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                          t Simple
                        as
                       Past Simple                                      A  Find irregular verbs in the blog to
                       P
                                                                           complete the table below.
                      AFFIRMATIVE              NEGATIVE                             IRREGULAR VERBS
                        I                   I
                     You                 You                          lose                   tell  
                      He                  He                          bite                   get  
                     She visited/went    She didn’t (did not) visit/go
                       It                  It                         think                  have  
                      We                  We                          see                    fall  
                     You                 You
                    They                They                         B Complete with the Past Simple of the verbs in
                                                                        brackets.
                       QUESTIONS                                        1.  Mark                                       (not buy) a
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                                                                          skateboard. He                                       (buy)
                          I                                               rollerblades.
                         you               TIME EXPRESSIONS
                         he              yesterday                      2. A: Where                                       (be) you
                                         last night/week/year, etc.
                    Did  she visit/go?   in 2013, etc.                     yesterday?
                          it             two days/months ago              B: At the stadium. I
                         we                                                 (watch) the basketball game. It
                         you                                                (be) fantastic!
                         they                                           3.  When my sister                                       (be)
                                                                          eight, she                                       (decide) to get
                                                                          a pet. She                                        (choose) a
                  NOTE     The Past Simple of the verb be is was/were.    parrot and                                       (call) it Trixie.
                           My friends were at the cinema yesterday,     4. A:                                  the kids
                           but I was at home.
                                                                            (enjoy) the camping trip last weekend?
                                                                          B: Yes, they                                       (have) lots
                                                                            of fun and                                        (take)
                                                                            lots of pictures.

                Pronunciation

                    A     Listen and repeat. What’s the              Write & Present
                       difference between a, b and c?
                       a. walked     b. stayed     c. started             A Make a timeline for yourself with different
                    B     Listen and tick (4) the sound you hear.            life events. Write them in the order they
                                                                             happened and include the year. Present
                                                                             your timeline to the class.
                                      walked    stayed   started
                                        //       //      //

                          inished
                         decided

                         tried
                                                                              2010         2012          2015
                         happened
                                                                            got Flu fy,     won art  my baby sister
                         worked                                               my cat    competition     was born
                         practised
                                                                          B Make a similar timeline for one of your
                         called
                                                                             parents. If you don’t know enough
                                                                                                 par
                                                                                                 par
                                                                                            y
                                                                                            y
                                                                                             our
                                                                                             our
                                                                                                         Pr
                                                                                                           esent
                                                                                                           esent
                                                                                                    ents.
                                                                                                    ents.
                                                                                                         Pr
                                                                             inf
                                                                               orma
                                                                             inf
                                                                             information, ask your parents. Present
                                                                               orma
                                                                                         ask
                                                                                         ask
                                                                                    tion,
                                                                                    tion,
                         waited                                              inf orma tion,  ask  y our  par ents.  Pr esent
                                                                             the timeline to the class.
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