CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COMMON MISTAKESAT PET and how to
avoid them. CONTENTS1.A, an or one? 2.When do I use capital
letters? 3.Do I need am / is / are in this sentence? Test
14.Singular or plural? 5.Plural or uncountable? 6.When do I use of
and when do I use an apostrophe?Test 2 7.What's the negative form
of have? 8.Present simple or present continuous? 9.Which verbs
don't have a continuous form? Test 3 10.Regular or irregular past
simple forms? 11.How do I form the past simple negative? 12.Past
simple or past continuous? Test 4 13.How do I use personal
pronouns? 14.How do I use reflexives? 15.Many, much or a lot of
Test 5 16.Something, anything, nothing or everything 17.Same sound,
different spellingTest 6 19.Which verbs take to + verb after them?
20.Which form of the verb do I use after look forward to? 21.Which
form of the verb do I use after can and could? Test 7 22.How do I
form adjectives from nouns? 23.Very or really?24.How do I form
adverbs? Test 8 25.Which, who or that? 26.How do I give extra
information? 27.Which prepositions do I use after arrive? Test 9
28.Commonly confused verbs29.How do I use do and go with -ing
words? 30.Which verbs take to (preposition) after them? Test 10
ANSWER KEY2005 Cambridge University Press 2007A, anorone? 1Ti
ckthecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aI use a heaterbecause ray
bedroomis reallycold hI use an heaterbecause ray bedroomis
reallycold. 2aWe met one really nice boywhen we were on holiday.
1)We met a really nice boywhen we wereon holiday Weuse tinbeforesi
ngul arcount abl enounsbegi nni ngwi t ha vowel(a,e, i, o, u),and a
beforewordsbegi nni ngwi t htheotherlettersoftheal phabet:
M\'friendis sharingnroomwithanItaliangirl. rNotethatwesay
auniversity(becauseitbeginswi t ha/ j / sound)andanhour
(becausethehissi l ent). We alsouse a(oran)i
nexpressionssuchasthese: threetimesnweek, (a)quarterofanhour
Wecanuseei theroneora wi t hhundred,thousandormillion.We
canalsouseone i nsteadofawhenwewanttoemphasi sethenumber:
Thereareonehundredcentimetresinametre,(orahundredcentimetres) I've
gottwobrothersandonesister.(orandasister)
Weuseoneandnotaoranwhenwewanttoemphasisethatwearet al ki ngaboutonl
y onet hi ngorpersonandnottwoormore: /invitedthree
friends,hutonlyoneofthemcame. Oneholidaya yearisnotenoughforme.
Under l i net hecorrectwor d. I nsomesentencestherearet wopossi bl
eanswers. 1Iliveonmyowni na / anI oneflat. 2She'sgota I anlonehundr
edeuros. 3We gotheretwi cea I anI onemont h. *lI wenttothevillagewi
t ha /tinI onef ri end. 5She gavemeu I anI oneburger,nottwo.
1wanttobuya I anI oneumbrel l a. 7Mycousi nworksata I anloneuni
versi ty. 8I'vegota InnI oneuncleandtwoaunts. 2Correctthemi st
akebel ow. 1 l ookedi nmymi r r orandwas comi ngupbehi ndme. When
doI use capitalletters? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aI
haveanenglishexamnextweek, bI haveanEnglishexamnextweek.
