Lesson 6 - House
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This page: Learn about housing problems in English (problems you might have in your house or apartment).

Housing Problems in English
Vocabulary

Click on the word to hear its pronunciation and repeat it.

 

 

Exercise - Housing Problems

Select the word that describes the image.

1. There are   ants cockroaches rats heat leaking cracked in the house.
     

   

 

2. There are   ants cockroaches rats heat leaking cracked in the apartment.
     

   

 

3. The sink is   ants cockroaches rats heat leaking cracked .
     

   

 

4. The window is   ants cockroaches rats heat leaking cracked .
     

   

 

5. The   ants cockroaches rats heat leaking cracked is working.
     

   

 

6. There are   ants cockroaches rats heat leaking cracked in the house.
     

   

 

Past Participles

The past participle of the verb is used with the present perfect tense. The past participle is generally formed by adding the letters -ed to the end of the verb (the same way we form the simple past). However, there are many irregular past participle forms. Sometimes the past tense and the past participle are the same, and sometimes they are different. In each of the first lessons of the Advanced Level, we will learn some of the irregular past participle forms. The following table contains a list of some irregular past participle forms and their corresponding past tense forms for review.

Verb	Past	Participle
send	sent	sent
shake	shook	shaken
shoot	shot	shot
sleep	slept	slept
speak	spoke	spoken
stand	stood	stood
steal	stole	stolen
sweep	swept	swept
take	took	taken
wear	wore	worn

pdf list of irregular verbs

 

Exercise - Sentences with irregular verbs

Use your imagination to write sentences in the blanks using irregular verbs. (Since there are so many possible answers, this exercise cannot be corrected.)

Example:
go: went - gone
Past

Participle

 

send: sent - sent
Past

Participle

 

shake: shook - shaken
Past

Participle

 

shoot: shot - shot
Past

Participle

 

sleep: slept - slept
Past

Participle

 

speak: spoke - spoken
Past

Participle

 

stand: stood - stood
Past

Participle

 

steal: stole - stolen
Past

Participle

 

sweep: swept - swept
Past

Participle

 

take: took - taken
Past

Participle

 

wear: wore - worn
Past

Participle

 

 

Exercise - Irregular verbs

Fill in the table with the irregular verbs and then click the CHECK button. (If you type a space after the word, the computer will interpret it as an error when checking.)

Verb	Past	Participle
send
shake
shoot
sleep
speak
stand
steal
sweep
take
wear

 

Exercise - Present, Past, or Participle

Write the verb in parentheses in the correct form (present, past, or participle) in the sentences below.

        example
        He's (find) a lot of interesting books at the library.
 

1. He (speak) to the students yesterday.  
     

2. The bank robber (steal) over $1,000,000.  
     

3. She's (wear) that dress three times this week!  
     

4. He has (send) her three letters already.  
     

5. She's (sweep) the kitchen floor and vacuumed.  
     

6. They haven't (take) the money out of her purse.  
     

7. We (shake) the dressing before using it.  
     

8. The police officer (shoot) the bank robber.  
     

9. I (stand) in line for one hour.  
     

10. He hasn't (sleep) in two days.  
     

 

Infinitive or Gerund in English

 

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