Ingles Modulo3
Ingles Modulo3
Ingles Modulo3
The Past
The weather was nice yesterday. I was Yesterday I was at the park.
Last night I was at the central fire station. You were You were at the game.
Last month Mary was in Lisbon. He was He was 22 last year.
Yesterday, they were at the coroner. She was She was my best friend.
Two days ago, my father and my brother were at the soccer game. You were You were at the soccer game last week.
All my friends were out yesterday night. They were at the movies. We were We were very tired last weekend.
Yesterday, I wasn’t at work. I was at home, because I was sick. They were They were in the garden 10 minutes ago.
Last year, my mother wasn’t in Paris. She was in Spain.
Uses:
Were you at the club last Monday? No, I wasn’t. I was in my English
class. To talk about actions that began and finished in a specific time in
the past.
Was Mary at her friend’s house last Saturday?
Time lines: yesterday, last ……, a year ago, minutes ago, a ….. ago
Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.
Ex: We all were at the nightclub last night.
Were they at the party? Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
Negative form: We all weren’t at the nightclub last night.
Now that you have a small introduction of the use of the Simple Past, study
the structure of this tense Interrogative form: Were we at the nightclub last night?
Negative form
I wasn’t in the class last Monday .
You weren’t in the class last Monday.
He wasn’t in the class last Monday.
Past tense (verb To Be) + not She wasn’t in the class last Monday.
It wasn’t nice.
You weren’t in the class last Monday.
We weren’t in the class last Monday.
They weren’t in the class last Monday.
Module 3 - the past 5
Class 1
Simple Tense of Verb “To Be”
Interrogative Form c. George __________ at work last week because he __________ ill.
Verb To Be (past tense) in the beginning of the sentence + subject + object
Short Answers d. The stores __________ open yesterday because it __________ a pub-
Was I in the class last Monday? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t. lic holiday.
Were you in the class last Monday? Yes, you were./ No, you weren’t.
Was he in the class last Monday? Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. e.“ __________ you at home at 9:30?” “No, I __________ . I __________
at work.
Was she in the class last Monday? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Were you in the class last Monday? Yes, we were. / No, we weren’t. Exercise 41: Write questions.
Were they in the class last Monday? Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t a. I saw a film. (good?)
She was correcting the tests. Was I studying in the class last Monday? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
Were you studying in the class last Monday? Yes, you were./ No, you weren’t.
It was getting late.
Was he studying in the class last Monday? Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.
You were watching TV in my house.
Was she studying in the class last Monday? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
We were working up to late.
Were you studying in the class last Monday? Yes, we were. / No, we weren’t.
They were washing the car. Were they studying in the class last Monday? Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
Exercise 42: Use the words between slashes ( / ) to write a full sentence
in the past continuous tense.
Uses
Example: She / eat / pizza - She was eating pizza
To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the
1. the officers / work / together / to solve / that crime
past.( Fazer hint para a seguinte informação: Descrever uma ação que estava
iniciada ou em andamento num momento específico no passado).
Ex: We all were working at the police academy last night.
Negative form:We all weren’t working at the police academy last night.
2. We / go / to the Police Station. Example: ( walk / street) They weren’t walking on the street.
a. ( ride / their motorcycles)
c. ( work / at night )
4. The police officers / talk / in the staff room
d. ( smoke)
Exercise 44:Write questions in the correct order and give the short answers.
6. Experts / discuss / the implementation of drugs prevention programs.
( you / do / work project / No)
Example: Were you doing the work project? - No, they weren’t.
a. ( he / carry / a gun / yesterday? / Yes)
7. the / were / extinguish / inside / fire / work / hard / to / the / building /
firefighters / the
Exercise 43: Look at the picture.You saw two police officers on the street
yesterday in the afternoon. What were they doing? Write sentences in the
negative form. c. ( they / wash / car? / the police / No )
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Exercise 45: Write sentences in the Past Continuous/Past progressive. Police Officer: Who (5) _______________ the bike?
Example: Mark (x) play tennis. He (√) play soccer: Mark wasn’t playing ten- Bob: I didn’t know him.
nis. He was playing soccer.
Police Officer: What (6) _______________ ?
1. I (x) talk to you. I (√) talk to Angela.
Bob: Jeans and a white jacket.
Police Officer: What about other people on the street? What were they
doing?
2. We (√) walk. We (x) run. Bob: A girl in a red shirt (7) _______________ toward the bus. And a man
across the street. She (4) _______________ a big hat, and she had a very 4. The game last night _______________ really nice. My team won the
little dog. A bike hit her. game. (was / were / are)
Module 3 - the past 9
Class 3
Past Simple Tense - Regular and Irregular Verbs
3.1 Read the dialogue below and • Verbs ending in a stressed syllable, consisting of “consonant + vowel
observe the words in bold. + consonant” (CVC), double the last consonant and add –
ed.(Verbos terminados em uma silaba tônica, constituída de “con-
soante + vogal + consoante” (CVC), dobra-se a consoante final
Last night I went to the movies. I watched an action movie. It was antes do acréscimo de –ed, por exemplo: stop – stopped. Obs: Se a
very good. sílaba não for tônica, não aplicamos esta regra. Ex: open – opened ;
What action movie did you watch? listen – listened.
