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UNIT
11
Past
simple
(l
did)
a)
Study this
example:
Tom:
l.ookl
It's
raining
again.
Ann:
Oh
no,
not
again.
It
rained all
day yesterday
too.
Rained
is the
past
simple
tense.
W_e
use
the
past simple
to talk
about
actions
or
situations
in
the past.
-
I very
much
enjoved
the
Part1.
-
N{r
Edwards
died
ten
vears ago.
-
When I
lived in
Manchester,
I worked
in
a bank.
b) Very
often
the
past
simple
ends
in
-ed:
' 7e
invited
them
to our
parqv
but they
decided
not
to
come'
-
The
police
stopped
me
on
my way
home
last
night'
-
She
passed
hei examination
because
she
studied
very
hard'
For
spelling
rules
see
Appendix
3
'
But
marry
iLpo.t".,t
rr.ib,
"..
irregular. This
means
that
the past
simple
does
not
end
in
-ed.
For
example:
ieave
->
left We
all
left
the
parr,v
at
11
o'clock.
go
--+
went
Yesterday
I went to
London to
see
a
friend
of mine'
cost
--+
cost
This
house
cost
{35,000
in
1980.
The
past
of
the
verb
be
(amlis/are) is was/were:
I/he/she/it
was
we/You/theY
were
I was
angry
because
Tom
and
Ann
were
late.
For a
list of
irregular
verbs
see
Appendix
2.
c)
In
past simple quesrions and
negatives
,t\re
use
did/didn't
*
the
infinitive (do/open/rain
etc.):
it
rained
did
it
rain?
it
didn't
rain
-
Ann:
Did
You
go
out
last night,
Tom?
Torn:
Yes,
I went
to
the
cinema.
But I didn't
enioy
the
film'
-
\il/hen
did
Mr
Edwards
die?
-
'What
did
you do
at the
week-end?
-
W-e
didn't
invite
her
to
the
part/r
so
she
didn't
come'
-
\7hy
didn't
You
Phone
me
on
TuesdaY?
Note
that we
norrnally
use
did/didn't
with-
have-:
--
Did
you
have
time
to
write
the
letter?
-
I didn't
have
enough
money
to
buy
anything
to
eat'
But we
dc not
use
did
with
the
verb be
(was/were):
-
Why
were-you
so
angrY?
-
Th.y
weren't
able
to come
because
they were
very
busy'
-
Was
Tom
at lvork
yesterday?
Fo;
the
past simple
see
also
Units
12,20,21.
22
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11 Exercises
In this exercise
you
baue to read
a
sentence about
the
present
and
then write
a
sentence
abowt
the
past.
Example:
Tom usually
gets up at7.3O. Yesterday h.g.W.L-W.0&7'.?.Q,.
1 Tom
usually
wakes
up early.
Yesterday
mornrng
2
Tom usually
walks to
work.
Yesterday
3
Tom
is
usually
late for work.
Yesterday
4 Tom
usually has a sandwich
for lunch. Yesterday ........................
5
Tom usually
goes
out
in
the evening.
Yesterday evening
6
Tom usually
sleeps very
well.
Last night
...........
This
time
you haue
to
put
one
of these
uerbs
in
each sentence:
batt
ga&
spend
sell,
throw
fall catch
buy
cost
Example:
I was
hungry, so
I .........b..0.w9h.L.........
something
to
eat
in
the shop.
1 Tom's
father
.......
him how
to drive when
he
was
17.
2
Don
........ down
the stairs
this
morning
and ............
his leg.
3
We
needed some
money so
we ...........
our
car.
........
{50.
5
Jim
......... the
ball to Sue
who
........
it.
ln
this
exercise
you
baue
to write
questions.
A
friend
bas
just
come back
from
boliday and
you
are
asking
him
about it.
'Examples:
where
,'
go?
W,he.nd-.'L.uJ?.|/1.99.?.....
.
food /
good?
Y:: a5.*-e..foo*-@2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
how long /
stay
there?
stay
in a
hotel?
go
alone?
how
/
travel?
the weather /
fine?
what
i do
in
the evenings?
meet any
interesting
people?
This time
you
ha.ue to
put
the
uerb
into
the
correct
form.
All
tlte
sentences
are
past.
Example:i
.......di.fu:t.g.o-.....
(notigo)
to
work
yesterday
because
I
...........ly*gnlD-......
(not/be)
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3
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UNIT L2
Past
continuous
(l
was
doing)
a)
Study
this
example
situation:
Yesterday
Tom and
Jim
played
tennis.
They
began
at
10
o'clock and finished
at
11
o'clock.
What
were
they doing at
10.30?
They
were
playing
tennis
(at
10.30).
'They
were
playing'
means
that
they
were in
the
middle
of
playing
tennis.
They
had
starred
playing
but
they
hadn't finished.
