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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COMMON MISTAKES AT PET … and how to avoid them. CONTENTS 1. A, an or one? 2. When do I use capital letters? 3. Do I need am / is / are in this sentence? Test 1 4. Singular or plural? 5. Plural or uncountable? 6. When do I use of and when do I use an apostrophe? Test 2 7. What's the negative form of have? 8. Present simple or present continuous? 9. Which verbs don't have a continuous form? Test 3 10. Regular or irregular past simple forms? 11. How do I form the past simple negative? 12. Past simple or past continuous? Test 4 13. How do I use personal pronouns? 14. How do I use reflexives? 15. Many, much or a lot of Test 5 16. Something, anything, nothing or everything 17. Same sound, different spelling Test 6 19. Which verbs take to + verb after them? 20. Which form of the verb do I use after look forward to? 21. Which form of the verb do I use after can and could? Test 7 22. How do I form adjectives from nouns? 23. Very or really? 24. How do I form adverbs? Test 8 25. Which, who or that? 26. How do I give extra information? 27. Which prepositions do I use after arrive? Test 9 28. Commonly confused verbs 29. How do I use do and go with -ing words? 30. Which verbs take to (preposition) after them? Test 10 ANSWER KEY 2005 © Cambridge University Press 2007

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COMMON MISTAKESAT PET and how to avoid them. CONTENTS1.A, an or one? 2.When do I use capital letters? 3.Do I need am / is / are in this sentence? Test 14.Singular or plural? 5.Plural or uncountable? 6.When do I use of and when do I use an apostrophe?Test 2 7.What's the negative form of have? 8.Present simple or present continuous? 9.Which verbs don't have a continuous form? Test 3 10.Regular or irregular past simple forms? 11.How do I form the past simple negative? 12.Past simple or past continuous? Test 4 13.How do I use personal pronouns? 14.How do I use reflexives? 15.Many, much or a lot of Test 5 16.Something, anything, nothing or everything 17.Same sound, different spellingTest 6 19.Which verbs take to + verb after them? 20.Which form of the verb do I use after look forward to? 21.Which form of the verb do I use after can and could? Test 7 22.How do I form adjectives from nouns? 23.Very or really?24.How do I form adverbs? Test 8 25.Which, who or that? 26.How do I give extra information? 27.Which prepositions do I use after arrive? Test 9 28.Commonly confused verbs29.How do I use do and go with -ing words? 30.Which verbs take to (preposition) after them? Test 10 ANSWER KEY2005 Cambridge University Press 2007A, anorone? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aI use a heaterbecause ray bedroomis reallycold hI use an heaterbecause ray bedroomis reallycold. 2aWe met one really nice boywhen we were on holiday. 1)We met a really nice boywhen we wereon holiday Weuse tinbeforesi ngul arcount abl enounsbegi nni ngwi t ha vowel(a,e, i, o, u),and a beforewordsbegi nni ngwi t htheotherlettersoftheal phabet: M\'friendis sharingnroomwithanItaliangirl. rNotethatwesay auniversity(becauseitbeginswi t ha/ j / sound)andanhour (becausethehissi l ent). We alsouse a(oran)i nexpressionssuchasthese: threetimesnweek, (a)quarterofanhour Wecanuseei theroneora wi t hhundred,thousandormillion.We canalsouseone i nsteadofawhenwewanttoemphasi sethenumber: Thereareonehundredcentimetresinametre,(orahundredcentimetres) I've gottwobrothersandonesister.