Course: English III

Teacher: Víctor Vilchez Díaz

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 Unit 6

How things began

Lesson 1: Party animals
Chinese Zodiac
Simple past tense
Simple Past Tense: Regular verbs
PRESENT AND PAST TENSE
REGULAR VERBS
Add Added Hook Hooked Present Presented Spark Sparked
Ask Asked Hunt Hunted Press Pressed Spill Spilled
Bake Baked Itch Itched Pull Pulled Spray Sprayed
Bang Banged Join Joined Pump Pumped Squash Squashed
Bat Batted Jump Jumped Push Pushed Squeak Squeaked
Blink Blinked Kick Kicked Race Raced Stamp Stamped
Bow Bowed Kiss Kissed Rain Rained Suck Sucked
Bump Bumped Knock Knocked Reach Reached Switch Switched
Call Called Lick Licked Roll Rolled Talk Talked
Cheat Cheated Like Liked Rush Rushed Test Tested
Chew Chewed Lock Locked Save Saved Touch Touched
Dance Danced Look Looked Scare Scared Trick Tricked
Dress Dressed Melt Melted Scratch Scratched Trust Trusted
End Ended Mend Mended Shade Shaded Turn Turned
Fill Filled Miss Missed Share Shared Twist Twisted
Flash Flashed Move Moved Shock Shocked Visit Visited
Fold Folded Paint Painted Slow Slowed Wait Waited
Glow Glowed Pick Picked Smash Smashed Walk Walked
Harm Harmed Play Played Smile Smiled Wash Washed
Heat Heated Poke Poked Sniff Sniffed Wave Waved
Help Helped Post Posted Soak Soaked Wink Winked
Simple Past tense
Simple Past Tense: Irregular verbs
Complete with the past form of the verbs below.
copy - like - look - paint - stay
stop - travel - use - visit - walk
Last Saturday, we (a) visited a big art gallery in New York.
We (b) traveled by bus. The bus (c) stopped near a park.
We (d) walked through the park to the museum. In the
gallery we (e) looked at a lot of paintings and drawings.
After that, we (f) copied our favorite painting in our
notebooks. On Sunday morning, I (g) stayed in bed late. I
was tired! In the afternoon, I (h) painted a picture for my
mom. I (i) used lots of different colors. My mom was
happy – she (j) liked my picture a lot!
Simple Past Tense: Irregular verbs
IRREGULAR PAST TENSE VERBS
There is no rule for the formation of irregular verbs. You have to memorize them.
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE
be was/were go went say said
become became grow grew see saw
begin began have had sell sold
break broke hear heard send sent
bring brought hit hit shoot shot
build built hold held sing sang
buy bought hurt hurt sit sat
catch caught keep kept sleep slept
come came know knew speak spoke
cut cut leave left spend spent
do did let let stand stood
drink drank lie lay swim swam
drive drove light lit take took
eat ate make made teach taught
fall fell meet met tell told
fight fought pay paid think thought
find found put put throw threw
fly flew read read understand understood
get got ride rode wear wore
give gave run ran own owned
Simple Past Tense: Irregular verbs
Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences.

1. I (eat) ate dinner at six o’clock yesterday.

2. My neighbor (buy) bought a new car last week.
3. They (go) went to Italy on their last summer holiday.
4. My family and I (see) saw a comedy movie last night.
5. First, we (do) did exercise, and then we (drink) drank some water.
6. Suddenly, the animal jumped and (bite) bit my hand.
7. The Wright brothers (fly) flew the first airplane in 1903.
8. I think I (hear) heard a strange sound outside the door one minute
ago.
9. When I was ten years old, I (break) broke my arm. It really (hurt)
hurt.
10. The police (catch) caught all three of the bank robbers last week.
11. Unfortunately, I (forget) forgot to (bring) bring my money.
Lesson 2: She said “no”
Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense
Complete with the simple past form of the verbs.
Seurat was a French painter. He (a) lived in Paris,
France. He (b) studied art there. He (c) didn’t travel
a lot during his life. He (d) started to draw in black
and white. Then he (e) learned about science and
colors. He (f) used dots of color in his paintings. He
(g) didn’t mix the colors. Some people (h) didn’t
like his paintings because they were different.
Seurat (i) didn’t live for very long. He (j) died when
he was 31.
Lesson 3: Things were never the same
Simple past tense
Simple past tense
1. (A) What did you do yesterday? (B) I went shopping.
2. (A) How did you get to that city? (B) We traveled by bus
3. (A) Why were you late? (B) I missed the bus.
4. (A) When did you have lunch? (B) We had lunch at noon.
5. (A) Where were your bags? (B) They were on the train.
6. (A) How was the movie? (B) It was great!
7. (A) Who ate the cake? (B) Stewart ate it.
8. (A) What did she say? (B) She said, “Good-bye.”
9. (A) Who was that on the phone? (B) It was Steven.
10. (A) When did they graduate? (B) They graduated in 2014.
11. (A) What time did you go to bed? (B) I went to bed at eleven o’clock.
12. (A) Where were they? (B) They were at the library.
13. (A) Why did he see a doctor? (B) He hurt his hand.
14. (A) Who was your teacher? (B) Ms. Jones was my teacher.
15. (A) What was that noise? (B) It was just the wind.
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Vocabulary PLus: Technology