IRREGULAR VERBS

BASE FORM

SIMPLE PAST

BE (AM, IS, ARE) - SER O ESTAR

BECOME - LLEGAR A SER
BEGIN COMENZAR
BREAK - ROMPER
BRING - TRAER
BUILD - CONSTRUIR
BUY - COMPRAR
CAN - PODER
CATCH - ATRAPAR
CHOOSE - ELEGIR
COME - VENIR
COST - COSTAR
CUT - CORTAR
DO - HACER
DRINK - BEBER
DRIVE - CONDUCIR
EAT - COMER
FALL - CAER
FEEL - SENTIR
FIGHT - PELEAR, LUCHAR
FIND - ENCONTRAR
FLY - VOLAR
FORGET - OLVIDAD
GET - OBTENER, LLEGAR
GIVE - DAR
GO - IR
GROW - CRECER
HAVE - TENER
HEAR - ESCUCHAR
HIT - GOLPEAR
KEEP - GUARDAR
KNOW - SABER
LEARN - APRENDER
LEAVE - SALIR
LOSE - PERDER
MAKE - HACER
MEET - ENCONTRARSE, CONOCER
PAY - PAGAR
PUT - PONER
READ - LEER
RIDE - CABALGAR, ANDAR
RUN - CORRER
SAY - DECIR
SEE - VER
SELL - VENDER
SEND - ENVIAR
SHUT - CERRAR
SING - CANTAR
SIT - SENTARSE
SLEEP - DORMIR
SPEAK - HABLAR
SPEND - GASTAR
STAND - PARARSE
STEAL - ROBAR
SWIM - NADAR
TAKE - LLEVAR
TELL - CONTAR
THINK - PENSAR
UNDERSTAND - COMPRENDER
WAKE - DESPERTARSE
WEAR - USAR
WIN - GANAR
WRITE - ESCRIBIR

WAS. WERE
BECAME
BEGAN
BROKE
BROUGHT
BUILT
BOUGHT
COULD
CAUGHT
CHOSE
CAME
COST
CUT
DID
DRANK
DROVE
ATE
FELL
FELT
FOUGHT
FOUND
FLEW
FORGOT
GOT
GAVE
WENT
GREW
HAD
HEARD
HIT
KEPT
KNEW
LEARNT
LEFT
LOST
MADE
MET
PAID
PUT
READ
RODE
RAN
SAID
SAW
SOLD
SENT
SHUT
SANG
SAT
SLEPT
SPOKE
SPENT
STOOD
STOLE
SWAM
TOOK
TOLD
THOUGHT
UNDERSTOOD
WOKE
WORE
WON
WROTE

Complete with Simple Past

Queen Victoria(be)_______ born in London in 1819 and she (die)______ in 1901. She(be)______ Queen
of the United Kingdom for nearly sixty-four years. Her father (die) _____ when she (be)______ eight
months old and she(be)_____ Queen from 1837 to 1901.She (not have)____________ any brothers or
sisters. She (marry)_________ Prince Albert in London in 1940 and they (live)_________ in the
Buckingham Palace with their nine children.

Answer these questions

When did she die? ________________________________________________
When did she marry Prince Albert? ________________________________________
How many children did they have? _________________________________________
Where was she born? ____________________________________
Where did they live? _____________________________________
When did her father die? __________________________________
Did she have brothers or sisters? ___________________________
Did she become Queen of England when she was eight months old? _____________________
Was she Queen for sixty-four year? __________________________
Did she marry Prince Albert in London? _______________________

Complete with: did, was, were and answer the questions.

