1. Simple Past Review: Verb, To Be
• Where am I?
• Yesterday I was?
• Yesterday you were?
• This weekend we were?
• This weekend they were?
2. Review: Interview a partner 8B
Fill in the simple past timeline sheet with
answers
3. Listening Exercise 7A
Listen to each dialogue twice.
-The first time fill out 7A
-Second time fill out B by checking the
adjectives used to describe each city.
4. Weather A + B conversation sheets
(take a worksheet)
• Vocabulary:
Mean = average
Warmest month = highest temperature
Wettest month = most rain
Driest month = little rain
5. Instructions:
• Fill out the blanks with guesses
• Sheet A find a Sheet B partner and fill in missing
information.
• Do not show your worksheet to your partner!
Useful examples:
What is the mean temperature in Rome in August?
What is the coolest month in Mexico city?
How much does it rain during the driest month in
Rome?
6. Complete 10 A p.18
• Fill in the circles with notes about a city that
you visited.
• Ask a partner for help understanding each
question.
7. Share your 10A p. 18 Answers with a
Partner.
• Partners take notes
• We will tell the class about each other’s
special city after
Using:
• My partner’s special city was……
• He / She was there for……..
• He / She was with…….
9. Matching Game
A) Get up Late
B) Go to a barbecue
C) Have dinner in a restaurant
D) Go to a karaoke club
E) Get together with friends
F) Meet someone new
G) Drive Somewhere
H) Stay home and order a Pizza
I) Watch DVDs
J) Play Computer Games
K) Visit Parents
L) Take a nap
10. What did you do last
weekend?
• When is the weekend?
• Draw a picture for what you did during the
day during your weekend?
• Draw something different for each time
period.
• Afterwards we will share our weekends with
each other in pairs.
11. Meaning of the Simple Past
• A completed action in the past
• Use it when we want to talk about last
weekend!
12. Comparison of the Verb: To Be
Present Tense Simple Past
• I: Am • I: Was
• You: Are • You: Were
• He/She/It: IS • He/She/It: Was
• We: Are • We: Were
• You (with me): Are • You (with me): Were
• They: Are • They: Were
• But what about
some other verbs?
14. Examples:
• Simple Present: I visit my friend everyday.
• Past tense: Yesterday, I visited my friend
• Simple Present: I order pizza for lunch.
• Yesterday, I ordered pizza for lunch.
• She watches TV everyday.
• Yesterday, she watched TV.
What is the pattern here?
15. Change these into the Simple Past
using “-ed”
1. I enter the building
2. We fold kites.
3. It heals well.
4. They record music.
5. You instruct him.
6. She plays with him.
7. I own a house.
8. We exercise everyday.
9. They study together.
10. He stops the car.
16. Regular Verbs: Tricky Spellings!
“End with an –e then just ad –d!”
• Fire Fired
• Balance Balanced
End with Y (with a consonant before) then “drop the –y
add – i , ed!”
• Terrify Terrified
• Fry Fried
• Examples when not to drop the –y
• Pray Prayed
• Play Played
17. More tricky spellings: Simple Past
• Doubling the consonant.
If the verb ends in a
consonant + vowel + consonant
Then you must double the last consonant then add + ed
Stop stopped
Plan Planned
Bin Binned
Slip Slipped
Do not double if word ends with x or w
Fix Fixed
Mix Mixed
18. Not so simple….because of irregular
verbs……
Present Tense: I drive to school.
Past Tense: I drove to school.
Present Tense: I write books.
Past Tense: I wrote books.
What’s the pattern here?
19. Let’s try some of these Irregular
Verbs….
1. I catch fish.
2. You build a tower.
3. He buys fish everyday.
4. We dig for treasure.
5. They come from France.
6. The cat breaks it.
7. It cost 100 dollars.
20. Max the Cat pt. 1
What verbs do you remember from the video?
21. Bingo! Add these verbs to your sheets!
Draw a picture for each one as
well.
• Sleep/Slept • Bring/Brought
• Run/Ran • Put/Put
• Fly/Flew • Feed/Fed
• Catch/Caught • Go/ Went
• Fall/Fell
• Beat/ Beat
• Break/ Broke
• Shake/ Shook
23. What if we were going to turn the
simple past into a negative by adding
“Not”?
For answering questions about the past.
Regular Example: Yesterday, I talked to John. I
didn’t talk to Sarah.
Irregular: Saturday I slept a lot. Sunday, I didn’t
sleep.
Construction: Did not + Verb (infinitive)
24. Write these words down on your Bingo Boards!
What do you think the conjugation will
be?
• Give
• Hold
• Swim
• Take
• Fight
• Bite
• Hang
• Fall
Lets turn some into negatives as well!
27. Go back to the last weekend
worksheet.
• On the back of the worksheet write what you
did during the weekend in the simple past.
• Walk around and find out what 5 other people
did and take notes to share with the class.
Start with: This past weekend, I…….
29. Drawing the Simple Past Game
• 1 person come up to the front of the class and
pick a card
• Has to make a quick sketch on the board.
• Team answers in the simple past what picture
they have drawn.
