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Common verbs
I can describe a journey.
THINK! You're a time traveller. Where in a past time do you want to go? Why?
My Time Travels
A. I (1) stayed / met a boy and (2) helped / visited him with his homework.
B. I (3) explored / came my town and (4) gave / saw my school.
C. I (5) travelled / saw to Egypt and (6) visited / met the Pyramids.
D. I (7) met / stayed for three hours in Brazil and (8) gave / watched a football match.
E. I (9) went / saw to the year 1990 and (10) I found / ate my grandparents.
F. The dinosaurs (11) met / looked unfriendly, so I (12) saw / took a photo and (13) came / felt home quickly.
G. I (14) had / got lunch with Queen Victoria in London and I (15) met / gave her a photo.
H. I (16) felt / had sick on the journey to the moon, so I (17) visited / left after an hour.
1. 🎧1.30 Read Jade's time travel diary. Choose the correct verbs. Then listen and check.
2. 🎧1.31 Find the past forms of these verbs in the diary. Which verbs are irregular? Listen and check.
| come eat explore feel find get give go have help leave look meet see stay take travel visit watch |
come - came
3. 🎧1.32 PRONUNCIATION Regular past simple verbs. Listen and repeat the verbs.
| /t/ | /d/ | /ıd/ |
| helped | stayed | visited |
4. 🎧1.33 Listen to eight more verbs and add them to the table in exercise 3. Practise saying them.
5. 🎧1.34 Listen to Jade's time travel diary. Put pictures A-H in the correct order.
6. 
USE IT! Work in pairs. Describe a journey using five of the verbs in exercise 2.
I travelled to Phú Quốc with my parents last summer. We stayed ...
