Who let the dogs out?

Read the beginning of the newspaper article.

It was night. A dark figure carefully unlocked the door and went out. He looked
around. Was there anybody there? No, all was quiet. He ran quickly to some
other doors and opened them. Then he went straight to the kitchen
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b)
c)
d)

Who do you think is the dark figure?

Why did he open the doors?
Why did he go to the kitchen?
Where do you think the story is taking place?

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Last month, strange things began to happen at Londons Battersea Dogs Home.
Every morning when the staff arrived, they saw that a lot of the dogs were out of
their cages. It was a mystery. It happened so many times, said Amy Watson,
one of the staff. We even thought that perhaps it was the ghost of Mary Tealby.
They say that Mary Tealby, who started the Home in 1860, comes back at night to
haunt it. So they put cameras in all the cages and filmed what happened.
The next day the staff watched the film. They were amazed at what they saw.
Red, a four year old lurcher, used his teeth to open the door of his cage. Then he
did the same for his friends in the next cages. All the dogs got out and had a great
time. Amy told us, They ate lots of food, had lots of fun and games, and made
lots of mess!
Reporters from Japan, Germany, and America came to film Red, and 400 people
phoned because they wanted to give him a home. Reds a famous film star now.
Hes a real celebrity! said Amy.
1. What tense are nearly all the verbs in the article?
2. What are the past forms of the verbs from the article? Complete the table
below. Which are regular/irregular?
Look
Start
Run
Watch
Open
Use
Begin
Tell
Arrive
Eat
Have
See
Be
Put
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3. Spelling of regular verbs in the past simple.

The normal rule is to add ed.
Play
played
When a word end in an e we add d
Love
loved
Some short verbs with only one syllable double the consonant.
Stop
stopped
For verbs ending in a consonant + Y, change the y to ied.
Study
studied
Many verbs are irregular.
Time expressions used with the past simple:
Last year
Last month
Five years ago
Yesterday morning
In 1985
4. T:3:4) Listen to the verbs in the past tense.
What is the pronunciation? Complete the table.
t
d

Forming questions.
When did I/you/he/she/it/we/they arrive?
Short answers.
Yes, I /did No, I didnt

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id

5. Complete the questions.

a) What ___________________?
He opened all the cage doors.
b) Why _______________the doors?
Because he wanted to go to the kitchen.
c) How often _________________________?
Many times.
d) Who _______ Amy __________ it was?
The ghost of Mary Tealby.
e) How _______ Red _________ the doors?
With his teeth.
f) ___________ they ________ a great time?
Yes, they did.
Words that rhyme.
6. Which of these verbs rhyme (sound the same)?

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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10
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Paid
Saw
Cut
Read
Heard
Caught
Broke
Thought
Ate
won

Said
Wore
Put
Said
Made
Bought
Took
Caught
Met
ran