Where _______ you born?__________________________________
Where ______ your mother born? ___________________________________
When ______ you start school?____________________________________
How many schools ______ you go to? __________________________________________
What ______ your favourite subjects? ___________________________________________
Where _______ you live when you ________ a child? ________________________________
_______ you live in a house or a flat? ____________________________

Write the past form of these verbs

Have ___________
Leave ___________
Work ____________
Become _______________
Lose ___________
Is _______
Arent ___________
Do __________
Live __________
Come _________
Doesnt ___________

study ______________
write _______________
can ____________
get ____________
change ____________
buy ___________
start __________
go __________
move _________
give __________
find ___________

Choose the correct Sentence

1. a. He bought some new shoes

b. he buyed some new shoes.
2. a. Where did you go yesterday?
b. Where you went yesterday?
3. a. You see Jane last week?
b. Did you see Jane last week?
4. a. did she found a job?
b. Did she find a job?
5. a. We didnt enjoyed the film
b. We didnt enjoy the film
6. a. I didnt go out yesterday evening
b. I didnt go out last evening
7. a. I was to school for the first time when I was six.
b. I went to school for the first time when I was six.
8. a. Last night I have dinner with friends.
b. Last night I had dinner with friends.

Transform these Sentences

1. Stella studied German in 1990.
2. Cristobal Colon discovered America in
1492.
3. Did San Martin cross the Andes?
4. Maradona didnt go to China last year.
5. Dr. Favaloro gave a conference in our
hostipal in 1995.
6. Her daughter didnt do her homework
yesterday.
7. Did his father buy a new car last year?
8. Elizabeth didnt move to New York last
month.
9. Did you come to the party last night?
10.
Mr. Green found a wallet on the
street last Sunday.
Answer these Questions
1. Did you go to the disco last Saturday?
____________________________
Did you study English last year?
____________________________
2. Did Gral. Belgrano cross the Andes?
____________________________
3. Did the man step on the Moon in
1969? ____________________________
4. Did Ghandi live in Argentina?
____________________________
5. Did your mother come to school
yesterday?
____________________________
6. Were you born in 1980?
____________________________
7. Was your mother born in the last
century?
____________________________
8. Were your grandparents from Italy?
____________________________
9. Was your father born in Cordoba?
____________________________
Answer these Questions
1. When did you last have a holiday?
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2. Where did you go?
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3. When did you last see a video?
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4. What did you see?
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5. When did you last take a photograph?
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6. Where did you take the photographs?
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7. When did you last write a letter?
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8. Who did you write to?
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9. When did you last give a present?

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10. Who did you give a present?
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Complete the Text with the Verbs in Bracket.
Ellen Peel (be) ______ over ninety years old.
She (live) ________ in a village in the country
with her five cats. She (not be) ________
married, but she (love) ________ children.
She (be) _______ very happy, but she (can)
_______ remember times when her life (be)
________ difficult. She often (think)
________ about her past.
Ellens father (die) ________ in the war in
1915 and her mother (die) _________ a year
later. Ellen (be) ________ twelve years old.
Immediately she (start) __________ work as
a housemaid with a rich family in London.
She (work) __________ from 5.30 in the
morning until 9.00 at night. She (clean)
__________ all the rooms in the house before
breakfast. She (earn) _________ 25 a year.
In 1921 she (move) _________ to another
family. She (like) __________ her new job
because she (look) _________ after children.
There (be) ________ five children, four sons
and one daughter. She (love)_________
them, especially the baby, Robert. She (work)
_________ with that family for twenty years.
Ellen never (marry) ___________. She just
(look) __________ after other peoples
children until she (retire) _____________
when she (be) _________ seventy years old.
Match a line in A with a line in B. Put the verb
in B into the Simple Past.
A

a. I was only twelve

years old

Because I (work)
_________ very long
hours.
But in 1920 I (live)
_________ in London.

b. I was always tired in

my first job

c. I sarted work at 5.30 When my mother(die)

in the morning
_________ and I
(start) ________ work.
d. Now I live in a
village,
e. Now I look after my
five cats.
f. I loved all the
children,
g. Robert is over
seventy now and I still
see him.

But I (love) _________

Robert especially.
And I (finish)
__________ at 9.00 in
the evening.
In the 1920s I (look)
__________ after five
children.
He (visit) __________
me just last month.

