SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Let’s talk about the PAST

Conversation cards

What did you do last What were you doing at 10 How was your school life in Primary
weekend? Describe it . p.m. yesterday evening? school? Give examples.

Where were you born? What were you doing during What were you doing last night
Where did you grow up? the Last New Year’s before you went to bed ?Talk
Talk about your celebration? about it
childhood.

Think of three things that Talk about your last birthday. Think of a relative or a
didn’t exist 20 years ago. What What did you do?Where did celebrity who passed away.
did people do without them? you go? Who did you go with? (=died)
etc Talk about him or her.

Think about the last time Think about the first pet
When was the first time you had a lot of fun with you had. What was it?
you went to the cinema? friends. What did you do? Tell the class about it.
Talk about this experience. Talk about it.

What kind of music were you What were you doing on

listening the last time you Saturday night?
went to a party ?Tell it about Talk about it
it

Who were your idols in the What important events ‘What were you buying the
past? Why? happened in your life during last time you went
quarantine time? shopping?Where did you
buy? Tell about it.

Talking about the past Other time markers

five minutes ago yesterday
one hour ago the day before yesterday
three days ago last week
two weeks ago last month
six months ago last year
a few years ago

a long time ago

- Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future.

- 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
experiment. (Mark Twain)
.