5th Primary Victor Unit 5

5.
Life in the past
In this unit, you will:

Read about Henry's new adventure at school.
Learn about life in the past.
Learn about different professions.
Introduction
Can you talk about what you did yesterday, last week, last month,
last year, etc?
How different is life now from life in the past?
Can you ask others about what they did in the past?
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A new
A new school project
In this lesson you’re going to learn some verbs and

discover Henry’s new school task.
1. Look at the images below. Can you name these actions?
2. Listen to the conversation between Henry and grandma.
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3. Decide if the following sentences are true or false.
Henry has to take a difficult exam.
True
False
Henry has to do a new school project about life in

the past.
True
False
Grandma thinks it's an interesting project.

True
False
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Grandma can't help Henry.
True
False
4. Same activity. Decide if the following sentences are

true or false.
Henry's great-grandfather was a farmer.

True
False
Henry's grandma lived in a small flat.

True
False
Grandma didn't watch TV or talk on the phone when

she was little.
True
False
Grandma is sending Henry some photos also.

True
False
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5. Answer the following questions.
a. What does Henry have to do?

b. What's the school project about?
c. Who's he interviewing?
d. What was Henry's great-grandad's occupation?

e. How did they heat grandma's house when she was
little?
6. Let's learn some new words, it's vocabulary time! Listen,

point and repeat the words.
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A. walk ● B. talk ● C. play ● D. listen ● E. work
F. visit ● G. watch ● H. help ● I. use ● J. live
7. Complete the following sentences with the missing

words.
a. My dad gap as a doctor.
b. They always gap to London at

Christmas.
c. I always gap to school.
d. Hannah gap to her gran on the

phone every day.
e. They never gap hockey at school.
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f. Do you usually gap to music in the
car?
travel talks walk
play listen works
8. Put the words in order to make sentences.
a. use / a computer. / never/ I

gap
b. dad / in / works / My / office. / an

gap
c. grandma / TV. / didn't / My /watch

gap
d. at Christmas. / They / to / England / travelled

gap
e. lived / small / She / in / house. / a

gap
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Grammar
The Past Simple (I)

To form the Past Simple of regular verbs, we add -d or -ed to the verb.
9. Listen and choose the correct verb.
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played
talked
listened
worked
travelled
helped
played
talked
listened
worked
travelled
helped

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played
talked
listened
worked
travelled
helped
played
talked
listened
worked
travelled
helped
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played
talked
listened
worked
travelled
helped
played
talked
listened
worked
travelled
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helped
15. Now write five sentences about yourself, using the past
form of the verbs in activity 6.
Example:
I listened to music yesterday.
Accept the challenge

Guess who.
He lived during the Renaissance (14th to 17th century).
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Last we
Last week's events
In this lesson, you’re going to practise how to talk

about the things that you or others did in the past.
1. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

them.
He always walks to school.
Present
Past

them.
I never play computer games.
Present
Past
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them.
I'm watching TV now.
Present
Past

them.
They walked to the supermarket yesterday.
Present
Past

them.
He lives in England now.
Present
14
Past

them.
I watched TV last night.
Present
Past

them.
She played computer games with her brother last

weekend.
Present
Past

them.
Last year, he lived in Sandown.
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Present
Past
9. Let's learn some more activity words.
A. travel ● B. learn ● C. arrive ● D. enjoy

E. look ● F. cry ● G. start ● H. finish
10. Complete the sentences with the Simple Past form of

the verb in brackets.
a. He gap home late last night. (arrive)
b. They gap their homework in class.

(finish)
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c. My mum gap a new book last week.
(start)
d. We gap some new words in Spanish
this morning. (learn)
e. They all gap very happy at the
birthday party yesterday. (look)
11. Look at the picture, what did he do yesterday?
He watched TV last
night.
He cooked last night.
He travelled to Mexico
yesterday.
12. Look at the picture, what did she do yesterday?
She listened to music

yesterday.
She talked on the phone

with her mum.
She studied English

yesterday.
13. Look at the picture, what did they do yesterday?
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They started a new book
yesterday.
They travelled to Madrid

yesterday.
They arrived home

yesterday.
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Grammar
The Past Simple (II): Form

To form the Past Simple of a verb, you add -ed at the end of it. You need
to follow some rules:
There are four types of regular verbs:
talk + ed ► talked
Most regular verbs
play + ed ► played
live + d ► lived
Regular verbs ending in –e.
arrive + d ► arrived
Regular verbs ending in cry- y + ied ► cried

consonant + –y. study - y + ied ► studied
Regular verbs ending in

stop + ped ► stopped
consonant + vowel +
travel + led ► travelled
consonant.
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14. Write the Past Simple form of the following verbs.
watch gap listen
gap
enjoy gap look
gap
play gap finish
gap
start gap travel
gap
Pronunciation of the past

form of regular verbs
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When –ed is part of the past tense form of a regular verb, it can
be pronounced as /id/, /t/ or /d/. It depends on the final sound
of the verb in its infinitive form.
/id/ - decide - decided /d/ - stay - stayed

