E-GAZARCHIN UNVERSITY

Approved by Enkhjargal. D /The Head of Department/

Prepared by Orkhontuya. B /English Language teacher/

Seminar 3

17th September 2014 English Language Teacher Orkhontuya. B/Master/

History’s hall of fame

Conversation

Dialogue A

S.1 Who was a/an writer / astronaut/ scientist /painter/ explorer/

actress/ singer/ politician?

S.2 Virginia Woolf was a famous writer.

Dialogue B

S.1 Where were you born?

S.2 I was born in Arkhangai province.

Dialogue C

S.1 When was Virginia Woolf born?

S.2 She was born in 1882.

S.1 Who were Andrew Hepburn and Pablo Picasso?

S.2 They were writer and painter.

Simple past tense of be

Singular Affirmative Plural

I You

He They were at the library 1 hours ago.

She was at home. We

It Your kids

Negative

I You

He Students

She was not at school. They were not at the party.

It We

Singular Plural

Interrogative

he Were you

Was she a student in 2010? they at school last week?

it kids

Yes, He was. Yes, They were./ I was.

No, He was not (wasn’t) No, They were not. (weren’t)

Special question

S.1 Where were you last night?

S.2 I was at home.

S.1 What time was John at school yesterday?

S.2 He was at 10:30.

S.1 How old were you last year?

S.2 I was 25 years old.

Simple Past Tense

a) For an action which happened at a definite time in the past.

The time is stated, already known or implied.

They went camping by the lake last month.

b) For action which happened immediately one after the other in

the past.

First she paid the driver. Then she got out of the taxi.

c) For past habits or states which are now finished.

In such cases we can also use the expression used to.

When John was a student, he used to smoke. But now

he doesn’t smoke.

d) For actions which are related to people no longer alive.

Princess Diana visited a lot of schools.

SPELLING OF ED FORM REGULLAR VERBS

a) Smile smiled, dance danced (Just add – d)

b) Help helped, learn learned (If the verb ends in two

consonants, just add – ed)

c) Rain rained, heat heated (If the verbs ends in two vowels

+ a consonant, just add – ed)

d) Stop stopped, plan planned (If the verb has one syllable

and ends in one vowel + one consonant, double the consonant

to make the – ed)

e) Visit visited, offer offered (If the first syllable of a two-

syllable verb is stressed do not double the consonant)

f) Prefer preferred, admit admitted (If the second syllable

of a two- syllable verb is stressed, double the consonant.

g) Play played, enjoy enjoyed (If the verb ends in a vowel +

- y, keep the – y. Do not change the – y to – i)

h) Worry worried, study studied (If the verb ends in a

a consonant – y change the - y to – i add – ed)

i) Die died, lie lied (If the verb ends in - ie add – d)

j) Snow snowed, fix fixed (If the verb ends –w and –x

Do not double w, or x)

TIME EXPRESSINONS

1. Bob was here …

yesterday.

yesterday morning.

last night/week/month/year/spring/ Monday.

2. They were here…

five minutes ago/ one years/ seven months.

They moved into bigger offices in Ulaanbaatar…

a couple months ago/ a very long time ago.

3. How long ago …? / when…?

4. In 2007/ in July.

5. When he was a child…

6. Day before yesterday = two days ago.

7. Before / after / then / first / second / finally.

IRREGULAR VERBS

a) Begin beganb) Buy bought c) Fly flewd) Get up got upe) Come camef) Tell toldg) Wake up woke uph) She got up at 7 last

weekend.

THE STRUCTURE OF PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE

a) I came to class yesterday.

He

we (the same all subjects)

NEGATIVE

I

They did not go to class last week.

My son

SUBJECT VERB PAST OBJECT ADV TIME

SUBJECT AUX VERB + NOT

VERB BARE OBJECT ADV TIME

b) They do not go to class every week. He goes to class everyday.c) My son does not watch TV in the morning. (present simple)

INTERROGATIVE

S.1 Did Mary walk to school this morning?

you

he

S.2 Yes, She did. No, She did not walk. (didn’t).

Yes, I walked.

SPECIAL QUESTIONS

S.1 What did you do last weekend?

he

S.2 I met with my friends.

AUX. VERB

SUBJECT VERB BARE OBJECT ADV TIME

WHQ AUX. VERB SUBJECT VERB BARE ADV TIME