Unit

t was/were

Now Robert is at work.

A t midnight last night

he wasn't at work.

He was in bed.
He was asleep.

am/is (present) —>was (past):

O I am tired, (now) I was tired last night.
O Where is Kate? (now) Where was Kate yesterday?
O The weather is good today. The weather was good last week.

are (present) —» were (past):

O You are late, (now) You were late yesterday.
O They aren't here, (now) They weren't here last Sunday.

positive negative question

1 1 1?
he he was not he?
was was
she she (wasn't) she?
it it it?

we we we?
were not
you were you were you?
(weren't)
they they they?

O Last year Rachel was 22, so she is 23 now.

O When I was a child, I was scared of dogs.
O We were hungry after the journey, but we weren't tired.
O The hotel was comfortable, but it wasn't expensive.

O Was the weather nice when you were on holiday?

O Your shoes are nice. Were they expensive?
O W hy were you late this morning?

Short answers

l/he/she/it was. l/he/she/it wasn't.

Yes, No,
we/you/they were. we/you/they weren't.

O 'Were you late?' 'No, I wasn't.'

O 'Was Tom at work yesterday?' 'Yes, he was.'
O 'Were Sue and Steve at the party?' No, they weren't.'

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Exercises
Where were these people at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon?

1 J o e was.in.bed.................................................................. 4
2 Jack and K a te ......................................................................... 5...............................
3 Su e ............................................................................................... 6 And you? I.

Write am/is/are (present) or was/were (past).

1 Last year sh e w as 22, so sh e is 23 now.
2 Today the w eather....................... nice, but yesterday i t .......................... very cold.
3 I .......................hungry. Can I have something to eat?
4 I feel fine this morning, but I .......................very tired last night.
5 W h e re ....................... you at 11 o'clock last Friday morning?
6 Don't buy those shoes. T h e y ....................... very expensive.
7 I like your new jacket............................it expensive?
8 This time last year I ....................... in Paris.
9 'W here Sam and Joe?' 'I don't know. T h e y here a few minutes ago.'

gjg| Write was/were or wasn't/weren't.

1 We weren't happy with the hotel. O ur ro o m w as very small and i t w asn’t clean.
2 M a rk at work last week because h e .......................... ill. He's better now.
3 Yesterday.........................a public holiday, so the b anks..........................closed. They're open today.
4 '.........................Kate and Ben at the party?' 'K ate there, but B e n .......................... .'
5 Where are my keys? T h e y on the table, but they're not there now.
6 You at home last night..W h e re .........................you?

Write questions from these words + was/were. Put the words in the right order.

\ \ ___________________________________ /7
(late / you / this morning / why?)
Why ware.you.jate. t h is mprni.ng?.. ► The traffic was bad.

(difficult / your exam?)

► No, it was easy.

(last week / where / Sue and Chris?)

► They were on holiday.

(your new camera / how much?)

► A hundred pounds.

(angry / you / yesterday / why?)

(nice / the weather / last week?)

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 Goal:
lesson 2 FREE TIME Talk about leisure activities.

Vocabulary Track 65
Leisure activities
Complete with the verbs in the past. Use the reference guide to help you.

take a nap play video games

 a nap  video games

hang out with friends listen to music

 out with friends  to music

visit friends Spend money

 friends  money

read sing
 

swim play tennis

  tennis

relax cook
 

garden take photos

  photos

do nothing get a manicure

 nothing  a manicure

watch TV go hiking
 TV  hiking

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 SOCCER
lesson 2
What are your hobbies?
football
GO t o the beach dancing to the movies out for dinner
FOOTBALL
for a drive running fishing ice skating to a concert
American football
PLAY tennis golf cards an instrument video games

Brazilian soccer is a popular sport in Brazil and

England but it’s not popular in the United States.
Americans usually play American football,
baseball and golf.

OTBALL
AMERICAN FO

Grammar

Simple past
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
GUIDE 16 and 17
REFERENCE

I liked. I didn't like.

You liked. You didn't like.
He liked. He didn't like.
She liked. She didn't like.
It liked. It didn't like.
We liked. We didn't like.
You liked. You didn't like.
They liked. They didn't like.

POSITIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Did I like? Didn't I like?
Did you like? Didn't you like?
Did he likes? Didn't he likes?
Did she likes? Didn't she likes?
Did it likes? Didn't it likes?
Did we like? Didn't we like?
Did you like? Didn't you like?
Did they like? Didn't they like?

SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.
Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
Yes, it did. No, it didn’t.
Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.
Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.
Didn't = did not.

