WELCOME

‘Speaking Stars’
Public Speaking Club

15th March, 2021

Ice breaker: Balancing coins

• Balance as many coins as

you can on the rim of a

glass. Whoever balances

more coins wins!

Let’s read.
Hank is a cowboy. He lives on a farm. He has a horse

named Ginger. Hank loves Ginger. He rides Ginger every

day. Sometimes they walk slowly, and sometimes they

run fast. They always have a good time.

Hank was a cowboy. He lived on a farm. He had a horse

named Ginger. Hank loved Ginger. He rode Ginger every

day. Sometimes they would walk slowly, and sometimes

they would run fast. They always had a good time.

What’s the difference
between both stories?
Speaking in Past tense
I didn’t did it.

I didn’t do it.
We didn’t understand it.

We didn’t understood it.

 I go and bought milk.

I went and bought milk.

We ate food and then had dessert.

We eat food and then had dessert.

When do we use past tense?
When do we use past tense?
• When we want to narrate something that happened in the past.
When do we use past tense?

• When we want to narrate something that happened in the past.

For example, when we talk about a trip/vacation or what we did at a

birthday party, we talk in the PAST tense.
Travelogues
• This summer holiday I went to a wonderful place called Nainital, with my family. It was like a
dream come true.

• First, we went for the boat ride in the Naina lake and then walked to the Naina Devi temple
and prayed. We also went to the mall road which had many types of local shops selling
different items.

• We also visited the zoo which was on a hill top of Nainital. Watching all kind of animals  was
a wonderful feeling . We saw macaw, white peacock, parakeet, tiger, leopards, black bear and
many other birds and animals .

• It was a memorable vacation which I will never forget.

Travel stories

• Tell us about your favourite vacation.

• Tell us where you went, where you stayed and what all you did.

• Use PAST tense.

Let’s hear your travel stories!
Some other topics to talk about

• Tell us the story of your favourite superhero movie.

• Tell us about your first day of school (new academic year)

• Tell us about a time when you helped someone, and how you helped
them
 • What do you
think
everyone is
doing?

• Do you feel what is happening is right?

• What would you change about this picture?
 Make up a story about what
happened to a boy/girl who saw
too much TV/mobile/tab.
Phone conversations

• Discuss with your friend on the phone about your Sports Day at
school and how it was so much fun!

• You are two friends meeting at school after vacations. Discuss how
you spent the summer vacations and what activities you did.
The Talking Jar

5-minute wrap-up game

Lets Talk!