irregular verbs
The irregular forms of the verb to do are...
did
done
I...(take) the dog with me to the park.
took
He...(relax) for hours.
was relaxing
While I...(work), I...(notice) that my pencil was missing.
I was working, I noticed
f o u n d
f o u n d
How does a question in the past simple look?
Give me an example
We use the auxiliary verb "did" at the beginning.
Did you run to catch to bus?
When do we use was and when do we use were?
was: I, he, she, it
were: you, we, they
Which of these took longer?
He was reading a book when my mom came home.
He was reading the book
Give me an example
It ends with -ed
opened
Creta 3 sentences in the past simple:
+positive
-negative
? question
They argued because none of them liked the poster.
They didn't / did not argue.
Did they argue?
Create sentences with past continuous:
+positive
-negative
?question
+ I was kayaking.
- I wasn't/was not kayaking.
? Was I kayaking?
Peter... (do) his homework and Claire...(watch) TV.
Peter was doing...
Claire was watching TV.
When we talk about the past simple, which "version" of the verb do we use?
Give me an example
2nd
I did it yesterday
Find and correct a mistake in this sentence:
The guide did not liked that nosy man.
did not like
When do we use past continuous?
When we talk about some action in the past that was going on for a while.
I...(walk) when I (slip) on the wet floor.
was walking
slipped
Think of other irregular verbs with a similar form:
think - thought - thought
bring-brought-brought
buy-bought-bought
teach-tough - tough
catch-caught-caught
fight-fought-fought
When do we use the past simple?
When we talk about some action in the past that is already finished.
We can spot it according to the exact time stamps. (Yesterday/last week...)
Find a mistake:
She were arguing with him for hours!
When do we use the past simple and the past continuous together in 1 sentence?
Give me an example.
When we want to show that 1 action interrupted the other.
I was teaching when my colleague came in.