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881 Put the verbs into the correct form of the
past simple.
Last 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 past.
Affi rmativeThere was a strange man on the bus.There were some good fi lms on at the cinema last month.
NegativeThere wasn’t an accident this morning.There weren’t any internet cafés fi fty years ago.
Questions Was there a problem with the bill last night?Were there any hospitals in the 1800s?
Short answers
Affi rmative Negative
Yes, there was. No, there wasn’t.Yes, there were. No, there weren’t.
Infi nitive Past simple
be 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 verbs
Affi rmative
• Many common verbs in English have irregular past simple forms in the affi rmative.
• The past simple forms of irregular verbs need to be learnt individually. Here are some examples:
Infi nitive Past simple
learn 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 wrote
I wrote to him every day last summer. I learnt so much from my teachers.
Negative
• The negative of irregular verbs in the past simple is formed in the same way as for regular verbs.I didn’t forget your birthday.We didn’t play football.
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881 Put the verbs into the correct form of the
past simple.
Last 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.
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there was / there were
• We use there was / there were to describe scenes in the past.
Affi rmativeThere was a strange man on the bus.There were some good fi lms on at the cinema last month.
NegativeThere wasn’t an accident this morning.There weren’t any internet cafés fi fty years ago.
Questions Was there a problem with the bill last night?Were there any hospitals in the 1800s?
Short answers
Affi rmative Negative
Yes, there was. No, there wasn’t.Yes, there were. No, there weren’t.
2 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.
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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 form.Did she go early?NOT Did she went early?
Questions
Did I…?Did you…?Did he…?Did she…?Did it…?
Did we…?Did you…?Did they…?
didn’t haveThere was
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Student’s Multi-ROM Speaking dictionary
Things you read
blog /blɒg/ _____________
comic /ˈkɒmɪk/ _____________
diary /ˈdaɪəri/ _____________
magazines /mægəˈziːnz/ _____________
newspapers /ˈnjuːspeɪpəz/ _____________
novel /ˈnɒvl/ _____________
sign /saɪn/ _____________
song lyrics /sɒŋ ˈlɪrɪks/ _____________
text message /tekst ˈmesɪdʒ/ _____________
textbook /ˈtekstbʊk/ _____________
Adjectives of opinion
all right /ɔːl raɪt/ _____________
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ _____________
awful /ˈɔːfl/ _____________
boring /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ _____________
cool /kuːl/ _____________
fantastic /fænˈtæstɪk/ _____________
fun /fʌn/ _____________
good /gʊd/ _____________
great /gret/ _____________
interesting /ˈɪntrestɪŋ/ _____________
OK /əʊˈkeɪ/ _____________
terrible /ˈterəbl/ _____________
English you need
• Describe a process
First you fi nd a provider.
____________________________________
Next you register.
____________________________________
Short answers
Affi rmative Negative
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.
• 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 simple.What did he say to her?Why did they leave the party so soon?
3 Match the questions with the correct answer.
1 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 Billy.a good time?
4 Why? Did it d The one near thestart raining? swimming pool.
5 Who did you e No, we didn’t.go with?
6 Did Carl go? f Yes, it did!
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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 expression.two minutes agoseven months agofi fty-fi ve years agoShe was here a few minutes ago.NOT She was here ago a few minutes.
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Student’s Multi-ROM Speaking dictionary
Things you read
blog /blɒg/ _____________
comic /ˈkɒmɪk/ _____________
diary /ˈdaɪəri/ _____________
magazines /mægəˈziːnz/ _____________
newspapers /ˈnjuːspeɪpəz/ _____________
novel /ˈnɒvl/ _____________
sign /saɪn/ _____________
song lyrics /sɒŋ ˈlɪrɪks/ _____________
text message /tekst ˈmesɪdʒ/ _____________
textbook /ˈtekstbʊk/ _____________
Adjectives of opinion
all right /ɔːl raɪt/ _____________
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ _____________
awful /ˈɔːfl/ _____________
boring /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ _____________
cool /kuːl/ _____________
fantastic /fænˈtæstɪk/ _____________
fun /fʌn/ _____________
good /gʊd/ _____________
great /gret/ _____________
interesting /ˈɪntrestɪŋ/ _____________
OK /əʊˈkeɪ/ _____________
terrible /ˈterəbl/ _____________
English you need
• Describe a process
First you find a provider.
