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1 92881 Put the verbs into the correct form of the past night, I (1) _____ (not have) a very good night s sleep. My brother and I (2) _____ (see) a horror fi lm before we (3) _____ to bed. He (4) _____ (fall) asleep immediately, but I (5) _____ (keep) seeing images from the fi lm. I (6) _____ (not wake up) in time, and I was late for school. there was / there were We use there was / there were to describe scenes in the rmativeThere was a strange man on the were some good fi lms on at the cinema last wasn t an accident this weren t any internet caf s fi fty years Was there a problem with the bill last night?Were there any hospitals in the 1800s?Short answersAffi rmative NegativeYes, there was. No, there wasn , there were. No, there weren nitive past simplebe was/werebecome becamebegin beganbreak brokebring broughtbuild builtbuy boughtcatch caughtchoose chosecome camecost costdo diddream dreamt/dreameddrink drankdrive droveeat atefall fellfeel feltfi nd foundfl y fl ewforget forgotget gotgive gavego wenthave hadhear heardhold heldkeep keptknow knew past simple : irregular verbsAffi rmative Many common verbs in English have irregular past simple forms in the affi rmative.

2 The past simple forms of irregular verbs need to be learnt individually. Here are some examples: Infi nitive past simplelearn learnt/learnedleave leftlose lostmake mademean meantmeet metpay paidput putread readring rangrun ransay saidsee sawsell soldsend sentsing sangsleep sleptstand stoodsteal stoleswim swamtake tookteach taughttell toldthink thoughtunderstand understoodwear worewin wonwrite wroteI wrote to him every day last summer. I learnt so much from my The negative of irregular verbs in the past simple is formed in the same way as for regular didn t forget your didn t play _ 9225/2/09 15:42:0493881 Put the verbs into the correct form of the past night, I (1) _____ (not have) a very good night s sleep. My brother and I (2) _____ (see) a horror fi lm before we (3) _____ to bed. He (4) _____ (fall) asleep immediately, but I (5) _____ (keep) seeing images from the fi lm. I (6) _____ (not wake up) in time, and I was late for school.

3 Answers page 116 there was / there were We use there was / there were to describe scenes in the rmativeThere was a strange man on the were some good fi lms on at the cinema last wasn t an accident this weren t any internet caf s fi fty years Was there a problem with the bill last night?Were there any hospitals in the 1800s?Short answersAffi rmative NegativeYes, there was. No, there wasn , there were. No, there weren Describe the scene with the affi rmative ( ) and negative ( ) form of there was or there were.(1) _____ ( ) an accident, but I didn t see what happened. (2) _____ ( ) any people, but (3) _____ ( ) a car on fi re. It was so strange (4) _____ ( ) any noise. I can remember that (5) _____ ( ) a lorry, but (6) _____ ( ) a driver. Answers page 116 past simple : questions We form questions and short answers in the same way for regular and irregular verbs in the past simple . In questions, as with the negative, we use the infi nitive form, not the past simple she go early?

4 NOT Did she went early?QuestionsDid t haveThere was943353 _ 9325/2/09 15:42:049488 Student s Multi-ROM Speaking dictionary Things you readblog /bl g/ _____comic / k m k/ _____diary / da ri/ _____magazines /m g zi nz/ _____newspapers / nju spe p z/ _____novel / n vl/ _____sign /sa n/ _____song lyrics /s l r ks/ _____text message /tekst mes d / _____textbook / tekstb k/ _____ Adjectives of opinionall right / l ra t/ _____amazing / me z / _____awful / fl/ _____boring / b r / _____cool /ku l/ _____fantastic /f n t st k/ _____fun /f n/ _____good /g d/ _____great /gret/ _____interesting / ntrest / _____OK / ke / _____terrible / ter bl/ _____ English you need Describe a processFirst you fi nd a you answersAffi rmative NegativeYes, I did. No, I didn , you did. No, you didn , he did. No, he didn , she did. No, she didn , it did. No, it didn , we did. No, we didn , you did.

5 No, you didn , they did. No, they didn t. In short answers, we repeat the auxiliary. Did you talk to Rob yesterday? Yes, I did. NOT Yes, I talked. We can use wh- question words with the past did he say to her?Why did they leave the party so soon?3 Match the questions with the correct Where did you a No, he didn t. go last night? 2 Which park did b To the park. you go to? 3 Did you have c Gary, Nick and good time? 4 Why? Did it d The one near thestart raining? swimming Who did you e No, we didn with? 6 Did Carl go? f Yes, it did! Answers page 116 past time expressions We often use time expressions with the past simple . These include:yesterdayyesterday + morning/afternoon/evening last + night/week/weekend/month/ year/ June/FridayI was at the hospital yesterday evening. We can also use the word ago to show how far in the past something happened. Ago comes at the end of a time minutes agoseven months agofi fty-fi ve years agoShe was here a few minutes She was here ago a few _ 9425/2/09 15:42:049588 Student s Multi-ROM Speaking dictionary Things you readblog /bl g/ _____comic / k m k/ _____diary / da ri/ _____magazines /m g zi nz/ _____newspapers / nju spe p z/ _____novel / n vl/ _____sign /sa n/ _____song lyrics /s l r ks/ _____text message /tekst mes d / _____textbook / tekstb k/ _____ Adjectives of opinionall right / l ra t/ _____amazing / me z / _____awful / fl/ _____boring / b r / _____cool /ku l/ _____fantastic /f n t st k/ _____fun /f n/ _____good /g d/ _____great /gret/ _____interesting / ntrest / _____OK / ke / _____terrible / ter bl/ _____ English you need Describe a processFirst you find a provider.

