Your report will be evaluated as follows:

• All group members participate in the research and presentation.

• Article includes relevant information and images.

• Information is concise and article is informative.

• Grammar and spelling are correct.

• Provides a complete article with the layout as it will appear in the school newsletter.

Give score of 1-5 for each category: 5=outstanding, 1=poor

Conclusion

Preparing this project you have learned that different kinds of people (race, age, nationality) have contributed to science. So if you study well and take part in the work of the students’ scientific society, make reports about your research work at the students’ scientific conferences, you have an opportunity to start your career in science from the very beginning of your study at the University and to make your future plans right now.

Self-study materials for section III The Past Simple Tense is used:

to talk about a complete action or an event in the past. The action can be a short one

I missed the bus. I asked a question.

or a long one

I lived there for years. I walked for hours.

When we talk about actions and situations in the past we use:

a) adverbs of frequency to talk about habits

Always At school he always complained about bad food.

Usually When I was a child, I usually went to the cinema with my parents.

Seldom Jack's parents seldom went on holiday when he was a little boy.

Never My brother never missed a classical guitar performance.

b) adverbs of sequence to order events

Yesterday morning/afternoon/evening;

the day before yesterday;

Kate worked yesterday afternoon.

night/week/month/year; five minutes a week

Last spring/summer/autumn/winter; three hours two months ago

Monday /Tuesday, etc. five days a year

Jane moved into a new flat last week. He passed all his exams two months

ago.

Long ago Long ago, people learned to make musical instruments.

(Many) years later . Years later people learned to make more elaborate ones.

Many years ago Many years ago my mother taught me to play the piano.

After that After that I started taking piano classes with a professional

pianist.

(Soon) afterwards Soon afterwards I played the piano in many piano

performances.

In those days In those days piano performances were quite popular.

Then Then I gave up playing music.

At that time At that time I was rather keen on sports.

Positive form — Regular verbs

I watch television every evening. (present simple)

I watched television yesterday evening. (past simple)

watched is the past simple:

I/we /you /they he/she/it

watched

■ The past simple is often -ed. For example:

work –> worked clean –> cleaned start –> started

stay –> stayed live –> lived dance –> danced

These verbs are regular verbs.

- I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.

- Terry worked in a bank from 1981 to 1986.

- Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.

- We enjoyed the party last Might. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people. The party finished at midnight.

Spelling ► study –> studied marry –> married

stop –> stopped plan –> planned

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences using the words in the list. Use the Present Simple or the Past Simple:

stay finish listen watch happen visit ask invite

Example: Mike often asks questions. He asked a lot of ques­tions in class yesterday.

1. Lily and Jack ___their grandparents every weekend. They ___ them last weekend too.

2. I usually ___to the news on TV before I go to sleep at night, but last night I ___ to the news on the radio.

3. Ann seldom ___ her homework before midnight. But yesterday she ___ her homework at 10 p.m.

4. I usually ___ a lot of people to my birthday party. But last year I ___ only my close friends.

5. Take care! This crossroads is extremely dangerous. Accidents are often here. A serious accident ___ at this crossroads only a few days ago.

6. In the evening my parents ___ at home and ___TV. As usual they ___ at home and ___ TV last night.