Develop the activities to assess your knowledge about the topic.
Past simple VS Past continuous
Let’s review and develop the activities given here.
Build sentences using past simple and the time expression ago
Crossword Regular and irregular verbs
Do the Exercises on simple past
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past tense.
Practice on this topic and identify your strengths and weaknesses about it.
1. Complete the sentences. Use comparative or superlative adjectives
2. Comparative Vs Superlative quiz
3. Complete the sentences with the correct words- Comparative Vs Superlative
4. Choose TRUE or FALSE Comparative Vs Superlative
Let’s practice what you know about SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1. LISTENING
WHEN YOU’RE GONE
Always ____________ time on my own
I never _____________ I’d need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I’m alone
And the bed where you lie
is ___________ up on your side
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you’re gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you’re gone
The face I ___________ to know is missing too
When you’re gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
I’ve never ___________ this way before
Everything that I do
reminds me of you
And the clothes you ___________
are lying on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you’re gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you’re gone
The face I ___________to know is missing too
When you’re gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
We were __________ for each other
I’m here forever
I know we were
Oh oh oh oh oh
All I ever _____________ was for you to know
Everything I do I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me
Yeah
2. READING
3. WRITING
4. SPEAKING
READING
LISTENING
Listen to the song and complete the lyric. Use the words below:
When I get where __________________
on the far side of the sky.
The first thing that ________________do
Is spread my wings and fly.
__________________ land beside a lion,
and run my fingers through his mane.
Or I might find out what it’s like
To ride a drop of rain
(Chorus:)
Yeah when I get where ________________,
________________only happy tears.
_____________shed the sins and struggles,
I have carried all these years.
And ________leave my heart wide open,
I ______________ and have no fear.
Yeah when I get where ______________,
Don’t cry for me down here.
I’m gonna walk with my grandaddy,
and _____________match me step for step,
and ____________ him how I missed him,
every minute since he left.
Then ______________ his neck.
So much pain and so much darkness,
in this world we stumble through.
All these questions, I can’t answer,
so much work to do.
But when I get where _______________,
and I see my Maker’s face.
____________ forever in the light,
of His amazing grace.
Yeah when I get where,_______________
Oh, when I get where, ________________
________________ only happy tears.
Hallelujah!
I _____________ and have no fear.
When I get where _________________.
Yeah when I get where ______________.
READING
1. Read Jesus and the Aubergines and answer the questions there.
2. Read the dialogue what were you doing? and develop the multiple choice comprehension quiz.
3. Read Ramesses II and develop the quiz Ramesses II
4. Read The great wall of China and answer the questions
WRITING
1. Read the story The Broken Mirror, The Black Cat, and Lots of Good Luck, develop task1 and task2 and write a summary using simple past tense
2. Read the piece of news Fire Kills Two Young Girls and write a similar piece of news you read on a local newspaper some days ago.
3. Read the first chapter of “The Canterville Ghost” and write a summary using THE PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS
LISTENING
1. Listen the dialogue Family activities and answer the questions there.
2. Listen to the dialogue Talking about the past and answer the questions
3. Watch and listen to the video «Describing Past Activities» and complete the answers of the four people interviewed by the journalist (Scott Mason) in the street.
Journalist (Scott Mason): Jackie it seems that everybody in town is taking about the blackout last night. Everyone has a story to tell.
Journalist (Scott Mason): What were you doing last night when the light went out?
First man: I__________________________ and my wife __________________________
Second woman: I___________________________on the laundry mach___________and suddenly everything got dark
Third woman: My husband and I________________________and our children
____________________________
Journalist (Scott Mason): And what were you doing last night when the light went out? Excuse me !
Fourth man: Yeah
Journalist (Scott Mason): And what were you doing last night when the light went out?
Fourth man: The light went out last night?
Journalist (Scott Mason): Yes, the light went out all over the town
Fourth man: How about that? I don’t even know, I __________________all night.
Journalist (Scott Mason): You _________________to music, but there____________________electricity
Fourth man: batteries!
Let’s practice what you know about SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Past simple complete the dialogue
Past simple fill in the sentences
past simple talking about the past- multiple choice
Past simple write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences and develop the exercise find the mistake
I. Look at the pictures on the next link and write sentences comparing them. Use the adjectives on it.
http://www.eslflow.com/Writing_comparisons_with_comparative_adjectives.pdf
II. Select one of those topics and write a paragraph using comparative and superlative adjectives.
READING ACTIVITIES
1. Read the story about Maria, Sachie, Toshie and Ana and write sentences about them using comparatives and superlatives.
2. Read the story Buying a pet. Write superlative sentences about the animals from the story and answer this question: what animal do you think is the best pet? Why?
3. Read and complete the dialogue, using the missing adjectives in the box beside.
WRITING ACTIVITIES
1. Watch the video about SIDNEY and VALENCIA and write a comparison between the two cities. (compare climate, cost of living, etc)
2. Watch the story “keeping up with the Joneses” and write the comparative and superlative sentences appearing there.
3. Choose ONE of these topics and write a comparison about it. Use pictures to illustrate the comparison
LISTENING ACTIVITIES
1. Listen to the conversation about “studying in China and the U.S.” and write comparisons about it.
2. Listen to “Eli talking about her life in Japan” and compare life in China and England using comparatives and superlatives and answer the questions
3. Listen to the video and answer the questions
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
1. Make an oral presentation about COLOMBIA and ECUADOR based on the information about “Jose’s talking about Ecuador”. Use comparative and superlative adjectives.
2. Work in pairs and choose three different dishes or types of food, then note their qualities such as color, taste and texture. Discuss these qualities with each other and decide which product, dish or food is the best in each area. Use comparative and superlative adjectives to make comparisons between them.
Make an oral presentation about your results. 
Follow this model
Englishintermediate1 