2aThereisat r i ptot heexhi bi ti oninDecember, bThereisat r i ptot
heexhi bi ti onindecember. Weusecapitalletterswith:
titlesandpeople'snames: MrsSmith,DrLee,QueenElizabethII membersof
thefamilywhenusedasnames:Dad,Grandma
addresses:WoodstockHouse,16WestRoad letterbeginningsandendings:
DearCharlotte,Love fromEmily,Yourssincerely geographicalnames:
Rome(city),Spain(country),theNile(river),thePacificOcear
(ocean),MountEverest(mountain)
nationalityadjectivesandlanguages:English,Italian,French daysof the
week:Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday monthsof theyear:
January,February,March
festivalsandspecialdays:ChristmasDay,Valentine'sDay,Easter
ftWeusesmalllettersinsentenceswhenwearereferringtosomeone's jobor
positionratherthanhis/hernameortitle: Heis mydoctor,Thenewqueenis
veryyoung,Thisis mydad. ftWewriteonlythepronoun/withacapitalletter:
MysisterandIwenthome,butthenshewentoutagain. 2Correctt hemi st
akebel ow.r T ^ s . 3Rewri tethesesentencesusi ngsmal landcapi t
all et t ers. 1madri disin spai n.. . . 2l ondonis ont het hames
3ar eyoulearningItalian? 4my f at heris Spani sh 5i don'
tlikemondays 6mybi rt hdayisinmay. 7yoursfai thful l y,paulmay
8mymmis a doct or I'vegot af t ernoon. 6 DoIneed am /is/arein
thissentence? 1Ti ckt he cor r ectsentencei n eachpai r. 1aThe
personwho sitsnextto me is cal l edNatalia, bThe personwho
sitsnextto me cal l edNatalia. 2aI may go to t he cinema,but I am
notsure, bI may go to the cinema,but I notsure. We useamlisIare:
withan adjectiveto describepeopl eandthings: Mycousinis tall.Heis
good-lookingtoo. with-ingtoformt he presentcont i nuous: /hopeyou
are feelingwell. with goingto to talkaboutthefuture: I'mnot goingto
go shoppingonSaturday. withthe pastparticipleto formthe passive:
CardiffandSwanseaare situatedin southWales. afterthereandhere:
Thereare a lot of buildingsneartheschool. Here'sthe bookI
promisedyou. ft Not et hatwe oftenusecont ract i ons{'m,s andre) in
spokenandwrittenEnglish, especially afterpr onounsand shortwords.
3Add am,is or are tothesesentences. 1I've got a new rul erbecausemy
ol d onebr oken 2I likethi sbag,but it t oo small f or my thi ngs
3Hereour phot os.Do you wanttolookat them?.... 4Paul wor k sin
NewYor kandmar r i edt o Anna 5I likebookswhi chi nteresti ng
6Thatall f or now.I wi l lwr i t esoon 7Il ooki ngf or war dt
oseeingyou 8Jackaf r ai dhis wi f ewillfailher dri vi ngtest
2Correctt he mi st akebel ow. Lookat my shoes!.t hem. 7 TEST1 Compl
et et hephrases wi t haoran.Thenrewri t et hephrase wi t ht headj
ecti ve. 'exam(hard) 2university(old) 3idea(interesting)
Jhouse.(unusual) 5restaurant(expensive) 6hour.(extra)
'.uncle.(rich) 8lesson(eaSy) Rewri tet hel et t erusi ng capi t all
et t erswherenecessary. Therearesi xt eenerrors. 55sandfieldroad
oxford ox57rn february10th2005 dearrcrsbrown pleasef i
ndenclosedadepositf orbedandbreakfastaccommodati on f
ortheweekendof march15th.myhusbandandilookf orward to
seeingyouthen. yourssincerely barbaraparker 3Compl et et het extwi
t ham,isorare. Myname(1)Jul i eWi seandI (2)21yearsol d.IliveinSpai
n,butI (3)Br i t i sh.Mypar ent s(4). Engl i sht eacher sinMadr i
d.Iwor kinanof f i ceand mysi st er(5)st udyi ngEngl i shatuni
versi t y Mostofourf r i ends(6)Spani sh,butmy bestf r i end(7)f r
omAr gent i na.She(8) asecr et ar yinani nt er nat i onalbank. 4Wri
t esentencesusi ng thenot es.Uses orareand capi t al l et t
erswherenecessary. 1THENI LE/THELONGESTRIVERI NAFRICA
2CHINESENEWYEAR/OFTENI NJANUARY 3NICOLEKI DMAN/ANAUSTRALIANACTRESS
4JUVENTUSANDLAZIO/ITALIANFOOTBALLTEAMS 5KI NGLEAR /PIAY ABOUT
ANOLDENGLISHKI NG ANDHISTHREEDAUGHTERS 6THEHIMALAYAS/I NASIA
7SHOPSI NBRITAIN/OFTENOPENONSUNDAY 8LOS ANGELES/I NCALIFORNIA 5Aret
hesent encesri ghtor wrong?Correctt hose whi charewr ong.