(orandasister) Weuseoneandnotaoranwhenwewanttoemphasisethatwearet al ki ngaboutonl y onet hi ngorpersonandnottwoormore: /invitedthree friends,hutonlyoneofthemcame. Oneholidaya yearisnotenoughforme. Under l i net hecorrectwor d. I nsomesentencestherearet wopossi bl eanswers. 1Iliveonmyowni na / anI oneflat. 2She'sgota I anlonehundr edeuros. 3We gotheretwi cea I anI onemont h. *lI wenttothevillagewi t ha /tinI onef ri end. 5She gavemeu I anI oneburger,nottwo. 1wanttobuya I anI oneumbrel l a. 7Mycousi nworksata I anloneuni versi ty. 8I'vegota InnI oneuncleandtwoaunts. 2Correctthemi st akebel ow. 1 l ookedi nmymi r r orandwas comi ngupbehi ndme. When doI use capitalletters? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aI haveanenglishexamnextweek, bI haveanEnglishexamnextweek. 2aThereisat r i ptot heexhi bi ti oninDecember, bThereisat r i ptot heexhi bi ti onindecember. Weusecapitalletterswith: titlesandpeople'snames: MrsSmith,DrLee,QueenElizabethII membersof thefamilywhenusedasnames:Dad,Grandma addresses:WoodstockHouse,16WestRoad letterbeginningsandendings: DearCharlotte,Love fromEmily,Yourssincerely geographicalnames: Rome(city),Spain(country),theNile(river),thePacificOcear (ocean),MountEverest(mountain) nationalityadjectivesandlanguages:English,Italian,French daysof the week:Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday monthsof theyear: January,February,March festivalsandspecialdays:ChristmasDay,Valentine'sDay,Easter ftWeusesmalllettersinsentenceswhenwearereferringtosomeone's jobor positionratherthanhis/hernameortitle: Heis mydoctor,Thenewqueenis veryyoung,Thisis mydad. ftWewriteonlythepronoun/withacapitalletter: MysisterandIwenthome,butthenshewentoutagain. 2Correctt hemi st akebel ow.r T ^ s . 3Rewri tethesesentencesusi ngsmal landcapi t all et t ers. 1madri disin spai n.. . . 2l ondonis ont het hames 3ar eyoulearningItalian? 4my f at heris Spani sh 5i don' tlikemondays 6mybi rt hdayisinmay. 7yoursfai thful l y,paulmay 8mymmis a doct or I'vegot af t ernoon. 6 DoIneed am /is/arein thissentence? 1Ti ckt he cor r ectsentencei n eachpai r. 1aThe personwho sitsnextto me is cal l edNatalia, bThe personwho sitsnextto me cal l edNatalia. 2aI may go to t he cinema,but I am notsure, bI may go to the cinema,but I notsure. We useamlisIare: withan adjectiveto describepeopl eandthings: Mycousinis tall.Heis good-lookingtoo. with-ingtoformt he presentcont i nuous: /hopeyou are feelingwell. with goingto to talkaboutthefuture: I'mnot goingto go shoppingonSaturday. withthe pastparticipleto formthe passive: CardiffandSwanseaare situatedin southWales. afterthereandhere: Thereare a lot of buildingsneartheschool. Here'sthe bookI promisedyou. ft Not et hatwe oftenusecont ract i ons{'m,s andre) in spokenandwrittenEnglish, especially afterpr onounsand shortwords. 3Add am,is or are tothesesentences. 