Remote Learning Activities Guide No.

2 - UNIT 6 (week 2)
ENGLISH 1
Topic: PAST and FUTURE
Professor: William Jurado
Timing: One week, starting August 17TH and finishing August 22TH 2020

Description.

This course student’s guide is to help you complete the different activities for the topic “Past & Future”.
The activities are set in sequence to be completed in one week, and they must be accessed through
Blackboard and Rosetta Stone.

Please, read the information and instructions carefully before starting each activity. Also, contact me any
time in case you have questions. (wjurado@javerianacali.edu.co)

Learning outcome: At the end of this set of activities you will be able to narrate a short story in the past
and simple actions of your own identifying the past by using regular and irregular verbs (-ed
pronunciation).
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Identify the past by using regular and irregular verbs

Aim: To identify the past by using regular (-ED) and irregular verbs.
Take the following Questionnaire
Link of the Questionnaire about the weekend activities

https://create.kahoot.it/details/simple-past-survey/322f9652-87f2-41ca-bbdf-bdafcbe7014c
I. INTRODUCTION TO Simple past tense
Now, think about the following questions.
1. Did you notice that these questions were about the past events?
2. How did you notice it?
3. Did you see these verbs: be, study, play, stay, watch, exercise, go, work?
4. Were they present “equal or different” in the questions?
5. What was different?
6. Why do you think that is?

The Past Simple Tense

is us e d to ta lk a bout finis he d ac tions , fa c ts ,
a nd ha bits in the pa s t

The Past Simple tense (or Simple Past), sometimes called the preterit
in English grammar, is a highly used verb tense for referring to
finished past activities. The Past Simple is used to refer to isolated
actions that started and were completed in a well-defined time in the
past. To know more, read these sections of our review on the Past
Simple in English.
1. Slogan
2. Usages
3. Form
4. Common time expressions
5. Negative sentences and question types
6. Summary

1. Slogan: “It happened, I know when, and that’s it !”

The slogan refers to the basic meaning of the Past Simple, so use it when hesitating about what verb
form to choose in your English writing. Remembering one short slogan can help you navigate through
all the grammar rules it relates to.

2. Usages

Read through the table and try to understand the connection between the usages and the slogan.

Use Examples Explanation

1. completed  • I bought a new car •
past action yesterday.
• Columbus reached America
in 1492.
• William
Shakespeare wrote many
plays.

These are short actions or events performed and

completed in the past. The fact that both Columbus
and Shakespeare are dead (in the certain past), calls for
using the Past Simple, with or without stating the time
of the action.

2. discontinued  • As children, we were quite • These facts were true in the past but are not true now.
past fact messy. The period when these facts were true in is
• The data showed an both finished and defined (childhood, last month).
increase in sales last month.

3. finished past • Miguel lived in Bogotá for
state 5 years.
• He worked in PUJ Bogotá
during his first marriage.
• At first, he believed that
his career was more
important than family life.
• Bogotá was her permanent place of residence for 5
years. This period in his life is over. He does not live
there now.
• He worked in PUJ Bogotá only during the years of his
first marriage. When he got divorced,
he stopped working there.
• Also for expressing beliefs and opinions in the past
that are not true now. He does not believe that anymore.
Use Examples Explanation
4. terminated • Before the accident, • They did these actions regularly, as habits, only in the
past habit he played tennis twice a past. They do not practice these habits anymore.
week.
• He drove the same car for
20 years.
5. sequence of • I went out dancing until • Short actions that happened one right after the other, as
past activities very late, slept for 4 in story-telling and reporting.
hours, woke up and took a
shower. On my way to work,
I met the guy from
yesterday’s party and…
6. habits in the • As children, our • Actions or habits repeated in the past that are no longer
past with mother used to read us practiced.
“used to” bedtime stories.
• I used to eat butter a lot,
but now I don’t touch it.
I didn't use to drink coffee,
though.

3. Form

The Past Simple form is a simple one-word verb, composed of the Past Simple form for all persons.
Unlike other languages, there are no changes in the verb endings for the different persons. English verbs
include a large group of commonly used irregular verbs, which have a variety of unique Past Simple
forms, and you have to invest time and effort in learning these irregular verbs

- A regular verb in the Past Simple has an -ed ending for all the personal pronouns.
play-play -ed, work-work -ed, stay-stay -ed, listen-listen -ed

- An irregular verb in the Past Simple changes its form. Irregular verbs can be grouped according to
certain change patterns, which helps to memorize them.
speak-spoke, eat-ate, see-saw, fly-flew, think-though

Subject Verb Rest of sentence

Miguel lived in Bogotá for 2 years.
Subject Verb Rest of sentence
Daniel went home early yesterday.

The verb BE is special in the Past Simple:

to be
I was
you, we, they were
he, she, it was

My mother was a teacher for 30 years, and my grandparents were both college professors.

4. Common Time Expressions

The Past Simple is used with time expressions (in blue) informing about when
things exactly happened.

Subject Verb Place Time

I went to the supermarket yesterday.
You traveled abroad last year.
Mateo / He left out to exercise last week.
Sara, my cousin, / She stayed with us 4 months ago.
We watched a good movie on Sunday.
You studied in school between 2008 and 2019.
My parents / They got divorced In Cali when I was a child.

