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English Deparment
English Level III

Guide

Dear student:
These activities were done for your personal improvement in this language. It is really important that you work
seriously and thus, you benefit from them. We will use all the knowledge that you gain from this workshop in class.
Review, practice and take notes!

1. Past Simple Tense Explanation: Watch the video and take notes

https://edpuzzle.com/media/58e59c79f5978934073936c2

 We use past simple when the action is in the past

 When the verb is regular we add “ed” at the end of the verb
 We add “didn´t” or “did” before the verb in negative sentences and question
 When the verb is irregular we use the verb in pass form
 The verb “to be” is irregular then we use “was or were” in the negative form we add “not or n’t”

2. REGULAR VERBS: Watch the following video and take notes about the rules for
regular verbs and their simple past form.
https://edpuzzle.com/media/58f126f506839e3e1fe9c2fd
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 When the verb is regular, we add “-ed”

 When the verb ending in “e”, we add “-d”
 For short verb ending in consonant, vowel and consonant, double the consonant and add "-ed"
 For short verb ending in"-y", change the "y" to "i" and add the "-ed"
 Time expressions: last, ago and yesterday
 We use “didn’t” in negative sentences and the verb in base form
 In interrogative sentences, we use “did”+ subject+ infinitive

3. Pronunciation Regular verbs simple past: Watch the following video about the simple
past of regular verbs "ed" pronunciation. Take notes about some important rules.

https://edpuzzle.com/media/58f18dfe4c757034f26e6e8d

 “ed” pronounced in 3 way : [t], [d] y [Id]

 Walked pronounced with [t]
 Smelled pronounced with[d]
 Visited pronounced with [Id]
 Verbs ending in mute sounds (p, k, th, f, s, sh, ch) are pronounced with [t].
 Verbs ending in “t” or “d” are pronounced with [id].
 When there is an "h" in between the vowel and the consonant, it´s sound is removed.
 when it ends in consonant and the next begins with vowel, the sound of "ed" is loud and clear.
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4. IRREGULAR VERBS
These are the most commonly used irregular verbs and their past tense forms, write
them down and their correspinding past form
https://edpuzzle.com/media/58f187ce4c757034f26e654d

Say Said
Make Made
Go Went
do Did
have Had
take Took
come Came
see Saw
know Knew
get Got
give Gave
Find Found
think thought
tell Told
become Became
leave Left
feel Felt
put Put
bring Brought
begin Began
keep Kept
hold Held
write Wrote
stand Stood
hear Heard
let Let
mean Meant
run Ran
pay Paid
sit Sat
Speak Spoke
lie Lay
lead Led
read Read
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grow Grew
lose Lost
fall Fell
send Sent
build Built
understand Understood
draw Drew
break Broke
spend Spent
cut Cut
rise Rose
drive Drove
buy Bought
wear Wore
choose Chose

5. LET’S PRACTICE!
a. Classify the verbs into regular or irregular
https://learningapps.org/display?v=pv3p7b3yk17
b. Write the simple past of the verbs given
https://learningapps.org/display?v=p11mxpm7217
c. Learn the past of more verbs:
https://quizlet.com/210144305/past-simple-flash-cards/

6. Verb to be in past
Take notes
https://edpuzzle.com/media/58eba89d3e69fd3e1a6b1ff5

AUXILIARY
 Present simple, we use “is or are”
 Past simple, we use “ was or were” in affirmative sentences and in negative sentences we use “wasn´t or
weren´t”
 Be=was(singular)/were(plural,you)
 Past simple, we use “was and were” in questions and answers
 Short answers (yes/no questions): yes/no+ subject+ was/were or wasn´t/weren’t
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5. QUIZ Yourself

1. Irregular verbs:
https://www.eslgamesplus.com/irregular-past-tense-esl-grammar-jeopardy-quiz-game/

2. Complete
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm
3. Complete:
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/elementary/grammar/grammar_07_012e?cc=co&selLanguag
e=en
4. Affirmative/negative/questions
https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6001

6. LET’S WRITE

Write five sentences describing your last vacation.

1. I was in Pasto-Nariño last vacation.

2. I visited the Sanctuary of “Las lajas”.
3. I participated in the carnival of blacks and whites.
4. I spent time with my family and my cousins.
5. I went dancing with friends from school.

Well this is it!

We hope you have reviewed, enjoyed, and learned with these
activities.
Silvia Juliana Castro Lopez
Level III