Colombus discovered America in 1492 The man arrived to the moon in 1969
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer.
He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five
and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when
he died.
Very often the past simple ends in ED (regular verbs)
Example: I work in a travel agency now. Before that I worked in a shop.
We invited them to the party, but they decided not to come
Some verbs double consonant when they end in vowel + consonant.
Example: Stop - stopped plan - planned
prefer - preferred Regret - regretted
The verbs end in L have LL before ED
Example: travel - travelled cancel - cancelled
The verbs end in a consonant + Y, changes Y for I and add ed
Exapmle: study - studied carry - carried
But many verbs are irregular. The past does not end in ED. Example
Be (am, is, are ) Was - were
Write Wrote
Forget Forgot
See Saw
Go Went
In questions and negative we use did - didn`t + infinitive
Affirmative
|
Negative
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Interrogative
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You enjoyed the movie
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You didn`t enjoy the movie
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Did you enjoy the
movie? Yes .I did
No, I didn`t
|
They ate hamburgers
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They didn`t eat
hamburgers
|
Did they eat
hamburger? Yes, they did.
No they didn`t
|
She went to the park
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She didn`t go to the
park
|
Did she go to the
park? Yes, she did
No she didn`t
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ACTIVITIES
1.Put one of these verbs in each sentences. Use the past tense
Win buy spend Cost drink
teach Catch sell win write play
- . Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of de music
- . How did you learn to drive? My father __________ me.
- . I was very thirsty .I _______ the water very quickly.
- . Paul and I ________ tennis yesterday. He is much better than me, so he ________easily.
- . Ann ________ a lot of money yesterday. She ________ a dress of 300.000 pesos
2. Complete the sentences put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.
- . The film wasn´t very good, I _____ it very much (enjoy).
- . I was very tired, so I ______ to bed early. (go).
- . Sue wasn´t hungry, so she ________ anything (eat).
- . We went to Kate’s house but she _________ at home (be).
- . The hotel wasn´t very expensive. It _____ very much (cost).
Melissa Greene works as a journalist for News channel 7and she is very busy. She starts her day early in the morning. She appears on good morning Chattanooga every weekday from 5:30 to 7:00 am. She presents the news and gives information about the weather, the traffic, etc.
Taken from English gramma in use.
