Stories in Film

List of irregular verbs

Can – Could / Puede – Podría

• I could get tickets after all.
• Después de todo, podría conseguir entradas.

Forgive – Forgave / Perdonar – Perdón

• We forgave him because of his problems.
• Le perdonamos por sus problemas.

Get – Got / Conseguir

• I got an animated movie when I bought my computer.
• Me regalaron una película de animación cuando compré mi ordenador.

Become – Became / Ser – Convertirse

• At the end of the story, he became a doctor.
• Al final de la historia, se convirtió en médico.

Hurt – Hurt / Herido

• In the thriller film, the main character hurt the main actress.
• En la película de suspense, el protagonista hiere a la actriz principal.

Leave – Left – Baja – Salir

• My son got upset when I left the movie theater.
• Mi hijo se enfadó cuando salí del cine.

Make – Made – Hacer – Hecho

• She made a lot of money for her acting career.
• Ganó mucho dinero por su carrera como actriz.

Meet – Met / Conocer

• We met in the theater last week.
• Nos conocimos en el teatro la semana pasada.

Take – Took / Toma – Tomó

• I took a taxi after the film.
• Tomé un taxi después de la película.

Teach – Taught / Enseñar – Enseñó

• He taught English to drama students.
• Enseñaba inglés a estudiantes de arte dramático.

Speak – Spoke / Hablar – Habló

• We spoke about social and cultural documentaries.
• Hablamos de documentales sociales y culturales.

Send – Sent / Enviar – Enviado

• He sent the historical film.
• Envió la película histórica.

Sell – Sold / Vender – Vendido

• He sold the documentary to History channel.
• Vendió el documental al canal Historia.

Sit – Sat / Siéntate

• The main character sat down to listen to a very funny comedy.
• El protagonista se sentó a escuchar una comedia muy divertida.

Stand – Stood

• I stood up for hours to see the stars of the film.
• Estuve de pie durante horas para ver a las estrellas de la película.

Tell – Told / Contar

• I told you all about my relationship with the movie star.
• Te conté todo sobre mi relación con la estrella de cine.

Understand – Understood / Comprender – Entendido

• At the end, I understood the movie, it was a drama.
• Al final, entendí la película, era un drama.

Wake up – Woke up / Despierta

• I woke up early to get my diploma in acting.
• Me levanté temprano para obtener mi diploma de interpretación.

Wear – wore / Vestir – llevaba

• She wore a beautiful dress in the action movie.
• Llevaba un vestido precioso en la película de acción.

Past Simple

We use PAST SIMPLE for activities or situations that were completed at a definite time.

• She forgave me yesterday morning.
• He wore shorts last weekend.
• They fell in love a month ago.

Yes/ No questions

Now let’s talk about questions with past simple. Past Simple – Yes/No Questions.

Asking Yes / No questions in the past simple is very easy. Just put ‘did’ before the subject, and the verb in its infinitive form. Here are the simple past – ‘yes / no’ questions.

• Did you make the video? There are two possible answers:
  • Yes, I did. – for short answer
  • Yes, I made the video. – for long answer.
• Did he wake up the actress?
  • No, he didn’t. – for short answer
  • No, he didn’t wake up the actress. – for long answer.
• Did you meet the main actor?
  • No, I didn’t. – for short answer
  • No, I didn’t meet the main actor. – for long answer.
• Did she teach English to the characters?
  • Yes, she did
  • Yes, she taught English to the characters.
• Did they take a taxi?
  • No, they didn’t
  • No, they didn’t take a taxi.

‘Wh’ question

Now let’s see the structure for Information Questions or ‘Wh’ questions.

To make a ‘Wh’ question in simple past, just put the Wh -question word at the beginning of the sentence plus the auxiliary did plus the subject plus the verb in the infinitive form plus the complement.

• Where did you send the speech?
  • I sent the speech to the office.
• What did he make?
  • He made a biographical video.
• Why did she speak
  • English? Because she grew up in the USA.
• How did they get there?
  • They got there by taxi.
• When did you break up?
  • We broke up last June.

Past progressive

We use past progressive for activities or situations that were not completed

• I was teaching drama when a ball hit my head.
• He was sitting down while the theatrical cast was standing up.
• You were wearing a suit all day yesterday.

Yes / No questions

We can make yes/no questions by putting the past tense of the verb to be (Was or Were) at the beginning of the sentences plus the subject plus the verb with -ing plus the complement.

• Were you spending time at the cafeteria last night?
  • Yes, I was.
  • No, I wasn’t.
• Was he saying goodbye?
  • Yes, he was.
  • No, he wasn’t.
• Were they getting up late during the week?
  • Yes, they were
  • No, they weren’t

‘Wh’ question

To make a ’Wh’ question put the WH-question word at the beginning plus verb to be plus the subject plus the verb with –ing

• How was she traveling to Paris?
  • She was traveling by train.
• Where was he going last night?
  • He was going to the movie theater.
• What were they thinking about?
  • They were thinking about getting married.
• Why were they crying two days ago?
  • They were crying because their parents had an accident.

Vocabulary

• Movie star: She was a young movie star in Harry Potter.
• Actress: The actress performed the role of Gwen Stacy.
• Main actor: Joaquin Phoenix was the main actorin the movie.
• Director: The film director controlled the film’s dramatic aspects.
• Drama: They were teaching drama, when the young people arrived.
• Story: I was reading an interesting story, when my mother called me.
• Characters: They were Marvel’s characters.
• Comedy: When I was watching a comedy movie, my mother laughed.
• Romantic movie: He was seeing a romantic movie last night when you called.
• Horror movie: She wrote a horror movie last year.
• Animated movie: He started working in the animated movie a year ago.
• Action movie: They are characters of action movies.
• Historical film: My father was watching a famous historical film yesterday.
• Musical: They performed Chicago’s musical.
• Documentary photography: The documentary photography was fantastic.
• Music: My mother was enjoying the music of the film, when somebody shouted.
• Special effects: The movie had fantastic special effects.
• Acting: She became very natural in her acting.