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English in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

played, looked, helped

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Describe a completed past action.
Describe a completed past action.
		Describe help given in the past.
Describe help given in the past.
		Describe a past search.
Describe a past search.
		Ask about a past action.
Ask about a past action.
		Negate an ordinary past action.
Negate an ordinary past action.
		Use the correct regular-past spelling.
Use the correct regular-past spelling.

The past simple describes a completed past event. Most regular verbs add -ed: play → played, look → looked, help → helped. The form is the same for all subjects.

Useful spelling patterns include live → lived, stop → stopped, study → studied. The endings sound different in speech, but the written ending stays -ed.

For an ordinary past question use plus base verb: Negation uses plus base verb: . Keep past in its own question pattern.

went, saw, took, didn’t see

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Describe a completed past journey.
Describe a completed past journey.
		Describe seeing Milo in the past.
Describe seeing Milo in the past.
		Describe taking the key in the past.
Describe taking the key in the past.
		Ask about a past sighting.
Ask about a past sighting.
		Say the past search was unsuccessful.
Say the past search was unsuccessful.
		Describe hearing the instrument in the past.
Describe hearing the instrument in the past.

Important past verbs have their own forms: go → went, see → saw, take → took, eat → ate, hear → heard, find → found, come → came. Learn a small group in the actual story.

After or , return to the base verb: , . Do not put two past forms in one question pattern.

Use , and to retell events in order. A specific finished time such as or normally goes with past simple.

going to, will, won’t

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Form	Example	Meaning
		State an intended plan.
State an intended plan.
		Keep the correct be form in a plan.
Keep the correct be form in a plan.
		Make an immediate offer of help.
Make an immediate offer of help.
		State a negative future decision.
State a negative future decision.
		State a plan for our group.
State a plan for our group.
		Ask for help using will.
Ask for help using will.

English has several future tense patterns. Use plus base verb for an intention or a plan: . Keep in the pattern: , .

plus base verb can express a decision made now or an offer: , . In ordinary speech , and are common. Negative contracts to .

These forms can overlap in everyday use. For practice, use the story context: an existing plan naturally uses ; an immediate offer naturally uses . Do not invent a different form for a male or female speaker.

was playing, was sleeping

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
		Describe a group’s past activity in progress.
Describe a group’s past activity in progress.
		Describe Anne’s past activity in progress.
Describe Anne’s past activity in progress.
		Name the completed event interrupting the scene.
Name the completed event interrupting the scene.
		Ask about Anne’s past activity.
Ask about Anne’s past activity.
		Connect an ongoing activity with the event.
Connect an ongoing activity with the event.

The past continuous uses plus an -ing form: , . It describes an activity in progress at a past time.

Use a short completed event with past simple: . A useful story pattern is . You can also tell the same plot in two short sentences.

For questions invert : This pattern goes a little beyond a compact A1 syllabus, but it helps make the festival photographs clear.

have seen, has been, ever

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Say you have seen the photo, with a current connection.
Say you have seen the photo, with a current connection.
		Describe one woman’s experience.
Describe one woman’s experience.
		Ask about an experience at any time.
Ask about an experience at any time.
		Say the experience has not happened at any time.
Say the experience has not happened at any time.
		Choose the past simple with a finished past time.
Choose the past simple with a finished past time.
		Describe the missing-key result now.
Describe the missing-key result now.

The present perfect uses plus a past participle: , . Spoken contractions are , . Use it for an experience without naming a finished past time, or a result connected to now.

Begin with useful irregular participles: be → been, see → seen, go → gone, take → taken. Regular participles use -ed, like their past simple. After a finished time such as , use past simple: .

is useful in an experience question: says not at any time: . This is a short introduction, rather than a full present-perfect syllabus.

Practice 1/6 · Finding words

Notice the patterns

Tap the form described in this unit.

.
Describe a completed past action.
.
Describe a completed past journey.
.
State an intended plan.
.
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
.
Say you have seen the photo, with a current connection.
As Lukas
. .
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
. .
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
. .
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
. .
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
.
Describe a past search.
.
Describe taking the key in the past.
.
Make an immediate offer of help.

Practice 2/6 · The right form

Choose the form

Choose the right word for the gap.

Jack yesterday.
Describe a completed past action.
I home.
Describe a completed past journey.
I’m going write a letter.
State an intended plan.
Jack playing.
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
I have the photo.
Say you have seen the photo, with a current connection.
As Lukas
Lukas my neighbour. He’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
Lena my neighbour. She’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
Lukas is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
Lena is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
We for Milo.
Describe a past search.
Milo the key.
Describe taking the key in the past.
I’ll you.
Make an immediate offer of help.

Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps

Complete a short message

Fill the gaps with the words from the box.

Jack yesterday.
Describe a completed past action.
I home.
Describe a completed past journey.
I’m going write a letter.
State an intended plan.
Jack playing.
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
I have the photo.
Say you have seen the photo, with a current connection.
As Lukas
Lukas my neighbour. He’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
Lena my neighbour. She’s from Hamburg.
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
Lukas is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
Lena is here. lives in Millbrook.
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
We for Milo.
Describe a past search.
Milo the key.
Describe taking the key in the past.
I’ll you.
Make an immediate offer of help.

Practice 4/6 · Building sentences

Build useful sentences

Put the words in order.

Describe a completed past action.
Describe a completed past journey.
State an intended plan.
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
Say you have seen the photo, with a current connection.
As Lukas
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lena
Refer to the learner as your neighbour.
As Lukas
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
As Lena
Refer back to Lukas or Lena with the appropriate pronoun.
Describe a past search.
Describe taking the key in the past.
Make an immediate offer of help.

Practice 5/6 · In situations

What would you say?

Choose the right words for the situation.

Describe a completed past action.
You say:
Describe a completed past action.
You say:
Describe a completed past journey.
You say:
Describe a completed past journey.
You say:
State an intended plan.
You say:
State an intended plan.
You say:
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
You say:
Describe Jack’s activity in progress in the past.
You say:

Practice 6/6 · Matching

Connect messages and meanings

Match the pairs.

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