Exercise 2

WORKSHOP JUAN DE DIOS MELENDEZ GARCIA

Exercise 2
Due date: week 1
Objective: To improve the use of the four skills at an A2 level and get used to the OET exam
while practicing simple past and past continuous.
Topic / competencies to achieve: Revise grammar point with the help of a video. Practice
speaking skills, reading and writing at an A2 level according to the CEFR while practicing
simple past and past continuous.

Instructions:
This activity consists of 5 parts. When you finish each activity, take a screen shot of your
results and you upload ONE word document of your results.

Please read the instructions carefully.

Activity 1: Video

a. You will watch a video with the most important of the topic 2. Write your notes in
your Word document.

To learn more about simple past and past continuous, watch the following video:

Maria Eugenia Rivera Elizalde. (2022, June 27). Topic 2 Taller reforzamiento. [Video file].
Retrieved from https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/7720c415-f6af-464b-9e23-
6268cbdf2cf1

Activity 2: Reading

a. Follow the instructions of the following link for reading practice.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/a1-reading/a-poster-for-exam-
candidates

b. Complete the tasks that appear on the same link, take a screen shot when you
complete them, and post your screen shots on your Word document. 
 
Activity 3: Grammar crossword.
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a. Answer the grammar crossword in the following link.

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_ed3.htm

b. Complete the task following instructions and take a screen shot when you complete
it, post the screen shot on the Word document that you will deliver.

Activity 4: Speaking.

a. Record a 3-minute video. Take notes to describe what you did your last weekend.
Consider regular and irregular verbs. Record your video.
b. You can use any app of your choice. Post the link of your video in your Word
document.  

Deliverable:
Hand in a Word document with what is asked in each exercise. Number the answers according
to the exercises.

For example:

Part I. Video l. Notes

Part 2. Reading lll. Screen shot.

Type: Word document

Format: docx
Characteristics: Follow the report template from University Tecmilenio.

Checkpoint

Make sure your activity complies with the following characteristics:

Activity I. Notes from the video.
Activity 2: Screen shot when you have finished.
Activity 3. Screen shot.
Activity 4. Your notes should describe past activities.
Activity 5. Revise regular and irregular verbs in simple past
Make sure:
 Your video lasts between 2 and 3 minutes.
 You use simple past to describe your last weekend.
 Your verbs are correct, revise regular and irregular verbs.
 You use complete sentences.
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Additional resources
To learn more about the past simple and continuous, watch the following videos: 

 Clases de inglés en español. (2021, February 4). Past simple vs Past continuous. English
grammar lesson. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLj-Dbz-CWk 

 English for free (2021, September 20). Past simple or past continuous, grammar quiz.
Grammar quiz. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1voteJGKY 

Bibliography
 British Council. (2021, June 10). Meeting a new team member. Retrieved from
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/a1-reading/a-poster-for-exam-
candidates
 English-hilfen. Retrieved June 25, 2022, Retrieved from:
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_ed3.htm

ACTIVITY 1
SIMPLE PAST
The past simple is used for prayers in which the idea, act, or state has already been
completed. It may have ended five minutes ago or five centuries ago, the completion
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time does not matter, the only important thing is that there is talk of something that no
longer happens or exists in the present.
Afirmtativa NEGATIVA INTERROGATIVA
I jumped I did not jump Did I jump?

You jumped You did not jump Did you jump?

She jumped She did not jump Did she jump?
We jumped You we not jumped did We not jump
You jumped You did not jump Did you jump?
They jumped They did not jump Did the jump?

Past continuous
It is used for actions that were going on at a specific time in the past. As the present
continuous, it is formed with the auxiliary verb "to be" and the verb ing.
Express actions or states that were taking place in the past when another action or
state interrupts or reinforces it

ACTIVITY 2
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ACTIVITY 3
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