Illustrate the proverbs with examples from your life experience.
1. Custom is a second nature.
2. When in Rome do as the Romans do.
3. An Englishmans home is his castle.
POINT OF GRAMMAR
The Past Tense
Past Simple: question and negative
FORM
The past simple question form is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc.) and all verbs:
Did
| Subject
| Infinitive
|
Did
| I
he
she
it we
you
they
| leave?
go?
stay?
|
The past simple negative form is the same for all persons and all verbs:
Subject
| did not
| Infinitive
| I
He
She
It We
You
They
| did not
didn't
| leave.
go.
stay.
|
Write these sentences in the past simple, keeping them as questions or negatives.
1 Do they agree? Did they agree?
2 They don't drive. They didn't drive.
3 When do they go?
4 Where do they work?
5 Do you understand?
6 I don't know
7 He doesn't like it
8 What do you think?
9 She doesn't live here
10 How much does it cost?
11 When do you get up?
12 1 don't swim
13 She doesn't speak Spanish
14 We don't understand
15 When do they leave?
16 When does he go to school?
17 Do you like Germany?
18 When do you go out?
19 She doesn't smoke
20 He doesn't know
Past Simple: positive - regular verbs
FORM
Regular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she,etc.):
Subject
| Infinitive + ed
| I
He
She
It We
You
They
|
stayed.
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Spelling:
a) verbs ending in e add only d:
I love / loved
b) verbs ending in y change y to led:
I try I tried
c) most verbs ending in a single vowel + single consonant change to single
vowel + double consonant:
/ travel travelled
We stop we stopped
USE
For a past action or state. The action can be a short one:
I askeda question.
She missedthe bus.
or a long one:
/ walked for hours.
I livedhere for years.
Change the verbs into the past simple, keeping them as positives, negatives, or questions.
1 He lives here. He lived here.
2 Do you work here? Did you work here?
3 I don't like the film
4 She hates the hotel
5 We don't live there
6 Does he play the piano?
7 I love Paris
8 He doesn't work very hard
9 She travels a lot
10 He walks everywhere
11 I don't study English
12 Do you drive to school?
13 I don't like him
14 Do you miss your parents?
15 We love Spain
16 John studies music
17 Where do you live?
18 What does he study?
19 Where does she work?
20 We don't like London
21 They hate waiting
22 They work in a factory
Past Simple: positive - irregular verbs
FORM
Irregular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc)
Subject
| Past Simple
| I
he
she
it we
you
they
|
went.
|
Irregular verbs are irregular in the past simple in the positive only (not in the
negative or question form):
go went She wenthome yesterday,
sit sat I satdown,
write wrote She wrotefor hours.
Date: 2015-12-18; view: 1368
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