2H6 - Eyes Open Unit 2 - Language Focus 1

Eyes Open Unit 2
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Learning Objectives

After this lesson, you can ....

• talk about things that happened in the past;

• talk about things that did not happen in the past;

• understand time expressions

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1.1 Was / Were

When?

We use was and were when we talk about our state of being (to be) in the past.
Ex. I was at home.
My sister was not in school.
They were at a themepark.

Singular - Was not / Wasn't
Ex. She wasn't in school.

Plural - Were not / Weren't
Ex. They weren't in class.

Negative

Singular - Was
Ex. I was at home.

Plural - Were
Ex. We were at a themepark.

Affirmative

1.1. Was / Were

Multiple Choice

Select the correct Past Tense form of the verb to be:

I _________ happy.

• was

• were

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

Select the correct Past Tense form of to be:

We ___________ (not) at the party yesterday.

• was

• were

• wasn't / was not

• weren't / were not

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Reorder

Reorder the following sentence:

• I

• was

• not

• prepared

• for that.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Past Simple Tense

When ?

We use the Past Simple to talk about things that did or did not happen at a certain time in the past.

Ex. I lived in Utrecht last year.
Ex. My brother played a soccermatch last weekend.

Signal words: Last year, last weekend, three hours ago, when I was young, in 1991

did not / didn't + verb

Ex. My sister didn't go to work last week.

Ex. They didn't walk to school.

Negative

Verb - ed

Ex. I worked at Mac Donalds last year.

Ex. We walked home after school yesterday.

Affirmative

Past Simple - Conjugation Rules

Multiple Choice

Select the correct Past Simple option:

John and Brad ...(not like)... the movie at all.

• not liked

• liked not

• didn't like

• didn't liked

Multiple Choice

Select the correct Past Simple option:

He ...(borrow)... a book from his neighbour.

• borrowed

• borrowing

• borrowt

Multiple Choice

Select the correct Past Simple option:

You ...(not run)... very fast last Sunday.

• didn't ran

• ran not

• not ran

• didn't run

Multiple Choice

Select the correct Past Simple option:

We ...(try)... to help him.

• tryed

• trying

• tried

Mind your spelling!

When a verb ends in the letter '-e', you only add the letter -d
Ex. like --> liked

When a verb consists of 1 syllable (lettergreep), a short vowel, and a consonant letter, you double the consonant before you add '-ed'
Ex. shop --> shopped

When a verb ends in a consonant letter and the letter '-y', you drop the '-y' and add '-ied'
Ex. cry --> cried

Multiple Choice

Past simple:

She .... (help) her mother.

• helps

• help

• helped

• helpted

Multiple Choice

Past simple:

I .... (live) in an old house.

• live

• lived

• lives

• lieves

Multiple Choice

Past simple

He ... (cry) when he fell on the ground.

• cries

• cry

• cried

• crys

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Homework

Workbook p. 18

Make ex. 1-6



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Practise Quizlet Unit 2 (see ELO / EN / Bronnen / Eyes Open / Unit 1+2