Exercise 6

Exercise 6
Due date: Week 6
Objective: To practice a variety of activities based on elemental grammar structures and
vocabulary from your English I course to improve your skills on the four areas of language as
an A1 Level student, so you can be prepared for the Oxford English Test.
Theme / competencies to achieve: To develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing
skills as an A1 level student according to the CEFR while practicing the simple past of be
was/were, simple past: regular and irregular verbs, and English Oxford test practice.

Instructions:
This activity consists of 5 parts. When you finish each activity, take a screen shot of your
results and you upload ONE word document of your results.

Please read the instructions carefully.

Activity 1: Simple past of be: was/were.

a. Click on the following link. Order the words to form affirmative, negative statements,
and questions when needed.
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/33968052

b. Take a screen shot of your final score and include the image in your Word document.

Activity 2: Simple past: regular and irregular verbs.

a. In the link below you will find 10 sentences, type the verb in its past tense to complete
each statement.
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/simplepast.html

b. Take a screen shot of your final score and include the image on your document

c. Write 10 sentences in past tense that are true for you. Include the sentences in your
Word document.

Activity 3: Weekend talk.

a. Click on the following link, listen to the conversation, and answer the 6 questions from
the quiz. Please just listen to the audio twice. Don´t read the transcript. This is a
listening practice.
https://www.elllo.org/english/grammar/L2-11-KatieTodd-Weekend-PastTense.htm

b. When you finish, take a screen shot of your score.

Activity 4: Complete the missing word.

a. Read the following test and complete the missing words. Look at the example “0”.

My twentieth birthday.

It is going 0. ( to ) be my twentieth birthday soon, but I am not sure if my life will change so
much. When I was 1.( ____) elementary school, my mom used to drive me everywhere. It was
convenient, but I always wanted more independence. Now at 2. (_____) University I ride my
bike to the campus every day, so I can hang out after school 3. (_____) my friends and go home
whenever I want. That’s cool.

Another difference is that I used 4. (____) get just a little homework every day. I did it while I
watched TV, and it was easy. Now I always have at least two hours 5. (____) homework every
day, and if I do it while I watch TV, I always get things wrong. I never seem to have enough time
to do my schoolwork and fun stuff too. But I enjoy every minute of this experience.

b. Click on the following link and type your answers there. You will get the feedback
immediately.
https://forms.gle/3P8wSfj97JfDkoWU7

c. Take a screen shot of the results and add the image to your Word document.

Activity 5: Past simple. Negative Statements.

c. You are going to play a game now. This is your practice for negative statements in past
tense. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. Click the following link.
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/33969523

d. Take a screen shot and include your final score in your Word document.

Deliverable:
You Hand in a Word document with what is asked in each exercise. Number the answers
according to the exercises.

Type: Word document.

Checkpoint

Make sure your activity complies with the following characteristics:

Activity 2: Include the screen shot from your work in the exercise “Simple past: regular and
irregular verbs.”.
Activity 3: Include the screen shot of your final score from the exercise “Weekend talk”
Activity 4: Include the screen shot of your final score from the activity “My twentieth birthday”.
Activity 5: Include the screen shot with your final score from the “Past simple negative
statements”.

Additional resources
To learn about simple past and actions verbs, watch the following video:

 English Lime. (2019, February 2). The verb ''TO BE'' - WAS/WERE - PAST TENSE. [Video
file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB6d-1tdx54 

 Learn English with Bob the Canadian. (2021, January 19). Learn 60 English Action Verbs
In Under 10 Minutes! Acted Out For Easy Memorization!. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-uEPEHU_M 

Bibliography
 Elllo English. (2016). Weekend talk. Retrieved from
https://www.elllo.org/english/grammar/L2-11-KatieTodd-Weekend-PastTense.htm
 Learn English online. (2022). Simple past tense. Retrieved from
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/simplepast.html
 Mannes Melissa. (2011). Next step 4. Mexico: Richmond.