ELF: Past Tense Verbs

Scene 4 - Buddy's Journey

( 00:17:00 - 00:21:30)

 

This is one of the funniest Christmas movies I've seen. Will Farrell, who plays Buddy the elf, is a superb actor in this film who will leave you laughing again and again, no matter how many times you see the movie. It's a must see for all ages.

In this clip, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City. It's a great piece to focus on culture shock with your students and talk about their own encounters during their travels and first few months in a new country.

A)   What did you do when you came to the United States?
Check (√) the things in the chart below that you did when you came to the U.S.

	You	Your Partner	Buddy
1				say good-bye to friends & family
2				pack a suitcase
3				walk through candy cane land
4				ride a bus
5				walk through snow
6				hug a raccoon
7				go to a coffee shop
8				walk through the desert
9				eat gum from the subway
10				walk through a forest
11				play in revolving doors
12				ride a train
13				throw up
14				ride a plane

B)   Ask your partner what he or she did when they came to the U.S. 
Check (√) the things s/he did in the chart above.

A:  Did you say good-bye to friends and family?

B:  Yes, I did.  /  No, I didn’t.

C)  Watch the movie clip.

Check (√) the things in the chart above that Buddy did on his journey to New York City.

PAST TENSE

Regular Verbs						Irregular Verbs
Writing			pronunciation			eat - ate drink - drank go - went say -said ride - rode sing - sang sit - sat write - wrote
I He She It We You They	worked yesterday. didn’t work yesterday.		[id]	I waited for the bus.
			[t]	I worked until 5:00. I typed a letter. I passed my test. I washed the dishes. I watched TV. I fixed my bike.
			[d]	I played the piano. I cleaned my room. I shaved my legs.

Spelling Rules

-ed	-d	Double the consonant	-ied
cook - cooked wash - washed play - played	dance - danced bake - baked	hug - hugged pet - petted sip - sipped	cry - cried study - studied

D)   Write 4 sentences about yourself – two positive sentences and two negative sentences.  (Example) I didn’t hug a raccoon.

1.      ________________________________________________________________________

2.      ________________________________________________________________________

3.      ________________________________________________________________________

4.      ________________________________________________________________________

E)    Write 4 sentences about your partner – two positive sentences and two negative sentences.  (Example) Lisa rode a train.

1.      ________________________________________________________________________

2.      ________________________________________________________________________

3.      ________________________________________________________________________

4.      ________________________________________________________________________

F)    Write 4 sentences about Buddy – two positive sentences and two negative sentences.  (Example) Buddy walked through snow.    [ t ]

1.      ________________________________________________________________________

2.      ________________________________________________________________________

3.      ________________________________________________________________________

4.      ________________________________________________________________________

G)   Circle the regular past tense verbs (-ed endings) that you wrote in Exercises D, E and F.

H)   Write the sound of the –ed ending in brackets [   ] at the end of the line of your regular past tense verb sentences like in Example F.

I)     Read the sentences to your partner.

ANSWERS

C)

1.    Yes

2.    No

3.    Yes

4.    Yes

5.    No

6.    Yes

7.    Yes

8.    No

9.    Yes

10. Yes

11. Yes

12. Yes

13. No

14. No

Worksheet: ELF - Past Tense Verbs