20 - HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT ON PAST TENSE

Write about one past event in your life (min. 50 max. 100 words):

- a special holiday
- a special birthday
- a special day at school
- a special event (wedding, anniversary, meeting your best friend)
- last summer holiday
- last Christmas holidays
- a concert (you attended or played in)

19 - PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS

PAST SIMPLE / PAST TENSE
- talk about a past action or state

Time expressions of the past
last night / week / month / year
yesterday morning / afternoon / evening
5 minutes / a week / a month  ago

                  Regular                                             Irregular
                    play                                                       go
Aff.      I/you/he / she/we/they  played                I/ you /he/ she / we/ they went
Neg.     I didn't play                                             I didn't go
Int.      Did you play....?                                       Did you go...?
            Yes, I did.                                                  Yes, I did. 
            No, I didn't.                                               No, I didn't.

Answer the following questions:

1. Where did you go last summer?
2. Who did you go with?
3. What did you do?
4. Where did you stay?
5. How long did you stay?
6. What was the weather like?
7. Did you have a good time?

PRONUNCIATION

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/t/	/d/	/id/
liked kissed looked watched stopped	lived loved learned died played studied	chatted wanted decided created

   

 

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17 - PAST SIMPLE - VERB "BE"

PAST SIMPLE  -  Verb  "be"

FORM:

I was                        I wasn't                 Was  I ...?       Yes, you were.  /  No, you weren't.

You were                 You weren't.          Were you...?   Yes, I was.  /   No, I wasn't.

He/She/It  was         He/she/it wasn't    Was he/she/it .....?   Yes, he/she/it  was.  /  No, he/she/it wasn't.

We were                  We weren't             Were we...?   Yes, you were.  /   No, you weren't.

You were                 You weren't            Were you...?   Yes, we were.  /   No, we weren't.

They were                They weren't         Were they....?  Yes, they were.  / No, they weren't.


USE:

We use the past simple to talk about an action or state in the definite past.

For Example:

Where were you yesterday at 5pm?
I was a home.

When were you born?
I was born in 1968.

16 - CAN / CAN'T

CAN  /  CAN'T

We use can to talk about abilities and asking for permission.
(Can / Can't  are the same for all persons: I can.... / She can....  / I can't....   /   She  can't.....)

I can speak in English.
I can't speak in Japanese.

Can you open the window, please?
Can I help you?

15 - DO / MAKE / HAVE / TAKE

DIFFERENCES

 Collocations of verbs:

HAVE	DO	MAKE	TAKE
have breakfast have lunch have dinner have a shower have a bath have a rest / nap /siesta have a break have a party have fun have a good time have an exam	do (my) homework do the housework do the washing-up do the ironing do the shopping* do an exam do your best	make friends make noise make money make a cake/pie/coffee/etc. make a film/video	take a shower/bath take an exam take a photo

* do the shopping is different from go shopping. Do the shopping is for food / at the supermarket. Go shopping is in general, clothes, shoes, accessories and so on.

14 - PRESENT CONTINUOUS

USE
We use the present continuous
- to talk about an action happening at the moment of speaking  (at the moment/now)
- a temporary action
- future programmed action


FORM

I am playing tennis now. / I'm not playing tennis now. / Are  you playing tennis  now?  Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.

You are playing tennis now. / You aren't playing tennis now. 

He/She is playing tennis now. / He/She isn't playing tennis now. / Is he/she playing tennis now?  Yes, he/she is.  /  No, he/she isn't.

We are playing tennis now. / We aren't playing tennis now.  /  Are you playing tennis now? Yes, we are. / No, we aren't.

They are playing tennis now. / They aren't playing tennis now.  / Are they playing tennis now? Yes, they are. / No, they aren't.

BE CAREFUL:  Spelling of gerund form

 

+ ing	drop e   + ing	c+v+c  + ing
playing kissing studying meeting standing flying tidying up eating	dancing writing having waking up	stopping running swimming sitting