Write what was true for you (yesterday).

Past Simple

S+V2

Виражає дію, що відбулась в минулому.

Remember: yesterday – вчора; last week – минулого тижня; an hour ago – годину тому назад; last Monday – у понеділок.

Illustrative situation:

It was Sunday yesterday. I got up later usual. I didn‘t do morning exercises. I had a wash, a shave and breakfast. It didn’t take me long. Then I went for a walk. I visited my friend. I came in the afternoon.

I (you, he, she, it, we, they) visited.	When   Why	did	I, we you he, she it, they	visit?
I (you, he, she, it, we, they) did (didn’t) not visit.
Who visited?

Remember:

Spelling of regular past tense. Pronunciation of regular past tense.	Most Regular verbs:	work – worked start – started play – played
1) /d/ after vowels and voiced sounds (/b/, /g/, /v/, /d/, /l/, /z/, /з/, /dз/, /m/, /n/, /nl/)	Verbs ending in -e	hate – hated like – liked
2) /t/ after (/p/, /k/, /f/, /θ/, /s/, /l/, /tl/) stopped, worked	Short verb ending in one vowel + one consonant:	stop – stopped fit – fitted shop – shopped
3) /id/ after (/t/, /d/) started, decided	Verbs ending in consonant + -y:	study – studied hurry – hurried

Exercises.

Complete these sentences. Use one of these verbs in the Past Simple.

clean	die	enjoy	finish	happen	live	Open
play	rain	smoke	start	stay	want	Watch

1. Yesterday evening I watched television.

2. I …….. my teeth three times yesterday.

3. Bernard ………. 20 cigarettes yesterday evening.

4. The concert last night …….. at 7.30 and……….. at 10 o’clock.

5. The accident ………. last Sunday afternoon.

6. When I was child, I ……… to be a doctor.

7. Mozart ………. from 1756 to 1791.

8. We ………. our holiday last year. We ……….. at very good hotel.

9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it ………..

10. It was hot in the room, so I ……… the window.

11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we ……… tennis.

Translate the following.

1. Олександр навчився говорити французькою, коли йому було 10.

2. В дитинстві Маргарет мріяла стати актрисою.

3. Він склав успішно іспити минулої сесії.

Past Continuous

Виражає дію, що відбулась:

S+	was	+Ving		1) в певний момент в минулому; 2) в минулому і була перервана іншою дією; 3) водночас з іншою в минулому.
were

Illustrative situation:

Yesterday I went to our academy library. There were a lot of students there. They all were working. The student at the first table was reading an English text. From time to time he was looking up s word in the big dictionary. A girl was coping some information from an encyclopedia. When I saw Nick he was reading a thick book.

I	was wasn’t (was not)	working.		Where	was	I	working?
He		he
She		she
It		it
We	were weren’t (were not)		were	we
You		you
They		they
				Who was working?

Exercises.

Write what was true for you (yesterday).

1. I (have breakfast) 8 o’clock a.m.	. I was having breakfast at 8 o’clock a.m.
2. I (watch television) 9 o’clock a.m.	………………..……………….………..
3. I (sit) 12 o’clock in the library.	………………..……………….………..
4. It (rain) in the evening.	………………..……………….………..
5. My parents (work) 5 o’clock p.m.	………………..……………….………..
6. The sun (shine) 11 o’clock a.m.	………………..……………….………..
7. I (swim) 11.30 a.m.	………………..……………….………..

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