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Motivate 6. English practice. Activity book. L1 Emma Heyderman, Fiona Mauchline Edition coordinated by: Ana-Magdalena Iordăchescu, Mariana Stoenescu

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English practice: activity book: 6 Motivate!:

L1/Emma Heyderman, Fiona Mauchline; ed coord by Ana-Magdalena Iordăchescu, Mariana Stoenescu. – București: Litera, 2018

ISBN 978 606 33 2046 0

I. Mauchline, Fiona

II Iordăchescu, Ana-Magdalena (coord.)

III Stoenescu, Mariana (coord.) 811.111

Introductions

Module

Module

Module andnegativeaffirmativesimple:andbe:pastsimplePasttimeexpressionsPastsimple:questionsshortanswers

Module

The

moduleStarter

Introductions

1 Order the words to make questions. Then match the questions with the answers.

1 name / your / What / is / first ?

What is your first name?

2 is / name / What / family / your ?

3 spell / do / How / name / you / your ?

4 you / Where / from / are ?

5 you / nationality / What / are ?

6 you / old / How / are ?

7 hobbies / What / your / are ?

a) I’m from Cambridge.

b) My hobbies are football and tennis.

c) I’m British.

d) My first name’s Susie.

e) I’m 12 years old.

f) My family name is Stewart. S-U-S-I-E S-T-E-W-A-R-T

2 Write answers to the questions in exercise 1 for you.

Clothes Find 12 clothes in the wordsnake.

4 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Every year, our school (have) a chess competition.

2 I (never / take part) because I (not like) chess.

3 At the moment, I (watch) the competition.

4 Amy (not play) right now, but Paul (beat) his opponent.

5 Paul often (win) the school competition.

6 Paul (stand up) and he (smile). He’s won!

5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

boots coat dress jersey shirt trainers T-shirt

My favourite shoes are my trainers

1 It’s cold. Have you got a warm ?

2 When my dad goes to work, he always wears a clean

3 I’ve got a football with Messi on the back.

4 In the summer, my mum wears a with a skirt and sandals.

5 My sister hasn’t got a skirt or a She prefers jeans.

6 In winter I always wear my favourite pair of Family

6 Write the words.

He’s your mother’s father. grandfather

1 His mother is your mother.

2 She’s your sister’s daughter.

3 They’re your uncle’s children.

4 He’s your father’s father.

5 She’s your father’s sister.

7 Order the letters to make words related to family members.

1 roebrth 2 ounics 3 tuna 4 spraten

5 ssrtei

6 teohrm

7 nluce

Possessive ’s / s’

8 Rewrite the sentences with the apostrophe (’) in the correct place. Is the name or noun singular or plural? Write S or P.

Wills jeans are blue.

Will’s jeans are blue. S

1 My mums new dress is red.

2 My history teachers shoes are white.

3 The three boys boots are black.

4 Elisas jeans are brown.

5 All my classmates trainers are blue.

Grammar

9 Complete the text with the correct form of be.

Hi! My name (1) is Luke and I 12(2) years old. My hobbies football(3) and riding my bike. My brother’s name (4)Adam. My best friends (5) Jack and Harry. They (6) 12 years old, like me. Jack’s favourite sport (7) (not) football, it (8) tennis. We (9) all from Manchester. My mum and dad (10) (not) from Manchester, they (11) from Cardiff. Cardiff (12) the capital of Wales.

10 Copy and complete the sentences with the correct form of have got.

1 I some apples.

2 They (not) new bikes.

3 How many children he ?

4 She (not) a pet.

5 you any fresh vegetables?

