Listening – past tense (irregular verbs)

Check the following box with past tense irregular verbs. Try to match the verbs in present to the
verbs in past. Then, find the meaning in Spanish.

When you have finished, listen to the audio, and put the verbs in the corresponding verb

https://soundcloud.com/elllo-todd/conversation-3-25-pasttense-irregular

Became Got Was Went Made Ate Woke up Met Took Sat
Saw Found Lost Bought Knew Swam Gave Paid Had Told

VERBS IN PRESENT VERBS IN PAST SPANISH MEANING

TELL
BUY
BECOME
SIT
LOSE
GIVE
PAY
HAVE
SEE
FIND
WAKE UP
MEET
SWIM
MAKE
TAKE
KNOW
BE
GET
GO
EAT
Now, listen to the audio and complete the blank spaces with the missing information. Some of
the verbs may appear more than once.

Todd: How ____________ your summer vacation? 

Katie: Great! I _______ to Italy with my family. It _________ so fun there! We _________ lots
of really nice people and __________ really delicious food.

Todd: Where did you stay?

Katie: We stayed at a hotel on the beach so we ___________ every day to the sunrise over the
water. Each day we _______________ in the ocean and ____________ long walks on the beach.
At night, we ____________ and watched the stars. We ___________ so many stars!

Todd: Did anything exciting happen?

Katie: Yes! One day, we ____________ a wallet on the beach. We __________ it to the police
department. We ___________ the police that someone __________ their wallet. They
____________ it and we left. The next day they called us, so we __________ back to the police
station. 

Todd: Ooh! Why did they call you?

Katie: They __________ the owner of the wallet and he wanted to meet us. He ________ so
happy that he __________ his wallet back, so he __________ us a really nice bottle of wine. 

Todd: Oh cool! You _____________ a local friend!

Katie: Yes, we ___________ friends and ________ dinner that night. The man’s name
_________ Yuri. He _______ up all about the town and ________ us tips for our vacation. That
night, he _________ for the meal because he _________ happy we ________ his wallet and
_________ it back to him. We __________ we would be friends forever!

Todd: Wow! What a great trip!