Adjectives
Verbs in the Past
Verb "To Be"
Past Simple VS. Past Continuous
Materials
100
Choose and spell the correct adjective.
This adjective means you are stressed or nervous about something that happened or will happen.
This adjective is a synonym for attractive.
This adjective describes when you feel bothered by someone or something that doesn't stop provoking you.
Worried
Pretty
Annoyed
100
Change these sentences into the past tense.
She ______ (eat) ice cream on the beach.
They _______ (study) the past in history class.
I _______ (catch) the baseball during the match.
She ate ice cream on the beach.
They studied the past in history class.
I caught the baseball during the match.
100
Complete these sentences with the correct forms of the verb to be.
She _______ at home writing her blog.
Teachers _______ stricter in the past.
There ______ many ducks at the park.
There _______ time for sports, music, and hanging out!
She was at home writing her blog.
Teachers were stricter in the past.
There were many ducks at the park.
There was time for sports, music, and hanging out!
ANGEL (double points)
100
Complete.
We often use _________ before the past simple and ______ before the past continuous.
A. While
B. When
We often use when before the past simple and while before the past continuous.
100
Boxes and packages are typically made of this material. Can you think of other ways we can use or reuse this material?
Cardboard. We can reuse it for projects, to make cheap furniture, for storage, as toys for our pets...
200
Replace the italicized adjectives with synonyms.
I found a huge new mural down the street from my house yesterday. It was so bright, I loved it! What's awful though is that there is a lot of garbage on the street.
Huge = Enormous
Bright = Colorful
Awful = Terrible
200
How do we change regular verbs into the past tense in English?
Can you give an example?
Add -ed or -d to the end of the verb.
IE. walk –––> walked
BOMB (choose another team to lose 200 points)
200
Use a past time phrase and change this sentence into the past simple affirmative.
Life is hard for teenagers.
Then change it into the negative and interrogative forms.
In the past, life was hard for teenagers.
In the past, life wasn't hard for teenagers.
Was life hard for teenagers in the past?
BOMB (choose another team to lose 200 points)
200
Complete the spaces with the correct form of the verb.
As I ________ (walk) to school, a sudden gust of wind _____ (blow) over a tree right in front of me!
As I was walking to school, a sudden gust of wind blew over a tree right in front of me!
200
Describe wool, including what it is, where it comes from, and what we use it for.
Wool is a textile that is warm and breathable. It comes from sheep's fur. We use it to make warm winter clothes like gloves, hats, sweaters, or blankets.
GUN (steal 200 from another team)
300
What adjectives can we use to describe these emojis? Invent two sentences using the adjectives.
Embarrassed
I was so embarrassed during the class presentation.
Worried
She was really worried about the English exam next week.
GUN (steal 300 from another team)
300
Can you rewrite these sentences in the affirmative while maintaining the same meaning?
We didn't lose the match!
He didn't disagree with me.
She didn't bring her homework. It's at her house.
We won the match!
He agreed with me.
She forgot her homework. It's at her house.
300
Are these sentences correct or incorrect? Correct them if they are wrong.
Was there laws to protect children?
Work didn't be well-paid for young people.
Teenagers were often tired.
In the 1950s, there is technologies like the mobile phone and smartwatches.
Incorrect. Were...?
Incorrect. Work wasn't...
Correct.
Incorrect. In the 1950s, there weren't technologies...
300
Create a sentence with the past continuous and past simple with the following information.
Children play upstairs.
Nurse Matilda comes in.
Everyone freezes.
The children were playing upstairs until Nurse Matilda came in and everyone froze.
ANGEL (double points)
300
Which material typically comes from a cow's skin? Name some items you can find that are made of this material.
Leather. You can find leather boots, leather furniture, leather jackets...
400
Match the sentence halves:
1. We were very excited
2. She was very bored and unhappy
3. I was immediately annoyed
a. when the plane didn't move for one hour.
b. before going on our vacation in Valencia.
c. when my brother dropped my new phone.
We were very excited before going on our vacation to Valencia.
She was very bored and unhappy when the plane didn't move for one hour.
I was immediately annoyed when my brother dropped my new phone.
400
Use these sentences to create past simple questions:
How many / Game Boys / Nintendo sell ?
Where / people / borrow films in the 1990s ?
When / first website / go online ?
How many Game Boys did Nintendo sell?
Where did people borrow films in the 1990s?
When did the first website go online?
400
Change this sentence into the past simple affirmative, negative, and interrogative.
You ______ (find) a mobile phone with the other objects in the time capsule.
a. Affirmative
b. Negative
c. Interrogative
a. You found a mobile phone with the other objects in the time capsule.
b. You didn't find a mobile phone with the other objects...
c. Did you find a mobile phone...?
400
Finish the following sentences with your own ideas. You have to use the past simple and past continuous in each sentence.
I was reading a brilliant book when suddenly...
My friend found her keys while...
Where did they see...?
What were you doing when...?
Answers will vary.
I was reading a brilliant book when my little brother suddenly interrupted.
My friend found her keys while we were searching for them.
Where did they see the artist painting a mural?
What were you doing when I called?
What were you doing when
400
Choose three objects in the room and describe what they are made of.
Answers will vary:
The desks are made of wood.
The chairs have metal bars.
The windows are made of glass.
500
Describe your last school excursion using at least four advanced adjectives. It's important to use the past simple correctly as well.
We went to Guadarrama on our last school excursion. It was an unusual day before it was a little cloudy and very windy. I was feeling bored on the bus ride but felt excited once we arrived. Everyone was tired on the way home.
500
What is the past simple, past participle, and translation of the verb dream?
Can you make a sentence in the past simple affirmative, negative, and interrogative with dream?
Dream, Dreamt/Dreamed, Soñar
I dreamt about flying elephants last night!
She didn't dream at all last night.
Did they dream about flying cars in the past?
500
FINAL JEOPARDY!!!
Each team must wager an amount from 0 to your total score. If you answer correctly, you win this amount, incorrectly and you lose it.
Describe this scene using there is and there are in the past simple. Say one affirmative, one negative, and one interrogative sentence with each there is and there are.
There was one sailboat in the water.
There were lots of children.
There weren't many clouds in the sky.
There weren't any bicycles on the beach.
Was there a long line at the ice cream truck?
Were there any cats on the beach?
500
Ask a question that could get this response. Use past simple and past continuous in each.
I was having a shower when you rang.
We were driving to Barcelona when I first heard the news.
He ate some pizza as he was waiting for the bus.
What were you doing when I rang?
Where were you driving when you first heard the news?
What did he eat as he was waiting for the bus?
500
Change the italicized nouns into adjectives, and rearrange the sentence if necessary.
It's a phone case made of plastic.
I use a cutting board made of wood.
There's a winter hat made of wool.
I prefer shirts made of cotton.
It's a plastic phone case.
I use a wooden cutting board.
There's a woollen winter hat.
I prefer cotton shirts.