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Fill in the Lyrics: Summer of ’69

Listening 4 min Lyrics Beginner

Vocabulary - 17 Contextual Words

Grammar - Past Simple, Irregular Verbs

Pronunciation - American

It’s time for us to give you a true summer classic. Summer of ’69 by Brian Adams is a nostalgic song that never fails to make us think of warm summer nights and happy memories.

These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates so that they can learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.

Exercise

Fill in the missing words. ⇩

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Grammar – Past Simple

We use the PAST SIMPLE to talk about actions that have already finished.

Past Simple- regular verbs (affirmative)

We consider past simple REGULAR VERBS those that add -ed to the base form of the verb. For example:
– dance – danced
– kiss – kissed
– visit – visited
There are a few exceptions to this rule:
– When the verb finishes with an -e, we just add -d. For example: like – liked, close – closed.
– When the verb finishes in consonant + y, we lose the y and add -ied. For example: study – studied, marry – married.
– When the verb finishes with a stressed vowel + consonant, we double the consonant and add -ed: stop – stopped, ban – banned.

Irregular Verbs:

Group 1: All 3 forms of the verbs are identical. For example:
cost – cost – cost
let – let – let
put – put – put
Group 2: The 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb are the same. For example:
teach – taught – taught
tell – told – told
understand – understood – understood
have – had – had
Group 3: All 3 forms of the verbs are different. For example:
drive – drove – driven
write – wrote – written
break – broke – broken
speak – spoke – spoken
Finally, here’s a list of the most common verbs in English that you should remember:
say – said – said
make – made – made
go – went – gone
take – took – taken
come – came – come
see – saw – seen
know – knew – known
give – gave – given
think – thought – thought
get – got – got (gotten in American English)