Past Simple

Uses:

A completed action in the past...

Examples:

I saw a movie yesterday.
I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.

Finished actions.

Examples:

I lived in Brazil for two years. - but he probably moved.
Shauna studied Japanese for five years - she probably finished.



Structure:


I played violin. - Affirmative
S V

I did not play violin. - Negative
S A NOT V

Did you play the violin? - Interrogative
A S V

Notice that DID is the auxiliar for the past simple, and it already shows the sentence is in the past. In the affirmative, verbs can be regular or irregular. When they´re irregular, they´re from the list. When they´re not, all you have to do is put ED at the end of the verb. REMEMBER! When the verb has Y after a CONSONANT, the Y falls and we put I !!!

Irregular verb tenses list here

Exercises here and here. Enjoy!

Can x Can´t

Can is a modal. And what´s a modal: it´s not a verb, but it modifies a verb.

1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.
Examples:

• He can speak Chinese.

2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.

Examples:

• He should not be late.

3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.

Examples:

• He will can go with us. Not Correct

Can tells about a possibility or a permission. For example:

You can drive if you are over 18. ( Permission)
You can´t vote if you are under 16. (Permission)


You can get bloated if you eat a lot of cheese. (Possibility)

Today at school!

6th year A
We corrected homework.

7th year B
We corrected homework.

Kind of monotonous, isn´t it?

Today at school!

6th year A:
Page 45, 46 and 47 from the student book. Some explanation on plural and singular forms are on the notebook - exercises here and here.

Also, there were explanations on prepositions of time. You can find exercices about it here.

Homework is long: student book pages 48, 49, 50, 89, 90 and 118. Workbook: Unit 10.
Remember there´s a week to do it, and it shall be corrected next class, so DON´T FORGET your red pens!


6th year B:
Page 45, 46 and 47 from the student book. Some explanation on plural and singular forms are on the notebook - exercises here and here.

No homework, as we´re meeting again this week.

Remarks for tomorrow´s test!

Attention, 6th year people!

* Complete answers will be MANDATORY.
* Yes, spelling mistakes will be taken in account.

Good luck tomorrow!

6th year issues.

 verb to be in all forms (affirmative, negative, interrogative)

 There is/ are X have/has

 Possessives

 Prepositions

There´s not much to study, then. Check your notebooks for details, read compositions, read what´s in this blog. In case you DON´T HAVE ANYTHING COPIED anywhere, I strongly suggest you ask a mate for his/her and take a nice photocopy. Ah! And read your photocopies, please. Never heard of students learning through osmosis...

On demonstrative pronouns.

Many languages, including English, make a two-way distinction between demonstratives. One set of demonstratives is proximal, indicating objects close to the speaker (this/these), and the other series is distal, indicating objects far away from the speaker (that/those).


You use THIS/THESE with SINGULAR nouns. For example:

THIS is my friend.


And THESE/THOSE you use with PLURAL nouns...

THAT is my friend.

Try this exercise! Don´t forget to check!Oh, and don´t bother the site language. It´s Turkish, but the exercises are in English!

Possessives!

Want to know how much do you know?
Try here, then leave your score at the comments!