Proficiency level: Elementary+/Pre-intermediate Age: Teenagers- Adults Contents: Functions: Talking about past events Notions: Structural items

Simple Past: Regular, Irregular verbs Lexical items Safe, diamond, robbery, burglar alarm, security camera

Before watching activities: 1) Ask students if they know the name of the objects below and to write it next to the picture. If they do not know the words tell them. After that ask them to predict what the video clip is about, what is going to happen or if they know what song it is.

While watching activities: 2) Watch the video clip and ask students to put the objects in order of appearance. After watching activity: 3) Put the events in order. 4) Match the sentences with the correct picture. 5) Identify all the verbs in the sentences above and divide them into Regular and irregular. 6) Word search: Find the Past tense form of the verbs in the box.

* Note: This video clip has a continuation (The Same Direction). They can be used together to work with the complete story (with Simple Past), or it can be used for predictions to practise Future forms.

1) Put the pictures in order of appearance:

* Watch the video clip again and check.

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Put the events in order and Match them to the correspondent picture:

1) In the safe there was a beautiful diamond and they stole it. 2) The girl started to cross the street but a car ran over her. 3) A man was waiting near a shop. 4) Many people went to see her, and the man entered the shop. 5) The group escaped without problems. 6) He and another man opened a safe. 7) He saw a girl on the other side of the street. 8) An ambulance arrived to see the girl, but she was OK. 9) A boy came on a motorbike and they left.

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5) Identify all the verbs in the sentences above and divide them into Regular and irregular.

Regular

Irregular

6) Find the Past form of the following verbs. (You will find them in all directions) SEE START STEAL GO ESCAPE LEAVE COME ARRIVE OPEN RUN