LESSON B WHO WAS THAT PERSON?

1. READ THE INFORMATION AND IDENTIFY THE REGULAR VERBS IN PAST AND WRITE
THEM IN THE CHART.

General Otilio Villegas Lora was born in Zimapán,

Hidalgo on December 13th, 1888. When he was a
child, he studied in the municipality of Jacala de
Ledezma. In 1913, he was twenty-five and he
decided to be a soldier to fight in the Revolution
against Huerta.

While they were in the Revolution he was a

Colonel, and in 1916 he was promoted to General BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST
Brigadier. In 1920, he joined the “Plan de Agua
Prieta”, seizing Zimapán and other populations. be Was/Were
He was Federal Deputy in four periods and
Senator for the State of Hidalgo.
study Studied
decide Decided
Then he lived in Zimapán, where he was the
promote Promoted
Municipal President in 1944 - 1945. He died in this
place on August 10, 1961. join Joined
live Lived
die Died

2. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN

PARENTHESES IN THE SIMPLE PAST.

Blanca: Hello Martha. (1) did you jump (jump) the rope with Maria
yesterday?
Martha: No, I (2) skated (skate) with my cousin Teresa, and you? do you skate?.
Blanca: I (3) stopped (stop) skating many years ago.
Martha: What (4) happened (happen)?
Blanca: I felt when I was skiing. I almost (5) died (die).
Martha: (6) did you cry (cry)?
Blanca: Yes, I (7) did . I (8) cried (cry) a lot, especially when my father
(9) carried (carry) me and (10) closed (close) the car’s door behind
me.
Martha: I can’t imagine the pain.
Blanca: It (11) was (be) terrible. I broke my two legs.
Martha: Well, would you like to play with the Xbox?
Blanca: Good idea, let’s go.
 3. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART ACCORDING WITH THE INFORMATION.

The first syllable is One syllable verb that

stressed and the verb
ends in consonant,
vowel or consonant,
just add “ed”.
ends consonant +
When the verb ends in If the verb ends
vowel + consonant.
“e” only add “d”. consonant + y. Omit
Double the last
the “y” and add “ied”.
consonant and add
“ed”.

open opened stop stopped die died cry cried

jump jumped plan planned live lived try tried

enjoy enjoyed admit admitted dance danced study studied

4. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A VERB IN THE PAST.

talk listen dance ask accept close jump work die

clean cook stay walk study open

She jumped He worked Elsa coooked It walked Victor closed

the rope. in the lab. chicken. on the street. the door.

Benjamin Mariana Rosa always The horse danced Emma talked

to music. cleaned her house.
stayed in in the show. by phone.
listened this house.

Louis studied He accepted Lucia asked My father opened My mother

for the exam. the position. the question. the window. died in 2017.
 5. ORDER THE STATEMENTS.

1. ate / pozole / night / she / my/ last / in / house/ .

she ate pozole in my house last night
2. park / played / in / Mauricio / the / tennis / .
Mauricio played tennis in the park
3. I / school / my / old / wasn’t / in / yesterday / .
I wasn´t in my old school yesterday
4. did / early / Patricia / arrive / not / .
Patricia did not arrive early
5. at / help / did / home / ? / they
Did they help at home?
6. this / you / did / why / not / year / ? / travel
Why did you travel his year?
7. door / Adrian / close / did / the / not /.
Adrian did not close the door
8. Gabriela / concert / were / and / the / in / ? / Jesús/
Gaby and jesus were on the concert?
9. last / they / downtown / weekend / were /.
They were downtown last weekend

6. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS. LISTEN AND CHECK.

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Lagerfeld (1) ____________

was (be) born in 1933. When he
(2)____________ (be) 14, he (3) ____________ (emigrate) to Paris. He
was emigrated
(4)____________
studied (study) drawing. He (5) ____________
was (be) a very famous
German fashion designer. He (6) ____________
designed (design) handbags,
watches, shoes, clothes and other personal items. He (7)__________
worked
(work) for Channel. He always (8) ____________
worked (work) with super
models but he (9) ____________
didn´t (not/design) a wedding dress for Lady
Diana. He (10) ____________
didn´t (not/ create) a range for C&A, but he (11)
____________
created (create) a range for H&M.

He (12)____________
changed (change) his surname from Langerfeldt to
Lagerfeld because it (13) ____________
was (be) more attractive. Lagerfeld
(14) ____________
didn´t (not/smoke) cigarettes. He (15) ____________
died (die) on
February 19th, 2019, when he (16) ____________
was (be) 85.