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Revision The Past Simple Tense Ability in the past COULD The Plural of Nouns revision new items) Verb infinitive WHO, WHICH
UNIT
It Happened…Believe It or Not!
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Do You Remember? The Past Simple Tense
regular verbs irregular verbs
He arrived two days ago. I came home late last night.
Did he arrive two days ago? Did you come home late last night?
He didn’t arrive two days ago. I didn’t come home late last night.
to be
She was nervous before the test.
Was she nervous before the test?
She wasn’t nervous before the test. They were happy to see each other again. Were they happy to see each other again? They weren’t happy to see each other again.
1. Complete with WAS or WERE.
1. I so tired last night! It midnight when I went to bed. 2.You right! He didn’t want to do it for me. 3. We really surprised when we saw his test. 4. When he a child, he afraid of dogs. 5. This time last year they in Mexico. 6. It sunny when we arrived at the seaside.
1. Can you believe that he so many times? (survive) 2. It really like this. (happen) 3. Once he went off the road and in a tree. (land) 4. After all these accidents he to travel by plane. (refuse) 5. He to test his luck again. (not want) 6. Did he the money he got? (enjoy) We don’t know.
1. He a thousand dollars in the Lottery. (win) 2. The whole building fire. (catch) 3. The boys in different parts of the country. (grow up) 4. I an old friend a few days ago. (meet) 5. The car the wall. (hit) 6. But why? – The man too fast. (drive)
It Happened…Believe It or Not!
STOP & SPOT
ABILITY
CAN COULD He can run fast. She could swim when she was 4. Can he run fast? Could she swim when she was 4? No, he can’t run fast. No, she couldn’t swim when she was 4.
4. Complete with CAN or COULD.
1. I play the drums. My brother play the guitar. 2. Tina write the English alphabet when she was 4. 3. I run very fast when I was younger. 4. He play chess with his father when he was a little boy. 5. you ski well? – No, I can’t. 6. Look, we see the mountains from this window!
Do You Remember?
computer – computers chair – chairs
mystery – mysteries family – families
PLURAL
bus - buses box – boxes
key- keys toy – toys tomato – tomatoes potato – potatoes
life – lives wife – wives photo - photos video – videos
man - men woman - women UNIT
STOP & SPOT
SINGULAR - PLURAL
sheep – sheep fish – fish mouse – mice
5. Read Jason’s composition and complete it with the following nouns in the same order. Put the nouns into the plural. student, parent, child, bus, leaf, gallery, museum, story, life, man, woman, photo, video, sandwich
We went on a school trip on Saturday. The teacher told us to come to school at 7:30 but some were late. The schoolyard was full of , and . We left at 8:00. The weather was great. The autumn were green, yellow and red. We visited a few and where we heard some about the of some famous and
. We also took . On the bus we watched and ate
UNIT
It Happened…Believe It or Not!
6.
7. Put the nouns into the plural.
SINGULAR
dress
mystery sheep tooth
mouse
foot
man
woman
monkey PLURAL SINGULAR
day brush
fish
piano photo shelf
wife
knife
party Choose six nouns in the plural and write six sentences in your notebook.
Complete with the correct infinitive.
to lock to surprise to keep to spend to be to help
1. My parents wanted me for my birthday. 2. I asked him me with my composition in French. 3. They decided the holiday by the lake. 4. She tried honest with me but I didn’t believe her.
5. We promised a secret. 6. I forgot the door.
STOP & SPOT
WHO – people The police arrested the man who lived one floor above him.
WHICH – things They live in a house which is a hundred years old.
8.
9. Complete with WHO or WHICH.
1. I know a man can speak six languages. 2. What’s the name of the river runs through this city? 3. The person phoned you didn’t leave a message. 4. You always ask questions are so difficult. 5. Correct the sentences are wrong! 6. I don’t like people talk too much.
Write /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/.
PLURAL
passed /pɑ:s / decided /dɪ’saɪd / happened promised /’hæpən /’prɒmɪs wanted /wɒnt /bɪ’li:v
It Happened…Believe It or Not!
10. Put the nouns into the plural. UNIT
1. There were a lot of and (sheep/horse) on the farm. 2. They never go fishing there. There aren’t so many (fish) in that river. 3. I like reading (mystery). 4. Oh, no! I think we have (mouse) in the kitchen. 5. I love taking (photo). I have to buy a new camera. 6. That’s amazing! Even their (wife) had the same names.
11. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Present Simple or Present Continuous Tense.
1. I my glasses by chance yesterday. (break) 2. What you next weekend? (do) 3. He never on time. (arrive) 4. Where is James? – In the living room. He TV. (watch) 5. I him in the street yesterday. (meet) 6. you to the concert next Sunday? (go)
