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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF

VOCABULARY: Everyday activities

GRAMMAR: Simple past: regular verbs (affirmative and negative)
GOAL: Talking about your day

GETTING STARTED

1. Go through this link and do the game

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/past-tense-game/

2. Use the verbs in the box to complete the sentences about Kate Childers'
typical day.

1. I start each day with a strong cup of coffee.

2. I ______ in the morning news on TV.
3. I listen to the weather report so I can ______ what to wear.
4. I work out at a gym for an hour because I ______ to stay in shape.
5. I meet friends for lunch and ______ a bit.
6. I _____ lunch by 2; 30 so I can be at work by 3:00.
7. I check my voice mail and ______ people back
8. Then I look at my email and _______ to messages
9. Most members of the theatre staff ______ at 4:00
10.The theatre doors _____ at 7:00
11.We usually _______ the doors at 10:30, and I go home at 11:00
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Reading

Read the article and answer the question.

How is kate childer’s day in the article different from her typical day at work?

Read the article again. Are these sentences true or false?

1. The show that Kate organized started in the morning. F

2. She talked to MTV in the afternoon.
3. The new dressing groom assistant started work at 5:00 pm.
4. Kate talked to many people at the Awards show.
5. Kate finished worked in the early evening
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Grammar focus

1. Study the examples of the verbs in the past tense

2. Look at the examples again. Complete the chart.

3. when we are talking about something that continued for some time in
the past;

4. 2)when we are talking about something that happened several times in

the past ;
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5. When we are talking about an event that happened at a particular time

in the past.

Structure

-The regular verbs form the “past simple” by adding -ED to the base form of
the verb.

Verb (base form) + -ED

Start: started

Jump: jumped

Look: looked
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There is only one form of the verb in the past tense.

Some exceptions!

These exceptions are dependent from the last letter of the base form of the
verb.

-If the verb ends in -E, we add only -D to form the past simple.

Verb (base form) + -D

Live: lived

Save: saved

Change: changed

If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a single vowel, we double the final
consonant and we add -ED to form the past simple.

Verb (base form) + final consonant + -ED

Stop: stopped

Plan: planned

Flip: flipped
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If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, we change Y with I, then we

add -ED.

Verb (base form- I) + -ED

Study: studied

Cry: cried

Marry: married

PRACTICE

1. Copy and complete these sentences with the “past simple” of the verbs
in brackets.

I (listen) ….................. to the radio this morning.

My sister (pass) ….................. her exam.

My mother (study)................... biology at university.

I (watch) ….................. TV last night.

We (play) ….................. football yesterday.

Simona (stop) …........... For petrol on the way here.

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2. Now, write the sentences in the “negative form”.

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