INTERMEDIATE CLASS 06 – Learning to talk about past actions I

‘I had a strange dream last night’

In this lesson, you’ll:

✓ Review the use, meaning and form of the simple past.

✓ Check at the regular and irregular verbs and their pronunciation.

WARM UP

Let’s play: CREATING STORIES. Look at the following statements and answer to the
questions by creating different answers.

Buy 100 cans of cat

food.

What did you do yesterday?

Run for almost
I _____ yesterday.
three hours.

Where did you _____?

I _____ (place)
Study Italian and
Japanese.
Why did you _____?
I _____ because (reason).
Drink six cups of
coffee.
Did you have a good time?
Yes, I did / No, I didn´t.

Lose my cellphone.
DIALOGUE
Read the following interview out loud with your tutor then switch roles. Pay
attention to the underlined words.

‘‘The gorilla took the boy’’

Interviewer: Who was with you at the zoo that day?
Jane: I spent the day with my mother and younger brother.
Interviewer: Where did you stand?
Jane: I stood very near the three- year old.
Interviewer: Did you see how he fell?
Jane: No, I didn’t. I wanted to see what the gorillas were doing.
Interviewer: What happened when the boy fell?
Jane: At first everyone screamed and then there was a scary quietness in the air.
Everyone held their breath.
Interviewer: Why was everyone so quiet?
Jane: The whole crowd of people waited to see what the gorilla was going to do.
Then Binti Jua took the little boy gently into her arms. She didn´t hurt him. She was
like a real mother to the boy.
Interviewer: Did Binti Jua behave like a human?
Jane: Yes, she did.
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Today we will review the simple past and the most important regular and
irregular verbs.

Past Simple:
It is used to show that something happened and finished in the past. They usually
have a time expression to show when it happened.

PAST SIMPLE

Ex. I went to Paris in 2000.

PAST PRESENT

Simple Past Structures:

Take always into account the auxiliary DID for this tense in order to make
negations and questions.

SUBJECT + VERB (PAST) + COMPLEMENT

Ex. My mother jumped from a parachute last year.
Ex. I wrote an essay for English class.

SUBJECT + DIDN´T + VERB + COMPLEMENT

Ex. He didn´t say anything about the movie.
Ex. My friend didn’t come to my house last night.

DID + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT ?

Ex. What did you do yesterday?

Ex. Where did he go last year?

LAST AGO YESTERDAY

Last night 10 minutes ago Yesterday morning
Last Sunday an hour ago Yesterday afternoon
Last weekend three days ago Yesterday evening
Last week a week ago The day before yesterday
Last month a month ago
Last year two years ago
EXPLORE AND LEARN MORE
Now that the Simple past was checked, let´s take a look at the regular and
irregular verbs.

REGULAR VERBS AND ENDINGS

watch watched
play played PRONUNCIATION OF
talk talked add -ed
work worked
REGULAR VERBS
walk walked /d/ /t/ /id/
stay stayed
promised walked wanted
studied talked needed
live lived add -d lived worked hated
arrive arrived played watched created
smoke loved asked
decide
d
stop stopped cvc x2 -ed
travel travelled

study studied c + y -ied

worry worried

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

be Was/ fall fell leave left sell sold
were
begin began find found lose lost sit Sat

break broke fly flew make made sleep slept

build built forget forgot meet met speak spoke

buy bought get got pay paid stand stood

catch caught give gave put put take took

come came go went read read tell told

do did have had ring rang think thought

drink drank hear heard say said win won

eat ate know knew see saw write wrote

PRACTICE

I. Look at this story. Can you find 5 errors?

I had a busy weekend. On Saturday morning I run in the park, then I meted my
friends, and we went shopping and eat lunch in a coffee. In the evening I watched
a film. On Sunday I cook lunch for my family. In the afternoon the weather was
nice so we walked by the sea and enjoyed the fresh air. I sleeped very well on
Sunday night.

Now it’s your time. Tell your tutor, what did you do last weekend?

II. Choose a verb to complete the sentences. Remember to put them in the
past tense.

WIN BEGIN DRINK SELL TAKE GO

EAT GET BE PUT SLEEP
READ BUY LEAVE

1. Felipe _____ the race and _____ a prize.

2. When you have _____ the book please _____ it back on the shelf.

3. It _____ to rain when she _____ the house.

4. I _____ tired and so I _____ a lot.

5. Marco _____ a shower and _____ to work.

6. Junko _____ dinner and _____wine.

7. Mario _____ his bike and _____ a car.

III. Summarize the last movie you watched.

CONVERSATION
Watch the following short movie called ´The Translator’ and take notes.

https://youtu.be/PA8HTX6CXBs

1. How did the story start?

2. What was the main problem of this story?

3. How did the story end up?

4. What had you done if you were the French girl or the American boy?

5. Retell the story with a different end.

SHARE ONE THING YOU’VE LEARNT IN THIS CLASS

HOMEWORK

I. Choose the correct option.

1. Last weekend my mother _______ lunch for all the family

a. cooked

b. cooks

c. cook

2. A: ____________ go shopping last Saturday?

B: No, I stayed at home and watched TV

a. Are you

b. Do you

c. Did you

3. Which past simple regular verb end with /id/ sound?

a. wanted

b. booked

c. asked

4. No Philip _________ a new car last week. He _________ an old one. It was
very cheap.

a. didn't buy / bought

b. doesn't buy / buys

c. not buy / bought Check answers on the next page…

ANSWERS

PRACTICE

I. Look at this story. Can you find 5 errors?

I had a busy weekend. On Saturday morning I run in the park, then I meted my
friends, and we went shopping and eat lunch in a coffee. In the evening I watched
a film. On Sunday I cook lunch for my family. In the afternoon the weather was
nice so we walked by the sea and enjoyed the fresh air. I sleeped very well on
Sunday night.

II. Choose a verb to complete the sentences. Remember to put them in the
past tense.

WIN BEGIN DRINK SELL TAKE GO

EAT GET BE PUT SLEEP
READ BUY LEAVE

1. Felipe WON the race and GOT a prize.

2. When you have READ the book please PUT it back on the shelf.

3. It BEGAN to rain when she LEFT the house.

4. I WAS tired and so I SLEPT a lot.

5. Marco TOOK a shower and WENT to work.

6. Junko ATE dinner and DRANK wine.

7. Mario SOLD his bike and BOUGHT a car.

HOMEWORK

1. A
2. C
3. A
4. A