Lesson 24

Grammar practice

Aims and objectives:

• revising grammar

• developing basic skills

Equipment: writing paper, handouts

Sequence

I. Warming-up

The teacher may either use the warming-up activities desrcibed earlier or invent the ones of his / her own.

II. Main part

1. Checking on Homework

"Broken telephone”

The students are arranged in groups composed of the members of role-play groups from lesson 23. One student reads in whisper his / her sentence to the students next to him / her, then it is passed on, the last student saying it aloud checking if the sentence is the same as the initial one. The students take turns so that each member of the group could have a say thus repeating the vocabulary and factual information.

2. Revising grammar. Past Tense

The teacher encourages students to share the rules of making Past Simple forms. After the rules have been reviewed, the students are offered exercises to do.

Write questions with Who / What / How __ ?

1) I met somebody. Who __ ?

2) Harry arrived. What time __ ?

3) I saw Bob yesterday. Who __ ?

4) They wanted something. What __ ?

5) The meeting finished. What time __ ?

6) Pat went home early. Why __ home early?

7) We had fish for dinner. What __ for dinner?

8) It cost a lot of money. How much __ ?

9) He bought a T — shirt. What __ ?

10) We ate ham and eggs. What __ ?

Fill in the past form.

1) Mammoths __ big animals like elephants. (be)

2) Mammoths __ 100 years ago. (not live)

3) Mammoths __ a long time ago. (live)

4) Some dinosaurs __ in the air and some __ in the sea. (fly / swim)

5) Mammoths __ meat. They __ grass. (not eat / eat)

6) They __ two large tusks about three metres long. (have)

7) He __ some milk. He __ any water. (drink / not drink)

8) She only __ 1 pound. She __ 3 pounds. (spend / not spend)

9) I __ some elephants. I __ any lions. (see / not see)

10) They __ in the sea, but __ in the lake. (swim / not swim)

Complete these sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple.

Clean — die — enjoy — finish — happen — live — open — play — rain — smoke — start — stay — want — watch.

1) Yesterday evening I __ TV.

2) I only __ my teeth four times last week.

3) Bruce __ 20 cigarettes yesterday evening.

4) The concert last night __ at 7. 30 and __ at 10 o’clock.

5) The accident __ last Sunday afternoon.

6) When I was a child I __ to be a doctor.

7) Mozart __ from 1756 to 1791.

8) We __ our holiday last week.

9) Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it __ .

10) It was hot in the room, so I __ the window.

11 ) The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we __ tennis.

12) William Shakespeare __ in 1616.

Fill in the gaps in the sentences.

1) He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he __ to work by car, too.

2) They always get up early. This morning they __ up late.

3) Bill often loses his key. He __ it last Saturday.

4) I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I __ two letters.

5) She meets her friends every evening. She __ them yesterday evening, too.

6) I usually read two newspapers every day. I only __ a newspaper yesterday.

7) They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they __ , too.

8) We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We __ to the cinema last Sunday, too.

9) Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom __ a shower this morning, too.

10) They buy a new car every year. Last year they __ a new car, too.

11 ) I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I __ two oranges.

12) We usually do our shopping on Monday. We __ our shopping last Monday, too.

13) Ann often takes photographs. Last weekend she __ some photos.

14) We leave home at 8. 30 every morning. But yesterday we __ home at 8. 00.

Tell the story — in simple past

On Friday, the children __ (talk) about a day out together in the country. The next morning, they __ (go) to the country and __ (play) with Dave. Ben and Dave __ (have) kites. At lunch time, the two dogs __ (be) not there. Then, Bill __ (come) and __ (look) back to the stream.

They __ (go) with Bill and __ (look) for Charlie. Charlie __ (be) in a hole behind a wall. Then Nick __ (go) and __ (fetch) the basket with some meat sandwiches. They __ (need) the string of Ben’s kite for the basket. Jenny __ (lower) the basket down into the hole. Soon they __ (pull) Charlie up in the basket.

Put the sentences into past tense.

1) She wins the money. She __ the money.

2) They can eat. They __ eat.

3) She must go. She __ go.

4) We go shopping. We __ shopping.

5) She runs to school. She __ to school.

6) I can walk. I __ walk.

7) We have to buy a new car. We __ to buy a new car.

8) They want to leave. They __ to leave.

9) We must collect. We __ collect.

10) You are allowed to eat. You __ allowed to eat.

11 ) Peter eats a hamburger. Peter __ a hamburger.

12) She has to wash it. She __ to wash it.

13) They want to go home. They __ to go home.

14) I close the windows. I __ the windows.

15) You must learn it. You __ learn it.

16) They can drive. They __ drive.

17) Sam likes to laugh. Sam __ to laugh.

18) Mary has to go home. Mary __ to go home.

19) We write a letter. We __ a letter.

20) She opens the window. She __ the window.

Fill in the correct simple past forms.

The pupils of class 8HM __ (do) projects last week. First the pupils __ (choose) what they wanted to do. Then they __ (get) information from books and brochures and they __ (talk) to a lot of people. They __ (find) some interesting photos in the library. Their teacher __ (help) them when they __ (ask) her. Then they __ (make) a poster or a video and __ (tell) the other groups about their project.

A project about Cornwall

Fill in the correct simple past form.

Arrange — bring — choose — decide — find — get — go — say — start.

Last month Jenny, Nick and Ben __ to do a project together. They __ Cornwall. First Jenny __ to a travel agent and __ some brochures. Nick and Ben __ some interesting books in the library. Then they __ work. A week later they __ all their material to school and __ it on a poster. ‘That presentation is interesting’, __ Miss Hunt.

2. Speaking

Students work in pairs asking in turns each other Wh-questions about the events of the day before.

III. Summary

IV. Homework

Write a story about mass media in Ukraine using Past Simple.

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