** Study Guide Groups 342A & 365B **

Please answer the following guide on your notebook, study it and be ready to check it next Monday.  DO NOT PRINT IT, please.  Write it down.

1. VERB TO BE
   SIMPLE PAST

Put the words in the correct order to make questions
Example: Ann at home  yesterday was -----> was Ann at home yesterday?

• Good party was the
• People were the interesting
• Teacher father your was a
• Everybody was late
• John’s school brother was with at you

2. VERB TO BE

    SIMPLE PRESENT

Do you know these question words?

Who         what         when         where         why         how

Put in question words with ‘s or are.
Examples:
Who’s that? “It’s my brother”
Where are John and Ann? “In London”


• _____________ your name? “Mario”

• _____________ my glasses? “Here.”

• _____________ your English teacher? “Mr. A.”

• _____________ you late? “My watch is broken”

• _____________ the exam? “On Tuesday”

• _____________ your mother? “Very well, thanks!”

3. SIMPLE PRESENT

    Questions.

Example:
They smoke. --------> Do they smoke?

• The Iztapalapa bus stops here.
• The teacher knows her.
• You play the piano
• John works in a restaurant
• This train stops at York
• We need more time
• Susan likes parties
• We speak Spanish well.

4. SIMPLE PAST

    FORMS

Write the simple past of the following verbs.

1. hate
2. arrive
3. live
4. change
5. pass
6. stay
7. hurry
8. study
9. play
10. shave
11. watch
12. carry
13. cry
14. shout
15. answer

5. SIMPLE PAST

    Negative

Make simple past negative sentences.
Example:
I played hockey. (football) ----> I didn’t play football.

• We spoke English together (Spanish)
• My uncle taught Mathematics (English)
• Bill cooked the chicken (the fish)
• I took my mother to the mall (the church)
• We told our parents everything (the police)
• I wrote to my sister (my brother)
• I liked the party (the music)
• We knew her address (phone number)

6. Simple Past

    Negative

Write five things that you didn’t do yesterday

1. I didn’t

2. I

3. I

4. I

5. I

7. Simple Past

    Questions

Make simple past questions with what, who and where.

Example:
Peter saw somebody. ----------> Who did he see?

• John went somewhere
• Bill bought something
• Alice married someone
• Mary broke something
• Mike stayed somewhere

LISTENING

Listen and shadow the words whenever you have close caption (CC) on the videos. This will help you prepare for the listening part of your exam.  Listen and repeat as much as you can. Remember, practice makes perfect!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wZ26a3oXw  (Simple Present: What do you do for fun?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okcRhC70fdI&feature=related (Simple Present: What do you do?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHHg7IZnUg8    (Simple Past: Verb to BE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW7Xd9xBWvY  (Simple Past: What did you do yesterday?)