ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SECOND YEAR
 Unit Two
Grammar
Past Simple
Question
The question in the Past Simple is formed with did.
When did she/you/they/etc.arrive?
Short answer
Did you go to work yesterday? Yes, I did. No, it didn't.
Did it rain last night?
Spelling of regular verbs
1 The normal rule is to add -ed or-
d. work/worked start/started
live/lived love/loved
2 Some short verbs with only one syllable double the
consonant. stop/stoppedplan/planned
3 Verbs ending in a consonant+y, change the -y to-
ied. study/studied carry/carried
But....
play/played enjoy/enjoyed
Use
The Past Simple expresses a completed past action. Notice some of
the time expressions.
We played tennis last Sunday.
I worked in London in 2007.
John left two minutes ago.
Past Continuous
Form
was/were + verb-ing (present participle)
Short answer
Were you working yesterday? Yes, I was./No, I wasn't.
Use
1 The Past Continuous expresses a past activity that has duration.
You were making a lot of noise last night. Were you having a
party?
2 The activity was in progress before.
"What were you doing at 8.00 last night?
I was watching TV
When I woke up this morning, the sun was shining.
Past Simple and Past Continuous
1 The Past Simple expresses completed past actions. The Past
Continuous expresses activities in progress. Compare these
I washed my car last night.
I was washing my cat when you phoned
What did you do at the weekend?" "I played tennis
We were playing tennis when it started to rain.
2 A Past Simple action can interrupt a Past Continuous activity in
progress.
I was doing my homework when Jane arrived.
PRACTICE
What's the difference between these pairs of sentences?
1 When we arrived, she was making coffee.
When we arrived, she made coffee.
2 What were you doing when you saw the accident?
What did you do when you saw the accident?
Choose the correct verb form.
1 I watched/ was watching a good film yesterday.
2 While I shopped/ was shopping this morning, I lost/ was losing my wallet.
3 The police stopped / were stopping me on the motorway because I drove /
was driving too fast.
4 'How did you break / were you breaking your leg? "I was skiing/skied and
I hit / was hitting a tree.
5 I was cutting/cut my finger while I was cooking/cooked dinner.
6 Did you have/ were you having a good holiday?
Write the verbs once in the Past Simple and once in the Past Continuous.
have
1 'I went to Liam's party last
night. "Did you have a good
time?"
2 They were having dinner when the doorbell rang.
live
3 I---------in Rome when I was a child..
4 I----------------in Rome when I met my wife.
talk
5 You were on the phone for ages! Who------ you------to?
wear
7 When I saw Bella, she--------beautiful red dress.
8 'What -----you-------- for your interview yesterday?" 'A suit and tie
rain
9 When I left the house, it----------so I took my umbrella.
10 ------ it--------last night?
 Vocabulary
1 What is the adverb form of these adjectives?
clear noisy careful easy complete good bad
fluent
2 Write an adverb from 1 to go with these words.
1 play a game…………
2 play a game.................and win
3 explain the rules ………….
4 eat something…………
5 forget something…………..
6 drive………….
7 speak Turkish ………
8 pass an exam ……..
Rewrite the sentence using the opposite adverb.
1 I went to bed late. I didn't go to bed early.
2 My sister can't type very
fast.
She…………………………
3 Don't speak so
loudly. Can you…. ?
4 Chris drives
dangerously. He
doesn't………………
Saying when
Complete the conversations with in, at, on or- (no preposition).
1 A What time does the film
start? B At six o'clock.
2 A When were you born?
 B I was born…… 1998.
3 A Oh! It's Thursday! Nearly the weekend!
B I can't wait to finish work. I'm going out…… this evening. 4
A My driving test is ……Thursday.
B Good luck!
5 A What did you do ……the weekend?
B I went to a birthday party ……Saturday night. It was amazing! 6
A We always go on holiday …..July.
B We usually go away. ……winter. We visit my family in Australia.
7 A You look tired. Did you go to bed late last night?
B Yeah. I went out with friends and didn't get home until two o'clock….. the
morning.
NOTE
Prepositions in time expressions
At /in /on
at six o'clock/ at midnight /at the
weekend in 2007 /in the morning/
afternoon/evening
in summer /in two weeks' time
on Saturday /on Monday morning /on Christmas
Day on January 18
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