Past (Simple) experiences

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LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

  • learn and practise Past Simple including regular and irregular verbs,
  • talk about things that happened in the past using positive sentences, negative statements and questions,
  • practise listening comprehension with two videos and three recordings,
  • read a text and write dialogues. 

With this set of four lessons, students get beginner’s knowledge of Past Simple. They start with a lesson in which they learn different forms of the verb ‘to be’. In the second lesson, they practise regular verbs. In the third lesson, students learn how to create negative sentences and questions. In the last lesson of the set, students learn and practise some irregular verbs (e.g. bought, made, lost).

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Lesson 1 Introduce Past Simple forms of the word ‘be’
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Were your school days fun?

General Grammar

Students learn and practise Past Simple forms of the verb ‘to be’. They also watch a video in which people talk about their favourite subjects, as well as talk about their school days and play a game.

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Lesson 2 Help students practise regular verbs
Past Simple of regular verbs
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I watched a film yesterday (Past Simple regular verbs)

General Grammar

Students learn to create Past Simple forms of regular verbs (and practise spelling and pronunciation), e.g. visited, cried, played. They also listen to a fun recording, read a text about someone’s day and talk about what some people did yesterday.

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Lesson 3 Teach students to create Past Simple negatives and questions
Past Simple for beginners
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Did you cook dinner? (Past Simple negative and questions)

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Students talk about photos and listen to dialogues. They also learn and practise Past Simple negative sentences and questions, talk to each other using Past Simple and write dialogues.

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Lesson 4 Teach students to use irregular verbs
irregular verbs for beginners
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Celebrities helping people (Past Simple irregular verbs)

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Students learn and practise some irregular verbs (e.g. bought, made, lost) in positive and negative sentences as well as questions. They also watch a video about Harrison Ford and talk about famous people who help others.

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