____________________________________
Next you register.
____________________________________
Learning tip
• You remember new words more easily when you use them in personalised sentences.
1 Complete the sentences.
fantastic magazines OK fun
the newspaper boring frightened
1 I sometimes read _____________________.
2 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 terrible
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
4 ____________________________________
5 ____________________________________
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Then you select a design.
____________________________________
After that you create your site.
____________________________________
And finally you can change the colours.
____________________________________
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1 Complete the crossword.
Across
1 The Amazing Spider-Man is a famous
________.
4 A book with a long story is a ________
8 The words for songs are called ________
________.
10 Students usually use a ________ in class.
Down
2 Vogue is a famous fashion ________.
3 You use your mobile to send a ________
________.
5 Some people write about their day in a
________.
6 You can read about yesterday’s news in a
________.
7 Stop! is an example of a road ________.
9 A ________ is a type of diary on the
Internet.
Things you read
2 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) _____________?
____________________________________
comic
song lyrics
1 2
5
7
4
3
8
9
10
6
C O M I C
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1 Write the past simple.
Infi nitive Past simple
1 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 1.
3 Complete with a negative form of the underlined verb.
1 I ________________ a dog, I saw a bird.
2 It ________________ “Hello” to me, it said
“Bonjour.”
3 The pirate ________________ two legs, he
had one leg.
4 He ________________ away, he ran after me.
5 I ________________ late, I got up at 8
o’clock.
6 I ________________ in my dream diary, I
wrote on some paper.
fell
didn’t see
Tuesday 29th
I was on a pirate ship. 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 up.
went
1 _____________ a lot of people.
2 _____________ some music.
3 _____________ a very big sound system.
4 _____________ some sandwiches.
5 _____________ any pizzas.
6 _____________ a disc jockey.
5 Complete the dialogue. Use there was and there were.
A How was your party? (1) ______________ a
lot of people there?
B Yes, (2) _________________.
A And (3) _________________ a lot of food?
B Yes, (4) _________________.
A (5) _________________ any pizzas? I love
pizzas!
B No, (6) ________________. But there were
a lot of sandwiches.
4 Write true sentences about the party. Use there was / wasn’t or there were / weren’t.
There were
Were there
there was / there werePast simple: irregular verbs
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1 Complete the opinions.
Adjectives of opinion
1 ______________________
2 ______________________
3 ______________________
4 ______________________
5 ______________________
6 ______________________
Past simple: questions
No, he didn’t.
4 Order the words to make questions.
1 late / Omar / did / wake up ?
____________________________________
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 4.
2 It was a
a _ r _ _ t
3 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. 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 you.
1 Horror fi lms ______________________
2 Spiders ______________________
3 Rap music ______________________
4 Science ______________________
5 Holidays ______________________
6 Homework ______________________
are great.
+good
1 The fi lm was
g _ _ _ t! r e a
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8 Answer the questions in exercise 7 for you.
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
4 ____________________________________
5 ____________________________________
6 ____________________________________
9 It’s six o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Match the time expressions.
1 2 hours ago _ a on Thursday
2 8 hours ago _ b yesterday morning
3 21 hours ago _ c this morning
4 32 hours ago _ d last night
5 48 hours ago _ e at 4 o’clock
10 Write true sentences about the past.
1 This morning _______________________
2 Last night __________________________
___________________________________
3 Yesterday afternoon _________________
___________________________________
4 On Sunday _________________________
___________________________________
5 Last week __________________________
___________________________________
6 Two years ago ______________________
___________________________________
6 Write questions with the verbs.
buy have study do see wake up
1 What time _____________ Omar
_____________?
At seven o’clock.
2 What _____________ he and his friends
_____________ in the park?
They went skateboarding.
3 Where _____________ they _____________
lunch?
Sitting on the grass in the park.
4 What type of film _____________ they
_____________?
A horror film.
5 What _____________ Omar _____________
at the shopping centre?
A CD.
6 What _____________ he _____________ in
the evening?
French.
7 Complete the questions.
1 ________________________ last Saturday?
I got up at nine o’clock.
2 ____________________________________
on Saturday morning?
I did my homework.