1I've got a new rul erbecausemy ol d onebr oken 2I likethi sbag,but it t oo small f or my thi ngs 3Hereour phot os.Do you wanttolookat them?.... 4Paul wor k sin NewYor kandmar r i edt o Anna 5I likebookswhi chi nteresti ng 6Thatall f or now.I wi l lwr i t esoon 7Il ooki ngf or war dt oseeingyou 8Jackaf r ai dhis wi f ewillfailher dri vi ngtest 2Correctt he mi st akebel ow. Lookat my shoes!.t hem. 7 TEST1 Compl et et hephrases wi t haoran.Thenrewri t et hephrase wi t ht headj ecti ve. 'exam(hard) 2university(old) 3idea(interesting) Jhouse.(unusual) 5restaurant(expensive) 6hour.(extra) '.uncle.(rich) 8lesson(eaSy) Rewri tet hel et t erusi ng capi t all et t erswherenecessary. Therearesi xt eenerrors. 55sandfieldroad oxford ox57rn february10th2005 dearrcrsbrown pleasef i ndenclosedadepositf orbedandbreakfastaccommodati on f ortheweekendof march15th.myhusbandandilookf orward to seeingyouthen. yourssincerely barbaraparker 3Compl et et het extwi t ham,isorare. Myname(1)Jul i eWi seandI (2)21yearsol d.IliveinSpai n,butI (3)Br i t i sh.Mypar ent s(4). Engl i sht eacher sinMadr i d.Iwor kinanof f i ceand mysi st er(5)st udyi ngEngl i shatuni versi t y Mostofourf r i ends(6)Spani sh,butmy bestf r i end(7)f r omAr gent i na.She(8) asecr et ar yinani nt er nat i onalbank. 4Wri t esentencesusi ng thenot es.Uses orareand capi t al l et t erswherenecessary. 1THENI LE/THELONGESTRIVERI NAFRICA 2CHINESENEWYEAR/OFTENI NJANUARY 3NICOLEKI DMAN/ANAUSTRALIANACTRESS 4JUVENTUSANDLAZIO/ITALIANFOOTBALLTEAMS 5KI NGLEAR /PIAY ABOUT ANOLDENGLISHKI NG ANDHISTHREEDAUGHTERS 6THEHIMALAYAS/I NASIA 7SHOPSI NBRITAIN/OFTENOPENONSUNDAY 8LOS ANGELES/I NCALIFORNIA 5Aret hesent encesri ghtor wrong?Correctt hose whi charewr ong. 1Howdeepisthepaci f i cocean? 2I'mmeetingonef r i endofminelater 3Theynotsaneaboutt heanswer 4I'vegotsomeapples.Wouldyoulikeone? 5Thereissomepeopl eint hepark 6I veryt i r edtoday. 7We'restayi ngattheRamseyHotel 8See youinhalfahour 9 Singularorplural? 1Ticki l i ccorrectsentenceIneachpai r. 1aI'm going tohave the most wonderful holidayofmy life here hI'm goingto havethe mostwonderful holidays ofmy life here. 2aI don'twearold clothsforwork hI don'twearold clothes forwork. Curtainorcurtains'1. We use curtainsunlesswearereferri ngtoonecurt ai nonl y: I'dliketobuysomenewcurtainsformyroom,(hutThe rightcurtainislongerthanthe leftone.) Holidayorholidays? We say aholidayI onholidaywhenwetalkabouta t ri pora dayoffwork. We cansay schoolholidaysI summerholidaystodescri bea peri odoft i me: / hopeyouenjoyyourholidayinliritain. Mountainormountains! Weuse mountainswhenwetalkaboutanarea: Myumie'shouseisinthemountainsnearTurin. Cloth,clothsorclothes? Weuse clothestotalkaboutthi ngspeopl ewear. We say anitemorapieceofclothing todescribeonet hi ngonly. Acloth(pl uralcloths)is a pieceofmateri alforapart i cul ar purpose,e.g.tabiccloth,orformaki ngcl othes: / amgoingtobuysomenewclothesforthewedding. 3Compl et et hesentenceswi t ha si ngul arorpl ur alwor df r omt hi spage. 1That.?r*f?.l.ist orn,soI'mgoi ngtomendit. 2Dur i ngthesummerI workedi na shop. 3I cl i mbedthebehi ndthehouseonemor ni ng. 1Where'stheforwashi ngthedishes? 5Mybedcoverisl l owery,justlike(heatthewi ndows. tiComeandvisitmeforyournext 7I woremynewattheweekend. KI alwaystakeamapwhenI gotothe Pluraloruncountable? 1TickthecorrectsentenceIneachpai r. )aV.cj feetoretoosrooll forthese shoes. 