Talking about past activities

Sandra J. Carpio Romero

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 By the end of the lesson the
students will be able to:
 Identify regular and irregular
verbs
 Describe actions happened in
the past.
 Discuss in groups about past
events.

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 We use this tense to
express completed
actions in the past.

Past Future
Present
Simple

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 Time
Past
Expressions
Simple

Yesterday
Last night
Last week
Last weekend
Last month
Last year
Last semester
last holidays
Two days ago
Five days ago
In 1985

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 1.In 1964 , Brad Pitt was 1 one year old.
2.In 1977,Brad Pitt was 14 years old.
3.In 1993,Brad Pitt was 35 years old.
4.Now, he is 53 years old.
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 was were
I
He YOU
She WE
It THEY

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Were In basic 1 last
semester.

were worried yesterday.

were alive.

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 Twenty years old last
WAS year .

I WAS busy yesterday

WAS in beginner 2 last

semester .
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 The president of the
WAS United States.

married with Marc

WAS Anthony five years ago .

IT WAS March last month .

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Were In basic 1 last
semester.

were worried yesterday.

were alive.
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 Negative form
• .Iwas not in Piura last year .
• Whinie Houstnon wasn’t a teacher.

Contraction : wasn’t / weren’t

• They were not at home yesteday.

• My parents weren’t at home yesterday

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 Interrogative form

1. Was Fiorella upset yesterday ?

Yes ,she was.
2. Were your classmates worried last night ?
No ,they weren’t . They were nervous .

3. Was Michael Jackson American?

Yes, he was . He was American.

4 Were you 25 years old last year?

Yes, I was.

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 1. I _________a student. (affirmative)
2. They _____ tired. (affirmative)
3. Shaoxia and Bunly ready for class. (affirmative)
4. _______ they absent yesterday? (question)
5. Vania _______happy about her work assignment.
(negative)
6. Ben _____ at school last Thursday. (negative)
7. _________Lucy a teacher in China? (question)
8. The students _________ happy about the
surprise quiz. (negative)
9. The cafeteria ____dirty after lunch. (affirmative)

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10. ______Judy late for work? (question)
11. Sofía _____ feeling well. (negative)
12. Jane _______ very sad. (affirmative)
13. ___ Stuart a doctor in Cambodia? (question)
14. He _____a doctor in Cambodia. (negative)
15 . _______ Claudy and Sarik students in
their country? (question)

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 final – ed: [t]
after these sounds :
f, k, p, s, (ch),(sh), † (th)
look - looked (t) push - pushed (t)
ask - asked (t) watch - watched (t)
help - helped(t) dress - dressed (t)

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 Use [d] after voiced final sounds
b, g,(j), l, m, n, ˜, r, ∂(th), v, z, + vowels

sob - sobbed (d) roam - roamed (d)

believe - believed (d) judge - judged (d)

fill - filled (d) enjoy - enjoyed (d)

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 Use / Id/ after
final /d/ and /t/ .

/Id/ adds an extra syllable

need - needed (Id)
wait – waited (Id)
Want - wanted

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1. watch watched /t/
2. dress dressed /t/
3. ask asked /t/
4. wash washed /t/
5. seat seated /t/
6. answer answered /t/
7. test tested /Id/
8. cross crossed /t/
9. dance danced /t/
10. fix fixed /t/
11. lie lied [d]
12. Correct corrected /Id/
13. mix mixed /t/
14. invent invented /Id/
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 Irregular verbs

Be - was/ were
Build ---- built
Have --- had
Go ---- went
Get --- got
Read -- read
Eat --- ate

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She (travel) .................... by train to London.

She (cut) .................... the lettuce with a knife.

The film (be) .................... boring.

The president (speak) .................... very slow during

the conference.

Sarah (sing) .................... perfectly in the concert.

Peter (decide) .................... to paint the house blue.

My mother (have) .................... her birthday party last

night.

The lawyer (try) .................... to convince the jury.

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• Let’s sing La isla bonita
………… I dreamt of san pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I ……. the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Tropical the island breeze All of nature
wild and free
This is where I long to be La isla bonita

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And when the samba ………… The sun
would set so high Ring through my
ears and sting my eyes Your spanish
lullaby
I ………. in love with san pedro Warm
wind carried on the sea, he ……….. to
me Te dijo te amo
I prayed that the days would last
They …………. so fast
Tropical the island breeze All of nature
wild and free This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
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I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it's time for siesta you can watch
them go by Beautiful faces, no cares in
this world Where a girl loves a boy, and a
boy loves a girl
Last night I dreamt of san pedro It all
seems like yesterday, not far away
Tropical the island breeze All of nature
wild and free This is where I long to be
La isla bonita.
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Use these verbs in order to complete the reading

see begin pay

give go choose
swim eat sit
drive leave
make
Stand leave drink
find get go

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