Far away friends!

(The Game to practice Verb Tenses and know something about

friendship and culture)

Let's review some verb

tenses!

-Simple Present-subject+auxiliary verb+main verb  

do  base

There are three important exceptions:

1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.

2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add -s- to the main verb or -es- to the auxiliary.

3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.

 1 Subject Auxiliary verb   Main verb  

+

I, you, we, they   like coffee.

He, she, it   likes coffee.

-

I, you, we, they do not like coffee.

He, she, it does not like coffee.

?

Do I, you, we, they   like coffee?

Does he, she, it   like coffee?

 2 Subject Main verb    

+

I am   French.

You, we, they are   French.

He, she, it is   French.

-

I am not old.

You, we, they are not old.

He, she, it is not old.

?

Am I   late?

Are you, we, they   late?

Is he, she, it   late?

Look at these examples:

- I live in New York. - The Moon goes round the Earth. - John drives a taxi. - He does not drive a bus. - We meet every Thursday. - We do not work at night. - Do you play football?

-Simple Past-Completed Action in the Past Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an

action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

• Examples:• I saw a movie yesterday.• I didn't see a play yesterday.• Last year, I traveled to Japan.• Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.• Did you have dinner last night? • She washed her car.• He didn't wash his car.

We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.

Examples:

• I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

• He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.

• Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?

The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.

Examples:

• I lived in Brazil for two years.• Shauna studied Japanese for five years.• They sat at the beach all day.• They did not stay at the party the entire time. • We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.• A: How long did you wait for them?

B: We waited for one hour.

The Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true. As in USE 4

above, this use of the Simple Past is quite similar to the expression "used to."

Examples:

• She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.

• He didn't like tomatoes before.

• Did you live in Texas when you were a kid?

• People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.

The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same

meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child,

when I was younger, etc.

Examples:

• I studied French when I was a child.• He played the violin.• He didn't play the piano. • Did you play a musical instrument when you were a

kid? • She worked at the movie theater after school.• They never went to school, they always skipped

class.

Let’s practice Simple

Present!

Activity #1

Read carefully each sentence and choose the right answer.

Using Simple Present!1. I /travel/travels/ to London every week.

2.They /run/runs/ in the park every Saturday.

3. My mother /cleans/clean/ the house.

4.You /are/were/ a good student.

5. Mary /works/work/ in a bank.

6. John /walk/walks /to his office.

7. You /study/was/ English at school.

8. The dog /were/breaks/ the fence.

9. The car /is/are/ in the garage.

10 .My father /has/have/ a nice coat.

Answers

Answers!1. I travel to London every week.

2. They run in the park every Saturday.3. My mother cleans the house.

4.You are a good student. 5. Mary works in a bank.

6. John walks to his office. 7.You study English at school. 8. The dog breaks the fence.9. The car is in the garage.

10. My father has a nice coat.

Activity #2Error Analysis!

Read each sentence and recognize the grammatical mistake

1. We lives in Paris. 2. George sell peaches and apples. 3. I always visits my grandmother. 4. Alice go to the church.5. They is my best friends. 6.You always pays the tickets. 7. London are a big and nice city.8. My cousin paint the house. 9. I studies and works in Madrid. 10. Mike never do the homework.

Answers

Answers!1. We live in Paris.

2. George sells peaches and apples. 3. I always visit my grandmother.

4. Alice goes to the church.5. They are my best friends. 6.You always pay the tickets.

7. London is a big and nice city.8. My cousin paints the house. 9. I study and work in Madrid.

10. Mike never does the homework.

Let’s practice Simple Past!

Activity #3

Read carefully each sentence and choose the right answer.

1. She (travel) .................... by train to London.

2.She (cut) .................... the lettuce with a knife.

3. The film (be) .................... boring.

4. The president (speak) .................... very slow

during the conference.

5. Sarah (sing) .................... perfectly in the concert.

6. Peter (decide) .................... to paint the house blue.

7. My mother (have) .................... her birthday party

last night.

8. The lawyer (try) .................... to convince the jury.

9. My dog (bite) .................... Ann in her leg.

10. I (meet) .................... John at the old restaurant

last week.

Answers

Answers!She travelled by train to London.She cut the lettuce with a knife.

The film was boring.The president spoke very slow during the conference.

Sarah sang perfectly in the concert.Peter decided to paint the house blue.

My mother had her birthday party last night.The lawyer tried to convince the jury.

My dog bit Ann in her leg.I met John at the old restaurant last week.

Answers!

1. Charles watered the garden the last weekend.

2. The children watched TV the whole day yesterday.

3. Susan left the house early at night.

4. The burglars broke the window with a hammer.

5. Clara made a beautiful dress for her sister.

6. The students knew all the answers of the exam.

7. W. Shakespeare wrote several novels.

8. We stayed at home because the weather was bad.

9. I invited Thomas and his wife to my wedding.

10.My mother suggested going to the cinema.

Describing someone's personality

I have many friends, however, they have different personality... let's describe

them!

Try to identify what kind of personality has your best

friend!

Today my best friend is...

I know him/her so well when he/she is...

Yesterday my best friend was...

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6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

Try to find all words about culture!