10C- Talking About Routine Events in The Past

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 C  Did you make dinner last night?

do laundry
do the dishes
get a haircut
go grocery shopping
have a party
see a play
see friends
sleep
last night
yesterday
last week
last weekend

1 Vocabulary Things to do

Listen and repeat.

لباس شستن

مو کوتاه کردن، خرید کردن

شام پختن، نمایش دیدن

خوبیدن

خوابیدن

B Pair work How often do you do the things in Part A? Tell your partner.

" I do laundary once a week. I do the dishes every day . . . "

 

2 Conversation Last night

Listen and practice.

Mindy: Hi, Pete. Did you see Jennifer last night?
Pete: Yes, I did. But the day didn't go so well.
Mindy: Really? What happened?
Pete: Well, I did my laundry yesterday morning, but my favorite white shirt turned pink.
Mindy: You're kidding!
Pete: Then I got a haircut, but I really didn't like it.
Mindy: Oh, yea? Did you make dinner for Jennifer?
Pete: Well, I slept for a while, so I didn't go grocery shopping.
Mindy: Oh. Did you eat anything?
Pete: Yeah, we did. Jennifer bought a pizza for us.
Mindy: Really?

3 Grammar  Simple past irregular verbs; yes / no questions 

saw Jennifer last night.
She bought a pizza.
They ate a pizza.
didn't see Jennifer last week.
She didn't buy soup.
They didn't eat salad.

Did you see Jennifer last night?

Yes, I did.     No, I didn't.

Did she buy dinner?

Yes, she did.     No, she didn't.

Did they eat dinner?

Yes, They did.     No, they didn't.

 

Common irregular verbs
buy → bought have → had
do → did make → made
drink → drank meet → met
drive → drove read → read
eat → ate see → saw
fall → fell sleep → slept
get → got take → took
go → went write → wrote

Complete the conversation with the simple past tense forms of the verbs. Then practice with a partner.

A: Hey, Pablo.   Did    you    do    (do) today's homework?

B: No, I   didn't   . I                     (not / have) time. 

A: Really? Why not?

B:                (see) some frineds yesterday. We                (eat) lunch, and then we                 (go) to the mall.

A: Oh, yeah?              you               (buy) any clothes?

B:                  (not / buy) anything! So,                    you                  (do) your homework?

A: Yes, I did. And no, you can't see it!

 

 

Answer:

A: Did - do

B: didn't - didn't have

B: saw - ate - went

A: Did - buy

B: didn't buy - did - do

 

Put the words in order to make questions. Then compare with a partner.

  1. last night / you / see / did / your friends                      Did you see your friends last night?       
  2. go / last weekend / you / did / grocery shopping                                                                        
  3. watch / you / a movie / did / last night                                                                                         
  4. yesterday / stay home / you / did                                                                                                
  5. make dinner / did / on Thursday / you                                                                                         
  6. you / did / last Saturday / have a party                                                                                        

 

Answer:

1. Did you see your friends last night?

2. Did you go grocery shopping last weekend?

3. Did you watch a movie last night?

4. Did you stay home yesterday?

5. Did you make dinner on Thursday?

6. Did you have a party last Saturday?

 

C Pair work Ask and answer the questions in Part B. Answer with your own information.

A: Did you see your friends last night?

B: Yes, I did. I  saw two friends. We ate out at a restaurant.

4 Speaking Did you?

Past time expressions
last night last week
yesterday last weekend
   

A Pair work Add two past time expressions to the list. Then ask and answer Did you . . . ? questions with each time expression. Take notes.

A: Did you make dinner last night?

B: Yes, I did. Did you do laundry last night?

A: No, I didn't.

 

B Group work Tell your grop about your partner's answers. Did anyone do anything interesting?

 

 I can  talk about routine events in the past.

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