Irregular verbs in simple past and their meanings

INFINITIVE--------SIMPLE PAST ------------MEANING

be -----------------------was/were ---------------ser / estar
become ------------------became------------------convertirse
begin --------------------began --------------------comenzar
break --------------------broke --------------------romper
bring ---------------------brought------------------ traer
build ---------------------built ---------------------construir
buy ----------------------bought--------------------comprar
choose --------------------chose---------------------elegir
come ---------------------came ---------------------venir
do ------------------------did -----------------------hacer
draw -------------------- drew --------------------- dibujar
drink --------------------drank---------------------- beber
eat ----------------------ate -------------------------comer
fall -----------------------fell ------------------------caer
feel ----------------------felt ------------------------sentir
fight ---------------------fought----------------------pelear
find ----------------------found-----------------------encontrar
forget --------------------forgot----------------------olvidar
get -----------------------got ------------------------conseguir
give ----------------------gave ---------------------- dar
go ------------------------went ----------------------ir
have ---------------------had ----------------------- tener
hear --------------------- heard --------------------- escuchar
hide ----------------------hid ------------------------esconder
know ---------------------knew ----------------------saber
leave --------------------- left ----------------------- irse / abandonar
lend ----------------------lent ------------------------prestar
lose -----------------------lost ------------------------perder
make ---------------------made ----------------------preparar
meet ----------------------met--------------------encontrar gente/conocer
pay -----------------------paid ------------------------pagar
put -----------------------put ------------------------- poner
read ----------------------read -------------------------leer
ride ----------------------- rode-------montar (bicicletas, caballos, motos)
run ------------------------ran ------------------------correr
say ------------------------said ------------------------decir
see ------------------------saw ------------------------ver
sing -----------------------sang -----------------------cantar
sit -------------------------sat -------------------------sentarse
sleep ----------------------slept -----------------------dormir
speak ---------------------spoke -----------------------hablar
steal ----------------------stole ------------------------ robar
swim ---------------------swam ------------------------nadar
take ----------------------took ------------------------traer / tomar
teach ---------------------taught -----------------------enseñar
tell -----------------------told --------------------------contar
think ---------------------thought ----------------------pensar
understand---------------understood ------------------- entender
wake ---------------------woke -------------------------levantarse
wear ---------------------wore--------------------lucir (ropa, accesorios)
win -----------------------won --------------------------ganar
write ---------------------wrote -------------------------escribir

A link to comparative and superlative adjectives exercise!

comparative or superlative forms? (click on the title)

Comparatives and superlatives

Exercises with comparative and superlative adjectives:

I) Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjective between brackets. (You may need more than one word in each case)

Example: A tennis ball is ___________________ (small) a golf ball. à A tennis ball is smaller than a golf ball.

1 – Forlán is ___________________ (attractive) Maradona.

2 – Football teams are ___________________ (large) tennis teams.

3 – A football match is ___________________ (long) a volleyball match.

4 – Playing football is ___________________ (cheap) playing water polo.

5 – Basketball players are usually ___________________ (tall) football players.

6 – Chess players are ____________________ (intelligent) football players.

7 – Traveling by car is ___________________ (comfortable) riding a bike.

8 – Today is ___________________ (cold) yesterday.

9 – The teacher of English is ___________________ (lazy) the math teacher.

10 – Canada is ___________________ (far) Argentina.

11 – History is ___________________(interesting) English.

12 – This highschool is ___________________ (big) highschool nº 32.

13 – Pavarotti was ___________________ (fat) Charly García.

14 – Mexico is ___________________ (polluted) Montevideo.

II) Using the comparisons from exercise I write superlative sentences considering these nouns for each case:

1 – Ronaldinho 2 – basketball 3 – ping-pong match 4 – playing handball 5 – tennis players

6 – volleyball players 7 – traveling by bus 8 – 2 days ago 9 – the literature teacher 10 – Venezuela

11 – geography 12 – Zorrilla 13 – Shakira 14 – Venice

Example: ping-pong ball à A tennis ball is smaller than a golf ball but a ping-pong ball is the shortest of the three.

III) Compare 2 persons using the following adjectives (USE CONNECTORS):

beautiful – strong – bad – funny – active – lazy – comprehensive – charming.

VI) Write superlative sentences about people in your class using the following adjectives (USE CONNECTORS):

cheerful – mature – good at (mats) – bad at (literature) – sexy - kind

COMPARATIVES: SHORT ADJECTIVES

Compare Juan Darthés and Shakira using short adjectives. Example: Juan Darthés is older than Shakira.

Classification of adjectives into LOOOOONG or Short :D

Say if these adjectives are long (L) or short (S). Then, find pairs of opposites!!

Beautiful - Big - Small - White - Light - Sweet - Black - Bad - Deep -      Easy - Strong - Dirty - Dark - Happy - Expensive - Cheap - Ugly - Far - Bitter -  Empty - Fat - Fast - Shallow - Slow - Hot - Sick - Full - Late - Good - Healthy - Dangerous - Cold - Heavy - Light - Near - True - Interesting - Boring - Thin - New - Short - Sad - Long - Short - Old - Polite - Complex - Rude - Rich - Wide - Early - Poor - Simple - Safe - Clean - Weak - Dry - Tall - Thick - Narrow - Thin - False - Wet

CONNECTORS

Locate these connectors in the following passage:
AND, BESIDES, ALTHOUGH, HOWEVER, BUT, ALSO.

Camila is my best friend. I love her because she is a nice person. ___________, she is very clever _________ very friendly. ___________ she is an excellent student, she usually gets distracted in class. The teachers always tell her to pay attention _________ she doesn´t like it. I think I am _________ clever, _________ I don´t have very good marks in school.

MoRe ExErCiSeS!

Make questions for these answers:
1) Yes, I am.
2) In July.
3) No, I don´t know.
4) My favourite team is Peñarol.
5) I go there once a week.
6) Because she is stupid.
7) I go to Rocha.
8) It costs $40.
9) My house is big; it has 4 rooms.
10) My mother.

Make the negatives of these sentences and correct them.
1) China is in America.
2) We come to highschool in January.
3) Britney Spears sings in French.
4) Dogs eat lions.
5) Fish walk.
6) My mother lives in Montevideo.
7) I usually arrive home very late.
8) Susan loves cooking.
9) January is the hottest month.

10) In Uruguay there are deserts.

What´s missing? Complete these sentences!!!

1) There are ______________ on the table.
2) ______________ is a nice person.
3) Everybody ____________ listening to music.
4) It is _______________ too late to start learning.
5) A good student _____________ forget their homework.
6) In autumn, the trees __________________
7) _____________ I visit my friends.

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES - EXERCISE!

Which is the correct order?

1. a small Canadian thin lady

a Canadian small thin lady

a small thin Canadian lady

a thin small Canadian lady

2. a dangerous steel new knife

a new steel dangerous knife

a steel new dangerous knife

a new dangerous steel knife

3. a beautiful blue sailing boat

a blue beautiful sailing boat

a sailing beautiful blue boat

a blue sailing beautiful boat

4. an old wooden square table

a square wooden old table

an old square wooden table

a wooden old square table

5. an new French exciting band

a French new exciting band

an exciting French new band

an exciting new French band

6. a red big plastic hat

a big red plastic hat

a plastic big red hat

a bit plastic red hat

7. a small Japanese serving bowl

a Japanese small serving bowl

a small serving Japanese bowl

a serving small Japanese bowl

8. a cotton dirty old tie

a dirty cotton old tie

an old cotton dirty tie

a dirty old cotton tie