5. Negative Sentences and Question Types in the Past Simple

Negative Statements:

Subject Auxiliary verb+not Main verb Rest of sentence

I, you, we, they did not / work yesterday.
didn't
Note that in negative past sentences, did is in past so the main verb is in its base form

The 3 Question Types:

1. Yes/No Questions: Possible Answers:

Auxiliary verb Subject Main verb Rest of sentence Affirmative Subject Auxiliary
or verb
Negative
Did you work yesterday ? Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
2. Wh Questions: Possible Answers:
Wh question Auxiliary verb Subject Main verb Subject Main verb Time (when)
word
When did you work? I worked for long time.
Where did you work? I worked in the same place.

3. Wh-Subject Questions:
 Wh subject Main verb Rest of sentence
question
Who worked here ?
What made all that noise ?

II. Listening “ I had a bad weekend!”

 
Listen to the dialogue and try to complete this conversation. Click here for the audio. 
 
 
Raúl:  Hi, Nicole. ____________ you ____________ a good
weekend? 
Nicole:  Yes, I did. But I feel tired today. 
Raúl:  Really? Why? 
Nicole:  Well, on Saturday I ____________ the house
and ____________ tennis. Then on Sunday
I ____________ in the country. 
Raúl:  And I bet you studied, too. 
Nicole:  Yeah. I studied on Sunday evening. What about you? 
Raúl:  Well, I ____________ ____________ the house and
I didn't study. I ____________ in bed
and ____________ TV. 
Nicole:  That sounds like fun, but did you exercise? 
Raúl:  Sort of. I ____________ golf on my computer !! 

III. Complete a short text by using the correct past form of the verbs. https://test-
english.com/grammar-points/a1/past-simple-regular-irregular/3/

I had a very bad weekend. On Friday night, I ________ (go) downtown to meet my friend Alex. We
________(want) to go to the movies, but he ________(not come), so I _________ (watch) the movie alone. 
Early on Saturday morning, my Father _________ (call) me and we _________(work) in the yard. I hate working
in the yard. In the afternoon, I ___________(go) shopping with my girlfriend. I _________ (see) a lot of nice
things to buy, but I_________(lose) my wallet and _______(not buy) nothing. 
On Sunday, my sister was sick so I ________(stay) at home and________(care) for her all
day. I really ________ (not have) fun this weekend. 

IV. Using the information from ABOVE, look at a MIND MAP of the rules of the Simple Past and
do some exercises and complete some sentences to show the correct use of the verbs in
past.
https://www.mindomo.com/es/mindmap/4747e4cea0b4432db2e79bb12c09760e
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
These are some links for additional exercises:
Video for pronunciation of REGULAR VERBS in the PAST (–ED)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WYJClELoc

Interactive exercise for pronunciation of REGULAR VERBS in the PAST (–ED)

https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/pronunciation/matching-ed-1.htm

Evaluation or Assessment:
Making a dialogue (live)

Learning outcome: Students will be able to narrate a short story in the past and simple actions of their
own identifying the past by using regular and irregular verbs (-ed pronunciation)

Objective: To develop students’ conversation skills by telling things when chatting with another speaker.

Instructions:
In pairs or small groups, use the dialogue in part II. Listening “I had a bad weekend!” as a model, to make
a dialogue with a classmate talking about the past weekend activities.
Students post their dialogue script on a Blog in Blackboard, by August 22 at 11:30 p.m, under the name of
“Dialogue about the past events”.

In your dialogue script, you need to include the following guidelines in regards to Grammar and
vocabulary:

1. 3 Regular verbs in simple PAST.

2. 3 Irregular verbs in simple PAST.
3. 2 Questions in simple PAST.
4. 2 answers
5. 2 negations
6. Use conversation strategies, like the ones used in the dialogue “I had a bad weekend!”
ASKING 5-W’S-AND-AN-H QUESTIONS
Why?
SHOWING INTEREST
Really?
GETTING TIME TO THINK
Well, …

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY:
In pairs, you will present the dialogue in the synchronous session of the following class in break
out rooms. Your presentation must last 1 or 2 minutes (maximum).

Rubrics for the presentation and SCRIPT

5,0 – 4,0 3,9 – 3.0 2,9 – 2,0 1,9 – 1,0 0,0
Pronunciation Excellent! Good Average Needs No dialogue
improvement presented
Fluency Speaks at length Responds with Speaks with Pauses lengthily
without noticeable pauses long pauses before most
noticeable effort and may speak words
or loss of slowly, with
coherence frequent
repetition and
self-correction
Grammar and Contains all Contains most of Some of the Lacks most of
Accuracy what was the indications conditions the conditions
declared in the of the stated in the stated in the
guidelines. guidelines. guidelines guidelines.
No errors A few errors (1 appear in Full of errors
or 2) the text of
the
dialogue.
More than a
few (4 up to
6)
Vocabulary Words are Most of the Some words Many words
totally related words are are used are incorrectly
 to the topic. appropriate. correctly, used.
and some
are not.
Conversation Magnificent use The use of Only 1 There are no
Strategies of conversation conversation conversation conversation
strategies. strategies is not strategy was strategies used
correct or there used.
is just a few.