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 Regular vs. irregular verbs
Regular verbs: listen (listened), travel (traveled), cook (cooked)
Irregular verbs: go (went), get (got)

Vocabulary
Time expressions in the past
Time Expressions
•• night The day before yesterday
•• Saturday
last •• week Five (weeks / days / years) ago
•• month
•• year
•• morning YESTERDAY NIGHT LAST NIGHT
yesterday •• afternoon
•• evening

Let’s practice
Complete the sentences. Use the simple past tense.
a) She             yesterday. (take a nap)
b) We             soccer three days ago. (not/play)
c)             you             a manicure yesterday morning? (get)
d)             he             spaghetti last night? (not/ cook)
e) They             last week. (not/ travel)
f) She             ice skating last year. (go)
g)             Karin             last Saturday? (go running)
h) Jake             to the beach last Monday. (not/go)
i)             he             yesterday morning? (exercise)

Listen Track 66
Listen to the conversations. Check true (T) or false (F).
a) Jake went to the movies last night. ( )T ( )F
b) Billy watched TV in the afternoon. ( )T ( )F
c) Andy and Karin went out for dinner on their birthdays. ( )T ( )F
d) Kate didn’t go ice skating yesterday. ( )T ( )F
e) Albert studied English for 3 hours last week. ( )T ( )F
f) Kimberly went running every day last month. ( )T ( )F

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lesson 2

Let’s practice
Complete the text below with the verbs in the past.

Yeah, I          (love) last weekend! On Friday after work, I          (get) a
manicure and        (visit) my friends. I        (not/exercise).

Last Saturday I          (get up) late,          (listen) to music and      
(read) a book. At noon I          (cook) and          (go) for a drive in the city.
At night I         (put) on my make-up,         (comb) my hair and         
(go) to the movies with my boyfriend.

On Sunday morning I          (play) basketball with my friends and         

(take) a nap. In the afternoon I          (read) a book and          (go) shopping
at the mall. At night I          (not/take) a shower, I          (take) a bath,
       (get) dressed and        (go) out for dinner with my mother. I         

(have) a good time! I         (go) to bed at 11pm. On Mondays, I always get up early.

Read

Read the text below. Correct the sentences.

Yesterday was Friday, Gloria turned off her alarm clock at 7am and got up
at 8 am. She didn’t eat breakfast in the morning because she woke up late.
She exercised around 9 O’clock, then took a shower, combed her hair and
brushed her teeth. Gloria got dressed and went to work. At noon she had
lunch with her colleagues and went back to work. It was a busy day. She
went to the supermarket and cooked some spaghetti with meatballs for her
husband and kids. It was delicious. Gloria got so tired she decided to relax.
She watched TV and went to bed around 10pm.
Gloria really likes the weekends, she’s never tired. Last Saturday she
woke up at 10 in the morning and went running then hung out with some
friends at a bar in the afternoon and played soccer with her colleagues.
On Sunday, she read some books and relaxed the whole day. It was a good day!

Correct the sentences below.

a) Yesterday she had dinner with her father. e) Last Saturday she played golf with her
b) she woke up at 08:00 pm on Friday. brother.

c) She ate breakfast yesterday morning. f) On the weekend she went to work.

d) She didn’t like the spaghetti. g) She wasn’t tired yesterday.

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 Let’s practice
1. Talk about what you did yesterday.

2. Work in pairs. Complete the crossword below with the past form of the verbs.

1
Now and 2
Across
3. go
Then 3 4. shave
7. make
8. take
4 5 9. grow
6 12. eat
13. do
7 8 Down
1. get
2. relax
9 10
4. spend
11 5. drive
6. come
12
10. read
13 11. have

Write
Answer the questions.
a) What do you usually do on the weekends?


b) What did you do last weekend?



Let’s practice
Tell your classmates what you did last weekend.

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 4. Use the frequency adverbs to talk about your daily activities.
frequency adverbs:

always – almost always – usually – normally – often – many times – sometimes – occasionally –
not so often – hardly ever – seldom - rarely

Take a shower: I never take a shower in the afternoon.

Take a shower: 
Make dinner: 
Watch tv: 
Study English: 
Go shopping: 
5. Use the expressions of frequency to talk about your daily activities.
expressions of frequency:
Every day – twice a week – once a week – three times a week – once a month – twice a day – on Saturdays –
once a year – three times a month – every weekend – every other day – every Friday – four times a week

Study English: I study English every day.

