Past Simple: A speaking activity

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Use the time expressions given below to talk about your memories.

Time Expressions:

  • An hour ago
  • This morning
  • Yesterday
  • Last night
  • Last week
  • Two weeks ago
  • Last year
  • Two days ago
  • Last Saturday
  • Last Sunday
  • In 2013
  • A week ago
  • When I was six
  • Yesterday afternoon
  • When I was ten
  • Yesterday evening
  • Five years ago
  • Last summer
  • A month ago
  • In 2012
  • Last winter
  • A long time ago
  • Ten years ago
  • Last month

My memories:

  1. your first job
  2. your last holiday
  3. the place where you grew up
  4. your first love
  5. your earliest memory
  6. a wedding you attended
  7. a teacher you liked or didn’t like at school
  8. a party you really enjoyed
  9. a holiday you didn’t enjoy
  10. what you did for fun when you were a teenager
  11. your first car
  12. one of your best friends at school
  13. the first time you travelled abroad or far away
  14. a hobby you used to have
  15. our first day at school
  16. your grandparents
  17. a frightening experience you had
  18. an important event in your life
  19. your happiest moment
  20. a subject you disliked at school

Common irregular verbs

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Base form Past tense Past participle
be
begin
break
bring
buy
build
choose
come
cost
cut
do
draw
drive
eat
feel
find
get
give
go
have
hear
hold
keep
know
leave
lead
let
lie
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
put
run
say
see
sell
send
set
sit
speak
spend
stand
take
teach
tell
think
understand
wear
win
write
was/were
began
broke
brought
bought
built
chose
came
cost
cut
did
drew
drove
ate
felt
found
got
gave
went
had
heard
held
kept
knew
left
led
let
lay
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
ran
said
saw
sold
sent
set
sat
spoke
spent
stood
took
taught
told
thought
understood
wore
won
wrote
been
begun
broken
brought
bought
built
chosen
come
cost
cut
done
drawn
driven
eaten
felt
found
got
given
gone
had
heard
held
kept
known
left
led
let
lain
lost
made
meant
met
paid
put
run
said
seen
sold
sent
set
sat
spoken
spent
stood
taken
taught
told
thought
understood
worn
won
written

 

Should & Shouldn’t: Write a prescription for happiness….:)

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A Prescription for Happiness

 

 

 

 Write a prescription for happiness using should/shouldn’t:

  1. Don’t think about your age.

…………………………………………………………..

  1. Try to smile as much as possible.

…………………………………………………………..

  1. Surround yourself with beauty.

…………………………………………………………..

  1. Hug someone for at least 6 seconds.

…………………………………………………………..

  1. Have a positive attitude.

…………………………………………………………..

  1. Be grateful for what you have.

…………………………………………………………..

  1. Always end your day with a smile on your face.

…………………………………………………………..

 

ACTIVITY

Create your own happiness list. What is your prescription for happiness? 

  1. ……………………………………………………………..
  2. ……………………………………………………………..
  3. ……………………………………………………………..
  4. ……………………………………………………………..
  5. ……………………………………………………………..
  6. ……………………………………………………………..
  7. ……………………………………………………………..

Modals of deduction (present)

 

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Use modals of deduction to say how sure you are about something.

 

 

 

Use:

  • could / might / may – for things / actions that are possible

Example: He could be our new teacher.

                 That girl might be his new girlfriend. 

                 The man in black may be his grandfather.

  • must – for things / actions that are almost certain

Example: She must be his sister.

  • can’t  – for things / actions that are impossible

Example: That lady can’t be our new principal. I saw her working at a grocery store last week.

Time clauses with WHEN and WHILE

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  •  Action interrupted by another action

*** Note:

=> long action: use while + Past Continuous 

=> short action: use when + Past Simple

They were watching a movie when the phone rang.

While he was driving, the car broke down.

When the car hit him, he was walking.

 

  • Actions in progress at the same time

While Lidia was cleaning the house, Dan was cooking dinner.

Maria was reading while George was sleeping.

 

 *** NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN MEANING: 

1) When he came home, she cooked dinner. (he came home,  and she started cooking dinner after that)

 2) When he cam home, she was cooking dinner. (she started cooking dinner before he came home)