How was it?

Goal: to describe how a celebration was.

 Let's get started
1. Look at the pictures below and say what they are celebrating.

Photo by Eric Nopanen on Splash Photo by Al Elmes on Splash Photo by Andreas Dress on Splash

2. Listen to five people talking about New Year, match them to the places.
Speaker 01 Speaker 02 Speaker 03 Speaker 04 Speaker 05

at a concert at home at work on a beach in hospital

 The past simple (was / were)
We use was and were to describe something in the past, we use was for singular
subjects and were for plural ones, we can use past time expressions too.
present simple past simple
I am excited for this New year. I was happy with my family and friends. The negative
form is wasn’t or
We are on a diet now. We were overweight last year. weren’t.

1. Listen and write 6 sentences, then compare your answers in pairs.

1. ……………………………………………… 4. ………………………………………………
2. ……………………………………………… 5. ………………………………………………
3. ……………………………………………… 6. ………………………………………………
We exchange the position of the subject and was/were to make questions.
- You were tired yesterday. Were you at a party?
 The past simple 2 (there was / there were)
We use there was and there were to say that something existed in the past, we
follow the same form as we did in was / were.
affirmative negative questions
There was a party. There wasn’t good music. Was there a DJ?

There were many people. There weren’t many friends. Were there any classmates?

1. IN PAIRS, talk about how you celebrated the New Year in 2022.

2. IN PAIRS, personalise the conversation below.

A: Hi Luis, Can you describe the last celebration you went to?
B: Hello Anna, it was a friend’s birthday, there was …, and you?
A: it was a wedding, there were many people ….