PLATZI A2 Basic English Workshop

Describing my house
Teacher: Carlos Andrés Montañez Zuluaga

MODULE I: THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN

CLASS 3: "I didn't do that, dad!"
What did or didn't you do in your childhood house?

CAN DO Competences: negative forms of the Past Simple and affirmative sentences with
regular verbs in the past.
ACTIVITY: Animated Audio Role-play.

Teacher: Welcome to this class, called "I didn't do that, dad!" In our previous lesson, we
practiced how to use the verb "to be," in the past:"was/wasn’t" and "were/weren’t," with
questions and answers. In this class, we will practice how to ask and answer about actions,
with action verbs in the past, with the auxiliary verb "did/didn't." Before starting, make
sure you check this lesson’s worksheets: a vocabulary one and a gap filler one, for you to
do it at the end.

What did or didn't do in your childhood house?

Let's listen to a conversation between a father and his two children. Make sure to pay
attention and take notes about what they did or didn’t do in their childhood house.

Carlos (dad): - Juan! –

Juan: - Yes, dad… -

Carlos: (gapped sentence: ______ you break your mom's porcelain? (5 seconds)
Did you break your mom's porcelain?)
-Did you break your mom's porcelain? – (image of porcelain)

Juan: (gapped sentence: No, dad, I ______ ) (5 seconds) No, dad, I didn't.
- No, dad, I didn’t -

Carlos: - Then, it was Julián. Julián! –

Julián: - Yes, dad. –

Carlos: - What happened to your mother's porcelain? –

Julián: - it was an accident. I kicked the football when my brother was opening the door -
Carlos: - I understand, but I'll have to discount some money from your weekly allowance
for some weeks for you to help pay for the damage you made. Do you understand that?-

Julián: - Yes, daddy, I do –

Carlos: (gapped sentence: _____ you make your beds, guys?) (5 seconds)
Did you make your beds, guys?
- Did you make your beds, guys? -

Julián: (gapped text: Yes, dad, we _________ our beds) (5 seconds)

Yes, dad, we made our beds
- Yes, dad, we made our beds –

Carlos: - Did you guys put the duvet properly, didn't you? – (image of the duvet).
(gapped text: Yes, dad, we ____) (5 seconds)
Yes, dad, we did -
Julián: - Yes, dad, we did –

Carlos: -Did you guys also move my armchair from the living room back to my study? –
(image of an armchair).

Juan: - Oh, yes, dad. We moved your armchair back there –

Carlos: - You didn't move the couch, did you? (image of a couch).

Juan: - No, dad, we didn't. We kept it right in its place –

Carlos: - Ok, that's fine. Did you close your closets well? (image of closet or wardrobe) -

Juan: - Yes, dad, we did. They are properly closed –

Carlos: - Good. And, did you bake the bread cake in the oven with mom? – (image of an
oven).

Julián: - Yes, we did. We baked together, and it is in the kitchen, for all of us to have it as a
dessert –

Carlos: - Did you go to sleep late last night, right before I came back home? –

Julián: - No, dad, we didn't go to sleep late. We went to sleep early. You can ask mom. –

Carlos: (gapped text: And, _____ you watch my tv interview?) (5 seconds)

Did you watch my tv interview?
- Did you watch my tv interview? –

Juan: (gapped text: Yes, dad, we ______________ it, entirely!) (5 seconds)

Yes, dad, we watched it entirely!
- Yes, dad, we watched it entirely! -

Carlos: - Did you start watching my tv interview from the beginning? -

Julián: (gapped sentence: Yes, dad, we _________ watching it from the beginning)
Yes, dad, we started watching it from the beginning.
- Yes, dad, we started watching it from the beginning. It was amazing! You did a great
job, dad. We are proud that you are our father! –

Carlos: - Thank you! You guys rock! –

____________________

Teacher: I hope you enjoyed the roleplay between Carlos and his two sons, Juan and
Julián. Let´s go over it by doing a gap filler.

It's your turn now!

Mention five things you did and five things you didn't do in your childhood house. I'll be
checking your exercises and commenting on them, and you can also comment on each
other's exercises.

In our next class, we will see how to express some basic feelings about actions by
practicing how to use the verbs "like," "love," and "hate," plus infinitive verbs with
"ing."

See you there!