/t/ - work - worked
15. Listen to the following verbs in their simple past

form and drag them into the correct column
according to the pronunciation of the -ed ending.
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/id/ /t/ /d/
talked
played
watche
d
finished
started
helped
16. Same activity. Listen to the following verbs in their

simple past form and drag them into the correct
column according to the pronunciation of the -ed
ending.
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/id/ /t/ /d/
listened
travelle
d
looked
cried
visited
lived
17. Look at the examples in activity 9 and 10 and try to

match the phrases to make the rules for
pronounciation of -ed.
1 a
-ed endings are K, S, CH, SH, F, P,
pronounced /id/ if the TH.
end of the verb sounds
like
2 b
-ed endings are T or D.
pronounced /t/ if the
end of the verb sounds
like
3 c
-ed endings are any other sound
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pronounced /d/ if the (A, B, E, G, I , J, L,
end of the verb sounds M, N, O, Q, R, U,V,
like W, X, Y, Z)
18. Henry was on holidays last week. Listen and

complete the following sentences with what you
hear. You must only use some of these words.
helped played studied talked walked

listened visited enjoyed travelled
finished
Last week I gap my

grandma in Sandown. We
gap to the beach and
enjoyed it a lot. Then we cooked
grandpa's favourite meal and
gap cards. It was a
fantastic week!
19. Violet was on holidays last week. Listen and complete

the following sentences with what you hear. You
must only use some of these words.
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finished
Last Saturday I gap to

Ireland with my family. We visited
some museums and monuments
in Dublin and walked a lot! We
arrived to our hotel at night and
gap a nice dinner. After
that, we watched TV and I
gap to Henry on the
phone. It was a great week!
20. John was on holidays last week. Listen and complete

the following sentences with what you hear. You
must only use some of these words.

finished
Last week I stayed at home. I

gap a lot. My mum
gap me with my Maths
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exam. I also gap the
book I was reading and
gap to music. It was a
relaxing week!
21. Read and choose which sentence is about something

that happened in the past.
He travels to London
everyday.
He's travelling to
London at the moment.
He travelled to London
last summer.

I studied French at
school.
I study French every day

at school.
I'm studying French

now.

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Right now, they're
cooking dinner.
They cooked dinner for

their family yesterday.
They always cook dinner

for their family.

She always works from 9

to 5.
She's working until 5

today.
She worked until 5

yesterday.
25. Now write 5 sentences about what you did last week,
using the verbs in this lesson and in lesson1.
Example:
Last week I visited my uncle.
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Guess who
He created plans for musical instruments, calculators, boats, etc. Many

plans didn't work because of the limited technology at the time.
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What d
What did you do yesterday?
In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to talk and

ask about what you or others did in the past
(yesterday, last week, last night, last year, etc.), using
the Simple Past form of verbs. You will also learn
some time expressions.
1. Read and match each sentence with the correct

picture.
1 a
He used the
computer last
night.
2 b
My dad cooked a
delicious breakfast
yesterday.
3 c
They travelled to
the USA last
summer.
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4 d
I walked to school
yesterday.
5 e
He watched a film
last night and
cried a lot.
6 f
She started her
ballet lessons last
Thursday.
2. Read the following sentences and complete them

with the correct form of the verb.
a. Hannah gap her grandma last week.
b. I gap English at school.
c. Henry's dad gap to China last

month.
d. They gap the football match with
their friends.
e. Violet and Sally gap the new James
Bond film last weekend.
visits studied
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visitd studyd
visited studyed
traveld enjoyd
travelled enjoyed
traveled enjoied
watchd
watchied
watched
Grammar
The Past Simple (III)

The following sentences use the Past Simple tense. This tense is used to
talk about actions in the past.
Can you identify which sentences are affirmative, which are

interrogative and which are negative?
He played a hockey game last Sunday.
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They listened to music last weekend.
I didn't play computer games yesterday.
She didn't arrive late yesterday.
Did you visit your grandma?
Did he start reading the book last night?
To form the Past Simple, we follow these rules:
Subject + Verb (adding -ed)
In the Past Simple, there is only one form for all persons (I, you, he, she,
it, we, you, they).
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I / You / He / I / You / He / She Did + I / you / he

She / It / We / / It / We / They + / she / it / we /
They + didn't + verb +... they + verb +...?
verb(ed) +...
Example: Example:
Example: She didn't Did she study
He study maths. English yesterday?
studied science
yesterday.
Click here for a longer explanation.
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3. Read and match to complete the sentences.
1 a
They didn't football last week.
2 b
We arrive on time last Monday.
3 c
Did she study for the exam?
4 d
She didn't listened to music together
cook yesterday.
5 e
I played you watch TV last night?
6 f
Did lunch, her dad cooked yesterday.
4. Read and choose the sentence in the Past Simple

form.
They study English every

day.
They studied English

yesterday.
They're studying English

now.

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form.
She's cooking lunch at

the moment.
She cooked lunch last

week.
She cooks lunch every

day.

form.
He goes to dancing
lessons every week.
He went to a dancing
lesson yesterday.
He's going to dancing

lessons tomorrow.

form.
Henry doesn't travel to

Sandown often.
Henry isn't travelling to

Sandown today.
Henry travelled to
Sandown last week.
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8. Henry visited Violet at her house yesterday. Listen to
him telling his dad about their day and order the
sentences.
gap They enjoyed a lot!
gap They helped prepare lunch and had

lunch.
gap Henry arrived at Violet's house at around

12.
gap They walked to the shopping centre and

watched a film at the cinema.
gap They used the computer.
gap They studied for the Science test.
First Second Third
Fourth Fifth Sixth
a. yesterday. / walked / the / to/ I / library

gap
b. visited / her / Hannah / last / grandma / week.
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gap
c. didn't / She / Spain / summer. / last / travel /

to gap
d. project? / Did / finish / they / their / school

gap
e. didn't / time / I / arrive / yesterday. /on

gap
10. Complete the following sentences with the missing

words.
didn't travelled cried study did

watched
studied finish
a. My family gap to Hawaii last

summer.
b. I gap cook dinner, I cooked lunch
and breakfast.
c. gap she talk with her mum on the
phone?
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d. She gap a sad film and
gap a lot.
e. Did he gap the race?
f. He didn't gap French at school,

he gap English.
11. Use the words to write questions and answer using

short answers. If there's a cross, it means the answer
is negative. If there's a tick, the answer is
affirmative.
Example: Violet / travel/ Ireland/ last week?

Did Violet travel to Wales last week? No,
she didn't. ✘
a. Your friends / watch / a film / yesterday ✔

gap
b. Your brother / help/ you/ with your

homework/ last night ✘ gap
c. You / live/ in London/ last year? ✔

gap
d. Henry and Hannah / cook/ dinner/ last

night? ✘
gap
12. Now, write affirmative and negative sentences using

the sentences in activity 11.
Example:
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Violet didn't travel to Wales last week.
A little revision: subject pronouns
13. Read and match.
1 a
Henry he
2 b
Hannah and her grandma she
3 c
My mum they
4 d
You and your brother it
5 e
Violet and I you
6 f
The dog we
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Guess who
He was a Renaissance man. He was an artist, an inventor, a scientist, a
mathematician, an engineer, a writer and a musician.
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Henry's
Henry's terrible, horrible, no
good day
In this lesson, you’re going to discover Henry’s new

story and answer questions about it. You will also talk
and ask about the past.
1. Game! Play "The last time I ... was ..." game.
2. Listen to the story to find out about Henry’s terrible day.
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Henry arrives to school early in the morning and goes to
the school library. It’s Friday, so they have a free study
session before school starts. Violet is there.
VIOLET: Good morning, Henry! You arrived early today.
HENRY: Yes. I walked to school.
VIOLET: Why did you walk to school? Did the bus not work
today?
HENRY: I walked because I've got a big problem.
VIOLET: What happened?
HENRY: I didn't do my project. Yesterday afternoon was a

disaster!
VIOLET: What happened?
HENRY: After school I visited the National History Museum

with my dad to look for information for the project. Dad says
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I'm always asking my grandma to help me with my school
work and I needed to start looking for information myself. I
miss having mum here with us, she's much more
understanding! The main exhibition closed at 3, so dad and I
didn't arrive on time. Dad was a little bit upset because I
waited until the very last day.
VIOLET: Oops! What did you do then?
HENRY: I decided to go to my local library. Dad had to pick

Violet up from her ballet lessons, so he dropped me at the
bus stop. I took the wrong bus and I ended up on the other
side of town. I didn't have my mobile phone, so I phoned my
dad from a telephone box. He and Hannah picked me up.
Dad said the library was closed already, so I could do my
project at home after dinner. We went to a nice pub for
dinner.
VIOLET: That's nice!
HENRY: It was nice, but, guess what? Hannah ordered a

burger, it looked delicious! But it probably contained some
kind of nuts and she got very sick.
VIOLET: Oh, no! What did you do?
HENRY: We hurried to the hospital and waited there for two

hours. She's fine now, but we freaked out!
VIOLET: I'm sure Ms. Nelson will understand. Did your dad
give you a note for her?
HENRY: No, he didn't. He said I should have done my project

earlier and not wait until the very last minute. He didn't want
me to use my horrible, terrible, no good day as an excuse.
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VIOLET: Did you talk to your grandma?
HENRY: Yes, I did. I talked to her last night. Dad wasn't very
happy about it, but he said we had had enough incidents for
the day. Grandma gave me lots of information, I have to
write it down now because my computer didn't work last
night. She talked about how people didn't have television, so
they talked and played traditional games. She also told me
that there weren't any telephones, so people sent telegrams
and letters which travelled for days because there weren't
fast cars or planes. She told me she didn't visit any place out
of Sandown or the Isle of Wight until she was 25. At school,
they didn't have computers or interactive white boards, they
listened to the teacher and copied information. Pens didn't
exist, they used ink to write.
VIOLET: I see you learned a lot of things from your grandma.

I can help you write them down and your day will not be so
horrible or terrible today.
HENRY: Thanks, Violet! My grandma also sent me lots of

photos. Let's get this project finished!
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3. Comprehension questions.
1. Who are the characters in the story?

2. Where does the story take place?
3. When does the story happen?
4. What happens in the story? What’s the problem?
4. How did Henry go to school?
He walked.
His dad drove him.
He took the bus.
5. What happened to Henry?
He didn't finish his school project.
He didn't arrive on time to school.
The library and the museum were closed.
6. What places did Henry want to visit to look for

information for the school project?
He wanted to visit the Art Museum and his

neighbourhood library.
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He wanted to visit the National History Museum
and his neighbourhood library.
He wanted to go to the National History

Museum and the school library.
7. Why didn't Henry arrive to the library in his

neighbourhood?
Because he didn't walk fast.
Because he didn't catch the bus.
Because he took the bus in the wrong direction.
8. What's the problem with Hannah at the pub?
She didn't want to eat a burger.
She didn't like nuts and the burger had nuts.
She can't eat nuts and the burger had nuts.
9. Where did Henry and his dad and sister go after the
pub?
They ended up on
the wrong side of
town.
They ended up at
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the hospital.
They ended up at
home.
10. Complete the sentences with the missing words.
talked learned didn't arrive phoned

library visited
a. Henry gap on time to the Natural

History Museum after school.
b. After the museum, Henry took a bus to go
to his gap neighbourhood.
c. Henry gap his dad from a

telephone box.
d. At night, Henry gap to his
grandma on the phone.
e. Henry gap a lot of information
from his grandma.
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Transition words to tell a story
When telling a story, you need to use some transitional words to
sequence events. Listen and repeat the following words.
first ● next ● then ● after that ● before ● lastly / finally
11. Violet is talking about what she did yesterday. Listen

and complete what you hear using transitional
words.
next before first after that last then
Yesterday afternoon I stayed

at school. gap , I
used the computer in the
classroom. Then, I looked for
information in some books in
the library and after that I
walked home. At home, I
helped dad with dinner and
gap I finished my
project for today. Lastly, I
watched TV with my parents
and went to bed.
12. Listen and complete what you hear using transitional

words.
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Yesterday afternoon I visited

my grandma. First, we talked
about her grandparents and,
after that, she showed me
photos of her and my dad.
gap , I went home
and finished my project.
gap that, I looked
for some more information in
my laptop.
13. Listen and complete what you hear using transitional

words.
Yesterday afternoon I didn't

walk home. I stayed at school
and played volleyball with my
friends. After that, I used the
computers in the library and I
looked for information to
finish my project. Next, I
helped Violet with her project.
gap I walked home
and cooked some dinner with
my brother. Then, we enjoyed
a nice family dinner and,
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gap we listened to
some music before going to
bed.
14. Now, ask your partner what he/she did after school
yesterday. Complete the chart below with the information
and then, using the transitional words, write sentences
describing his/her day after school.
First Next After that Then Last

Guess who
He studied the human body in detail and created lots of drawings.
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When w
When we lived without
technology
In this lesson, you’re going to talk and ask about life

and events in the past. You will also learn vocabulary
related to technology.
Hundreds of years ago...
1. Listen and match the phrases.
1 a
First, the ... they lived in Britain.
Pilgrims...
2 b
Before that,... ... didn’t have any food.
3 c
When they arrived ... the Pilgrims collected
in USA,... lots of food.
4 d
They... ... travelled to the USA.
5 e
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Then, the Native ... they worked hard.
Americans...
6 f
After that,... ... helped them grow
vegetables.
7 g
Finally, the ... the First
Pilgrims... Thanksgiving.
8 h
They celebrated... ... invited Native
Americans to a big
dinner.
Back in grandma’s days ...
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2. Listen and complete.
Life in the past:
a. Children gap to the school.
b. Students gap to the teacher and

gap questions.
c. They gap the telephone, they

gap to their friends at school.
d. Children gap adventures in the

wood and gap their parents a lot.
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Life in the present:
a. Children go to school by bus or by

gap .
b. Children gap computers at school.
c. Children use their mobile phones to talk to

friends.
d. Children gap computer games.
talked listened use
car lived helped
walked didn't use asked
play
3. Classify the following words in the correct group.
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Simple
Present Simple
Past
now
before
these days
always
in the past
yesterday
usually
last year
when I
was little
every day
4. Read and complete the sentences with the correct

word.
People in the past __________ the land.
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worked
work
works

word.
Nowadays, children __________ their mobile phones for

hours.
used
uses
use

word.
When I was little, my dad __________ a computer to work.

He used a type writer.
doesn't use
didn't use
didn't used
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word.
Children, nowadays, __________ computer games, they

don't play in the woods.
played
plays
play

word.
In the past, people __________ on the phone, they sent

letters or telegrams.
didn't talk
talked
don't talk
English sounds: /t/ and

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/d/
9. Listen and say: /t/
talked ● telephone ● computer ● laptop ● watched
► Now, watch this video and see how to move your mouth
when you pronounce the /t/ sound.
10. Odd one out. Listen to the words and choose the one
that doesn't have the sound / t /.
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a
13. Listen and say: /d/
do ● did ● lived ● digital ● recorded ● landed
► Now, watch this video and see how to move your mouth
when you pronounce the /d/ sound.
that doesn't have the sound / d /.
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a
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18. Let’s play a Listening game! Listen to the words and click
your fingers if you hear the sound /t/ and clap if you hear
the sound /d/.
19. Listen.
Now, listen and say.
Tilly the teacher travelled with Diana to visit her dad.

They did tourism and enjoyed dinner and dancing dates
every day.
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Guess who
He was very interested in flying. He studied the flight of birds and

created plans for flying machines.
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I brush
I brushed my teeth and...
In this lesson you’re going to review how to talk about

actions and events that happened in the past. You will
also learn some technology words.
1. Game! Let’s play the game "I brushed my teeth and I..." .
2. Now, listen to different children talking about what they

did yesterday after school. Then, complete the chart with
the missing information.
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City, Yesterday after school
Age
country activities
Played volleyball
ALE __________ Sydney,
_______________
X _____ _________
_______________
Walked home
MA Gijón,
eleven Had lunch
RÍA _________
_______________
Played the piano

TO __________ Dublin,
Cooked pizza
M _____ Ireland
_______________
3. Now, write sentences about what Maria, Alex and

Tom did yesterday after school. Also, write sentences
explaining what you did yesterday after school.
4. Let's learn a few words related to technology.
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5. Read and match.
1 a
Read an e-book
2 b
Save information a pen drive
on
3 c
Surf a video
4 d
Record a webcam
5 e
Use the Internet
6. Read and complete the sentences with the missing
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words.
didn't read web cam tablet recorded

surfed
a. Yesterday I gap the Internet to

look for information.
b. My sister lives in New York, we used a
gap last weekend to talk.
c. Last week they gap a video for a

school project.
d. Three years ago, people gap e-
books.
e. Yesterday she played games on her dad's
gap .
7. Read and choose the correct answer.
Did she use a tablet yesterday?
No, she didn't.
Yes, she did.
Yes, you did.
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Did she use a mobile phone?
No, he didn't.
Yes, she did.
No, she didn't.
Did she use a web cam?
Yes, he did.
Yes, she did.
No, she didn't.
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Guess who
He was born in Vinci, a town in Tuscany. He was Italian.
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Techno
Technology and inventors
In this lesson, you’re going to read a text about

technology in the past and present.
1. Let's start with a game: Grammar race. Write a

sentence using the given clues.
2. Listen and read the following text.
Technology in the past and present

Not so long ago, children played with their walkie-talkies
and listened to music on their Walkman . Music was
recorded on audio cassettes and played on cassette
players. People used cable telephones and even telephone
boxes . These were some of the technological devices we
used some years ago.
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Nowadays, things are different. Technology is more present
in our everyday lives.
Internet. Sir Tim