6 _____Next you register. _____Learning tip You remember new words more easily when you use them in personalised Complete the sentences. fantastic magazines OK fun the newspaper boring frightened 1 I sometimes read I think computer games are _____. 3 For me, sports are _____. 4 I feel _____ when I have a bad dream. 2 Write sentences with some of these words. diary jewellery amazing text messages song lyrics interesting password terrible1 _____2 _____3 _____4 _____5 _____ Answers page 116 Then you select a design. _____After that you create your site. _____And finally you can change the colours. _____943353 _ 9525/2/09 15:42:05961 Complete the The Amazing Spider-Man is a famous _____. 4 A book with a long story is a _____ 8 The words for songs are called _____ Students usually use a _____ in class. Down2 Vogue is a famous fashion You use your mobile to send a _____ Some people write about their day in a You can read about yesterday s news in a Stop!

7 Is an example of a road A _____ is a type of diary on the you read2 Complete the questions with the words in exercise 1. Then answer them. 1 Do you sometimes look on the Internet for (8) _____? _____2 What (2) _____s do you read? _____3 Are there any free (6) _____s in your country? _____4 Do you write in a (5) _____? _____5 How many (3) _____s do you send a day? _____6 What s your favourite (4) _____? _____comicsong lyrics12574389106C O MIC943353 _ 9625/2/09 16:12:57971 Write the past nitive past simple1 fall _____2 go _____3 have _____4 say _____5 see _____6 speak _____2 Complete the description of a dream. Use the past simple verbs in exercise Complete with a negative form of the underlined I _____ a dog, I saw a It _____ Hello to me, it said Bonjour. 3 The pirate _____ two legs, he had one He _____ away, he ran after I _____ late, I got up at 8 o I _____ in my dream diary, I wrote on some t seeTuesday 29thI was on a pirate ship.

8 I (1) _____ down a ladder and I (2) _____ a pirate with a bird. The bird was green and it (3) _____ red eyes. It (4) _____ Bonjour, Henry , and then it (5) _____ to me in French. I didn t understand. The pirate was angry. I started running. That s when I (6) _____ into a hole and woke _____ a lot of _____ some _____ a very big sound _____ some _____ any _____ a disc Complete the dialogue. Use there was and there How was your party? (1) _____ a lot of people there?B Yes, (2) And (3) _____ a lot of food?B Yes, (4) (5) _____ any pizzas? I love pizzas!B No, (6) _____. But there were a lot of Write true sentences about the party. Use there was / wasn t or there were / weren wereWere therethere was / there werePast simple : irregular verbs943353 _ 9725/2/09 16:12:58981 Complete the of opinion1 _____2 _____3 _____4 _____5 _____6 _____Past simple : questionsNo, he didn Order the words to make late / Omar / did / wake up ?

9 _____2 go / he and his friends / to the park / did ? _____3 to a restaurant / did / go / they / for lunch ? _____4 did / rain / it ? _____5 buy / Karen / did / some sunglasses ? _____6 they / like / did / Omar s CD ? _____5 Read Omar s diary. Answer the questions in exercise It was a a _ r _ _ t3 No, it was a _ f _ lDid Omar wake up late?8th MayToday I woke at seven o clock. I had breakfast and then I met Luke and Karen. We went skateboarding in the park. It was fun! We bought some pizza for lunch and ate it sitting on the grass. It was warm and sunny and we were really happy. In the afternoon we went to the cinema. We saw a horror fi lm. It was awful! But then we went to the shopping centre. Karen bought some sunglasses and I bought a CD. Finally, we went to Adam s house to listen to the CD. It s cool. I m at home now. I studied French for an hour and now I m writing my diary.

10 A busy day!2 Write the adjectives. Are they positive (+), neutral (/) or negative (-)?1 ogod _____ _2 maazing _____ _3 colo _____ _4 KO _____ _5 fnu _____ _6 fanasttic _____ _7 telrribe _____ _8 boinrg _____ _9 intrestieng _____ _3 Complete the sentences with an adjective to make them true for Horror fi lms _____2 Spiders _____3 Rap music _____4 Science _____5 Holidays _____6 Homework _____are great.+good1 The fi lm was g _ _ _ t! rea943353 _ Sec1:98943353 _ Sec1:987/7/09 12:06:557/7/09 12:06:55998 Answer the questions in exercise 7 for _____2 _____3 _____4 _____5 _____6 _____9 It s six o clock on Saturday afternoon. Match the time 2 hours ago _ a on Thursday2 8 hours ago _ b yesterday morning3 21 hours ago _ c this morning4 32 hours ago _ d last night5 48 hours ago _ e at 4 o clock10 Write true sentences about the This morning _____2 Last night _____ _____3 Yesterday afternoon _____ _____4 On Sunday _____ _____5 Last week _____ _____6 Two years ago _____ _____6 Write questions with the have study do see wake up1 What time _____ Omar _____?