2A Beginnings: Past Time Phrases Past Simple
2A Beginnings: Past Time Phrases Past Simple
2A Beginnings: Past Time Phrases Past Simple
verb
grow or change into a
aa service
service station
station more advanced, larger, or
stronger form
serve someone
serve someone
noun
develop
develop a set of secret
instructions to cook.
aa secret
secret recipe
recipe
verb
8
2
4
7
6
3
5
a
b
c d
e
f
Harland stayed at home when he was six.
His mother didn’t have much money in 1890.
His childhood wasn’t a happy one.
PastSimple
Irregular verbs
Regular verbs
stop study live stay travel marry die learn need work
There are
There are no
no rules.
rules. You
You have
have to
to
Rules
learn them.
them. They
They are
are on
on page
page example
learn
Most regular verbs:
167. add -ed
167. stayed, learned, needed, worked
Negative
Subject + couldn’t + complement.
infinitive
+ + infinitive
wasn’t/weren’t
didn’t verb complement.
verb++ complement.
Questions
was/were
did + + subject
(QW) + could + + infinitive
+ subject
subject infinitive verb+ + complement?
verb
+ complement? complement?
Short answers
Yes,/No, + subject pronoun++ could/couldn’t.
subjectpronoun did/didn’t.
was(n’t)/were(n’t).
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
4 in the sixties
6 last week
8 yesterday evening
COMPLETE WITH AGO, LAST OR IN
to talk about a time in the past. ago
ago
to say the day, week, etc. in the past nearest to now. last
last
with days, months, seasons. last
last
with night, week, weekend, month, year, century last
last
Whichdid
Where oneyou
dideat
youit?
go to?
What didWhat did you eat?
you buy?
Where did you go?
What time did you go to bed?
What did you do?
What
What time did you do?did you buy?
Where did you go?
Students A. Students B