SIMPLE PAST GRAMMAR Unit 10 What

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SIMPLE PAST GRAMMAR Unit 10Whats the
difference?Past simple was/wereRegular past
simple with -edPrepositions of place near, in,
on, under, infront of, behind
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Simple Past Tense http//www.learnenglish.de/gram
mar/tensesimpast.htm
To beStatements To beStatements- Questions ?
I was. I wasn't. Was I?
He was. He wasn't. Was he?
She was. She wasn't. Was she?
It was. It wasn't. Was it?
You were. You weren't. Were you?
We were. We weren't. Were we?
They were. They weren't. Were they?
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Regular Verb (to work) Statements Regular Verb (to work) Statements- Questions Short answer Short answer-
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work? Yes, I did. No, I didn't.
He worked. He didn't work. Did he work? Yes, he did. No, he didn't.
She worked. She didn't work. Did she work? Yes, she did. No, she didn't.
It worked. It didn't work. Did it work? Yes, it did. No, it didn't.
You worked. You didn't work. Did you work? Yes you did. No, you didn't.
We worked. We didn't work. Did we work? Yes we did. No, we didn't.
They worked. They didn't work. Did they work? Yes they did. No, they didn't
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Complete the sentences with was or were.

• I..happy.
• You angry.
• Shein London last week.
• He on holiday.
• It . cold.
• We at school.
• You at the cinema.
• They . at home.
• The cat on the roof.
• The children. in the garden.

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Complete the sentences with was or were.

• I.. in Canberra last spring.
• We . at school last Saturday.
• Tina.. at home yesterday.
• He .happy.
• Robert and Stan Garry's friends.
• You very busy on Friday.
• They in front of the supermarket.
• I . in the museum.
• She in South Africa last month.
• Jessica and Kimberly.. late for school.

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Was or Were?

• I ..hungry.
• You. ..in Australia last year.
• She .not there.
• Charly Chaplin. ..a famous actor.
• Lisa and James. at home.
• The film. very good.
• The Beatles. from Liverpool.
• We .late for school yesterday.
• She. ..at home last night.
• Where. ..you yesterday?
• What his name?
• http//www.everydayteaching.com/Worksheets/was-wer
  e.pdf

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
http//www.ego4u.com/download/pdf/goldilocks-a4.de
.pdf
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• Once upon a time there (be) _______________1
  three bearshuge Papa Bear, ordinary Mama Bear
  and tiny little Baby Bear. They (live)
  ________________2 in a great big wood. One day,
  ordinary Mama Bear (cook)_________________3
  adelicious porridge for her family and (put)
  ______________4it into bowls a huge bowl for
  huge Papa Bear, an ordinary
• bowl for ordinary Mama Bear and a little bowl for
  tiny littleBaby Bear. To give the porridge some
  time to cool down, the three bears (go)
  ____________5 for a walk.
• Near the great big wood, there (live)
  ___________________6 a little girl called
  Goldilocks. She
• (be / not) ____________________________7 allowed
  to go into the wood. But one day, she (sneak)
• __________________8 out of the house and into the
  great big wood. After a while she (come)
• _________________9 to the bears' house. She
  (knock) __________________10 at the door. She
• (look) __________________11 through the windows.
  But nobody (seem) ______________12 to be
• there. So, little Goldilocks (step)_______________
  _13 inside.
• In the kitchen, Goldilocks (smell)
  _______________________14 the porridge. She (get)
• _______________15 very hungry and (try)
  ______________16 the porridge in the huge bowl
  too
• hot. Then she (taste) ______________17 some of
  the porridge from the ordinary bowl too cold.
• But the porridge in the little bowl (be)
  _____________18 just right and Goldilocks (eat)
• ______________19 it all up.
• In the sitting room, there (stand)
  _____________________20 the three bears' chairs.
  Goldilocks (sit)
• ________21 down in the huge chair too hard. She
  (like / not) ________________________22 the
• ordinary chair either too soft. She (love)
  _______________23 the little chair, however. But
  she
• (sit / not) ____________________24 on this one
  very long as soon it (break) ____________25 into
• pieces. So,

