Lesson 1: Vocabulary on verbs in simple past (regular and irregular)

The Power of Music

"I think music in itself is healing," American musician Billy Joel once
said. "It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all
touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music."
We can all think of at least one song that, when we hear it, triggers an
emotional response. It might be a song that accompanied the first
dance at your wedding, for example, or a song that reminds you of a
difficult break-up or the loss of a loved one.
We have a such a deep connection to music because it is 'hardwired'
in our brains and bodies.
This extract has been taken from a research about the power of music by Honor Whiteman

Verbs in simple past form A. Write down the simple past form of the verbs given in the box.

Most verbs are turned into

Enjoyed Arrived Took Broke Began
simple past only by adding the
Went Found Saw Ate Thought
suffix –ed. We call them regular
Learned Wanted Told Needed
verbs. For example:

arrive-arrived learn-learned Begin Think Find

But some verbs need to change

Began Thought Found
completely their structure to be Want See Tell
in simple past. They are called Wanted Saw Told
irregular verbs. There are several
Arrive Enjoy Break
irregular verbs, such as:
Arrived Enjoyed Broke
go-went eat-ate take-took Go Eat Learn
Went Ate Learned
In this lesson we are going to
review the verbs in simple past Take Feel
previously learned in unit 2. Took Needed

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in simple past.

break think arrive want told enjoy

1. Today, I was listening to music and dancing alone in my bedroom when I accidentally ____________
Broke
a window. I need to repair it.
Arrived
2. My family _____________ in Campeche at 10 AM today.
3. I went to a concert yesterday. The music was very good and the artist sang very well. I really
_________________
Enjoyed the show.
4. When I was a child, I ________________
Wanted to be an adult. Now that I’m an adult, I would like to be a
child again!
5. Hello Martha! Great to see you again! But what are you doing here? I _______________
Thought you were on
vacations.
told
6. I talked to Mirna last night. She ______________ me that her son is sick; so probably they won’t come
to the party today.

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C. Answer each prompt and fill in the following crossword to learn more simple past verbs.

Cross:
Wrote Did Drove Studied Understood
Traveled Forgot Rode Found Bought 1. I Did (do) a research yesterday
Talked Chose Made about future rock concerts here in
Mexico.
7. Mario and Liz Traveled (travel) to
D i d U Mexico City to go to Beyoncé’s concert
last summer.
r n 8. I Found (Find) an incredible
discount for the next Linkin Park concert.
B M S o d
And they are VIP!
a 10. Last month I Talked (talk) to
o t r a v e l e d
Bruno Mars, I ran into him at the shopping
F o u n d u e r center.
11. Yesterday I Forgot (forget) to buy
g e d s
the tickets for the salsa festival. I am going
h i C t to buy them right now.

t a l k e d h o Down:
o 2. Maria Drove (drive) to California
d F r g o t
yesterday for a music festival.
s d 3. After there were no more tickets for
the opera. I Understood ( u n d e r s t a n d )
W r o t e that I need to buy them in advance.
4. My husband Bought (buy) me
o
a ticket for Tomorrowland! I am so excited!
d 5. Michael Jackson Made (make)
his first tour in Mexico 26 years ago.
e
6. I Studied (study) music in Australia
for 5 years.
9. I Chose (choose) to study music
because it is my passion.
13. I
Rode (ride) my motorcycle
yesterday while listening to AC/DC.

D. Work with a partner and read each other the verbs from the box. Student A reads and student B
responds with the verb in simple past form. Example: A- Begin B- Began. Switch roles after 1st round.

Visit Tell Stay Learn Choose Buy Ride

Begin Want Arrive Go Do Understand Forget
See Enjoy Eat Make Talk Find
Think Take Feel Write Study Travel

E. Listen to the conversation. What did Raúl find? Where did he find it?

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Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter who rose to
the fame with his super-hit singles like “Just the Way You Are”, “Grenade”,
and “Locked Out of Heaven”. With worldwide sales of over 11 million
albums and 68 million singles, he is undoubtedly, one of the world's
best-selling artists of all time. Along with being a great singer, he is also
known for his interpretation which makes him a very entertaining stage
performer. He was born as Peter Gene Hernandez on 8 October 1985,
in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Pete, was a Latin percussionist from
Brooklyn, and his mother, Bernadette ("Bernie"), was a singer. Because
he was born into a family of musicians, he started making music of his
own when he was a little boy. Growing up, his nickname was “Little
Elvis”. Mars received his first Grammy with the

