INSTITUTO DE IDIOMAS – ENGLISH II

Lic. Virgelino Cordoba.

English Teacher

English regular verbs in past tense

Identify the correct ending sound of the following regular verbs in past

Verb [Id] [d] [t]

Established X
Cried X
Imported X
Admired
Finished
Helped
Tried
Ended
Allowed
Killed
Painted
liked
Fixed
Booked
Offered
Married
Punished
Exploded
Rented
Collected
Worked
Governed
Earned
Watched
Refused
Played
Thanked
Abused
Smiled
Smoked
Landed
Changed
Expected
kissed
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READING COMPREHENSION
Objective: Students will learn two important reading comprehension strategies to understand a
text.

BEFORE READING:
S kimming: A reading strategy to get some general ideas about a text before you read it. You might get a general
idea by reading the title, subtitles, pictures and notes.

What do you think is this passage about?

WHILE READING:
Exercise 1:
1. Look for the unknown vocabulary and make a list. Write the meaning in Spanish.
 ENGLISH SPANISH ENGLISH SPANISH

2. . Underline all the IRREGULAR VERBS in past simple. Write the infinitive form.
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE
Be Was – were

3. Underline the REGULAR VERBS from the text. Sort them into the correct column.
Verb [Id] [d] [t]

S canning: A reading strategy to get specific ideas from a text after you read it. Analyze the text deeply,
underline main and general ideas and answer the questions below.

Questions:
1. What situation is being described?
2. What was the weather like that July evening?

3. Who is Mrs. Umney? Describe her.

4. What was there on the floor when the Otis Family entered in the house? Who saw it?

5. Write a short summary of this passage. LINES

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