The document provides instructions and exercises for students to practice using past tense verbs to talk about past events. It includes filling in blanks with words like "yesterday" and "last week". Students also watch a video and complete sentences about activities in the past like "played" and "listened". They then write positive and negative sentences about what a person named Alex did yesterday. Finally, students complete sentences by filling in past tense verbs like "helped" while looking at pictures for context.
1. Practice File_Elementary_1_Past Events
Part I. Complete the Past Time Expressions
1. yester_ _ _
2. last ni_ _ _
3. last wee_ _ _ _
4. last Satur_ _ _
5. 3 days a_ _
Part II. Watch the video and complete the sentences
• I _____________ all day.
• I _____________ dinner.
• I _____________ the internet.
• I _________ TV.
• I __________ French.
• I __________ to music.
When you talk about past events, you add –d-ed-ied. All these words are regular, they follow a rule.
Part III. What did Alex do yesterday? Write (+) and (-) sentences
1. ________________________________________(work until 4 pm)
2. ________________________________________(study)
3. ________________________________________ (watch a match)
4. ________________________________________ (cook)
5. ________________________________________(listen to music)
6. ________________________________________ (visit a friend)
Part IV. Watch the video, look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
1. He ___________his father. They ___________the car together.
2. They __________at home and ____________ chess last night.
3. She ____________ her garden and ____________ the plants.
4. She ____________ her e-mails and ___________ the important ones.