ARE THEY SINGERS?

PAST
PRESENT

She sang She lived in USA She played the guitar

She sings She lives in Colombia She plays the guitar

VERB

TO MAKE THE PAST SIMPLE WE USE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

REGULAR VERBS
Add ed to the base form of the verb: - Wash washed Add only d to the verb ends in e - live lived Doble the last consonant if the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel. - stop - stopped

Omit the letter y and add ied if the verb ends in y preceded by a consonant. - Study Studied LOOK THE DIFFERENCE Fly Flies Play - Plays

Write the past of the folowing verbs

Talk
talked ___________ Looked for Look for ____________ Looked at Look at ____________ shared ____________ cried ____________ laughed ____________ listened ____________

danced Dance ___________ cleaned Clean ___________

Share Cry Laugh

typed Type ___________

emptied Empty ___________ carried Carry ___________

Listen

Time expressions
PRESENT Every day, month, year, etc Usually Often Sometimes Always At weekends PAST Yesterday The last day, month, etc Ago In (specific time in the past) Before

Read this sentences

PRESENT
I work in Mashrooms Co.

PAST
I worked in Mashrooms Co. in May. He lived in that house 2 years ago. We studied in that school last year.

He lives in that small house.

We study in that school.

TO MAKE THE PAST SIMPLE WE USE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS CHANGE ALL or PART OF THE SPELLING
grew Grow ____________ drew Draw ____________

swam Swim _____________ sat _____________

Sit

drank Drink _____________

sang _____________

knew Know ____________

threw Throw ____________

Sing

Irregular verbs
Take
Took ____________

Drive Eat Fight Fly Give

drove _____________ ate _____________

became Become ___________

Begin Break Buy

began ___________
broke ___________ bought

fought _____________
flew _____________ gave

___________
built ___________

_____________
went _____________

Build

Go

To make negative statements we use the auxiliary DID NOT = didnt

Affirmative Mary visited her aunt
we use the past of the verb

Negative visit her aunt Mary didnt visited

REMEMBER: When the auxiliary is in the sentence, the verb goes in the simple form

POSITIVE
I studied We played You swam She did

NEGATIVE
I didnt study We didnt play You didnt swim She didnt do

QUESTION
Did I study? Did we play? Did you swim? Did she do?

EXERCISES
Describe the pictures: What did they do yesterday? 1. They
took

photos of the sea

2. My mother

bought

a new car.

3. I

gave

a gift to my grandpa

4. We

sang

in a karaoke

Write negative sentences

1. Students did their task in the morning Students didnt do their task last night. ______________ 2. My mother always goes to work at 9 oclock She didnt go to work yesterday. ____________ 3. My brother usually drinks milk in her breakfast He didnt drink _______________milk, he drank orange juice. 4. I ate with my friends I didnt eat with my family. ___________ 5. Yesterday I saw a comic film I didnt see a romantic film ___________

Exercises: Choose the suitable answer

went to the cinema yesterday 1. My sister _________ a) goes b) go c) went d) going 2. My father always ______ coffee but yesterday he _____ milk a) drink drank b) drank drink c) drinks drank speaks five languages. 3. My uncle is a translator. He ________ a) speaks b) speak c) speaking d) spoke 4. Yesterday my father ________ his car. He _______ it a) washes loves b) washed loves c) washed loved 5. All the banks in Lima ________ at 9 oclock. a) opened b) opening c) opens d) open 6. All the banks in Lima ________ at 6 oclock.
a) closes b) closing c) closed d) close

Complete this paragraph

Inspector Granger: Ok Mr. Thomas. Relax and tell me the problem. went (go) out yesterday to buy Mr. Thomas: Its my wife. She 1 _____ some milk. And she 2 _________ Didnt come (not/come) back. I.G.: When 3 _________ Did you see (you/see) your wife for the last time? Mr. T.: Yesterday evening. I.G.: Tell me what happened yesterday. Woke up (wake up) at about 8:00 as usual. We Mr. T.: Well, we 4 _______ had drove (drive) to work. I think she 5_____(have) breakfast, and then I 6_____ went (go) shopping. It 8 ____ was (be) a Wednesday. She always goes 7_____ made shopping on Wednesdays. Then, she 9_____(make) the dinner. did you come I.G. When 10 _________? (you/come)

Complete the paragraph

came (come) home at 6 oclock. I 12___ sat (sit) down in my Mr. T.: I 11_____ read (read) the newspaper. Then we 14 ____(have) had chair and 13_____ had (have) dinner. After dinner, my wife 15 went ___ (go) to the kitchen. I 16 ___ slept (sleep) in my chair. a glass of wisky and 17 _____ Did you speak came (come) I.G.: 18 __________(you/ speak) to your wife when you 19 ____ Did she say home? Or 20 ________(she/say) anything to you? Didnt speak Mr. T.: I 21 __________ (not/ speak) to her, but after about an hour said (say), This isnt a life. Im going out. She 23 ___ took (take) her she 22 ___ didnt say (not/ say) goodbye. I 25 _____ heard (hear) bag and her coat. She 24 _______ the door close. But I 26 ______ didnt see (not / see) her again. I.G.: I see sir. I think I can guess the answer to this mystery.