Irregular Past Tense
What is the past tense of "eat"? Use it in a sentence
Ate; We ate pizza last night.
How do we form the past continuous?
was/were + verb-ing= I was running.
After the word "while" we usually which verb tense? Give me an example.
Use "stay in" in a sentence.
She prefers to stay in at the weekend.
What is the past tense of the word "read"? Use it in a sentence.
Read; Yesterday, I read for a half hour.
Fill in the gap:
They ____ ________ football when it started to rain.
were playing
Which tense do we usually use after the word "when"? Give an example.
Past Simple. I was watching TV when the phone rang.
Use "believe in" in a sentence.
I believe in my team because we have trained very hard for this match!
What is the past tense of the verb "to be"? Use it in a sentence.
Was/Were; I was 5 years old when I lost my first tooth.
Change this sentence from the present continuous to the past continuous:
She is sleeping.
She was sleeping.
Fill in the gaps:
The baby ______________(sleep) when I ____________(visit).
The baby was sleeping when I visited.
Someone who is rude has a bad attitude and shows a lack of respect for others. Someone who is polite has a positive attitude and respects others.
What are the irregular forms of the following verbs:
know, hide, run, sleep, fight, catch
Use one in a sentence.
Knew, hid, ran, slept, fought, caught
I ran a marathon last year.
Make past continuous sentences with the following subjects and verbs:
I/study
They/eat
We/swim
I was studying.
They were eating.
We were swimming.
While we ______________ (eat) at the restaurant, it _____________ (begin) to rain. We ______ (get) soaked when we _______ (run) to the car!
While we were eating at the restaurant, it began to rain. We got soaked when we ran to the car!
Define "give in". Use it in a sentence.
To finally do something or let something happen after a lot of pressure.
After asking her many times, my mother finally gave in and took us to Burger King.
What are the irregular forms of the following verbs:
fly, swim, buy, dream, ring, blow, wake
Use as many as you can to create a short story.
Flew, swam, bought, dreamt, rang, blew
I dreamt that I bought a horse that could swim underwater and fly. We swam and flew all day until a storm blew us out of the sky! The phone rang and I woke up.
When do we use the past continuous? Make up your own past continuous sentence.
We use it to talk about an action in the past that occurred during a set time frame.
I was studying for my English exam last night.
Make two sentence that use both the past continuous and the past simple (1 with "while" and 1 with "when").
I was reading a book when I fell asleep.
We were dancing at the party while you were playing in the band.
Use "get in", "hand in", and "join in" correctly in a sentence (three separate sentences).
I forgot to hand in my homework assignment.
Sara saw her friends playing football and asked if she could join in.