Verb To Be
To know someone's age we ask:
How old are you?
Past Tense of:
Do
Did
Last month, Maria fly to Europe.
Last month, Maria visited/flew/went to Europe last month.
What tense do we use to talk about routine?
Present Simple
by himself My brother the pizza ate all
My brother ate all the pizza by himself.
Your best friend just fell of his/her bike. You ask:
Are you ok?
Past Tense of:
Make
Made
My dogs was scared of the fireworks.
My dogs were scared of the fireworks.
We use this verb to talk about names, age and personal information.
To be
dinner for I made family tonight my
I made dinner for my family tonight.
To know where someone comes from we ask:
Where are you from?
Past Tense of:
Write and Read
Wrote and Read.
I spend the weekend played video games.
I spent the weekend playing video games.
If we want to transform verbs that end in a consonant + “y” into the past form we:
Turn the “y” into an “i”. Then add “ed”
the existing model records broke new all speed
The new model broke all existing speed records.
You think you saw your friend at the movies last night. Ask a yes or no question?
Where you at the movies last night?
Past Tense of:
Play, Stop, Study
Played, Stopped, Studied.
Lionel and Cristiano rode a taxi to the stadium.
Lionel and Cristiano took a taxi to the stadium.
We used these words and phrases to talk about time in the past.
Last week/month ...
Two days ago...
Yesterday...
This morning...
wasn't reading hobby when comics a popular I was growing up.
Reading comics wasn't a popular hobby when I was growing up.
You want to know where your friend Ana was this morning. You ask:
Where was Ana this morning?
Past Tense of:
Catch, Buy, Begin, Become
Caught, Bought, Began, Became
I meet my girlfriend a year ago. Today were our anniversary.
I met my girlfriend a year ago. Today is our anniversary.
For verbs that end in a vowel plus a consonant, we ____ the ____ and add ____, except if ____
Duplicate the consonant, then add “ed”, except if
if the consonant is: w, x or y.
The football late to team this morning's national practice arrived
The national football team arrived late to this morning's practice.