Study English: 
Drive: 
Brush my hair: 
Take the bus: 
Exercise: 
6. Write the past of those irregular verbs.
a) get dressed:  j) have lunch: 
b) drive:  k) go shopping: 
c) wake up:  l) take a bath: 
d) take the bus:  m) hang out: 
e) go to bed:  n) swim: 
f) have fun:  o) read: 
g) make dinner:  p) do nothing: 
h) come home:  q) spend money: 
i) put on makeup:  r) go hiking: 
7. Complete the sentences with the simple present (do/does)
a) you English? (study)
b) Jenn this shirt? (like)
c) Anne the dishes every day (wash)
d) Joe the house once a week (vacuum)

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 e) We on Mondays (not/exercise)
f) I my email twice a day (check)
g) Todd and Jane out the garbage every day (take)
h) your mother dinner at night? (make)
i) How often Carol her friends? (visit)
j) When Julie out for dinner? (go)
k) They out for dinner every week? (go)
l) I always a nap in the afternoon (take)
8. Rewrite the sentences from exercise 7 in the past.
a) Did you study English?
b) 
c) 
d) 
e) 
f) 
g) 
h) 
i) 
j) 
k) 
l) 
9. Complete the sentences in the past.
a) Larry         
DIDN'T WAKE UP (not / wake up) early yesterday. He         
TOOK (take) a
fast shower and          (brush) his teeth. He          (not / eat)
breakfast. Larry          (no / walk) to work. He          (drive).
He          (be) late, so he          (not / take) the bus. The
night before he          (go to bed) too late! Larry          (start)
working at 9 am and he         (come) home at 8 pm and        (cook)
dinner for his family. After dinner, he          (watch) TV with his wife and
children,          (play) video games and          (relax).
10. Read the paragraph about Larry. Then make questions with when / where / what / who
Good afternoon. I’m Larry. Last weekend was fun! I didn’t work on Saturday because it was a holiday, so I went to
the mountains with my family and friends. The kids played soccer, went fishing and rode horses in the afternoon.
I relaxed and played cards with my friends. My wife watched TV and gardened. On Sunday, we woke up late, had
breakfast and after lunch we took a nap and we drove back home.
a) (they / wake up late)
When did they wake up late?
On Sunday.

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 b) (Larry / go)

Larry went to the mountains.
c) (the kids / do)

The kids played soccer, went fishing and rode horses.
d) (his wife / do)

His wife watched TV and gardened.
e) (go to the mountains / with Larry)

His family and friends.
f) (we / drive back home)

We drove back home on Sunday.
11. Answer the questions
a) How often do you watch tv?

b) Where were you last Monday?

c) Was there a party two days ago?

d) Were you at work yesterday?

e) What did you do last weekend?

f) What day was five days ago?

g) Did you travel last week?

h) When did you go out for dinner?

i) Did you watch a movie last night?

j) Did you exercise the day before yesterday?


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Unit I didn't... Did you ... ?
12 (past simple negative and questions)
We use did in past simple negatives and questions:

infinitive positive negative question

play 1 played 1 play 1 play?

start we started we start we start?
watch you watched you watch you watch?
did not
have they had they have did they have?
(didn't)
see he saw he see he see?
do she did she do she do?
go it went it go it go?

do/does (present) —» did (past):

O I don't watch T V very often.

I didn't watch T V yesterday.

O Does she often go away?

Did she go away last week?

We use did/didn't + infinitive (watch/play/go etc.):

I watched but I didn't watch (not I didn't watched)

they went did they go? (not did they went?)
he had he didn't have
you did did you do?

O I played tennis yesterday, but I didn't win.

O 'Did you do the shopping?' 'No, I didn't have time.'
O We went to the cinema, but we didn't enjoy the film.

Study the word order in questions:

did + subject + infinitive

Did your sister call you?

W hat did you do last night?
How did the accident happen?
Where did your parents go for their holiday?

Short answers

l/we/you/chey did l/we/you/they ^

he/she/it he/she/it

O 'Did you see Joe yesterday?' 'No, I didn't.'

O 'Did it rain on Sunday?' 'Yes, it did.'
O Did Helen come to the party?' No, she didn't.'
O Did your parents have a good holiday?' Yes, they did.'

f worked/got/went etc. (past sim ple) Unit 11

-xeroses
m Complete these sentences with the verb in the negative.
1 I saw Barbara, but I didn’t se e jane.
2 They worked on Monday, but th e y ........................................................................on Tuesday.
3 We went to the post office, but w e ........................................................................to the bank.
4 She had a pen, but sh e ........................................................................any paper.
5 Jack did French at school, but h e ........................................................................German.

o Write questions with Did ... ?

