Simple Past Practice: Verbs A-C

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Irregular Simple Past Tense Affirmative A-C

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Instructions: Listen to each question. Answer yes. Then say the complete sentence using the past tense form.
Examples:
1. Did he become a doctor?
→Yes, he became a doctor.
2. Did he begin to feel better?
→He began to feel better.

Verbs a-c
3. Did the dog bite her? Yes, the dog …
4. Did the wind blow hard last night? Yes, the wind …
5. Did she break her arm? Yes, she …
6. Did you bring an umbrella? Yes, I …
7. Did they build a new hospital? Yes, they…
8. Did you buy a new thermometer? Yes, I …
9. Did he catch a cold? Yes, he …
10. Did you choose a different health plan? Yes, I …
11. Did you come here at 5:00? Yes, I …
12. Did it cost a lot of money? Yes, it …
13. Did you cut yourself on the broken glass? Yes, I …

Julie's Childhood Home, Jessica's Place, In Vietnam, I lived in...

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     Julie's Childhood Home Back in Belgium

I lived in Chaud-Fontaine, Belgium, before I came to the U.S.  When I was young, I didn’t know it, but we were poor. Our apartment was three floors up, so we got lots of exercise walking up and down the stairs.  My parents had one of the bedrooms, so we all had to share the other. I used to get up really early, so I could use the bathroom before the neighbors did. 

     The building was located in a suburb of Liège, Belgium.  Across the street from us, there was a doctor’s office, and next-door there was a vegetable market. 

     In back of the building, there was a small courtyard (庭 院, patio, внутренний двор). The landlord ( 男房东, casero, dueño, домовладелец, хозяин) let me plant some flowers back there.  In the summer, I loved to sit on the bench and read. It was nice to escape (逃避…, 回避…, escaparse, evadir, уклоняться) from all the noise.  I also liked living there because my best friend lived on the fifth floor.

 

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Tell me you and Jessica are the same.
a.Jessica’s place is located in the city, and _______________________.
b.Her building is modern, and ______________________.
c.Her place has three floors, and ________________.
d.Her building has laundry facilities* in it, and _______________. * equipment, 器械, 设备, equipos, instalaciones
e.It isn’t easy to park on her street, and _________________________________

Tell me how you and Jessica are different.
f. Jessica’s place is small, but _________________.
g. She lives in an apartment, but __________________ .
h. The exterior of her building is made of stucco*, but the exterior of ____________________. *装饰用的灰泥, la pared de estuco
i. She rents, ___________________ .
j. Her place is located near BART, _________________ .
k. Her children can walk to school, ___________________________ (because I don’t have any, and because there isn’t a school nearby).

 

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Talk about your place in Vietnam. Change the sentences to past tense.

1. Here, I live in the suburbs. >>  In Vietnam, I lived in the suburbs.
2. Here, I live in a highrise. *高楼, torre de apartamentos
3. Here, I have a washer and dryer in my place.
4. Here, I can walk to school in ten minutes.
5. Here, my family owns a house.
6. Here, my family rents an apartment.
7. Here, I would like to move to a bigger place.
8. Here, my place is close to public transportation.
9. Here, there is a bus stop across the street from my place.
10. Here, it takes me ten minutes to get to school.

 

 

Simple Past Tense: Verbs Starting with A-C (She tried on many dresses.)

Simple Past Tense, A-C. Use the simple past form of the following verbs:

break

choose

catch

bite

bring

blow

buy

build

call

cost

cut

come

1.     a.  She tried on many dresses.

        b.  I know, but which one did she finally* choose? *终于, por fin, в конце концов
        a.  She ___________________ the light yellow one.
2.     a.  What happened to your arm?
        b.  I ___________________ it when I was ice skating.  
3.     She threw the ball, and he ___________________ it.
4.     a.  My word! Look at those big red bumps* on your arm!  肿块肿胀, chichónes, ши́шка
        b.  I know. I think a spider ___________________ me when I was sleeping. 
5.     Their house burned down. Luckily, they had fire insurance. After they got the money,
        they  ___________________ a new one. It took a year to build it.
6.     a.  Did you bring anything home for lunch?
        b.  Yes, I ___________________ some turkey sandwiches.
7.     Last week he ________________ to class late every day, so the teacher moved him to a different class.  This is a class for serious* students. *认真的, serios, серьёзный
8.     He took a big breath and made a wish.*  默 默 地 许 愿, deseo, жела́ние  
        Then he ___________________ out the candles.
9.     He sold his old car, and he ___________________ a new one.
10.   It was very expensive. It ___________________ $125.95, plus tax.                     
11.   a.   Your cheek is bleeding.
        b.  I know. I ___________________ myself when I was shaving. 

 

Answers: 1. chose  2. broke  3. caught  4. bit  5. built  6. brought  7. came  8. blew  9. bought  10. cost  11. cut

 

Vocabulary Practice: Where's Cindy?

Use the following vocabulary words to complete the sentences.
chatted (past of chat)

exterior

foggy

interior

just

level

lot

spacious

sunny

windy

1. a. Where's Cindy? She was here five minutes ago.

    b. She __________ left. She had to go to work.
2. The lobby (大 厅, vestíbulo, вестибю́ль) is located on the ground __________ of most hotels.
3. They repainted the ___________ of their house light green. Before, it was bright orange, and the neighbors complained about it.
4. The ___________ of the apartment was very dark because it had very few windows.
5. Summers in San Francisco are often quite (比较, bastante, дово́льно) cool and ____________. Sometimes the sun doesn't come out until noon or 1p.m.
6. He ran into (偶然碰见, encontrarse con, ста́лкиваться) an old friend, and they  ____________ for hours about the good old days when they were in college.
7. a. It was really __________ last night, wasn't it?
    b. Yeah. As a matter of fact (事实上, 实际上, de hecho, факти́чески), on the news this morning, they said a tree fell on someone's house.
8. She hated her old apartment because it was so small. Her new one is more ____________, so she has lots of room for all of her furniture.
9. In San Francisco, there is no space between houses because the typical ____________ is only 25' x 120'. (25 feet wide by 120 feet deep or about 7.5 x 36.5 meters)

Answers:  1) just  2) level  3) exterior  4) interior  5) foggy  6) chatted  7) windy  8) spacious  9) lot

 

Find the grammar mistakes: Did Julie's place...

