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Section 39.1
Irregular Verbs
to wake up /ˈweɪk ˈʌp/
to get up
/ˈɡet ˈʌp/
to sleep
/sliːp/
to work
/wɜː(r)k/
a factory
/ˈfæktri/
(the teacher explains the following in the students’ native language)
Some verbs are irregular and they don’t take “-ed” in the Past Simple Tense.
eat – ate drink – drank wear – wore
run – ran write – wrote read - read
sleep – slept
I WORK 9 HOURS DURING THE DAY. > You work 9 hours during the day.
I ATE FISH AND CHIPS YESTERDAY. > You ate fish and chips yesterday.
KATE WORE A PINK SKIRT THE DAY
BEFORE YESTERDAY.
>
Kate wore a pink skirt the day before
yesterday.

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I READ AN INTERESTING
NEWSPAPER YESTERDAY.
> You read an interesting newspaper yesterday.
MY FATHER DRANK 2 BEERS LAST
NIGHT.
> Your father drank 2 beers last night.
FRANK AND BETTY RAN TO SCHOOL
LAST WEEK.
> Frank and Betty ran to school last week.
STEVEN KING WROTE MANY GOOD
NOVELS.
> Steven King wrote many good novels.
MY FATHER WORKS IN A FACTORY
BUT I WORK AT SCHOOL.
>
Your father works in a factory but you work
at school.
MY FRIEND WORKS IN A CITY HALL. > Your friend works in a city hall.
I wake up at 7 o’clock and go to work at 7.30.
I work 9 hours during the day.
My friend works in the city hall and she gets up at 8 o’clock.
I sleep 7 hours at night but my friend sleeps 12 hours at night.
WHAT TIME DO I WAKE UP? > You wake up at 7 o’clock.
WHAT TIME DO I GO TO WORK? > You go to work at 7.30.
HOW MANY HOURS DO I WORK
DURING THE DAY?
> You work 9 hours during the day.
DOES MY FRIEND WORK IN THE
CITY HALL?
> Yes, your friend works in the city hall.
DOES MY FRIEND GET UP AT 8
O’CLOCK?
> Yes, your friend gets up at 8 o’clock.

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DO I SLEEP 7 HOURS AT NIGHT? > Yes, you sleep 7 hours at night.
DOES MY FRIEND SLEEP 12 HOURS
AT NIGHT?
> Yes, your friend sleeps 12 hours at night.
DO YOU WORK 12 HOURS DURING
THE DAY?
>
No, I don’t work 12 hours during the day but
I work 8 hours during the day.
WHAT’S THE PAST OF ‘EAT’? > The past of ‘eat’ is ‘ate’.
WHAT’S THE PAST OF ‘WRITE’? > The past of ‘write’ is ‘wrote’.
WHAT DID YOU EAT YESTERDAY? > I ate a ham sandwich yesterday.
WHERE DID YOU RUN ON FRIDAY? > I ran to the shop on Friday.
WHAT DID YOU DRINK LAST WEEK? > I drank water last week.
WHAT CLOTHES DID YOU WEAR 2
DAYS AGO?
>
I wore a black t-shirt, blue trousers and black
shoes 2 days ago.
DID YOU WRITE ANYTHING 2 WEEKS
AGO?
> Yes, I wrote something 2 weeks ago.
WHAT DID YOU READ LAST MONTH? > I read a poem last month.
WHAT’S THE PAST OF ‘DRINK’? > The past of ‘drink’ is ‘drank’.
WHAT’S THE PAST OF ‘WRITE’? > The past of ‘write’ is ‘wrote’.
DID YOU WEAR TROUSERS THE DAY
BEFORE YESTERDAY?
> Yes, I wore trousers the day before yesterday.
DID YOU READ A GOOD NOVEL 2
MONTHS AGO?
> Yes, I read a good novel 2 months ago.
WHAT BEER DID YOU DRINK LAST
NIGHT?
> I drank Guiness last night.
DID YOU LIKE TO DRINK BEER
WHEN YOU WERE IN ITALY?
>
No, I didn’t like to drink beer when I was in
Italy but I liked to drink wine.
WHAT DO YOU THINK I ATE LAST
WEEK?
> I think you ate some fruit last week.
WHAT’S THE PAST OF ‘RUN’? > The past of ‘run’ is ‘ran’.
WHAT’S THE PAST OF ‘READ’? > The past of ‘read’ is ‘read’.

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WHERE DO YOU WORK? > I work in a factory.
DOES YOUR MOTHER WORK IN A
CITY HALL?
>
No, my mother doesn’t work in a city hall but
she works in a hospital.
WHAT TIME DO YOUR CHILDREN
WAKE UP?
> My children wake up at 7 o’clock.
(the students make questions to the following answers)
NO, I DON’T WANT TO WORK IN A
FACTORY BUT I WANT TO WORK IN
A BANK.
> Do you want to work in a factory?
I ATE SOME ITALIAN FOOD
YESTERDAY.
> What did you eat yesterday?
I DRANK SOME WINE LAST NIGHT. > What did you drink last night?
NO, I DIDN’T WRITE A POEM LAST
WEEK.
> Did you write a poem last week?
I WORE T-SHIRTS WHEN I WAS IN
AUSTRALIA.
>
What did you wear when you were in
Australia?
NO, I DIDN’T READ ANYTHING THE
DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.
>
Did you read anything the day before
yesterday?