This is
the
past
continuous
tense:
I/he/she was I
*.,,n.ffi,
;;;.
i
plaving
We
use
the past
continuous
to
say
that
someone
was
in
the
middle of doing something
ar
a
certain time.
The
action
or situation
had already
started before
this
time but hadn't
finished:
-
This time
last
year I
was
living
in
Braz1|.
-
What
were
you
doing
at 10
o'clock last
nighr?
b)
The past
continuous
does
not
tell us
whether an
action
was
finished
or not.
Perhaps
it
was
finished,
perhaps
not.
Compare:
-
Tom
was
cooking
the
dinner.
(past
continuous)
:
He
was
in
the
middle
of
cooking
the
dinner
and
we
don't know
whether
he
finished
cooking
ir.
-
Tom
cooked
the
dinner.
(past
simple)
:
He
began
and
finished
it.
c) We
often use
the past
continuous
(I
was doing)
and the past
simple
(I
did)
together
to say
rhar
something
happened
in
the
middle
of
somerhing
else:
-
Tom
burnt his hand
when
he was
cooking
the
dinner.
-
I
saw
Jim
in
the
park.
He
was sitting
on the
grass
and
reading
a
book.
-
It
was raining
when
I
got
up.
-
While I
was working
in
the
garden,
I
hurt
my back.
But
to say that
one rhing
happened
after
another,
use rhe
past
simple:
-
Yesterday
evening
Tom
was
having
a
bath
when
the phone
rang.
He got
our
of the
bath
and
answered
the phone.
Compare:
-
When
Tom arrived,
we
were
having
dinner.
(past
continuous)
:
We had
already
started
dinner
before
Tom
arrived.
-
'When
Tom
arrived,
we had
dinner.
(past
simple)
:
Tom
arrived
and
then
we
had
dinner.
No/er
There
are
some verbs
(for
example
know)
which
are
not
normally
used
in
conrinuous
tenses.
For
a list
of these verbs
see Unit
3b.
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UNIT
12
Exercises
1
2
J
At 1
o'clock
At
3 o'clock
At
5 o'clock
12.2
A
group
of
people
were
staying
in a botel.
One euening
the
fire
alarm
rang.'tJse
the
words
in
brackets
to
make sentences
saying
wbat each
person
was doing
at tbe time.
Example:
(Don
/
have
/
a
bath)
P.qn..W.W..hAuLng.*Wh.....
1
2
-)
4
(Ann
/
write / a letter in
her room)
Ann
(George
I
get
I
ready
to
go
out)
George
..
(Carol
and
Dennis / have
/ dinner)
Carol
12.3
Make
sentences
from
the
words in
brackets.
Put
tbe uerbs
into
the
correct
form,
past
simple
fI
did)
or
past
continuous
I
was
doing).
Example,
(l
I
faltl
asleep
when
I
I *nt".h
/
relevision)
lf%.W.tql.Wilg. .W.gs..WwWt&+B.lt't..6;e,l
(Tom/make/aphonecall)
Tom
(the
phone
I ring I
when
I / have
/ a
shower)
(it
/
begin
/
to rain
when I
/
walk
/ home)
The phone
(we
/
see / an accident
when
we
/
wait / for the
bus)
12.4 Put
the uerb
inlo
lhe correct
form.
past
continuous
or
pdst
simple.
Example:
While Tom
.... Y09.9Q9.k1n9....
(cook)
the
dinner, the
phone
............1W9........
.
(ring).
1 George
(fall)
off
the ladder
while he
....
(paint)
the
ceiling.
2 Last
night
I
(read)
in bed
when suddenly
I
.....,....................... ..
(hear)
a
scream.
3 ...........
.....
(you/watch)
television
when
I phoned
you?
4 Ann
...
.
(wait)
for me when
I
..............................
(arrive).
5 I .. .
..
(not/drive)
very
fast
when
the
accident
..........
(happen).
6
I
...............
(break)
a plate
last
night.
I .. ... .....
(do)
the
washing-up
when it (slip)
out
of
my
hand.
Tom
..
............
(take)
a
photograph
of
me
while
I
(not/look).
We
................
(not/go)
out because it
...... .............
(rain).
'What
....
...
(you/do)
at
this
time
yesterday?
I ..........................
.....
(see)
Carol
at
the
party.
She
...............
(wear)
a
really
beautiful
dress.
1
2
.)
7
8
9
10
l2.L Here is
a
list
of
some
tbings that
Ann did
yesterday (and
the times at whicb
she
did
tbem):
4
5
6
1
2
1
-)
8.45-9.15
hadbreakfast
9. 15-10.00 read
the newspaper
10.00-12.00
cleaned her
flat
12.45-1.30
hadlunch
2.30-3.30
washed
some clothes
4.00-6.00
watched
television
Now
write
sentences
saying
wbat
she
was
doing
at
these
times:
At
9 o'clock
At
9.30
she
At 11
o'clock
ahe.rtw.hg'tws.>teqffi
4
5
2,5