3a.

Talk about past activities

VOCABULARY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgTpNLPC848

Place N° 1 3
2
zoo

Beach
6
University 4 5

Home

Library

Supermarket
8 9
7
Stadium

Hospital

Restaurant

Cinema
10 11 12
Bank

Church

14 15
13

GRAMMAR Past tense be : WAS - WERE

I At home
He was
Singular She At the
It university

You At the
Plural We were party
They
ACTIVITY Complete the sentences with the correct verb. Was / were
01

1. Elly and Sara sick yesterday .

2. The weather _____________ very hot last Saturday.

3. Claudia _________________ in France last summer.

4. My brother and I ______________at the park yesterday.

5. Mom and Dad ______________at the restaurant last night.

ACTIVITY 02 Complete the sentences using: was / were .

at the supermarket / at the gym / at the tennis game / at the airport At the bank

She

They

He

We
 ACTIVITY 03

Charles Darwin
1) Charles Darwin was / were born on February 12, 1809. 2) He
was / were a British naturalist who became famous for his theories
of evolution and natural selection .3) In South America , Darwin
founded that fossils of extinct animals was / were similar to modern
species. 4) many people was / were srongly opposed to the idea of
evolution because it conflicted with their religious beliefs. 5)
througout his life. Darwin was / were a reserved , thorough, hard
working scholar.

Albert Einstein
6. When Albert Einstein was / were young, his parents worried
about him. 7) Einstein´s parents was / were concerned that Albert
was “slow”. 8) Albert was / were a terribke student who didn´t want
to attend classes regularly and take exams . 9) Einstein´s best-know,
work , the theory of relativity, was / were published in 1905 . 10)
Unfortunatly, the theory of relativity was / were used to create
the atomic bomb.

Answer

3. Why Einstein ´s parents were

1. When was Charles Darwin born?
worried about Albert?

2. How was Charles Darwin?

4. When was published the theory of
relativity?

TIME EXPRESIONS FOR THE PAST

LAST AGO YESTERDAY

10 MINUTES AGO
last night Yesterday
An hour ago
last week 3 days ago Yesterday morning
last A week ago Yesterday afternoon
weekend A month ago
Yesterday evening
A year ago
last month The day before yesterday
last year Yesterday night
last monday
 LISTENIG

https://www.topworksheets.com/en/english- language/grammar/listening-was-were-
615675e733989

According to the audio, write the sentences in each line.

1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. _________________________________________
5. _________________________________________
6. _________________________________________
7. _________________________________________
8. _________________________________________
9. _________________________________________
10._________________________________________

Learning outcome : you are going to talk about your last trip, using was and
were .
Where were you last month?

Last month, I was in Argentina with my friend Clarise.

My trip was really fine; Buenos Aires is a nice city. The
weather was beautiful. It was sunny every day, and we
were on the beach for a long hour. the people in Buenos
Aires were friendly and helpful. My friend and I were in
a big and nice hotel, the food was delicious. We were in
different and beautiful places like, museums, parks,
beaches and restaurants. We were happy because we
visit the Pink House too. Our trip was fine.
Thank you so much .

Now is your tourn :

Where were you last ______?