The document provides instructions and exercises for an English lesson on the past simple tense, including defining the past simple and irregular verbs, examples of putting verbs in the past simple tense, a reading passage about a 123-year-old woman who was buried next to her hated husband, and exercises to check comprehension and practice using the past simple.

1. Pre-Intermediate English Draw your weekend

3. Pre-Intermediate English
of time
Prepositions

4. Warmer
14 May 2008
What do you think his job is?
What are his hobbies?
How old is he?
Joe

7. Vocabulary
My friend drinks too much alcohol. He is an __________
My father works too much. He is a ___________
Pensions, health service and unemployment benefit are all part of the
________ state.
A farm that produces milk is called a _______ farm
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222 1
695
1102 2
It is important to ______ ______ words if you want to remember them.

9. Pre-Intermediate English I’m Too Busy
Language work: past simple
Sequencing: what happened?
Reading: Shopping Spree
Game: I like, He likes

10. Match each sentence below with a picture:
a. To be very busy
b. To win a competition
c. To have a shopping spree

11. What is the past simle of these verbs?
Base Form Past Simple
win
say
hear
enter
be

12. Listenening for Understanding
I will now read the first part of today’s article.
-Write down any important names and numbers you hear
to help you remember.
-Try to talk to me about what you heard. What can you
remember?
-Answer this question: Did the woman want the prize?
Yes/No

13. Reading Activities: Checking Comprehension
Read Part One of the article and check to see if your answer to question 3 was
correct.

14. Gap Fill
Read the article again and fill in the gaps

15. spokesman – a person who speaks as the representative of a group
runner-up – a person who finishes in second place in a competition

16. Sequencing
Use the article below to put the events in the correct order

17. Comprehension

18. Language
Andrea is four years old. She is from Australia. She sometimes
makes mistakes with verbs when she talks.
1. Find the verbs in the text.
2. Which verbs are incorrect?

19. Where do they go?
A: Why did you buy a baseball?
B: I chose it for my brother. He likes playing baseball.

20. Pre-Intermediate English Past Simple

21. The Past Simple
The past simple tense is used for actions that have finished in the past.
(The action has finished.)
I met Chris for lunch on Saturday.
I went to the supermarket yesterday. (I am not doing these actions now.)
This tense is often used with time words that talk about past time: last week, yesterday, in
2003.
In 2003 I lived in Brisbane. Then I moved to Sydney last year. I really like Sydney!
(I do not live in Brisbane now. I live in Sydney.)

22. The Past Simple

23. The Past Simple – Irregular Verbs
Many verbs are irregular. This means they do not follow the rule for regular verbs
and do not end in -ed in the past simple tense. Here are some examples:

24. The Past Simple – Exercise 1
Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple tense. They are all in the positive. They
are regular verbs.

25. The Past Simple – Exercise 2
Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple tense. They are all in the positive. Some
are regular, others are irregular verbs.

26. The Past Simple – Exercise 3
Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple tense. Some are questions, others are
negative.

27. Pre-Intermediate English Past Simple
Language work: past simple
Discussion: when do people get married?
Reading: scanning
Game: word find

28. Today’s lesson is about a woman who was born in 1880.
How different was 1880 from today?
Topics 1880 Now
Transport
Clothes
Medicine
Work
School Was life easier or
more difficult?
Family
Marriage

29. Vocabulary
Match these words from today’s article with the pictures.
hate bury world husband marry

30. Vocabulary
We can understand the meaning of many words
when we look at where they come from.
The verb ‘EXCEED’ comes from the Latin ‘EX’ + ‘CEDERE’
EX = over / beyond / more than
CEDERE = to go EXCEDERE = to go beyond / to do more than
to exceed I exceeded the speed limit so I must now pay a fine
excess Excess luggage
excessive My mother smokes an excessive number of cigarettes

31. hot - cold
one person - two _______
water
long - _______
day - ______
go - ______
find - ______

32. Reading Activities: Understanding the Headline
The headline often gives you the main idea of an article. Read the headline
and answer the questions.
123-Year-Old Woman Buried
Next to Hated Husband
1. How old was the woman who died?
2. Who was she buried next to?
3. Did she love her husband?

