4 Simple Past Tense

Hania, you look so tired!

Did you study for the No, I didn’t. Actually, I
whole day yesterday? played online games for
the whole day!

We use the simple past tense to talk about something that happened in the past.
Statements in the Simple Past Tense:
I / He / She / It was joyful yesterday. I / He / She / It / smiled.
You / We / They were worried last week. You / We / They did not smile.

last year last month yesterday ago this morning once upon a time

We form the simple past tense with regular and irregular verbs in these ways:
Regular Verbs
Add ‘-ed’ Add ‘-d’ Delete ‘-y’ and add Double the consonant
‘-ied’ and add ‘-ed’
comb  combed tie  tied carry  carried chat  chatted

Irregular Verbs
No change Change the whole word
cut  cut let  let take  took win  won sing  sang ride  rode

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Marks: /10

Last Sunday, Peter 1 (take) his brother to the park. Peter 2

(carry) a backpack with him. They 3 (play) on the swing and 4
(ride) the seesaw. In the playground, Peter 5 (meet) his friend Lily and they
6 (chat). Lily 7 (not be) happy because she 8 (cut)
her finger carelessly. In the end, Peter and his brother 9 (go) home at 4 p.m.
and they 10 (be) tired.

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Questions in the Simple Past Tense:

Was I / he / she / it I / he / she / it
amusing? Did take some photos?
Were you / we / they you / we / they

There is one mistake in each line. Find the mistakes and correct Marks: /8
them. Follow the examples below.
e.g. Was you at home last night? Were
Did Peter was take a photo three days ago? was

Kenny: Henry, did you went to school yesterday? 1

Henry: No, I wasn’t. It was Saturday yesterday. 2

Kenny: Yesterday I was went to school for my fencing practice. 3

Henry: Did you practised for a long time? 4

Kenny: No, I didn’t. I was usually practise for three hours each 5

time. I did not felt well so I only stayed for two hours. 6

Henry: Oh … Are you feel better now? 7

Kenny: Yes, I am feel much better now. 8

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Marks: /14

Last Saturday, my sister and I 1 (not have) anything to do at home. We

2 (be) bored so Mum 3 (teach) us how 4 (make)
paper planes. We 5 (use) coloured paper 6 (fold) some planes.
We 7 (draw) some pictures on them too. After that, we 8 (give)
the paper planes to our neighbours. They 9 (be) thrilled 10 (receive)
our paper planes! One of them asked me, ‘ 11 you
(spend) a lot of time 12 (make) the paper
planes?’ I 13 (say), ‘No, I didn’t. We 14 (finish)
all of them within an hour.’

fencing (n.) thrilled (adj.) within (adv.)

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 5 Prepositions of Position

We played hide-and-seek I was in your home.

and no one found you. Ha ha …
Where were you?

We use prepositions of position (e.g. at, in, on) to talk about where someone or something is.
at in on

at the stall, at the door, in the kitchen, in the wardrobe, on the wall, on the balcony,
at the exit, at a party, in prison, in hospital, in the class, on the shelf, on the stage,
at the top of …, in the office, in the corridor, on the noticeboard,
at the bottom of …, in the queue, in the mirror, on the second floor, on Earth,
at the hotel, in space, in the world, in the sun, on the moon, on the planet,
at work, at school, in the rain, in the photograph, on the map, on the list,
at home in the middle of ..., in the mountains, on the left/right of …,
in my home, in bed on the mountain, on the bed

Fill in the blanks with at , in or on. Marks: /14

1 My family is very busy right now. My mum is cooking the kitchen. My dad is
his study room. He works home today. My brother and I are hanging
out the washing the balcony.

2 Last year, I met Tim a party. He worked the office. Now, he has a
new job and he works the hospital.

3 This morning, my dad put up his favourite wildlife photos the wall. Then, he
tidied the magazines the shelf. After that, he took a rest the sofa.

4 Daisy waited for me the exit of the cinema but I waited for her the
entrance of it.
5 I bumped into Dennis the corridor. He told me that Hannah sat the
left of him in the new school year.

wildlife (adj.) entrance (n.) bump into (v.)

