When you see or read some expressions such as last month, year, week etc. you immediately identify what tense is.
In English, we have two types of verbs: regular and irregular. In Regular verbs, have a distinctive feature, their “ed” ending, and the pronunciation of this ending or suffix. In this lesson, you will explore how to pronounce these endings correctly.
Due to their nature, we will explore some relevant past events in this lesson. Finally, you will use regular verbs to express the things or activities you and other persons did.
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By the end of this topic you will:
Use the past tense of regular verbs in the affirmative form. You will use it along with the expressions: last month, yesterday night, on Saturday morning etc. to express what happened, to you as well as to other people specific point in the past.
You will find several phrases to express when things or activities happened in the past. Here are some of them.
Activity 1
Can you remember the characteristics of a regular verb in the past?
Yes of course!!!
The verbs in the box correspond to the sentences below. Read them carefully. Then write them in the correct form and place. There are three extra verbs.
When you complete the exercise, you can click on the icon “Answers” to see the answers.
Activity2
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You practised past events by writing the correct words in the gaps. They are “messages” that someone expressed. Now, you need to listen to others speak and match them to the right picture.
Listen and match the audio with the corresponding image. You can listen to each audio three times. The objective is to relate what you understand to the most representative image.
Activity 3
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Your friend needs help, and you need to give him/her a message, using regular verbs in the simple past form. Record the sentences imagining that you call your friend.
Your classmate asked you to leave a message in the voice mail because they are for the English homework.
Use the word(s) of each column to make a sentence. You need to record a total of five sentences.
Remember that your sentences have subject + verb (past) + complement. Based on the right pronunciation, emphasise the “ed” ending.
In this case, the past phrases are part of the compliment.
Before recording, read the rubrics to know the elements you have to consider. It can also help you to evaluate yourself.
| I | work | two hours | yesterday morning | |
| My sister | study | English | last month. | |
| He | need | extra practice | on Friday afternoon. | |
| Students | stay | in the hotel | a year ago. | |
| Many people | live | in rural areas | last decade. | |
| They | want | to live there | months ago. | |
| My friend and I | finish | our homework | last weekend. | |
| She | decide | to visit a museum | last Monday. | |
| Tony | copy | the important dates | yesterday. | |
| The president | watch | the play in the Zocalo | in September |
Activity 4
Mexico is an important country when we talk about sports.
Read the text, Sport Events in Our Country, and complete the word gaps of the letter that contains the information.
You have a maximum of three attempts to complete this exercise.
Write the opposite form of the following verb in simple past. Include the infinitive and the past form.
Separate the base form and the past form with a slash.
Sometimes you need to use the negative form, but you can practice using the opposite word.
See the example below
destroy/destroyed ---- repair/repaired