File 5 Coolers

5A
Practice the simple past by giving students a quick dictation. Write these sentences on the board:
She is a singer.
I’m not famous.
They are doctors.
We are factory workers.
You aren’t a teacher.
Have students write the sentences in the simple past in their notebooks. Check the simple past sentences on
the board (ask one student to come write their answer for each sentence).
Answers:
She was a singer.
I wasn’t famous.
They weren’t doctors.
We weren’t factory workers.
You weren’t a teacher.

5B
Have each student write a blog about what he or she did yesterday. Alternatively, have students write about
a different day in the past if you think it would be more interesting, e.g., last Saturday instead of yesterday.
You may want to have them read the blogs from READING AND WRITING exercise a on Student Book page
47 again before they write their own. Have a few students read their blogs to the class.

5C
Write a list of regular verbs on the board. Include one verb for each student in your class, plus one for
yourself. You can use verbs from this list or other regular verbs that your students know.
arrive like rent walk
change listen start want
cry live stay work
help park study
learn play use
Start telling a story. For example: Yesterday I walked to work early in the morning. Cross the word “work” off
the list on the board as you say the sentence. Students take turns continuing the story in the simple past,
using one of the verbs from the list. Cross off the words as they are used. Continue the story until every
student has had a turn and every verb has been used. Encourage the last few students to give the story an
ending. Help students with the pronunciation of the -ed endings as needed.

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