1. Grammar file 7 English File 1
1 Present to past
Present simple Past simple
s
+ I / You / We / They work
worked
He / She / It works
I (etc.)
s
– I (etc.) don’t work for IBM. didn’t work for IBM.
He (etc.) doesn’t
s
? Do you (etc.) work Did you (etc.) work
What time does the film finish? What time did the film finish?
s The past simple is the same for all personal pronouns (I / he, etc.). s Use did in s and didn’t in s .
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2 Past simple s Regular and irregular verbs
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s Regular verbs
+ I (etc.) didn’t
see a film
arrive
yesterday.
Present Past Spelling
watch watched
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+ ed see a film Yes, did.
play played Did I (etc.) yesterday? I (etc.)
arrive No, didn’t.
live lived
+d Contraction didn’t = did not
I smoke I smoked
1 vowel + 1 consonant Use didn’t + infinitive in negatives.
stop stopped s
➝ double consonant  I didn’t saw a film.
study studied consonant + y ➝ ied s Use did + infinitive in questions.
 Did you saw …?
Pronunciation
Word order in questions
voiced (e.g. play) /d/ played lived studied
unvoiced (e.g. watch) /t/ watched kissed stopped
suestion suxiliary subject snfinitive
Q A S I
Did you go out last night?
ending /t/ and /d/
/Id/ wanted needed painted Who did they go with?
(e.g. want / need)
What did Pam do?
s Irregular verbs
+ s sss
Remember: word order = A S I and Q A S I ssss
Present Past Present simple GRAMMAR FILE 3
I go I went 3 Past time expressions
I have I had
I meet I met yesterday (afternoon).
I see I saw this morning, etc.
He went to the USA last night / week / month / year.
s Verbs are only irregular in s.
+ in 1989.
two years ago.
s Don’t use the.  the last year
s Time expressions can go at the beginning or end of
a sentence.
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2. Grammar check 7 English File I
1 Present to past Complete. 4 How there? By plane.
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Present Past 5 How long ? Four days.
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e a We live in Jakarta. We lived in Jakarta. 6 Where ? In a five-star
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hotel.
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b He lives in a flat. He in a flat.
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7 any photos? Yes, I took a
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c They don’t need it. They need it. lot of photos.
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d She doesn’t speak She speak 8 a good time? Yes, I had a
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French. French. great time!
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? e you have you have
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5 Regular and irregular verbs Complete with
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lunch? lunch?
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the verbs in the past.
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f What she do? What she do?
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(not) be cannot drive see get
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(not) have play read stay watch look
Study tip
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............................................................. 1 We stayed at home last night but we didn’t
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television. We some
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more forms? Present simple / Past simple.
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............................................................. computer games.
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2 I saw all The Godfather films and I
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2 Regular verbs: spelling Write the verbs in the the book.
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past tense. 3 We 30 km to a famous restaurant but
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we a very good meal.
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call called close love
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4 She for her keys but she find
stop try wash
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them.
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work worry
5 He a taxi. Luckily it very
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expensive.
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3 Irregular verbs Complete.
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Infinitive Past tense Negative 6 Past time expressions Match the sentence
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halves.
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1 can could couldn’t
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c
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1 They worked in Sicily for
2 get didn’t get
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2 She was born thirty years
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3 went didn’t
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3 We travelled to China in
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4 didn’t have
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4 They got a new car
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5 leave didn’t
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5 Leonardo da Vinci was born on
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6 didn’t meet
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6 I didn’t do very much last
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7 read didn’t
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7 You spoke to her at
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8 didn’t say
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9 see didn’t a 1994.
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b April 15th, 1452.
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10 take didn’t
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c fifteen years.
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d night.
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4 Questions Complete the questions. e yesterday.
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Remember Q A S I ! f half past eleven.
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g ago.
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1 Where did you go? Bali.
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2 Who with? I went alone.
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3 Why there? On business.
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