Unit 7
Irregular past tense verbs
Some verbs are irregular in the past tense. tell è told: The animals told each other stories. go è went: Anansi went to see Snake.
cut
think
say
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WB 3 p53
Find the past tense of the verbs in the box on the right in the story on pages 50–51.
lie down bring
keep
2 Learn the past tenses of the verbs in the box. • Choose four verbs. • Write a sentence with each one. 3 Retell the story in the past tense.
Irregular past tense begin began buy bought come came eat ate give gave go went have had make made meet met pay paid see saw tell told take took
Example: Mr. and Mrs. Goat went …
Mr. and Mrs. Goat go to market. Mrs. Goat takes a basket with her. At the market they meet some of their friends.
Mrs. Goat buys some tomatoes. She pays the trader. When she goes home, she makes some delicious tomato soup. Mr. Goat eats it all. 4 Complete the sentences with past tense verbs. Not all the verbs are irregular. 1 Mr. Goat ________ Mrs. Goat some money.
(give) 2 Mrs. Goat ________ a lot of tomatoes in her basket. (have) 3 She ________ to cook lunch. (hurry) 4 Mr. Goat ________ the tomato soup. (enjoy) 5 Grandpa ________ me an exciting story. (tell) 6 Jack ________ me to his party. ( invite) 7 Most of my friends ________ to his party. (come) 8 I ________ Jack’s present. (wrap)
54 • There are hundreds of irregular past tense verbs. Your students can record and learn them as they come across them. Get them to make example sentences with these verbs, as it is easier to learn them in context.
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