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Biografía de Mozart (Pasado Simple)/ Mozart's Biography (Past Simple)
COMPLETE THE BIOGRAPHY WITH THE PAST SIMPLE FORM OF THE VERBS IN
BRACKETS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart _________ (be) born on January 27, in Salzburg (Austria).
Mozart ___________ (be) a musical prodigy. He ______________ (begin) playing
the piano when he ____________ (be) only three years old. At five he
________________ (write) his own music.
Mozart _______________ (play) for the kings and rich people. When he
___________ (be) a teenager he ___________________ (write) and ______________________
(complete) his first opera. He _________________________ (continue) to write
great songs as an adult, but he ___________________________ (not/become) famous.
Mozart ___________ (get) married when he ___________________ (be) 26
years old and he ___________ (have) two sons. He ___________________________
(not/make) much money from his
compositions. Mozart _________________ (get)
ill and ___________ (die) on December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria.
Mozart ________________________ (give) one of his students instructions on how
to complete his last work, the ‘Requiem’ mass.
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
1. What was his name?
____________________________________________________________________________________
2. When was he born?
____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Where was he born?
____________________________________________________________________________________
4. When did he begin playing the piano?
____________________________________________________________________________________
5. When did he write and complete his first opera?
____________________________________________________________________________________
6. When did he get married?
____________________________________________________________________________________
7. Where did he die?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, 15 February 2013
El Pasado Simple -verbos regulares /Past Simple (regular verbs)
PAST SIMPLE
We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the past.
- With regular verbs, we usually add 'ed' to the verb.
Examples: talk: talked watch: watched wait: waited
- If the verbs ends in 'e' (for example, live), we add 'd' to the
verb.
Examples: use:used like: liked celebrate: celebrated
- If a short verb ends in a vowel + consonant (for example, plan), we
double the consonant and add 'ed'.
Examples: stop:stopped admit: admitted travel: travelled
- If the verb ends in consonant + 'y' (for example, try), we change the 'y'
to 'i'and add 'ed'.
Examples: study: studied carry: carried marry: married
Signal words: 'yesterday', '2 minutes ago', 'in 1990', 'the other day', 'last
Friday'…
Affirmative
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Interrogative
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Negative
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I walked
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Did I walk?
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I didn’t walk
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You walked
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Did you walk?
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You didn’t walk
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She/he/it walked
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Did she/he/it walk?
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She/he/it didn’t walk
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We walked
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Did we walk?
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We didn’t walk
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You walked
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Did you walk?
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You didn’t walk
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They walked
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Did they walk?
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They didn’t walk
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Attention to this:
I was born in 1966.
When were you born?
A video about the Past Simple:
Friday, 8 February 2013
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