MID-YEAR LEVELING INTRO ACTIVITY: GRAMMAR-READING - VOCABULARY ACTIVITY.

THIS IS THE GRAMMAR  INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY FOR THE LEVELING WEEK !!

STUDY THIS THEORY, PRINT AND BRING THE EXERCISES DONE AND PRINT AND BRING THE VERBS LIST FROM THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ENTRY..

FOR THE READING VOCABULARY.

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Regular verbs: past simple and past participle

1. The regular past simple tense in the English language is usually formed by -ed ending (work - worked, stay - stayed). It is the same for all persons, singular and plural: I started, you started, he started, we played, they played.

The spelling rules

a) We add -d (not -ed) to the word that ends in -e. Examples: like - liked, love -loved.

b) If it ends in a consonant and -y, we change -y into -i. Examples: carry - carried, try - tried.

But: play - played, because it ends in a vowel and -y.

c) If the regular verb has only one syllable and ends in a single vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant to keep the same pronunciation. Examples: stop - stopped, fit - fitted.

The same rule applies to expressions with more syllables if the stress falls on the last syllable:ad'mit - admitted, pre'fer - preferred.But: 'enter - entered (the stress is not on the last syllable).

In words ending in -l the consonant is always doubled after a single vowel: travel - travelled.

2. The regular past participle is the same. It is also formed by -ed ending (worked, stayed). It is used in perfect tenses and passive voice: I have started, you had started, he will have started, it was started.

Regular verbs list (pdf)

As you see below, there are a lot of cases in the English language when you must change the spelling if you add the -ed ending:

Regular forms with different spelling

Irregular verbs in English

There are basically three irregular verb forms in English:

1.The base form (or bare infinitive): draw, lead, read, dream

2. The past tense (also called preterite): drew, led, read, dreamt or dreamed

3. The past participle (sometimes called perfect participle): drawn, led, read, dreamt or dreamed

As you can see from the examples above, some of the forms are completely different (draw - drew - drawn), some have a different infinitive, but the two other ones are the same (lead - led - led), some have the same spelling, but different pronunciation (read - read - read), some can be both regular and irregular (dream - dreamt/dreamed - dreamt/dreamed) and some have the same spelling and pronunciation (set -set -set).

►FULL LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS PDF The most complete list 

Regular + irregular verbs exercises 

Test 1 - Past tense:   exercise 1 |  exercise 2 |    exercise  3    

Test 2 - Past tense + past participle:     exercise 4 |      exercise 5