Unit 5: Celebrations
Summary: Happy New Year
Key points
- The New Year starts at midnight on 31st December.
- Families can have a small party with snacks, balloons, games and a cake.
- Irregular verbs do not take -ed: we learn their past form by heart.
- The past form is the same for all subjects.
- “er” and “ir” often have the same sound: her, girl, first.
Rules to remember
Irregular verbs
go ➡️ went, have ➡️ had, eat ➡️ ate, make ➡️ made, come ➡️ came, sing ➡️ sang, buy ➡️ bought, tell ➡️ told.
No change
put ➡️ put: I put on my new shirt.
Two-word verbs
blow up ➡️ blew up, put on ➡️ put on, wait for ➡️ waited for.
How to do it
- Is the verb regular or irregular?
- Regular: add -ed.
- Irregular: use the past from the list.
- Keep the second word (up, on, for).
Example
We blew up balloons, ate snacks and waited for midnight.
Common mistakes
- *goed* ➡️ went
- *eated* ➡️ ate
- *putted on* ➡️ put on
Key words
Summary written by سكولار for quick revision: it does not replace the lesson and its exercises.