1 0 Past Simple 1 We form the Past Simple of regular verbs by 3 We form the negative with didn’t and the adding -ed to the verb: infinitive (c.g. do, take, understand): I didn't understand. (Nov didn't Rese watch — watched — understood) ask — asked ; We form questions wi ia aaeraiennime infinitive (e.g. watch) Did you watch the film? did and the > verbs ending with -e: +d: live — lived like — liked 4. We use the Past jon or situa imple to talk about an in the past which is > verbs ending with a consonant and ~ meee , finished. We often say when it happened tri ee See (cig. yesterday, last night nas oe Chris phoned me yesterday. He wanted to > most verbs ending with one vowel and ask me somethin fone consonant: Did you enjoy tl concert last night? ia rpeiaeenpr mon r--rstopped, je can use the Past Simple with for to tal ae Ry aioe Biveans a 4 Simple with for to talk (For more details on the form of the Past ple, sce Appendix 2 on page 243.) at continued for a period Jed in the ps I lived in Rome for two years. Then | went fork in Japan. 2) Many verbs have an irregular Past Simple form: past 1 2 3 4 @ow) jo + did have — had for 2 years buy — bought stand — stood ring — rang say aid F more details, see Appendix 3, page 244.) A Puta tick (7) next to the correct forms of the Past Simple, s and cross out thi are incorrect. You can look at Appendix 3, page 244, before you do the exeene ne walked ¥ —drinked” went played writed swam taked ~ wrote cooked “ — gived~ spent finded drank aske flew made sended/ —_buyed gave meeted/ — took left found“ winned“ met passed/ stoped followed” sent eated “ | ones comed, drove bought brought leaved: ‘swimmed cried stopped! ate crossed “ 2 i Escaneado con CamSc:B Complete the sentences using the Past Simple form and the words in brackets ( ). . (go) on holiday to Scotland last year. (take) a taxi from the airport to the city centre. yalKed... (walk) to the park and then we NOved. (play) tennis. . | 3 The man in the shop ..Scai.€s3... (say) something to the woman, but she 150 \ealed (nothear) him. . (fing) the doorbell and a woman QPeEntd .. (wfite) a letter to a friend, and then | “ joulunderstand) the film? . (try) to understand it, but the actors . SPecred, (speak) very (you/buy) some clothes at the market? (buy) a pair of trousers and a shirt. (youenjoy) the festival? Saii\ed(notirain) and we (open) the door. cl... (post) it. ££3.. (listen) to some good music. Make sentences using the correct form of the Past Simple. > (When/you/leavelthe party?) Wt 1 (When/youffinish/your exams?) ‘id ou. Tin.5} yr an hour, but he/not/phone. Oited. Fal. ON. nowt, 3 (youlwatchithe news on TV last night?) YOu. .WAtehd... NE.€u\...99.7) see 4 (Mark/stop/smoking last month, and he/start/playing tennis again last week.) MOUK... IOP. 2@KiNG..\wahrooadns.ond Joe. Stealles). Pleling feanis ager 5 (Helask/me a question, but I/not/know/the ansi tags Weer ME... SAQKED,... AVG. A.RVOLION.s. Nwet 6 (\liventhere for a few years, but Iinotlike/the place.) Fu NE. MOeC FOL a. waleats.,...buk Eo. Meck Abe plece, versity. Two students, Nick and Eric, are talking D Its the beginning of a new term at uni about the summer holidays. Complete their conversation using the correct Past Simple form of the words in brackets ( ). Nic i wer.) x .. (you/do) in the summer? (take) a trip around Europe by train. {you/go) on your own, or with some friends? lends (3)....CQcred......... (come) How many countries (4).¢), . (younisity? 15)... eM .. (G0) to six or seven countries. 1 (6). great time, and | really (7) : Which one (©) cid. gas : Sweden, | think. | (9) 19 the marvellous and | (10)... TAY: (take) lots of photographs. It was.enowing......... (snow) when I left home this morning. We can only use when (wot while) before 1 (tried to explain my problem to her, but she Win’. (notlisten), 2 He W0.9..392\)40.d. (talk) on the phone when | arrived. 3 Alot of people Welt (ohiN9,. (wait) for the 7.30 bus last night. 4 1WAS....\AWENg. (live) in London when | met them, 5 I nearly had an accident this morning. A car (cs!2.CQmned... (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out of the way. 6 At the end of the first half of the game, they W/E(€. NY... (win). 7 Iwas a sunny afternoon and people Whe. (sit) on the grass in the park. Then it suddenly started to rain. 8 Which hotel Weis 420,4e4%(yourstay) in when you lost your passport? 9 Fortunately, | We490'..<53VNg (noUarive) too fast when the child walked into the road in front of me. PAGE 24 © TENSES: PAST Escaneado con CamSc:40 | looked out of the window, and | saw that it waaet...Aexrned (not/rain) any more. 11. What MSIE sJon.doing (you/do) at three o'clock yesterday afternoon? B Describe what the people in the picture were doing when Rick came into the room. Use the correct verb from the box in the Past Continuous. > George wae.reading......... a newspaper. 1 Julie Lays a sandwich. 5 Barbara a letter. 2 Sue and Liz W2i2 AING table tennis. 6 Rita (via.9..!2{1) her hair, 3 Frank Nod. WeAliiselevision. 7 Alison 4 to some music. 4 Caroline WA2.. ¢ . on the floor. 