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1. ENGLISH VII
ESCUELA DE OFICIALES PNP

2. Objective:
To identify, differentiate and use the
past tense of irregular verbs in
affirmative, negative and interrogative
sentences in texts.

3. UNIT III:
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
IRREGULAR VERBS
Do you know him ?

4. GRAMMAR
Affirmative Statements
He ate chocolate bars.
You had the chocolate.
She drank coffee.
He went to Cornell University.
Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow
the normal patterns for tense and past

5. BASE
FORM
SIMPLE
PAST
BASE
FORM
SIMPLE
PAST
be was/were get got
become became give gave
come came go went
do did have had
drink drank make made
eat ate see saw
fall fell take took
leave left tell told
grow up grew up write wrote

6. Exercises
BASE
FORM OF
VERB
REGULAR
VERB
IRREGULAR
VERB
1. She went to a party last night. go √
2. I arrived late yesterday. arrive √
3. Sam and Tanya came late too.
4. They left early last Sunday.
5. We also saw Miranda at the
party yesterday.
6. She played the guitar at the
party.
7. I had a lot of fun.
8. The food was great too.
9. My father enjoyed the music.
10. I ate a lot.
I. Look at the chart and complete.

7. II. Complete the paragraph with the appropriate words.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende1._______________in Lima, Peru in 1942, but she
2._______________Chile. After she graduated from school in 1958,
she worked as a translator, TV presenter, and journalist. In
1976, she moved to Venezuela where she 3. ____________ a job as a
journalist.
She got married in 1962 and she 4.______________ her first child,
Paula, in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to Chile, and she had her
second child, Nicolas, there that year. In 1982, she
5.________________her firsrt novel The House of Spirits. Now her
novels are famous all over the world and she is head of a foundation
to help protect the rights of women and children. In 2003, she
6._____________a U.S. citizen and she lives in San Francisco now.
became had was born published grew up got
worked

8. I
You
We
They
He
She
It
didn’t go to school
base form
yesterday.
Examples :
1. He didn’t eat vegetables.
2. You didn’t have cookies.

9. Complete the sentences with the verb in
negative.
• I saw John, but I didn’t see Mery.
• They worked on Monday, but they
__________________ on Tuesday.
• We went to the store, but we
_____________________ to the bank.
• She had a pen but, she
_________________________ any paper.

10. YES / NO QUESTIONS
Yes / No Questions
Did Subject Base Form
Did
I wake you up?
you sleep late?
we eat all the pizza?
they take a vacation?
he stay at home?
she get up early?
it rain?
Short Answers
Affirmative Negative
Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
Yes, I did.
Yes, we did.
No, I didn’t.
No, we didn’t.
Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.
Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.
Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.

11. a. Read and match
1. Did you get up early?
__6__
A No, he didn’t.
2. Did the cadets eat a big fish?
_____
B Yes, we did. We danced a lot.
3. Did your mother write a book?
_____
C Yes, I did. I got up at 4 a.m.
4. Did the dog drink water?
_____
D No, she didn’t. She wrote a
poem.
5. Did you and Sarah go to the party
yesterday? _____
E Yes, they did. They ate all.
6. Did Nando sleep well last weekend?
_____
F Yes it did.

12. b. There is a mistake in each question. Write the correct
question and answer them.
You did finish the last exercise? (yes)
Did you finish the last exercise?
Yes, I did.
1.Did you all the homework? (no)
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
2. You did took a bath this morning? (yes)
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
3. Does your best friend come over to your house yesterday?
(yes)
_____________________________________________________
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13. Wh- questions ?
Questions
Wh-
question
word
Did Subject Base form of
verb
Where
Did
The accident happen?
When it occur?
Why he go there?
he drive with?
Who
How it happen?
How long it take to fix ?
Answers
In front of the store.
In the morning.
He wanted to get some
food.
He drove alone.
The car skidded.
Three hours.

14. 1. D Who did you go with? A He felt down.
2. ____ Where did Yoko eat lunch? B Because it is
important.
3. ____ When did Carol arrive in Trujillo? C At the restaurant.
4. ____ How long did it take to drive from
Lima to Trujillo?
D Mario did.
5. ____ Why did you study English? E Last Sunday.
6. ____ How did it happen? F It took 8 hours.
a. Match the questions with the answers given.

15. PRODUCTION
Read the answers and write questions.
When did you go home?
a. I went home last Saturday.
________________________________________________________________
b. They ate delicious food at the new restaurant.
________________________________________________________________
c. I study at EO PNP with Robert.
________________________________________________________________
d. My father swam for 2 hours yesterday.
________________________________________________________________
e. I had English classes on Mondays.
________________________________________________________________
f. Christopher Columbus discovered America.
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16. VERBS IN PRESENT TENSE VERBS IN PAST TENSE
BE WAS- WERE
BUY BOUGHT
COME CAME
DO DID
DRINK DRANK
DRIVE DROVE
EAT ATE
FLY FLOW
GET GOT
GO WENT
MAKE MADE
RUN RAN
SWIM SWAM
TAKE TOOK
WRITE WROTE