6 I’m busy, I (not) a lot of time.

7 This flat is great, it a lot of space.

11 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

My favourite sport ... football. a) are b) am c) is

1 My favourite football players ... Kaká and Xabi Alonso.a)are b) am c) is

2 Kaká ... from Brazil. a) are b) am c) is

3 I think he ... about 30 years old. a) is b) has got c) have got

4 Xabi Alonso ... two brothers, Mikel and Jon. a) is b) has got c) have got

5 Mikel and Jon Alonso ... also football players. a) are b) am c) is

6 Xabi, Mikel and Jon ... any sisters. a) hasn’t got b) not got c) haven’t got

12 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs be or have:

1 He hot.

2 I a new hat.

3 We a little late.

4 They many games.

5 These children very playful.

6 Fiona four teeth .

7 My mum 32 years old.

8 The guests happy.

13 Complete the sentences for you.

1 My name and I years old.

2 I’ve got brother(s) and sister(s).

3 My best friend’s name

4 He / She has got brother(s) and sister(s).

5 He / She from .

14 Order the words to make questions. Then write answers that are true for you.

1 your name / is / What / ?

2 from / Where / you / are / ?

3 old / you / are / How / ?

4 you / got / any brothers or sisters / Have / ?

5 your / Who / is / friend / best / ?

6 you / to music / like listening / Do / ?

15 Circle the correct words.

I’m from London and I / my name is Clare.

1 Lucy is 12 years old and she / her is from Scotland.

2 I’ve got two brothers. His / Their names are John and Robert.

3 York is a beautiful city. It / He is in the north of England.

4 We’re from London and our / your favourite sport is football.

5 My sister’s name is Katy. Her / His favourite colour is pink.

Classroom language

16 Order the letters and write the words for school subjects.

r a t art

1 a e g g h o p r y

2 c i m s u

3 c c e e i n s

4 a a d r m

5 i E g h l n s

6 a h m s t

7 i h o r s t y

8 t a e e i l r r t u

9 E P 10 c e n h F r

11 T I C

17 Match the beginnings 1–6 with the endings a–f.

1 Sorry, I don’t a) that, please?

2 How do you b) on page 4, please.

3 Can you repeat c) understand the question.

4 Can I borrow d) spell that?

5 Open your books e) word mean?

6 What does this f) your pencil?

Film types

3 Read the film guide and write the type of film.

Gliese 581

It’s the Year 3000 and we’re all living on the planet Gliese 581, 2 million km from Earth. (1)

Send me a Postcard

A teacher travels to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. (2)

Holiday in Miami

A great film for all the family, with a lot of singing and dancing. (3)

Don’t Grandad!ask

Two police officers and their grandad. I laughed and laughed. (4)

Terror in the Park Hallowe’en and someone – or something –is in the (5)Frightening!park.

Mouse House 2 More cartoon fun from the mice who live behind the fridge. (6)

4 Complete the sentences for you.

1 My favourite film is It’s a(n) film.

2 The last film I saw was It’s a(n) film.

3 The worst film I saw was . It’s a(n) film.

negativeaffirmativePresentGrammarsimple:and

1 Write the verbs. verb third person singular play plays

1 eat 2 go 3 love 4 study 5 buy 6 enjoy 7 watch 8 have

2 Circle the correct words.

Hi! I’m Steph. I (1) live / lives in Newcastle, England. I often (2) go / goes to the cinema with my friends. My friend Erik (3) like / likes the Empire Cinema because it (4) have got / has got 12 screens. I (5) prefer / prefers the Tyneside Cinema because there is a film-making club and a film (6) cost / costs only £4 for under 15s.

3 Rewrite the sentences using the information in brackets.

I like fantasy films. (romantic comedies)

I don’t like fantasy films. I like romantic comedies.

1 My best friend likes war films. (westerns)

2 I go to the cinema on Fridays. (Sundays)

3 We buy biscuits at the cinema. (popcorn)

4 My teacher watches films on TV. (the computer)

4 Complete the text with the present simple form of the verbs in the box.

be drink not go eat meet not like love watch

I (1) don’t like comedies or musicals. In fact, I hate them! But I (2) films with action and adventure. One of my favourite films (3) Inception. My friends and I (4) to the cinema. It’s too expensive. But we (5) films on the computer. We (6) at my house, where we (7) pizza and (8) fizzy drinks.

5 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 3 for you.