33. Reading Activities: Scanning
Now read Part One of today’s article quickly and look for the answers to
the questions below. Don’t use your dictionary!
1. What is the woman’s name?
2. Which country did she live in?
3. When was she born?
4. How old was she when she got married?
5. Why did she hate her husband?
forced = to make someone do something they do not want to do.

34. Reading Activities: Comprehension
Read Part Two of today’s article and answer the questions.
1. How old was Rexha’s husband when they got married?
2. Was this her husband’s first marriage?
3. How many children did Rexha have?
4. How many of her children died in childhood?
5. Do you think she had an easy or difficult life? Why?
to interview = to ask someone questions for a newspaper article.
to resent = to feel angry about something because you think it is unfair.

35. Reading Activities: Guessing Words
Choose the best meanings for the worlds in bold.
1. perhaps in this sentence means:
a. They are sure she is the oldest person in the world
b. They are not sure she is the oldest person in the world
2. lived her whole life in this sentence means:
a. She lived in a different village for many years.
b. She only lived in Shushice and never lived anywhere else.
3. central in this sentence means:
a. The centre of Albania
b. The centre of Shushice

36. 4. never taking a break in this sentence means:
a. She had many holidays.
b. She didn’t have any holidays.

37. Reading Activities: Language
Read this summary about today’s article and
fill the gaps with the correct numbers

38. Post-Reading Activities: Discussion
In today’s article we read that Hava Rexha was forced to marry a
much older man when she was 14 years old. Discuss the following
questions:
1. When do people usually get married in your country?
2. What is the legal age for getting married in your country?
(legal = allowed by law)
3. How old were your mother and father when they got married?
4. How old were your grandparents when they got married?
5. What are some reasons for forcing a girl to get married?

39. Post-Reading Activities: Word Find
bury
world
die
husband
marry
old
force
woman

40. Language Extension
Pre-Intermediate English Past Simple
Use the verbs in brackets to Language work: making questions
complete the sentences.
In 1880 many people to work. (walk).
Now we drive cars.
Discussion: pensions
In 1880 many workers clogs or shoes Bring your Parents
Reading: made of wood. (wear)
Now we wear shoes made of leather or canvas. Speaking: fluency
In 1880 most doctors men. (be)
Now there are many women doctors.
In 1880 people very long hours each day. (work)
Now most people work around 8 hours.
In 1880 many children on slates with chalk. (write)
Now they use pens or computers.
In 1880 many people large families. (have)
Now many people only have one or two children.
In 1880 many women at home and not to work. (stay, go)
Now many women are mothers and they also go to work.

41. parents shock hospital
mistake amused pensioner
1. someone who receives a pension
because they are too old to work
2. a very bad surprise
3. your mother and father
4. to do something that is wrong
5. to think something is funny
6. a place where you go when you are
hurt or sick
Pension = money you receive from the government when you stop
working at the age of 60.

42. Reading Activities: Predicting
Look at the picture.
1. What is the man doing?
2. Why do you think he is doing this?

43. Read today’s article and choose the best answer below.
What is today’s article about?
1. A hospital telephoned and told a 3-year-old boy to bring his parents with him
when he went to hospital.
2. A hospital telephoned and told a 103-year-old man to bring his parents with him
when he went to hospital.
Please Bring Your Parents

44. Questions

45. 1. What is the pensioner’s name?
2. How old is he?
3. Why did the hospital phone him?
4. Why did the hospital tell him to bring his parents?
5. How did he feel when the hospital phoned him?

46. Fluency Practice
Read this article. Try to remember what it says.
Joseph Dickinson is 103 years old and is a pensioner. A
hospital phoned him to ask him to come in for an eye test
and told him to bring his parents. The hospital computer only
read the last two numbers of his birth year, 1899. It was a
mistake. Joseph Dickinson felt shocked and then amused.

47. Fluency Practice
Use the key words to say what you have read.
103 – pensioner – hospital – phoned – eye test – parents –
hospital computer – numbers – 1899 – mistake – shocked –
amused.

48. Language
Complete this table of verbs from the article.

50. Discussion

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