Find the grammar mistakes in the following questions and correct them. You don’t have to rewrite the entire sentence.

1. Did Julie’s apartment has an elevator?

2. They owned their apartment?
3. Does she liked to read?
4. Was her best friend live with her?
5. Was located a doctor’s office across the street?
6. Did Julie could use the bathroom first in the morning?

1. Did Julie’s apartment has an elevator?

>> Did Julie's apartment have an elevator?
2. They owned their apartment?
>> Did they own their apartment?
3. Does she liked to read?
>> Did she like to read?
4. Was her best friend live with her?
>> Did her beset friend live with her?
5. Was located a doctor’s office across the street?
>> Was a doctor's office located across the street?
6. Did Julie could use the bathroom first in the morning?
>> Could Julie use the bathroom first in the morning?

Writing. Change to Past Tense: In El Salvador, Maria lived in a...

 

 

A student asked Maria about her place in her country. 

1.    Partner’s name: Maria

2.    native country: El Salvador

3.    How big was your place?              

       __ spacious  √  medium-sized  __ small

4.    What kind of home was it?

       __ a single-family house

       __ a condo (an apartment you own)

       √   an apartment                                 

       __ other: __________________

5.    How many bedrooms did it have? 2

6.    Where was it located?

       √   in San Salvador  (city name)

       __ in a suburb of _________ (city name)

       __ in the country near _______ (city name)

7.    What style was the building?

       √   modern

       __ traditional (Japanese/Chinese/Spanish, etc.) style

       __ Mediterranean style 地中海

       __ Other: _______________

 

8.    How many floors did the building have? 4

9.    What material was the exterior?

       __ metal                                                                          √   stucco 裝飾用的灰泥

       __ wood                                                                          __ stone

       __ concrete                                                                      __ glass

       __ brick                                                                           __ other: ___________

10.  Did the building have a:

       __lawn  √ courtyard* √ garden __pool

                       *花园入口, patio

11.  Did you/your family own or rent the place? 

      __owned    √  rented                                           

12.  What was the neighborhood like?

       __ safe    √  fairly safe    __ not very good     

13.  Good things about the neighborhood:

       There was a park nearby.

14.  Bad things about the neighborhood:

       People sold drugs in the park at night.

 

a.   In ²the U.S., ¹Julia lives in a ³medium-sized  ⁴apartment.

b.   It has ⁵three bedrooms, and it is located in ⁶a suburb of Los Angeles.

c.   The building is ⁷modern, and it has ⁸three floors.

d.   The exterior of the building is ⁹stucco. 

e.   The building has ¹⁰a courtyard and a pool.                                                     

f.   Her family ¹¹rents the place.

g.   The neighborhood is ¹²so-so.

h.   Something she likes about the neighborhood is that ¹³there is a park nearby.        

i.    Something she doesn’t like about the neighborhood is that ¹⁴it is very difficult to find a parking space.

 

 

a.   In El Salvador, Maria lived in a medium-sized apartment.

b.   It had two bedrooms, and it was located in San Salvador.

c.   The building was modern, and it had four floors.

d.   The exterior of the building was stucco.

e.   The building had a courtyard and a garden.

f.   Her family rented the place.

g.   The neighborhood was fairly safe. =(相当好的, bastante, дово́льно)

h.   Something she liked about the neighborhood was that there was a park nearby. (在附近, 不远 , cerca, поблизости)

i.    Something she didn't like about the neighborhood was that people sold drugs in the park at night.

Pair Practice: Vocabulary (highrise, exterior...)

More Vocabulary - A. Ask your partner. Wait for her answer. Then tell her if she is right or wrong.

1.    This is what you call a tall building, one with many floors.
3.    This word means "the outside part of something."
5.    This word means to talk in a friendly way about things that are not important.
7.    What does "tiny" mean?
9.    This is what you see when you look at something in the distance or out your windows.
11.  This is the opposite of "old style".
13.  This word means "large, with very much room or space" (空 间, espacio, sitio, просторные).

More Vocabulary - B.  Ask your partner. Wait for his answer. Then tell his if she is right or wrong.

2.    This is hard and usually shiny (闪 闪 发 光 的, brillante, блестящий).  Some examples are gold, silver, steel, and copper.
4.    This is a building material. To make it, they bake clay (黏 土,  arcilla/barro, глина) into rectangles. Then when they build, they put one on top of another.
6.    These are the square things on the floor and wall in your bathroom. We also put them on the roof sometimes.
8.    This is another word for the grass around a house or building.
10.  This is a person who sells sex. 
12.  Examples in San Francisco are Muni Metro, Muni buses, BART, CalTrain, and SamTrans.

1.    a highrise or: skyscraper
3.    the exterior
5.    to chat 聊 天 , charlar, болтать
7.    very, very small
9.    the view. For example, "We have a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our living room."
11.  Answer: modern,现 代 的, 新 式 的, moderno, современный
13.  spacious. For example, a spacious apartment
2.    metal
4.    a brick
6.    the tile 地砖, 片状材料, teja, baldosa, losa, azulejo, черепи́ца, пли́тка
8.    the lawn
10.  prostitute
12.  public transportation