A1 THURSDAY 21st MAY

REPASO PRESENT SIMPLE VS. CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1. COMPLETA CON PRESENTE SIMPLE O CONTINUO 

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)  her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work)  as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)  French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) .

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) .

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) .

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)  because everybody (talk)  so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently)  a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?
Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)  to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally )  printed by a company in New York. Their prices (be)  inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be)  made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

Form (Forma)

Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares, usamos el infinitivo y añadimos la terminación “-ed”. La forma es la misma para todas las personas (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).

Ejemplos:

want →   wanted

learn →   learned

stay →   stayed

walk →   walked

show →   showed

Excepciones:

1. Para verbos que terminan en una “e”, sólo añadimos “-d”.

Ejemplos:

change →   changed

believe →   believed

2. Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una consonante (excepto “y” o “w”), doblamos la consonante final.

Ejemplos:

stop →   stopped

commit →   committed

3. Con verbos que terminan en una consonante y una “y”, se cambia la “y” por una “i”.

Ejemplos:

study →   studied

try →   tried

SI EL VERBO ES IRREGULAR, USAREMOS LA 2ª COLUMNA. TENÉIS UNA LISTA DE VERBOS IRREGULARES EN VUESTRO CUADERNILLO

 USO: El pasado simple se utiliza para hablar de una acción concreta que comenzó y acabó en el pasado. En este caso equivale al pretérito indefinido español. Generalmente, lo usamos con adverbios de tiempo como “last year”, “yesterday”, “last night”…

Ejemplos:

Tom stayed at home last night.(Tom se quedó en casa anoche.)

Kate worked last Saturday.(Kate trabajó el sábado pasado.)

I didn’t go to the party yesterday.(No fui a la fiesta ayer.)

Did they walk to school this morning?(¿Han andado a la escuela esta mañana?)

LISTA DE VERBOS IRREGULARES

EXERCISE 1: Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend)  my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be)  great.
3. I (travel)  around by car with two friends and we (visit)  lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go)  to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn)  some Irish dances.
6. We (be)  very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?

EXERCISE 2: Complete the gaps with the verbs in brackets at the end of the sentences in Past Simple Tense. There are both regular and irregular verbs in this exercise.

1. She  well. (cook)
2. She  a large sum of money for that picture. (pay)
3. She  the book and read a few lines. (open)
4. He  to keep you waiting. (hate)
5. The child  bitterly. (weep)
6. He  many people on his way to work. (meet)
7. The doctor  him to stop smoking. (tell)
8. We  many questions to the chairman at the meeting. (put)
9. I  very good music. (hear)
10. We  on horseback during our holidays. (ride)
11. He  us his library. (show)
12. He  well. (sleep)
13. I  buy some more food. (have to)
14. He  both French and English. (teach)
15. You  your milk quickly. (drink)
16. They  in a great forest. (camp)
17. She  many letters home. (write)
18. He  to his office by car. (go)
19. The telephone bell . (ring)
20. We  to learn this song by heart. (try)
21. It  a lot to us. (mean)
22. I  not allowed to show you her letter. (am)
23. We  clothes in this little shop. (buy)
24. We  get up earlier. (must)
25. This coat  very little. (cost)
26. He  bring you my answer. (can)
27. She  hot cakes for the children. (keep)
28.  you translate this poem? (can)
29. We  in the lake. (swim)
30. They  a new house. (build)