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Positive form — Irregular verbs




Positive form — Regular verbs

The Past Simple Tense

Tag questions

There is a Book Fair in the Cultural Centre, isn’t there? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.

There aren’t many problems with this new job, are there? No, there aren’t. / Yes, there are.

Exercise35. Give the correct tag to these sentences.

  1. There’s a restaurant in the park, ___?
  2. There isn’t much time left, ___?
  3. There aren’t enough serious programmes on television, ___?
  4. There are a lot of mistakes in his test, ___?
  5. There’s no milk in the fridge, ___?
  6. There isn’t any tea in the pot, ___?
  7. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, ___?
  8. There aren’t many old buildings here, ___?

 

I You He/She/It We You They work ed a lot last night.

The -ed ending has three pronunciations:

[id] [t] [d]
after the sounds [t] and [d] attracted [ə ' træktɪd] adopted [ə ' dɒptɪd] added [ ' ædɪd] needed [ ' nɪ:dɪd]   after the unvoiced sounds (except [t]) looked [lʋkt] addressed [ə ' drest] touched [tʌtʃt] washed [wɒʃt]   after voiced sounds (except [d]) played [pleɪd] opened [ ' əʋpənd] raised [reɪzd] lived [lɪvd] filled [fɪld] showed [ʃəʋd]

Exercise 36. Put these words into three groups according to the pronunciation of the -ed endings.

passed, washed, watched, decided, remembered, failed, stopped, studied, asked, loved, used, listened, wanted

Exercise 37. Complete the sentences using the words in the list. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past.

invite, stay, like, want, watch, happen

 

Example: Mike often asks questions. He asked a lot of questions in class yesterday.

 

  1. Ann seldom ___ her homework before midnight. But yesterday she ___ her homework at 10 pm.
  2. I usually ___ a lot of people to my birthday party. But last year I ___ only my close friends.
  3. Take care! This crossroads is extremely dangerous. Accidents are often here. A serious accident ___ at this crossroads only a few days ago.
  4. In the evening my parents ___ at home and ___ TV. As usual they ___ at home and ___ TV last night.
  5. After a hard day’s work Tom ___ to relax by going for a swim. But yesterday all he ___ to do was lie down and get some sleep.

Irregular verbs are irregular in the Past Simple Tense in the positive only (not in the negative or question form).

 

1. I You He/She/It We You They came to the station in time.
2. I You He/She/It We You They had a lecture yesterday.
3. I was born in Moscow in 1989.
You were rather good at English.
He/She was in Paris some years ago.
It was most interesting event in my life.
We You They were at the opera yesterday.

 

Exercise 38.

Find the word that doesn’t belong to each list. Give the Present Tense form of the verbs.

a) said visited struck grew brought forgave
b) cooked worked listened meant showed watched
c) phoned fought rang thought saw drove
d) liked closed read climbed married acted
e) spent draw got moved ran swam

Exercise 39. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in the Past Simple Tense. Use each verb only once.

sell, spend, buy, fly, drive, run, cost, drink, understand

Example: Mr and Mrs Brown drove from London to Manchester last weekend.

  1. We needed money badly so we ___ our car.
  2. Ann ___ a lot of money yesterday. She ___ a dress which ___ $70.
  3. Dan ___ the marathon in two hours.
  4. They ___ champagne to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
  5. As teenagers, we ___ each other very well.
  6. They ___ to Spain the day before yesterday.



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