i The Past Simple is used to talk about a finished action in the past. We usually know when the action / event happened or didnt happen.
e.g. I was at the meeting last week.
I received your message yesterday.
You didnt send me the document.
| Affirmative (+) | Negative (-) | Question (?) | ||||
| I You He She We They | worked. | I You He She We They | didnt work. | Did | I You He She We They | work? |
ii Spelling
- Most regular verbs: verb + -ed
start start ed
- Verbs ending in e: verb + -d
decide decid ed
- Verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant: double the last
stop stop ped
- Verbs ending in consonant + -y: replace y with ied
try tr ied
iii Past Simple irregular verbs
Many of the most common verbs in English are irregular. Some of the irregular verbs from this module are given below. For a full list, see the table of irregular verbs.
| buy | bought | leave | left |
| fly | flew | meet | met |
| go | went | take | took |
| have | had | write | wrote |
ASSIGNMETNTS
A Fill in the gaps using the verbs below in the correct form.
| get | leave | see | have | be |
| visit | arrive | make | meet | go |
| travel | attend | go | return |
Mike Hodgkinson is the Chief Executive of British Airports Authority. This is his diary for last week.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| I ...1 up early and ..2 at the office at 8.00 a.m. At 9.00 I ..3 a meeting with Gabriele Renzully, the Director of Naples Airport. After a nice lunch I .4 to the bank to discuss future investments. At 5.00 p.m. I ...5 the office and ...6 to the Millennium Dome by boat. I ..7 delegates for the ACI conference. In the evening there...8 a conference dinner at the Dorchester Hotel. | I ..9 the opening speech for the ACI conference and then .10 different talks and seminars during the day. I 11 lots of old contacts. | A normal morning at the office. I had lunch with a journalist who wanted to hear about our future plans. In the afternoon I attended a board meeting and made a presentation on our future strategy. In the evening my wife and I .12 our son and daughter inlaw for dinner. | Trip to Stansted Airport. I met a lot of staff and customers. I 13 to London in the evening and 14 to the opera to see La Bohéme. |
B Change the order of these words to make questions, as in the example. Then answer the questions.
1) morning who he Monday on he meet?
e.g. Who did he meet on Monday morning? He met Gabriele Renzully.
2) the Dome time he did what visit?
3) travel how he there did?
4) he evening on dinner where have did Monday?
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5) on did lunch he who Wednesday have with?
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6) he who on evening did visit Wednesday?
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7) did Thursday on where he evening go?
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8) see he did what?
C Now answer these questions with full sentences.
1) What did he discuss with Gabriele? e.g. He discussed Naples Airport.
2) What time was his first meeting on Monday? - ..
3) What did he make on Tuesday morning? - .
4) Where did he spend the day on Tuesday? - .
5) What did he attend on Wednesday? - ..
6) What did he do there? -
7) Where did he go on Thursday? - ..
8) Who did he meet? - ..
TEXT B
1 Study this vocabulary and definitions and think of Russian equivalents:
acquisition the act of buying something such as a company, a building, or a piece of land
( -.; )
brand the name of a product produced or sold by a particular company
customer a person or an organization that buys a product or service
developing country a country with little industrial and economic activity and where people generally
have low incomes ( )
division one of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into (,
( )
market leader the company that sells most of a product or service in a particular market
market share the number of products or services that a company sells compared to the number that
other companies sell ( ( 堠
)
production site an area of land or place where a particular manufacturing activity happens or is planned
to happen ( )
research centre the part of a business that tries to find ways to improve existing products, and to
develop new ones ( )
staff - all the people who work for a particular company or organization, or in a particular place (
)
subsidiary a company that is controlled by another ( )
takeover taking control of a company by buying enough of its shares to do this ( ( ); )
turnover the amount of money that a company gets from sales during a particular period
()
2 Read and translate the text. Pay attention to the words in bold..
PERRIER VITTEL
Perrier Vittel is a subsidiary of the Nestlé Group. It has millions of customers all over the world. It is the water division of the group and has many famous brands such as San Pellegrino, Contrex, Panna and Aquarel. There are sixty-seven production sites producing billions of litres of bottled water. The main research centre of the Nestlé Group is Lausanne and there is a network of seventeen other centres on four continents employing 2,500 staff. This research helps produce safe and affordable water for everybody.
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A recent new product is Nestlé Pure Life. The company bottles this water locally in developing countries such as Pakistan and Brazil.
Nestlés interest in water began in 1969 with the acquisition of 30% of Vittel. After the takeover of Perrier in 1992 the new company Perrier-Vittel became a major part of the Nestlé Group. Today water sales represents 8.8% of the groups turnover. The group is international market leader for bottled water with 15% market share. A new CEO, Frits van Dijk took over in 2000 and he aims to keep Perrier-Vittel at the front of the bottled water market in both sales and technology.
3 Look at this organization chart. Use the information from the text above to complete the missing information.
1 Parent company
Nestlé
2 ..
Perrier Vittel
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3 . 4 .. 5 ..North America,
Perrier, Nestlé Pure Life Frits van Dijk Europe, Asia, South America
4 
Issac Cady is on a visit to Milan. Piera Macaluso introduces him to some colleagues. Listen to the dialogues and write down what jobs they do. (BB, T.34, 0500-0625)
a) William Bernstein b) Marianna Tardelli c) Carla Dendena
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d) Gianni Baresi e) Danial Jones f) Erika Chang g) Frank Jensch
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5 Listen again and check your answers.
1) PM: Hello, William. Could I introduce you to Isaac Cady from Washington? This is William
Bernstein. Hes an accountant.
WB: Nice to meet you, Isaac. Do you know Marianna Tardelli? Shes our Marketing Director.
MT: How do you do.
IC: How do you do.