1234

6 Circle the correct words. There is / There are a ticket office.

1 There is / There are two cinemas in my town.

2 There is / There are juice and popcorn in the shop.

3 There is / There are 12 screens in the cinema.

4 There is / There are several bus stops near here.

5 There is / There are a film club on Saturday.

7 Write sentences with There is / There are three cinemas / in my town There are three cinemas in my town.

1 seven screens / at the cinema

2 a bus stop / outside the cinema

3 a restaurant / next to the cinema

4 sandwiches / at the café

5 two ticket offices / inside the cinema

8 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 7 using the negative form and the information in brackets.

(one cinema)

There aren’t three cinemas in my town. There’s one cinema. (two screens) (a bus stop in the city centre) (three shops next to the cinema) (ice cream) (one ticket office)

Present simple: questions and short answers

9 Complete the questions with Do or Does.

Do you go to the cinema on Saturdays?

1 your cousins like animated films? your mum enjoy westerns? your friends buy films on DVD? you eat popcorn when you go to the cinema? your cinema sell snacks?

10 Write short answers for the questions in exercise 9. ✗ No, I don’t. ( (

11 Write questions. Then write short answers for you.

you / enjoy / action films ? Do you enjoy action films? Yes, I do.

1 your best friend / like / Zac Efron ?

2 your dad / laugh / at comedies ?

3 you / feel scared / in horror films ?

4 your friends / talk / during films ?

Question words

12 Complete the questions with the words in the box.

What Where When Who Why How often

1 Who is this actor? is she from? is her birthday? is her nickname? does she make a film? do you like her?

13 Match the questions in exercise 12 with these answers.

a) It’s on 28th April. 3 She makes a film at least once a year. She’s from Spain. Because she’s a good actor. It’s Penelope Cruz. It’s Pe.

14 Complete the questions with a question word. Then write answers for you. is your favourite male actor? type of films does he make? do you like him?

In this module you will practise: Vocabulary Survival skills Feelings

Grammar Present continuous Present simple vs Present continuous Reading Culture – The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Writing A blog

Survival skills

findcamphuntsleepsurvivehuntn Vocabulary

1 Order the letters and write the words. l climb the pictures the words.

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

build camp chop climb find fish

Let’s build a fire before it gets dark.

1 My brother and his friends trees in the park.

2 My dad and uncle usually wood for the fire.

3 My friends sometimes in the river.

4 In the summer we always in a tent next to the lake.

5 My cousins often wild fruit in the mountains.

4 Complete the postcard with words in exercise 1.

Hi, Matt, I’m doing a special course. I’m learning to survive in the wild. In the morning, we (1) a fire and we (2) our breakfast. Then, we often (3) for about 15km. In the afternoon, we (4) food for dinner. Sometimes it’s difficult to find anything, but we sometimes (5) in a small boat on the lake. Every night we (6) outdoors under the stars. It’s great! Tom

5 Answer the questions for you.

1 How often do you sleep outdoors?

2 Do you often fish in the river?

3 Have you got a tent? Do you often use it?

negativeaffirmativePresentGrammarcontinuous:and

1 Write the -ing form of the verbs. sleep sleeping climb have chop try stay 6 build 7 share put

2 Write sentences with the present continuous.

My class / hike / in North Wales My class is hiking in North Wales.

1 We / have / a fantastic time

2 I / not chat / to my best friend Our teacher / swim / in the river

4 Lucy / not rest / under a tree

5 James and Ben / make / dinner for us

Present answersquestionscontinuous:andshort

4 Complete the questions with Is or Are. Then match the questions with the short answers.

1 Are you building a fire? d

2 she swimming in the river?

3 your dad working today?

4 camping becoming popular? we learning English?

6 they chopping wood?

a) Yes, we are. b) No, they aren’t.

c) Yes, it is.

d) No, I’m not.

e) No, she isn’t.

f) Yes, he is.

5 Order the words to make questions. Then write short answers.

your mum / playing / Is / tennis ? (✓)

Is your mum playing tennis? Yes, she is.