1)My footsaretoosmall fortheseshoes 2aiIhmkItalian foodis the bestin I tie world. bithinkItalian food arethe bestin the world. Mostpl uralnounsendin-s. However,somepl uralnounsarei rregul ar: Mvneighbouris awonderfulpersonOurneighboursnrewonderfulpeople. Otheri rregul arpl uralnounsi ncl ude:nittn men.womanwomen, child children,fool feel,looihleeth.mousemice dPoliceandstaffatealsopl ural :Thepolicearehard-working. Somenounshavenopl uralf or m. Wesaythatnounssuchaswaterandcheese are ' uncount abl e'becausewecan'tcountt hem. Wecanonl ycountglasses/bottlesof wtnerandpiecesI slicesofcheese.Compare: I'dlikesomewater,please,andI'dlikea glassofwater,please,(nottuHMwHers) Othercommonuncount abl enouns\nc\udefood,furniture,hair,homework, information,moneyandwork.Weuse si ngul arverbswi t huncount abl enouns: The furnitureinmybedroomlooksgood. Myhairis darkbrown,(butI've gotonegreyhairbehindmyear.) Canyoubuymea newspaper?onthetable. Under l i net hecorrectf or m. 1I Iereis I aresomei nf or mat i onabouthotelsi nParis. 2Somechi l drenis I ateafrai dofclogs. 3TherewasIwerea hottl eofwaterinthefridge. 4Thestaffis loreonat rai ni ngcourse. r>ThewomanIwomenis readi ngthenewspaper, b"YourhairlooksIhairslookveryni ce. 7I l owmanyslicesofbreadIbreadhaveyougot? 8Thi shomeworkwasIwereeasy. WhendoIuseofand whendoIuseanapostrophe? VVc use apostrophe+ s Cs)totalkaboutti l i ngsassociatedwi t honeperson: My friend'snameisNatalia. These aremyhusband'sthings. Weuse s + apostrophe(s') totalkaboutthi ngsassociatedwi t hmorethanoneperson: Hereis my friends'teacher. The students'recordsareinthecupboard. &Natethatwcuse anapostrophe+ s Cs)wi t hi rregul arpl uralnouns: 77te children'spartyis attheclub. We alsouse apostrophe+ 5 Cs)onitsown: Mybirthdayisthesamedayas mymother's. Wcuse oftotalkaboutthingsassociatedwi t hplacesandobjects: RomeisthecapitalofItaly,(notttaly's-eapital) The answersareatthebackofthebook. 1l i c kthecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aWe spentt wodays inraygrandmother's house. I)We spenttwodays in the house of ray grandmother 2aLook atthe top ofthe page, hLook atthe page'st op Thesearemyparents. Andthisis 3Wri t epossessive sentencesusi ngt hewordsi nbracket s. 11visited...."Xa.irH^..^.?.?.1.... (schoolI myfriend). 2We stayedin(otherhouseIherfamily). 3' GardenDesigns'is(nameI hiscompany). 4it's(birthdayI mylittlebrother). 5(cousinsI my father)livei nArgenti na. 6Theyare(brothersImybestfriend). 7(phonenumbersImy friends)arcinthisbook. 8I f ound(glasses Iman). 12 TEST 2 1I nsertanapost r ophewherenecessary. 1The bobys dothesorein the cupboard 2My English isn'tas good as ray wifes 3Do you know yourneighboursvery well? 4My friends names are Robertoand Giorgio 5Have you gotthe oddress ofthe hotel? 6My teachersfamily comes from Scotland 7Lookatthatboysshoes/ 8Have you gotthe childrensthings? 2Addthepl ur alendi ng-s wherenecessary. 1My parents didn'tenjoytheirholiday 2The staffwere all very nice. 3I like yournew curtaia 4Two police officercame tothe door. 5My fronttooth hurts/ 6Ilike going tothe Scottish mountain in winter... 7When did you get yourhair cut? 8I'llwash those dirtydish cloth. 