UNIT 3 - AMAZING ANIMALS - PAST SIMPLE

1.- USAGE OF THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE: FINISHED ACTIONS IN THE PAST

2.- THERE ARE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS:

REGULAR VERBS follow the RULES

( REGuLA-reS = RULES) --> OPEN + ED => OPENED

IRRREGULAR VERBS don't follow the rules

(IR-REGuLA-reS = NO RULES) --> GO => WENT

3.- TIME EXPRESSIONS: yesterday, last (week/month/year), ago, in 2000.

4.- FORM:

a) REGULAR VERB + ED: worked, asked, played, stopped, remained, offered...

(you can practise with the verbs in this place)

b) AFFIRMATIVE STRUCTURE: Subject + Verb ED + Complement

5.- REMEMBER THE SPELLING RULES to DOUBLE FINAL THE CONSONANT:

(se deben cumplir las 3 reglas para duplicar la consonante final)

a) cons. + vowel + consonant: C v C

b) only 1 vowel: 1

c) stress on the last syllable: '

ÓPEN > a,b but not c > OPENED

SUGGÉST > b, c but not a > SUGGESTED

OBTAIN > c, but not a,b > OBTAINED

BUT

PERMÍT > PERMITTED

STOP > STOPPED

FIT > FITTED

EXERCISES

IRREGULARS

#1 Irregular verbs, #2 Irregular verbs, #3 Irregular verbs, #4 Irregular verbs, #5 Irregular verbs, #6 Irregular verbs, #5 Irregular verbs, #5 Irregular verbs

REGULARS

#1 regulars, #2 regulars, #3 regulars,

BOTH

#1 both (crossword), #2was/were, #3 both, #4 both, #5 both,