You ate 12 croissants for breakfast?

lesson description
You will be able to employ irregular verbs in the simple past and use the past tense form of the verbs drink, bring, and remember.

objectives
Discuss food and meals  Use irregular verbs in the simple past

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vocabulary

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spoon fork knife napkin

bill/check ice wine glass beer mug

milk carton juice box plate serving tray

cup glass coffee tea

chair tablecloth table cookies

cupcake breakfast lunch dinner

verbs
q Infinitive q Present Tense q Simple Past Tense to drink I/you/we/they drink she/he/it drinks I drank you drank she/he/it drank we drank they drank Put is one of the verbs that does not change from the present tense form when used in the simple past tense. to bring I/you/we/they bring she/he/it brings I brought you brought she/he/it brought we brought they brought to remember I/you/we/they remember she/he/it remembers I remembered you remembered she/he/it remembered we remembered they remembered

your turn
write the simple past form of each of these nouns in the blanks. 1. it brings = it brought 2. she drinks ___________________ 3. I make 4. they are 5. you see 6. he keeps 7. we get 9. we are 10. you know 11. I explain 12. we write 13. I say 14. she is 15. we eat 17. he gives ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ page 2

8. he teaches ___________________

16. she thinks ___________________

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conversation
Read the following conversation out loud five times. Peter: You were at the park? Kim:  Yes. I went jogging. And guess who I saw there? Peter: Who? Kim: Jeff. He was there with Tango. Peter:  I thought he takes his dog to the park in the afternoon. Kim:  Well, he was there this morning. So, we had breakfast at this new bakery by the post office. Remember that nice place? Peter:  Yes, I remember. We ate there last week. What did you have for breakfast? Kim:  Croissants. Peter, they were so good. Jeff bought 12 of them! Peter:  You ate 12 croissants for breakfast? Kim:  No, I ate two and I had a tall cappuccino. Jeff had four croissants and he drank a latte. I have more croissants here. Do you want some?

Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0333)

key phrases
He remembered to call you back. I drank two glasses of wine yesterday. I just bought a new television. What did you have for breakfast? I brought you a plate of cookies. She wrote you a note. I thought we had reservations. I found the restaurant.

your turn
Read the dialogue between Sara and Jeff and answer the questions below. Sara: Look at the tea list. Jeff:  I tried the black tea yesterday. It was good. Sara:  I thought you had a coffee yesterday? Jeff:  No, I drank tea and ate a chocolate chip cookie. Sara:  I remember now. I had coffee and you had tea. Jeff:  What do you want to order today? Sara:  Well, I had a cupcake for breakfast, so I want something healthy for lunch. Jeff:  Try the salads. They are really good. Sara: Ok. That sounds good. Good idea! Lesson ID: #0393 1. What did Sara have for breakfast this morning? a. She ate a salad. b. She had eggs. c. She ate a cupcake. 2. Jeff and Sarah are inside a _________. a. car b. restaurant c. bus 3. Jeff really likes the _________ here. a. salads b. coffee c. tea 4. Jeff drank _________ yesterday in the same restaurant. a. coffee b. juice c. black tea 5. What did Jeff eat yesterday? a. He ate a cookie. b. He ate a salad. c. He ate a cupcake. 6. What sounds good to Sara for lunch? a. coffee b. salad c. cupcakes

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simple past and irregular verbs

The simple past tense is usually formed by adding -ed to the verb. However, some of the most commonly used verbs in English dont follow this form. They have an irregular form in the past tense. It will be helpful for you to memorize the following list of irregular simple past tense verbs. You will use them often! begin think feel go meet have make come put write say buy do see take find eat drink know get began q Present Tense thought q Simple Past Tense felt went met had made came put (see page 94) wrote said bought did saw took found ate drank knew got

your turn
Fill in the correct past tense form of the verbs in parentheses. 1. She __________ an expensive computer and printer. (to have) 2. He __________ your clothes in your room yesterday. (to put) 3. I __________ dog food for Tango last Tuesday. (to buy) 4. Kim __________ Sara some soup when she was sick. (to take) 5. We__________to the park to play last weekend. (to come) 6. The teacher __________ the class with a game. (to begin) 7. Peter__________ to the diner for breakfast yesterday. (to go) 8. They __________ the grocery list in advance. (to write) 9. Maria __________ happy on her birthday last Sunday. (to feel) 10. She__________your wallet at her house. (to find)

A very special irregular verb is to be. I am I was you are you were she/he/it is she/he/it was they are they were we are we were

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putting it all together

Its time to get creative! Open up a magazine and cut out pictures of five things you have done or items you have used in the past. Paste the photo in the square and write a sentence about it using an irregular verb in the simple past.

cultural tip
Many English speakers eat their dinner early in comparison to the rest of the world. Most dine between 6 and 8 oclock in the evening. In the United States, the evening meal is called dinner or supper. In the United Kingdom and Australia it is also called supper, dinner or tea. If a British or Australian friend invites you to tea, you might be served an evening meal!

I bought some cupcakes last Tuesday.

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Answer Key

your turn - exercise 1

1. it brought 2. she drank 3. I made 4. they were 5. you saw 6. he kept 7. we got 8. he taught 9. we were 10. you knew 11. I explained 12. we wrote 13. I said 14. she was 15. we ate 16. she thought 17. he gave

your turn - exercise 2

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. c b a c a b

your turn - exercise 3

1. had 2. put 3. bought 4. took 5. came 6. began 7. went 8. wrote 9. felt 10. found

putting it together - exercise 4

Students should use their own images and the simple past tense to write five complete sentences using irregular verbs.

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