CHAPTER IV

I FELT SICK YESTERDAY

A. CONVERSATION
Listen and repeat with your friends!
Sultan : Hi, Hana. Where were you yesterday? You did not go to office yesterday.
Hana : Hi, Sultan. I felt sick yesterday so I did not go to work. I just stayed at home.
Sultan : Oh, poor you. What did happen?
Hana : My back was so ache. I think it was because I never have some exercise.
Sultan : So, is it getting better today?
Hana : Yes, it is. I went to the doctor yesterday and she gave me some medicine.
Sultan : Thanks God, then. You should have some exercise with me later.
Hana : I’d be glad, Sultan. Thank you.
Answer these questions correctly.
1. Did Hana go to office yesterday?
2. Where was Hana yesterday?
3. What did happen to Hana?
4. Why did Hana get a backache?
5. Did Hana go to doctor?

B. GRAMMAR FOCUS
SIMPLE PAST
Did you work on Saturday? Yes, I did. I worked all day.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t work at all.
Did you go anywhere last weekend? Yes, I did. I went to the movies.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t go anywhere.
What did Rick do on Saturday? He stayed home and studied for a test.
How did Meg spend her weekend? She went to a karaoke bar and sang with some
friends.

Regular verbs Irregular Verbs

Work → worked Do → did
Invite → invited Forget → forgot
Study → studied Have → had
Stop → stopped Go → went
Listen → Listened Sing → sang
Borrow → Borrowed Spend → spent

PAST OF BE
Were you in Hawaii? Yes, I was.
Was the weather OK? No, it wasn’t.
Were you and your cousin on vacation? Yes, we were.
Were your parents there? No, they weren’t.
How long were you away? I was away for a week.
How was your vacation? It was excellent.
 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE
I walked to school yesterday. I did not walk to school yesterday.
You walked to school yesterday. You did not walk to school yesterday.
Tom walked to school yesterday. Tom did not walk to school yesterday.
They walked to school yesterday. They did not come to class yesterday.
Exercise
1. Complete these conversations. Then practice with a partner.
a. A: ________you _________ (stay) home on Saturday?
B: No, I _________________ (call) my friend. We _______________ (drive) to a cafe for
lunch.
b. A: How _________you_______________ (spend) your last birthday?
B: I __________________(have) a party. Everyone __________________ (enjoy) it, but
the neighbors _________________ (not, like) the noise.
c. A: What _______you _______ (do) last night?
B: I ________________ (go) to the new Jim Carey film. I love it.
d. A: _______you_______ (do) anything special over the weekend?
B: Yes, I ________. I _____________ (go) shopping. Unfortunately, I
____________(spend) all my money. Now, I’m broke.
e. A: _________you____________ (go) out on Friday night?
B: No, I ____________. I _____________ (invite) friends over, and I _______________
(cook) dinner for them.
2. Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. Use SIMPLE PRESENT or SIMPLE
PAST.
a. I (go, not) __________________ to a movie last night. I (stay) _______________ home.
b. Mike (come, not) ___________________ to class every day.
c. I (finish, not) ______________________ my homework last night. I (go) ____________ to
bed early.
d. Tina and I (go, not) ___________________ shopping yesterday. We (go)
_______________ shopping last Monday.
e. I (go) ____________________ to a movie last night, but I (enjoy, not) ________________
it. It (be, not) ________________ very good.
f. I (write) _____________________ a letter to my girlfriend yesterday, but I (write, not)
_____________ a letter to her last week.
3. Simple Present vs Present Continuous vs Simple Past
a. I ____________________ (walk) to school yesterday.
b. I _________________ (sit) in class right now.
c. I usually ______________(go) to bed at eleven o’clock every night.
d. Celia _______________ (finish) her homework at ten o’clock last night.
e. Cicilia _______________(write) a letter to her parents yesterday.
f. Yesterday, I _____________ (see) Matthew at the library.
g. Our friends ________________(stand) in front of the class right now.
h. Mimi ___________________(put) butter on her bread yesterday.
i. My husband always ________________(come) home at 5.15 every day.
j. A : Did you leave your dictionary at class?
B: No, I __________(bring) it home.
C. PRONUNCIATION OF -ED
Final -ed has three pronunciation: /t/, /d/, and /əd/
END OF SIMPLE SIMPLE PAST PRONUNCIATION
VERBS FORM
Voiceless help helped help/t/ Final -ed is
laugh laughed laugh/t/ pronounced /t/ if a
guess guessed guess/t/ verb ends in a
voiceless sound
Voiced rub rubbed rub/d/ Final -ed is
live lived liv/d/ pronounced /d/ if the
seem seemed seem/d/ simple form of the
verb ends in a voiced
sound
-d or -t need needed need/əd/ Final -ed is
want wanted want/əd/ pronounced /əd/ if a
verb ends in the
letters “d” or “t”

Exercise
Write the correct spelling of the -ed form. Then write the correct pronunciation of the -ed
form: /t/, /d/, or /əd/.
No Base word -ed form Pronunciation
1 wait waited wait + /əd/
2 spell
3 kiss
4 plan
5 join
6 hope
7 drop
8 add
9 point
10 pat
11 touch
12 play

D. WRITING
Write a paragraph about your activity last weekend. Use simple past tense in your
sentences.
E. VOCABULARY
Complete the picture below!