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. PRACTICE
. GRAMMAR A. Complete the dialogue with the Past Simple of
the verbs in brackets.
PAST SIMPLE
A: (1) you
A. Read the examples and match them with the (call) Sandy about tomorrow?
uses of the Past Simple. B: What’s happening tomorrow?
1. Social media sites appeared just A: We (2) (talk) about this
before the beginning of the century.
yesterday.
2. Just a few decades ago, people wrote B: When?
letters.
A: When we (3) (be) on the
a. a habitual or repeated action in the past bus. I (4) (tell) you all
b. an action that happened at a specific time about it.
in the past
B: Sorry, I (5) (not can) hear
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B. Look at the text in activity 1B and find the you very well on the bus. It
Past Simple of the verbs. (6) (be) quite noisy.

call  can  A: But you (7) (not say)
take  be  anything!
B: Look, I’m sorry, OK?
USED TO A: Let’s talk about it again.

Read the example and choose the correct B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of
meaning a or b. used to and the verbs in the box.
Friends used to send you a birthday card on
your birthday. be not drink play sleep call send
a. Friends sent you a birthday card in the past 1. I video games when I was
and still do so today. a teenager, but I’m bored of them now.
b. Friends sent you a birthday card in the past 2. you a lot
but they don’t any more. of emails when you were at university?
3. I water at all, but now I try
Affirmative Negative Question
to have eight glasses a day.
used to didn’t use to Did... use to?
4. Harry for ten hours a
night, but now he doesn’t.
5. Maya’s hair dark brown,
. SPEAKING but now it’s fair.
Think of a few people that you know well (friends, 6. My teacher me Smithie at
parents, grandparents, etc.). Look at the means of school.
communication and discuss the questions with the
class or talk in small groups.
• Which means of communication do they
usually use to keep in touch with others?
• Which means of communication did they
use to use? Why?

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My grandparents used to communicate by sending letters.
Mine too, but now my grandmother sends emails.
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