I saw Legado Bourne. • Verbs ending in a single vowel followed by a single consonant: dou-
ble the consonant and add–ed (Verbos terminados em uma vo-
Did you enjoy it? gal seguidos de uma consoante, dobra-se a consoante e acrescenta-
Yes, I did. It was fun. se–ed): fit – fitted ; tap - tapped
3.2 Grammar Blank 6 Exercise 48: Write the past simple tense of these regular verbs.
Past Simple Tense
We use the Past Simple Tense to talk about events, actions and fin-
a. talk ____________________ i. use ____________________
ished states in the past.
Examples:
b. rest ____________________ j. print ____________________
Last year I went to Athens and I saw the Acropolis.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon for
two and a half hours. c. like ____________________ k. play ____________________
Regular verbs
d. stop ____________________ l. pick ____________________
The past of these verbs is formed using the ending -ed
I,You, He, She, It,You, We, They ..... opened / walked / studied /
e. want ____________________ m. drop ____________________
Rules
• Most verbs: add – ed(acrescenta-se ed ): fill – filled ; work - worked f. chat ____________________ n. cook ____________________
• Verbs ending in–e: add–d (verbos terminados em e, acrescenta-se
–d): close – closed ; dance - danced g. shout ____________________ o. aim ____________________
• Verbs ending in a consonant followed by –y, change the – y to –
ied (verbos terminados em consoante seguidos de –y, tira-se o y e
acrescenta-se –ied) : carry – carried ; cry – cried h. pull ____________________ p. cheer ____________________
Learn more! Exercise 50: Read the sentences and choose the correct verb in the simple
past form:
Look at the other regular verbs.
went was walked stayed
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saw did gave bought
Irregular verbs
Most common verbs have irregular past forms. (Muitos verbos comuns têm a. I usually go to school by car but yesterday I __________ .
no passado formas irregulares). Ex: go - went; be - was, were; see - saw b.Yesterday he __________ shopping.
Learn more! c. Michael __________ at home last weekend because heill.
Look at the other irregular verbs. Click here! (Fazer link para: http:// d. I __________ a great play last month.
www.aprendendoingles.com.br/verbosirregulares.shtml) e. Mary __________ two bars of chocolate and __________ one to me.
f. I __________ the washing up last night. Now it’s your turn.
Exercise 49: Write the past simple form of these irregular verbs:
Affirmative
a. have ____________________ i. think ____________________ I ,You, He, She, It did the homework two days ago.
You, We, They bought the most charming flat in Los Angeles
b. feel ____________________ j. leave ____________________ last year.
The policeman arrested the suspect last week.
c. buy ____________________ k. drink ____________________
Negative
d. come ____________________ l. give ____________________ I ,You, He, She, It didn’t do the homework two days ago.
You, We, They didn’t buy the most charming flat in Los Angeles
last year.
e. go ____________________ m. bring ____________________
The policeman didn´t arrest the suspect last week.
Exercise 51: Put the verbs in the correct form in the past (positive, negative Exercise 53: Now, answer the questions.
or question): There are in the text above, 8 (eight) verbs in the Past Simple Tense . Find
them and change into the Simple Present Tense.
1. I _________ (play) volleyball last Saturday, but I _________ (not/win). Past Tense Simple Present Tense
2. Mark _________ (wait) a long time for the taxi but it _________ (not/come).
Exercise 39: 5. The police officers were escorting the drug Exercise 46:
a. was / was traffickers to the police truck.
Police Officer: standing
6. Experts were discussing the implementation
b. Were of drugs prevention programs. Bob: was waiting / was walking / was wearing
c. was 7. The firefighters were working hard to extin- Police Officer: was riding
d. Was / were guish the fire inside the building.
Police Officer: was he wearing
e. wasn’t
Bob: was skating / was sitting /was reading / were
Exercise 43:
looking
Exercise 40: a. They weren’t riding their motorcycles.
Police Officer: was she doing
a. was b. They weren’t wearing hats.
Bob: was taking
b. weren’t / were c. They weren’t working at night.
c. wasn’t / was d. They weren’t smoking.
d. weren’t / was e. They weren’t driving the police car. Exercise 47:
e. Were / wasn’t / was 1. was
Exercise 44: 2. were
Exercise 41: a. Was he carrying a gun yesterday? / Yes, he was. 3. were
a. Was it good? b. Was it raining all day long? / No, it wasn’t.
4. was
b. Were they friendly? c. Were they washing the police car? / No, they
weren’t.
c. Was it difficult?
d. Was he living in Canada? / Yes, he was. Exercise 48:
d. Were they expensive?
a. talked i. used
e. Was it interesting?
Exercise 45: b. rested j. printed
1. I was not talking to you. I was talking to Angela. c. liked k. played
Exercise 42:
2. We were walking. We weren’t running.
1. The officers were working together to solve d. stopped l. picked
that crime. 3. She wasn’t making pancakes. She was making
milkshake. e. wanted m. dropped
2. We were going to the Police Station.
4. They were singing. They weren’t playing the f. chatted n. cooked
3. The policeman was protecting the citizen. guitar.
g. shouted o. aimed
4. The police officers were talking in the staff 5. I was listening to the radio. I wasn’t watch-
room. ing TV. h. pulled p. cheered