You are going to play a game to revise the form of the past simple tense. work in groups of three: two players and a referee. players take turns choosing a square. the referee asks a question. if the player answers correctly, the referee marks a nought or a cross on the square. when a player gets a line of three, they win the game. a) name a regular verb that ends in –ed and is pronounced as /t/. e.g. laughed (work, joke, cook, pass, wash, help, fix, check, brush, relax) b) name a regular verb that ends in –ed and is pronounced as /d/. e.g. played (surprise, live, hug, save, comb, arrive, turn, iron, water, open) c) name a regular verb that ends in –ed and is pronounced as /id/. e.g. wanted (wait, end, decide, defend, expect, hate, need, start, taste, chat) d) name an irregular verb with three identical forms. e.g. cut-cut-cut (put, let, hit, cost, hurt, quit, set, shut) e) name a time indicator of the past simple tense. e.g. last year (ago, in 2004, yesterday, the day before yesterday, on december 30th, last …. , on my last birthday, during my childhood…) f) name an irregular verb with identical forms of past simple and past participle. e.g. spend-spentspent (understand, stand, bring, fight, teach, catch, leave, buy, think, build) g) name an irregular verb with three different forms. e.g. do-did-done (write, come, go, grow, know, sing, swim, drink, eat, drive) h) name a verb that changes its spelling when –ed is added. e.g. fry – fried (tidy, marry, worry, hurry, carry, copy, cry, dry) i) name a verb that doesn’t change its spelling when –ed is added. e.g. enjoy – enjoyed (annoy, play, stay, employ, obey, pray, destroy)
She says she will come to my party.
They say they often write dictations.
He says I can ask him any questions.
She says my friend phoned her yesterday
They say they invited me to the party.
They say they have cleaned their room
She says she will be ready in a few minutes.
He says he will tell me everything.
She says she have finished her work.
Jerry offers to carry the box.
The teacher asks not to move the chairs.
Mrs Taylor asks not to go there by car.
Mother asks to invite all my friends to the party.
Granny asks to buy some bread.
Nina asks to answer the telephone.
David asks not to cry.
Tom asks not to ask him any questions.
Mother orders to go home.
Granny asks not to buy any oranges.
2. One more guest is expected to come for the conference
3. All the texts was looked through yesterday
4. He said that Helen's letter had been received the day before
5. The children have been just taken to the theatre by the teacher
6. The poem had been learned by everybody by the last lesson
7. The essay will be handed next Wednesday
8. At the last competition the prize was won by our team
9. The question will be settled as soon as they arrive
10. I hope the invitation have been already accepted by everybody