Grammar I Past Simple: negative
4 Read the sentence in the Active grammar box. Complete the rule. Choose the correct words.
Active grammar
This system ofnavigation didn’twork during the day.
To make negatives in the Past Simple we use donft/didn't and the past form/infinitive of the verb.
see Reference page 63
5 Correct these false statements.
Ancient people used compasses.
Ancient people didnft use compasses.
1 The sextant showed exact location.
2 People used cars in the sixteenth century.
3 Leonardo da Vinci invented the compass.
4 Ancient people played Computer games.
5 Beethoven painted the Mona Lisa.
6 Marco Polo owned a mobile phone.
7 Discuss.
1 How do you get around your town/city? (by car/bus, on foot, etc.)
2 Which form of transport do you like?
8 a 3D Listen and underline the stressed words in the answers.
A: Do you like buses?
B: No, I like trains.
1 A: Did you visit Venice? B: No, we visited Romę.
2 A: Was it nice? B: No, it was horrible.
b Make dialogues using the table.
LIKE |
VISIT |
WAS IT |
coffee? (X tea) |
the cinema? (X the theatre) |
smali? (X big) |
rice? (X pasta) |
Russia? (X Poland) |
new? (X old) |
bikes? (X cars) |
your uncle? |
good? (X bad) |
V |
(X my brother) |
_y |
A: Do you like coffee? B: No, I like tea.
Yocabulary I transport
6 a Look at the photo and answer the questions.
1 How did people travel around Bangkok 100 years ago?
2 How do they get around today, do you think?
b Match the forms of transport to the famous places.
transport
i red buses 2 yellow taxis 3 water buses 4 high speed trains 5 electric trams 6 bicycles
places
a Japan b London c San Francisco d Amsterdam e Venice f New York
9 a Read the paragraph. Underline all the verbs in the Past Simple.
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weve lofs o£ foi\visfs fUeve we f<?0We<A fo sowę givls £vow AiasK^Tu*. Tke elfy is ev\ovwous so we <At<AWf wcnlf. vevy wucU. We We.A ov\ fUe v\ew ovevUe^<A v-<?vllw<?\y.
If w<*s vevy £<*sf cow-forf^ble. We looUe^A <*f lofs o-P fewples we w<nfcUe<A fUe bo<*fs ov\ fUe vive*. We w«**\fe<^ sowę pvesev\fs so we visife<A fUe sKeef w<*vV.efs b Write a paragraph about your last holiday. Use the underlined verbs from Ex. 9a.
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