1 Kevin / Is / now / having / a good time ? (✗)

3 Complete the text with the present continuous form of the verbs in the box.

build fish not have learn not share not shine stay try

I’m in Norway with my family. We (1) in a beautiful hotel in the north of the country. I’m happy because I (2) a room with my brother. My mum and I (3) some winter sports for the first time. Dad and my brother (4) how to survive. At the moment, they (5) an igloo and my mum and I (6) in a boat on the lake. We (7) a good time because the sun (8) and we’re really cold.

2 your friends / Are / making / dinner ? (✓)

3 Are / you and your friends / camping ? (✗)

4 hunting / now / Are / snakes / you ? (✓)

5 the sun / Is / shining ? (✓)

6 Complete the telephone conversation with the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Complete the short answers.

Emily Hi, mum. It’s me – Emily.

Mum Emily! How are you? (1) you (sleep) in a bed?

Emily No, (2) . I (3) (camp) in a tent.

Mum (4) you (eat well?

Emily Yes, (5) . Uncle James (6) (cook). We (7) (have) fish.

Mum (8) he (fish) in the lake?

Emily No, (9) . He (10) (not fish) at all. All our food is from the supermarket!

Mum Oh!

Present continuous for future arrangements

7 Circle the correct words.

Will is playing tennis next afternoon / tomorrow afternoon

1 We’re camping in Cornwall the next week / next week

2 My cousins are staying at the weekend / on the weekend.

3 My mum is working next morning / tomorrow morning

4 I’m going to the cinema this evening / today evening

5 I’m fishing with my grandad on Sunday / at Sunday

8 Look at Jessie’s family’s diary for the next

JessieSamMumDad

three days. Write sentences with the affirmative or negative present continuous form. with t)

Friday 10.00am–historyexamtonight–cookdinner 8.00pm–pizzawithSueandNick 5.00pm–tenniswithJack Saturday 7.00pm–Rick’sparty 3.00pm–cinemawithMum 3.00pm–cinemawithSam

Sunday swimmingwithDad 11.30am–footballmatchafternoon–studyformathsexamwithAlex swimmingwithJessie

Jessie / cook dinner / this evening Jessie’s cooking dinner this evening.

1 Jessie / do a history exam / this morning

2 Dad / play tennis with Jack / this morning

3 Mum and Sam / go to the cinema / tomorrow

4 Rick / have a party / this evening

5 Jessie and Dad / go swimming / on Saturday

6 Sam / study with Alex / Sunday afternoon

9 What do the text messages mean? Write sentences with the present continuous. meet at cinema 8.00pm We’re meeting at the cinema at 8.00pm

1 pizza 2nite We  .

2 study l8r Sophie later.

3 not coming – ill – Mark Mark’s ill. He  .

4 film 2mro?

I tomorrow. Do you want to come?

5 c u l8r @ school! Her friends at school.

Make differencea

In this module you will practise:

Vocabulary HealthJobs and first aid

Grammar Expressing agreement and disagreement Making a polite request –The modal verbs (can, will )

Reading Culture – Britain’s guide dogs

Writing A letter

2 Match the words in the box with the places where people work.

actor lifeguard mechanic nurse police officer teacher in a town centre police officer

1 at a swimming pool

2 in a garage 3 at a theatre

4 in a hospital 5 in a school

3 Complete with words in exercise 1.

1 I’m looking for an interesting job which is well paid. I love animals! I want to be

2 I’m interested in science, and how our bodies work. I can work very hard. I could be

3 I am interested in how things work. I like fixing things, but I don’t like cars. I want to work inside. I’m going to be

4 I like swimming, and I’m really good at it. I want to travel and be rich! I want to be

5 I’m interested in design, and I’m good at art. I like looking at buildings and doing practical things. I think I’m going to be

andExpressingGrammaragreementdisagreement

1 Make sentences using so or neither / nor, as in the example.

A: I like fruit more than cakes.

B: So do I.

1 A: She ate pizza for lunch.

B: 2 A: You look terrible.

B: 3 A: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!

B:

4 A: I will be at the meeting on Friday.

B:

5 A: I like apples more than bananas.

B: 6 A: He ate pizza for lunch.