I watched T V last night. How about you? Did you w a tch ..TV. la s t night...
I enjoyed the party. How about you? ........................................................................
I had a good holiday. How about you? ........................................................................
I finished work early. How about you? ........................................................................
I slept well last night. How about you? ........................................................................

CD What did you do yesterday? Write positive or negative sentences.

1 (watch T V ) !.w atched .TV.... or !. didn’t watch TV..........
2 (get up before 7 o'clock) I ............................................................................................................
3 (have a shower) ...............................................................................................................
4 (buy a magazine) ...............................................................................................................
5 (eat meat) ..............................................................................................................
6 (go to bed before 10.30) ...............................................................................................................

t Z l Write B's questions. Use:

arrive cost go go to bed late happen have a nice time sta y win

1 a: We went to New York last month. 5 a: We came home by taxi.

b: W h e re....did.you s t a y .........................................? b: How m u ch .................................................................?
a: With some friends. a: Ten pounds.

2 a: 1was late for the meeting. 6 a: I'm tired this morning.

B: W hat tim e .................................................................. ? b: ...................................................................................?
a: Half past nine. a: N o, but 1didn't sleep very well.

3 a: 1played tennis this afternoon. 7 a: We went to the beach yesterday.

B: .................................................................................. ? b: ...................................................................................?
a: No, 1lost. a: Yes, it was great.

^ a: 1had a nice holiday. 8 a: The window is broken.

B. Good. W h e re ...........................................................? b: H o w ................................................................................?
a: To the mountains. a: 1don't know.

"ut the verb in the correct form - positive, negative or question.

We went to the cinema, but the film wasn't very good. W e didn’t enjoy it. (enjoy)
1 T o m ................................................. some new clothes yesterday - two shirts, a jacket and a pullover, (buy)
............ yesterday?' 'No, it was a nice day.' (rain)
- .Ve were tired, so w e ................................................................ long at the party, (stay)
: : was very warm in the room, so I ................................................................a window, (open)
r Did you phone Chris this morning?' 'No, I ................................................................time.' (have)
I cut my hand this morning.' 'H o w ................................................................. that?' (do)
• .Vhy weren't you at the meeting yesterday?' ' I ................................................................about it.' (know)

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NAME: ________________________ DATE: _______________________
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
PAST TIME WORDS
AGO LAST YESTERDAY
I saw my friend … I saw my friend … I saw my friend …

 ten minutes ago  last night  yesterday

 an hour ago  last week  yesterday morning
 two days ago  last month  yesterday afternoon
 a week ago  last November (etc.)  yesterday evening
 a few months ago  last year
 a year ago  last Monday (etc.)
 last spring
 last summer
 last fall / autumn
 last winter

 Fill in the blanks below with the correct prepositions of time.

1. My brother found a new job three weeks _______________.

2. What time did you get up _______________ morning?
3. (A) When did you get back from Korea? (B) I got back two weeks _______________.
4. Jack went to bed very late _______________ night.
5. Our class had a very difficult math exam _______________ Friday.
6. We had a picnic at the park _______________ morning.
7. I began to study Spanish _______________ September.
8. Marie felt sick, so she stayed went home _______________ afternoon.
9. Dinosaurs lived on our planet millions of years _______________.
10. You friend just called you an hour _______________, but you were out.
11. Today is Tuesday. What day was it _______________?
12. Our family travelled to Brazil _______________ summer.
13. Did you really finish your science project two days _______________?
14. I moved to this city _______________ year.
15. Sarah and Mark got married _______________ month.
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A) Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and some are irregular.
Yesterday (to be) _______________ a busy day. I (wake) _______________ up at 6am, (have)
_______________ breakfast quickly and then I (go) _______________ to work. I (finish)
_______________ at noon and then (eat) _______________ some lunch. Afterwards I (drive)
_______________ to the shops, (buy) _______________ some paint and then (paint) _______________
my bedroom. My housemate (come) _______________ home from work so I (help) _______________
him paint his room, then we (repair) _______________ his chair as it (wobble) _______________ a lot. I
(wish) _______________ I hadn’t, as I hurt my hand! After that I (clean) _______________ my house. I
(vacuum) _______________ all the downstairs and then (tidy) _______________ up the living room
and the kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) ate some dinner, (yawn) _______________, and
(go) _______________ to bed!