3Rewri t ethesesentencesi nt hepl ur alf or m. 1Thi sistheman'shook. These 2Thef urni t urei nthebedr oomis qui t eol d. The 3i lisbookis onthedesk. Thei r 4Doyouk/i owthatwomanoverthere? Do 5isthatyourfriend' sjacket? Are 6Thehoyis doi nghishomework. The 7Thi snewcaris qui t eni ce. These 8Whi chchi l dwearsglasses? Whi ch 1.1 4Wri t et wosentencesf oreachpi ct ur e.UsesomeInthefi rstsentenceandoneoft he wordsInt heboxi nthesecond. barbot t l ecupglassj arl oafpacketpiece 1I'dlike 2CanIhave 3Woul dyoulike 4Coul d1 have 5Doyouwant 6ShallIget 7Di dyoubuy 8I'mgoi ngtobuy 5Arcthesentencesri ghtorwrong?Correctthosewhi charewr ong. 1Which cloths are you wearing f orthe party? 2Con I have some informationsaboutthis course? 3My brother' sgirlfriendis from Mew Zealand 4There aresome f oodin the fridge 5Where's yourhomework? (>I eatafruitevery day 7Who sits atthe class's front? })This is ray grandparent's car. 14 What's thenegative form of have? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1a] don'thave dinner wi th my parents veryof t en bI haven'tdinner wi th my parents very often. 2aWe didn't have gotenough money t oboy a drink, bWe didn'thave enough money to boy a drink. Weuse ei therhaveorhavegotwhenwetalkaboutourpossessions, fami l i es,personal characteristicsandai l ments.Rememberthatweuse hasorhas gotwi t hhe, siteandit. Ihavealotofclothes.I'vegotalotofclothes. MymotherhasacousininAustralia.Mymotherhasgota cousininAustralia. Thenegativef ormsare don'tI doesn'thaveandhaven'tI hasn'tgov. Idon'thaveacamera,(notI4itiven't-ti-eanma.) Myroomhasn'tgotmuchfurniture,(notMyroomhastM-mHeitftmnHm'.) Weusehave(also don'thaveI doesn'thave)foractions: /don'thavebreakfastinthemorning,(notf-iiaveii't4>reakftist) liehasa showereverymorning,(notHe-iias-got-ftshotver) Thepasttense ofhaveandhavegotishad.Thenegativeis didn'thave: I'vegotaterribleheadache.Iwasn'twellyesterday,butI didn'thaveaheadache,(not/ hadn'tn-tieadaciw,Hiadn'tnoti}4iead(tebeort-didn't-tmvpgotalieiHiaebe) Thefuturef or miswill('II)have.Thenegativef or miswon'thave. If youtakethistablet,youwon'thaveaheadache. 2Correctt hemi st akebel ow MyroomwhenImovedi n, soIboughtone 3Ti ck( )(hesentences whi charecorrect . I nsomepai rshot hsentences arccorrect . 1aI don'thave raoch moneybI haven't got raoch money/.. 2aWe didn'thave gota good holidaybWe didn't have a good holiday 3aHe di dnthove fon atthe partyhHe hadn'tgotfon atthe party 4iMy parents don'thave a car.I)My parents haven't gota car. 5a1 didn'thave a j ob last year.bI hadn't gota j oblastyear. 6aMy sister doesn'thove a boyfriendhMy sister hasn'tgota boyfriend 7aI hadn'tmy glasses wi throcbI didn't have my glasses wi th me 8aW.y brotherdoesn't have red hair.1)My brotherhasn't gotred hair 15 Presentsimpleorpresentcontinuous? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentenceI neachpai r. 1aI'm going tothe dobevery evening I)1 gotothe dobevery evening 2aMy father's gota good j ob. He's working foran international bank. I)My father'sgota good j obHe worksforan international bank. Wcusethepresentsi mpl etotalkabout : permanentstates:/ don'tlivenearnnundergroundstation. regularhabi ts:/ playfootballmostweekends. generalt rut hs:Garagemechanicsrepaircars. We usethepresentcont i nuoustotalkaboutcurrentacti onsoreventsthatare unf i ni shed: todescri bewhatishappeni ngatthet i meofspeaki ng: CanyouswitchtheTV off?I'mnotwatchingit. todescribet emporaryactions, oftenwi t htoday,thisweek, etc. toshowtheperi od oft i me: Tinwalkingto schoolthismonth.It'sgoodforme. to describeongoi ngacti onswhi charehappeni ngaroundthist i mebutnot necessarilyatthet i meofspeaking: I'mlearningl-nglishbecauseIwanttoworkinatravelagent's. 3Compl et et hesentenceswi t hthepresentsi mpl eorpresentcont i nuousf or mof play,read,wearandwork. 