CLASS 25 A2

PAST EVENTS
(Part 1)
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Read some facts

about Coca-Cola
• Coca-Cola started in 1886.

• An Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S.

Pemberton, created it.

• Dr. Pemberton’s partner, Frank M.

Robinson, invented the name
“Coca‑Cola”.

• He designed the trademark used

today.
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When did it
happen?
• in 1886.

• in the past.

• last year.

• a year ago.

• yesterday

All these are past

time-expressions.
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What do these verbs have in common?

• arrived
started

• designed

• created
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Talking about the Past.

Simple Past Tense, affirmative.

Regular Past verbs= Infinitive verb+ ED
Most regular verbs add –ed return  returned
Regular verbs ending in –e add –d arrive  arrived
Regular verbs ending in consonant + y
carry  carried
change –y to –i and add –ed
Regular verbs ending in consonant +
vowel + consonant, double the final stop  stopped
consonant and add –ed
 Fun Facts about
Coca-Cola
Use the verbs in brackets to complete the
information about Coca-Cola. Use the verbs in
the Past Tense.

Used
• They __________ (use) Coca-
Cola to replace coffee.
Created
• They __________ (create)
Coca-Cola cans for soldiers.
• At Contained
the beginning, Coca-Cola
___________(contain) secret
ingredients.
• In Launched
1991, Coca-Cola
___________ (launch) the first
recycled bottles.
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The origins of
Coca cola
• John Pemberton, a
Wounded
pharmacist………(wound)
during the Civil War (create)
……... a Created
remedy to cure his
headaches and pain. Prepared
He
(prepare)…….. a mix of
coca leaves and cola nuts.
The
Needed to sellers (need to). ……..
mix that syrup with water. A
seller accidentally
Mixed (mix)
……. it with soda and in
1886. The most famous soft
was
drink (be)………………
created.
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How to
pronounce –ed
as in stopped/contained/created

There are different ways to pronounce –ed. Look

at the examples.

Stop: Stopped
Contain: contained
Create: created

-ed endings are pronounced as follows:

/t/ as in stopped (non vibrating last sound)
/d/ as in contained (vibrating last sound)
/id/ as in created/ended (last sound is t or d )
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How do we
pronounce these
verbs?
Classify these verbs under the correct column.
work, ask, accept, stop, invent, consider, want, decide, compare,
like, try, announce, remember, consider, arrive, expand, copy,
seem, look, succeed.

/t/ /d/ /id/

worked tried invented

looked acecepted decided

asked considered wanted
stopped compared copied
remembered Succeeded
liked
Annoumced Arrived
Seemed
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Yesterday - Today

Coca-Cola produced the first diet Coca-Cola produces Diet Coke,

drink, Tab. Coke Zero, and Coke Life.
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Yesterday or Today?
Look at the information and match the sentences. Are the sentences in
the present tense or past tense?

A. replaced coffee. Past tense

1. Coca-Cola history
B. sell millions of bottles a day. Present ten
2. Mr. Pemberton’s partner
C. invented the name Coca-Cola. Past tens
3. In the past, Coca-Cola
D. started in 1886. Past tense
4. At present, they
E. launched the first recycled Past tense
5. In 1991, they
bottle.
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ASKING ABOUT PAST ACTIONS

We use auxiliary verb DID to ask about past events.

WH- questions:
What did you do yesterday?
I studied for a test.
Yes-No questions:
Did you study for a test yesterday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn´t /(did not).

We use didn´t / did not for Negative answers.

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What did they do?

A B C D

This lesson I /prepare/ I /work/ I /use/ my cell

/start/ at… breakfast yesterday. phone
myself. yesterday.

1 2 3 4
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Read again the information about Coca

cola. Ask and answer
Coca-cola started in 1886
• Coca cola /start in 1945? …………………………
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Coca cola was invented in an Atlanta
• Where/ invent coca cola? …………………………..
pharmacit
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•
In 1991
When/ coca cola lauch recycled bottles………….
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Who invented Coca cola was Dr. John
• Frank Robinson/ invent coca cola?..............................
S. Pemberton
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Coca cola Answer and Provide
• Coca cola/ replace tea?..............................................
replaced coffe the correct information
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in the wrong
• WhatA remedy to cure this headaches and pain
/ create for soldiers?...............................................
statements.
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• Coca
The cola produced
company /produce the the2nd
first
dietdiet
drinkdrinkin 2010?
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• A Seller/
A seller mix
mixedcocacoca cola syrup
cola syrup with wine? with soda
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Today we
learned…
To talk about past events.

To use the past tense to talk about

Coca-Cola’s history.

To pronounce the different –ed

endings when talking about the past
(regular verbs).

To differentiate past from present

actions.