Answer These Questions

1. How old is Ellen Peel?
_____________________________________
2. Does she live in London? ________________
3. Is she married? ________________________
4. Was her life easy in the past?
_____________________________________
5. When did her father die?
_____________________________________
6. Was Ellen eight years old when her mother
died? ________________________________
7. How old was Ellen when she started work?
_____________________________________
8. What time did she start work?
_____________________________________
9. Could she get up at 8 oclock in the morning?
_____________________________________
10. Did she finish work at 5 oclock in the
afternoon? ____________________________
11. What did she do before breakfast?
_____________________________________
12. How much did she earn?
_____________________________________
13. When did she move to another family?
_____________________________________
14. Why did she like her new job?
_____________________________________
15. Did she love children?
_____________________________________
16. Were there two children in that family?
_____________________________________
17. How long did she work with that family?
_____________________________________
18. Did she do another job until she retired?
_____________________________________
19. Was she ninety years old when she retired?
_____________________________________
20. When did she retire?
_____________________________________

CHARLES DICKENS (1812 1870)

Charles Dickens in one of the greatest
novelists in the English language. He wrote about
the real world of Victorian England and many of
his characters were not rich, middle-class ladies
and gentlemen, but poor and hungry people.
Dickens the Child
His family lived in London. His father was
a clerk in an office. It was a good job, but he
always spent more money than he earned and he
was often in debt. There were eight children in
the family, so life was hard.
Charles went to school and his teachers
thought he was very clever. But suddenly, when
he was only eleven, his father went to prison for
his debts and the family went, too. Only Charles
didnt go to prison. He went to work in a factory,
where he washed bottles. He worked ten hours a
day and earned six shillings (30p) a week. Every
night, after work, he walked four miles back to
his room. Charles hated it and never forgot the

experience. He used it in many novels, especially

David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Dickens the writer
When he was sixteen, he started work for
a newspaper. He visited law courts and the
Houses of Parliament. Soon he was one of the
Morning Chronicless best journalists. He also
wrote short stories for magazines. These were
funny descriptions fo people that he met.
Dickens characters were full of colour and life
good people were very, very good and bad
people were horrible. His books became popular
in many countries and he spent a lot of time
abroad, in America, Italy, and Switzerland.
Dickens the Man
Dickens had ten children, but he didnt
have a happy family life. He was successful in his
work but not a t home, and his wife left him. He
never stopped writing and traveling, and he died
very suddenly in 1870.

True or False
1. Charles Dickens wrote novels.
2. He wrote only about the lives of rich and
famous people.
3. His father had a good job.
4. Charles never went to school.
5. He went to prison when he was eleven.
6. His first job was in a factory.
7. He became a journalist when he was
fifteen.
8. he never married.

Answer these questions.

1. How old was Dickens when he died?
_______________________________
2. how many brothers and sisters did he
have?
_______________________________
3. Was he good at school?
_______________________________
4. could he go to school at the age of 11?
_______________________________
5. Why did he leave school when he was
eleven?
_______________________________
6. Who was in prison?
_______________________________
7. What did Charles do in his first job?
_______________________________
8. Did he earn a lot in his first job?
_______________________________
9. What was his next job?
_______________________________
10. Did he travel a lot?
_______________________________
11.
12. Was he happy at home?
_______________________________
13. When did he stop writing?
_______________________________

Match line in A with a line in B. Put the verbs in brackets.

A

1. I usually (work) ________ eight hours a

day, but

last summer we (stay) ___________ in a

hotel.

2. Anne usually (drive) _________ to work,

but

last weekend they (play) _____________

tennis.

3. Max usually (watch)________ TV in the

evenings, but

yesterday I (start)___________ at 9.00 am

and (finish) _____________ at 9.00 pm.

4. Ann and Max usually (go) _________

sailing at weekends, but
5. It usually (rain) _________ a lot in winter,
but
6. Max and I usually (go) ________ camping
in August, but

last year it (snow) ___________ for three

months.
yesterday she (walk) _____________.

