REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS
Regular Verbs: ed
Play --- played
Irregular verbs: don’t take ed
Go --- went
Present Past
Leave left
Go went
Walk walked
Want wanted
Take took
Do did
arrive arrived
Decide decided
become became
Think thought
explain explained
Begin began
Meet met
end ended
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
Walk-walked Leave-left
Want-wanted Go-went
Arrive-arrived Take-took
Decide-decided Do-did
Explain-explained Become-became
End-ended Think –thought
Begin-began
Meet-met
STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS IN THE PAST
Affirmative He walked for 860 days.
Negative He didn’t walk for 860 days.
Yes/no Did he walk for 860 days? Yes, he
question did. / No, he didn’t.
Information Why did he walk for 860 days?
question Because …..
Listen ---- listened
Visit ----- visited
Regret --- regretted
d , ed , ied
danced
walked
fried
shopped
stop
Past Continuous and Simple Past
I was listening to my teacher when my telephone rang.
I was studying when my father asked me a question.
Past Continuous: action in progress
Simple Past: action that interrupts
Let’s complete and analyze
I ______ (cook) when the earthquake ____ (start).
I cooked when the earthquake was starting.
I was cooking when the earthquake started.
1. The teacher was explaining the class from 3 to 3:30 when I left the class.
Past continuous Simple past
2. I bought a car when I received my salary.
Simple past simple past
I was talking on the phone, when my cellphone turned off.
When my cellphone turned off, I turned on the TV.
When/after he spread the jelly, he ate his toast.
present past
spread Spread
eat ate
Case one
Past continuous Simple past
He was having a shower When the phone rang
The phone rang while he was having a shower
Case two
Simple past Simple past
He ate his toast When (after) he spread the jelly.
Case three
While Maria was Mark was watching the soccer game.
cooking,
A: Did you study for the exam?
B: I couldn’t. I was studying when the power went off. What about you?
A: Oh, that’s too bad. I studied when I arrived home.
B: Did you check your email while you were studying?
A: No, I didn’t. I wasn’t checking my email while I was studying
Case one: when simple past, past continuous
while past continuous, simple past
Case two: simple past when simple past
Case three: past continuous while past continuous
Case one: when my dad arrived home, we were having dinner.
while we were working, my boss arrived.
Case two: I watched TV when (after) I finished my homework.
Case three: I was having lunch while my husband was working in his office
ADVERBS
Slowly, angrily, amazingly, really, very, fast,
Mary is wonderful. (Adjective: person, animal, object)
Mary sings wonderfully. (Adverb: verb)
Check the incorrect ones:
She is amazingly.
She is amazing.
She eats quick.
She eats quickly.
She drives careful.
She drives carefully.
She sings well.
She is fast.
She drives fast.
Late – late
Hard –hard
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Word order::
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-who manne place
r - whe
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