1Howdeepisthepaci f i cocean? 2I'mmeetingonef r i endofminelater
3Theynotsaneaboutt heanswer 4I'vegotsomeapples.Wouldyoulikeone?
5Thereissomepeopl eint hepark 6I veryt i r edtoday. 7We'restayi
ngattheRamseyHotel 8See youinhalfahour 9 Singularorplural? 1Ticki l
i ccorrectsentenceIneachpai r. 1aI'm going tohave the most
wonderful holidayofmy life here hI'm goingto havethe mostwonderful
holidays ofmy life here. 2aI don'twearold clothsforwork hI
don'twearold clothes forwork. Curtainorcurtains'1. We use
curtainsunlesswearereferri ngtoonecurt ai nonl y:
I'dliketobuysomenewcurtainsformyroom,(hutThe
rightcurtainislongerthanthe leftone.) Holidayorholidays? We say
aholidayI onholidaywhenwetalkabouta t ri pora dayoffwork. We cansay
schoolholidaysI summerholidaystodescri bea peri odoft i me: /
hopeyouenjoyyourholidayinliritain. Mountainormountains! Weuse
mountainswhenwetalkaboutanarea:
Myumie'shouseisinthemountainsnearTurin. Cloth,clothsorclothes?
Weuse clothestotalkaboutthi ngspeopl ewear. We say
anitemorapieceofclothing todescribeonet hi ngonly. Acloth(pl
uralcloths)is a pieceofmateri alforapart i cul ar
purpose,e.g.tabiccloth,orformaki ngcl othes: /
amgoingtobuysomenewclothesforthewedding. 3Compl et et hesentenceswi
t ha si ngul arorpl ur alwor df r omt hi spage. 1That.?r*f?.l.ist
orn,soI'mgoi ngtomendit. 2Dur i ngthesummerI workedi na shop. 3I cl
i mbedthebehi ndthehouseonemor ni ng. 1Where'stheforwashi
ngthedishes? 5Mybedcoverisl l owery,justlike(heatthewi ndows.
tiComeandvisitmeforyournext 7I woremynewattheweekend. KI
alwaystakeamapwhenI gotothe Pluraloruncountable?
1TickthecorrectsentenceIneachpai r. )aV.cj feetoretoosrooll
forthese shoes. 1)My footsaretoosmall fortheseshoes 2aiIhmkItalian
foodis the bestin I tie world. bithinkItalian food arethe bestin
the world. Mostpl uralnounsendin-s. However,somepl uralnounsarei
rregul ar: Mvneighbouris
awonderfulpersonOurneighboursnrewonderfulpeople. Otheri rregul arpl
uralnounsi ncl ude:nittn men.womanwomen, child children,fool
feel,looihleeth.mousemice dPoliceandstaffatealsopl ural
:Thepolicearehard-working. Somenounshavenopl uralf or m.
Wesaythatnounssuchaswaterandcheese are ' uncount abl
e'becausewecan'tcountt hem. Wecanonl ycountglasses/bottlesof
wtnerandpiecesI slicesofcheese.Compare:
I'dlikesomewater,please,andI'dlikea
glassofwater,please,(nottuHMwHers) Othercommonuncount abl
enouns\nc\udefood,furniture,hair,homework,
information,moneyandwork.Weuse si ngul arverbswi t huncount abl
enouns: The furnitureinmybedroomlooksgood. Myhairis
darkbrown,(butI've gotonegreyhairbehindmyear.) Canyoubuymea
newspaper?onthetable. Under l i net hecorrectf or m. 1I Iereis I
aresomei nf or mat i onabouthotelsi nParis. 2Somechi l drenis I
ateafrai dofclogs. 3TherewasIwerea hottl eofwaterinthefridge.
