2o. Grado GUIA EXAMEN DE RECUPERACION

Guia de Examen de Recuperacion para INGLES avanzado 2o. grado

I ) The forms of the simple present

The affirmative form of the simple present:

I, you, we, they	play.
He, she, it	plays.

Remember the verbs in the third person singular (he,she and it) always take an "s". For example, "he plays, she sings,itworks..."
Examples:

Nancy and James speak good German.
Nancy works in a restaurant downtown.
The children play in the garden every weekend.

The interrogative form of the simple present:

Do	I, you, we, they	play?
Does	he, she, it	play?

Examples:

Do you speak good German?
Does Nancy work in a restaurant downtown?

The negative form of the simple present:

I, you, we,they	do not	play.
	don't
He, she, it	does not
	doesn't

Examples:

No, I don't speak German.
No, she doesn't work in a restaurant downtown

II )

The Present Continuous / Progressive

John is in his car. He is in his way to work.

He is driving to work
This means he is driving now: “at the time of speaking”
This is the present continuous.

The form of the present continuous tense

The verb to be (in the simple present)

verb + ing

The affirmative forms of the present continuous:

I	am	eating.
	’m
You, we, they	are
	’re
He, she, it	is
	's

The interrogative forms of the present continuous

Am	I	eating?
Are	you, we, they
Is	he, she, it

The negative forms of the present continuous

I	am not	eating.
	’m not
You, we, they	are not
	aren't
He, she, it	is not
	isn't

III )The simple past tense of the verb to be:

This page will present the simple past tense of the verb to be:

its form
and its use.

The affirmative form:

I, he, she, it	was.
you, we, they	were.

Examples:

I was in London in 1999.
Pam was in London in 1999, too.
We were together.
She was my girlfriend.

The interrogative form:

Was	I, he, she, it?
Were	you, we, they?

Examples:

Were you in London last year?
Was Pam with you?
Were you together?

The negative form:

I, he, she, it	was not.
	wasn't.
You, we, they	were not.
	weren't.

Examples:

I wasn't in Paris in 1999.
Pam wasn't in Paris in 1999.
We weren't in Paris.

Use of the simple past

The simple past is used principally to describe events in the past.

Remember:

1. wasn't is the short form of was not. You can say either:

I was not in Paris, or
I wasn't in Paris.

2. weren't is the short form of were not. You can say either:

we were not in Paris, or
we weren't in Paris.

IV )

The simple past tense

This page will present the simple past tense:

its form
and its use.

Before you continue the lesson read the following passage and try to see how the verbs are formed and used.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five years old and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.
The verbs "was, lived,started, wrote, died" are in the simple past tense.
Notice that:

lived, started,died are regular past forms.
was, wrote are irregular past forms.

Regular verbs:

The verbs "lived, started, died" are regular past forms. The rule is the following:

Verb + ed

Examples:

The infinitive	The simple past
live	lived
start	started
die	died
visit	visited
play	played
watch	watched
phone	phoned
marry	married

For the spelling of the -ed forms click here.

Irregular verbs:

The verbs "was, wrote" are irregular past forms. "Was" is the simple past of "to be"; "wrote" is the simple past of "write".
More on the simple past of "to be" here.
There is no rule for these verbs. You should learn them by heart.

The infinitive	The simple past
be	was/were
write	wrote
come	came
do	did
meet	met
speak	spoke

As you can see we can not predict the simple past forms of these verbs. They are irregular. You should learn them by heart.Here is a list of irregular verbs.

The forms of the simple past:

The Affirmative form of the simple past:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they	played.
	wrote
	did.

Examples:

I played tennis with my friends yesterday.
I finished lunch and I did my homework.

The interrogative form of the simple past:

Did	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	play?
		write
		do?

Examples:

Did you play basketball yesterday?
Did you watch television?
Did you do the homework?

The negative form of the simple past:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they	did not/didn't	play
		write
		do

I didn't like the food in the wedding last Saturday.
I didn't eat it.

Section V. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.

2. It (be) great.

3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.

4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.

5. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.

6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.

7. It (not / rain) a lot.

8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.

9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

Section VI Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive		Simple Past
1.	meet	.
2.	drive	.
3.	speak	.
4.	put	.
5.	write	.
6.	sing	.
7.	do	.
8.	sit	.
9.	stand	.
10.	run	.

Section VII. Comparatives and Superlatives. Complete the sentences .

My sister thinks she's(intelligent) than me, but I don't agree!
Avatar is probably(bad) film I've seen!
What is(wet) month of the year in England?
Do you think the Harry Potter films are(good) than the books?
Who is(powerful) person in your country?
I think Men in Black 1 was(funny) than Men in Black 3.
Is Angelina Jolie(old) than Sandra Bullock?
John is (nice) person that I know.

Section VIII. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past progressive).

1. When I (do) the washing-up, I (break) a plate.

2. While Tom (play) the piano, his mother (do) the washing-up.

3. He (drink) some juice and then he (eat) a few chips.

4. I (have) dinner when I suddenly (hear) a loud bang.

5. When my father (work) in the garden, an old friend(pass) by to see him.

6. She (go) to school, (take) out her textbook and(begin) to learn.

7. When it (start) to rain, our dog (want) to come inside.

8. When Jane (do) a language course in Ireland, she (visit) Blarney Castle.

9. When I (be) on my way home, I (see) an accident.

10. I (not / understand) what they (talk) about.

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