Simple Past - Part 3 - Irregular Verbs

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Um pouco sobre os verbos irregulares do Simple Past. Uma dica de como trabalhar com esses.

The Matrix - Present x Past

2014 GUYS
Welcome to a whole new year of study and development.
How are you feeling about it?

Let´s start?
Today I bring to you a class using The Matrix to work the differences between Present and Past tenses.

1 – Identify in the video sentences using



Simple Present: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Present Continuous: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Simple Past: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Present Perfect: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 – What´s the difference among these verb tenses? Use the video or the sentences from number 1 to justify your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – In the beginning of the video it´s possible to see a Present Continuous time marker. Which one? ____________________________________________________________
Can you give more examples? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Collocations:
The sentence “… when you look out the window” works on collocation using the verb “to look”. Can you give more examples?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The sentence “Like a splinter in your mind driving you mad” works the verb “to drive”. Can you give more examples? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY

1-
Simple Present-
You have the look of a man
This is not far from the truth
Do you believe in fate?
I don´t like the idea I´m not in control of my life
I know exactly what you mean


Present Continuous-
You´re feeling like Alice
He´s expecting to waku up

Simple Past
You were born into a bondage

Present Perfect
You´ve felt it your entire life
That has brought you to me
The world that has been pulled over your eyes

2-
Simple Present is used for Fact and Habits
Present Continuous for ongoing situations
Simple Past for past habits and events
Present Perfect for past actions with a relevance in the present

3-
Right now
At this moment, now, this month, this weekend, tonight

4-
Look for
Look up to
Look up
Look around

Drive you blind
Drive you crazy
Drive you deaf
Drive a car
Drive a bus

We are the champions - Present Perfect

1 – Listen to the song and complete the song with the verbs below in the Present Perfect

I __________________ my dues
Time after time
I __________________ my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I __________________ a few
I __________________ my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I ________________ through

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

I____________________ my bows
And my curtain calls
You ____________________ me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it____________________ no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

2 – Confusing verbs
“To Share” is a verb that is confusing for Portuguese speakers, it´s easily confused with the verb “To Divide”.
Can you tell the difference between them? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Collocations
What does “Keep on” mean?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Can you give more collocations with the verb “to keep”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Informal language
What´s the formal writing form of “Cos´ “? __________________________________________
What´s the formal writing form of “ain´t”? __________________________________________

5 – Time Expressions
The sentence “… and I´d ever lose.” brings the time expression “ever” and it´s very much used in the Present Perfect. Can you tell the other by the mnemonic JEANY SF?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Link with their use.
( ) experience ( ) activities recently finished
( ) actions finished before expected
( ) actions finished after expected or not finished
( ) actions which never happened
( ) quantity of time ( ) from past to present action


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Answer key
LYRICS
I´ve paid
I´ve done
I´ve made
I´ve had
I´ve taken
You´ve brought
It´s been

2-
To Share is two or more people use an object together or separated, but no ownership
To Divide is when an object is fisically split among people or between two people.

3-
Keep on = Continue
Keep up; Keep yourself together;

4-
Cos´= Because
Ain´t = Any negative

5-
Just - Ever - Already - Never - Yet - Since - For
( E ) experience ( J ) activities recently finished
( A ) actions finished before expected
( Y ) actions finished after expected or not finished
( N ) actions which never happened
( F ) quantity of time ( S ) from past to present action

Present Perfect - Time Expressions

Hi guys
In this class I explain how to use time expressions in the Present Perfect. How do we work them?
It´s very simple.



Any questions, comments or suggestions please send me an e-mail, I´ll be glad to help you.

Present Perfect x Simple Past

Hey guys
In this video class I show you what´s the difference between Present Perfect and Simple Past. I agree that this can be confusing for latin native language students.
I call your attention to the small differences in context into these.



Exercise: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm