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1. What were you doing at 8pm last night?

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1. What were you doing at 8pm last night?

2. How was the weather this morning?
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1. What were you doing at 8pm last night?

2. How was the weather this morning?
3. What were you having for lunch yesterday?
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1. What were you doing at 8pm last night?

2. How was the weather this morning?
3. What were you having for lunch yesterday?
4. When you started studying English, what were
you hoping to do with your language skills?
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1. What were you doing at 8pm last night?

2. How was the weather this morning?
3. What were you having for lunch yesterday?
4. When you started studying English, what were
you hoping to do with your language skills?
5. Think about the last dream that you remember.
What were you dreaming about?
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1. What were you doing at 8pm last night?

2. How was the weather this morning?
3. What were you having for lunch yesterday?
4. When you started studying English, what were
you hoping to do with your language skills?
5. Think about the last dream that you remember.
What were you dreaming about?
6. Think about the last time that you did
housework. What were you doing?
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Have you ever experienced lights-out?

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1. I turned on my phone's flash light to find the candles.
Luckily, my mom bought some yesterdays.

2. We enjoyed the pizza.

That was the night I'll never forget.

3. I was cooking pizza when everything went dark.

4. We shared lots of things about life experience.

After 1 hour, everything was okay again.

5. I couldn't finish making my meal, so I asked my parents to

sit and talk, while waiting for the power to come back on.

Arrange the sentences below to get the complete story

Answer key: 3 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 2
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Simple past vs past continuous.

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A: What were you doing (do) last
night when the storm (begin)
began
__________?

used
B: I ________ (use) my computer.
wasI writing
While _________________ (write) my
wentsuddenly
report, the electricity off
____________ (go off).
Did lose
A: ______________ you _________
(lose) your work?
needed
B: Yeah. Unfortunately, I _________
(need) to do it again.
Practice!
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did
A: How _______ you break
_________ (break) your
foot?
skied
B: Oh, I __________ (ski).
Did hurt
A: Really? _______ it __________ (hurt)?
called
B: Of course! But fortunately, someone
__________(call) an ambulance.

A: That's good.
was waiting
B:brought
Yeah. And while I _______________ (wait), my
friends _________ (bring) me hot chocolate.
Practice!
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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why. We were
playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the edge of the
pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good hard push in the
back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my side.
The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good friends, but
after that they never spoke to each other again. I should have told my parents
the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing that boy into the pond.
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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why. We were
playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the edge of the
pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good hard push in the
back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my side.
The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good friends, but
after that they never spoke to each other again. I should have told my parents
the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing that boy into the pond.

When did the story happen?

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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why. We were
playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the edge of the
pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good hard push in the
back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my side.
The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good friends, but
after that they never spoke to each other again. I should have told my parents
the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing that boy into the pond.

When did the story happen?

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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why. We were
playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the edge of the
pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good hard push in the
back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my side.
The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good friends, but
after that they never spoke to each other again. I should have told my parents
the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing that boy into the pond.

What did Jack do? Why did he do that?

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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why.
We were playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the
edge of the pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good
hard push in the back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy
water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my side.
The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good friends, but
after that they never spoke to each other again. I should have told my parents
the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing that boy into the pond.

What did Jack do? Why did he do that?

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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why. We were
playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the edge of the
pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good hard push in the
back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my side.
The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good friends, but
after that they never spoke to each other again. I should have told my parents
the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing that boy into the pond.

What happened next?

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My name’s Jack and I want to tell you about something I regret. It happened
over twenty years ago, but I still remember it as if it was yesterday.

It was a summer day and I was in a park playing with some kids and a boy
named Jeremy who I didn’t like very much, but I can’t remember why. We were
playing near a dirty pond, I waited until he was standing near the edge of the
pond, and then I crept up behind him and gave him a good hard push in the
back … he went flying straight into the filthy, slimy water!

His dad rushed over and pulled him out. Jeremy was crying and pointed at me,
saying “It was him. He pushed me!” Of course, I denied it. My parents were
there, but I insisted I was innocent and without any proof they took my
side. The bad thing is that Jeremy’s parents and mine used to be good
friends, but after that they never spoke to each other again. I should
have told my parents the truth, but I didn’t. To this day, I still regret pushing
that boy into the pond.

What happened next?

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Share your story!

You can talk about:
• what made you regret
• what made you feel proud
• what made you feel extremely disappointed/ sad
• what made you feel surprised
• what made you feel over the moon
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1. Have you ever had a Deja Vu experience?

Deja Vu: the feeling that you have already experienced something
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1. Have you ever had a Deja Vu experience?

2. Have you ever met a celebrity?
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1. Have you ever had a Deja Vu experience?

2. Have you ever met a celebrity?
3. Have you ever said yes when you meant no?
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1. Have you ever had a Deja Vu experience?

2. Have you ever met a celebrity?
3. Have you ever said yes when you meant no?
4. Have you ever laughed until tears came from
your eyes?
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1. Have you ever had a Deja Vu experience?

2. Have you ever met a celebrity?
3. Have you ever said yes when you meant no?
4. Have you ever laughed until tears came from
your eyes?
5. Have you ever traveled without paying for the
ticket?
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1. Have you ever had a Deja Vu experience?

2. Have you ever met a celebrity?
3. Have you ever said yes when you meant no?
4. Have you ever laughed until tears came from
your eyes?
5. Have you ever traveled without paying for the
ticket?
6. Have you ever changed your appearance a lot
in a short time? (For example, hair style, hair
color or weight)
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a. amuse b. challenge c. confuse d. disgust

e. embarrass f. excite g. frighten h. interest

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

Answer key: 1-a; 2-d; 3-e; 4-g; 5-c; 6-h; 7-f; 8-b
Match the words with the pictures.
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Grammar - participal adjectives.

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Think about your own experience!

You can talk about:
• an exciting day
• a confusing moment
• a challenging situation
• a frightening feeling
• an interesting conversation
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Imagine you're the person in the picture and tell the story.
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Imagine you're the person in the picture and tell the story.
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Imagine you're the person in the picture and tell the story.
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Imagine you're the person in the picture and tell the story.
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