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Have you heard about what happened at the Oscars?

What did Will Smith do?

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What did Will Smith do?

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Let's find out what happened

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Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

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Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars after the comic made a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

"Jada, can't wait for GI Jane 2," Rock said, in an apparent reference to her shaved hairdo - a result of the hair loss condition alopecia.
Smith walked on stage and struck Rock before returning to his seat and shouting: "Keep my wife's name out of your mouth."
He later apologised to the Academy.

In a tearful acceptance speech for best actor, he also said he wanted to apologise to all his fellow nominees. There was no specific apology for Rock.

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The star picked up the first Oscar of his career for playing the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.

"Art imitates life," he said. "I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organises the Oscars, tweeted that it "does not condone violence of any form".







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Rock's joke referred to 1997 film GI Jane, in which Demi Moore played the title role with a severe buzzcut.

Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes at the comment, while Smith appeared to initially laugh and clap his hands before he was seen on stage, walking up to Rock.

The comedian looked stunned in the immediate aftermath of the incident, but told the audience: "That was the greatest night in the history of television."



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Will Smith later apologised for what had happened.

"I would like to publicly apologise to you, Chris," he said in a statement. "I was out of line and I was wrong."

"My behaviour at last night's Academy Awards wasn't acceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally."

Smith apologised directly to Rock, stating he was "out of line". He also apologised to the Academy and the Williams family.

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Did you notice anything about the words in bold?

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The words in bold were used when talking about something that happened in the past.
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars 
after the comic made a joke about the actor's wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
...
Smith walked on stage and struck Rock before returning to his seat
...
He later apologised to the Academy.

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So, you use the past simple to talk about things that happened in the past. 

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What does the past simple look like? 
Let's find out.

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Other verbs
be
I / you / he / she / it / we / they
I / he / she / it
you / we / they
Smith _____ on stage.
I _____ wrong.
We were surprised.
He didn’t like the joke.
That ____ acceptable.
They _____ happy with it.
Did Will apologise?
Yes, he _____ / 
No, he _____

Was there an apology?
Yes, there _____ / 
No, there _____

Were they shocked?
Yes, they _____ / 
No, they _____

Complete the examples in the table below, using the examples given before. Feel free to go back to them.
You can type your answers in the next slides

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Fill in the correct form of (walk).
Smith _____ on stage.

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Complete the answer.
Did Will apologise?
Yes, he _____

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Complete the answer.
Did Will apologise?
No, he _____

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Fill in the correct form of (be).
I _____ wrong.

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Fill in the correct form of (be + not)
That ____ acceptable.

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Complete the answer.
Was there an apology?
Yes, there _____

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Complete the answer.
Was there an apology?
Yes, there _____

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Fill in the correct form of (be + not)
They _____ happy with it.

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Other verbs
be
I / you / he / she / it / we / they
I / he / she / it
you / we / they
Smith walked on stage.
I was wrong.
We were surprised.
He didn’t like the joke.
That wasn't acceptable.
They weren't happy with it.
Did Will apologise?
Yes, he did
No, he didn't

Was there an apology?
Yes, there was
No, there wasn't

Were they shocked?
Yes, they were
No, they weren't

You should now have the completed table:

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Did you notice?
There are 2 past forms for be: was and were.
You use was for I / he / she / it.
You use were for you / we / they.

All other verbs only have 1 past form.
You add -ed to the base form for regular verbs.
There are also some irregular verbs, we will look at them later.

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Let's use it.
Click on the link to go to the website. Watch the video and do the 3 "Check your grammar" exercises.
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-grammar/past-simple-regular-verbs

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