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    Speaking and listening – Pre-intermediate – Upper-intermediate

    Let’s talk about the PAST


    Conversation cards

    What did you do yesterday? What were you doing at 10 p.m. How is life today different from
    Describe your day. yesterday evening? life 100 years ago?
    Give examples.

    Where were you born? When was the last time you went Think of a news story of the
    Where did you grow up? on holiday? past.
    Talk about your childhood. Talk about it. (where, who, when, Tell it in your own words.
    how long, with whom, what see/do)

    Think of three things that didn’t Talk about your last birthday. Think of a relative (qohum) or a
    exist (movcud olmaq) 20 years What did you do? Did you have a celebrity (a popular person) who
    ago. What did people do without party? Who was there? died
    them? Talk about them.
    Could you live without them?

    When was the first time you Think about the last time you Think about the first pet ( ev
    went to the cinema? had a lot of fun (eylence) with heyvani) you had. What was it?
    Talk about this experience friends. Tell me about it.
    (tecrube). Cartoon (cizgi film) What did you do?
    Talk about it.

    Ask a friend some questions Did you watch the 2008 Beijing Nowadays many families have a
    about their last shopping trip. (Pekin) Olympics? What do you car. How did your grandparents
    (when, how/get there, where/go, what/buy, remember? go to somewhere?
    go/with who, how much/spend)
    Talk about them.

    Older people sometimes talk Christopher Columbus is one of ‘You have to know the past to
    about ‘the good old days’. the most famous explorers understand the future.’ (Carl
    What do they mean? Discuss. (tedqiqatci) ever. What do you Sagan) Do you agree (razilasmaq)
    know about him? ? Explain.

    Interview a friend Talking about the past


    When was the last time you …  Ago Other time markers
    … (buy) an ice cream?   five minutes ago yesterday
    … (come) home late?   a few years ago (bir nece il the day before yesterday
    once) (siragagun)
    … (do) housework?  
    three days ago last week
    … (drink) orange juice?  
    two weeks ago last month
    … (eat) fast food?  
    six months ago last year
    … (get) up late?  
    one hour ago  
    … (go) swimming?  
    a long time ago  
    … (have) a party?  
    … (meet) your grandparents?  
    … (play) basketball?   - Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future.
    … (speak) English?   - No man is rich enough to buy back his past. (Oscar Wilde)
    - For the majority of us, the past is a regret, the future an
    … (visit) a museum?  
    experiment. (Mark Twain)
    Do you agree? Discuss.

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