DAILY BASIS ENGLISH COURSE

A2 Elementary

Describe past experiences

Last weekend, I went to the beach.
NotesBy the end of this class, students will be able to talk about finished past experiences, use common regular and irregular past verbs, and ask follow-up questions about yesterday, last weekend, or last month, etc.
Contents

Introduction

Look at the pictures. Describe what you see, then flip each card to listen to the sentence.

Laura on the beach

Last weekend, Laura went to the beach.

Eric watching a movie at night

Last night, Eric watched a movie.

Laura and Eric eating lunch in the cafeteria

Yesterday, Laura met Eric in the school cafeteria.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Where did Laura go last weekend?

2. What did Eric do last night?

3. Where did Laura meet Eric yesterday?

Score: 0 out of 3

Presentation

Eric and Laura at the school cafeteria

Yesterday, Laura met Eric in the school cafeteria. They had lunch together.

Eric: Hey Laura, how’s it going?

Laura: Pretty good. How are you?

Eric: I’m good. So, how was your weekend?

Laura: It was great! I was going to visit my parents, but my dad was sick. So, I went to the beach.

Eric: Oh, I hope your dad gets better soon.

Laura: What about you?

Eric: I wanted to go out, but I stayed home and watched a movie.

Laura: Oh really? Sounds you had fun! What movie did you watch?

Eric: You know I enjoy documentaries, right? But this time I watched Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and I loved it.

Laura: Cool! Next time, let's watch another Star Wars movie together.

Eric: Sounds great!

Language Focus

Regular verbs usually end in -ed, but some common verbs are irregular and change form completely, like go - went.

Positive
Last weekend, Laura went to the beach.
Last night, Eric watched a movie.
Yesterday, Laura met Eric in the cafeteria.
They had lunch together.
Negative
She didn’t go to school.
He didn’t watch a documentary.
She didn’t meet Eric in the classroom.
They didn’t have breakfast.
Question
Did Laura go to the beach?
Did Laura visit her parents?
Did Eric watch a movie?
Did Eric watch a documentary?
Did Laura meet Eric in the school cafeteria?
Did Laura meet Eric in the classroom?
Short answer
Yes, she did.
No, she didn’t.
Yes, he did.
No, he didn’t.
Yes, she did.
No, she didn’t.
Yes, they did.
No, they didn’t.

As a general rule, the ending -ed regular verbs can have 3 different sounds.Como regra geral, a terminação -ed dos verbos regulares pode ter 3 sons diferentes.

/t/ after voiceless sounds like p, k, f, s.

/d/ after voiced sounds like vowels, b, g, m, v, z.

/ɪd/ after verbs ending in /t/ or /d/.

Common list of regular and irregular verbs

Regular (-ed)
ask asked /t/ perguntar
clean cleaned /d/ limpar
help helped /t/ ajudar
live lived /d/ morar
play played /d/ jogar / brincar
study studied /d/ estudar
use used /d/ usar
visit visited /ɪd/ visitar
want wanted /ɪd/ querer
watch watched /t/ assistir
work worked /t/ trabalhar
Irregular
come came /keɪm/ vir
do did /dɪd/ fazer
eat ate /eɪt/ comer
get got /gɑːt/ conseguir / pegar
give gave /geɪv/ dar
go went /went/ ir
have had /hæd/ ter
make made /meɪd/ fazer
see saw /sɔː/ ver
take took /tʊk/ pegar / levar

Practice

1. Last Saturday, I
my grandmother.
2. We
a movie after dinner.
3. My brother
to the beach yesterday.
4. I
a busy weekend.
5. We stayed home two days
.
Score: 0 out of 5
Choose the best response.

1. What did you do last weekend?

2. Did you go out yesterday?

3. Where did Laura go?

4. How was your weekend?

Score: 0 out of 4

Production

Talk to a partner about one real past experience. Try to answer with complete sentences.

  • What did you do last weekend?
  • Who did you spend time with?
  • Where did you go?
  • Did you enjoy it? Why or why not?
Daily Basis English Course