1MysisterYf.?.^.as anai rstewardessforAl i tal i a. 2Chi l dreni nBri tai nusuallyschooluni f or m. 3Ia bookaboutthehi storyofHome.It's veryi nteresti ng. 4Someofthebestfootbal l ersi nthewor l dforIlealMadr i d. 5Imynewshoestoday. 6Myfathertravelbooksi nhisfreeti me. 7Lucia'si nherbedr oom.Shea gameonthecomput er. 8Ireallyhardthi smont h. 16 Which verbsdon'thavea continuousform? Ti ckt hecorrectsentenceI neachpai r. 1;iIthinkthis spaghetti is great bI'm thinkingthis spaghetti is great. 2aI don'tknowthe answertothe question. bI'm notknowingthe onswertothequestioa We donotusethecont i nuousf or mwi t hthef ol l owi ng verbswhi chdescribethoughts andfeelings: believe,depend, forget,bate.know.like.love. mean.need, prefer, remember,understand,want Somecommonverbshavemoret hanonemeani ng. We donotusethecont i nuous f ormwhenthinkmeansbelieveandwhenhavereferstopossession.Compare: / thinkit's goingtorainsoon,andI'mthinkingaboutbecominga teacher. Mysisterhasanewcar. andShe isn'tathomenow.She's havinga drivinglesson. We donotusuallyusethecont i nuousf or mwi t hhear, smellandtaste. We canuse seeingwhenitreferstomeet i ngsomeonei nthefuture. We oftenuse canwi t hhear, smell,tasteandsee todescribewhatishappeni ngnow.Compare: /(can)see twowomeninthepicture,andI'mseeingmysistertomorrowevening. We usebot hthecont i nuousandsi mpl ef ormoflookand feeltotalkaboutnow: You'relookingtired.What'sthematter?andYou looktired.What'sthematter? I'mfeelingnervousaboutmyexams,and/ feelnervousaboutmyexams. ( / )t hesentences whi charccor r ect . I nsomepai rsbot hsentencesarecorrect . I'm liking to getup earlybI like to getop early 'Whatis this word meaning?bWhat doesthis word mean? Howore you feeling?bHow do you fee!? I'm notneeding anything, thank youhI don'tneed anything, thank you I'mthinking aboutbuying a car.bIthink aboutbuying a car. This soop is tasting really nicebThis souptastes really nice My motheris looking ti redbMy motherlooksti red I'm nothaving bbe eyesb1don'thave blue eyes 17 TEST 3 1I t ewri t eIhcscscntenccs' Int henegati vef or m. 1Mynewcoatliasgota belt 2I'vegotthreecousi ns 3Wchaddi nnerathomeyesterdayeveni ng. . . . 4I'llhavea cupofcoffee 5Mymu mhas gota sore throat 6Ihave a showereverymor ni ng 7Mybrot herhas a gi rl f ri endi n Ameri ca 8I hadfl ulastwi nter. 2Chooset hecorrectf or m. 1I'intryingItrynottoeatchocol atethi sweek. 2Canyouanswerthephone?I'mmaking/makethedi nner. 3John'sgoingI goestotheci nemat woorthreeti mesamont h. 4Thi sspaghettiis tastingI tastesdel i ci ous! 5I'inreading/reada bookaboutPicassoatthemoment . 6Chi l dreni nsomecountri esaren'tgoingI don'tgotoschool . 7Pleasebe careful !I' mhaving/itavea brokenar m. 8MyEnglishisimprovingIimproves. 3Compl et et hesentenceswi t hthecorrectf or moft heverb. 1Mydad(try)tol earntheguitar,buthe (notwant)tohavelessons. 2CanyouchangetheCD?I(notenjoy)thismusi c,i (want)tol i stentoa di fferentCD. 