B) Change the verbs below into the past tense and put them into the correct place in the sentences
Pay :: Ring :: Think :: Drink :: See :: Eat :: Go :: Take :: Leave :: Say
1. I _________________ that he was fired.
2. My mum _________________ me last night but I wasn’t at home to take her answer.
3. I _________________ to the zoo with my son last weekend.
4. I _________________ four cakes for lunch. I feel sick!
5. He _________________ him to see the doctor because he had been ill for so long.
6. I _________________ that new movie last night. It was great!
7. He _________________ his son alone all day!
8. I _________________ two bottle of grape juice last night. I don’t feel too well today.
9. They _________________ it tasted horrible.
10. It was too expensive and we _________________ too much for it.

C) Complete the tables below:

Present Past Present Past
Hear Be
Left Put
Ring Think
Drank Drove
Go Break
Got Overslept
Take Sit
Came Woke
See Run
Shut Wrote
Lend Dig
Stole Brought
Swim Fly

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Desperate Housewives
Verbs in the simple past

Level: Intermediate
Age: Teens/Adults

Before you watch

1. What do people usually talk about with their families when they get home from
school/work?

2. When you get home from school/work, what do you usually talk about with your
mother/father/brother/friend?

While you watch

3. Watch the segment once and answer: what’s the relationship between the two people?
What are they talking about?

4. Before watching again, try to remember what each one of them says. In the script
below, write H (Husband) for what he says and W (Wife) for what she says. After that,
watch the video again and check if your answers are right.

( ) I am finally home. ( ) Yeah.

And just so you know, I had the worst day Everything okay?
ever.
( ) Yes, of course. I, um...
( ) Did you? I made some hot chocolate for the kids,
would you like some?
( ) Yeah, I-I-I had to meet with one surly
client after another. ( ) That sounds great.
Our computers went down.
I spilled coffee on my shoe. ( ) Yeah? Might be a little cold. Do you want
me to heat it up?
( ) Sounds like you went through a lot.
( ) No, it's okay.
( ) But I'm much better now.
Oh, m... Oh, oh, oh, God! ( ) Mm!
I forgot to ask... How did the pitch go? Aah!
It's... it's.. it's boiling!
( ) Good. We got the job.
( ) Is it?
( ) That is fantastic!
Oh, my God. You guys are just getting ( ) I-I-I burned my tongue!
started, and you're already kicking ass!
I am so proud of you! ( ) Oh, I'm sorry.

( ) Well, it was mostly Renee.

She did the lion's share of the work.
She's an amazing woman.
After you watch

5. How was his day? Tell your classmates.

6. What verb tenses can you identify in the dialog? Which one is predominant?

7. Go back to the script and circle the verbs in the simple past.

Extra practice:

8. Using the verbs in the simple past that you found in the dialog, complete the table
properly:

VERBS
BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST
have
make
did

spill
forget
go
burn
got

9. Are there any irregular verbs in the table above? If so, list them:
___________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

Now and then I think of when we were together ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
I told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness

Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
Well, you said that we would still be friends ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off

Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough

No, you didn't have to stoop so low

Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know ______________ ▢ regular ▢ irregular
 Verb Past Tense Past Participle Verb Past Tense Past Participle
be was/ were been know knew known
become became become learn learned or learnt learned or learnt
begin began begun leave left left
bend bent bent lose lost lost
bet bet bet make made made
bite bit bitten mean meant meant
bleed bled bled meet met met
blow blew blown mistake mistook mistaken
break broke broken pay paid paid
bring brought brought put put put
build built built quit quit quit
burn burned or burnt burned or burnt read read Red read
buy bought bought ride rode ridden
can could x ring rang rung
catch caught caught run ran run
choose chose chosen say said said
come came come see saw seen
cost cost cost sell sold sold
cut cut cut send sent sent
deal dealt dealt set set set
dig dug dug shake shook shaken
do did done shoot shot shot
draw drew drawn show showed shown
dream dreamed or dreamt
dreamed or dreamt shut shut shut
drink drank drunk sing sang sung
drive drove driven sink sank sunk
eat ate eaten sit sat sat
fall fell fallen sleep slept slept
feel felt flt speak spoke spoken
find found found spell spelled or spelt spelled or spelt
fly flew flown spend spent spent
forget forgot forgotten stand stood stood
forgive forgave forgiven steal stole stolen
get got got sweep swept swept
give gave given swim swam swum
go went gone take took taken
grow grew grown teach taught taught
hang hanged or hung hanged or hung tell told told
have had had think thought thought
hear heard heard understand understood understood
hide hid hidden wake woke woken
hold held held wear wore worn
hurt hurt hurt win won won
know knew known write wrote written