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1- cold / winter / in Jujuy / It / very / isn’t...........................................................................

2- is / film / 7 th September / The .....................................................................................
3- My / 12:00 / the / is / lunch / morning ...........................................................................
4 The / Friday evening / is / party .....................................................................................
5- are / no classes / There / Christmas Day .....................................................................
6- are / in Mar del Plata / We / July ..................................................................................
7- I / at home / night / am .................................................................................................
8- at the gym / She / Wednesday / Thursday / is / and .....................................................

C) Write at / on / in if necessary If It’s not possible put an x

1- ........... next year 8- ......... this weekend 15- ........... May

2- ........... midnight
3- ........... March
4- ........... Christmas Day
5- ........... the 12 th
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6- ........... the 12
7- ........... summer
9- ......... the end of the month 16- ........... last week
10- .......... 8:00 this morning 17- ........... 2016
11- ........... the evening 18- ............ January
century 12- ........... every day 19- ............. Easter
of April 13- ........... Tuesday night 20- ............ midday
14- ...........autumn 21- ........... Thursday

D) Correct the preposition if necessary

1- My birthday is on next Monday ......... 5- The party is in January .........

2- The class is at 9:15 ............ 6- He’s at school every Friday .........
3- We live on the 19 th century ............ 7- I’m at ETHA in Tuesday morning .........
4- Shall we play tennis this Sunday?............ 8- The classes start in 29 th february .........

E) Answer using a preposition

1- What time is the last break? ...................................................................................................
2- When is your mother’s birthday?..............................................................................................
3- When is the next America Cup?..............................................................................................
4- When are the language classes?............................................................................................

F) Finish the sentences. Use prepositions

1- The school is open ...................................... 5- She’s at home ........................................
2- My brithday is .............................................. 6- I’m at home .............................................
3- I have a sandwich ........................................ 7- The concert starts ...................................
4- We go swimming .......................................... 8- Independence day is ..............................

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LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

VERB PAST VERB PAST VERB PAST

become became give gave sell sold

begin began go went send sent
break broke grow grew shine shone
build built hit hit show shown
buy bought know knew sing sang
choose chose learn learnt sink sank
come came leave left sit sat
cut cut lend lent sleep slept
do did lose lost speak spoke
draw drew make made spend spent
drink drank meet met swin swam
drive drove pay paid take took
eat ate put put teach taught
feed fed read read tell told
find found ride rode understand understood
fly flew run ran wear wore
get got say said win won
see saw write wrote

LIST OF REGULAR VERBS

VERB
act collect establish jump populate start
admit complete experiment kick practise stay
agree consider explain laugh predict stop
air consult explode like prefer study
arrange cool explore listen rain talk
arrest create finish live record telephone
arrive cross found love remember touch
ask cry fry migrate rent translate
attack cycle graduate mix repair transmit
bomb dance happen move retire travel
brush decorate help need return use
calculate design hire offer row visit
cancel detect include open sail vote
carry discover inform operate serve walk
celebrate discuss inspect organize shave wash
change divide install paint skate watch
chat dress introduce pass ski water
clean dry invent plan smile work
climb earn investigate play smoke
close elect jog polish spray

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FUNCTION
UNDERSTAND GRAMMAR * Talking/writing about events in the past

Read these sentences: ’Go’ is an irregular verb. Now look at the verb ’to work’ in the past
I play tennis on Saturdays. Irregular verbs may vary a lot in the past simple affirmative form.
I played tennis last Saturday simple. Read the list of verbs on page 48.
try to memorize them. I worked
I go to the gym on Thursdays You worked
I went to the gym last Thursday put put He worked
speak spoke She worked
They are in the past simple swim swam It worked
The past simple of ’play’ is’ played and We worked
make made
the past simple of ’go’ is ’went’ You worked
They worked
We make the affirmative form of the past
’Play’ is a regular verb simple tense with the subject and the verb The rules we use to add ’ed’ to the verb
All regular verbs make their past tense in the past simple tense. Look at this are the same rulers we use to add ’ing’ to
adding ’Ed’ or ’D’ to the verb diagram: the verb (see page 32)

Past simple Look at these examples:

paint painted
visit visited subjet + verb in the past stop stopped
look looked admit admitted
love loved travel travelled

When a verb ends in ’y’ preceded by a

consonant, it drops the ’y’ and adds ’ied’.

carry carried
study studied

Past simple (regular verbs)

affirmative

FOCUS ON GRAMMAR 1
A Rewrite these sentences in the past simple tense. change the underlined parts by last week.

