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Past imple ndcontinuousRead his text aboutthe EnronCorporation.

doyo-u-knowb"ut h" Enronorpoiaiionz :heFbenedo this:company? _#:'jat heverbsn talics. d heconcerns

-rffir-"eginbefore hey reportedheirearningsn July?

@ Forminghe past simplei+i

--,IYou He/She/ UWe/They:- :

iworkedthere.didn't/ did notworkthere.

In mid JaIy20-07,.*:tt:i" corporation reportedernings f $50.1billion.Ho*.u.in.or.,fi;;;.;""i;;#il# weregrowing. :rnsabout

Forming he past contnuous

' :t itlue/sne/tt iwasn't wasnot iyesterday.i- i ,+--*--_-**"**i-:-----------=: :YouMe/Theyweren't/werenot j r--:---------------

-- ''-;'-- I- "-- -----* --""i iwas 1t/hehhe/it I ii

? Wherewere 'you/we/they ,workingyesterday?1''l y:::''-*-:-1,:-,v"y:Y:::l--aworrunsvesteraav j,--iY:::-- ..v:"ty : "yj

-Where id t/vou/he/she/it/ work?

a' ',,Did iwe/they ',;;;;ithrr;l-*---l- ..----

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(6), Manycommon erbsare rregular.Theostfrequentpast imple erbsn spoken usinessEnglishre:came,could,did,got,had,made,put,sad,thought,was/were,went.

F SeeAppendix (lrregularerbs).

@ Using hepastsimple81 You anuse he pastsimple o talkaboutstates r

completed ctions ta specificimen he past. his im eisusuallytated r sobvious rom he context.

foundedMicrosoftI

Past 1975 NowBillGotesoundedMcrosoftn 1975.I didn't needthe eport or heBoardmeeting.

82 Youuse he pastsimpleo talkabout epeated r habitualactions nthe past. hishasa similarmeaningo used o.stayedat Hilton stayedat Hilton stayedat Hilton

past NowWheneverwent to Londonn business,stayed at theHilton.

83 Youuse wo or morepastsimple erbsn the samesentence o talkaboutpastevents hat followone afteranother.

1stoodup 2 grabbedhisbag 3 left he meetingIII ,

Past NowHestood up angrily,rabbed hisbag and eft themeeting.Whatdidyoudo when hemarket rqshed?

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A Do not use state verbs n the continuous orm.

@ Usinghe pastcontnuousDl Youuse he past ontinuouso talkabouta longeraction

in progress t a specificime nthe past.

waitingor bus

-ast 8am Now

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At8 o'clockhismorning, waswaitingfor thebus o work.

Youuse he pastcontinuouso talkabouta temporaryactionor situationn progressn the past.

lwas workingovertme lotbefore heend-of-year udit.

Youuse he pastcontinuous otalk abouta backgroundeventor longeraction hat s nterrupted ya shortereventor action n thepastsimple.Youoftenusewhen,whleor as.

not sittingat herdesk

phone an gT

No w

S e wasn'tsitfinglbackg ound event] at herdes when thephone ang.While hespeaker ospresentinghis eport,noticed everalmistakes n hisslides.

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; Business ".talk:UsingYoucanuse he pastsimple r continuous itha presentmeaningwhenyo uwant o be ess irector morepolite. his scommon nshops nd restaurants.Didyouhovea loyaltyardT Doyou have . ?)Whatwas hename, lease?Whatsyourname?)It susefulwhenyouwant o make equests r ask avours.Iwanted o ask ouradvice boutnvestments.

lwas thinking,maybewecoulddiscussheoffer urther.Verbshatareoftenused n thisway ncludehope,hink andwonderif).Theyareoften ollowedby modal verbswould, ould andmight.We houghtyoumight ikeo vsthenew lant his fternaon.(Wouldou ike ..?)I waswonderingf lcouldtalktoyouabout heminutes f thenextmeeting.can talk ...?)

@ nnaketrese equests essdirectusing he verbs n brackets na past ense.Makeany othernecessary hanges.I Let's rrange nearlier ate or he AGM.want)

1..q{&4..fu.w.r r|e..0..r..q{.V*t..dtt*o.r..b.e. GM,....2 Tellmeaboutplaceso stay n Kiev.wonder)

3 Finishhe reportby unchtime.hope)

4 | need o talk oyouabout he standard fyourworknyour irst hreemonths(want)

5 Can ou alkme hrough he iguresn the report? think)

I nnate his elephone onversation etweena PAand an airlinebookingagentmorepoliteby changingthe verbs n italicsntoa suitable ast orm.pA: 1 w7nt...w.alk& to book a return light from Londono paris or twopeople.AGENT:henwouldyou ike o travel?PR:We2 arehoping.... ...........o go on Tuesday 1st, ut we

3 arewondering. . . . . . . if we 4can .bookdifferent ays omingbackthe 23rd oroneand he 28th or he other.

AGENr:o problem.What ime 5 doyouwant .....pA:we need o be there or a ten otlock meetngon Tuesday nd we6 ore hinking

7 may . . . . . . . . . leavehe returns pen. s hatpossible?AGENT:fcourse. here's lightout whichwouldget you here or 9am .PA:We8 wqnt . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. ogo

businesslass. owmuchwouldhatbe?AGENr:332perpersoneachway.How9doyouwant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . topay?

to travel?

PA: ycredit ard.Also, 10 wonder.. ifyouI 1can ..........miles nto my requentlyer ard?

AGENr:ertainly.' l lbook he lightsoryounow.What12ore .. . . . . . . . . .travelling?

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .dd hese ir

the names f thepeople

ffi t.t Listenndcheck ouranswers.

Thinkof five occasionshenyouwilltalk to

yourbossor a customer n the nextweek.Write ivepoliterequests ou coulduse n thesesituations nd hen try to use hem.