B:

7 A: He looks terrible.

B:

8 A: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

B:

9 A: I will be at the meeting on Friday.

B:

2 Agree or disagree.

Bob likes to travel … Oh really? I don’t.

1 I love mountain climbing.

2 I never drink alcohol.

3 She is very good at painting.

4 He went to the rock concert last Sunday.

5 I usually arrive in time for the meetings.

6 I didn’t go to Linda’s wedding last week.

7 I can sing and play the guitar.

3 Correct the mistakes.

1 I will not be there for the party. Neither am I. ___________________________

2 She can’t win at arm wrestling. Neither does he.

3 They are not going on the field trip. So are we.

4 You don’t look happy. So do you.

5 I don’t like the cold weather. Neither am I.

6 I can’t wait until summer is here. So can I.

7 I visited South America last year. Neither did I.

8 I don’t think that’s a good idea. So do I. __________________________________

9 She isn’t going to pass the course. So does he.

10 They didn’t find jobs. Neither is she.

4 Agree (+) or disagree (–) with Oscar.

I like pizza. + So do I.

1 She’s a singer.

2 I don’t go to school in the evening. +

3 I played the piano at the festival.

4 I can dance very well. +

5 I didn’t like playing cricket. –

6 I’m not good at running. +

7 I’m walking in the park now. –

Vocabulary plus

Watching TV

1 Label

2 Complete

3 Circle the correct words.

I always turn the TV on / off when I go to bed.

1 It’s very loud. Can you turn the volume up / down?

2 I hate soap operas. Let’s change / turn channels.

3 My mum often turns off / records her favourite programmes so we can watch them later.

4 Where’s the aerial / remote control? I want to turn the TV off.

4 Answer the questions for you. Write full sentences. Try to use words from exercise 1.

What do you do when ...

1 ... you can’t hear the television?

2 ... you don’t like the TV programme?

3 ... you finish watching TV?

Vocabulary plus

Adventure kit

PresentModule simple

Grammar plus

1 Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verb in brackets.

I eat popcorn at the cinema. (eat)

1 My dad a film every day. (watch)

2 I magazines about film stars. (not buy)

3 All my classmates horror films. (like)

4 He to the cinema once a month. (not go)

5 My brother television and film at university. (study)

2 Write questions using the present simple. Then write short answers.

you / like / war films ? ✗ Do you like war films? No, I don’t.

1 your sister / eat / ice cream ? ✓

2 your friends / like / comedies ? ✓

3 your uncle / go / to school ? ✗

4 you / buy / ever / DVDs ? ✓

5 your classmates / watch / a lot of films ? ✗

3 Circle the correct words.

There is / There are a film club at my school.

1 There is / There are 10 boys and 10 girls in my class.

2 There is / There are a great park near my house.

3 There is / There are water on the floor. Be careful!

4 There is / There are rats in my school.

5 There is / There are more milk on the table.

Question words

4 Complete the questions with the question words. Where When Who Why How often Where are you from? I’m from Canada.

1 does your dad buy a newspaper? He buys it every morning.

2 do you sit at the front of the Becauseclassroom?Ican’t see at the back.

3 do you do your homework? I do it when I get home from school.

4 do you go to school with? I go with my best friend.

Adverbs of frequency

5 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. We use a computer in class. (often) We often use a computer in class.

1 They watch the news in the evening. (always)

2 My sports teacher is tired. (never)

3 They play football on Saturday. (usually)

4 I do my homework before dinner. (every night)

5 We make short films at my school. (sometimes)

6 Order the words to make sentences.

watch / documentaries / once a week / I I watch documentaries once a week.

1 plays / tennis / every day / My brother .

2 pasta / I / twice a week / eat .

3 once a month / to the cinema / My parents / go .

4 hardly ever / magazines / My teacher / reads .

Grammar

Past simple

1 Put the verbs into the past simple:

Last year I (go) to England on holiday. Last year I went to England on holiday.

1 It (be) fantastic.

2 I (visit) lots of interesting places. …

3 In the mornings we (walk) in the streets of London.

4 In the evenings we (go) to pubs.

5 The weather (be) strangely fine.

6 It (not / rain) a lot.

7 But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.

2 For each sentence, put either the negative or question form, depending on what is asked for.

Jason went to Paris last weekend. (question – where?)

Where did Jason go last weekend?

1 I played tennis last week. (negative)

2 She drove a BMW to the party last night? (question – what car?)

3 The Queen visited Australia last summer. (negative)

4 They bought a new house in Rome. (question – where?)

5 Pele was Brazil's best footballer ever. (negative)

6 I saw Jane during the meeting. (negative)

Used to

3 Complete the sentences with the affirmative, negative or interrogative form of used to and the words in brackets.

used to didn't use to didn't use to Did they use to used to did you use to didn't use to used to

David Beckham used to play for Manchester United.

1 We _____________ have a computer, but we do now.

2 _____________ they work together?

3 That restaurant _____________ be a clothes shop.

4 She like him, but now they're married.

5 Where _____________ you go to school?

6 There _____________ be a police station here.

7 I _____________ like vegetables, but I do now.

4 Complete the following sentences using one of the answer choices given below each question.

1 I _______________ smoke, but now I have stopped. a) used to b) use to c) am used to

2 That auditorium _______________ be a cinema. a) use to b) used to c) was used to

3 I _______________ like opera, but now I don’t. a) used to b) use to c) am used to

4 I _______________ like western music, but now I do. a) didn’t use to b) didn’t used to c) use not to

5 I always _______________ be afraid of the dark. a) use to b) used to c) was used to

6 I _______________ drive a big car. a) didn’t use to b) wasn’t used to c) didn’t used to

7 I have lived in a big city for ten years, so I _______________ the noise. a) am used to b) used to c) am use to

8 It took me a long time to _______________ living in the country. a) get use to b) get used to c) used to

5 Used to or past simple? Choose the correct form. I drank lots of cofee last night. a) used to drink b) drank 1 I ____________ smoke when I was a child. a) didn’t use to b) didn’t used to

2 ______________ drink? a) did you used to b) did you use to 3 I ________________ dolls when I was a child. a) used to play b) played 4 I  ______________ tacos this afternoon. a) ate b) used to eat

5 My friend Mary ______________, but now she does. a) didn’t use to smoke b) didn’t smoke

7 Ana Guevara __________in Europe four years ago. a) used to run b) ran

8 I  __________ my homework yesterday. a) did b) used to do

9 Peter ______________chocomilk, but now he drinks a)micheladas.usedtodrink b) drank

10 He _________________ piano lessons, but now he plays soccer. a) used to study b) studied

PresentModule simple affirmative

I / You like

He / She / It likes

We / You / They like

• we use the present simple for routines and habits

I have dinner at 7pm every night. negative contracted form

I / You do not watch don’t watch

He / She / It does not watch doesn’t watch

We / You / They do not watchdon’t watch

• to form the negative we use don’t or doesn’t before the verb

I don’t watch films. He doesn’t watch films.

questions and short answers

Do I / you go to the cinema?

Yes, I / you do. No, I / you don’t.

Does he / she / it go to the cinema? Yes, he / she / it does. No, he / she / it doesn’t.

Do we / you / they go to the cinema?

Yes, we / you / they do. No, we / you / they don’t.

• in questions we use do or does before the subject

• we don’t repeat the verb in short answers

Do they watch films?

Yes, they do. / No, they don’t

• we use there is with singular countable nouns and uncountable nouns

There’s a cinema near my house. There’s food in the shop.

• we use there are with plural countable nouns

There are three new films at the cinema.

Question words

What’s your name? Where are you from? When’s your birthday? How are you?

How often do you buy DVDs? Who’s Lucy? Why are you happy?

My name’s Michael. I’m from London.

It’s in May.

Fine, thanks.

I never buy them.

She’s my cousin. It’s my birthday.

• we use What for things and actions. We use Where for places. We use When for time. We use How for manner. We use How often for frequencies of actions. We use Who for people. We use Why for reasons.

