Yvain First Lesson Hollywood Chapter

5e YVAIN

Thursday, January 27^th 2011

Postcard from Los Angeles

This document is a postcard from Alison to Jake Perry.

She WAS in Los Angeles, in California.

Alison WENT to the restaurant: she ATE a giant burger and she DRANK ice-tea.

Alison WANTED to go to the beach, but it WAS cold. She WENT shopping: she bought jeans and her father OFFERED her a T-shirt.

→ Pour parler d'un événément PASSE, on utilise le PRETERIT:

# Si le verbe est régulier: on ajoute « -ED ».

Ex: She wanted to go to the beach.

# Si le verbe est irrégulier: il faut l'apprendre!

Ex: She WENT (go) to the cinema and she SAW (see) Harry Potter.

WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY?

This document is a dialogue a girl and a boy.

The man asked: « What did you do yesterday? »

The girl DIDN'T GO to the cinema because there WAS a party for a friend's birthday?

She WENT shopping. She BOUGHT a dvd.

She DIDN'T BUY the dvd of « The Da Vinci Code » because her friend likes science fiction films.

→ Pour poser une question au passé:

(Mot interrogatif) DID Sujet Verbe

Ex: What did you do yesterday?

Ex: Did you go to the cinema?

→ Pour faire une phrase négative au passé:

Sujet DIDN'T Verbe

Ex: I'm sorry, I didn't do my homework!

[DIDN'T = DID + NOT]