Practise 75-100 irregular Past Simple forms

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75-100 irregular Past Simple forms practice

Revision of the Past Simple

Google Slides: Revision of the Past Simple

WORKSHEET: Past Simple - Listening & Reading

WORKSHEET

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Past Simple Crossword Worksheet

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

WORKSHEET: Past Simple routines & READING (Past Simple Wh- questions)

First, along with a List of Irregular verbs, put the verbs in brackets in their correct form of the Past Simple.

Then, read and answer the questions.

WORKSHEET

PAST SIMPLE FLASHCARDS

Use the flashcards to make as many possible correct sentences as possible:

Flashcards

READING: Teen Culture (Past Simple)

Audio file

Worksheet available

Worksheet Key

Reading: Past Simple & Wh- questions

Worksheet available

My routines last Tuesday (regular & irregular verbs)

Worksheet

19 Basic Irregular Verbs (Past Simple)

Worksheet available

SPEAKING: Morning, Afternoon & Evening Routines on a Weekday (Past Simple)

Worksheet available

Writing: Making an illustrated story or comic

Model comic available 

Blank comic available

Test based on the model

The comedy of the Past Tense

1) What kind of verbs is the comedian describing? 

2) What's so hilarious?

3) Then, what's the rule? 

(For any other scenes, click on youtube.com/@raficomedy)

The PAST SIMPLE: Regular (-ed) & Irregular (list of exceptions) Verbs

• LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS (Spanish translation)
• LIST READY TO PRINT

Past Simple

Use of the Past Simple

The Past Simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that happened in a time before the present. It is the basic form of the past tense in English. Study the following information how to form the simple past and how to form the negation and questions.

Regular Verbs

How to form: Infinitive + ed = 2^nd form

Examples:

walk + ed = walked

laugh + ed = laughed

want + ed = wanted

Note:

cry - cried - y » i

carry - carried - y » i

love - loved - no e

hope - hoped - no e

stop - stopped - if you speak a short vowel » doubling

drop -dropped - if you speak a short vowel » doubling

 

Key words: yesterday, last week (month, Monday, October,...), in 1984, ago

 

Irregular Verbs

1st form	2nd form
am, is	was
are	were
get	got
go	went
see	saw
do	did
take	took
have	had

 

Irregular verbs lists: FRENCH / GERMAN / ITALIAN / SPANISH

Negation of the Past Simple

How to form: didn't (= did not) + 1^st form

He didn't go to her last party. They didn't like his story.

BUT: was not (wasn't), were not (weren't), could not (couldn't)

Questions in the Past Simple

How to form: did + 1^st form

Did he go to her last party? Did they like his story?

Where did they live? How did she feel?

Question word - did - person - verb

BUT: Was he angry? Were they late? Could they swim?

 

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EXERCISES

Past simple - Exercise 1 - regular, irregular, negative forms

Past simple - Exercise 2 - regular forms

Past simple - Exercise 3 - irregular forms

Past simple - Exercise 4 - regular and irregular forms, story

Past simple - Exercise 5 - regular and irregular forms

Past simple - Exercise 6 - regular and irregular forms

Past simple negation - Exercise 1 - complete with the negative form

Past simple negation - Exercise 2 - write the opposite of the positive sentence

Past simple negation - Exercise 3 - write the opposite of the positive sentence

Past simple negation - Exercise 4 - write the negation of the positive sentence

Past simple negative forms - Exercise - fill in the negative form of the verbs

Past simple negative forms - Exercise 2 - fill in the negative form of the verbs

Past simple questions - Exercise 1 - form questions with did

Past simple questions - Exercise 2 - write questions to the statements

Past simple questions - Exercise 3 - complete with did, person and verb

Past simple questions - Exercise 4 - form questions

Past simple questions - Exercise 5 - complete with did, person and verb

Past simple questions - Exercise 6 - complete with did, person and verb

Forms of to be in the past tense - Exercise 1 - was, were

Past simple - grammar test

Forms of to be in the past tense - grammar test - was, were

Draw my life

Watch the videos:

- What are they about?
- Compare their drawings. Which ones are better?
- Would you be able to use the "Draw My Life" technique to tell us about you or a story?

Past Simple Chant: questions and answers.

Holes, by Passenger

1) Listen and write down all the sentences with the verb 'have got'.
2) What do the statements with the word 'hole' mean? Rephrase them to make their meaning clear.
3) In small groups, ask each other whether you've got any holes in your hearts or your pockets.

Irregular Verbs Grammar Rap Song!

Silly Job Interview by Monty Python

Catholics and Protestants from the point of view of Monty Python

Just hilarious!



PRE-WATCHING
1. Answer these questions in pairs or small groups.
a) Have you got a big family? How many brothers and sisters have you got?
b) Is the size of your current family smaller or bigger than the one of previous generations?
c) How big would you like your family to be?
d) Is your idea of your will-be family influenced by religion or culture?

WHILE-WATCHING
2. Are the statements below true (T), false (F), or we just don't know (?):
1 Dad is going home. A seagull flies above it and drops a baby down the chimney.
2 Dad is happy about having another baby.
3 Mum asks about fifteen of her children to go to bed because it isn’t their turn for tea time.
4 Dad reports his children that he’s going to sell them all for scientific experiments because
that’s the only way to earn a great deal of money.
5 Dad asks his children to blame the Catholic church.
6  A child suggests castration to his Dad.
7 Mr Blackitt is Jewish.
8 He despises his Catholic neighbours. 
9. Mrs Blackitt is aware of the differences between Catholics and Protestants.
10. Mr Blackitt usually buys contraceptives.

AFTER-WATCHING
3. Answer individually or in pairs.
a) What title would you give to the song in the film? 
b) Why does Mrs Blackitt look so confused after the comparison between Catholics and Protestants.
c) Quote the funniest sentence.

GRAMMAR
4. Both Catholics and Protestants are mocked in the sketch. 
a) Make some statements abouts the two communities. Most of them will have to be made in the present simple.
b) Can you make some more sentences with the verbs like, hate, enjoy... + V-ing?

READING
5. Read and choose the funniest quotation.

6. Read the full script of the scene and make some questions.