Tuesday, 2 December 2025

EF12SL12 Class 15

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

Today’s class plan:

·      Attendance

·      Continue simple past verb tense

Exercises and “100 Most Used Verbs”

·      Listening work- vocabulary “Word List 1.1”

·      Continue dialogue “Going to the Supermarket”

·      New dialogue

 

Wednesday

·      Continue simple past verb tense

Quiz 3 soon on simple past verb tense

·      New dialogue

 

Thursday

 

Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 4

·      Vocabulary exercises

 

 

 

 

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Simple past verb tense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple present verb tense

1.habit-

frequency:

always- 100%

usually- 80%

often-65%

sometimes- 50%

rarely- 20%

never- 0%

I always take a shower/bath every morning/night.

She rarely exercises every morning.

I usually wake up every morning at 6am.

I sometimes take a bus to school.

I usually eat breakfast every day.

 

2. truth, fact

She often is 38 years old.

I usually have grey eyes.

I always have two sons.

Vancouver is the largest city in BC.

I am from Sudan.

 

 

Simple past verb tense

one event, finished, completed, over

 

regular past tenses- usually simple past verb tense ‘ed’

walk   walked

talk   talked

 

irregular past tense

go   goed went

make   maked made

have haved had

 

Simple Past Exercise 1

Ex. Eva was sick yesterday.

1. We were/learned/ studied/worked in the same class last year.

2. I was/felt/became tired after a long day at work.

3. The weather was/turned out beautiful yesterday.

4. My teachers were really good last semester

My teacher was really good last semester.

singular or plural

5. The children were/felt hungry after so much exercise.

hungry(adjectives)- want to eat

The dog is always hungry.

thirsty(adjectives)- want to drink

The little kids are thirsty.

 

The children were full.

I am full.

 

6. The wind was very strong last night.

7. She was/felt so happy last week.

8. They were/felt nervous on the first day of school.

 

emotions- to be, to feel

I am happy. I feel happy. I was happy. I felt happy.

The little girl was nervous. She felt nervous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary for emotions:

happy

sad

nervous

worried

angry

anxious

tired, sleepy

strong

 

not emotions

cold

hot

warm

 

HIGHER-LEVEL

energetic

nauseous

confident

hopeful

 

9. Luckily, the windows were closed during the rainstorm.

10. We were/felt very happy to get your invitation last week.

 

Excellent simple past tense verbs.

 

I tear up the paper. simple present

I tore up the paper. simple past

She tore her jacket.

 

 

 

 

“100 Most Common Verbs”

                     SIMPLE PRESENT                    SIMPLE PAST

1.be -          is am are                                   was were

2.have        has have                                   had

3.do            do does                                     did

4.say           say says                                     said

5.go             go goes                                     went

6.can MODAL

7.get           get gets                                     got

8.would MODAL

9.make       make makes                            made

10.know     know knows                            knew

 

Let’s do some more.

75.read      read reads                                read

She reads books. She read 10 books last month. red

I read books. I read many books about history.

read- simple present ‘reed’ ‘feed’

read- simple past ‘red’ ‘bed’

read   readed

 

What are some other verbs?

SIMPLE PRESENT                    SIMPLE PAST

12.think     think thinks                              thought

97.cut         cut cuts                                     cut

33.put        put puts                                    put

 

81.walk      walk walks                                walked

 

EF3walking- She is walking to school PRESENT PROGRESSIVE VERB TENSE

 

43.might MODAL  She might go to the party.

She might went might go to the party.

SIMPLE PRESENT                    SIMPLE PAST

13.take                 take takes                                 took

14.see                   see sees                                    saw

20.find                  find finds                                  found

18.look                 look looks                                 looked

 

 

SIMPLE PRESENT                    SIMPLE PAST

32.leave               leave leaves                             left

49.like                   like likes                                    liked

74.speak              speak speaks                           spoke

44.show               show shows                             showed

85.love                 love loves                                 loved

88.buy                  buy buys                                   bought

51.believe            believe believes                      believed

61.pay                   pay pays                                   paid

92.send                send sends                               sent

30.feel                  feel feels                                   felt

83.offer                offer offers                               offered

89.wait                 wait waits                                 waited

94.build                build builds                              built

43.might MODAL

53.bring                bring brings                             brought

65.set                   set sets                                     set

99.kill                    kill kills                                      killed

91.die                   die dies                                     died

46.play                  play plays                                 played

56.write                write writes                             wrote

69.understand    understand understands          understood

59.stand               stand stand                              stood

82.win                   win wins                                   won

70.watch              watch watches                        watched

11.will MODAL

22.tell                              tell tells                           told

 

 

Let’s take a 10-minute break.

 

Let’s practice!

Take out a piece of paper. Write some sentences using simple past verb tenses.

We can choose any of the 100 verbs.

Please work together if you like. It’s more fun.

I will come around and help.

 

 

EXAMPLE SENTENCES USING SIMPLE PAST:

I played football last week.

He went to school this morning.

She felt happy last night.

She told me about her country.

I told you to take a break.

 

EF3 She said that she likes her job.
EF1/2 Maria left the classroom early.

 

We were tired after work yesterday.

 

EF1/2 My uncle died ten years ago.

EF3/4 My uncle died when I was a child.

 

*Let’s keep our sentences easy and simple.

 

What game did you play?

 

I put the books on the table.

 

I did feel felt cold yesterday.

 

lose    lost

We lost the volleyball game yesterday.

 

Capital letter at the beginning. Period or question mark at the end.

 

pay  paid

I paid for a new computer.

 

swim  swam

I swam in the ocean/pool/lake/bay last summer.

 

I lost my wallet yesterday.

He lost his credit card in the coffee shop.

 

forget  forgot

He forgot his credit card in the coffee shop.

I forgot my phone at home.

 

EF3    I forgot V. 

I forgot to lock the door.

He forgot to turn off the alarm last night.

 

Close the window, please. SIMPLE PRESENT

 

The dog followed the kids.

 

take  took

Ali took the wrong bus. He went to Calgary instead of Surrey.

 

stand stood

Jon stood in the line for tickets.

 

love loved

She loved her family.

 

I felt healthy last week.

My body felt strong yesterday.

 

We’ll continue tomorrow.

 

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