Lesson 3. Past Simple. Past Continuous.

Grammar

Past Simple

Irregular verbs

Task 1. Fill in the gaps.

1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

Task 2. Watch the video and complete the tasks

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/mr-bean-exams

Discussion

1. Have you ever had an exam/important test? What was the result? How did you feel before/during/after the exam/test?
2. Do you usually become nervous at exams? Why? Why not?
3. Are exams important in your educational system? Is it good?
4. How can exams help you learn?
5. Have you ever cheated on an exam? How? Why?
6. If we cancel exams, how can we say who is good/bad at schools?

Past Continuous

Task 1.

The difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous

Task 2. Fill in the appropriate verb form (Past Simple or Past Continuous)

I (to play) computer games yesterday.
I (to play) computer games at five o'clock yesterday.
He (to play) computer games from two till three yesterday.
We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday.
What Nick (to do) when you came to his place?
What you (to do) when I rang you up?
I (not to sleep) at nine o'clock yesterday.
What he (to do) yesterday? - He (to read) a book.
What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? --He (to read) a book.
She (to sleep) when you came home?
My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day be­fore yesterday.
My sister (not to play) the pi­ano at four o'clock yesterday. She (to play) the piano the whole evening.
When I came into the kitchen, mother (to cook).
She (to cook) the whole day yesterday.
We (to wash) the floor in our flat yesterday.
We (to wash) the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday.
You (to do) your homework yesterday?
You (to do) your homework from eight till ten?

Homework

Task 1.

Task 2.

Task 3.