TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S When I was a child…

Activity Type Introduction

Writing, listening and This insightful past simple passive activity helps to teach students
speaking activity, group how to use the past simple passive followed by an infinitive with
work 'to' to talk about their experiences of growing up

Procedure
Focus
On the board, write the verb 'tell' and model the target language.
Past simple passive
followed by an infinitive
Example: When I was a child, I was told to look both ways while
with 'to'
crossing the road.

Elicit other examples with 'tell' from the students based on their
Aim
experiences of growing up and write them on the board.
To write sentences
about your experiences Ask the students how they felt and whether they think people (e.g.
of growing up using parents, teachers, friends) were right to tell them such things.
the past simple passive
followed by an infinitive Next, give each student a copy of the worksheet.
and then discuss the
sentences in groups. Students then write 12 sentences about their experiences of
growing up using the verbs in the past simple passive followed by
an infinitive with 'to'. All the sentences should start with 'When I
Preparation was a child...'
Make one copy of the
When the students have finished, divide them into groups of four
worksheet for each
and give each group a set of cards.
student. Cut off the
cards at the bottom of
Students decide who will be A, B, C and D and they write the
the worksheet and keep
names next to the corresponding letters at the bottom of the
one for each group of
worksheet.
four. Cut the cards out as
indicated.
Tell the students to shuffle the cards and place them face down
in a pile on the desk. One student turns over the top card. The
Level letter on the card refers to the student and the number refers to
the sentence to be read out.
Intermediate (B1)
The student corresponding to that letter then reads the numbered
sentence to the group. For example, if the card reads C11, Student
Time C reads sentence number 11 to the group.
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The other students then contribute with their own experiences
for the same sentence. The students discuss whether they think
people were right to do that and whether they would do the same
with their children.

After the topic has been discussed, the next student turns over
a card and so on. When the students have finished, get feedback
from around the class on the topics they discussed.

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 PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S When I was a child…

Write sentences about your experiences of growing up. Use the verbs in the past simple passive
followed by an infinitive with 'to'. Start each sentence with 'When I was a child...'

When I was a child, I was(n't)... (not) to...

1. tell

2. ask

3. expect

4. order

5. encourage

6. allow

7. suppose

8. teach

9. advise

10. bring up

11. force

12. warn

A: ........................ B: ........................ C: ........................ D: ........................

A1 A5 A9

B2 B6 B10

C3 C7 C11

D4 D8 D12

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