Berners-Lee is a
computer scientist from
London, UK. In 1989, he
invented the World Wide
Web, a system for
people to share
information worldwide.
In 1991 he released the
first version of the web.
He worked using other
people's ideas, so we
can't say he invented the
Internet, but we can say
he invented the www.
He's considered as one
of the most important
inventors of the 20th
century. Thanks to the
Internet, we have access
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to loads of information
and we can
communicate with
anyone from anywhere
in the world.
Smartphones.
Alexander Graham Bell
invented the telephone.
In 1876, he used a
telephone for the first
time. Years later, the
first mobile phones
were invented and, in
1993, they released the
first smartphone. Today,
smartphones are much
more than just a mobile
phone. You can call and
take photos, but you can
also look for
information, use GPS,
listen to music and write
e-mails. Some
smartphones can also
talk to you, answer
questions, open doors
and turn lights on and
off when you're not at
home. Smartphones are
evolving very fast.
Robots. The first robots
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were invented between
1700 and 1900. They
were very simple. In
1913, the first robot
machine was installed in
a car factory. In 1933,
they invented the first
robot toy in Japan. It was
15 cm tall and could
walk. In the year 2000,
the humanoid robot
ASIMO was launched.
Humanoid robots are
used in shops and even
schools in Japan. In the
land of the rising sun,
there's a hotel where
customers are only
assisted by robots.
Nowadays, robots are
part of our everyday
lives, such as robotic
vacuum cleaners which
clean the house on their
own.
3. True or false?
Technology didn't exist in the past.
True
False
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Children listened to music on their walkie-talkies.
True
False
The telephone is a 19th century invention.

True
False
The Internet was invented in the 20th century.

True
False
4. True or false?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee worked as an engineer.
True
False
Robots were installed in factories.

True
False
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ASIMO is a toy robot.
True
False
Smartphones didn't change since the first one was

invented in 1993.
True
False
5. Complete the sentences with the missing words.
write listened surf Japan ideas

used
a. Alexander Graham Bell gap a

telephone for the first time in 1876.
b. Robots are very common in gap .
c. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World

Wide Web using other people's
gap .
d. Some years ago, people gap to

music on cassette players or Walkmans.
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e. Nowadays you can gap e-mails,
gap the Internet, listen to music,
use a GPS with your smartphone.
6. Read the text again and answer the following

questions.
a. Who invented the World Wide Web?
b. When did Graham Bell first use a telephone?

c. How long after the first telephone did the first
smartphone appear?
d. What type of factory first used a robot machine?
e. What's the name of the humanoid robot invented

in Japan?
Famous inventors
You can find inventors interesting biographies on this link.
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7. The world changes every day thanks to inventors like
the ones in the text. Try to find out what these
inventors are famous for and match each one to
his/her invention.
1 a
Alexander Graham discovered
Bell radioactivity.
2 b
Sir Tim Berners- invented the first
Lee airplane.
3 c
Marie Curie invented the printing
press.
4 d
Johannes invented the
Gutenberg telephone.
5 e
The Wright invented the World
Brothers Wide Web.
6 f
Thomas Edison improved the lightbulb
and invented the
motion-picture camera.
8. Choose one of the inventors in activity 7 and answer

the following questions. Write full sentences using the
past simple form of the verb.
a. Where did he/she live?
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b. What did he/she study?
c. What was his/her profession?
d. When did he/she die?
e. What did he/she invent/discover?

Guess who
He was best known as a painter. Some of his most famous works are:
the Vitruvian Man, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.
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Mini pr
Mini project:
"______'s day"
In this lesson, you’re going to imagine you spied on a

famous person for a day. Then, you're going to make
a simple comic strip describing what he/she did.
Objectives:
Being able to design a comic that describes what someone
did.
Being able to combine what the character did (simple past)
and the dialogues (simple present or present continuous).
Developing digital competence (if done online).
Process:
1. Choose a famous character (athlete, scientist, actor,
singer, etc.) or find information about the character that
has been given to you, and imagine you're spying on him.
Then, design a comic retelling what he did, whom he
visited, what time he arrived home, what he/she cooked ...
2. Work on your story plot.
3. Once you know what your famous person did

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that day, you have to design a comic either drawing
it or using the online applications given.
4. Once the comic is designed, complete it with the
text.
5. Present your comic to your classmates.