4Thestaffis loreonat rai ni ngcourse. r>ThewomanIwomenis readi
ngthenewspaper, b"YourhairlooksIhairslookveryni ce. 7I l
owmanyslicesofbreadIbreadhaveyougot? 8Thi shomeworkwasIwereeasy.
WhendoIuseofand whendoIuseanapostrophe? VVc use apostrophe+ s
Cs)totalkaboutti l i ngsassociatedwi t honeperson: My
friend'snameisNatalia. These aremyhusband'sthings. Weuse s +
apostrophe(s') totalkaboutthi ngsassociatedwi t hmorethanoneperson:
Hereis my friends'teacher. The students'recordsareinthecupboard.
&Natethatwcuse anapostrophe+ s Cs)wi t hi rregul arpl
uralnouns: 77te children'spartyis attheclub. We alsouse apostrophe+
5 Cs)onitsown: Mybirthdayisthesamedayas mymother's. Wcuse
oftotalkaboutthingsassociatedwi t hplacesandobjects:
RomeisthecapitalofItaly,(notttaly's-eapital) The
answersareatthebackofthebook. 1l i c kthecorrectsentencei neachpai
r. 1aWe spentt wodays inraygrandmother's house. I)We spenttwodays
in the house of ray grandmother 2aLook atthe top ofthe page, hLook
atthe page'st op Thesearemyparents. Andthisis 3Wri t epossessive
sentencesusi ngt hewordsi nbracket s.
11visited...."Xa.irH^..^.?.?.1.... (schoolI myfriend). 2We
stayedin(otherhouseIherfamily). 3' GardenDesigns'is(nameI
hiscompany). 4it's(birthdayI mylittlebrother). 5(cousinsI my
father)livei nArgenti na. 6Theyare(brothersImybestfriend).
7(phonenumbersImy friends)arcinthisbook. 8I f ound(glasses Iman).
12 TEST 2 1I nsertanapost r ophewherenecessary. 1The bobys
dothesorein the cupboard 2My English isn'tas good as ray wifes 3Do
you know yourneighboursvery well? 4My friends names are Robertoand
Giorgio 5Have you gotthe oddress ofthe hotel? 6My teachersfamily
comes from Scotland 7Lookatthatboysshoes/ 8Have you gotthe
childrensthings? 2Addthepl ur alendi ng-s wherenecessary. 1My
parents didn'tenjoytheirholiday 2The staffwere all very nice. 3I
like yournew curtaia 4Two police officercame tothe door. 5My
fronttooth hurts/ 6Ilike going tothe Scottish mountain in winter...
7When did you get yourhair cut? 8I'llwash those dirtydish cloth.
3Rewri t ethesesentencesi nt hepl ur alf or m. 1Thi
sistheman'shook. These 2Thef urni t urei nthebedr oomis qui t eol
d. The 3i lisbookis onthedesk. Thei r 4Doyouk/i
owthatwomanoverthere? Do 5isthatyourfriend' sjacket? Are 6Thehoyis
doi nghishomework. The 7Thi snewcaris qui t eni ce. These 8Whi
chchi l dwearsglasses? Whi ch 1.1 4Wri t et wosentencesf oreachpi
ct ur e.UsesomeInthefi rstsentenceandoneoft he wordsInt heboxi
nthesecond. barbot t l ecupglassj arl oafpacketpiece 1I'dlike
2CanIhave 3Woul dyoulike 4Coul d1 have 5Doyouwant 6ShallIget 7Di
dyoubuy 8I'mgoi ngtobuy 5Arcthesentencesri
ghtorwrong?Correctthosewhi charewr ong. 1Which cloths are you
wearing f orthe party? 2Con I have some informationsaboutthis
course? 3My brother' sgirlfriendis from Mew Zealand 4There aresome
f oodin the fridge 5Where's yourhomework? (>I eatafruitevery day
7Who sits atthe class's front? })This is ray grandparent's car. 14
What's thenegative form of have? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentencei neachpai
r. 1a] don'thave dinner wi th my parents veryof t en bI
haven'tdinner wi th my parents very often. 2aWe didn't have
gotenough money t oboy a drink, bWe didn'thave enough money to boy
a drink. Weuse ei therhaveorhavegotwhenwetalkaboutourpossessions,
fami l i es,personal characteristicsandai l ments.Rememberthatweuse
hasorhas gotwi t hhe, siteandit.
