The key answer of exercise 1
The key to exercise solutions in chapter Workbook - This is us for the textbook Performer B1 Phases, Vol. 1 with authors M. Spiazzi, M. Tavella, M. Layton, E. Fiordiliso from Zanichelli
Question
Revise the Grammar reference and complete the grammar map.
Answer
Past simple
FORM
Spelling rules of regular verbs
- use → used
- try → tried
- plan → planned
- admit → admitted
- cancel → cancelled
- panic → panicked
Negative
Regular verbs
- I / You / He / She / It / We / They didn't (did not) call your friend.
Irregular verbs
- I / You / He / She / It / We / They didn't speak to James.
Interrogative
Regular verbs
- Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they call your friend?
Irregular verbs
- Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they speak to James?
Short answers
Regular and irregular verbs
- Yes, I / you / he / she / it / we / they did.
- No, I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn't.
Three kinds of irregular verbs
- Always the same form hit, hit, hit
Same form in the past simple and past participle or in the infinitive and past participle
- sleep, slept, slept
- become, became, become
Three different forms
- drink, drank, drunk
SIGNAL WORDS
- This morning / afternoon / evening.
- The day before yesterday.
- Last week / month / Tuesday
- Two / Three minutes / days / weeks / months ago
- In 2015 / in the 12th century
- When we arrived / When I was a child.
USE
To talk about finished states, events, and actions that took place at a specific time in the past.
Examples:
- We met last Sunday.
- She graduated from university in 2005.
To describe completed actions which happened in sequence.
Examples:
- First they opened the door, then they turned on the light.
- She cooked dinner, then she set the table.