Why does

your knee
hurt?

lesson description
You will be able to apply more irregular
verbs in the simple past and use the past
tense form of the verbs “hurt,” “scrape,”
“feel,” and “fall.”

objectives
• D escribe parts of the body and
past injuries
• Use more irregular verbs
in the simple past

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vocabulary

2
5
3
6
4

7
9 12

13
11
10
8
14

1 Eyebrow 5 Cheek 9 Ankle 13 Stomach

2 Eyelashes 6 Mouth 10 Toes 14 Waist
3 Fingernails 7 Tooth/teeth 11 Elbow
4 Fingers 8 Lips 12 Chest

verbs
q Infinitive to hurt to scrape to feel to fall
q Present Tense I hurt I scrape I feel I fall
q Simple Past Tense you hurt you scrape you feel you fall
she/he/it hurts she/he/it scrapes she/he/it feels she/he/it falls
we hurt we scrape we feel we fall
they hurt they scrape they feel they fall

I hurt I scraped I felt I fell

you hurt you scraped you felt you fell
she/he/it hurt she/he/it scraped she/he/it felt she/he/it fell
we hurt we scraped we felt we fell
they hurt they scraped they felt they fell

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conversation
Read the following conversation
out loud five times.

Kim: Sara is sick.

Jeff: What are your symptoms, Sara?
Sara: I have a runny nose. And last night
when I tried to get up, I felt dizzy.
Peter: So, she went to the doctor. The
doctor said to stay in bed and rest.
Jeff: She has a cold.
Sara: I went to see the doctor because
I also felt this pain in my chest.
Jeff: Pain is bad. Sometimes I feel pain
in my knee and it hurts.
Kim: Why does your knee hurt?
Jeff: When I was in college, I hurt Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0334)
myself playing basketball.
Kim: How?
Jeff: I was the best player, but I fell
and hit my head.
Kim: That’s awful.

your turn
Fill in the blank with the correct word from the word bank.
mouth elbow

key phrases eyebrows fingers

eyes tongue
Are you sick? ankles teeth
Do you feel sick?
I am sick.
1. My _____________ are directly above my feet.
I don’t feel well.
(Sneeze!) Bless you. 2. Tears come out of my ______________ when I cry.
I need to go to the doctor.
3. I have ______________ above both of my eyes.
Did you go to the doctor?
Do you want me to get you anything? 4. I licked the ice cream cone with my ______________.
What are your symptoms?
5. I have five ______________ on my left hand.
What did he say?
6. My ____________ are very white and in my mouth.

7. I have to open my ________________ to talk.

8. I have to bend my ____________ to eat.

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simple past and irregular verbs your turn
Let’s look at one group of irregular verbs. These have an inner Transform each of the following present tense verbs into the
vowel change in the past tense. past tense.

• They come to the office every day. (Present Tense) For example:
• They came to the office yesterday. (Past Tense) I sing I sang

Notice that the present tense verb ”come” becomes “came” in Present Past Present Past
the past tense. 1. it cost 11. I win
2. she sings 12. he writes
Inner Vowel Changes 3. I hold 13. I bet
4. he is 14. she let
write wrote dig dug win won 5. you put 15. they get
drink drank get got sing sang 6. he digs 16. she cut
know knew sit sat find found 7. we get 17. he swims
8. he sits 18. we quit
Another group of irregular verbs is irregular because they each 9. we are 19. I am
have the same form for the present and past tense. For example, 10. you know 20. you win
look at the verb put in these two sentences:

• I put my shoes on by the door every day. your turn

(Present Tense)
• I put my shoes on 10 minutes ago. (Past Tense) Fill in the blank with the past tense of the verbs in
parentheses.
Notice that the present tense verb put stays the same in the past
tense. Check out the list of additional verbs that do not change For example: Maria hurt her toe last week.
from present to past form.
1. My ankle ___________ last week. (hurt)
Verbs That Don’t Change 2. Yesterday I _____________ sick, so I went to the
doctor. (feel)
put put
3. The doctor _____________ Kim’s stomach hurt. (know)
hurt hurt
quit quit 4. Jeff __________ a hole in the ground. (dig)
cut cut 5. She fell and ____________ her knee. (scrape)
hit hit 6. Kim ___________ soup for Sara when she was sick. (make)
cost cost 7. Last year we ___________ in the city. (live)
let let
8. The book store __________ at 7 P.M. (close)
bet bet
shut shut 9. They ___________ 1,000 boxes for inventory. (count)
set set 10. We all ___________ together. (cook)
beat beat 11. You and I ____________ on the telephone last night. (talk)
burst burst 12. I ___________ the painting for my wall. (finish)
broadcast broadcast
13. We __________ the soccer game today. (win)
14. I __________ tired, so I went to sleep. (be)
15. I ___________ you an e-mail last night. (write)

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putting it all together… cultural tip
Choose one word from each column. Write a sentence about something that Chicken noodle soup is a very popular
happened in the past! food when people are sick. Some say
that it is the best medicine to cure a
For example: cold or the flu. This tradition became
I fell off a horse and cut my elbow. popular in ancient Egypt!

Verb Your Body Part

hurt eyebrow
drink eyelashes
cut fingers
scrape fingernails
feel cheek
sing mouth
fall lips
hit tooth/teeth
knee
elbow
ankle
toe
chest
stomach
waist

1. ______________________________________________________________ .

2. ______________________________________________________________ .

3. ______________________________________________________________ .

4. ______________________________________________________________ .

5. ______________________________________________________________ .

6. ______________________________________________________________ .

7. ______________________________________________________________ .

8. ______________________________________________________________ .

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 Answer Key

your turn - exercise 1 your turn - exercise 2

1. ankles 1. it cost 11. I won
2. eyes 2. she sang 12. he wrote
3. eyebrows 3. I held 13. I bet
4. tongue 4. he was 14. she let
5. fingers 5. you put 15. they got
6. teeth 6. he dug 16. she cut
7. mouth 7. we got 17. he swam
8. elbow 8. he sat 18. we quit
9. we were 19. I was
10. you knew 20. you won

your turn - exercise 3 putting it together - exercise 4

1. hurt 11. talked Students should choose a verb and a body part to write eight
2. felt 12. finished complete sentences in the past.
3. knew 13. won
4. dug 14. was
5. thought 15. wrote
6. made
7. lived
8. closed
9. counted
10. cooked

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