1 I paint the house every summer 6 The cook fries some potatoes every day

2 She listens to the opera on the radio every Friday 7 The boys play football every Saturday

3 I telephone Marina every evening 8 We prepare a report every month.

4 My grandmother cooks pasta on Sundays 9 The troops atrack every week

5 Laura washes the dishes after every meal 10 Mss Nelson explains the lesson every morning

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2 The family / clean / the house / last saturday

3 Betty / answer / the telephone / a few minutes ago

4 Arnold / paint / oictures / in / the street when she was young

5 Lucia / cook / delicious spaghetti / for dinner yesterday

6 The bomb / explode / at around 5:00

7 My grandfather / water / the plants this evening

8 That company / close / in 1978

9 Ken / travel / to Australia / two years ago

10 Miss Caruthers / practise / the piano / all day yesterday

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loved

2) There are eleven verbs in the chart, find them

D A A T M J S H E Y L a- Write the past and meaning of

K W E R O W T U Y R O the verbs you found.

L H X L R Q T B D C Z
A G U V P I W F U O Y
W U S Z A H V K T D A
R A E W B X L E S M T
P L V Y Q J D A O K S
N T J I S T O P B N U
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infinitive past simple past participle infinitive past simple past participle
be was/were been let let let
beat beat beaten lie lay lain
become became become light lit lit
begin began begun lose lost lost
bite bit bitten make made made
blow blew blown mean meant meant
break broke broken meet met met
bring broght brought pay paid paid
build built built put put put
buy bought bought read / ri:d/ read / red / read / red /
catch caught caught ride rode ridden
choose chose chosen ring rang rung
come came come rise rose risen
cost cost cost run ran run
cut cut cut say said said
do did done see saw seen
draw drew drawn sell sold sold
drink drank drunk send sent sent
drive drove driven shine shone shone
eat ate eaten shoot shot shot
fall fell fallen show showed shown
feel felt felt shut shut shut
fight fought fought sing sang sung
find found found sit sat sat
fly flew flown sleep slept slept
forget forgot forgotten speak spoke spoken
get got got spend spent spent
give gave given stand stood stood
go went gone steal stole stolen
grow grew grown swin swam swum
hang hung hung take took taken
have had had teach taught taught
hear heard heard tear tore torn
hide hid hidden tell told told
hit hit hit think thought thought
hold held held throw threw thrown
hurt hurt hurt understand understood understood
keep kept kept wake woke woken
know knew known wear wore worn
leave left left win won won
lend lent lent write wrote written
pronunciation
The following verbs can be regular (-ed) or irregular (-t):

infinitive past simple / past participle infinitive past simple / past participle
burn burned or burnt learn learned or learnt
dream dreamed or dreamt smell smelled or smelt

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past simple / past participle are the same: past simple / past participle are different:

1 1
cost cost let let break broke broken
cut cut put put choose chose chosen
hit hit shut shut speak spoke spoken
hurt hurt steal stole stolen
wake woke woken

2 lend lent lose lost 2

shoot shot drive drove driven
send sent rode ridden
ride
spend spent get got rise rose risen
build built light lit write wrote written
sit sat
burn burnt beat beat beaten
learnt Keep Kept bitten
learn bite bit
smell smelt sleep slept hid hidden
hide

feel felt
léave left 3 eat ate eaten
meet met fell fallen
fall
dream dreamt / dremt / forgot forgotten
forget
mean meant / ment / gave given
give
see saw seen
take took taken
3 bring brought
buy bought
fight fought 4 blow blew blown
think thought grow grew grown
know knew known
catch caught throw threw thrown
teach taught fly flew flown

draw drew drawn

4 showed shown
sell sold show
tell told

find found 5 begin began begun

had drink drank drunk
have swum
hear heard swim swam
hold held rang rung
read read / red/ ring
sing sang sung
say said / sed/
run ran run
pay paid
make made
6 came come
stood come
stand became become
become
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G R A M M A R

Past Tense of to be (was, were) or do (did)

Fill in the correct form.

Were you in class yesterday?

Did you get the assignment?

1. you see a movie last night?

2. you roomate at home this morning?
3. you a good homework last night?
4. you do your homework last night?
G R A M M A R P R A C T I C E

5. Where you live when you were young?

6. When you born?
7. your friend bring your book today?
8. you married in your country or in U.S.?
9. your teacher in Mongolia last month?
10. you go to the grocery store yesterday?
11. you leoney before you met your sweetheart?
12. you have a good day yesterday?
13. you study English last night
14. Who you with last night?
15. When you graduate form high school?
16. How your brother’s trip to Spain last year?
17. How many people in class last week?
18. How many places you visit last year?
19. When you first meet your best friend?
20. When your in Japan?
21. When your go to Japan? 20 & 21 are important for their contrast.
22. What you eat for breakfast this morning?
23. you listen to music last night?
24. you cold last night?
25. you a good athlete in elementary school?
P R A C T I C E

26. Why some students late to class yesterday?

27. What time you wake up?
28. your dad a baseball player in high school?
29. you a social butterfly when you younger?
30. you say hello to the teacher today?
31. What your friend wear in the last class?
32 Who the first person that you saw today?
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+ I can go you can go he / she / it can go etc (NOT I can to go, NOT he cans go)
? can I go? can you go? can he’ / she / it go? etc (NOT do I can go?)
- I cannot go you cannot go he / she / it cannot go etc (NOT I can not go)
Contraction can’t
I can speak Italian I can read Spanish, but I can’t speak it. Can you sing?