3 ____________________________________
on Saturday afternoon?
Yes, I did. I met my friends Alice and Paula.
4 ____________________________________?
We went to the shopping centre.
5 ____________________________________
on Saturday evening?
Yes, I did. I usually stay at home on
Saturday evening.
6 ____________________________________?
No, I didn’t watch TV. I watched a DVD.
Past simple: wh- questions
Past time expressions
What time did you get up
I got up at
e
didwake up
I had cereal for breakfast.
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1 When did you read these things?
last (night) yesterday on (Saturday)
(two days) ago at the weekend never
1 a blog _____________
2 a diary _____________
3 a novel _____________
4 a magazine _____________
5 a textbook _____________
2 Read the extracts. Match them with the things from exercise 1.
1 ________ 2 ________ 3 ________
4 ________ 5 ________
1 It rained all afternoon, so I went to the CD Café with Stan. It was really boring. There weren’t any other people there. I wanted to see Rita, but she didn’t come.
2 Elizabeth I was the daughter of King Henry
XIII. She was born in 1533. She was Queen
of England and Ireland for forty-fi ve years
between 1559 and 1603.
3 Later that day Lou spoke to Avril on the phone and they arranged to meet in a café in the town centre. Lou arrived fi ve minutes early. He sat down and ordered a coffee.
4 TV presenter Bradley Wiggins fi nally married singer Amy Smith on Saturday. The ceremony was at a secret location near Bath, and the couple didn’t invite any newspaper or magazine photographers.
5 Hi everybody! Me again. Is it raining where you are? My plan was to go shopping this afternoon, but in the end I saw a fi lm on TV called Kung Fu Panda.
3 Match the extracts with a fi nal sentence.
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _
a But we took these photos outside.
b I phoned her later, but she didn’t answer.
c He had some bad news for her, and he was
nervous.
d Did you see it? It was really awful!
e She didn’t marry or have children.
4 Answer the questions.
1 How many people were there at the café?
____________________________________
2 How many years was Elizabeth I Queen of
England?
____________________________________
3 Where did Lou and Avril arrange to meet?
____________________________________
4 Where did Bradley Wiggins marry Amy Smith?
____________________________________
5 What did the writer of the blog think of the
fi lm?
____________________________________
b
never
a diary
Two.
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1 Complete the questions.
do how how often write you do
1 ________ do ________ start a dream diary?
2 What ________ you ________ next?
3 ________ ________ do you ________ it?
2 Read the dialogue and check your answers for exercise 1.
A How do you start a dream diary?
B It’s easy. (1) ________ you get a notepad
and pen.
A What do you do next?
B (2) ________ you write a description of
your dreams when you wake up.
(3) ________ you read your dreams.
(4) ________ you put the important things
in your dreams into categories. Important
things happen again and again.
(5) ________ you check the meaning of these
important things in a dream dictionary.
A How often do you write it?
B Every day!
3 Order the letters. Then complete the dialogue in exercise 2.
hetn ________
xetn ________
llyaifn ________
trifs ________
tfrae ahtt ________ ________
4 Do you sometimes have these things in your dreams? Tick (✓) them.
_ a cupboard
_ a book
_ a family pet
_ a guitar
_ home
_ presents
5 16 Listen. What four things from exercise 4 were in Jessie’s dream?
1 _____________ 2 _____________
3 _____________ 4 _____________
6 16 Listen again. Write the things next to the meanings. What’s Jessie’s secret?
1 _____________ = love
2 _____________ = you need to relax
3 _____________ = a secret
4 _____________ = you’re happy
Answer: Jessie __________________________.
How
Then
First
then
home
presents
7 17 Listen. Write six sentences from Jessie’s conversation.
1 ____________________________________
2 ____________________________________
3 ____________________________________
4 ____________________________________
5 ____________________________________
6 ____________________________________
I woke
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3 Complete with before, during or after.
2 Circle the correct option.
Things we read
1 Write the names of things we read. _ / 5
1 I don’t watch the news on television but I
read a n_____________ every day.
2 The Lord of the Rings is my favourite
n_____________.
3 My History teacher was angry yesterday
because I didn’t have my t_____________.
4 I write in my d_____________ every night
before I go to sleep.
5 I like reading about famous people in
m_____________.
