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Lesson Plan: Simple Past Events

Published on June 1, 2023 | Updated on April 7, 2025

During this reading, you will learn more about describing past events using:

#1Regular Verbs in its past form
#2Irregular Verbs in its past form
#3Simple Past Sentences
#4Simple Past Questions

Let’s get started


Schema Activation (30 Mins)

Task1A

Take a short Quiz

We will start our lesson by taking a short interactive quiz

Instructions:

  1. Go to the quiz by clicking the Quizziz Link
  2. Enter the code and be ready to answer the questions when asked.

Pre-Task #1 (30 Mins)

Task2A

Read the sentences and tell if they aren’t true or not

Instructions

  1. Read the sentences.
  2. Determine if they are true or false for you.
  3. If they are true, add other details.
  4. If they are false, provide the true details.

For example: if I read “I watched a show on Netflix”, I would say:

  1. I watched a show on Netflix, it is called mind hunter.
  2. I don’t have a Netflix account, I watched “House of the Dragon”

Pre-Task #2: Sentences (30 Mins)

Task3A

Make sentences using these verbs

Instructions

  1. Make pairs
  2. How many regular verbs can you find in the image?
  3. How many irregular verbs can you find in the word cloud?
  4. Prepare 5 wh-questions with the irregular ones.
  5. Ask those questions to your partner.

Break (30 Mins)

Task4A

Take some time off and be back on time

I need a break

Main Task

Task4A

Talk about an event you attended

Follow these instructions

  1. Pretend that you attended a two-day cyber security or any type of IT event.
  2. The event took place in Heredia.
  3. For the task, prepare the answer to these questions.

Manuel Campos

Manuel Campos

I am Jose Manuel, English professor and creator of EnglishPost.org, a blog whose mission is to share lessons for those who want to learn and improve their English