Study the way we form Past Simple.
Positive
| I He/She/It | moved | to London in 1985. |
| We You They | went |
Negative
| I He/She/It | didn’t | move | to London. |
| We You They | go |
Special questions
| When | did | I he/she/it | go? |
| Where | we you they |
Yes, No questions Short answers
| Did | he/she you they etc. | like | the film? | No, I didn’t. Yes, she did. etc. |
Past Simple употребляется для выражения действия, которое совершалось или совершилось в прошлом, для констатации факта совершения действия. Время совершения действия может быть указано или не указано. Обстоятельства времени, которые часто употребляются с Past Simple, были перечислены ранее.
Read the text about Mattie Smith once again.
Answer the questions about Mattie.
1) Did she go to school?
2) Who did she live with?
3) When did she start work?
4) Where did she work?
5) How many hours did she work?
6) Did she write poems?
7) Did she create poems in her head?
8) How old is she now?
9) Does she often think about her past life?
Think of your grandparents and great-grandparents?
Do you know their names?
How old are they now?
Where did they live?
Did they work hard when they were young?
Speak about them.
Read the text about Anna once again. Complete the questions about Anna.
1) When ____ Anna leave school?
2) Where ____ she ____ after school?
3) What ____ she ____ at university?
4) When ____ she ____ a job?
5) Who ____ she ____ in 2009?
6) What ____ Anna and Dmitry ____ in 2010?
Work with your group-mate. Ask and answer questions about Anna.
Answer the questions about you.
What did you do in 2003?
When did you leave school?
When did you go to university?
Complete the sentences with the verb in the negative.
Example: I saw John but I didn’t see Mary.
1) They worked on Monday but they ____ on Tuesday.
2) We went to the shop but we ____ to the bank.
3) She had a pen but she ____ any paper.
4) Jack did French at school but he ____ German.
What did you do yesterday? Write true sentences.
Example: (watch TV) I watched TV yesterday. or I didn’t watch TV yesterday.
1) (get up before 7.30)
2) (have a shower)
3) (buy a magazine)
4) (speak English)
5) (eat meat)
6) (drink coffee)
7) (go to bed at midnight)
Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences.
1) I (watched/watch/did watch) a film on TV last night.
2) He (didn’t drink/didn’t drank/not drink) any coffee for lunch.
3) Last year I (did fly/flied/flew) to America.
4) I (didn’t knew/not know/didn’t know) him very will, I’m afraid.
5) Did you make a cup of tea? (Yes, I make/Yes, I made/Yes, I did)
6) When did you last see a film at the cinema? (Before two weeks/Two weeks ago/Ago two weeks)
Read and translate the time phrases that we often use in the Past Simple. Put them in order from now going back into the past.
| when I was twelve twenty years ago last Tuesday ten years ago when I was born last weekend | yesterday morning |
Now
ten minutes ago
last month
Past
Make true sentences about you. Use the time phrases from ex. 14.
Do you know any famous people of Belarus? What are they famous for? Read about Euphrosyne of Polotsk, a patron saint of Belarus. Before reading make sure you understand the following words and phrases.
| church | церковь |
| convent | женский монастырь |
| enlightener | просветитель |
| enlightenment | просвещение |
| make a pilgrimage | совершить паломничество |
| monastery | монастырь мужской |
| nun | монахиня |
| patron saint | святой заступник/покровитель |
| principality | княжество |
| relics | мощи |
| saint | святой |
| the Holy Land | Святая Земля |
| die | умирать |
| enlighten | просвещать |
| fall ill | заболевать |
| found | основывать |
| run away | убегать |
Put the verbs into the Simple Past.
Predslava ____ (be) born in the family of Prince Svyatoslav-Georgy in 1110 in Polotsk. She ____ (be) beautiful, clever and rich but at the age of 12 she ____ (run away) from home. She ____ (go) to the convent, where she ____ (become) a nun and ____ (take) the new name of Euphrosyne.
Later she ____ (found) her own convent. Euphrosyne ____ (be) well-educated and could read and translate from Greek and Latin. She ____ (copy) religious books and ____ (give) money to poor people.
She also ____ (found) two churches and several monasteries. They ____ (become) centres of enlightenment in the Principality of Polotsk.
Late in her life she ____ (make) a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. During the trip Euphrosyne ____ (fall ill) and ____ (die) in 1173. Her relics are in Polotsk now. There is also a monument to St. Euphrosyne in the centre of Polotsk.