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Amandine Barbier

Created on December 11, 2023

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Mission 1: Review the preterite in 3 steps
© Mrs Barbier - Collège Ernest Chalamel

1 fir tree = sapin

Help the woodcutter cut the fir tree1 and take it home to get the reward!

Click on step 1!

Read and observe
Write
Practice
Get the reward

Step 1

Read and observe (3 min)

The preterite / past simple

1) We use the preterite to tell about past events.
(= événements du passé)
Ex: When I was 3 years old, I lived in South Korea. Quand j'avais 3 ans, je vivais / j'ai vécu en Corée du Sud.
BV
-(e)d
2) To form the preterite, you need :
ed
marri
live
live
marry
ed
stopp
stop
play
ed
Ex:
play
cons + y ➜ y ⇢ i
CVC ➜ double consonant
3) Irregular verbs don't follow this rule. Each irregular verb has a special preterite form.
(= règle)
(each = chaque)
was / were
be
go
have
went
Ex:
could
can
had
(be has 2 preterite forms: was (singular) and were (plural)
Check this special form in the 2nd column of the list of irregular verbs.

The negative form in the preterite tense

BV
didn't
BV
did not
4) The negative form is :
didn't
live
live
play
didn't
play
didn't
marry
marry
Ex:
didn't
have
have
didn't
go
go
irregular preterite form
not
5) Auxiliaries are always irregular:
n't
Ex:
not
could
could
can
be
n't
not
was
was
n't
not
were
were
The list is in alpha-betical order
Go back to practice:
Go back to lesson

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Step 2

Practice 1 (1 min) Regular verbs

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Practice 2 (2 min) Irregular verbs

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List of irregular verbs.
Practice 1 (2 min) Negative form

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List of irregular verbs.

Great job! Now click on step 3!

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Step 3

11/12

Write the verbs in the preterite tense (5 min)
List of irregu-lar verbs.

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Awesome! Now click on step 4!

Write
Read and observe
Practice
Get the reward
You must complete step 3 to get the password for step 4.