Housing Ad Abbreviations 
Since newspaper ads are expensive, abbreviations are used to save on space.  The following is a list of commonly used abbreviations in newspaper ads.  Guess what each abbreviation means. 

Other Vocabulary
landlord - gerente de
advertise - anunciar
require - requerir
pets - mascotas
allow - permitir

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Here are this lesson's irregular verbs. 

become - became (hacerse)
fall - fell (caer)
have - had (tener)
get - got (conseguir)
give - gave (dar)
write - wrote (escribir)
tell - told (decir)
sit - sat (sentarse)
read - read (leer)
put - put (poner)

Practice
Write sentences in the past tense.  Some verbs from the previous lesson are reviewed in this lesson. 

1.  He - fall from the ladder 
        

2.  They - read the book 
        

3.  She - become a teacher in 1980 
        

4.  I - write a letter 
        

5.  They - see a television show 
        

6.  My friend - give me a birthday present 
        

7.  She - tell me a secret 
        

8.  They - sit in the chair 
        

9.  They - drink soda 
        

10. They - have a big house 
        

11. She - get a new job 
        

12. She - put the book on the table