Ihavealotofclothes.I'vegotalotofclothes.
MymotherhasacousininAustralia.Mymotherhasgota cousininAustralia.
Thenegativef ormsare don'tI doesn'thaveandhaven'tI hasn'tgov.
Idon'thaveacamera,(notI4itiven't-ti-eanma.)
Myroomhasn'tgotmuchfurniture,(notMyroomhastM-mHeitftmnHm'.)
Weusehave(also don'thaveI doesn'thave)foractions:
/don'thavebreakfastinthemorning,(notf-iiaveii't4>reakftist)
liehasa showereverymorning,(notHe-iias-got-ftshotver) Thepasttense
ofhaveandhavegotishad.Thenegativeis didn'thave:
I'vegotaterribleheadache.Iwasn'twellyesterday,butI
didn'thaveaheadache,(not/
hadn'tn-tieadaciw,Hiadn'tnoti}4iead(tebeort-didn't-tmvpgotalieiHiaebe)
Thefuturef or miswill('II)have.Thenegativef or miswon'thave. If
youtakethistablet,youwon'thaveaheadache. 2Correctt hemi st akebel
ow MyroomwhenImovedi n, soIboughtone 3Ti ck( )(hesentences whi
charecorrect . I nsomepai rshot hsentences arccorrect . 1aI
don'thave raoch moneybI haven't got raoch money/.. 2aWe didn'thave
gota good holidaybWe didn't have a good holiday 3aHe di dnthove fon
atthe partyhHe hadn'tgotfon atthe party 4iMy parents don'thave a
car.I)My parents haven't gota car. 5a1 didn'thave a j ob last
year.bI hadn't gota j oblastyear. 6aMy sister doesn'thove a
boyfriendhMy sister hasn'tgota boyfriend 7aI hadn'tmy glasses wi
throcbI didn't have my glasses wi th me 8aW.y brotherdoesn't have
red hair.1)My brotherhasn't gotred hair 15
Presentsimpleorpresentcontinuous? 1Ti ckthecorrectsentenceI
neachpai r. 1aI'm going tothe dobevery evening I)1 gotothe dobevery
evening 2aMy father's gota good j ob. He's working foran
international bank. I)My father'sgota good j obHe worksforan
international bank. Wcusethepresentsi mpl etotalkabout :
permanentstates:/ don'tlivenearnnundergroundstation. regularhabi
ts:/ playfootballmostweekends. generalt rut
hs:Garagemechanicsrepaircars. We usethepresentcont i
nuoustotalkaboutcurrentacti onsoreventsthatare unf i ni shed:
todescri bewhatishappeni ngatthet i meofspeaki ng:
CanyouswitchtheTV off?I'mnotwatchingit. todescribet
emporaryactions, oftenwi t htoday,thisweek, etc. toshowtheperi od
oft i me: Tinwalkingto schoolthismonth.It'sgoodforme. to
describeongoi ngacti onswhi charehappeni ngaroundthist i mebutnot
necessarilyatthet i meofspeaking:
I'mlearningl-nglishbecauseIwanttoworkinatravelagent's. 3Compl et et
hesentenceswi t hthepresentsi mpl eorpresentcont i nuousf or mof
play,read,wearandwork. 1MysisterYf.?.^.as anai rstewardessforAl i
tal i a. 2Chi l dreni nBri tai nusuallyschooluni f or m. 3Ia
bookaboutthehi storyofHome.It's veryi nteresti ng.
4Someofthebestfootbal l ersi nthewor l dforIlealMadr i d.
