FACOLTÀ DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE, GIURIDICHE E POLITICHE
CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale
UNIT 5 & 6
a.a. 2013/2014
Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
OUTLINE
Unit 5:
Past simple regular & irregular verbs
 Unit 6:
There is/are Vs. There was/were
Houses & furniture 64, 151

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
GRAMMAR BANK p. 131
1. Was
2. Were
3. were
4. was
5. was
6. was/wasn’t
7. weren’t
GRAMMAR BANK p. 131 Ex. 5Ab
1. were
2. Was
3. wasn’t
5. were
4. was
6. was
7. were
8. was
9. were
10. weren’t 11. was
12. was
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?
Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
GRAMMAR BANK p. 131 Ex. 5Ba
I watched TV yesterday
GRAMMAR BANK p. 131 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
TO PLAY
PLAY + ED
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

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
-ED PRONUNCIATION
Pronunciation of suffix -ed based on verb ending:
1. /ɪd/ - verbs ending in -t and -d (start, end)
2. /t/ - verbs ending in -k, -ch, -sh, -ss, -p, -x (kissed,
walked, washed, watched, fixed)
3. /d/ - all other verbs ending with consonant + –e
(turned, solved)

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
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.
Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
DID + Subj. + verb (base form)
…?
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
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
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?
Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
1. Turn on
2. Tell
3. Ride
4. Play
5. Take
6. Use
7. Get
8. Run
9. Go
10. Draw
turned on
told
rode
played
took
used
got
run
went
drawn
IRREGULAR VERBS
-
PARADIGM
INFINITIVE
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
TO RIDE
RODE
RIDDEN
TO TELL
TOLD
TOLD
TO TAKE
TOOK
TAKEN
TO GET
GOT
GOTTEN
TO RUN
RUN
RUN
TO GO
WENT
GONE
TO DRAW
DREW
DRAWN
PARADIGMS
Infinitive
Simple past
Past participle
Go
Went
Gone
Come
Came
Come
Drive
Drove
Driven
Get
Got
Got
Sleep
Slept
Slept
Do
Did
Done
Find
Found
Found
Can
Could
Been able to
Take
Took
Taken
Read
Read
Read
Speak
Spoke
Spoken
Buy
Bought
Bought
Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
1. Turn
on
1. 1.Ride
did you wear
did you go
2. 2.Tell
did you do
3. 3.Play
4. did she go
4. 5.Take
did you have
did it finish
5. 6.Use
did you get
6. 7.Get
8. Did you have
7. Run
8. Go
9. draw
2. Where were you last night?
3. Were they late for the concert?
4.Where did they land with the plane?
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?
1. Turn
on
2. Chopin
Ride
3. Tell
Warsaw
4. Play
5. Poland
Take
6. Use
7. Get
8. Run
9. Go
10.draw
1. Turn on
2. Ride
3.
Tellof Arc
Joan
4. Play
Paris
5. Take
6.
Use
France
7. Get
8. Run
9. Go
10.draw
1. Turn on
2. Nelson
Ride
3. Tell
4. London
Play
5. England
Take
6. Use
7. Get
8. Run
9. Go
10.draw
1. Turn on
2. Ride
3. Tell
Garibaldi
4. Play
5. Rome
Take
6. Use
Italy
7. Get
8. Run
9. Go
10.draw
1. Turn on
2.Pianist
Ride
3.Composer
Tell
4.Leader
Play
5.Sailor
Take
6. Use
politician
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

Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde
to come
to say
to speak
to say
to sleep
to think
to hear
to read
to take
to find
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
1.
2.
3.
4.
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.
What happened in the library?
What did Gordon want to do?
Did Jeremy agree?
Who did Jeremy want to give his money to?
1. What did Gordon do at midnight?
I went to my room and
I had a bath and I went
to bed at about 11.00.
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.
- Jeremy and Gordon spoke
- Gordon wanted to marry Barbra
- No, Jeremy didn’t agree
- He wanted to give all his money
to Claudia, his secretary
- Gordon killed Jeremy
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
HOMEWORK

After reading the postcard on p. 73, write a
postcard to your friend describing a city you like
and your experience.
Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde