Module 16

DISCUSSING THE DAY

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Objectives
Objectives

At the end of this module, I will be able to affirm:

Now I can . . . Now I know . . .

◯ 1. conjugate common English verbs in

past tense.

◯ 2. state common actions using the past

tense.

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The instructor and assistant instructors, and English speakers at home, help the learners with this English dialog. First, they read the
whole dialog. Then they read two or three words and leave time for the learners to repeat the words until the learners can pronounce
them well.

The instructor and assistant instructors, and English speakers at home, help the learners with this English dialog. First, they read the whole dialog.
Then they read two or three words and leave time for the learners to repeat the words until the learners can pronounce them well.

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Memorize the dialog in English.
Memorize the dialog in English.

Dialog Dialog
Mother: Hi, how was your day? What did Hi, how was your day? What did you
you do? do?
Father: I prepared a presentation for work I prepared a presentation for work and
and spoke for about 30 minutes at spoke for about 30 minutes at a
a meeting. meeting.
Mother: How did it go? How did it go?
Father: My boss said it went very well. My boss said it went very well.
Mother: Great. Great.
Father: How was your day? How was your day?
Mother: I took the kids to school, and then I I took the kids to school, and then I had
had to go shopping. I bought gro- to go shopping. I bought groceries for
ceries for the whole week. I also the whole week. I also read and prac-
read and practiced our English fold ticed our English fold cards. They
cards. They really helped me. really helped me.
Father: I will need to do that, too. Kids, I will need to do that, too. Kids, what
what did you do? did you do?
Son: I played soccer with my friends in I played soccer with my friends in the
the street. Then I studied my street. Then I studied my lessons.
lessons.
Mother: Good. Maybe we could watch a Good. Maybe we could watch a special
special movie tonight, since you movie tonight, since you already did
already did your homework. your homework.

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Pronunciation Practice
Pronunciation Practice

Listen and repeat slowly. Fill in the missing letters and say the sounds.
Listen and repeat slowly. Fill in the missing letters and say the sounds.
sp- spoke, speed, special ----- oke ----- eed ----- ecial
k- kids, kind, keep ----- ids ----- ind ----- eep
gr- grow, green, great ----- ow ----- een ----- eat
r- really, read, reply ----- eally ----- ead ----- eply
-o- soccer, shopping, rock s ----- ccer sh ----- pping r ----- ck
-ee- bee, deep, feed b ----- d ----- p f ----- d
-ll will, skill, bill wi ----- ski ----- b -----

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Vocabulary Practice
Vocabulary Practice

Listen, repeat, and write.

Listen, repeat, and write.
Dialog Words Writing Practice Related Words Writing Practice
boss supervisor
practice study
kids children
great very good
in the street outside
30 minutes half hour
together with each other
maybe possibly
too also
whole entire

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Word Webs (using words from the dialog and related words)
Word Webs (using words from the dialog and related words)

around almost review

read

close to about practically study

approximately learn about practice

roughly

possibly

maybe
potentially
perhaps

Assistant instructors help learners write and say sentences using a few of these words. When a learner can
say the words correctly, he or she can teach them to the other learners in the group.

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Rhyming Words (usually starting from a word in the dialog)
Rhyming Words (usually starting from a word in the dialog)

Listen and repeat slowly.

Listen and repeat slowly.

Word Rhyming Words

boss loss moss toss floss cross
whole pole role sole mole dole stole
took look book cook hook
school stool tool fool cool spool pool
fold old cold scold gold bold told hold sold
spoke smoke broke joke poke stroke

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Vocabulary Practice (using words from the dialog to match to related words)
Vocabulary Practice (using words from the dialog to match to related words)

Match the words in pencil. Write the words you matched in pencil.
Match the words in pencil. Write the words you matched in pencil.
boss • • children boss supervisor
practice • • supervisor
kids • • possibly
great • • outside
in the street • • study
30 minutes • • entire
together • • half hour
maybe • • very good
too • • also
whole • • with each other

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Fill in the missing words in pencil from the dialog.
Fill in the missing words in pencil from the dialog.

Mother: Hi, ---------------- ---------------- your day? What did you do?
Father: I prepared a ---------------- for work and I ---------------- for about 30 minutes
at a meeting.
Mother: How ---------------- it go?
Father: My ---------------- said it ---------------- very well.
Mother: Great!
Father: How was your day?
Mother: I ---------------- the kids to school, and then I had to go shopping. I bought
groceries for the ---------------- week. I also read and practiced our English
fold cards. They really ---------------- me.
Father: I will ---------------- to do that, too. ---------------- , what did you do?
Son: I played soccer in the street with my ---------------- . Then I studied my
lessons.
Mother: Good. ----------------we could watch a special movie ----------------, since you
already ---------------- your homework.

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Respond to the statements or questions in pencil from the dialog.
Respond to the statements or questions in pencil from the dialog.

1. How was your day?

2. It went well.
3. What did you do?
4. I studied my lessons.

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From the dialog, circle the correct word.
From the dialog, circle the correct word.

Mother: Hi, ( how / who ) was your day? What did you do?
Father: I prepared a presentation for work and I ( speak / spoke ) for about 30
minutes at a meeting.
Mother: How ( do / did ) it go?
Father: My boss said it ( want / went ) very well.
Mother: Great!
Father: How was your day?
Mother: I ( took / talk ) the kids to school and then I had to go shopping. I
bought groceries for the ( hole / whole ) week. I also read and practiced
our English fold cards. They really helped me.
Father: I will ( need / deed ) to do that, too. Kids, what did you do?
Son: I ( play / played ) soccer in the street with my friends. Then I studied my
lessons.
Mother: Good. ( May / Maybe ) we could watch a special movie together
tonight, since you already ( do / did ) your homework.

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Verbs in the Past (Preterite) Tense
Fill in the blank practice sentences after I, You, We, They, He, She, or It. Note that the past tense verb is the same for all
persons. Use a pencil.
Fill in the blank practice sentences after I, You, We, They, He, She, or It. Note that the past tense verb is the same for all persons.
Use a pencil.

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1. to arrive: It arrived late. He with me.
2. to believe: They believed you. She it.
3. to hear: She heard a noise. You the song.
4. to invite: You invited him. We them.
5. to like: I liked the dinner. He the class.
6. to love: We loved the music. They learning English.

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7. to answer: He answered right away. She correctly.
8. to ask: I asked a question. We him again.
9. to call: They called every night. We him on the phone.
10. to cash: You cashed the check. He the check.
11. to finish: It finished early. You on time.
12. to help: She helped his friend. We everyone.
13. to laugh: They laughed at the joke. I all night.
14. to learn: I learned a lot. We the verbs.
15. to listen: He listened carefully. They to the instructions.
16. to look: You looked right at him. He sad.
17. to need: I needed to eat. She to go to school.
18. to remember: I remembered her well. They the story.
19. to repeat: We repeated the dialog. She the vocabulary.
20. to spell: She spelled the word right. He the word wrong.
21. to stay: We stayed the night. They too long.
22. to talk: You talked for an hour. He during class.
23. to visit: I visited grandmother. She her friends.
24. to walk: They walked for exercise. We all day.
25. to want: It wanted to rest. They to learn English.
26. to watch: He watched TV. We the demonstration.
27. to work: You worked too hard. We on Saturday.

Use action verbs from the list to role-play and practice verbs and their conjugations. The instructor demon-
strates and then learners also role-play. Show the action of the verb and gesture through the conjugations to
describe what you, he, she or we did.

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28. to cry: He cried a lot. She that night.
29. to study: They studied for a test. We all weekend.
30. to try: We tried hard. He to learn Spanish.

irregular
31. to begin: It began late. He class this week.

32. to bring: He brought our books. She a friend.

33. to come: It came tonight. We home.
34. to do: I did my assignment They well.
35. to drink: They drank the water. We the soda.
36. to eat: We ate well. He everything.
37. to feel: They felt bad. She something soft.
38. to find: I found the wallet. He the address.
39. to fly: They flew out yesterday. We to New York.
40. to get: He got ill. She better.
41. to give: She gave him a dollar. I it away.
42. to go: You went home. They away.
43. to have: We had too much work. She too much money.
44. to know: They knew the way. We the problem.
45. to leave: I left early. They at noon.
46. to make: He made it home. She a cake.
47. to meet: She met the instructor. They each other.
48. to read: We read all night. He the book.
49. to say: They said it in English. We they could go.
50. to see: I saw her go. She the accident.
51. to sing: She sang the song. They well.
52. to speak: We spoke Spanish. He at Church.
53. to take: You took a long time. She her book along.
54. to teach: I taught English classes. They well.
55. to tell: He told her about his work. I told him a story.
56. to think: She thought a lot about it. He about his mother.
57. to write: He wrote a letter. She well.
58. to understand: I understood the class. We her English.
59. to be: I / He / She / It was ill. He good in English.
You / We / They were good.
60. to be able to: I / He / She / It was able to eat. She able to speak well.
You / We / They were able to read.
(alternate) can I/You/We/They/He/She/It could They work hard.
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Guidelines for This Verb List:

Verbs adding d: drop the to and add d for all persons
Verbs adding ed: drop the to and add ed for all persons
Verbs adding ied: drop the to and change the y to i and add ed for all persons
Irregular Verbs: drop the to and memorize the irregular verb forms (same for all persons)

Infinitive Verb + d Infinitive Verb + ed Infinitive Verb + ied Infinitive Irregular

to arrive arrived to ask asked to cry cried to begin began
to believe believed to answer answered to study studied to bring brought
to hear heard* to call called to try tried to come came
to invite invited to cash cashed to do did
to like liked to finish finished to drink drank
to love loved to help helped to eat ate
to laugh laughed to feel felt
to learn learned to find found
to listen listened to fly flew
to look looked to get got
to need needed to give gave
to remember remembered to go went
to repeat repeated to have had
to spell spelled to know knew
to stay stayed to leave left
to talk talked to make made
to visit visited to meet met
to walk walked to read read**
to want wanted to say said
to watch watched to see saw
to work worked to sing sang
to speak spoke
* Pronunciation of heard: /herd/ to take took
** Pronunciation of read: /red/ to teach taught
to tell told
to think thought
to write wrote
to understand understood
More Irregular Verbs
to be I / He / She / It was You / We / They were
to be able to I / He / She / It was able to You / We / They were able to
(alternate) can I / you / We / They / He / She / It could

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Mini-Conversations Related to the Dialog

1. How was your day? 2. What did you do?

It was long. (great, boring, good) I went to English class.

3. How did class go? 4. I studied the English fold cards a lot.
It went well. I learned new vocab- That’s wonderful. I should study
ulary and grammar. them, too.

5. I finished my homework.
Good for you!

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Expressions Related to the Dialog
Expressions Related to the Dialog

1. Expression: How did ---------------- go?

Meaning: How was ---------------- ?
Examples: How did your presentation go?
Meaning: How was your presentation?

2. Expression: ---------------- went well / okay / poorly.

Meaning: ---------------- was good / okay / bad
Examples: My presentation went okay.
Meaning: My presentation was okay.

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Cognates (similar-sounding words to recognize and translate)
Cognates (similar-sounding words to recognize and translate)

Listen and repeat.

Listen and repeat.
study study practice practice
prepare prepare presentation presentation
minutes minutes lessons lessons
special special

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Dialog Flash Fold Card

Card 16A
Module 6 Dialog Dialog
Mother: Hi, how was your day? What did Hi, how was your day? What did you
you do? do?
Father: I prepared a presentation for work I prepared a presentation for work
and spoke for about 30 minutes at and spoke for about 30 minutes at a
a meeting. meeting.
Mother: How did it go? How did it go?
Father: My boss said it went very well. My boss said it went very well.
Mother: Great. Great.
Father: How was your day? How was your day?
Mother: I took the kids to school, and then I took the kids to school, and then I
I had to go shopping. I bought had to go shopping. I bought groceries
groceries for the whole week. I for the whole week. I also read and
also read and practiced our practiced our English fold cards. They
English fold cards. They really really helped me.
helped me.
Father: I will need to do that, too. Kids, I will need to do that, too. Kids, what
what did you do? did you do?
Son: I played soccer with my friends in I played soccer with my friends in the
the street. Then I studied my street. Then I studied my lessons.
lessons.
Mother: Good. Maybe we could watch a Good. Maybe we could watch a spe-
special movie tonight, since you cial movie tonight, since you already
already did your homework. did your homework.

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Vocabulary Flash Fold Card

Card 16B
Verb Translation Past for ALL persons Sample sentence
Add –d
1. to arrive to arrive arrived I arrived.
2. to believe to believe believed We believed.
3. to hear to hear heard You heard.
4. to invite to invite invited They invited.
5. to like to like liked He liked.
6. to love to love loved She loved.
Add –ed
7. to ask to ask asked It asked.
8. to answer to answer answered I answered.
9. to call to call called You called.
10. to cash to cash cashed We cashed.
11. to finish to finish finished They finished.
12. to help to help helped He helped.
13. to laugh to laugh laughed She laughed.
14. to learn to learn learned It learned.
15. to listen to listen listened I listened.
16. to look to look looked You looked.
17. to need to need needed I needed some.
18. to remember to remember remembered She remembered.
19. to repeat to repeat repeated We repeated.
20. to spell to spell spelled They spelled.
21. to stay to stay stayed He stayed.
22. to talk to talk talked She talked.
23. to visit to visit visited We visited.
24. to walk to walk walked I walked.
25. to want to want wanted You wanted
26. to watch to watch watched It watched.
27. to work to work worked They worked.
Change –y to i and add -ed
28. to cry to cry cried He cried.
29. to study to study studied She studied.
30. to try to try tried I tried.

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Verb Translation Past for ALL persons Sample sentence

Irregular (does not follow a pattern)
31. to be (I, he, she, it) to be (I, he, she, it) was I was happy.
He was happy.
She was happy.
It was cold.
to be (you, they, we) to be (you, they, we) were You were happy.
They were happy.
We were happy.
32. to be able to to be able to was able to I was able to do it.
(I, he, she, it) (I, he, she, it)
He was able to do it.
She was able to.
It was able to.
to be able to to be able to were able to You were able to.
(you, they, we) (you, they, we)
They were able to.
We were able to.
alternate: can alternate: can could I could.
33. to begin to begin began It began.
34. to bring to bring brought You brought it.
35. to come to come came We came.
36. to do to do did They did it.
37. to drink to drink drank She drank.
38. to eat to eat ate He ate.
39. to feel to feel felt I felt it.
40. to find to find found You found it.

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