Grammar

The Simple Past Tense

Hoje vamos começar a aprender o Simple Past Tense. Por hora, vamos apenas pensar que estas frases todas estarão no passado e aprender primeiro a forma correta; mais adiante explicaremos em mais detalhe quando usar este tempo verbal.

Affirmative Sentences

Para frases afirmativas, temos dois tipos de verbos: regulares e irregulares. Quando temos um verbo regular, colocamos a frase no passado acrescentando -ed. No caso dos verbos irregulares, teremos que memorizar uma lista.

Ex.: She walks home everyday. -> She walked home yesterday.

She usually eats a toast for breakfast. -> She ate a toast for breakfast this morning.

Negative Sentences

Quando fazemos frases negativas no Simple Past precisamos usar o verbo auxiliar did, tanto para verbos regulares quanto irregulares. Para que a frase fique negativa, o verbo auxiliar vem seguido de not, então temos:

Ex.: She did not walk home yesterday.

She did not eat toast for breakfast this morning.

Atenção! Note que não usamos o -ed nem modificamos o verbo. Para frases negativas, usamos o que é chamado de base form. Quando apresentarmos a tabela de verbos irregulares isto ficará mais claro.

Abreviação: did + not = didn't

Ex.: She didn't walk home yesterday.

She didn't eat toast for breakfast this morning.

Interrogative Sentences

O verbo auxiliar did também é utilizado para frases interrogativas, mas ele vem antes do sujeito.

Ex.: Did she walk home yesterday?

Did she eat toast for breakfast yesterday?

EXERCISES

1. Escolha a alternativa correta:

a. I (listened, listen) to the weather forecast 5 minutes ago.

b. She (waters, watered) the flowers very early this morning.

c. He (shout, shouted) at me in the middle of the street.

d. They (cleaned, clean) their room yesterday.

e. We (watched, watches) TV before going to sleep.

f. Sally (washes, washed) the dishes last night.

g. Mrs. Pointers (painted, paints) her house last year.

h. The Roberts (visited, visits) us last month.

i. She (plays, played) tennis when she was young.

j. Tom (return, returned) home without money.

k. Sally and I (walk, walked) home last night.

l. Those boys (polished, polish) my car an hour ago.

m. It (rains, rained) a lot last week.

2. Coloque os verbos no passado nas frases abaixo:

a. Glenda _______________ (talk) to me an hour ago.

b. We _______________ (walk) to school yesterday.

c. I _________________ (enter) this group in January.

d. Those students ____________ (work) hard last year.

e. He _______________ (wait) a long time to see you.

f. My parents ________ (invest) all their money in the stock market.

g. Your friend ___________ (deliver) your books last night.

h. The old man ___________ (ask) us to leave the room.

i. The little dog ____________ (follow) her for two hours.

j. Levi Strauss ___________ (invent) the blue jeans.

Pronunciation

Examples
face	day
ate	break
faced	great
mate	lace
case	late

Vocabulary

To sweep
To clean
To use
To scrub
Laundry
Clean
Dirt
Dirty
Clothes
Towels
Washing Machine
Mop
Bucket
Broom
Squeegee

 Important Sentences!
- Do the laundry.
- To do the chores
- To clean up the house
- House cleaning

Exercises

2) Look at the photos and answer the questions, the teacher may ask you to write down your answers or to answer orally:

a) What is she doing?

b) What did she use to clean the floor?

c) Looking at the photo, where do you think she is.

a) What is she doing?

b) What do you think about this activity?

c) What is the worst place to clean?

Review

1.Translate these sentences to english:

a. Como você viajará para o Brasil semana que vem?

b. Como você limpa sua casa?

c. Quanto tempo você precisa?

d. Que tal varrermos a sala agora?

e. Quantas vassouras temos em casa?

f. Como você está hoje?

2. Change the sentences to the past:

a. They work together.

b. She studies English.

c. He invents this exercise.

d. We walk to work.

e. They like to play soccer.

f. She cleans her room.

3. Change to interrogative and negative.

a. He sweeps the floor of the airport.

b. John and James do their chores everyday.

c. Kyle washed his dirty clothes in his mother's house.

d. Maria scrubs her toilet on sundays

e. Scheila cleans the floor of her house without buckets.

f. Mario uses a squeegee to clean the house up.

g. We clean up the house.

4. Ask the right questions for the answers.

Ex: 
-Q: When did she clean her house?
-A: She cleaned her house yesterday

a. He sweeped the floor

b. She scrubbed her toilet yesterday

c. She whashed her clothes.

d. They washed their clothes because they were dirty.

e. Because I needed to do the laundry.

f. Yes, it is clean.

5. Describe the following picture.^help

Conversation

Do you clean your room/house often?
What products do you usually use to clean your room/house?
What cleaning product(s) is/are necessary to have at home? Why?
When you do the laundry, what is necessary for it?
How many hangers do you have in your house?
What chore is the most boring for you? And the best?
Do you like to clean your house or do you pay someone for it?
How good do you think people clean someone´s houses? Why?
Do you know any cleaning tricks?
Do you think people worked more in the past cleaning the houses? Why?

Extra Vocab

The Utility Room

Washing machine
Bleach
Detergent
Dirty clothes hamper
Dirty clothes
Dryer
Hanger
Ironing board
Iron
Scrub brush
Clothes pin
Clothes line
Trash can
Garbage, trash
Trash bag
Vacuum cleaner
Broom
Spray bottle
Dustpan
Mop
Bucket

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/utility-room/

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