Practice

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Э Complete the sentences with wоs(л't) or wеrе(п't).
0 l t:Tgs very surprised.
PoSitiVe l/He/She/lt was at home yesterday. 1 Му friends interested in my new phone.
You/We/They wеrе at schooI at 2 Му dad (not) in the office at 11 o'c[ock.
ten o'c[ock. 3 We (not) happy. Оur dog
Negative l/He/She/lt wasn't (was not) five missing.
years old in 2010. 4 You very tired yesterday.
You/We/They weren't in the раrk 5l (not) hungry, but l , vеrу thirsty
yesterday.
Questions Whеrе was l/he/she/it at six o'c[ock?
Э Put the words in order to make questions. Тhеп
write the short answer.
Who wеrе you/we/they with
yesterday? 0 bored l уоч lwere / ? (/)
Was l/he/she/it tate? i,terc у*u ber*dl Геs" l
Were you/we/they h а рру? 1 your/tatt /teacher/ was l fksl l ? V)
Short
shoes/were l his l Ьrоkеп l ? ()
Yes, l/he/she/it was.
anSWerS No, l/he/she/it wasn't (was not)
2
Yes, you/we/they were.
3 you l апd lfriends l your lcotd / were / ? (Х)
i No, you/we/they weren't (wеrе not)
4 mobile l Ьас lwas / in l your lуоur / ? (Х)
Wasf wеrе are the past forms of Ье. We usе wosf were
to describe реор[е and things in the past. 5 lake/were/the/we l пеаr l ? ()
iФgrялdrп*rj;еrьуss tail г:iзd she vlL:s v€{y b-or;t,tirt,,.
ihс еаrr!rr}s;,у*r* fni;tgslic, They lуеrg голлJ.
We atso use иrоs/иrеrе or were/weren't to say where ý Write complete questions with tдos or were.
реор[е or things wеrе оr wеrеп't in the past. Тhеп write answers that аrе true for you.
:iVe wa{,8*'t r;t scl:oo! уеэtсrt!ау, li. wa. L| hoii:i*y,
0 Where l уоu lyesterday / at б рm?
lirl пе,;-у Fsl,:irl;,t,*s*'* iп her br:drooп:.
where wеrе vоч ot б рm? l yv{ts at hаmе,
We start sentences with иrоs/rмеrеп't to make
1 you / late / for schoot оп Monday?
q uestions.
l,tlgs ii,g qo*d party? ýУ*r**'*у,сыr frit:пcls v;ith yotl?
2 your friends / tired / at 9 am this morning?
We сап use was/weren't in short answers without
the поuп.
,r:.s, lf !yss. l,,lt:, theyl цуеrеп't:.
3 When / уоur best friend / born?

4 What day / it / yesterday?

5 this exercise / difficult?

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Practice
реýY ýýЖрtýа Жý&Жt-&Ж Wým&ý
ý complete the table with the past simple form of
the verbs in the Ьох.
l/You/He/She/lt/We/They ctimbed а mountain,
l/You/He/She/lt/We/They recorded ап aIbu m, eross die enjoy р[ап practise
. We use the past simple to tatk about things that shop stay study try waIk
happened in the past.
Lеопоrdо da viпсi painted the Мапа Lisa, we visited
The Рrоdа Мusечm iп Modild, climb* change),carry+ :рlауэ Stop +
. with rеgulаr verbs, the past simple vеrь ends in -ed ctimbed changed ,carried , ptayed Stopped
(See Spetting be[ow.) crassed
сlimЬ + climbed, сhапgе > changed, саrrу ) carried

Spelling: regular verhs

most verbs: add -ed play э ployed

verbs that end in -е: add -d сhапgе э changed , Complete the sentences with the past simple form
lb
саrrу ) саrriеd of the verbs in the Ьох.
verbs that end in consonant
+ -у: change -у to -iand add
-ed ctimb finish [isten
stop ) stopped
ptay trу watch
one-syt[ab[e verbs ending in
aconsonant+avowel+a 1 Му friends footba[lyesterday.
consonant (except w, х or у),. 2l TV last night.
doub[e the consonant and 3 We to music in class.
add -ed 4 Му mum а mountain atthe weekend
two-sy[[ab[e verbs ending рrеfеr > preferred 5 Му famity Chinese food last week,
in а stressed vowe[ + а 6l my homework quick[y.
consonant: double the final
consonant and add -ed
lп British Eng[ish, we dtэu bte l trovel ) trovelled
the fina[1. | 1Лmеriсап
I
Engtish: travel+
I trоvеlеф

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 рýýт ýýжрLý: }*ý&&?ý}Jýý
ежý ýýýýýyý&ýýý 2 Write true Sentences about what you and the
people you know didn't do yesterday. Use the
words in brackets апd the past simple negative
ъ\ form ofthe verbs.
?? SllllPLE пЕGUtдп VERBS, реýý
Uillт рдSт
SEE GRдмlllдR пЕFIпЕI{GЕ, 5,
{4р 0 watch)
(l /
!didn't watch а {ilm оп TV чеstеrdач.
Negative l/You/He/She/lt/We/They did п't 1 (my mum / [isten)
(did not)finish.
Z (my classmates / watk)
Questions Whеrе did l/you/he/she/it/we/they
i cook?
]D id l/you/he/she/itlwe/they work in
З (l / study)

d shop?
+ (my friends and l / ptay)
Short Yes, l/you/he/she/it/we/they did.
anSWerS No, l/you/he/she/itlwe/they didn't. 5 (this c[ass / start)

