Unit 2

Question 1

PAST SIMPLE

Answer 1

The past simple verbs is the same for all persons

Remember that we don’t use the past simple form of the main verb in negative sentences or questions.

Question 2

SPELLING
 RULES
 FOR
 REGULAR
 PAST
 SIMPLE
 VERBS

Answer 2

After most verbs add -ed
Eg: walk walked
After verbs ending in -e
Add -d
Eg: decide decided
After verbs ending in a consonant + -y
Change the -y to -i and add -ed
Eg: study studied
After verbs ending in a vowel +-y
Add -ed as usual
Eg: play played
After verbs ending in a single consonant after  a single vowel
Double the final consonant and add -ed
eg: stop stopped
After verbs ending in -l after a single vowel
Always doble the -l, even if the vowel is not stressed
Eg: travel travelled.

Question 3

SPELLING RULES FOR IRREGUAL VERBS

Answer 3

There are no specific rules for the way form the past simple affirmative of irregular verbs.

Question 4

When we use the past simple ?

Answer 4

We use the past simple to talk about actions that began and ended in the past.

Question 5

PAST
SIMPLE
QUESTIONS

Answer 5

For wh- questions, we use:
Question word+did+subjet+verb
Eg: What did we go? Who did he call?

For questions with Be, we use:
question word+be
Eg: How old was he? Where were you lasta night?

Question 6

When we use the past continuous ?

Answer 6

We use the past continuous to talk about something that was in progress in the past.
Eg: He was cycling at ten o’clock last night(= the action was in progress at ten o´clock).

Question 7

How we form questions in the past continuous ?

Answer 7

We form questions in the past continuous with:
question word+was/were+subjrt+ing form
Eg: What was he doing ?
Why were they running ?

Question 8

PAST CONTINUOUS
Versus
PAST SIMPLE

Answer 8

We use the past simple to talk about an action or situation in the past that finished and is over
Eg: He walked home last night(= a finished action),
He was waking home at 5pm yesterday(= an action that was in progress at a particular time in the past)

We use the past continuous to talk about an action that was in progress when another action hapenned
Eg: He was swimming across the river when a crocodile attacked him

Note that we usually use -while- before a past continuous verb, and -when- before a past simple verb.
Eg: While he was cycling across the desert, he had an accident,
He was cycling across the desert when he had an accident