EXERCISE 12. Simple past. (Charts 2-1
-
2-7)
Directions:
Perform the action and then describe the action, using the simple past. Most of
the verbs
are
irregular; some are regular.
Work
in
groups or as a class. Only Speaker A's book is open.
Example:
Give
(
.
.
.
)
your pen.
SPEAKER
A
(book open):
Give Pablo your pen.
SPEAKER
B
(book closed): (Speaker
B
petforms the action.)
SPEAKER
A
(book

5.
Hold your book above
your
head.
6.
Put your book
in
your lap.
7.
Bend your elbow.
8.
Touch the tip of your nose.
9.
Spell the word "happened."
10.
Shake hands with
(
. . .
).
1 1.
Bite your finger.
12.
Hide your pen.
13.
Leave the room.
14.
Speak to
(
.
.

)
to have lunch with you.
22.
Thank
(
.
. .
)
for the invitation.
23.
Steal
(
.
. .
)'s pen.
24.
Sell your pen to
(
.
.
.
)
for a (penny).
25.
Hit your desk with your hand.
26.
Stick your pen in your pocketJpurse.
27.
Read a sentence from your book.
28.

I
(sleep)
slept
very
welt.
2.
A:
(Tom's plane,
arrive)
on time yesterday?
B: Yes,
.
It
(get)
in
at
6;05
on the

dot.
3.
A:
(~0%
go)
to class yesterday?
'.
.I'
'
-
B:

(haw,
not)
enough
time. I was late for class because my alarm clock
(ring, not)
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EXERCISE 14. Slmple past: questions, short answers, and Irregular verbs.
(Charts 2-1
+
2-7)
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2
Directions:
Pair up with a classmate.
Speaker
A:
Ask questions beginning with
"LMyou
. .
.
?"
Listen carefully to Speaker B's
answers to make sure he or she is using the irregular verbs correctly. Look at
Chart
2-7
if necessary to check the correct form of an irregular verb. Your
"
''
book is open.

.r
.:A
.i
3.
come to class early today
8.
4.
bring your books to class
9.
5.
put your books on your desk
10.
Sm'tch
roles.
11.
hear about the earthquake
17.
12.
read the newspaper this morning
18.
13.
catch'a cold last week
-
-
. .
,
,
,
.
.

run to class today
29.
25. write your parents
a
letter
30.
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;,:<,:I
Switch
roles.
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,,s
f&,.< :,
,
5
31.
make your own diier last night
36.
"\.:
32.
leave home at eight this morning
37.
!i:3
,.,.
33.
drink
a cup of tea before class
38.
15
34.

(
. .
.
)
the first day of class
shake hands with
(
.
. .
)
when you fist met
himher
-,;.
;
.
,
.
.i-
;
i
send your parents a letter
lend
(
.
.
.
)
some money
wear a coat yesterday
go to the zoo last week

think
of two or three things you
didn't do yesterday.
Speaker B: Listen carellly to Speaker A. Make sure that Speaker A is using past tenses
correctly. Ask Speaker A questions about hidher activities if you wish. Take
notes while Student A is talking.
:
9
When Speaker A finishes talking, switch roles: Speaker
B
tells Speaker A about hidher
activities yesterday.
Use the notes from the conversation to write a composition about the other student's
-
,
activities yesterday.
THE
SIMPLB
PAST
4-
THB
PAST
PROGRESSIVE
(a)
Mary
waked
downtown
yesterday.
(b)
I

or
situation
rhar
began and ended at a
pardcular time in thepasr
(e.g.,yestmiq,
last
night,
days
ago,
in
1999),
as
in
(a)
and
(b).
The
PAST
PROGRESSIVB
expresses
an acriviry
that
was
in p*og*esr
(was
occurring,
was
happem'nk,
at a point of time

was sleeping.
while
=
during that time
(e) and
(f)
have the same meaning.
1
2-9
FORMS
OF
THE
PAST PROGRESSIVE
STATEMENT
NEGATNE
QUBSTI~
SHORT
ANSWBR
I-She-He-It
wus
working.
You-We-They
were working.
I-She-He-It
was not (wasn't) working.
You-We-They
were not (weren't) working.
Wu
I-she-he-it
working?

6:05,
Bob
(eat)
.,
dinner.
2.
While Bob
(eat)
:
!K~
,'
\,.
39,
dinner,
AM
(come)
through the door.
dinner.
4.
Bob went to bed at 10:30. At 11:OO Bob
(skep)
'
"'
'
5. While Bob
(sleep)
,
the phone
(rind
I

10. Mrs. Smith
(wave)
at Bob when
i
she
(see)
him.
I
.
,
EXERCISE
17.
Using the past progresslve. (Charts 2-8 and 2-9)
Directions:
Perform the actions and answer the questions. Only the teacher's book is open.
Example:
A:
write on the board B: open the door
To
STUDENT
A:
Please write on the board. Write anything you wish.
(SzudenrA writes on
the
board.)
What are you doing?
3.
Response:
I'm writing on the board.
To

Again, using
while.
Response:
Whiie
(Student
A)
was writing on the board,
(Student B)
opened the door.
.

.
-
!,!:
l.A:writeanoteto( ) B:knockonthedoor
,dl:,.
.
t
. .
I'
,
2.
A:
walk around the room
B: clap your hands once
3.
A:
talk to
(
. .

9.
A:
pantomime sleeping B: take (Student A)% grammar book
10.
A:
pantomime
drinking
a glass of water
B:
come into the room
EXERCISE 18. Present progresslve and past progressive. (Charts 1-1,2-8, and 2-9)
firectionr:
the present progressive and past progressive verbs in the following
pairs of sentences. Discuss their use. What
are
the similarities between the two tenses?
1. A: Where are
Ann
and Rob?
I
haven't seen them for a couple of weeks.
B: They're out of town. They're traveling.
2.
A:
I
invited
Ann
and Rob to my birthday party, but they didn't come.
B: Why not?
A: They were out of town. They were traveling.

B: Oh? How is he?
A:
He looks fine.
B: Where did you see him?
A:
On the sidewalk near the corner of 5th and Pine. He was walking to work.
EXERCISE
19.
Present and past verbs. (Chapters
1
and
2)
DirectMns:
Complete the sentences with the simple present, present progressive, simple
past, or past progressive.
PARTI.
PRESENT
TlMB
SITUATION:
Right now Toshi
(sit)
.

1s stil-tw
at his desk. He
1
-
(s~Y)
his grammar book. His roommate, Oscar,
(sit)

(watch)
the bicyclists. They are very skillful. I
9
(know, not)
how to ride a bike, so I
(admire)
10
anyone who can. Come over to the window. Look at
11
that guy in the blue shirt. He
(steer)
his bike with one
12
hand while he
(drink)
a soda with the other. At the
13
same time, he
(weave)
in and out of the heavy street
14
traffic. He
(seem)
fearless.
15
~SHI:
Riding a bike
(be, not)
as hard as it
(look)

L
!
a kid. My family
(be)
too poor. Once
I
(try)
20
to learn on the bike of one of my friends, but the other kids
'id1
:>
'
,
21
all
(laugh)
at me. I never
(ny)
again
:
I
,
,;
22
23
because I
@e)
too embarrassed. But I'd really like to learn
24
:!!:

He
(stare)
out the window. He
(watch)
29
,I,,
30
bicyclists on the street below.
*"How come?" means
"Why?"
For example, "How come you don't how how to ride
a
bike?"
means 'Why don't you
bow how
m
ride
a
bike?"