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 open): What did you do? SPEAKER B (bwk dosed): I gave Pablo my pen. I .>, 1. Give ( . . . ) your dictionary. 8) 2 > 11 .;, 2. Open your book. 3. Shut your book. / 4. Stand up. 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 ( . . . ). 15. Tear a piece of paper. 16. Tell ( . . . ) to stand up. 17. Throw your pen to ( . . . ). 18. Draw a mangle on the board. 19. 'hn to page ten in your book. 20. Choose a pen, this one or that one. 21. Invite ( . . . ) 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. Repeat my sentence: This book is black. 29. Hang your (jacket) on your chair. 30. Take ( . . . )'s grammar book. 3 1. Write your name on the board. EXERCISE 13. Slmple past: questions and short answers. (Charts 2-1 - 2-7) Directions; Use the words in parentheses. Give short answers to questions where necessary. 1. A: (you, sleep) DIA YO& S~P well last night? A B: Yes, I Xi 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: No . I (SW) home because I Cfe4 not) good. 4. A: (Mark Twain, write) Tom Sawyer? B: Yes, . He also (write) Huckleberry Finn. 5. A: (you, eat) breakfast this morning? , , B: No, . I (haw, not) enough time. I was late for class because my alarm clock (ring, not) 0 EXERCISE 14. Slmple past: questions, short answers, and Irregular verbs. (Charts 2-1 + 2-7) , >, 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. Speaker B: In order to practice using irregular verbs, answer "yes" to all of Speaker A's questions. Give both a short answer and a long answer. Your book is closed. Ermple: eat breakfast this morning SPEAKER A (book open): Did you eat breakfast this morning? ';YN: SPEAKER B (book closed): Yes, I did. I ate breakfast this morning. .iar 1. sleep well last night 6. 2. wake up early this morning 7. .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 - - . . , , , . . -:. 19. '' 14. feel terrible , 'I 20. 15. see a doctor . - . ~. .,_~ 16. go to a party last night ivptnt; Switch roles. 21. buy some books yesterday 26. 22. begin to read a new novel 27. 23. fly to this city 28. 24. run to class today 29. 25. write your parents a letter 30. ,I ;,:<,:I Switch roles. ~. . ,,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. fall down yesterday 39. 35. hurt yourself when you fell down 40. lose your grammar book yesterday find your grammar book take a bus somewhere yesterday ride in a car yesterday drive a car : (1 ;.'c, ;<: .'.< ' ':1' /I ;, have a good time . think about me , -' .:&', 2 meet ( . . . ) 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 feed the birds at the park break your arm understand the question speak to ( . . . ) yesterday tell himher your opinion of this class mean what you said 80 CHAPTER 2 EXERCISE 15. Past time. (Charts 2-1 + 2-7) Direcrions: Pair up with a classmate. Speaker A: Tell Speaker B about your activities yesterday. Think of at least five things you did yesterday to tell Speaker B about. Also 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 &fit for eight hours last night. 9, (c) I sat down at the diier table 8t 6:00 P.M. yesterday. Tom came to my house at 6:10 P.M. I was eating dinner when Tom cum. (d) I went to bed at 10:OO. The phone rnng at 11:OO. I was sloepr'ng when the phone mng. The s1MPI.B PAST is used to talk about an activity 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 in the past (e.g., at 6:10) or at the time of another action (e.g., when Tom came). In (c): eating was in progress at 6:lO; eating was in progress when Tom came. FORM: wastwere + -ing. (e) When the phone rang, I was sleeping. whon = at that time (f) The phone rang while I 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? Wwe you-we-they working? Yes, I-she-he-it was. Yes, you-we-they were. No, I-she-he-it wasn't. No, you-we-they weren't. EXERCISE 16. Simple past and past progressive. (Charts 2-8 and 2-9) Directions: Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the simple past or u(J't -W the past progressive. 1. At 6:00 P.M., Bob sat down at the table and began to eat. At 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 - 6. In other words, when the phone (rink, , Bob (sleep) 7. Bob left his house at 8:00 A.M. and (begin) to walk to class. to class, Mrs. Smith. : , . 9. When Bob (see) Mrs. Smith, she I (stand) on her front porch. i She (hold) a broom. 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 STUDENT A: Good. Please continue. TO STUDENT B: Open the door. (Student B opens the door.) What did you just do? Response: I opened that door. To STUDENT A: (Student A), thank you. You may stop now. To STUDENT C: Describe the two actions that just occurred, using when. Response: When (Student B) opened the door, (Student A) was writing on the board. To STUDENT D: 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 ( . . . ) B: come into the room I /'; ?Y.! . : 4. A: read your book B: tap (Student A)'s shoulder ,<' I ,!.I,. 5. A: look out the window B: ask (Student A) a question " . . 6. A: whistle B: leave the room 7. A: look at your watch B: ask (Student A) a question 8. A: pantomime eating (pretend to eat) B: sit down next to (Student A) 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. 3. A: What was I talking about when the phone interrupted me? I lost my train of thought. B: You were describing the website you found on the Internet yesterday. 4. A: I missed the beginning of the news report. What's the announcer talking about? B: She's describing; conditions in Bangladesh after the flood. I"./- 5. A: Good morning, Kim. B: Hel10,Tom. Good to see you. A: Good to see you, too. On your way to work? B: Yup. I'm walking to work today to take advantage of the beautiful spring morning. A: It certainly is a beautiful spring morning. 6. A: Guess who I saw this morning. B: Who? A: Jim. 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) 2 at his desk, but he (study, not) 3 d He (stare) out the window. Toshi (want) 5 to know what Oscar (look) at. 6 7 TOSHI: Oscar, what (YOU, look) at? 8 I 42 CHAPTER 2 OSCAR: I (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) 16 17 I'll teach you to ride a bicycle if you'd like. OSCAR: Really? Great! ,!, il ,. , ! 1 : TOSHI: HOW come you don't know how to ride a bike?* . ,., ':.,;I - ,;,.I ,r. OSCAR: I (have, nevw) a bike when I (be) 18 19 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 :!!: now! When can we start? , !>', PART II. PAST TIME . . ., Yesterday, Toshi (sit) . . wms S i:L!.' i _ ~ttthq at his desk and (study) 25 his grammar book. His roommate, Oscar, 26 a L: J l, at his desk, but he (stway, not) 27 28 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?" . ,.,. 33. drink a cup of tea before class 38. 15 34. fall down yesterday 39. 35. hurt yourself when you fell down 40. lose your grammar book yesterday find your grammar book take 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 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