A unit 9 grammar

English

Unit 9:Survivors
A: Grammar
The past simple tense: regular verbs


Homework

Choose the best option a, b, c or d
1. You sit………….a chair
a. in b. at
c. under
d. on
2. There……….a book on the table.
a. is b. are c. be
d. to be
3. How many people…….in your family?
a. there are b. there is c. are there
d. is
there
4. We cook in the……………….
a. living room b. kitchen c. bedroom d.
restroom
5. Letter “th” in the word thank is
pronounced….
a. [ð]
b. [θ] c. [dʒ] d. [d]


Unit 9: survivor

Grammar
The past simple tense: regular verbs


Vocabulary
-Survivor (n) Người sống sót
-Revolution (n) Cách Mạng
-Alive (adj): còn sống
-Great-grandfather (n): Cụ ông
-Great-grandmother (n): Cụ bà
-Leave (v): rời khỏi
-Actor / actress (n): Nam/ nữ diễn viên


I. Grammar in use
1. Look at the picture and the conversation.
Who are the three people

Madelaine

Adam

Adam’s great-grandfather


I. Grammar in use
2. Read and listen to the conversation. Choose the countries
that Alexei lived in, and put them in the correct order.
4

The USA
2
1
3

Spain
Canada
Sweden
Russia
Argentina
France


II. Rules
1. The conversation ues the past simple tense.
a. Find the past simple formsn of these verbs.
Write them in the table
Present

past

Stay
Want
Move
Decide
Die

Stayed
Wanted
Moved

Decided
died

b. How do we make the past simple tense?
- Add “d” or “ed” to the end of the verb
c. Listen to the conversation again. What do you notice
about the verbs “want” and “decide”


II. Rules
2. Complete these sentences from the conversation
live
He..............there
for only a few months.
Did
stay
..................he....................in
Sweden.
He..........................there
very long
didn’t stay
a. How do we make questions and negatives in the past
simple tense?
b. Which part of the verb do we use after did or didn’t?
+ S + V (ed) + O
-S + didn’t + V (bare) + O


II. Rules
3. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

1. Did he (liked/ like) Sweden? – Yes, he (did/ liked)
2. Did he (stay/ stayed) in France? – No, (he didn’t/ didn’t stay).
3. He didn’t (wanted/ want) to leave Russia.
Notes:
? Did + S + V (bare) + O?
Yes, S + did
No, S + didn’t


III: Practice
1. Adam id talking about his great-grandfather. Put the verbs
in brackets into the past simple tense.
wanted
was
1. He................(want)
to stay in Russia, but it...............(be)
too dangerous.
2. When he...............(be)
was
in France, he.....................(work)
worked
in
a factory.
arrived
3. When he.....................(arrive)
in the USA, he................
lived
(live) in Boston.
moved

4. But then he................(move)
to Los Angeles in California.
5. He....................(like)
liked
California, so he....................(decide)
decided
to stay there.
opened
6. Later he......................(open)
a music shop.
was
returned
7. When he...................(be)
an old man, he..................
(return) to Russia for a holiday.
8. He..................(die)
died
before I.........................(be)
was
born.


III: Practice
2.
Make these sentences negative
Answers:
1.
to leave
Rassia.
1.Alexei

Alexeiwanted
didn’t want
to leave
Rassia.
2.
in Sweden
for afor
long
time.time.
2.He
Hestayed
didn’t stay
in Sweden
a long
3.
England
for two
3.He
Helived
didn’tinlive
in England
foryears.
two years.
4.
in a hotel
in Paris.
4.He
Heworked
didn’t work
in a hotel

in Paris.
5.
his job
France.
5.He
Heenjoyed
didn’t enjoy
hisin
job
in France.
6.
to the
by plane.
6.He
Hetravelled
didn’t travel
to USA
the USA
by plane.
7.
7.He
Heliked
didn’tBoston.
like Boston.
8.
to SantoFrancisco.
8.He
Hemoved
didn’t move
San Francisco.

9.
a filma company.
9.He
Hestarted
didn’t start
film company.
10.
when
AdamAdam
was two
old. old.
10.He
Hedied
didn’t
die when
wasyears
two years


III: Practice
3. Adam and Maderlaine are talking about Adam’s greatgrandmother
a. Make Maderlaine’s questions
Die before you were born?
Stay there?
Where/ live in the USA?
Born in the USA?
Want to work in films?
Succeed?
Why/ decide to leave Ireland?
When/ her family move to the States?

b. Listen and check your answers.
Answers:

-Was she born in the USA?
-When did her family move to the States?
-Why did they decide to leave Ireland?
-Where did they live in the USA?
-Did they stay there?
-Did she want to work in films?
-Did she succeed?
-Did she die before you were born?


III: Practice
4. Write a about Adam’s great-granddmother.
e.g. Adam’s great-grandmother’s name was Sheena. She was
born............


Consolidation
The past simple tense
Positive: S + V (ed) + O
Negative: S + didn’t + V (bare) + O
Question: Did + S + V (bare) + O?
Yes, S + did.
No, S + didn’t.


HOMEWORK

• Learn by heart new words
• Do exercises 1, 2 - unit 9 (Work
book)
• Write a story about about one of
your ancestors (real or imaginary)