A dream
2 Complete the description of a dream. Use the past simple of the verbs. _ / 5
not run wake up say be see
In my dream I was at a zoo. There (1)________
a lot of dangerous animals. Suddenly,
I (2)________ a tiger in front of me. I was
frightened but I (3)________ away. I looked at
the tiger and (4)________ “Hello.” The tiger
smiled. Then I (5)________.
Questions about the weekend
3 Complete the questions. _ / 5
1 Where __________________ on Saturday
morning?
I went to the market for my mum.
2 What ___________________?
I bought some fruit and vegetables, and
some fish.
3 _____________________ your friends later?
Yes, I did. I met Beth and Lee in the park.
A blog
before, during, after
Monday
I met my friends (1) ________ school started
and we chatted about the weekend. Then
the school bell rang. We had a History test
(2) ________ the morning but then we had
lunch and double English (3) ________ lunch.
My favourite subject! (4) ________ school,
I went home and watched some TV
(5) ________ I started my homework. Then
I finished my homework and we had
dinner. (6) ________ the evening, we talked
about our summer holiday plans.
1 Complete the sentences with the activities.
read have dinner with my grandparents
go horse riding see a film
buy some shoes have a drink
1 On Saturday, I _________________,
_____________ and _____________.
2 On Sunday, I _____________,
_____________ and _____________.
On Saturday…
On Sunday…
went horse riding
Saturday(1) After / During breakfast I went horse riding. Then I went shopping with mum and we bought some shoes. I watched TV (2) during / before dinner. Then my grandparents came and we had dinner together. (3) During / Before the evening we chatted.
SundayI stayed at home this morning and read. (4) During / After lunch I met Pam and we saw a film at the cinema. I was angry because she talked (5) before / during the film. But then I was OK and we had a drink (6) before / after we went home.
4 Translate the sentences.
1 What did you do yesterday?
____________________________________
2 I didn’t get up early.
____________________________________
3 I went shopping and I bought an
interesting DVD.
____________________________________
4 I wrote my blog after lunch.
____________________________________
5 How do you start a blog?
____________________________________
6 It’s easy. First you find a server. Then you
register.
____________________________________
before
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Things we read
1 Write the names of things we read. _ / 5
1 I don’t watch the news on television but I
read a n_____________ every day.
2 The Lord of the Rings is my favourite
n_____________.
3 My History teacher was angry yesterday
because I didn’t have my t_____________.
4 I write in my d_____________ every night
before I go to sleep.
5 I like reading about famous people in
m_____________.
A dream
2 Complete the description of a dream. Use the past simple of the verbs. _ / 5
not run wake up say be see
In my dream I was at a zoo. There (1)________
a lot of dangerous animals. Suddenly,
I (2)________ a tiger in front of me. I was
frightened but I (3)________ away. I looked at
the tiger and (4)________ “Hello.” The tiger
smiled. Then I (5)________.
Questions about the weekend
3 Complete the questions. _ / 5
1 Where __________________ on Saturday
morning?
I went to the market for my mum.
2 What ___________________?
I bought some fruit and vegetables, and
some fish.
3 _____________________ your friends later?
Yes, I did. I met Beth and Lee in the park.
4 _____________________ football in the
park?
No, we didn’t. Beth doesn’t like playing
football.
5 Who ________________ in the evening?
I saw Beth. We watched TV at her house.
Describe a process
4 Complete the words. _ / 5
A How do you use Messenger?
B It’s easy. (1) F _ _ _ _ you need to get an
email address.
A And what do you do next?
B Well, (2) n _ _ _ you sign up for a Windows
Live ID.
A Ok. That isn’t difficult.
B (3) T _ _ _ you download Messenger onto
your computer.
A Right.
B (4) A _ _ _ _ t _ _ _, you log in and add
addresses. And (5) f _ _ _ _ _ _ you write
your message!
My weekend
5 Circle the correct option. _ / 5
On Saturday, I got up at eight o’clock. I
studied (1) during / after the morning. In the
afternoon, I listened to music and looked for
song (2) words / lyrics on the Internet. In the
evening, I went to a restaurant with my family.
It was my dad’s birthday. There (3) was / were
a lot of people and they all (4) sing / sang
Happy Birthday. He was very happy. It was
(5) awful / fun.
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