“To write a song you must have imagination, to

have imagination you must be free”. Bruno Mars

The simple past tense is used to talk about events in the past. There are regular and irregular verbs.
Regular verb: I exercised yesterday Irregular verb: I ate fish yesterday

Positive statements Extra verbs

Subject+ verb Simple past + Context Present / Simple Past

Sing – Sang Grow up – Grew up
Negative statements Win – Won Give - Gave
Subject+ didn’t + verb present + Context
Fernando + didn’t + eat + fish yesterday Grammys
Mars has won four Grammys:
the first in 2011 for Best Male Pop
Go to the index to review the simple past tense.
Vocal Performance for
"Just the Way You Are",
A. Unscramble the following positive sentences. the second in 2014 for Best Pop
Vocal Album and two in 2016 for
1- Martha /dance /to Canada / traveled /to / last year/ in a / Record of te Year and Best Pop
competition /participate Duo / Group Performance, both for
Martha traveled to Canada la t ear to a participate in a dance competition
"Uptown Funk".

2. was / Francisco / he / 7 / play / years / old / violin / learned / to / when / the

Francisco learned to play he old violin when was 7 years old

3. bought / maracas / football / to / them / take / a / Nínive / game / to
Nínive bought maracas to take them to a football game

4. around / songs / many / Bruno Mars / to / inspire / wrote / people /
the / world
Bruno Mars wrote around many songs to inspire people the world

5. and / their / began /Alejandra / month / classes / singing /
California / Mario / in / last
Mario and Alejandra began singing classes their last month in California

6. went / I / My mom / and / Monterrey / to / 26 days / to / one /ago /
of / concerts / Bruno Mars’
My
mom and I went to Monterrey 26 days ago to a Bruno Mars concerts Mars participated in the Super Bowl in February
2016 with Beyoncé Knowles and Coldplay.

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B. Turn the following sentences into negative statements.

1. Bruno Mars sang yesterday in México City.
Bruno
Mars didn't sing yesterday in México Cit
2. Beyoncé and Mars made a performance at
the 2018 super bowl.
Beyoncé and Mars didn't Make a performance at the 2018
super bowl.
3. Mars dated Rihanna for 10 years
Mars didn't date Rihanna for 10 years
4. Bruno Mars studied music in California
Bruno Mars didn't Study music in California
5. Bruno Mars grew up in California.
Bruno Mars didn't Grow up in California.
6. Mars’ parents worked at a bank during his
childhood
Mars’ parents didn't Work at a bank during his childhood
7. Mars won his first Grammy in 2016
Mars didn't win his first Grammy in 2016
8. People called Bruno, in his childhood, “Little
Michael Jackson”
People didn't call Bruno, in his childhood, “Little Michael Jackson”
9. Bruno Mars began his music career in Brazil.
Bruno
Mars didn't begin his music career in Brazil.

Short answer: Interrogative

Yes, (I )did No, (I) didn’t Did + Subject+ verb present + Context?
Did + Fernando + eat + fish yesterday?

C. Write down the questions made to Bruno Mars on an interview.

1. did you grow up in Hawaii ?

?
Yes, I grew up in Hawaii
2.
did you write “All I ask” for Adele ? ?
Yes, I wrote “All I ask” for Adele
did you go to New York to begin my singing?
3. reer
No, I didn’t go to New York to begin my singing Career
4.did

you enjoy every second of you participation?
Yes, I enjoyed every second of my participation at the 2016 Super Bowl.
Go check this
5.
did you mom work as an actress? ? amazing video Bruno
No, my didn’t work as an actress, she was a singer when I was a child. Mars and James
Corden on a Carpool.
6. ?
did you have a concert in Mexico back in January?
No, I didn’t have a concert in Mexico back in January. It was in February.

D. Answer the following questions about yourself and then interview a partner with the same questions.

You A partner
1. What did you do yesterday? yesterday
I went to the
school
2. What time did you go to bed last night? I went at go bed at
1:30 a.m.
3. What time did you get up this morning? at 7:30 am
4. What time did you arrive in class today? I arrived at 8.30am

5. What did you watch on TV yesterday? I watched the movie of venom
6. What did you have for breakfast this morning?
bread with coffee
7. Did you do any exercise last week? If ‘yes’, what kind? I did a lot of exercise

I
8. Did you eat at a restaurant last week? If ‘yes’, what did you eat? ate an order of fried
chicken
9. Were you happy yesterday? If ‘yes’, why? If ‘no’, why not?
yes, i was

E. Listen to the conversation. What did Kathy forget?

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