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Past Tense – Regular Verbs

The past tense expresses actions that have happened in the past, events that have already happened. It can be used to talk about the past or something that we imagined in the past. We can understand it is the past when we have words like “last year, last night, last Tuesday, yesterday and ago”.

Firstly we need to understand that in the English language we have Regular and Irregular verbs. It is advised that you study the most commonly used irregular verbs. However for now we will focus on the regular verbs.

Regular verbs

To form the past tense we add the suffix (-ed) to most verbs, for example the verb “walk” becomes “walked”, “kick” becomes “kicked”.

Here are some examples of sentences,

“I walked to school yesterday”.
“The footballer kicked the ball into the net”.
“He cooked dinner”.
“It rained yesterday”.

We need to pay attention to verbs ending in “e”, for example “wipe”, “live” and “close”.

To form the past simple in this case we just add “-d” to the infinitive form of the verb,

verb + -d

I lived here in 2013. (live)
She closed the window. (close)
He wiped the floor. (wipe)

How to form the past simple with verbs ending in a “-y”

Lets look at verbs preceded by a consonant (spy, envy, study), the consonants being a p, v and d.

Here the Y becomes an I and we add -ed, for example,

He spied on his neighbours. (Spy)
She envied her cousin. (Envy)
They studied for the English exam. (Study).

Try the following quiz now!

Past Tense Regular Verbs Quiz

Complete these sentences with the correct past tense form.

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Demonstrative pronouns

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Would you look at that, we are going to talk about demonstrative pronouns today!

What exactly are demonstrative pronouns? Let’s find out!

A demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these and those) are used instead of a noun to point out people or things.

If something is near in distance or time, we use this (singular) or these (plural)

If something is far in distance or time, we use that (singular) or those (plural)

 

 

 

Let’s look at some examples:

  • That is my brother (he is far away).
  • These are some crazy times (talking about the present [now])
  • Look at this cool new phone (something that is close)
  • Those were the days! (talking about the past).

 

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Demonstrative pronouns | QUIZ

Choose the correct option.

 

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Pokémon GO Might Reduce Mild Depression According to Study

Pokémon defined an entire generation in the 90s and remains extremely popular to this day. Likewise, the Pokémon Go app redefined mobile games. It successfully deployed a new technology: augmented reality. It got people out of the house and made them more active. Now, studies are beginning to see largely positive effects from this.

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The news is a consistent source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery that never ceases to exist. It always comes out with more and more material each day. It plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with. Without a doubt, it is a piece of your everyday routine that can’t go ignored.

Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.

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Pokémon GO | Definition Match

Put the following words to the correct definitions.

Pokémon GO | Fill in the Blank

Fill out the text below with the correct answers.

Pokémon GO | True or False

Indicate which sentences are true and which ones are false.

 

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Full Text:

Playing location-based games, such as the augmented reality game Pokémon GO, may alleviate non-clinical forms of mild depression, a new study has found. Location-based games are those that revolve and progress around a player’s physical location. This is often monitored using GPS technology. In a new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), researchers examined the effect of location-based mobile gaming on local depression trends.

Using the introduction of Pokémon GO as a case study, the researchers exploited the staggered release of the game over 50 weeks in 2016 into 166 regions in 12 English-speaking countries.

They measured local depression levels using Google Trends data to calculate internet searches for depression-related terms such as “depression,” “stress,” and “anxiety.” Using internet search data is a well-established mechanism for measuring mild depression in medical and public health literature. They found the release of Pokémon GO was associated with a significant short-term decrease in depression-related internet searches.

The authors argue that playing these types of games may reduce mild depression because they encourage outdoor physical activity, face-to-face socialization and exposure to nature. All factors which have all been shown as having a positive impact on mental health.

In the paper, published in the Journal of Management Information Systems, the authors were keen to stress that their findings only relate to those suffering from mild depression—not chronic or severe depressive disorders.