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• In the bedroom there (be) ____________27 three
  beds. Goldilocks suddenly (feel) ____________28
• very tired. She (climb) __________________29 onto
  the huge bed - too hard. Then she (crawl)
• ________________30 into the ordinary bed - too
  soft. The little bed, however, (be) _________31
  just
• right. So, Goldilocks (lie) ______________________
  32 down. And in next to no time, she (fall)
• _______________33 asleep.
• After a while, the three bears (return)
  ________________34 home. One look at their bowls
  and
• chairs and they (start) _____________35
  wondering. Something (was / not)
  _________________36
• right. They (come) ____________37 into the
  bedroom. And there they (see) _______________38
• little Goldilocks in Baby Bear's bed. The three
  bears (watch) ______________39 her for a while
  and
• then they (wake) ____________40 her up.
  Goldilocks (open) _____________41 her eyes. She
  (see)
• ______________42 the bears, (begin)
  __________________43 to scream and as fast as she
  (can)
• ___________44, Goldilocks (run)
  ________________45 out of the bears' house.
• The three bears (follow) _________________________
  __46 her. But at the edge of the wood, the
• bears suddenly (stop) __________________47.
  Frightened little Goldilocks (stop / not)
• _________________________48. She (hurry)
  __________________49 home to her parents and she
• never (visit) _______________50 the bears' house
  again.
• Key word
• 1) were 14) smelled, smelt 27) were 40) woke

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Prepositions of Place

• Prepositions show relationships between things.
  For example
• The lamp is on the table" contains the
  preposition "on".
• This word shows the spatial relationship between
  the lamp, and the table.
• The most common prepositions of place are in,
  on, under, next to, in front of, behind, at.
• In, on, under, in front of, and behind are clear
  from the pictures above. Example sentences are-
  The dog is in the box.- The cat is under the
  table- The man is next to the building.
• At however is a more abstract concept - it is
  used to refer to a point in space,
• usually a point on a line. See below for more
  explanation.

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Prepositions of Place

• 2. In, On, At
• In is used to show somethng that surrounds or
  encloses us. For example
• - I sleep in my bedroom.- The desk is in the
  room.
• In is also used for geographical areas such as
  cities and countries, for example
• "I live in London" or "I live in England".
• On is used to show something that is on a
  surface. For example
• - I sleep on my bed.- The paper is on the desk.
• On is also used for street names, for example "I
  live on Orchard Road".
• At is used to show something that is at a
  particular point, often as part of a line. For
  example
• - He is at the bus stop.The bus stop is one
  point in a line of bus stops.- John is at the
  bank.John is at a particular place or point, the
  bank.
• The bank is part of his journey and also part of
  a street, both of which can be seen as lines

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Behind, between, in, in front of, next to, on,
under

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TEST

• 1. He works a bank.A. onB. atC. under
• 2. The lamp is the table.A. in B. on C. under
• 3. I sleep my bedroom.A. atB. on C. in
• 4. He lives 26, Rosewood Street.A. in B. atC.
  on

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312/ComplSent03.jcl.htm

• 5. She lives a farm.A. atB. on C. behind
• 6. The store is the library.A. next toB. on C.
  in
• 7. The car is the house.A. onB. in front ofC.
  under
• 8. We eat breakfast home.A. in B. on C. at
• 9. They swim the ocean.A. in B. on C. next to
• 10. I live Green Street.A. at
• B. on C. under

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behind

• The monkey is behind the box.
• Where are the monkeys?

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• Where are the monkeys?

Where are the monkeys?
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in The monkey is in the box.
Where are the monkeys?
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next to The monkey is next
to the box.
Where are the monkeys?
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on The monkey is on the
box.
Where are the monkeys?
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under The monkey is under
the box
Where are the monkeys?
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Find verbs in the Past Tense

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  ENDERUANFBIDDEDCANEDDOIEDOERNRBAENDPSNORREDRENTKED
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  EINCEDGODOBRBERIAETLRREDDDOSDRURDBRDNFSTCGSBGDTDDE
  UDHRHELSODBSANKWBONNEDDEDDEOADNEWRDDDEENDEEBUIHETD
  DSWNBNNAELEUDUEAUIFREADNAOSWKKEANEGPDCACPURPLEDRIL
  LAEODNITUMLDTOLDBONEDSOAGGLDCKMRHOOEMIEDRSHOWEDRPC
  ECINCHEDODGTDGEVEPUPLEDEIEHDUHDKTWATDABEIDDECDKNNT
  IEEDKETI

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