To make questions ( ? ) with can, we put can before the subjet

Can Bill swim? Can Alice speak Chinese? When can I pay?

2 Make questions with can,

’Little Mary is ten months old now.’ (walk) ...................................................................................
’John is starting the violin.’ (what / play) ......................................................................................
1 ’My brother wants to work in a restaurant.’ (cook) .......................................................................
2 My daughter’s going to Spain. (speak Spanish)...........................................................................
3 Bill and Lisa want to buy a house. (how much / pay)...................................................................
4 Can I help in any way?’ (drive a bus) .........................................................................................
5 Some colours look bad on me.’ (wear red)...................................................................................
6 Ann and I have got a lovely hotel room.’ (see the sea) ................................................................
7 I want to learn the piano.’ (read music) ........................................................................................
8 My brother is looking for a job.’ (what / do) ..................................................................................

3 Write three things that you can do, and three things that you cant’t do
1 I can ..............................................................................................................................................
2 I can’t .............................................................................................................................................

Dance while you can. You can do what you want, if you don’t think you can’t
(W H Auden) So don’t think you can’t think you can.
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In the exercises below finish each sentence on the left with the best phrase
on the right
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(a) Glue is (1) thin and straight (a) A comb is (1) round and hot
(b) Jam is (2) fragile and thin (b) Arnold Schwarzenegger is (2) high and dangerous
(c) A wine-glass is (3) sweet and sticky (c) Mount Everest is (3) casual and useful
(d) A pin is (4) straight and sharp (d) Jeans are (4) wealthy and famous
(e) A ruler is (5) sticky and useful (e) The sun is (5) cheap and light
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(a) A hammer is (1) soft and cold (a) A new baby is (1) hot and dry.
(b) Snow is (2) round and sweet (b) Fire is (2) rough and dangerous.
(c) A pullover is (3) hard and heavy (c) The Sahara Desert is (3) tiny and weak.
(d) A cigarette is (4) soft and warm (d) A stormy sea is (4) calm and smooth.
(e) An apple is (5) long and round (e) A quiet sea is (5) hot and dangerous.
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(a) An elephant is (1) expensive and powerful (a) A newspaper is (1) high and famous.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean is (2) accurate and expensive (b) The Eiffel Tower is (2) rectangular and useful.
(c) A Rolex watch is (3) smooth and fragile (c) A motorway is (3) strong and dangerous.
(d) A Roll Royce car is (4) powerful and slow (d) A ball-point pen is (4) long and wide.
(e) A mirror is (5) huge and deep (e) A tiger is (5) useful and cheap.

7 Use the above adjetive to describe each of the following.

(a) a cup (h) an orange (o) sugar
(b) a horse (i) a pencil (p) a Sony Walkman
(c) a cat (j) ice cream (q) a knife
(d) a bottle (k) a millionaire (r) a plate
(e) chocolate (l) a button (s) a space rocket
(f) a gun (m) a Boeing 747 (t) an overcoat
(g) a passport (n) a sofa

Basic Adjetives: opposites

In the exercises below replace each adjetive with its opposite from the list
above.

1 thick fat deep hot good late 5 huge easy low guilty empty tight
(a) It was a bad idea, (d) I took an early train (a) The bottle is full. (d) It was a tiny animal.
(b) He’s very thin (e) The water’s very shallow (b) I am innocent. (e) My belt is too loose.
(c) The paper is thin. (f) We had a cold meal (c) What a difficult question! (f) They are high buildings.

2 casual dark heavy major new young 6 dry cheap weak wrong nice slow
(a) My luggage is light (d) She wore formal dothes. (a) It’s a fast train. (d) He gave the right answer.
(b) It was a light evening. (e) It’s a minor problem. (b) The weather was nasty (e) She’s a strong woman.
(c) He’s an old man (f) It’s an old book (c) It was an expensive book (f) It was very wet weather.
3 wide wealthy smooth busy calm small 7 soft ugly rude stupid sad quiet
(a) It’s a big room (d) They are a poor family (a) He’s an intelligent man. (d) The chair was hard.
(b) What a narrow street! (e) The wood was very rough (b) She feels very happy. (e) They’re beautiful buildings
(c) I’ve had a quiet day (f) She felt nervous about her exam. (c) He’s a very polite boy. (f) The music was too loud.
4 safe short blunt public wonderful clean
(a) The knife’s very sharp. (d) It was terrible news
(b) It’s a dangerous place. (e) He was wearing dirty clothes.
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