Grammar check We use the past simple to talk about finished time. Regular verbs end in ~ed, but there are some spelling rules that you need to remember.


Write the past form of these verbs into the sentences. learn stop decide study


1. I _____________ to swim when I was five years old. 2. I _____________ Medicine at university. 3. I _____________ to leave university and find a job. 4. I _____________ learning guitar because I was too busy.


Remember to use did in negative and question forms. I didn’t like school much.


2. read _____ 3. think _____ Where did you learn …?


There are a lot of irregular verbs, and some of them are used very frequently. You need to learn them. Write the past form of these verbs. 1. know _____


4. teach _____ 5. choose _____


There is no past form of must, so we use had to. Had to is followed by the base verb. We had to wear a uniform to school.


≤013 Listen to the pronunciation of the regular verbs in the sentences. Note the difference between /t/ and /d/ and /id/ at the end of verbs.


Pronunciation check


1. I finished my homework late last night. 2. I played football after school.


3. I hated Physics at school.


Speaking 2: answering questions about the past A


1. Did you enjoy being at school? Speaker 1


2. What was your favourite subject at school? Speaker 1 3. Who was your favourite teacher at school? Speaker 1


Watch out! typical errors


I don’t liked school when I was little. How went you to school in the morning? I must did homework every night.


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≤014 Look at these questions about being at school. Then listen to some students answering them. Tick the speaker who gives a better answer.


Speaker 2 Speaker 2 Speaker 2


B Walk around the classroom. Ask and answer questions 1–3 in Exercise A.


Vocabulary 2: expressing preferences A Look at how the highlighted words and phrases are used in these sentences. Write (P) if the speaker is positive or (N) if the speaker is negative. 1. I really liked learning Mathematics at school.


2. I didn’t like History very much.


3. I liked Physics, but I preferred Chemistry. 4. My favourite subject was Economics. 5. I really hated learning History. 6. I loved learning on computers.


7. I always enjoyed my English classes.


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8. I was very keen on sports when I was at school. ___ 9. I thought Geography was really boring. 10. The most interesting subject was Science.


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B Talk with a partner. Talk about the subjects you studied at school using the words and phrases above. Say why you liked or didn’t like some subjects.


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