Adverbs of frequency

0% 100%

neverhardly eversometimesoftenusuallyalways

• we use adverbs of frequency to say how often we do things

They hardly ever go to the cinema.

• adverbs of frequency usually go before the main verb. This includes negative sentences

She always watches the news, but she doesn’t usually watch soap operas.

• adverbs of frequency go after the verb be I’m never late.

• frequency expressions usually go at the end of the sentence I watch TV every day.

• we ask questions about frequency using How often ...? How often does she watch TV?

Grammar reference

Tense presentreviewaffirmative

negative question

simplepresent He winsIwindon’t Do win?they continuouspresent You’re losing I’m losingnot Is losing?he

• we use the present simple for routines and habits

I play cards with my friends on Saturdays.

• we use the present continuous to describe activities that are happening now

We’re playing Monopoly now. Kyra is winning past

affirmative negative question simplepast I guessedYouguessdidn’t Did guess?he

continuouspast You playingwere I playingwasn’t Were playing?they

• we use the past simple to describe finished actions or situations in the past

We played cards last Saturday and I won

• we use the past continuous to describe activities in progress at a specific time in the past

We were playing cards at 7.30pm.

• we usually use when before the past simple and while before the past continuous When our teacher arrived, we were playing cards. While we were playing cards, our teacher arrived.

future

affirmativenegativequestion continuouspresent She’s goingI’mgoingnot Is going?he will We’ll visitHevisitwon’t Will visit?you

• we use the present continuous for definite future plans. We usually use a future time expression

We’re meeting at 6 o’clock in front of the cinema.

• we use will / won’t to make predictions

When I’m 30, I’ll travel around the world.

Time expressions

• we use different time expressions with different verb tenses

• with past tenses we use expressions like in 2005, yesterday, last week, and five years ago

My teacher was born in 1982.

I went to the cinema yesterday

They played football last week.

• with present tenses we use words like always, never, and at the moment

We always study hard.

You are reading a good book at the moment.

• with future tenses we use words like tomorrow, later and next year

I’m meeting my friend later They will go to France next year.

Irregular verbs /bi become begin

Infinitive Past simple Past Participle Translation

be /biː/ was, were /wɒz, wɜː(r)/ been /biːn/ beat /biːt/ beat /biːt/ beaten /ˈbiːt(ə)n/ become /bɪˈkʌm/ became /bɪˈkeɪm/ become /bɪˈkʌm/ begin /bɪˈɡɪn/ began /bɪˈɡæn/ begun /bɪˈɡʌn/ bite /baɪt/ bit /bɪt/ bitten /ˈbɪt(ə)n/ break /breɪk/ broke /brəʊk/ broken /ˈbrəʊkən/ bring /brɪŋ/ brought /brɔːt/ brought /brɔːt/ build /bɪld/ built /bɪlt/ built /bɪlt/ buy /baɪ/ bought /bɔːt/ bought /bɔːt/ catch /kæʧ/ caught /kɔːt/ caught /kɔːt/ choose /ʧuːz/ chose /ʧəʊz/ chosen /ˈʧəʊz(ə)n/ come /kʌm/ came /keɪm/ come /kʌm/ cost /kɒst/ cost /kɒst/ cost /kɒst/ cut /kʌt/ cut /kʌt/ cut /kʌt/ do /duː/ did /dɪd/ done /dʌn/ draw /drɔː/ drew /druː/ drawn /drɔːn/ dream /driːm/ dreamt, dreamed /dremt, driːmd/ dreamt, dreamed /dremt, driːmd/ drink /drɪŋk/ drank /dræŋk/ drunk /drʌŋk/ drive /draɪv/ drove /drəʊv/ driven /ˈdrɪv(ə)n/ eat /iːt/ ate /eɪt/ eaten /ˈiːt(ə)n/ fall /fɔːl/ fell /fel/ fallen /ˈfɔːlən/ feed /fiːd/ fed /fed/ fed /fed/ feel /fiːl/ felt /felt/ felt /felt/ fight /faɪt/ fought /fɔːt/ fought /fɔːt/ find /faɪnd/ found /faʊnd/ found /faʊnd/ fly /flaɪ/ flew /fluː/ flown /fləʊn/ forget /fə(r)ˈɡet/ forgot /fə(r)ˈɡɒt/ forgotten /fə(r)ˈɡɒt(ə)n/ get /ɡet/ got /ɡɒt/ got /ɡɒt/ give /ɡɪv/ gave /ɡeɪv/ given /ˈɡɪv(ə)n/ go /ɡəʊ/ went /went/ gone /ɡɒn/ grow /ɡrəʊ/ grew /ɡruː/ grown /ɡrəʊn/ have /hæv/ had /hæd/ had /hæd/ hear /hɪə(r)/ heard /hɜː(r)d/ heard /hɜː(r)d/ hide /haɪd/ hid /hɪd/ hidden /ˈhɪd(ə)n/ hit /hɪt/ hit /hɪt/ hit /hɪt/ hold /həʊld/ held /held/ held /held/

