TALLER SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST

OBJETIVO
Student can use past simple structures to talk about past actions using regular and irregular
verbs.

INTENCIONALIDAD DE LA DIDACTICA.

El aprendiz es apto para utilizar el tiempo pasado simple usando de forma correcta los verbos
regulares e irregulares

TIEMPO: MATERIAL:
Duración: 90 Minutos
LUGAR: Computador con conexión a internet
AVA

DESARROLLO
Past simple: irregular verbs

Complete the blog with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

A MEMORABLE
NEW YEAR’S EVE
This happened to me a couple of years ago. Some university friends and I wanted to celebrate
New Year’s Eve at the famous street party in Edinburgh. We 1knew (know) it 2 ______(be) difficult
to get tickets for the party, but we 3
_______(be) really lucky and 4_______ (buy) some online six
months before. On 31st December, we 5_______(get) a fast train from London. We arrived in
Edinburgh at 6.00 p.m. and walked from the station to our hotel. We relaxed, 6_________(have)
dinner, and then 7 _______(get) ready to go out. We 8 ________(wear) warm clothes, because it 9
__________(be) really cold. We ________(get) to the city centre at about 9.30 p.m. It
10

11 12
______(be) wet and quite windy. We ________(go) into the first warm bar we 13______(find)
and ______(drink) some whisky. At about 10.30 p.m., we
14 15
______(put on) our warm coats
16 17
again and _______(go) back outside. The streets ________(be) nearly empty! Some people
18
______(say) ‘The street party is cancelled because of the terrible weather.’ We 19

_________(not can) believe it! The weather 20_________(not be) good, but it 21_______(feel) like a
 normal winter night in Scotland.
22 23
In the end, we _______(get) a taxi back to our hotel and _______(spend) midnight in our
rooms! We 24
________(not have) a very happy New Year’s Eve!

References:
English File Elementary, Oxford Press University

Council of Europe (2018). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:

learning, teaching, assessment companion volume with new descriptors. Taken from:
https://rm.coe.int/cefr-companion-volume-with-new-descriptors-2018/1680787989