VIP Class Notes (Mark)

simple past tense

1. She to bed at 10 o’clock yesterday. (go)

2. Jenny very late as well. (sleep)

3. They a lot of calories in that marathon. (burn)

4. Benny about a year ago. (quit)

5. Todd 10 pounds when he was born. (is)

6. Dan his car to the car wash. (take)

7. The boy off the couch in the morning. (fall)

8. The bride after the groom. (run)

9. The hot air balloon at the field a lot of attention in yesterday’s game. (draw)

10. My mother the birds before we left for vacation. (feed)

present continuous or present simple

1. Let’s go out. It (not/rain) now.

2. Julia is very good at languages. She (speak) four languages very well.

3. Hurry up! Everybody (wait) for you.

4. (you/listen) to the radio?
No, you can turn it off.

5. (you/listen) to the radio every day?
No, just occasionally.

6. The River Nile (flow) into the Mediterranean.

7. Look at the river. It (flow) very fast today – much faster
than usual.

8-9. We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we

(not/grow) any.

Past perfect/continuous (?) tense (I forget the name of the tense)

1.Belinda —- (sleep) for 13 hours.

2. —- (you / dance)?

3. Jennifer and her sister —- (swim).

4. I —- (ride) my bike all day.

5. The students —- (listen) to the teacher very carefully.

6. I’m sorry, —- (pay attention).

7. Your dad —- (talk) to you honey, listen to him.

8. I don’t think Natalie —- (study), she was out all day.

9. Linda and her friends —- (play) hide and seek.

10. I have been wearing (wear) hats lately, but I never used to wear hats.

Pronunciation

calories – [KA LA REES]
marathon – [MA RUH THON]
honey – [HU NY]

Grammar

feed / fed
lead / led
speed / sped
bleed / bled
need / needed

draw / drew
fly / flew
throw / threw
brew / brewed

take / took
shake / shook
bake / baked