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NAME: __________________________

INDICE
PAST OF BE
1. Was Adam on time for class yesterday?

No, he wasn’t. He was late.

 SIMPLE PAST
Complete the table with the meaning of the verbs in simple past.

Past participle verbs

Regular verbs Irregular verbs
Verb Simple Meaning Verb Simple Meaning
past past
Arrive Arrived Llegó Be Was / Were Era / Estaba
Ask Asked Preguntó Become Became Se convirtió
Boil Boiled Begin Began
Call Called Bet Bet
Carry Carried Bite Bit
Clean Cleaned Blow Blew
Compare Compared Brake Broke
Complete Completed Bring Brought
Cook Cooked Build Built
Check Checked Burn Burned
Decide Decided Buy Bought
Describe Described catch Caught
Destroy Destroyed choose chose

The spelling of the simple past form (-ed forms)

You will learn the spelling of the simple past form (-ed form.) But before you continue the lesson
study the following examples and try to see how the verbs are spelled.

Verbs ending in a...

1. silent e 2. vowel + y 3. consonant + y 4. other forms
close = closed marry = married visit = visited
die = died play = played carry = carried miss = missed
phone = phoned destroy = destroyed study = studied watch = watched
finish = finished
fix = fixed
buzz = buzzed
The rules of the simple past tense forms:

Here are the rules:

1. Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
close=closed
2. Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple past and past
participle:
Example:
play=played
3. Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the simple past and past
participle (the ybecomes an i followed by /-ed/)
Example:
marry=married
4. All the other regular vebs take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle.
Example:
visit=visited

Special cases of the -ed forms:

Follow these rules when there is a consonant after a vowel (stop, ban, open, offer...)

 If there is a consonant after a stressed vowel at the end of the word, double the
consonant
stop – stopped
ban - banned
swap - swapped
 If the vowel is not stressed, we do not double it:
open - opened (Here the stress is on'o', not the 'e'.)
offer - offered ( Here the stress is on 'o', not the 'e'.)
REVIEW OF SIMPLE PAST AND PAST OF BE
USED TO
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Complete the chart with comparative adjectives.

Short adjectives Adjetivos cortos Comparative adjective

High Alto Higher than…
Tall Alto
Big Grande
Dry Seco
Small Pequeño
Large Largo
Shabby Andrajoso
Deep Profundo
Nice Bonito
Cheap Barato
Quiet Callado
Safe Seguro
Pretty Bonito
Hot Caliente
Cold Frio
Wet Mojado
Low Bajo
short Chaparro
Long adjectives Adjetivos largos Long adjectives
Expensive Caro More expensive than…
Interesting Interesante
Beautiful Hermoso
Relaxing Relajante
Spacious Espacioso
Boring Aburrido
Crowded Multitud
Dangerous Peligroso
Polluted Contaminado
Popular Popular
Famous Famoso
Irregular adjectives Adjetivos irregulares Irregular adjectives
Good Bueno Better than…
Bad Malo Worse than…
_______Jacinto is older than Laura______________________________
_______Laura is younger than Jacinto___________________________

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SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Complete the chart with the superlative form.

Short adjectives Adjetivos cortos Superlative adjectives

High Alto The highest
Tall Alto
Big Grande
Dry Seco
Small Pequeño
Large Largo
Shabby Andrajoso
Deep Profundo
Nice Bonito
Cheap Barato
Quiet Callado
Safe Seguro
Pretty Bonito
Hot Caliente
Cold Frio
Low Bajo
short Chaparro
Long adjectives Adjetivos largos Long adjectives
Expensive Caro The most espensive
Interesting Interesante
Beautiful Hermoso
Relaxing Relajante
Spacious Espacioso
Boring Aburrido
Crowded Multitud
Dangerous Peligroso
Polluted Contaminado
Popular Popular
Famous Famoso
Irregular adjectives Adjetivos irregulares Irregular adjectives
Good Bueno The best
Bad Malo The worst
Rewrite the sentences in superlative form

Examples:

Soccer is a very (interesting) sport.

Soccer is the most interesting sport.

Benito Juarez is an extremely (nice) town

Benito Juarez is the nicest town

1) The church is (old) building in our town.