3Mysister(need)a newbi ke. She(use) mi neatthemoment . 4Mybrothers(play)f oot bal ltwi cea week,butthey (notlike)wat chi ngitonTV. 5I(tliink)aboutbuyi nga di gi t alcamera.I (believe)they' renottooexpensive. 6Be qui et!I(watch)thi sfilm.I(not make)anoisedur i ngyourfavouri teI Vprogrammes. 7That'sa ni ceperf umeyou(wear)today. It(smell)veryni ce. 8Mymumisn'thereatthemoment .She(have)l unchwi t ha fri end,1(think). 18 4Compl et ethepost card. Use t hepresentsi mpl e, presentcont i nuousorcan+ I nf i ni t i vef or mof t heverbsi nthebox. sec havehearknow sitsl aywor k J_ tbij'tittiwiilenion.I(ii >v.tk.mymnt.Su(3)nLondonforayuttndinvifedmto viSitutrtttflit>s ontuUnlkflmAndIr f ituT w ofLondonfrom rnybdn/onwrAdot*I(5isemewurt ,nUnttn^tvtfydtyAndIntnttotuTu^vtrytsUtdiyIt'scmo\\ot\.now andI cbi' iQfnTVt.I(7)tunmnd ofaf&ttn^int.I(fiIflvitewdtuK'MtiofftktSmorn,n^, soIdon'tUirUtktfrf-e'fintnt' *ful? t ot .fCdtt^ ii 5Arct hesentencesri ghtorwr ong?Correctthosewhi charewr ong. 1You look greatm that jacket! 2'We always have gota party atthe end ofterrn 3You can borrowthis peaI'm notneeding it 4Birds are making their nests in spring 5Ihadn' tgota cola lastwinter 6Do yoti prefer darkormilk chocolate? 'I wearmy new jeonstoday 8We'rethmkmg the shops will close sooa 19 Regularorirregularpastsimpleforms? 1Ti ckt hecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aThey paid foureuros forthetickets, bThey payed four euros forthetickets. 2aMy feetfell cold when I putthern onthefloor, bMy feetfeltcold when I putthem on thefloor. Regularpastsi mpl eformsendi n -eel: clean~cleaned,play played,arrivearrived trytried,carry carried,tidytidied plan planned,slip slipped,robrobbed Someverbshavei rregul arpastsi mpl ef orms: gowent,find-*found,pay-*paid,say said,buy-bought,bringbrought Someverbshavethesamepastsi mpl ef or mandi nf i ni t i vef or m: letlet,put put.cost-*cost, read/ri-.uV - read/red/ Somei rregul arpastsi mpl ef ormsareeasilyconf used: Myunclebroughthiswifewithhim.(bri ng) U'e boughtmanypresentswhenwewereonholiday,(buy) / slip/ledandfelldownthestairs,(fall) tgotoutofbedbecause1 feltbetter, (feel) 2Correctt hemi st akebel ow. 3Compl et et hesentenceswi t ht hepastsi mpl ef or moft heverb. 1I don*tknowhowthel amp.fek(fall)down. 2Di dyouunderst andwhatshe(snyP. 3I(cut)myleg whenIsl i pped. 4Myaunt(tire)i n Toront oformanyyears. 5Thi sis a presentmyfather(bring)mcf r omHome. 6I(slay)i na hostelwhenIfirstarri vedhere. 7Myfri ends(buy)meanewwnt ch. 8Myuncl e(study)i nNewYork andthenworkedthere. 20 How doI formthepastsimplenegative? Ti ckt hecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aJohn didn'tdrinkhis cop offeo. hJohn didn'tdranh his cup oftea. 2aI didn'twenttothe cinema otthe weekend, h1 didn'tgoto the cinema atthe weekend. We use didnot(didn't)+ (hei nf i ni t i veoftheverbwhenwef or mthepastsi mpl e negative. Themai nverbstaysi nthei nf i ni t i ve: / playedtenniseverydaylastweek, butI didn'tplayyesterday,(notHlidu'tplayed) ItrainedalotinApril,butitdidn'trainmuchinMay.(notH-didn'i-raiHetl) Irregularverbsalsousethei nf i ni t i vei nthenegative: Shewenttothedentistyesterdaymorning,so she didn'tgotowork. Ididn'thavelimeto goshoppingyesterday,(notl-ltadn't-thne)