5Imynewshoestoday. 6Myfathertravelbooksi nhisfreeti me. 7Lucia'si
nherbedr oom.Shea gameonthecomput er. 8Ireallyhardthi smont h. 16
Which verbsdon'thavea continuousform? Ti ckt hecorrectsentenceI
neachpai r. 1;iIthinkthis spaghetti is great bI'm thinkingthis
spaghetti is great. 2aI don'tknowthe answertothe question. bI'm
notknowingthe onswertothequestioa We donotusethecont i nuousf or
mwi t hthef ol l owi ng verbswhi chdescribethoughts andfeelings:
believe,depend, forget,bate.know.like.love. mean.need, prefer,
remember,understand,want Somecommonverbshavemoret hanonemeani ng.
We donotusethecont i nuous f
ormwhenthinkmeansbelieveandwhenhavereferstopossession.Compare: /
thinkit's goingtorainsoon,andI'mthinkingaboutbecominga teacher.
Mysisterhasanewcar. andShe isn'tathomenow.She's havinga
drivinglesson. We donotusuallyusethecont i nuousf or mwi t hhear,
smellandtaste. We canuse seeingwhenitreferstomeet i ngsomeonei
nthefuture. We oftenuse canwi t hhear, smell,tasteandsee
todescribewhatishappeni ngnow.Compare: /(can)see
twowomeninthepicture,andI'mseeingmysistertomorrowevening. We usebot
hthecont i nuousandsi mpl ef ormoflookand feeltotalkaboutnow:
You'relookingtired.What'sthematter?andYou
looktired.What'sthematter? I'mfeelingnervousaboutmyexams,and/
feelnervousaboutmyexams. ( / )t hesentences whi charccor r ect . I
nsomepai rsbot hsentencesarecorrect . I'm liking to getup earlybI
like to getop early 'Whatis this word meaning?bWhat doesthis word
mean? Howore you feeling?bHow do you fee!? I'm notneeding anything,
thank youhI don'tneed anything, thank you I'mthinking aboutbuying a
car.bIthink aboutbuying a car. This soop is tasting really
nicebThis souptastes really nice My motheris looking ti redbMy
motherlooksti red I'm nothaving bbe eyesb1don'thave blue eyes 17
TEST 3 1I t ewri t eIhcscscntenccs' Int henegati vef or m.
1Mynewcoatliasgota belt 2I'vegotthreecousi ns 3Wchaddi
nnerathomeyesterdayeveni ng. . . . 4I'llhavea cupofcoffee 5Mymu
mhas gota sore throat 6Ihave a showereverymor ni ng 7Mybrot herhas
a gi rl f ri endi n Ameri ca 8I hadfl ulastwi nter. 2Chooset
hecorrectf or m. 1I'intryingItrynottoeatchocol atethi sweek.
2Canyouanswerthephone?I'mmaking/makethedi nner. 3John'sgoingI
goestotheci nemat woorthreeti mesamont h. 4Thi sspaghettiis
tastingI tastesdel i ci ous! 5I'inreading/reada
bookaboutPicassoatthemoment . 6Chi l dreni nsomecountri
esaren'tgoingI don'tgotoschool . 7Pleasebe careful !I'
mhaving/itavea brokenar m. 8MyEnglishisimprovingIimproves. 3Compl
et et hesentenceswi t hthecorrectf or moft heverb. 1Mydad(try)tol
earntheguitar,buthe (notwant)tohavelessons.
2CanyouchangetheCD?I(notenjoy)thismusi c,i (want)tol i stentoa di
fferentCD. 3Mysister(need)a newbi ke. She(use) mi neatthemoment .
