2. We use the past simple: To talk about things that started and finished in the past: Situations that were true in the past. Past habits.
3. THE PAST SIMPLE: Irregular verbs: look at the list: Write- wrote See- saw Regular verbs: +ed Visit-visited Learn- learned Verb to be There was/there were YOU MUST LEARN THEM!
4. Affirmative sentences: My uncle bought this house in 1999. Last summer, they visited London. (C+) Subject + V (past) +C.
5. Negative sentences I didn’t visit my friend last week. Two days ago, she didn’t go to the doctor. (C+) Subject + DIDN’T + V (INFINITIVE) + C.
6. Interrogative sentences: Did you eat meat last night? Where did they play football? (WH)+ DID + Subject + V (INFINITIVE) + C?
7. Short answers: Yes, they did. No, she didn’t. Yes, I did. No, he didn’t. YES, Subject pronoun + DID. NO + Subject pronoun + DIDN’T.
8. REGULAR VERBS: SPELLING (1) Most of the verbs add ed: look-looked BUT… We only add d: Verbs ending with a silent e only + d: Live-lived We change the y to i +ed. Verbs endding in consonsnt + y: carry- carried study- studied (but… stay-stayed)
9. REGULAR VERBS: SPELLING (2) We double the last consonant+ ed: Monosyllabic verbs ending 1 vowel + 1 consonant : stop- stopped rob- robbed Two-syllable verbs with the stress on the last syllable: prefer- preferred permit- permitted Verbs ending in l: travel- travelled
10. Verb to be (1) (ser/estar) AFFIRMATIVE I was (jo era/estava) You were He/she/it was We were You were They were NEGATIVE I wasn’t(Jo no era/no estava) You weren’t He/she/it wasn’t We weren’t You weren’t They weren’t
11. Verb to be (2) (Ser/estar) QUESTIONS Was I? (Era/estava jo?) Were you? Was he/she/it? Were we? Were you? Were they? SHORT ANSWERS Yes, I/he/she/it was. No, I/he/she/it wasn’t.
12. There was/ were (Hi havia) SINGULAR: There was a pencil on the table. There wasn’t a pencil on the table. Was there a pencil on the table? Yes, there was. No, there wasn’t. PLURAL: There were three children in the room. There weren’t three children in the room. Were there three children in the room? Yes, there were. No there weren’t.
14. Time expressions Yesterday (ahir) Yesterday morning/afternoon/evening Two days ago (fa dos dies) Two hours/weeks/months/years ago Last month (l’any passat) Last week/year/Friday/night In 2007 In January