. We use the past simple negative to talk about things

that didn't hарреп in the past. З Write comp[ete questions in the past simple. Тhеп
write short answers.
The саfё dfdл'r оззе;: ct eigl;l o'c,!ock,
ldlc dldi;'t byctr& * flli;; il [Link]. 0 Лid ,, ,you , cook dinneryesterday?
. We use past simple questions to ask about things No, / didл't .
that happened in the past. 1 уоur sister (hetp) you with your
7Уhпl tirT;c ctid he finish wоrk? homework?
ýici 1loti lisfeл tg lпtlsic lr;st пigllt? Yes
. We use short answers to answer simple Yes / No 2 уоur friends (finish) a[[the
questions. biscuits?
'{es, l did. YeS,
3 this c[ass (start) at 10 am?
Practice No,..
4 you (enjoy) the раrtу?
а Complete the sentences with the past simple
YeS,
,,, ,,..,

negative form of the under[ined verbs.

5 it (rаiп) yesterday?
0 Му dad played tennis. Не rJid1_{plol, volteyba[[. No,
1 We cooked fish. We meat.
2 ln the school ho[idays, my Ьrоthеr worked in а ,* Put the words in order to make questions. Тhеп
factory. Не in а shop. write answers that аrе true for you.
3 l used my mobile to send а message. l 0 you l walk lthis / did / schoot l to l mоrпiпg l ?
the computer. Did чоч walk to school this rпоrпiпq?
4 Му friends ctimbed а trее, They а Yes, ! clid.
mountain. 1 start / what l you l did / time / schoot /?
5 l opened the window. l the door.

2 use/ did l а l you /computer/ last night/?

3 study / yesterday l you l did / what / ?

4 visit/country/ hotiday/you /did /another l оп l ?

5 when l уоu lfinish / Unit 5/ did / ?

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р&ýт ýý&ýPLý: ýЖ&ý&&ýL&Ж Wýжжý Complete the sentences with the past
simple form of the verbs in the Ьох.

\\, SEE GRДlllМДR RЕtЕRЕl{СЕ, UlllT 5, РДSТ Sl]I|IPLE: buy сап get up
{{ RЕGUIдR чЕRвS, р&&ý ý4а give ride see

1 оur teacher us а lot of

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homework.
оur bikes to the beach
з I а ticket at the station.
4 Му dad at six o'clock this
Positive l/You/He/She/lt/We/They swam in the sea every
mоrпlпg.
day.
5l my best friend with hеr
Negative l/You/He/She/lt/We/They didn't go to lta[y оп mUm.
hotid ау. 6l read and write when l

Questions What did liyoui heishe/it/we/they eat? was five.

Did l/you/heishei itlweithey have а good time?
Short Yes, l/you/he/she/itlwe/they did.
ф Complete the conversation with
the past simple form of the verbs in
answerS No, l/you/he/she/it/we/they didn't. brackets.
Alice: How 0,,, (Ье) your
. Remember, we use the past simple to ta[k about things that
hotiday?
-ly*s

.
happened оr didn't hарреп in the past.
With regular verbs, the past simple vеrЬ ends in -ed.
Jack: Grеаt! l rеа[[у (enjoy)
itI

.
wопt -> wanted, decide э decided, travel * travelled
With irregu[ar verbs, the past simp[e doesn't end in -ed. (See
Alice: ' ,,, ,, ,, , you (go)
camping?
irrеgu[аr vеrЬ list page 15В)
Jack: No, we З
(stay) in а
buy э bought, соmе э саmе, toke ,+ took
hote[.
Alice: Whato,.,,,. ,,,,, you,
Practice
(do) every day?

& Complete the table with the missing words. Jack: lп the morning, w€ u..
(srлlim) in the sea, The beach
(Ье) very пеаr. lп the
lnfinitive Past simp[e lnfinitive Past simple afternoon, we' (visit)
0 different pIaces.
eat rrivе
u
6
{]ie а
Alice: Cooll Whеrе . ,,. ,,you
1
Went 1
са rriеd
(eat)?
ride 2
enjoy 8
Jack: We (have) breakfast
and dinner in the hote[.
Iived
10
з
SaW 9

l (take) а lot of
swim 4 10
photos.
took 11
watched Alice: Сап l see them?
Jack: Yes, of соursе.

Э Read the sentences and underline the irregu[ar past simple form
of the verbs. Then write the infinitive of the verbs.

0 l *уаm in the sea every day. stvitn

1 We went sightseeing in the morning.
2 We had а greattime оп hotiday.
3 l rode an e[ephant in lndia.
4 Му friends ate pizza last night.
5 Му parents bought me а present.

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