HiRona Sorry I wasn't at home on Saturday, but | was busy, It was my sister's birthday, so my femity were at her house, It was a great party! How was your weekend? Can we meet tomorrow’? Best wishes Sam Presentation ‘Use was/were to talk about the past: was is the Past form of am / is and were is the past form of are. Affirmative Yes/No questions W/He/She/it was Was _I/he/she/it busy, at the party? You/We/They — were Were you / we / they Negative Short answers 1/He/She/R wasnt he/she /it was, at home on Saturday, Yes, You/We/They — weren't you / we / they were. 1/he / she / it wasn't, you/we/they weren't. Time references: yesterday, last night, on Saturday, last year, in 1999 ‘Special days: birthday, Party wedding, anniversary Exercises 1 Read the email. Choose the correct forms. “was / were all at their house for the party. It “was / were great fun! How was / were your sister's birinaay’ *vvas / Were tnere many people at ner party’ | ‘Can you meet me at five tomorrow? Rona | | | @a3/were busy on Sunday. twas / were my parents’ 25th wedding anniversary. My brothers and sisters | \ > >Elementary Unit 6a(1) 2 Read about George’s parents and Yuka’s twin brothers. Are sentences 1-8 true (T) or false (F)? ‘My father and mother were born in 1957. He was from the USA but they were at Oxtord University in England and their wedding was in England, Last year was their 25th wedding anniversary. My brothers were born on 25th October, 1989. They were both at schoo! at the same time but they weren't at the ‘same university. Last week they were both twenty-one years old. There was a big party at our house for them. George's parents were born in the same year. ‘They were from the USA. His mother was at Oxford University. ‘Their wedding was last year. Yuka's brothers were born on the same day. ‘They weren't at the same school Their twenty-first birthday was last week. 8 Itwasn'ta big party. 3 Ocomp fe the conversations with was, were, wasn’t or weren't. Then listen and check. Conversation 1 Hello, Nancy. How! Great! Mike and I? : That's amazing! i ‘my birthday. : Happy Birthday! your weekend? in New York, PER e> Conversation 2 ct James here this morning? D: No he* c D : Wheres he? : Ithink he? in a meeting with Sue and Rona. They * in Sue's office. C: No, they” because I was with Sue in her office all morning! Conversation 3 E: How" your sister’s wedding? F: Really good! EB" it big? F: No. there ‘many people, just family and good friends. 2 © National Geographic LearningIt's fantastic here! We got to the hotel on Saturday and. went straight to the beach. We sat there all day and. swam in the sea. On Sunday we took a. taxi to the local market and. bought some delicious bread. and. cheese. We ate our Lanch in the park outside the palace. Then we did some sightseeing in the afternoon. We're back on the beach today! Love Anna. l Hi Safi | Presentation Irregular verbs Some verbs are irregular, They do not add -ed: go > went (not goed), make > made (not maked) Collocations (verb + noun): do homework, go sightseeing / do some sightseeing, get up, go shopping / do some shopping, make lunch, take a taxi “ Exercises 1 Match the past simple form. te_bought did gave _got_had_made sat_saw swam took went 1 et ___ate 5 get 9 buy st 2 sit 6 50 os 10 take " 3 do — 7 have 11 give 4 swim 8 make 12 see 1 © National Geographic LearningElementary Unit 6b(1) 2. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs. 1 We ate (cat) fish at a restaurant last night. 21 (go) to Spain on holiday last summer. 3 She___ (buy) a new suit for work at the weekend. 4 (have) a bicycle when Twas a child. 5 They ____ (do) their homework last night. 6 We (swim) in the pool in the park on Sunday. 7 You _ take) a taxi to the station last week. 8 She (make) lunch for us yesterday. 9 He (get) up late this morning, oT (sit) in the sun all afternoon. 1 We. _. give) her a camera for her birthday. 42 They (see) some horses on the beach this morning. 3 © Complete the conversation with the past simple of the verbs in the box. Then listen and check. buy do” eat getup go h A: How was your holiday? B: Great! We' get 4p __late every day and in the hotel pool before breakfast. A: How was the food at the hotel? B: Not bad, but we usually * in one of the local restaurants. We* some delicious fish dishes. A: So, were you near the coast? B: Yes, we were. We* the hotel bus down tothe sea and‘ on the beach in theafternoon. ,, A: Were there many places to visit? B: Mark” --—— Sightseeing but I wasn’t interested. 1* some shopping on the last day. Look! I’ this beautiful bracelet at a local market. 4 Regular or irregular verbs? Correct the mistakes. 1 maked wade 7 walked 13 travelled 2 took v 8 eated 14 joinned = 3 visited 9 sitted 15 tryed 4 goed 10. swimmed 16 stopped 5 studied 11 haved 17 finished 6 buyed 12. took 18. gived 2 © National Ge phic LearningElementary Unit 6b(2) if LiFC pperrepeteerceren ~ A: Did you leave home when you were eighteen? C: Did you go to university? B: Yes, I did. Did you? D: No, I didn't. I started work after school and then A: No, I didn’t, I was twenty-four. That’s normal I met my first husband, in my country, G: Did you have any children? D: No, we didn't and we got divorced a year later. Then I got married to Roger. We celebrated our twentieth anniversary yesterday. C: Congratulations! Presentation Use didn’t for negative sentences in the past simple. Use Did ...?for questions in the past simple, Use did or didn't for short answers. Negative '/You/He/She/We/They,, didn’t go tounversity. MLA Say They didn’t get married. (don't say Fhey didn't got married) Questions F Did I/youshe/she/we/they go touniversity? Ula Say Did you work there? (don't say Bict-yorr worked there?) Short answers Yes, 1/you/he / she /we/they did. No, I/you/he/ she / we / they didn't Life events: leave school, start work, leave home, get married/diverced, have children, celebrate an anniversary/a birthday People in your life: partner (= husband/wife) 1 National Geographic Learning