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Contents
1 Getting to know you
7 Fame!
2 The way we live
8 Dos and don’ts
3 What happened next?
9 Going places
4 The marketplace
10 Things that...
5 What do you want to do?
11 What if …?
6 Places and things
12 Trying your best
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3 What happened next?
They arrived at camp on a bus.
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She received this pony for her birthday.
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I tried to think of
everything I
need for my trip.
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They arrived at camp.
now
past
a past action that is now finished
Past Simple
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future
I worked in China for six months.
now
past
a past action that is now finished
Past Simple
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future
Past Simple: spelling of regular verbs
arrive + d
decide + d
arrived
decided
look + ed
looked
want + ed
wanted
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Past Simple: spelling of regular verbs
Some short verbs with only one syllable
plan
stop
plan ned
stop ped
double the consonant and add ed
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Past Simple: spelling of regular verbs
If verb ends in a consonant + -y
stud y ied
carr yied
drop y and add ied
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Select the correct spelling
1. use
A. used
2. want
A. wanted B. wantted
3. stop
A. stoped
4. marry
A. marryed B. married
5. watch
A. watched B. watchd
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B. ussed
B. stopped
looked
played
wanted
tried
studied
arrived
used
decided
stopped
planned
add -d or -ed
drop –y, add -ied
some one syllable verbs
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They were living in Taiwan when I met them.
now
past
a past activity that has duration
Past Continuous
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future
The phone rang while the mom
was bathing her baby.
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They were fighting about the dog.
Then they realized that
they could share her.
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They frequently needed a map while
they were traveling around New York.
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I was sleeping
until someone’s
cell phone rang.
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What were you
doing during
that long trip?
She wassleeping.
Question: Was she sleeping?
Negative: She wasn’t sleeping.
They were sleeping.
Question: Were they sleeping?
Negative: They weren’t sleeping.
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I was sleeping
until someone’s
cell phone rang.
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A past simple action
can interrupt a past
continuous activity.
Past Simple
Past Continuous
completed past actions
activities in progress
I met her at the airport.
I was working in Taiwan.
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Past Simple
When he came home, we ate lunch.
Past Continuous
When he came home, we were eating lunch.
Past simple
or
Past Continuous
Continuous?
Past
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Select one
A
B
What were you doing when you got lost?
A. I looked at the scenery.
B. I was looking at the scenery.
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Select one
A
B
What did you do when you got lost?
A. I called a friend.
B. I was calling a friend.
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Past Continous
Was he working?
He wasn’t working.
She started making coffee when the people arrived.
She started before they arrived and continued making it.
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