4Mybrothers(play)f oot bal ltwi cea week,butthey (notlike)wat chi
ngitonTV. 5I(tliink)aboutbuyi nga di gi t alcamera.I (believe)they'
renottooexpensive. 6Be qui et!I(watch)thi sfilm.I(not
make)anoisedur i ngyourfavouri teI Vprogrammes. 7That'sa ni ceperf
umeyou(wear)today. It(smell)veryni ce. 8Mymumisn'thereatthemoment
.She(have)l unchwi t ha fri end,1(think). 18 4Compl et ethepost
card. Use t hepresentsi mpl e, presentcont i nuousorcan+ I nf i ni
t i vef or mof t heverbsi nthebox. sec havehearknow sitsl aywor k
J_ tbij'tittiwiilenion.I(ii
>v.tk.mymnt.Su(3)nLondonforayuttndinvifedmto
viSitutrtttflit>s ontuUnlkflmAndIr f ituT w ofLondonfrom
rnybdn/onwrAdot*I(5isemewurt
,nUnttn^tvtfydtyAndIntnttotuTu^vtrytsUtdiyIt'scmo\\ot\.now andI
cbi' iQfnTVt.I(7)tunmnd
ofaf&ttn^int.I(fiIflvitewdtuK'MtiofftktSmorn,n^,
soIdon'tUirUtktfrf-e'fintnt' *ful? t ot .fCdtt^ ii 5Arct
hesentencesri ghtorwr ong?Correctthosewhi charewr ong. 1You look
greatm that jacket! 2'We always have gota party atthe end ofterrn
3You can borrowthis peaI'm notneeding it 4Birds are making their
nests in spring 5Ihadn' tgota cola lastwinter 6Do yoti prefer
darkormilk chocolate? 'I wearmy new jeonstoday 8We'rethmkmg the
shops will close sooa 19 Regularorirregularpastsimpleforms? 1Ti ckt
hecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aThey paid foureuros forthetickets,
bThey payed four euros forthetickets. 2aMy feetfell cold when I
putthern onthefloor, bMy feetfeltcold when I putthem on thefloor.
Regularpastsi mpl eformsendi n -eel: clean~cleaned,play
played,arrivearrived trytried,carry carried,tidytidied plan
planned,slip slipped,robrobbed Someverbshavei rregul arpastsi mpl
ef orms: gowent,find-*found,pay-*paid,say
said,buy-bought,bringbrought Someverbshavethesamepastsi mpl ef or
mandi nf i ni t i vef or m: letlet,put put.cost-*cost, read/ri-.uV
- read/red/ Somei rregul arpastsi mpl ef ormsareeasilyconf used:
Myunclebroughthiswifewithhim.(bri ng) U'e
boughtmanypresentswhenwewereonholiday,(buy) /
slip/ledandfelldownthestairs,(fall) tgotoutofbedbecause1
feltbetter, (feel) 2Correctt hemi st akebel ow. 3Compl et et
hesentenceswi t ht hepastsi mpl ef or moft heverb. 1I
don*tknowhowthel amp.fek(fall)down. 2Di dyouunderst
andwhatshe(snyP. 3I(cut)myleg whenIsl i pped. 4Myaunt(tire)i n
Toront oformanyyears. 5Thi sis a presentmyfather(bring)mcf r
omHome. 6I(slay)i na hostelwhenIfirstarri vedhere. 7Myfri
ends(buy)meanewwnt ch. 8Myuncl e(study)i nNewYork
andthenworkedthere. 20 How doI formthepastsimplenegative? Ti ckt
hecorrectsentencei neachpai r. 1aJohn didn'tdrinkhis cop offeo.
hJohn didn'tdranh his cup oftea. 2aI didn'twenttothe cinema otthe
weekend, h1 didn'tgoto the cinema atthe weekend. We use
didnot(didn't)+ (hei nf i ni t i veoftheverbwhenwef or mthepastsi
mpl e negative. Themai nverbstaysi nthei nf i ni t i ve: /
playedtenniseverydaylastweek, butI
didn'tplayyesterday,(notHlidu'tplayed)
ItrainedalotinApril,butitdidn'trainmuchinMay.(notH-didn'i-raiHetl)
Irregularverbsalsousethei nf i ni t i vei nthenegative:
Shewenttothedentistyesterdaymorning,so she didn'tgotowork.
Ididn'thavelimeto goshoppingyesterday,(notl-ltadn't-thne)