Guess who
He said: "I know that many people will think that my plans are useless".
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Revisio
Revision unit
In this lesson, you’re going to review everything

you've learned in this unit.
Speaking time
1. Ask your partner about what he/she did yesterday. Ask

him to compare it to what he did last weekend.
Test
How well do you remember the important points from this

unit? Take the test and find out! Good luck!
2. Classify the following sentences into their correct

group.
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Simple
Present
Past
Tense
sentence
sentences
s
They're wearing a
dress today.
They didn't wear a

dress to school
yesterday.
Do you always play

tennis on
Saturdays?
I always get up at
seven o'clock.
3. Classify the following sentences into their correct

group.
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Present Simple
Tense Past
sentences sentences
He visited his
grandma
yesterday.
We don't go to
school on
Saturdays.
His mum lived in

Australia last
year.
Did you travel to

Brasil with your
dad?
4. Read and complete the sentences.
listened play didn't use

didn't watch
cleaned did looked cooked
a. I gap dinner for my dad and

mum, and they gap the house.
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b. They gap the computer, they
gap for information in some
books from the school library.
c. gap you gap volleyball

this evening?
d. After school, they gap to some

music on their mobiles, but they
gap a documentary on TV.
5. Listen and complete the dialogue with the following

words.
wanted didn't start didn't

talked finished helped
Dad: Henry, did you finish your homework?
Henry: No. I have to do an English project.
Dad: gap you look for information at the

school library?
Henry: No, I gap . I gap to

grandma on the phone.
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Dad: Again? What did I tell you about using grandma
for your school work?
Henry: Well, she likes it. She gap me a lot.
Dad: And that's fantastic, but I told you to be more

independent and look for information on your own.
Henry: I gap the project yet. Maybe after

dinner you can help me find information.
Dad: Ok. I gap my work a while ago so I

can help you.
6. Look at the picture and choose the right sentence.
She didn't use the tablet, she used a computer.
She used a tablet and watched TV.
She watched TV, but she didn't use the tablet.
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She walked and used the digital camera.
She walked and talked on the phone.
She talked on the phone and surfed the

internet.
She didn't listen to music, she recorded a video.
She didn't record a video or listen to music.
She didn't record a video, but she listened to

music
9. Look at the chart and say if the sentences below are

true or false.
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Surfed Used
Finish Saved Recor
the the
ed an informati ded a
Intern comput
e-book on* video
et er
Sally ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔
Violet ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Henry ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔
Tom ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
*Saved information in a pen drive
Sally surfed the Internet and recorded a video.

True
False
Violet didn't surf the internet or use the computer,

but she recorded a video.
True
False
Henry finished an e-book, but he didn't use the

computer yesterday.
True
False
Tom surfed the Internet and saved information in a

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pen drive.
True
False
Henry and Tom didn't use the computer.

True
False
Sally and Henry saved information in a pen drive, but

they didn't record a video.
True
False
10. Listen and complete the sentences with the missing

words.
second next after that finally first
a. gap Hannah went to ballet

lessons.
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b. gap , her dad picked her up from
ballet lessons.
c. They picked Henry up and gap ,
they had dinner in a pub.
d. They went to the hospital and arrived
home. gap , Hannah watched her
favourite film with her dad.
e. gap , she went to bed at half past
nine.
11. Read and match the phrases to make sentences.
He didn't ... travel to the USA this

study... winter?
She looked ... English at school, he

for... studied French.
Did... ... you finish the book?
Did they... ... walked home after

school.
He... ... information to finish her

school project.
Did he cook... ... dinner for you?
12. Read Henry's e-mail to his grandma and answer the

questions below.
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a. Did Henry finish his project on time?
gap
b. What did the teacher say about it?

gap
c. How did Henry look during his presentation?

gap
d. Did Henry's mum like that he asked his

grandma for help? gap
e. Who helped Henry with his homework

before? gap
Yes, he did.
No, he didn't.
She say it was too different to what she

asked.
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She liked it a lot.
His mum helped him.
His mum and dad helped him.
Yes, she said it was a good idea.
No, she didn´t, she wants him to learn to search for

information on his own.
He looked relaxed.
He looked as nervous as other days.
13. Complete the text with the correct words.
Hi! My name's Maggie and I live in London now. Last

year I gap in Australia. My mum and dad
gap it there and we missed our family in
Europe a lot, so we gap to England, where
my dad gap before travelling to Australia.
I gap living in Australia because I love

kangaroos, koalas and sunny weather. In Australia,
my mum gap sea life because she's a
biologist. She gap that, but she missed the
family too, so my dad and her gap to come

back to England.
live returned studies
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lives returns studied
lived don't return don't study
loved decides didn't

like
love decided
doesn't
don't love didn't decide
like
don't like
liked worked
likes worked
didn't don't
like work
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Booster
activities
Here are some extra activities to revise the most important

points from this unit.
14. Read and match each sentence with the correct

image.
1 a
They travelled to
Mexico last Christmas.
2 b
I didn't play computer
games yesterday.
3 c
She didn't talk on the
phone yesterday.
4 d
He studied first and
then he worked on the
computer.
5 e
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They arrived home and
cooked dinner.
15. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