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at in on

at 23 Star Street, in Star Street,

streets on Star Street
at the end of the street in the street
at 41 Queen’s Road, on Queen’s Road,
roads
at the end of the road on the road
districts in Kowloon on Hong Kong Island
cities in Hong Kong
countries in China

in the magazine, on TV, on the radio,

media in the film, on the phone, on the computer,
in the newspaper on the Internet

at the airport, in the car, on the bus, on the MTR,

at the bus terminal, in the taxi, on the minibus, on the tram,
traffic
at the train station, in the van on the plane
at the taxi stand

Complete the conversation with the prepositions in the box. Marks: /14

in to on near at of around

Benny: Mum, what is the home address of Cousin Toby? I want to send him a card.
Mum: Cousin Toby lives 1 Flat 2006 2 Super Building. The building
is 3 21 King’s Road.
Benny: Is King’s Road 4 Tsim Sha Tsui?
Mum: No, it is 5 North Point. North Point is 6 Hong Kong Island.
Benny: I see. Can I go to the post office now? It is 7 Moon Street, right?
Mum: Yes. You need to take a bus 8 the bus terminal 9 us. Take bus
number 22 to get 10 the post office. The post office is 11 the
end of Moon Street.
Benny: Mum, did you watch the news 12 TV this morning? It said the bus terminal is
closed. Should I wait for the MTR 13 the MTR station instead?
Mum: Oh yes! I heard the news 14 the radio too! I just forgot about it! You can take
the MTR then.
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 6 Fixing Common Errors (1)

Remember to use ‘on’ to talk about fruit on a tree, but ‘in’ to talk about animals in a tree.

✘ There are many pears in the tree. ✘ I can see many birds on the tree.
✔ There are many pears on the tree. ✔ I can see many birds in the tree.

Remember to use ‘in’ before ‘the morning / afternoon’, but ‘on’ before ‘days of the week +
morning / afternoon’.

✘ Linda visited the Big Buddha on the afternoon.

✔ Linda visited the Big Buddha in the afternoon.

✘ Emma went jogging in Sunday afternoon.

✔ Emma went jogging on Sunday afternoon.

Fill in the blanks with the prepositions in the box. Marks: /13

at in on

1 Christmas Eve, Jennifer had dinner 7 o’clock night.

2 Lauren likes going fishing Sunday morning.
3 Look! There are many birds this tree and lots of apples that tree.
4 Christmas, Cindy went to a shopping mall the afternoon.
5 Jeremy enjoys going camping autumn. His family is going to have a camping trip
Friday afternoon.
6 The Sports Day is April. Emma wants to join the 100m running race
the Sports Day.
7 Sandy is going to have a birthday party 21st May.

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Remember that we usually put adverbs of frequency (e.g. always, often, sometimes, never)
after the verb ‘be’ or before the main verb.

✘ Mrs Wong always is patient. ✘ Mrs Wong loses her temper never.
✔ Mrs Wong is always patient. ✔ Mrs Wong never loses her temper.

Remember that we use singular verbs (e.g. gets, is) with ‘somebody / everybody / nobody’.

✘ Somebody rob the bank. ✘ In my class, everybody have a mobile phone.

✔ Somebody robs the bank. ✔ In my class, everybody has a mobile phone.

There is one mistake in each line. Find the mistakes and correct Marks: /14
them. Follow the examples below.
e.g. Dad is not driveing his truck. driving
Ann and Sue are play the guitar every night. are

Emma: Hannah, is your new home on Wan Chai? 1

Hannah: No, it is not. Wan Chai is in Hong Kong Island. My 2
new home is in Tsim Sha Tsui. It is at Merry Street. 3
Emma: That’s great! Is your home on the end of the street? 4
Hannah: Yes, it is. My mum is thinks the location of it is convenient. 5
Emma: I agree with you. I think everybody want to move there. 6
Hannah: I feel happy that my new home was close to my relatives. 7
I can be visit them more often from now on. 8
Emma: I see. By the way, do you knew there is a new film 9
calle d Beeman? Many people says it is exciting! 10
Hannah: Yes, I know this film! I really want to watching it! 11
Emma: Let’s watch it together! Shall we watched it at Moon Cinema? 12
It is in the left of HCO Bank. 13
Hannah: Sure! The seats of that cinema is very comfortable. 14

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 8 Simple Future Tense (1)

Betsy, I will go to the new

theme park Dreamyland next
Sunday. Will you join me? Yes, I will! I want
to go there too!

