Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 5 a.a. 2013/2014

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Review of Unit 4 pp. 45,  Unit 5:  Past simple of be: was/were  Past simple regular verbs  Past simple irregular verbs  Past simple regular & irregular

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde Present simplePast simple Am, IsWas AreWere I’m not, he isn’t, they aren’tI wasn’t, she wasn’t, they weren’t Am I? Is he? Are they?Was I? Was she? Were they? Aren’t you? Isn’t she?Weren’t you? Wasn’t she? Present simplePast simple I’m a doctorI was a doctor She’s a teacherShe was a teacher They’re gorgeousThey were gorgeous Are they Italian?Were they Italian? Is she happy?Was she happy? Aren’t you George? Isn’t she Jane?Weren’t you George? Wasn’t she Jane?

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  From verb to person - + er/or  Sell – seller  Act – actor  Love – lover  From noun to person - + ist/ian  Art – artist  Music – musician  Science – scientist

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  We obtain it by adding –ed to the base form of the verb for all persons (I-III singular & plural)  I work – I worked, she loves – loved, they play – played, I watch – they watched  Verbs ending in –e only add –d: love-loved  Verbs ending in y preceded by consonant undergo a morphological change: study – studied

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde Present simplePast simple I/you/we/they workI/you/we/they worked He/She/It worksHe/She/It worked I/you/we/they don’t work, he/she/it doesn’t work I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they didn’t work Do I/you/we/they work? Does she/he/it work? Did I/he/she/it/you/we/they work? Don’t I/you/we/they work? Doesn’t she/he/it work? Didn’t I/she/he/it/you/we/they work?

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Auxiliary verb in the present is to do  Auxiliary verb in the past becomes did and keeps the same form for singular and plural first, second and third persons.  Did/didn’t is always followed by the lexical verb in the base form  Ex. Where did you want to go? I wanted to go to the music store.  Ex. What did she like? She liked those jeans.

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  The suffix -ed can be pronounced in three different ways according to the verb ending 1. / ɪ d/ - verbs ending in -t and -d (start, end) 2. /t/ - verbs ending in -k, -ch, -sh, -ss, -p, -x (kissed, walked, washed, watched, pump, fix) 3. /d/ - the other verbs ending with a consonant and –e (turned, solved)

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  They undergo a morphological change only present in affirmative sentences: ex. She saw Jane, They met Julian, We drove to the beach, They bought a new car BUT …  She didn’t see Jane, They didn’t meet Julian, Did you drive to the beach?, Didn’t they buy a new car?

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde InfinitiveSimple pastPast participle GoWentGone ComeCameCome DriveDroveDriven GetGot SleepSlept DoDidDone FindFound CanCouldBeen able to TakeTookTaken Read SpeakSpokeSpoken BuyBought

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde  Exercise p. 61