1. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
Inglese
Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche
CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 5 & 6
a.a. 2013/2014

2. Past simple regular & irregular verbs Unit 6:
Outline
Unit 5:
Past simple regular & irregular verbs
Unit 6:
There is/are Vs. There was/were
Houses & furniture 64, 151

3. GRAMMAR BANK p. 131
Was were was weren’t
Were was was/wasn’t

4. GRAMMAR BANK p Ex. 5Ab
1. were
2. Was
3. wasn’t was
5. were
6. was
7. were
8. was
9. were
10. weren’t was was

5. Past simple of to be … Present simple Past simple Am, Is Was Are Were
I’m not, he isn’t, they aren’t
I 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 simple
Past simple
I’m a doctor
I was a doctor
She’s a teacher
She was a teacher
They’re gorgeous
They 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?

7. GRAMMAR BANK p Ex. 5Ba
I watched TV yesterday

8. GRAMMAR BANK p Ex. 5Ba
I watched TV yesterday
Did you listen to the radio yesterday?
We studied English yesterday
He didn’t work yesterday
The film finished at 7.00 yesterday
I didn’t like the film yesterday
Did she smoke yesterday?
She played tennis yesterday

9. TO PLAY PLAY + ED

10. Past simple regular verbs
Base form of verb + –ed to (all persons, sing & plur)
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

11. -ed pronunciation Pronunciation of suffix -ed based on verb ending:
/ɪd/ - verbs ending in -t and -d (start, end)
/t/ - verbs ending in -k, -ch, -sh, -ss, -p, -x (kissed, walked, washed, watched, fixed)
/d/ - all other verbs ending with consonant + –e (turned, solved)

12. Auxiliary verb in present tense: to do
Therefore…
Auxiliary verb in present tense: to do
Auxiliary verb in past tense: did (same for all prsns).
Did/didn’t always followed by lexical verb (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.

13. DID + Subj. + verb (base form) … ?

16. studied
didn’t study
helped
didn’t help
played
didn’t play
booked
didn’t book
painted
didn’t paint
worked
didn’t work
showed
didn’t show

17. 1. stayed
2. did not book
3. Did you watch
4. didn’t remember
5. lived
6. did you want
7. arrived
8. landed - turned on

18. Past simple irregular verbs
They undergo morphological change only in affirmative sentences:
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?

19. Turn on turned on
Tell told
Ride rode
Play played
Take took
Use used
Get got
Run run
Go went
Draw drawn

20. IRREGULAR VERBS - PARADIGM
INFINITIVE
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
TO RIDE
RODE
RIDDEN
TO TELL
TOLD
TO TAKE
TOOK
TAKEN
TO GET
GOT
GOTTEN
TO RUN
RUN
TO GO
WENT
GONE
TO DRAW
DREW
DRAWN

21. Paradigms Infinitive Simple past Past participle Go Went Gone Come
Came
Drive
Drove
Driven
Get
Got
Sleep
Slept Do
Did
Done
Find
Found
Can
Could
Been able to
Take
Took
Taken
Read
Speak
Spoke
Spoken
Buy
Bought

23. Turn on Ride Tell Play Take Use Get Run Go draw did you wear
did you go
did you do
did she go
did you have
did it finish
did you get
Did you have

24. 2. Where were you last night?
3. Were they late for the concert?
4.Where did they land with the plane?

25. 5. What did your brother study at university?
6. Was your first boyfriend very tall?
7. Why didn’t you wait for the bus?
8. What time did Sandra arrive at work?

26. Turn on Turn on Ride Tell Ride Play Tell Take Play Use Take Get Use
Run Go
draw
Turn on
Ride
Tell
Play
Take
Use
Get
Run Go
draw
Joan of Arc
Paris
France
Chopin
Warsaw
Poland

27. Turn on Ride Tell Play Turn on Take Ride Use Tell Get Play Run Take Go
draw
Turn on
Ride
Tell
Play
Take
Use
Get
Run Go
draw
Garibaldi
Rome
Italy
Nelson
London
England

28. Pianist Composer Leader Sailor politician Turn on Ride Tell Play Take
Use
Pianist
Composer
Leader
Sailor
politician

29. Word formation From verb to person - + er/or Sell – seller Act – actor
Love – lover
From noun to person - + ist/ian
Art – artist
Music – musician
Science – scientist

31. to come
to say
to speak
to say
to sleep
to think
to hear
to read
to take
to find

33. I played cards with Gordon
I went to bed at about 11.30
I looked at my watch.
I didn’t hear anything
My father was a wonderful man, a perfect father
I played cards with Barbara.
I had a glass of whisky
Then I went to bed.
I didn’t look at the time.
I slept very well.
I did not kill Jeremy.
He was my partner and
he was my friend.
I went to my room and
I had a bath and I went
to bed at about
I heard Amanda going into his room.
I was in love with him.
He used me, I was very angry with him.
I didn’t kill him.
What happened in the library? - Jeremy and Gordon spoke
What did Gordon want to do? - Gordon wanted to marry Barbra
Did Jeremy agree? - No, Jeremy didn’t agree
Who did Jeremy want to give his money to? - He wanted to give all his money
to Claudia, his secretary
What did Gordon do at midnight? - Gordon killed Jeremy

34. Homework: Exercise p. 61 Workbook p. 40 Ex. 1.B.
Was V. Woolf a writer?
Yes, she was
Was J. McEnroe a footballer?
No, he wasn’t

35. homework
After reading the postcard on p. 73, write a postcard to your friend describing a city you like and your experience.