Past Simple Tense, Adverb of Time and Place

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Past Simple Tense

Conversation Script

A: Oh, hello Susan!

B: Oh, hi Alice. How are you?

A: I'm fine, thanks. I came from abroad yesterday.

B: Where did you go?

A: I came from London.

B: Really? Did you have a good time?

A: Yes, I did.

B: What was the weather like?

A: Well, It wasn't raining as much as I expected. I didn't have my umbrella with me, so I am glad I didn't need to use it.

B: What places did you visit?

A: I visited museums, cathedrals, some shops. I really enjoyed the ride in the London Eye. I liked everything there.

B: It sounds nice. Would you tell me more about your stay in London in a café?

A: Sure, let's go.

Past Simple Tense

Look at this sentence.

I came from London.

I visited museums.

Came is an irregular verb, whereas visited is a regular verb.  Both of them are used in past simple tense to tell activities or events that happened in the past.

·         Irregular or regular verb?

Underline the most appropriate verb form for each sentence.

Example:

A: Where did you go last Saturday, Jim?

B: I went / want / goed to theater with my friends.

1.    A: Did you like the film?

     B: I taught / thought / thank it was terrible!

2.    A: What did Tom want for breakfast this morning?

B: He wanted / won / went an omelette, but we didn’t have any eggs.

3.    I phoned Kate from the station and seed / sayed / said goodbye.

4.    A: Thanks for the meal. We really enjoy / enjoyed / enjoied it.

B: You’re welcome.

5.    A: Ted, I saw you in CD shop yesterday. Did you buy Coldplay’s?

B: The CD was / wasn’t / weren’t very expensive, so I decided to buy it.

·         Adverb of time and Adverb of place

Last holiday I went to Lawang Sewu

Adverb of time              Adverb of place

-          Adverb of time tells you about the time in which the event occurs/occurred. For telling past events, usually the adverbs of time are:

Yesterday

Two days ago/ a week ago/ months ago/ …

[quantity + day/month/year(s)] ago

Last holiday/ last year/ last ….

-          Adverb of place is a type of adverb that mentions place where the event occurs/occurred.

Now, please do the following exercises.

Exercise   1

Cross the most appropriate word to fill the gap.

Example:

She went to Yogyakarta ….. 

a.       tomorrow      b. last week    c. next week

1)     I could not go to school …. . I was sick.

a.       tonight     b. yesterday   c. last day

2)     Last … I and Dino did our assignment together.

a.       night         b. day              c. afternoon

3)     …. days ago I accompanied my mom buying vegetables and fruits.

a.       last           b. yesterday   c. three

4)     The day …. she came to my house with tattered jeans.

a.       before      b. after            c. next

Exercise  2

Underline words that indicate adverb of time and/or adverb of place.

Example:

I paid my grandma a visit on my last holiday.

1)     Toni went to Borobudur last Sunday.

2)     Prass didn’t come to the festival.

3)     I looked for my book everywhere, but I couldn’t find it.

4)     My bag was on the sofa this afternoon.

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition.

act up (no object): misbehave (for people); not work properly (for machines).

"The babysitter had a difficult time. The children acted up all evening."

"I guess I'd better take my car to the garage. It's been acting up lately."

1) Drop off – similar to fall

The boys dropped stones off the cliff

2) Drop off – fall asleep

I dropped off while watching TV last night

Here are another 3 possible meanings for this phrasal verb.

3) Drop off- gradually decline/ become less
Sales dropped off at the end of the month

4) Drop off- stop somewhere for someone
Could you drop me off at the station?

5) Drop off- stop and give something to someone
Could you drop this letter off at the post office for me?

see through, has two meanings. You can probably guess both meanings from the picture. Here's an explanation to help you out, just in case.

Of course, we can use see through to mean 'look through':

'The window is too dirty. I can't see through it.'

See through, when used as a phrasal verb, also means to be aware that someone is trying to lie or fool you:

'The teacher could see through her student’s excuse very easily.'

In the cartoon, the ghost's wife (do ghosts have wives?!) can see that he is trying to lie to her – she can see through his story.

courtesy

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/category/subjects/vocabulary/cartoon?page=5
http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/pv-d.html