Grammar Pre - intermediate

2. GrammarPre-intermediate Past Simple

3. Form • Affirmative -ed I workedin the garden yesterday. (regular) I wrote a letter yesterday.(irregular) • Note: I/we/you/they worked. He/she/it worked.

4. Spelling • clean→ cleaned • dance → danced • stay → stayed • try → tried • study →studied • plan →planned • stop → stopped

5. Negative • Note: auxiliary verb - past! do – did – done I did not work(didn’twork) in thegardenyesterday. He did not work (didn’twork) in thegardenyesterday. I did not write(didn’twrite) letteryesterday. He did not write(didn’twrite) letteryesterday.

6. Question • Note: auxiliary verb - past! do – did – done Didyouwork in thegardenyesterday? Did he work in thegardenyesterday? Didyouwrite a letteryesterday? Did he write a letteryesterday? Wheredidyouwork? Whendidyouwrite a letter?

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8. Usage • We use the past simple to talk aboutfinishedstates, events and actionsin the past. past presentfuture

9. Examples • I visitedAthenstwoyearsago. • He wasbornon July 20, 1969. • Madam Curie lived in Paris and discoveredradiation. • Where did you golast weekend? • I played tennis on Sunday, but I didn’t win. • I didn’t watch television yesterday.

10. Literatura • MURPHY, R. EssentialGrammar in Use. 3. vyd. Cambridge: CUP, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7. • CLARKE, S. MacmillanEnglishGrammar In ContextEssential. 1. vyd. Oxford: Macmillan Publisher Ltd, 2008. ISBN 978-1-5040-7049-2.

11. Completethesentences open rainwant go happenclean 1) I ________my teeththreetimesyesterday. 2) Itwashot in theroom, so I _______thewindow. 3) Theaccident________last Sundayafternoon. 4) When I was a child, I ______to be a doctor. 5) Itis nice daytoday, butyesterdayit ________allday. 6) Last holiday I ________ to Roma.

12. Writethe past formoftheverbs • catch → • begin → • hit → • leave → • eat → • buy →

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