CLASS 29 A2

PAST EVENTS
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What happened?
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Microwave oven

Post-it notes

WD - 40

Gatorade

Velcro
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What happened?
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Past Simple of Regular verbs

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Past Simple of Irregular Verbs

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Questions
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The verb HAPPEN is a special case.

• We don’t need an auxiliary verb to ask a WH-
question in the past simple.
• As a regular verb, we simply add the ED suffix to
turn it into the past simple.

• What happenED in 1945?

Percy Spencer invented the microwave.

*Read again slide 2 and ask about events

in these years: 1967-1968-1953-1960-1941
1) What happened in 1967?
- A smaller household product, costing $495, became
available.
2) What happened in 1968?
- Dr. Spencer Silver accidentaly made a glue that was not very
sticky.
3) What happened in 1953?
- Three scientists made the product named ‘WD-40’
4) What happened in 1960?
The coach Ray Graves, the doctor and his team created a
mixtura of water, salt, sugar, lemon juice, potassium and
phosphate named Gatorade.
5) What happend in 1941?
George de mestral, created the velcro
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Negatives

• To produce negative sentences in the past , we use the auxiliary verb

DID + a negative adverb NOT:

• The chocolate bar DID NOT melt in his hand. ( full form of the aux. verb in
the negative)

• Microwave ovens DID NOT become available until 1967. (full form of the aux. verb in

the negative)

• It DIDN’T melt. ( contracted form of the aux. verb in the

negative )

• They DIDN’T become available. ( contracted form of the aux. verb in the negative )

• * Notice that the main verb remains in the infinitive

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Turn these verbs into the past to learn some

more about other accidental inventions.
Complained
• In 1853 customers (complain)……. Chips (be not)………Weren’t crispy.
So NY Cheff George Crum, (slice)………… Sliced
potatos into thin chips
Fried
and (fry)……………… them in boiling oil and (sprinkle)
Sprinkled
…………… them in salt.
• In 1904 at The World’s Fair inRan St.out
Louis the people from the ice
cream booth(run out)……. of bowls to serveHad Ice cream. Next to
Tried
them, Ernest Hamwi (have)………….a persian wafles booth.
Started to help his neighbours so he (start)…….Could
He( try)------- rolling the
waffles and they (can)………serve ice – cream in them.
Created
• John Pemberton, a pharmacist (create)……...
Prepared a remedy to cure
headaches. He (prepare)…….. a mix ofNeeded coca leaves
to and cola nuts.
The sellers (need to). …….. mix that syrup with mixed
water. A seller
accidentally (mix) ……. it with soda and in 1886. The most
famous softWasdrink (be)……………… created.
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Let’s ask some questions about these inventions (USE THEWORDS IN THE BOXES)

• Potato chips

• Coca-cola

• Ice-cream cones

Can you answer them?

• 1) why did cheff George Crum fry the potato chips?
• Because customers complained chips weren’t crispy
• 2) what did the people do when run out the ice-
cream cones?
• They started serve the ice-cream in the rolled
waffles.
• 3) what did the sellers mix to create coca cola?
• The sellers accidentaly mixed the syrup with soda
and created coca cola
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Is this information True?

• George Crum prepared fry fish for his customers.

• George Crum didn’t prepare fry fish for his customers, he prepared fry potato
chips for his customers.

• Ernest Hamwi sold ice-cream in bowls.

• Ernest Hamwi didn’t sell ice-cream in bowls, he sold waffles.
• Pemberton invented the ice-cream cones.
• Pemberton didn’t invente the ice-cream cone, he invented the coca cola.
• A seller mixed vodka with the syrup by accident.
• A seller didn’t mixe vodka with the syrup by accident, he mixed soda with the
syrup by accident.
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Homework

• Do slides 2 -3 -8 -10 -11 -12