ACTIVITY

GAME IN THE PAST SIMPLE

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Past Simple "To Be"

EXAMPLE

• I was late yesterday in the company.
• I was not late yesterday in the company.
• Was I late yesterday  in the company?

• SHORT ANSWER

•  Yes, I was
•  No, I wasn't

• QUESTION

• Why  was I late yesterday in the company?
• Because, It was many jobs.

Example QUESTION 

Who did they want to see?

What  time did you break?

How much did she pay?

Why didn't he like the movie?

What did you have for dinner?

what  time did the meeting finish?

What  kind of pie did you eat?

 When did you buy shares?

Who did they write to?

Why didn't you save the money?

 The verb 'be', which becomes 'was' or 'were'

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Examples:

1. I was at my  office yesterday evening.

1. Bill Clinton was the President of the U.S. and of company America S.A .

1. We were very happy to change your  shares last week.

1. You weren't at office last night.

1. Alice wasn't at work yesterday because of flu.

1. They weren't on partnerships in August. It was in July.

1. Where were you at eight o'clock last night?

1. Was Winston Churchill the Prime  president  in company general motors?

1. How often were we in that  company last month?

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OTHER VERBS

STRUCTURE SIMPLE PAST

The auxiliary verb did is not conjugated. It is the same for all persons (I did, you did, he did etc). And the base form and past form do not change. Look at these examples with the main verbs go and work:

Business International helps  people to start and grow their own business and create employment. We are a global network of independent  with profit.

Regular verbs pronunciation

ACTIVITIES IRREGULAR/ REGULAR VERBS

 
                                     
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                               1)Write a paragraph in past tense verbs with box.

bibliography  http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs/exercise?0

Spelling Rules for Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Attention

Irregular verbs are words that don't follow a predictable pattern, like adding -ed to form the past tense. Unfortunately, for people who like to follow rules closely, there are many irregular verbs in the English language. The only way to learn the conjugation of these verbs into tenses is to memorize them.

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Spelling Rules for Rular Past Tense Verbs

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Verbs past simple

Competitive factors

1. Number and comparative capabilities of competitors.
2. Competitive differences by country.
3.  Local taxes.

 Objectives

   1. an understanding of economic principles and their effect on business.
   2. the ability to use effectively business management techniques in an international.                                                            
   3. the opportunity to generate and communicate ideas.
   4. to access and use business information efficiently and accurately.
   5. experience in marketing and the development of marketing plans to suit a range of    market.

bibliographyhttp://www.youthbusiness.org/

PAST SIMPLE GAME

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EXERCICE

Put the sentences into simple past.  We open the door the office. → 

1. You write sales report . → 
2. Richard  sell shares   in the bank. → 
3. Kerry does not speak English in business. → 
4. Do you see the company?

Simple past function

Note: the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past. It is placed after the period of time e.g. a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.

Example

1. Yesterday, I arrived in office.
2. She finished her work at seven o'clock.
3. We saw a good work last week.
4. I went to the bank last day.
5. He sent me a letter six months ago for sell.
6. Peter left five minutes ago the savings  funds.

Business history

Business history

In olden days, the concept of international business was not prevalent. Instead, international trade was referred to as trading activities conducted overseas or over long distances. History of international trade shows us how trade used to take place between various nations in olden days. It gives us an insight into the evolution of the concept of international trade.

bibliography:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_history

Forming the Simple Past

Signal Words of Simple Past

FORMIN THE SIMPLE PAST

1)  Sentence structure

What is the simple past

The Simple Past is used to talk about actions or situations in the past. The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

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EXAMPLES

• 1) Camilo  didn't work last week in the traded share.
• 2)Sheila got up at 7 am, and  went to work at 9 am  a the company.
• 3)He lost the Credit Card.