wear – wore see – saw bring - brought teach – taught buy – bought

The verb “to be” has two forms in the past: “was” (единств.число) and “were” (множ.число): I was, he was, she was, it was, we were, you were, they were.

► Use the right form:

I … in Moscow last week. He … absent last time. They … not at home two hours ago. We … in France five years ago. During his school days, he …often late for classes. All his teachers ….angry with him. Last night we…at the theatre.

4. "-ed": The second and third forms of regular verbs: pronunciation and spelling rules.

[d] (after vowels and voiced consonants): plan - planned, try - tried

[t] (after voiceless consonants) like - liked

[id] – (after [t] and [d] want - wanted, need - needed

Read these verbs in the past: l earned, studied, listened, translated, phoned, helped, ordered, used, loved, married, rested, relaxed, skated, played, smoked, danced.

Give the English for: отдохнул, помог, научился, позвонил, изучил, использовал, танцевал, курил, катался на коньках, пытался, планировал, заказал, перевел, женился, любил.

5. Match a line in “A” with a line in “B”. Use the verb on the left in the Present, and the verb on the right I- n the Past.

I usually (work) eight hours a day, but	Last summer we (stay) in a hotel.
Ann usually (drive) to work, but	Last weekend they (play) tennis.
Max usually (watch) TV in the evenings, but	Yesterday I (start) at 9 a.m. and (finish) at 9 p.m.
Ann and Max usually (go) swimming at weekends, but	Last year it (snow) for three months.
It usually (rain) a lot in winter, but	But the day before yesterday she (walk) there.
Max and I usually (visit) our friends in summer, but	Yesterday evening he (listen) to music.

6. Make sure you know all these irregular verbs in the second form (= in the Past Simple ):

go - went give - gave do - did come - came read - read [red]

Take - took get - got have - had write - wrote make – made

wear – wore see – saw bring - brought teach – taught buy – bought

►Say it in English: получил, пошёл, пришёл, взял, дал, написал, прочитал, изготовил, выполнил, имел (у него было), принёс, научил (преподавал), увидел, носил (одежду), купил.

7. Use the following model to say the phrases below in English: “He liked it and used it.”

Она (вещь) ему понравилась, и он её купил.

Я нуждался в этом, и достал эту вещь.

Он увидел эту вещь и взял ее.

Она взяла её (книгу) и прочитала.

Я купила ее и принесла.

Она сшила его (платье) и носила.

Он пошел туда и сделал (выполнил) это.

Я увидел их, и они мне понравились.

Я помогал ему и обучал его.

Он любил её и женился на ней.

8. Questions in the Past Simple are formed in the same way as in the Present Simple, only instead of “do/does” we use “did”. Read the questions and answers. Do it in pairs. Look up and say.

Where did you go?	I went to the post-office.
What did you get?	I got a letter from my brother.
What did he write?	He wrote about his studies at the university.
When did you read it?	I read it at lunch.
Where did you have lunch?	I had it at the lunch-bar.
How long did it take you?	It took me a quarter of an hour.
When did you come home?	I came home at eight.
Whom did you give the letter?	I gave it to my mother.

9. Grammar drill. Use the right form:

I didn’t go to the lunch bar, but I _______ to the coffee bar.

I didn’t have much money, but I ________ a few dollars.

I didn’t read a book yesterday, but I _________ the evening paper.

I didn’t write to my friends, but I __________ to my mother.

I didn’t make a cake for the party, but I _______ some biscuits.

They didn’t come to the university yesterday, but they _______ to the party in the evening!

I didn’t give him money, but I _________ some food.

He didn’t take the apples, but he _______ the meat and the cheese.

10. Say a few phrases about yourself. Use the model: “I learned to swim when I was ten.(I leaned to read (to ski, to play……, to dance, to sing),

11. Memory work.

12. Read the text and use the verbs on the right in the present or in the past. (“ My Aunt Nancy ”)

My aunt Nancy was born in England, but now she (lives) in Perth, Australia. She (went) to Australia in 1985 when her husband, my uncle Jack, _____.   She is eighty now, but she still ________. She is an artist. She ____ pictures of cats for birthday cards. She ____cats, and she _____ twenty-five!   She ______ painting in 1986. At first she _____ just (= просто) for a hobby, but then in 1989 she started making and selling birthday cards. A lot of people ______them and bought them. She usually _____ work at 7:30 in the morning and ____ at five in the evening. Then she _______ swimming. Last year I _______ Australia, and I ________ with her for two weeks. I ______ a very good holiday.	Go, die, live
Love, work, have, paint
Paint, start, love, buy
Finish, go, start
Have, visit, stay

►Is Aunt Nancy a happy woman? Explain why. Give facts from the text.

13. (to be done in writing and handed in!) Say what you did yesterday and when you did it. These questions can help you:

When did you get up? Did you have time for breakfast? What did you have for breakfast? Where did you go after that? Did you work (study) in the morning? What did you do at the university? Did you listen to lectures, did you discuss important problems? Did you work hard? When did you have lunch? Were you hungry? Did you have a good lunch? When did you come home? Were you happy to come back home? Did you relax in the evening? Did you read a good book? Was it a good day? Was it a hard or easy day for you?

14. (to be done in writing and handed in!) Tell us a few things about your biography and your life. Use some of these questions as a plan.

When and where were you born? When did you go to school? (when I was … = at the age of …). When did you finish school? Did you do well at school? Did your family live in Ryazan at this time? If not, where did you live and when did you come to Ryazan? Did you have many friends at school or did you like to be alone? Did you want to be a student of English when you were at school? Did you have many or few English Did your parents make you do it or was it your decision? Are you glad you are a student of this university? Are you pleased with your life-style or would you rather change it?

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