The document provides objectives and activities for an English lesson about using the simple past tense. Students will learn to (1) describe past actions using the simple past, (2) recognize simple past verb forms in a biography of Jennifer Aniston, and (3) supply simple past forms when asking and answering questions about the biography. The lesson includes reading a biography of Jennifer Aniston, identifying simple past verbs, matching paragraphs to main ideas, and answering comprehension questions.

2. A. Who can you see in the pictures? Tell the class!

3. B. Complete the table correctly with the famous stars’ names in part A. Who looks gorgeous and brilliant you think? Who looks ugly you think? Actors/actresses singers athletes

4. Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California. She spent a year in early childhood and lived in Greece with her family. Jennifer's parents, John Aniston (an actor) and Nancy Dow (an actress and a model) were divorced in 1980 and Jennifer grew up with her mother’s care. They lived in New York. Jennifer attended the Rudolph Steiner School in New York and The High School of the Performing Arts, also in New York. She discovered her passion for acting when she was at the Rudolf Steiner School's drama club. Jennifer Aniston's career started with Off-Broadway productions and as waitress, telemarketing staff and receptionist staff In 1990. She started her debut on television with roles in Camp Cucamonga (1990), TV series Molloy, Ferris Bueller and The Edge. She cast as Tory Reding in the horror flop Leprechaun and in TV's Sunday Funnies in 1993 In 1994, the hit TV comedy Friends was launched. Jennifer played the role of Rachel Green. Running for 10 years, this role brought Jennifer to the fame. In the comedy TV series, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer formed strong friendships and the final episode of the series attracted over 50 million American viewers’ attention. Jennifer also played in several films such as the One (1996), Picture Perfect (1997), The Object of My Affection (1998), Rock Star (2001), The Good Girl (2002), Bruce Almighty (2003) and Along Came Polly (2004). She showed her best acting with such famous actors as Jim Carrey, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon and of course her real life main lover, Brad Pitt. C. Read the text below and match the main ideas with the paragraphs

9. D. IRREGULAR VERBS (review) DO CATCH BUY CUT COME BREAK BEGIN BECOME BE (IS AM, ARE) SIMPLE PAST / V2 SIMPLE PRESENT / INFINITIVE / v1 FEEL MEET WRITE WIN TAKE KEEP EAT DRIVE DRINK SIMPLE PAST / V2 SIMPLE PRESENT / INFINITIVE / v1

10. D. IRREGULAR VERBS (review) SAY MAKE LEAVE KNEW KNOW HAVE/HAS FORGET GIVE FIND SIMPLE PAST / V2 SIMPLE PRESENT / INFINITIVE / v1 THINK SEE PUT GET READ TELL TEACH SPEND SEND SIMPLE PAST / V2 SIMPLE PRESENT / INFINITIVE / v1

13. Student A: Answer your partner’s questions about the great footballer, Pele, and ask questions to complete your passage!

14. Student B: Ask your partner questions to complete the passage about the great footballer, Pele, and Answer your partner’s questions