We use the simple future tense to talk about something that may happen in the future.
Statements in the Simple Future Tense:

I / He / She / It / will base form of • will not = won’t

go tomorrow.
You / We / They will not the verb • will = ’ll e.g. I will = I’ll

tomorrow next week soon later this coming Sunday tonight

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Marks: /13

1 Look! The monkey (steal) some bananas from the shop.

2 My little sister (win) a prize in a ballet competition two years ago.
3 Sam and Ron (eat) a buffet dinner in a hotel tomorrow.
4 Mum (not cook) noodles tonight. She (make) fried rice.
5 My friends (go) to an aquarium this coming Saturday.
6 Dad is tired. I think he (not paint) the wall later today.
7 I (go) to the beach with Ruby next week.
8 Last year, I (be) too short to go on the roller coaster.
9 My family always (visit) my grandparents at weekends.
10 Kenneth (invite) Tom to join his basketball team last week.
11 Lily (not study) in Canada next year. She (further) her studies in
the UK.

buffet (adj.) aquarium (n.) further (v.)

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Questions in the Simple Future Tense:

I / he / she / it / I / he / she / it / I / he / she / it /

Will jump? Yes, will. No, will not.
you / we / they you / we / they you / we / they

There is one mistake in each line. Find the mistakes and correct Marks: /7
them. Follow the examples below.
e.g. Tom is not go to school tomorrow. will
Bianca will plays her guitar every night. will

Fred: Carl, what will you doing tomorrow? 1

Carl: I will not go to the beach with Andy. 2

Fred: Oh, that’s nice! Can I joined you? 3

Carl: Sure! Andy and I will building a sandcastle on the beach. 4

We buy a bucket for that last week. 5

Fred: Great! Where will we be meet tomorrow? 6

Carl: Let’s wait at the bus stop. We go by bus. 7

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Marks: /11

Last year, Paul 1 (not like) eating vegetables. He 2 (think)

they were horrible. Now, Paul’s mum can 3 (cook) creative dishes with
vegetables for Paul. She always 4 (make) vegetable dumplings and mushroom
omelettes for Paul. Paul 5 (love) them! He 6 (not hate) eating
vegetables any more. Next week, Paul’s mum 7 (start) teaching
Paul 8 (cook). They 9 (not make) tiramisu because
it is difficult 10 (make) for Paul. They 11 (make) fruit
tarts instead.

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 19 Adjectives + Prepositions

Dinny, do you want some honey?

It is rich in vitamins. Sure, thanks! I am
always excited about
eating it.

We can put a preposition after an adjective to express certain meanings.

high absent
interested in different from
rich far

clever
good at
surprised

Fill in the blanks with in , from or at. Marks: /9

1 My mum taught me how to eat healthily. She said, ‘Beef and pork are rich
protein. Milk and cheese are high calcium. We should eat more of them.’

2 Peter was absent school last week because he was sick.

3 Dickson and Rick are twins. However, they are very different each other. Rick
loves reading and listening to music by himself. Dickson is far Rick. He likes
playing computer games and doing sports with his friends.

4 Alan is always hard-working so we were not surprised his good results in

exams. He is especially clever Maths.

5 My sister Sammy is interested doing sports. She is very

good doing karate.

protein (n.) calcium (n.) karate (n.)

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bad happy
famous for excited about
sorry worried

afraid
fond of
full

Complete the letter with the prepositions in the box. Marks: /13

for about of in from at

Dear Irene,

How are you? I am full 1 joy! I was so happy 2 the school

picnic that I went on yesterday.

