T1: UNIT 10 – LESSON B: BUSY TIME

SIMPLE PAST WITH IRREGULAR VERBS

Definition: Irregular verbs doesn’t follow a pattern or normal rules for conjugation, they
have different forms, sometimes can have the same form: cut, cut, read, read:

Example: She cut the paper into pieces yesterday in her room.
I read a mystery book last weekend.

IRREGULAR Simple present forms Simple past

TRANSLATION VERB
Ser -Estar Be Am: soy – estoy ( I ) Was: era- estaba ( I ) - ( he )
Are: son – están (you – we - they ( she) - (it )
Is: es – está ( he – she – it ) Were: eran – estaban ( you ) –
(we) –( they )

NEGATIVE FORMS:
WASN’T
WEREN’T

EXAMPLES WITH PAST OF BE: WAS AND WERE:

1- Passengers were at the airport to take the plane on time.
2- We weren’t on vacation time, we were working all the time
3- Were your parents at home last Saturday? No they weren’t. They were at the cinema
4- Where were you last summer? I was visiting some friends

5- My sister was at the mall yesterday morning.

6- He wasn´t at the university, he was at the park with friends.
7- Was the profesor explaining the lesson? Yes, he was. He was explaining to all the students in class
8- How was your last party at Susan’s house? It was great, the music and the food were excellent
 IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE NEXT STORY: A DISASTROUS SAILING VACATION

TRANSLATION PRESENT PAST

Dejar, salir, abandonar LEAVE LEFT

ver SEE SAW
empezar BEGIN BEGAN
Tener - haber HAVE – HAS (he – she – it ) HAD
Hacer - fabricar MAKE MADE
Tomar algo CATCH CAUGHT
EXAMPLES WITH REGULAR VERBS:
1- Sam left his office at 6: 00 p.m yesterday.
2- We didn’t leave the university at 11:00, we had a math test
3- Did you leave your house at 6: 30 a.m this morning? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t
4- What time did you leave the gym last sturday? I left the gym at 11:00 a.m

REGULAR VERBS IN THE NEXT STORY: A DISASTROUS SAILING VACATION

ED - ENDINGS

TRANSLATION PRESENT PAST

Querer algo WANT WANTED

Empezar, iniciar, comenzar START STARTED
Darse cuenta de REALIZE REALIZED
saltar JUMP JUMPED
Ver - vigilar WATCH WATCHED
Ayudar - auxiliar HELP HELPED
Ondear - saludar WAVE WAVED
Gritar SHOUT SHOUTED
Rescatar RESCUE RESCUED
 READ THE FOLLOWING STORY IN THE PAST TENSE
LOOK AT PICTURE CAREFULLY

1-Greg and Annie Peterson left Miami one summer weekend on their annual sailing
2-vacation in their boat Seas palace. They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea for
3-two weeks. During their vacation, they saw a large group of whales.
4- Greg and Annie were very happy. Unfortunately, while they were watching them, the
5-whales began to hit the side of the boat. Suddenly, water started flooding in and they
6-realized that they were in trouble. They quickly jumped into the lifeboat while the boat
7-was sinking and watched it dissapear under the sea. Fortunately, they had enough food
8-and water for twenty days.
9-They also had a fishing line and a machine which made salt water into drinking water.
10-These two things helped them to survive during their terrible experience.
11-For the next fifty days they caught about 10 fish a day and ate them raw. They saw
12-about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted while they were passing by,
13-nobody saw them.
14-They were becoming weaker and weaker. Then, just as they were beginning to lose
15-hope, a fishing boat rescued them. Their terrible vacation was over.

Story taken from book new headway book.

EXERCISE I: QUESTIONS ON THE STORY:
1- WHEN DID GREG AND ANNIE LEAVE MIAMI?
2- WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THEIR BOAT?
3- WHAT DID THEY WANT TO DO?
4- DID THEY SEE SOME DOLPHINS?
5- WERE THEY UNHAPPY?
6- WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WERE WATCHING THE SEA?
7- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOAT?
8- WHAT DID THEY DO TO SAVE THEIR LIVES?
9- DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER?
10- WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE DRINKING WATER?
11- HOW DID THEY SURVIVE THE NEXT FIFTY DAYS?
12-DID SHIPS THEY SEE FIRST HELPED THEM?
12- WERE THEY STRONG?
13- WHO RESCUED THEM?
14- WAS THEIR TERRIBLE VACATION OVER?
EXERCISE II: WRITE AN ANECDOTE USING PAST TENSE ABOUT A HAPPY OR FUNNY
MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE. USE PICTURES TO SHOW YOUR ANECDOTE.
 IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle Spanish

answer answered answered responder
arrive arrived arrived llegar
ask asked asked preguntar
be i was / were been ser
borrow borrowed borrowed tomar prestado
break i broke broken romper
buy i bought bought comprar
catch i caught caught atrapar
clean cleaned cleaned limpiar
climb climbed climbed escalar
collect collected collected coleccionar
come i came come venir
compose composed composed componer
cook cooked cooked cocinar
cut i cut cut cortar
dance danced danced bailar
describe described described describir
discover discovered discovered descubrir
do i did done hacer
drink i drank drunk beber
drive i drove driven conducir
eat i ate eaten comer
enjoy enjoyed enjoyed disfrutar
fall i fell fallen caer
feel i felt felt sentir
find i found found encontrar
fly i flew flown volar
forget i forgot forgotten olvidar
give i gave given dar
go i went gone ir
happen happened happened suceder
have i had had tener
help helped helped ayudar
hurt i hurt hurt herir, doler
invent invented invented inventar
invite invited invited invitar
kill killed killed matar
know i knew known saber
lend i lent lent prestar
leave i left left dejar
lie i lay lain yacer
like liked liked gustar
live lived lived vivir
look looked looked mirar
love loved loved amar
make i made made hacer
meet i met met conocer, encontrar
miss missed missed perder, extrañar
open opened opened abrir
pack packed packed empacar
pay i paid paid pagar
phone phoned phoned llamar por teléfono
play played played jugar
prefer preferred preferred preferir
prepare prepared prepared preparar
push pushed pushed empujar
put i put put poner
rain rained rained llover
read i read read leer
remember remembered remembered recordar
rent rented rented alquilar
rescue rescued rescued rescatar
return returned returned volver, devolver
ring i rang rung llamar por teléfono
save saved saved ahorrar
say i said said decir
search searched searched buscar
see i saw seen ver
sell i sold sold vender
sit i sat sat sentarse
skate skated skated patinar
ski skied skied esquiar
sleep i slept slept dormir
smell smelled smelled oler
speak i spoke spoken hablar
spend i spent spent gastar
start started started comenzar
stay stayed stayed quedarse
stop stopped stopped detener
study studied studied estudiar
survive survived survived sobrevivir
swim i swam swum nadar
take i took taken tomar
talk talked talked hablar
teach i taught taught enseñar
tell i told told decir
think i thought thought pensar
throw i threw thrown lanzar
touch touched touched tocar
try tried tried intentar
understand i understood understood entender
use used used usar
visit visited visited visitar
wait waited waited esperar
walk walked walked caminar
want wanted wanted querer
wash washed washed lavar
watch watched watched mirar
wear i wore worn llevar puesto
work worked worked trabajar
write i wrote written escribir