ENG - A2 - 20 Talk About Your Past Experiences With - Was - and - Were

Talk about your past experiences
with was & were
A2
Talk about your

past experiences with
was & were
Learn to talk about your past experiences.
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Let’s talk about… the past

with was & were
Match the items

1
1. five A. seven
2
2. ten B. tenth
3
3. fourth C. nineteen
4
4. fifteen D. third
5. second E. twentieth 5
6. three F. four 6
7. seventh G. thirty-one
7
8. twenty H. fifteenth
8
9. thirty-first I. fifth
9
10. nineteenth J. two
10

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Cardinal and ordinal numbers
1 one 1st first 10 ten 10th tenth

Use cardinal numbers for
years and ordinal numbers
2 two 2nd second 11 eleven 11th eleventh for days and months.
3 three 3rd third We can write the date

12 twelve 12th twelfth
in different ways:
4 four 4th fourth
13 thirteen 13th thirteenth 9th October 2020
October 9th 2020
5 five 5th fifth
20 twenty 20th twentieth 9/10/20
10/9/20
6 six 6th sixth
twenty- twenty-
21 21st When speaking, we usually
one first
7 seven 7th seventh add the and of, but they are
twenty- twenty- not necessary to write:
22 22nd
8 eight 8th eighth two second
(the) 9th (of) October
twenty- twenty- October (the) 9th
9 nine 9th nineth 23 23rd
three third

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Correct the sentences
0. They went on holiday on the May 5th.
1. How old are you? I’m twenty-second.
2. My birthday is in 19th August.
3. He has third sisters.
4. I didn’t win the competition. I was second.
5. Monday is the one day of the week.
6. Yesterday was her forty birthday.

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The phoneme th /θ/:

Connected speech and sentence stress
Yesterday was the twen - tie - th of June nineteen ninety.

/twen ti jə θəv/
It was the eigh - th of the twelfth two thousand.

/eɪ θəv/ /θ/
The party was on the six - th of August twenty-eighteen.

/sɪks θəv/

with was & were
Put the correct words in the column
the these that /θ/
there those other thirty
mother this weather
with they their
mouth fifth Thursday

with was & were
Past time expressions
last refers to the most recent past event.

The grammatical construction is: last + noun
My last holiday was in Italy.

Last weekend we went to Ireland.
ago refers to a period of time.

The grammatical construction is: clause + ago
My last holiday was two years ago.

I went skiing a month ago.
when [subject] was... refers to a point in time.

The grammatical construction is: clause + when [subject] was
I went to France every year when I was a child.

She played the piano when she was at school.

with was & were
Past simple + verb to be
positive negative question form
I I was I wasn’t was I?
you you were you weren’t were you?
he, she, it he, she, it was he, she, it wasn’t was he, she, it?
we we were we weren’t were we?
you you were you weren’t were you?
they they were they weren’t were they?

with was & were
Correct the sentences
1. Was you at home last weekend?
2. He could skateboard when he were a child.
3. My last holiday no was good.
4. I started a new job a week ago.
5. They was on holiday three weeks ago.
6. She wasn’t at school yesterday.

with was & were
Your turn!
● Draw a simple timeline of this year on

your computer.
● Label it with six important dates to you.
● Share your timeline with your partner.
● Your partner asks you questions about

your timeline.
● Swap roles.

with was & were
Ask and answer
Who / live with /

Were / at work / two days ago?
when you were a child?
Where / mum etc. / last weekend? What / your school / like?
Who / you with / last Friday?

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Your turn!
● Look at the pictures in your phone and

choose one to talk about.
● Make notes on:
○ When? Where?
○ Who? Why?
● Tell a partner about the picture and

your experience.
This picture is from 16th June 2019.

It was one year ago.

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Your turn!
What’s the event and when was it last year?
Easter was on....

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Talk about your past experiences

with was & were

Talk about your

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Let’s talk about… the past

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Match the items

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Cardinal and ordinal numbers

1 one 1st ﬁrst 10 ten 10th tenth

3 three 3rd third We can write the date

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Correct the sentences

0. They went on holiday on the May 5th.

1. How old are you? I’m twenty-second.

2. My birthday is in 19th August.

3. He has third sisters.

4. I didn’t win the competition. I was second.

5. Monday is the one day of the week.

6. Yesterday was her forty birthday.

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The phoneme th /θ/:

Yesterday was the twen - tie - th of June nineteen ninety.

It was the eigh - th of the twelfth two thousand.

The party was on the six - th of August twenty-eighteen.

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Put the correct words in the column

the these that /θ/

there those other thirty

mother this weather

with they their

mouth ﬁfth Thursday

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Past time expressions

last refers to the most recent past event.

My last holiday was in Italy.

ago refers to a period of time.

My last holiday was two years ago.

when [subject] was... refers to a point in time.

I went to France every year when I was a child.

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Past simple + verb to be

positive negative question form

I I was I wasn’t was I?

you you were you weren’t were you?

we we were we weren’t were we?

you you were you weren’t were you?

they they were they weren’t were they?

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Correct the sentences

1. Was you at home last weekend?

2. He could skateboard when he were a child.

3. My last holiday no was good.

4. I started a new job a week ago.

5. They was on holiday three weeks ago.

6. She wasn’t at school yesterday.

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● Draw a simple timeline of this year on

● Label it with six important dates to you.

● Share your timeline with your partner.

● Your partner asks you questions about

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Ask and answer