Tense revision: The past simple, past progressive and past perfect The past simple: S + v-ed + o form simple + o Eg: He lived in a small flat in Paris in 1982 She bought a dictionary in [r]
(1)Unit personal experiences Language focus Pronunciation Listen and repeat /m/ /n/ may nose make nine summer money home seven small snow Lop11.com /η/ wrong running bringing sing morning (2) Practice reading aloud these sentences good morning I want an apartment in central London 2.We have an inexpensive apartment in Northend Advenue 3.I remember meeting him on a nice summer afternoon 4.Mr King is sing next door 5.He’s holding a string in his fingers 6.He loves spending his holidays in his small summer house Lop11.com (3) Grammar Present simple indicating past time Tense revision: The past simple, past progressive and past perfect • Present simple indicating past time Eg: The story is about a poor boy who lives with his family in a country The article explains why the number of students who passed the last exam decreases Lop11.com (4) Tense revision: The past simple, past progressive and past perfect The past simple: S + v-ed + o form simple + o Eg: He lived in a small flat in Paris in 1982 She bought a dictionary in the bookshop yesterday The past progressive S + V-ing + O S = chủ ngữ V-ing = động từ + ing O = tân ngữ Be = was, were Eg: She was watching TV at eight o'clock last night Lop11.com (5) Simple past perfect S + had + PII + O I had learnt English for four years before I went to Ha noi •Differences between the simple past and simple past perfect tense •When I arrived the station the train had left Lop11.com (6) Exercise 1: Use the correct present tense forms of the verbs in brackets in the story below The first one has been done for you as an example The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who (o live) lives with her mother Little Red Riding invites Hood’s grandmother (1 invite) …… her to her sets cottage, so one fine day she (2 set) …………… off to gets visit her The little girl (3 get) ………………… Ready, waves (4 wave) ………………… goodbye to her mother and promises (5 promise) ……………… to be careful On her arm she contains carries basket which (7 contain) …………… (6 carry) …………a Has baked Specially It (9 a cake her mother (8 bake) ………… Is be) …………….a lovely spring morning, the sun (10 Is shining Are singing shine) ……………… and the birds (11 sing) …………… Is , happy that the winter (12 be) …… over Lop11.com (7) Exercise Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the past simple or past progressive playing Hebroke ………… his arm when heWas ………… …….football (break, play) wrote was Julia ………………her first novel when she ……………… 19 years old (write, be) Was working broke I ……………….on the computer when the fire ………………… out (work, break) Started Were walking When it ………… to rain, they……………… through the forest (start, toldwalk) were having He ………… us about his marriage when we ……… afternoon tea (tell, didn’t listenhave) was thinking Sorry, I ………………… to you I ………………….about something else (not listen, think) didn’t answer phoned were doing I you last night, but you ……… what ……………… you ………….? didn’t notic Wasn’t wearing (phone, not answer, do).was driving Lop11.com at the time, so she Mary …………………her glasses (8) Exercise Write the sentences, putting the verbs in each sentence into the past simple or perfect 1.They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party Had eaten / arrive …………………………………………………………………………………… When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it Found/ had taken …………………………………………………………………………………… By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close) Got / had closed …………………………………………………………………………………… When they (get) to the station, the train (leave) Got / had left …………………………………………………………………………………… By the time you (get) her letter, she (arrive) in Paris …………………………………………………………………………………… Got / had arrive The police (pay) no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone) them so many times before …………………………………………………………………………………… Paid / had phoned I (go) to the post office to ask about my package, but they (say) that it (not arrive) yet Went / said/ hadn’t arrived …………………………………………………………………………………… When I (look) at the new dress for half an hour, I (ask) how much it (cost) Lop11.com ………………………………………………………………………………… Had looked/ asked/ cost (9) The End goodbye see you again Lop11.com (10)