Simple Past.
a. Violet (negative - study) didn't study for the

English test yesterday, she (affirmative-work)
gap on her Science project.
b. They (affirmative - arrive) gap home

late yesterday.
c. My dad (affirmative - learn) gap some
words in Portuguese when he (affirmative -
travel) gap to Brazil last summer.
d. gap you (interrogative - enjoy)

gap the party last Saturday?
e. gap she (interrogative - watch)

gap the game last night? Her
favourite player (negative-play) gap .
16. What did John, Sally and Tom do yesterday? Listen

and complete the chart.
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studied played finished worked
visited helped
Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday

morning afternoon evening
gap
Jo Played
his cousin gap
h computer
n and stayed games his mum.
for lunch.
S gap gap
Watched a
al a volleyball her Science film.
ly game. project.
gap
T
gap on his
o
m French. Science
project.
a. you / learn / any Spanish / in Argentina? / Did
gap
b. delicious / yesterday. / cooked / pasta dish /

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He / a
gap
c. didn't / last week. / phone / the / on / They /

talk
gap
d. He / didn't /on time / to the / arrive / show.
gap
e. film? / little brother / Did / cry / your / with

that
gap
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One step beyond
18. Look at the images. The first picture represents life in the
past and the second picture shows life in the present. How
did people live then and how do people live now. Write a few
sentences (3 minimum) describing life in the past vs. life in
the present.
How did they travel? vs. How do we travel?

How did they cook? vs. How do we cook?
Where did they live? vs. Where do we live
nowadays?
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Did you guess?
The famous person is: Leonardo da Vinci!
Watch this film about his life to know his story.
Visual dictionary
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Activities (I)
Activities (II)
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Technology
Links
Simple Past affirmative sentences
http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_statements.htm
Simple Past Negative sentences

hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_negation_sentences.h
tm
Simple Past Interrogative sentences

hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_past.htm
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Simple Past: Order the sentences
https://elt.oup.com/student/project3rdedition/level2/unit3/gram
mar/exercise3?cc=rs&selLanguage=en
A Simple Past story

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-
vocabulary/grammar-videos/past-simple-regular-verbs
A Simple Past regular verbs online activity

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/past_tense/past_regular.
html
Professions vocabulary I
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/jobs-vocabulary-spelling-exercise-
online-for-esl/
Professions vocabulary II
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/jobs-places-vocabulary-esl-
interactive-board-game/
Voiceless Consonants. Pronunciation Tips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T1QYByMxrs
Sound /d/
http://safeshare.tv/v/ss565b3107a7267
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5.

Life in the past

In this unit, you will:

In this lesson you’re going to learn some verbs and

1. Look at the images below. Can you name these actions?

2. Listen to the conversation between Henry and grandma.

Henry has to do a new school project about life in

Grandma thinks it's an interesting project.

4. Same activity. Decide if the following sentences are

Henry's great-grandfather was a farmer.

Henry's grandma lived in a small flat.

Grandma didn't watch TV or talk on the phone when

Grandma is sending Henry some photos also.

a. What does Henry have to do?

d. What was Henry's great-grandad's occupation?

6. Let's learn some new words, it's vocabulary time! Listen,

7. Complete the following sentences with the missing

a. My dad gap as a doctor.

b. They always gap to London at

d. Hannah gap to her gran on the

travel talks walk

play listen works

8. Put the words in order to make sentences.

a. use / a computer. / never/ I

b. dad / in / works / My / office. / an

c. grandma / TV. / didn't / My /watch

d. at Christmas. / They / to / England / travelled

e. lived / small / She / in / house. / a

The Past Simple (I)

9. Listen and choose the correct verb.

10. Listen and choose the correct verb.

11. Listen and choose the correct verb.

12. Listen and choose the correct verb.

14. Listen and choose the correct verb.

Accept the challenge

He lived during the Renaissance (14th to 17th century).

In this lesson, you’re going to practise how to talk

1. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

He always walks to school.

2. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

I never play computer games.

I'm watching TV now.

4. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

They walked to the supermarket yesterday.

5. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

He lives in England now.

6. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

I watched TV last night.

7. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

She played computer games with her brother last

8. Read and listen to the following sentences and clasify

Last year, he lived in Sandown.

9. Let's learn some more activity words.

A. travel ● B. learn ● C. arrive ● D. enjoy

10. Complete the sentences with the Simple Past form of

a. He gap home late last night. (arrive)

b. They gap their homework in class.

11. Look at the picture, what did he do yesterday?

He cooked last night.

12. Look at the picture, what did she do yesterday?

She listened to music

She talked on the phone

She studied English