Complete the conversation with: Had did

was were.
A.- It ________ my birthday yesterday. Im
twenty-five!
B.- Really? What _______ you do?
A.- Well, I ________ dinner with friends in an
Italian restaurant.
B.- What ________ you eat?
A.- We all ________ pizzas. They ________
very good.
B.- ________ you enjoy your birthday, then?
A.- Mmm. It _______ excellent. When is your
birthday?
B.- Today.
A.- Oh, no! Happy Birthday!
Complete the sentences with the positive
form of the verb.
1. I didnt go to New York. I ________ to
Chicago.
2. We didnt meet Jim, we ________ Max.
3. He didnt leave last Tuesday, he
_________ last Thursday.
4. They didnt buy a Volvo, they
___________ a Fiat.
5. You didnt know the answer, Tom
_________ the answer.
6. I didnt lose my passport, I ________ my
ticket.
7. We didnt start at 9.00, we __________at
8.00.
8. Lucy didnt retire in 1980, she
____________ in 1985.
9. Joe didnt stay in a hotel, he ________ at
home.

yesterday evening he (listen) __________

to music.

Rewrite the sentences with ago

Example:

I saw Peter last June.

I saw Peter four months ago.
1. I had breakfast at eight oclock.
__________________________________
2. They got married in 1990.
3. We saw John the day before yesterday.
__________________________________
They met in 1976.
__________________________________
4. My daughter started school last March.
__________________________________
Queen Victoria died in 1901.
__________________________________
5. Alice came back from England Last moth.
__________________________________
6. Their son was born at two oclock this
morning.
__________________________________
Choose the right answer
1. a. I arrive at the airport at ten oclock
last night.
b. I arrived at the airport at ten oclock
last night.
2. a. She could speak three languages
when she was ten.
b. She can speak three languages
when she was ten.
3. a. Where did you went last night?
Where did you go last night?
4. a. I was at a party last Saturday.
I were at a party last Saturday.
5. a. I didnt watched TV yesterday.
I didnt watch TV yesterday.

b.

6. a. What did you bought this morning?

What did you buy this morning?
COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH: SIMPLE
PRESENT OR SIMPLE PAST

Pamela (be)_______ my best friend.

We (meet) ________ thirty years ago.
It (be) _______ my first day at school
and I (be) _______ very unhappy.
Pamela (give) ______ me a sweet and
we (become) ___________ friends
immediately. We (be) ________
together everyday. Then I (go)
________ to the University. Pamela
(not can) _________ do it because
she (get) _________ married and she
(have) _________ three children. I
(not see) __________ Pamela for
eight years.
Now I (be) ________ married, too. I
(live) _________ near Pamela and we
(meet) _________ every week. Now,
she (be) _________ a student and I
(have) _______ a baby so we can give
each other a lot of advises.
Mary.

Answer these questions

When did Pamela and Mary meet?

________________________________
2.
Were they together everyday?
________________________________
3.
Where did Mary go?
________________________________
4.
Could Pamela go to the University?
________________________________
5.
How many children did she have?
________________________________
6.
Did Mary see a Pamela when she was at
the University?
________________________________
7.
Where does Mary live now?
________________________________
8.
Can she meet Pamela every week now?
________________________________
9.
Is Mary married now?
________________________________
10. Does Pamela study now?
________________________________
11. How many children does Mary have?
________________________________

Complete with: am is are was

were- can could do does
did or its negative forms.
1. I _______ drive. I _______ only 14
years old.
2. Our teacher ________ at school last
week because she _______ ill.
3. Leonardo _______ a student in
Florence in the fifteen century. He
__________ draw, write music, and
design buildings. Now we _______ see
the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris.
4. _______ your mother usually get up at
5 oclock in the morning? No, she
___________.
5. A.- _______ you do your homework
yesterday?
B.- No, I ____________.
A.- Why?
B.- because I ________ find any
information about Those writers.
Write about your past. Use these ideas to help
you.
Born

Parents school Free

time
When? Work?
Where? Sport?
When?
Where? Live?
Like or Hobbies?
not like

First
Job
Where?
When?
What?
Earn?

1.

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