Institución Educativa Escuela Normal Superior De Gigante

10 th grade – 2nd term 1st Activity – 2020

Topic: Past simple Desempeño: Con mi vocabulario trato temas generales, aunque recurro
a estrategias para hablar de hechos y objetos cuyo nombre desconozco.

Vocabulary: verbs 2nd term: 2nd Activity

1. Read the text and complete the chart.

questions Thulani Pushpa Catalina

Thulani lives in kilptown, Pushpa lives in Nepal. Catalia lives in Colombia.
a. where do they live? south Africa.

b. Why did they decide to
help people
c. how do they help people
When Thulani was little his
father couldn't pay for
secondary school and he
had difficulties, so he starts
a youth program to help
children improve their lives
and get an education.
It helps them improve their
lives and get an education,
you give them uniforms,
One day Pushpa visited a
prison for women and saw
children living there, that
surprised her and decided
to open a nursery for these
children.
Directing a daycare for
children under the age of
six who leave prison in the
When Catalina worked as a
volunteer in a hospital in
Cartagena, a child died in
her arms, twelve days old
because her mother had no
money for treatment to
save him. A week later, her
son fell from a balcony and
died, she did not want to
die. more children for those
terrible situations.
It transforms the lives of
Colombian teenage
mothers. The services it
 books and money for morning to spend the day
school expenses. at the center, she also runs
a residential home for older
children who have the
opportunity to go to school,
get food and medical care.
offers are medical care and
training programs to help
teenage mothers and their
children have a better life.

2. Watch the following video about pas simple grammar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLuNOWXw96c

3. Answer the next question using the past simple, write full answers.

a. he had to work because his father had no money to pay for college.
b. Thulani created the kliptown youth program to help other youth in kliptown get an education and improve their
lives, giving them uniforms, books and money for their school expenses.
c. Pushpa studied social work at university.
d. Because one day she visited the women's jail and saw what children were living there, that surprised her and
she decided to open a nursery.
e. Catalina Escobar and Juan Felipe's son fell from a balcony and died.
f. Because the baby's teenage mother had no money for treatment to save him.

4. Match the verbs with the corresponding past simple form.

Do – did make – made leave – left say – said eat – ate drink – drank drive – drove

Come – came give – gave have – had go – went get – got swim – swam sleep – slept

Meet – met read – read buy – bought teach – taught run – ran

5. Choose ten verbs from the previous exercise. For each verb write two past simple sentences, one affirmative and
one negative

1. Maria did homework this morning. / Maria didn’t do homework this morning.
2. Liliana left in the afternoon for Bogotá. / Liliana didn’t leave in the afternoon for Bogotá.
3. My mom said that the bike is damaged. /My mom didn’t say that the bike is damaged.
4. I ate a lot of fruit for breakfast. / I didn’t eat a lot of fruit for breakfast.
5. Camilo drank beer at the age of ten. /Camilo didn’t drink beer at the age of ten.
6. Betty drove drunk at Christmas. /Betty didn’t drive drunk at Christmas.
7. Fernanda came to my party on Saturday. /Fernanda didn’t come to my party on Saturday.
8. I gave Maria a gift for her birthday. /I didn’t give a gift for her birthday.
9. Juan Pablo had a dog two years ago. /Juan Pablo didn’t have a dog two years ago.
10. Luis got a very cheap computer a few months ago. / Luis didn't get a cheap computer a year ago.
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