http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aCELTA+tag%3aPast+simpleSearch results for 'tag:CELTA tag:Past simple' matching tags 'CELTA' and 'Past simple'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApplicationTaskCeltaCourse/blcbx/post.htmFri, 16 Sep 2005 17:00:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:138173k@tHello all I am applying to take a CELTA course and they gave me an application task to do before I can enter the program I am having some difficulty with some parts and was wondering if some one would be willing to help me I use msn messanger under hpainter24 hotmail com feel free to add me and then we can go over the questions I m going to try posting some of the questions here 1 Which is the odd one out in each group and why e g a I had my hair cut last night b I had seen the film before c I had my car repaired at the garage Sentence b because sentences a and c refer to actions that someone else did for the speaker They are in the past tense Sentence b refers to an action which the speaker did himself herself and is in the past perfect tense A i The baby s bottle ii The nation s struggle iii The teacher s ill iv The nurse s pay v The government s defeat Sentence ____ B i The woman was robbed by a stranger ii The actor was interviewed by a journalist iii The tree was hit by lightning iv The trains passed by a river Sentence ____ C i She must have lost the address ii Alan must have been here too iii That must have been awful iv The thieves must have gone in through the window v I must have something to drink Sentence ____ D i I m not used to the noise yet ii They used to work in a circus iii Didn t there use to be a shop there iv I never used to smoke v It didn t use to be so dirty Sentence ___ 2 Can you think of any exceptions to the following rules Rule Exception e g will is used to express predictions without evidence That ll be John at the door This isn t a prediction without evidence The statement is based on the fact that John always arrives at this time he is expected A the is not used with the names of people B The past simple form of the verb is used to describe finished events or states C some is used in statements any in negatives and questions D can modal verb is used to express ability 3 Identify any incorrect sentences in this list supply the corrected version and explain the error Sentence Correction Explanation e g What did you say was your name What did you say your name was The problem is one of word order One question is embedded in another and the mistake is in giving them both the word order of a question The second part your name was isn t actually a direct question A I ve been to China last year B He doesn t work as hard as she does C I would of liked to have seen that D If you ll wash up I ll do the ironing E I regret to have damaged your book F How long are you knowing Nathan http://www.englishforums.com/English/PreCeltaCourseGrammarTask/bbkjk/post.htm#91487Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:36:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:91487simplepastI ve just had a Celta pre course interview after which I was offered a place The interviewer went through the language awareness task that I d submitted and asked me how I would respond to a couple of questions that an efl student beginner might ask One question I recall was What is a daffodil The grammar questions were basic and about tenses What is present continuous and what is past simple I was asked if I knew the difference between countable and uncountable nouns I wouldn t worry too much about the grammar aspect If it s your native language you ll know how to use it but probably don t know the terminology yet That s one reason you re taking the course I was also asked why I wanted to teach and what qualities did I think I had that would help to make me a good teacher By the way if you haven t decided on the venue of this particular course and you re based in the UK you might consider looking at the Brooklands College Weybridge Celta It s only 360 for the 4 weeks Starts 20th June Good luck with the interview Let us know how it goes