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Section 39.2
The Past Simple Tense of the verb To
Be negative sentences and questions
I wasn’t here
/ˈaɪ ˈwɒz(ə)nt ˈhɪə(r)/
He wasn’t here
/ˈhiː ˈwɒz(ə)nt ˈhɪə(r)/
Was she here?
/ˈwɒz ʃi ˈhɪə(r)/
Were you here?
/ˈwɜr ju ˈhɪə(r)/
rode
/rəʊd/
around
/əˈraʊnd/
a cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/
(the teacher explains the following in the students’ native language)
We don’t use ‘didn’t’ in negative sentences
with the verb ‘To Be’ in the Past Simple Tense
instead we use the form ‘wasn’t’ and ‘weren’t’
I wasn’t We weren’t
You weren’t You weren’t
She wasn’t He wasn’t They weren’t
wasn’t = was not
weren’t = were not
We don’t use ‘did’ in questions with the verb ‘To Be’ in the Past Simple Tense;
instead we use the form ‘was’ and ‘were’ and put them before the doer of the action.
Was I? Were we?
Were you? Were you?
Was he? Was she? Were they?

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I WASN’T IN THE PARK LAST NIGHT. > You weren’t in the park last night.
THE STUDENTS WEREN’T IN THE
CLASSROOM ON SUNDAY.
>
The students weren’t in the classroom on
Sunday.
WAS FRANK HERE YESTERDAY? > Was Frank here yesterday?
WERE THEY AT THE CINEMA THE
DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY?
>
Were they at the cinema the day before
yesterday?
MAKE A NEGATIVE SENTENCE WITH
THE VERB ‘TO BE’ IN THE PAST
SIMPLE, PLEASE.
> I wasn’t here yesterday.
MAKE A QUESTION WITH THE VERB
‘TO BE’ IN THE PAST SIMPLE,
PLEASE.
> Were you in Argentina last week?
- Were you in the park yesterday?
- Yes, I was in the park yesterday.
- Were your children there with you?
- Yes, my children were in the park with me,
they rode bicycles around the park.
- Was your brother with you?
- No, my brother wasn’t with us, he was in hospital yesterday.
WERE YOU IN THE PARK
YESTERDAY?
> Yes, I was in the park yesterday.
WERE YOUR CHILDREN THERE
WITH YOU?
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DID YOUR CHILDREN RIDE
BICYCLES AROUND THE PARK?
>
Yes, my children rode bicycles around the
park.
WAS YOUR BROTHER WITH YOU IN
THE PARK?
> No, my brother wasn’t with us in the park.
WAS YOUR BROTHER IN HOSPITAL
YESTERDAY?
> Yes, my brother was in hospital yesterday.
WAS I AT SCHOOL LAST WEEK? > Yes, you were at school last week.
WAS BETTY IN THE PARK 2 DAYS
AGO?
> No, Betty wasn’t in the park 2 days ago.
WERE YOU HERE THE DAY BEFORE
YESTERDAY?
> No, I wasn’t here the day before yesterday.
WERE THE STUDENTS AT HOME
LAST NIGHT?
> No, the students weren’t at home last night.
WERE WE IN THIS CLASSROOM
LAST MONTH?
> No, we weren’t in this classroom last month.
DO YOU THINK I WAS IN CHINA
YESTERDAY?
>
No, I don’t think you were in China
yesterday.
WHERE DO YOU THINK I WAS
YESTERDAY?
> I think you were at home yesterday.
DO YOU THINK THE STUDENTS
WERE AT THE CINEMA LAST
SATURDAY?
>
No, I don’t think the students were at the
cinema last Saturday.
WHERE DO YOU THINK KATE WAS 2
WEEKS AGO?
> I think Kate was on holidays 2 weeks ago.
WERE THERE BOOKS IN THIS ROOM
LAST WEEK?
> Yes, there were books in this room last week.
WERE THERE CARS AROUND THE
SCHOOL THE DAY BEFORE
YESTERDAY?
>
No, there weren’t cars around the school the
day before yesterday.
WHERE WERE YOUR CHILDREN
LAST MONTH?
>
My children were in Argentina with their
grandparents last month.
WHERE WERE YOU LAST SUMMER? > I was in Italy last summer.
WERE YOU IN FRANCE IN WINTER? >
No, I wasn’t in France in winter but I was at
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(the students make questions to the following answers)
NO, I WASN’T HERE 2 DAYS AGO. > Were you here 2 days ago?
YES, ANDREW WAS AT SCHOOL
LAST WEEK.
> Was Andrew at school last week?
FRANK WAS HERE LAST MONTH. > Where was Frank last month?
NO, MY CHILDREN WEREN’T AT THE
CINEMA LAST NIGHT BUT THEY
WERE AT HOME.
> Were your children at the cinema last night?