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2) John is (careful) driver I know.
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3) Our city is (polluted) in Spain.
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4) That film was (good) I've seen.
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5) This chair is (comfortable) in the house.
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6) Helen is (beautiful) girl in our class.
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7) Today was (tiring) day of my life.
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8) Luke is (lucky) person I know.
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9) Tuzantla is (hot) town in Michoacán.
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10) Einstein was (clever) man of the twentieth century.
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 THIRD PERIOD “PAST CONTINUOUS”
PAST CONTINUOUS

Use the past continuous for an ongoing action in the past.

Use the simple past for an event that interrupts that action.

Connectors
When = cuando
While = mientras
As = mientras
Complete the chart with the correct verb form.

PAST CONTINUOUS VS SIMPLE PAST

PAST CONTINUOUS SPANISH SIMPLE PAST /TENSE SPANISH
WAS COOKING ESTABA COCINANDO COOKED COCINÉ
WERE RUNNING ESTABA CORRIENDO RAN CORRÍ
WAS STUDYING STUDIED
WERE DREAMING
WAS CLEANING
WERE STEALING STOLE
WAS WORKING
WERE EATING
WAS DRINKING
WERE DANCING
WAS THINKING
WERE CALLING CALLED
WAS SWIMMING
WERE WATCHING
WAS GOING
WERE BUYING ESTABA COMPRANDO BOUGHT COMPRÓ
DISCOVERING DISCOVERED DESCUBRIÓ
FILMING FILMED FILMÓ
FINDING FOUND ENCONTRÓ
WALKING WALKED CAMINÓ
SEEING SAW VIÓ
NOTICING NOTICED NOTÓ
CREATING CREATE CREÓ
COMING UP WITH CAME UP WITH SE LE OCURRIÓ
HAVING HAD TUVO / TENÍA
HOPING HOPPED ESPERÓ
DRIVING DROVE MANEJÓ
GRABING GRABBED AGARRÓ
ALERTING ALERTED ALERTÓ
CACHING UP WITH CAUGHT UP WITH ALCANZÓ
Write a small story about something that happened to you recently. Use past continuous.

Example: Las weekend as I was washing my car on the street, I found a five hundred bill next to the car. In
the afternoon I went to Aurrera to buy candies for my students and while I was waiting on the line to pay, a
robber grabbed a laptop and went way, the guard and the people on the line were running after the thief
when the police shot him. When the police came in to the store, the robber denied everything and the
police let him go, I was really mad at the police officers!.

Last Saturday as I was…

Last night while I was…

Yesterday when I was…

Complete the following sentences with past continuous and simple past tense.

 While I was going home one day I fell in a hole.

 I was doing my homework when I ______________________________
 I was talking to my friend when the people ________________________
 Last month I was ___________ when ___________________________
 Two years ago I was _____________ when ________________________
 As my best friend was _________________I _____________________
 The Verb "could"

Subject the verb "Main Verb

-- - -
(I, you, he, she, it, we, they) "could" Tense"
Positive I could - go to the store
Sentences
Negative
We could not go to the store
Sentences
Questions Could they - go to the store

Note: could not = couldn’t

Could/Couldn't

COULD and COULDN'T are the past tense forms of CAN and CAN'T.

COULD and COULDN'T refers to ability or inability in the past.

We use COULD to mean that we were able to do something in the

past.

Ex: When she was 1, she could walk.

We use COULDN'T to mean that we weren't able to do something in

the past.

Ex: When she was 1, she couldn't speak.

Complete the sentences with could or couldn’t

couldn't
1. When I was young, I play the guitar: it was too difficult for
me!

2. Her grandmother was bilingual: she speak both English and

Spanish.

3. Yesterday, Peter do that exercise alone. So, he called me for

help.

4. In 1950, people use mobile phones.

5. When his mother was young, she skate but she can't do it any
longer.

6. We open the door: it was locked from the inside!

7. In 1900, people watch TV.

8. Mary's grandfather play chess and he was the best!

9. In 1945, people play video games.

10. But they play chess!

Write down a paragraph of all the abilities you had between the ages of 6 to
15 years old.

Example:
When I was 10 years old I could swim, I could jump the rope, but I couldn’t ride a bike. When
I was 12 years old I could play tennis, I could drive a motorcycle, but I couldn’t play the
guitar. When I was…
Translate the article.
Make sentences with each pronoun.

Example:

(I)

I live in Benito Juarez.

The teachers help me with my homework.
My house is blue.
The book is mine.

Power point

El docente pide a los estudiantes que de manera individual elaboren una presentación en power point
donde describan lo que podían y no podían hacer a través de los años. (Could / Couldn’t).