.There a lot to do.

were saK*, ai-vdjacte at school yesterday?

No, they weren't.

Past simple: irregular verbsThere are no rules for the affirmative past simpleform of irregular verbs. You must learn each formindividually. See the list on page 176.go-* went buy-* bought take-* took have-* hadWe went on holiday to Luxor in 2011.My dad took a lot of photos there.We make the past simple negative and question formsof irregular verbs like regular verbs. We use didn't anddid + the infinitive.I was late, so I didn't have breakfast.Did you buy a T-shirt?

* 9 Complete the crossword with the irregularpast simple forms. O

B Saturday was a nice day. It was very hot. Lucyand Sara weren't at the beach. They were atthe shops. Lucy was happy, because the shopsweren

't busy. Sara wasn't happy. She was boredand hungry but there wasn't a good café.

was .Saturday a vúce day?

yes. It was.

Down Across

getbecometakebuy

8 make9 find

12 leave

spendcome

gobreak

10 have

11 forget13 read

3

4

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be not come feel get have not enjoymake rain stay wait walk

In the afternoon, we had a PE lesson, but it1_and 12_very wet. Normally I love

PE but 13_it yesterday.14_at school for an extra hour because ofmy detention. Then 15_at the bus stop forthe bus but itf_1'_home.

My parents®_But my mum9_much better after that!

worried because I was late.

_

a nice dinner. 1'°_

*14 O 7.4 Now listen to Katy's description of herday 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

5 The picture is

p2 O7.3 Complete the end of Harry's story with thepast simple forms of the verbs in the box. Listenand check. m¡ÍJ

she wotee up atj o'clock..

*1C Circle the correct option. *1 3ÿ 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 homeworkyesterday?

Complete the first part of Harry's story with thepast simple forms of the verb in brackets.

Everything went (go) wrong yesterday.11_(get) up late, because my brother2_(not set) the alarm clock. 13_

(have) a shower but the water4_(be)cold. 1f_(leave) the house at 8.30, so ofcourse I f_(miss) the bus. 17_(walk)to school. It8_(take) me 30 minutes, and1®_(not arrive) on time. My teacher wasangry and '°_(give) me a detention.

In the morning, we ,'_(have) a listeningtest in French. 1'2_(not understand)anything and 1,3_(get) all the answerswrong!

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures ofKaty's day. Ask and answer questionsabout Katy.

ÿ what time/wake up1 how/travel to the shops2 what/buy3 who /meet4 what / eat at the café5 when/get home

what tívu¿ did \cat\¿ wa tee up?

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Time expressionsWe often use time expressions to say when somethinghappened. We use them with the past simple whenwe 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 theexpressions.

ÿ _

week

Oago [ ] in [ last 0 on ÿ

_18 July.ago ÿ in ÿ last ÿ on ÿ

2 two years_

ago ÿ in ÿ last ÿ on ÿ3 _year

ago ÿ in ÿ last ÿ on ÿ4 six weeks_

ago ÿ in ÿ last ÿ on ÿ5 _11 November

ago [ ! in [ last [ on ÿ6 _2010

ago ÿ in ÿ last ÿ on ÿ7 four days_

ago ÿ in ÿ last [ on (

Write about yourself and the events inexercise 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 adifferent way. Use the words in the box and lastor ago.

month one hour six months three yearstwo days week year

SI 6 O 7.5 Listen to Fred talking about importantevents in his life. Match the events 1-7 to the time

expressions a-h.

Oÿ was born c\ a five years ago1 started primary school b in 20062 learnt to read c three years ago3 first went to the cinema _ d in 20074 started language lessons e last year5 started secondary school f in 20056 meet his best friend g on 7 May, 20007 gota mobile phone _ h in 2012

It is 2 o'clock on 13 July 2005.1 arrived home inLondon at one o'clock, after my rescue from adesert island.

'In 2002 I left home in a boat, to sail around theworld. But bad weather destroyed my boat and Ihad to swim to an empty island.

1 didn,t see anyone for two years.Then iin 2004,1saw a boat. I waved but the people didn't see me.

3ln January 2005,1 became very ill and nearlydied. But then "on 18 June 2005,1 saw a plane. Itwas flying very low. I waved and the pilot saw me!&On 7 July, a boat arrived at the island and wesailed to a big island with an airport. ®On 11 July, Itook a plane back to London.

ÿ ovÿl hour ago

1 _2 _3 _

4

5

6

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;;:19 o 7.6 Complete with the past simple forms ofthe verbs in brackets. Then listen and check.

Ben v>id you Wave_(you/have) a

Jack

Ben

Jack

Ben

Jack

Ben

Jack

Ben

Jack

Ben

Jack

Qgood weekend?No. Not really.Why not?Well,,_ (Robertand I / decide) to go cycling. But2-(we/get) lost.How'_

(that/happen)?Well,4_(we/not/have) a map.5_(Robert/forget) to bring it. And then itstarted to rain.®_(you/get) reallywet?

Yes, especially Robert.'_(he/not/have) a coat. But that wasn'tthe worst thing. The chain on my bicycle8_(break).

Oh no.9_(we/not/know)

what to do. My'°_(phone/not/work) because we couldn't geta signal. We looked for a car, but1,_(there/not/be)

any cars on the road.So what,2_(you/do)?13

for an hour. In the end,14

(we/walk)

-(we/come)to a village and phoned my dad., ®_(he/drive)

to meet us m the car.16 (he/not/be)happy!

*20 Look at the questions in exercise 19. Use wordsfrom the table to write more past simplequestions about a bad day.

When... Who...What... Where...How... Why...

happen seego do meetdecide get

Were...Was...

afraid nervousalone late

wheuv did It hcrppeiA>? why did you. decide that?

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Work in pairs. Think about a bad day thatyou had recently. Answer your partner'squestions, and ask about his or herbad day.

WheiA, did it hflfypei'v?

it was 1\a> May last year.

were you aiotÿe?

No. I was with m,y sister, Ayva.

;;:22 f Write a description of your day fromexercise 21.

it was lt-v May last year. My sister Avÿrx aiÿddecided to go sho"}ypli-vg. it started ok. we ...

T Self-evaluation Rate your progress. j* * & *

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