B1+ - Unit 2 - Class 1 - Past Tenses

B1+ - Unit 2 - Class 1 - TRAVELOGUE

Past Tenses

by Teacher Mai Thùy

Poll

Which PAST TENSES do you expect to study today?

• PAST SIMPLE

• PAST CONTINUOUS

• PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

• PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. 1. My father flew to Russia 2 years ago.

2. 2. My family did not visit our grandpa last week.

3. 3. When the bus arrived, we got on it.

4. 4. Did you join the meeting yesterday?

5. 5. What did the presenter talk about?

​PAST SIMPLE

Multiple Select

We use PAST SIMPLE to

• describe finished actions or situations in the past.

• describe scenes in a story or description.

• to say that one thing happened after another.

• talk about activities in progress at a moment in the

  past.

Multiple Choice

Yesterday, I (catch) ____ the bus at 8.45 to go to the town.

• catched

• cought

• caught

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

Make a FULL SENTENCE with these words:

BUY - TICKET - GET ON - TRAIN

​He BOUGHT a ticket and GOT on the train.

1. 1. At 11 am yesterday, I was still sleeping.

2. 2. The boy was wearing a new black coat

   1. as it was below zero outside.

3. 3. I was talking to my friend when the bell rang.

4. 4. While he was riding home, he saw Leo.

​PAST CONTINUOUS

Multiple Select

We use PAST CONTINUOUS to

• talk about activities in progress at a moment in the

  past.

• describe scenes in a story or description.

• to say that one thing happened after another.

• talk about an activity in progress when another, shorter

  activity interrupted it.

Multiple Choice

When I left home this morning, the sun (shine) ____.

• is shining

• was shining

• were shining

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

As Little Red Riding hood (walk) ___ through the woods, the wolf (jump) ____ out and (talk) ___ to her.

• was walking - was jumping - was talking

• was walking - was jumping - talked

• was walking - jumped - talked

• walked - jumped - talked

Open Ended

Make a FULL SENTENCE with these words:

FALL - ASLEEP - WATCH - FILM

​The kids FELL asleep

while they WERE WATCHING the film.

1. 1. The roads were slippery this morning

2. because it had rained last night.

3. 2. They stopped him from boarding the

   train because he had lost his ticket.

4. 3. Something had happened to the

   engine before the plane took off.

​PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

Multiple Select

We use PAST PERFECT SIMPLE to 

• talk about activities in progress at a moment in the

  past.

• talk about actions that

  happened/finished before another action in the past.

• focus on the completion of previous actions

• talk about an activity in progress when another, shorter

  activity interrupted it.

Multiple Choice

They (spend) ___ hours in the car by the time

they (arrive) ___ at their destination.

• had spent - arrived

• had spent - had arrived

• spent - arrived

• spent - had arrived

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

She (travel) ____ by plane

before, so she (feel) ____ a little nervous.

• had never travelled - felt

• had never travelled - had felt

• never travelled - felt

• never travelled - had felt

Open Ended

Make a FULL SENTENCE with these words:

NOT WANT - GRANDMA - DRIVE - FORGET - HER GLASSES

I DID NOT WANT my grandma to drive

because she HAD FORGOTTEN/HAD FORGOT

to wear her glasses.

Open Ended

Give your own answer to this question:

Where had you visited before the pandemic broke out?

Open Ended

1. Make a question with these clues:

WHAT - DOING - AT - 9 - ?

2. Give your own answer

What WERE you DOING at 9 am last Sunday?​

Open Ended

1. Make a question with these clues:

WHERE - DID - GO - AFTER - FINISHED - CLASSES - YESTERDAY?

2. Give your own answer

Where DID he GO after he HAD FINISHED his classes yesterday?