Past Tense - Games for practice

Here is a link with some games to practice the past tense of regular verbs, take a look!

https://sites.google.com/site/easygrammar4kids/simple-past/simple-past

and
 
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4061

Remember to practice Reading Comprehension. Here are some stories, try reading and explaining what happened.

http://www.encuentos.com/clasicos-en-ingles/cat-and-mouse-in-partnershipel-gato-y-el-raton-hacen-vida-en-comun-cuentos-infantiles-clasicos-en-ingles/

Past tense exercise - Answer Key

Check the answers to the exercise until you have finished it!

Change the sentences to past form, use the word in parentheses.

1. Volcano eruptions burn the ecosystems around it. (last year)

Volcano eruptions burned the ecosystems around it last year.

2. The teacher asks questions for participation. (last Friday)

The teacher asked questions for participation last Friday.

3. Does your sister study her lessons every afternoon? (last night)

Did your sister study her lessons last night?

4. Do you call your friends on the phone? (yesterday)

Did you call your friends on the phone yesterday?

5. Victor chews gum in English class. (yesterday)

Victor chewed gum in English class yesterday.

6. The children close the windows after class. (last week)

The children closed the windows after class last week.

7. Your friends don’t compete for the best song. (last month)

Your friends didn’t compete for the best song last month.

8. The girl doesn’t cook dinner every night. (last night)

The girl didn’t cook dinner last night.

9. We don’t  check our exams. (yesterday)

We didn’t check our exams yesterday.

10.  The parasites damage the hosts they live on. (in the experiment)

The parasites damaged the hosts they lived on in the experiment.

Simple Past Tense - Regular Verbs

The simple past form of regular verbs is simply formed by adding "ed" to the verb in simple form:
ADD + ED = ADDED

However, there are some spelling rules that have to be followed:
1. Verbs ending in "e" - only add "d" - example: ARRIVE - ARRIVED

2. Verbs ending in CONSONANT + "Y" - change the "Y" to "i" and add "ed"- CARRY - CARRIED

3. Verbs ending in CONSONANT+VOWEL+CONSONANT - double the last consonant and add "ed" - example: ADMIT - ADMITTED

For the simple present QUESTION and NEGATIVE forms, the helping verb forms are DO / DOES and DON'T / DOESN'T.

For the SIMPLE PAST TENSE only use DID and the verb in simple form (this is without "ED" 
Example : She doesn't work on Sundays (simple present)  She didn't work last Sunday (simple past).

Here is a link to a web page which provides a complete list of REGULAR VERBS IN ENGLISH:

 http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omverbs/regularverbs.htm

(The infinitive form in the list is the same as the "simple form")

Here is an exercise, practice changing the sentences to past form, then check the answers:

Change the sentences to past form, use the word in parentheses.

1. Volcano eruptions burn the ecosystems around it. (last year)

2. The teacher asks questions for participation. (last Friday)

3. Does your sister study her lessons every afternoon? (last night)

4. Do you call your friends on the phone? (yesterday)

5. Victor chews gum in English class. (yesterday)

6. The children close the windows after class. (last week)

7. Your friends don’t compete for the best song. (last month)

8. The girl doesn’t cook dinner every night. (last night)

9. We don’t  check our exams. (yesterday)

10.  The parasites damage the hosts they live on. (in the experiment)

Copy it in a Word document, I will post the answers so you check your work!

Prepositions practice - Play the game.

Hello kids!

To help you practice for your Language test, here are some activities you can do to learn the prepositions:

First, get in the link below. Pick and object, read the instruction and drag and drop it in the right place, it is easy and fun!

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.mx/2008/06/prepositions-of-place-game.html

Now, look at the chart below, can you use the prepositions correctly?

Look at the picture below, can you complete the sentences with the correct preposition? Write the sentences in your Language notebook. You may draw the pictures if you want.

The Olympic Games

Do you remember the last Olympic Games? Watch a video with part of the Opening Ceremony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QL_uG2GSZo

Also take a look through the history of Olympic Games in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzCJSZufTS8

And here are a couple of web pages where you can find information about the last Olympic Games:

http://www.london2012.com/      and

http://www.olympic.org/london-2012-summer-olympics

The following web page gives you more information about the role of Mexico in the last Olympic Games:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/countries/mexico


And finally, to learn about the next Olympic Games, visit the following web page:

http://www.olympic.org/rio-2016-summer-olympics

Yucatan

Hello everyone,

For today's homework here are some links where you can find interesting information about Yucatan, first, here is a map that shows all the "municipios" of Yucatan. You can print the page and color all the 106 "municipios"

http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/mapas/pdf/entidades/div_municipal/yucmpios.pdf

Then you can click on the link below to learn about Yucatan's population: Include in your homework all the information that you consider useful.

http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/monografias/informacion/Yuc/Poblacion/default.aspx?tema=ME&e=31

Learn about the "Arrecife Alacranes" read about its climate and other interesting information about this wonderful ecosystem, have you been there?

http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/sabiasque/alacranes.aspx?tema=S

Finally, in this page you will get information about plants and animals ("flora y fauna") and the climate of Yucatan:

http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/monografias/informacion/yuc/territorio/recursos_naturales.aspx?tema=me&e=31

Also visit the INEGI's page for children, go through the different sections, play the games, practice the location of the states and their capitals at:

http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/

Enjoy your work!