Past Tense: Yes/No Questions, Short Answers, WH Questions and More Irregular Verbs, Time Expressions

ADDITIONS

• Reporting Past Actions and Activities 
• Giving Reasons
• Giving Excuses 

VOCABULARY PREVIEW

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I brushed My teeth

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We Went to the Supermarket

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TALK ABOUT IT! What Did They Do Yesterday?

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Betty fixed her car yesterday morning. She washed her windows yesterday afternoon. She listened to music last night.

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Bob read the newspaper yesterday morning. He went to the library yesterday afternoo. He wrote letters last night.

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Nick and Nancy went to the supermarket yesterday morning. They bought a new car yesterday afternoon. They clean their apartment last night.

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Jennifer did her exercises yesterday morning. She planted flowers yesterday afternoon. She took a bath last night. 

Using these models, talk about the people above with other students in your class.

A. Did Betty fix her car yesterday morning?

B. Yes, she did. 

A. Did Bob go to the library last night?

B. No, he didn't. He went to the library yesterday afternoon. 

How About You?

• What did you do yesterday morning?
• What did you do yesterday afternoon?
• What did you do last night?

How to Say It!

Giving an Excuse

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A. I'm sorry I'm late. I missed the bus.

B. I see.

* Practice the interactions on this page. Apologize and give excuses.

INTERACTIONS 

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THINK ABOUT IT! Good Excuses and Bad Excuses

The people above have good excuses. Here are some BAD excuses:

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READING

LATE FOR WORK

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READING CHECK-UP

WHAT'S THE ANSWER?

1. Did victor get up at 7 A.M. today?
2. What time did he get up?
3. Did he leave for work at 8:00 this morning?
4. What time did he leave for work?
5. Did he drive his car to the repair shop today?
6. How did he get to the train station?
7. Did Victor get to work on time?
8. Did his supervisor get angry at him?
9. What did she do?

WHICH IS CORRECT?

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1. Victor ( got up   didn't get up ) at 6:30 A.M this morning.
2. He ( did   didn't do ) his exercises for twenty minutes today.
3. He ( took   didn't take ) a very quick shower this morning.
4. He ( left   didn't leave ) for work at 8:00 this morning.
5. He ( took   didn't take ) the train to work today.
6. He ( got   didn't get ) to work on time this morning.

LISTENING

Listen and put a check next to all the things these people did today.

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COMPLETE THE STORY

Complete the story with the correct forms of the verbs. 

SHIRLEY'S DAY OFF

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How About You?

Tell about aday off YOU enjoyed.

• What did you do in the mornig?
• In the afternoon?
• In the evening?

PRONUNCIATION Did you

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Practice

• What did you do yesterday?
• Write inyour journal about all the things you did.

CHAPTER SUMMARY

GRAMMAR

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KEY VOCABULARY

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