WAS/WERE GAMES!

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Game using past tenses

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SIMPLE PAST, REGULAR VERBS

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 3

ACTIVITY 4

ACTIVITY 5

ACTIVITY 6

ACTIVITY 7

ACTIVITY 8

ACTIVITY 9

IRREGULAR VERBS

EASY LIST

MEDIUM LIST

DIFFICULT LIST

After studying them, let's put them into practice....

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

ACTIVITY 3

ACTIVITY 4

ACTIVITY 5

ACTIVITY 6

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/irregular_verbs/mix.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/irregular_verbs/mix2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/irregular_verbs/mix3.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/irregular_verbs/mix4.htm

SIMPLE PAST

The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

 

Form of Simple Past

	Positive	Negative	Question
no differences	I spoke.	I did not speak.	Did I speak?

For irregular verbs, use the past form (see list of irregular verbs, 2nd column). For regular verbs, just add “ed”.

 

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

 

Use of Simple Past

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
  Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
• actions in the past taking place one after the other
  Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
• action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
• if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
  Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.

 

Signal Words of Simple Past

• yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday
• If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, …)

			EXERCICES???

GRAMMAR VERBS PRACTISE

1.Choose the correct form (PRESENT) of the following verbs:

wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s) - live(s)

1. Ann ……………hand ball very well.
2. I never ………coffee.
3. The swimming pool ……….at 7:00 in the morning.
4. It ………at 9:00 in the evening.
5. Bad driving …………many accidents.
6. My parents …………in a very small flat.
7. The Olympic Games ………….place every four years.
8. They are good students. They always ………..their homework.
9. My students …………a little English.
10. I always ……………early in the morning.

2. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form (PRESENT)

1. Jane (not/drink) ………..tea very often.
2. What time (the banks/open) …………in Britain?
3. Where (John/come) ………..from?
4. It (take) ……………me an hour to get to work.
5. She (not/wake) ………..up early on Sundays.

3. Choose the right verbs (PRESENT) to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the negative:

write - turn - eat - tell - rise

1. The earth ………….around the sun.
2. The sun ……………in the east.
3. Vegetarians …………..meat.
4. A liar is someone who …………the truth.
5. A novelist ……..novels.

4. Put the verbs into the present continuous:

1.      Listen to the birds. They (sing)………….

2.      Look at that one. It (fly) …………high in the sky.

3.      The other one (play) ………….with a worm.

4.      I feel happy because I (have) ……………a good time here in these woods.

5Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go) ………….to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) ………..her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) …………..very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) ………..on black shoes but now she (wear) …….white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) ……….an umbrella.

6Put the verbs into the correct form (simple future)

1.       You (be) …………very happy.

2.       You (get) ………..a lot of money.

3.       You (buy) …………..a beautiful house.

4.       Your friends (envy) …………….you.

5.       You (meet) ………….a beautiful girl.

6.       You (marry) …………her.

7.       You and your wife (travel) ……………around the world.

8.       People (serve) ………..you.

9.       They (not/refuse) …………to make you happy.

10.    But all this (happen / only) ……………..when you are 70 years old.

7Put the verb "to be" into the simple present or the simple past:

1. I …….…an engineer.
2. Last year I ……a student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
3. I ……..in love with a beautiful girl at that time. We …….friends
4. Now, I live in New York and I ……..married to her.

STORY: CONFUSED LANGUAGES

CONFUSED LANGUAGES

Once upon a time a group of friends (Rabbit, Fox, Tiger, Cat and Elephant) were playing football in the playground. Suddenly, Rabbit threw the ball into the forbidden forest. They were very scared, but Fox decided to go in with all their friends. They went into the forest and they found a very old house and inside the house they found a Book of Spells. Tiger, opened it and saw a page with the picture of a witch. Then, he read one of the spells : ‘Abracadabra 1,2,3...witch appear here’.

Tiger turned into a witch. Then, the witch said some words and captured all the animals except Fox who ran away back to the park.  He went to ask for help but no one understood him. Fox remembered that the witch said a spell and he went to the wise man who could understand all the languages of animals and helped him.

There was a tulip that can only be found at the top of  Dead Mountain. So, Fox and the wise man climbed to the mountain and they found the antidote. He took it and went back to the town and gave their friends the antidote.

Since then, Tiger turned back into his original form and Fox decided to open a Language Academy so everybody could speak with each other.

Written by 6th year students.

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SIMPLE PAST FORM

Most Verbs

Most verbs conjugate by adding -ed like the verb "wait" below.

Positive	Negative	Question
I waited. You waited. We waited. They waited. He waited. She waited. It waited.	I did not wait. You did not wait. We did not wait. They did not wait. He did not wait. She did not wait. It did not wait.	Did I wait? Did you wait? Did we wait? Did they wait? Did he wait? Did she wait? Did it wait?

Examples:

The infinitive	The simple past
live	lived
start	started
die	died
visit	visited
play	played
watch	watched
phone	phoned
marry	married

 

Pronunciation of the ending -ed in the Simple Past

In the Simple Past we add -ed to regular verbs. Be careful pronuncing the verbs:
1) verbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiceless consonant [p, k, f, ʃ, ʧ, s, θ]
-> speak [t].
The -e is silent. Example: I stop - I stopped [stɒpt]

2) verbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiced consonant [b, g, v, ʒ, ʤ, z, ð, l, m, n] or a vowel
-> speak [d].
The -e is silent. Example: I clean - I cleaned [kli:nd]

3) verbs ending in -ed preceded by [t] or [d]
-> speak [ɪd].
The -e changes to [ɪ]. Example: I visit - I visited [vɪzɪtɪd]

Irregular Verbs

Many verbs, such as "have," take irregular forms in the Simple Past. Notice that you only use the irregular verbs in statements. In negative forms and questions, "did" indicates Simple Past.

Positive	Negative	Question
I had. You had. We had. They had. He had. She had. It had.	I did not have. You did not have. We did not have. They did not have. He did not have. She did not have. It did not have.	Did I have? Did you have? Did we have? Did they have? Did he have? Did she have? Did it have?

 http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past_simple-exercises.html

To Be

The verb "be" is also irregular in the Simple Past. Unlike other irregular verbs, there are two Simple Past forms: "was" and "were." It also has different question forms and negative forms. Always remember that you DO NOT use "did" with the verb "be" in the Simple Past.

Positive	Negative	Question
I was. You were. We were. They were. He was. She was. It was.	I was not. You were not. We were not. They were not. He was not. She was not. It was not.	Was I? Were you? Were we? Were they? Was he? Was she? Was it?

Put in practice irregular verbs

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2030

Past Tense Song

Past Tense Song

IRREGULAR VERBS

Present	Past
be break buy catch choose come cost cut do draw dream drink drive eat fall feel fight find fly get give go have hear know leave lend let make meet pay put read run say see sell send set sing sit sleep speak steal swim take teach tell think throw understand wear win write	was, were broke bought caught chose came cost cut did drew dreamed-dreamt drank drove ate fell felt fought found flew got gave went had heard knew left lent let made met paid put read ran said saw sold sent set sang sat slept spoke stole swam took taught told thought  threw understood wore won wrote