I am always interested 3 having a picnic. Many of my friends were excited

4 it too. When I got to school yesterday, I was a bit upset because my best
friend Jim was absent 5 school. I felt sorry 6 him.

We set off at 9 a.m. and arrived at the park at 10 a.m. The park is famous
7 its beautiful lake. We saw plenty of white and black swans there. Ann is fond
8 animals so she was very happy. Peter is afraid 9 animals
so he was scared. After putting down our bags, we played hide-and-seek. Angel was so good
10 it that she won a few rounds! At noon, we had lunch together. Ann brought
some egg and cheese sandwiches. She said they were high 11 calcium. Peter
brought some soft drinks. Ann said soft drinks were bad 12 our health. Finally,
we went back to school at 3 p.m.

How is your school life in Australia? Is it very different 13 mine?

Love,
Zoe

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 26 Revision Test (4) For Units 21 – 25

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Marks: /22

Last month, Boston 1 (see) a beautiful bird in a tree in his garden. He wanted
2 (climb) up the tree and 3 (look) at it closely. He 4 (try)
to climb very hard but he still failed 5 (do) it.

Today, Boston tried 6 (climb) up the tree again. He 7 (try) a few

times and he could 8 (climb) up the tree finally. Suddenly, Boston’s mum
9 (go) to the garden and 10 (see) Boston. ‘ 11 (stop)
climbing, Boston!’ his mum 12 (shout). ‘You must not 13 (climb) the
tree. It 14 (not be) safe. You ought to 15 (go) down now.’ After Boston
16 (go) down, his mum 17 (say) to him,
‘ 18 (not do) it any more! You could 19 (fall) off the tree and
20 (get) hurt!’ Boston 21 (reply), ‘Sure, Mum! I 22 (not be)
naughty again!’

Complete the conversation with the prepositions in the box. Marks: /10

into with on at round for up from to

Chris: Hi Gary, are you OK? Did you get 1 trouble?

Gary: Yes. I fell asleep in Mr Lee’s class.
Chris: Martha talked 2 me about it. She said all eyes were 3
you in class. Then, Mr Lee stared 4 you.
Gary: Yes, Mr Lee yelled 5 me. He told me to wake 6
immediately. He asked me to see him at recess. I was very tired in class because I
worked 7 the clock yesterday for my Maths project.
Chris: Oh … Poor you! Look! Mr Lee is waiting 8 you there now.
Gary: I’m shivering 9 fear, Chris! I hope he won’t punish me.
Chris: I hope so. You ought to ask 10 his forgiveness sincerely then.

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Complete the email with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Marks: /14

Dear Elizabeth,
How are you? 1 you (have) a good time in Japan now?
When 2 you (finish) your trip? Let’s 3 (have)
a play date at my house when you 4 (come) back.

Last week, I 5 (visit) my friend Daisy. She 6 (prepare)

some tea and sandwiches. She could 7 (make) egg and bacon
sandwiches. They 8 (be) delicious! I hope I 9 (be) a good
cook like her.

I 10 (start) learning dancing next week. I look forward to

11 (know) more about jazz dance. I 12 (dance) for you when
we 13 (get) together. I hope you 14 (enjoy) my dance.
Best,
Sarah

There is one mistake in each line. Find the mistakes and correct Marks: /8
them. Follow the examples below.
e.g. Jonathan and Mandy is upset about losing the game. are
I will be go to Hailey’s new home tomorrow. be

Jerry: Hello Ben, you are panting to breath. Do you need help? 1

Ben: Thank you for worrying to me. I ran from my home to school. 2

Jerry: No wonder you can hardly breathing. It is a long way! 3

Ben: Yes, it is. I got in late today. It was half past nine when I 4

looked at my alarm clock. Then, I was ran to school because 5

my football training would starts at 10 a.m. 6

Jerry: Oh! It’s 9:55 a.m. now. The training is going to starting soon! 7

Ben: Yes! Talking to you later! 8

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