hurt /hɜː(r)t/ hurt /hɜː(r)t/

hurt /hɜː(r)t/ keep /kiːp/ kept /kept/ kept /kept/ know /nəʊ/ knew /njuː/ known /nəʊn/ learn /lɜː(r)n/ learnt, learned /lɜː(r)nt, lɜː(r)nd/ learnt, learned /lɜː(r)nt, lɜː(r)nd/ leave /liːv/ left /left/ left /left/ lend /lend/ lent /lent/ lent /lent/ let /let/ let /let/ let /let/ lose /luːz/ lost /lɒst/ lost /lɒst/ make /meɪk/ made /meɪd/ made /meɪd/ mean /miːn/ meant /ment/ meant /ment/ meet /miːt/ met /met/ met /met/ pay /peɪ/ paid /peɪd/ paid /peɪd/ put /pʊt/ put /pʊt/ put /pʊt/ read /riːd/ read /red/ read /red/ ring /rɪŋ/ rang /ræŋ/ rung /rʌŋ/ run /rʌn/ ran /ræn/ run /rʌn/ say /seɪ/ said /sed/ said /sed/ see /siː/ saw /sɔː/ seen /siːn/ sell /sel/ sold /səʊld/ sold /səʊld/ send /send/ sent /sent/ sent /sent/ shine /ʃaɪn/ shone /ʃoʊn/ shone /ʃoʊn/ shoot /ʃuːt/ shot /ʃɒt/ shot /ʃɒt/ show /ʃəʊ/ showed /ʃəʊd/ shown /ʃəʊn/ shut /ʃʌt/ shut /ʃʌt/ shut /ʃʌt/ sing /sɪŋ/ sang /sɒŋ/ sung /sæŋ/ sit /sɪt/ sat /sæt/ sat /sæt/ sleep /sliːp/ slept /slɛpt/ slept /slɛpt/ speak /spiːk/ spoke /spəʊk/ spoken /ˈ spəʊkən/ spell /spel/ spelt /spelt/ spelt /spelt/ spend /spend/ spent /spent/ spent /spent/ stand /stænd/ stood /stʊd/ stood /stʊd/ steal /stiːl/ stole /stəʊl/ stolen /stəʊl(ə)n/ swim /swɪm/ swam /swæm/ swum /swʌm/ take /teɪk/ took /tʊk/ taken /ˈteɪkən/ teach /tiːʧ/ taught /kɔːt/ taught /kɔːt/ tell /tel/ told /təʊld/ told /təʊld/ think /θɪŋk/ thought /θɔːt/ thought /θɔːt/ throw /θrəʊ/ threw /θruː/ thrown /θrəʊn/ understand /ˌʌndə(r)ˈstænd/ understood /ˌʌn dər ˈstʊd/ understood /ˌʌn dər ˈstʊd/ wake /weɪk/ woke /woʊk/ woken /ˈ woʊ kən/ wear /weə(r)/ wore /wɔː(r)/ worn /wɔː(r)n/ win /wɪn/ won /wʌn/ won /wʌn/ write /raɪt/ wrote /rəʊt/ written /ˈ rɪt(ə)n/