8 Ann § a picture. Look at this information about Shirley and Kevin and complete the sentences about them, using the Past Continuous (I was doing) or the Past Simple (I did). SHIRLEY KEVIN 1980-86 _lived in New York 1982-90 _ lived in Washington 1983-86 ‘studied at university 1983-85 did a course in Computing 1986 left university 1985-1990 worked as a computer operator 1986-90 worked as a translator 1989 met Shirley 1989 met Kevin 1990-1995 ran his own company 1992 married Kevin 1992 married Shirley > In 1982 Shirley in New York. 1 In 1984 Kevin Ga. Washington. 2 In 1984 Shirley | at university. 3 In 1984 Kevin (Los . @ course in computing. 4 When Shirley Wiad. university In 1986, Kevin We. Veh MeO, as a computer operator. 5 When Kevin ()049.... AOA LNI... Shirley, she Wola. WOSMrA pee 6 While Shirley (KA....\4): as a translator, she Wo, AO. Kevin. 7 In 1992 Kevin WW9........- ._ his own company. ” ° 8 While he W.D.... ASIN... his own company, Kevin WO, WH, Shirley. TENSES: PAST « PAGE 25, Escaneado con CamSc:12 Past Simple or Past Continuous 1 Compare the Past Simple and the Past Continuous: 2 We use the Past Simple to talk about a complete event in the past: We use the Past Continuous to talk about an action that was in progress, when something else happened: Last Saturday, Paul was playing football in the park when he saw Jane. Last Saturday morning, Paul played football in the park, pai pas Paul played football Paul was playing football. He saw Jane. Here are some more examples: The phone rang while I was making a cake, It was raining when we left home. Here are some more examples: ‘On Sunday I made a cake. Ie rained a lot on Saturday morning. 3 We often use the Past Simple to talk about one _ Ina story we often use the Past Continuous to event that followed another event: say what was in progress, when something When Ann James left university, she went to happened: work for a bank. She left the bank after five The sun was shining. People were sitting under years, and wrote a hook which ... the trees or walking around the park. Suddenly car drove into the park... : A Use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous to make sentences from the words in brackets (). > (The police/arrive/while/I{have/breakfast) The police. 1 (The storm/startwhile/they/drive/home) UNS. .DdsAmn olalied..winile, They..dhiuing. Nome... 2 (\/see/an accidenUwhile/l/wait/for the bus) Abe, bus. Lulas..528ing. achident while, FMas..weiling,. Fat. (Mary/go/to several concerts/whi fphetstayin London} ~ I Sonle ombile She sloating § > (Unave/breakfastiwhen/the police/arrive) ; pa. ond on ! oe mMasy..NOS. Wendia..cevetal.. 1 (My fa : ee fingers) Laine " DY. .Leadhel...GOO.Kilng.ne..didnel. Awlnen Ye wor. buined hig c0 Oe soldiers/prepare/to aera bomb/explode) Ines hio.e "9 Int. 2eldieth War roeave.,.Noe. rom wets Cx Odes a PAGE 26 © TENSES: PAST Escaneado con CamSc:B Complete these texts using the Past Simple or the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets ( ). > Beethoven 1 . (write) nine symphonies; he w: symphony when he died. Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He .\N\CAKC(... (make) the first one in five minutes. He We? /VAWiA4(make) the second one when his guests .. AiG (arrive), and they... \Xe\P....~. (help) him to finish it. The artist Gaudi (design) several houses in Barcelona, Spain. Later he (start) work on a church. He \A) 0%, ing. (work) on the church when he (die). : Last month a bank robber, °Ca PRE (escape) while the police. \eaKiny (take) him to prison. Later they Cea’SCV\, (catch) him again, and this time they Wesc..\OCE (lock) him up without any problem. Philip's football team were lucky last Saturday. After twenty minutes they (ele Nesi 9 (lose), but in the end they .UT.n2ch.. (win) the game by four goals to two. John Lennon 2.220. (sing) and .,.2.\a\).... (play) on many records with the Beatles. After that he ...(2CO{0.. (record) several songs without the Beatles. He (eRe (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman OSL... (shoot) him. 6 The evening was getting darker; the street lights 00. (come) on. People ef... NUL Aianhurry) home after work. 1 => (stand) in a queue at the bus stop. ‘Suddenly somebody geal fd... (grab) my bag. . (write) another N eo = wo © A policewoman is interviewing Mary Croft about last Friday evening. Look at the pictures and complete the conversation. Use the Past Simple or the Past Continuous of the words in brackets ( ), : What time (m) ¢ At about six o'clock. And what (1)Wet®. $00..de3ng (youldo) after you got home? I read the newspaper. . : Did anything happen while (2)... ( cacds Yes, the phone (3) (ring). What (4). YOU..QQEd..... (youldo) when your husband came home? !was watching TV, and | (5)......QtinKed (drink) a cup of coffee. : Did you and your pusbeng stay at home? ° No, 1 (6) L).4'2.0819, (you/get) home from work? + (read) the paper? (drink) my coffee. Then | put on m, and we (7).. SRL4. -- (90) out at seven o'clock. ieee Why (6)..... SOU..P%.... (yourput) your raincoat on? Because it (9)..... CALMS... (rain), of course, Escaneado con CamSc: