Conversation questions in past tense

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ________ Date: __________

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS IN PAST TENSE
1. What did you do yesterday?

2. What did you do this morning before class?

3. What did you do last weekend?

4. What did you do last summer?

5. What did you have for dinner last night?

6. What did you have for breakfast this morning?

7 How did you get to school?

8. When did you do your homework?

9. How was the weather yesterday?

10. What did we do in the last class?

11. What did you dream about last night?

12. How much money did you spend yesterday?

13. ______________________________________________________________________?

14. ______________________________________________________________________?

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ________ Date: __________

YES/NO QUESTIONS IN PAST TENSE

1. Did you drink coffee this morning?

2. Did it rain last night?
3. Did class start on time?
4. Did you eat pizza yesterday?
5. Did the teacher get angry yesterday?
6. Did you go out to eat last weekend?
7. Did you fall in love last year?
8. Did you watch TV last night?
9. Did you read the newspaper this morning?
10. Did you do your homework?
11. Did it snow a lot last winter?
12. Did you take a trip last summer?
13. Did your neighbors make noise last night?
14. Did you talk on the phone last night?
15. Did you get any emails yesterday?
16. Did you have a happy childhood?
17. Did you get married young?
18. Did you drink beer last night?
19. Did you take the train this morning?
20. ___________________________________________________________________?
21. ___________________________________________________________________?

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ________ Date: __________

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR LIFE

1. When were you born?

2. Where were you born?

3. Where did you grow up?

4. Where did you go to school?

5. When did you graduate?

6. When did you first fall in love? Who did you fall in love with?

7. What was your first job?

8. When did you get married?

9. When did you have your first child?

10. When did you take an interesting trip? Where did you go?

11. When did you come to the United States?

12. Why did you come to the United States?

13. What was your first job in the U.S.?

14. When did you start taking English classes at University Settlement?
Name: ______________________________________________ Class: ________ Date: ___________

THEN AND NOW, SIDE A

DIRECTIONS: Fill in the table below with information about your life in your country and your life now in New York City. For example, under “In My Country” you could write “I was a student,” and for “In New York City” you could write “I’m a nurse.”

	IN MY COUNTRY… (past tense)	IN NEW YORK CITY… (present tense)
Family
Job
Home
Friends
Health
Neighborhood
Happiness
Love
Children
Free Time
School

Now share your information with a classmate!

Name: ____________________________________________ Class: ________ Date: __________

THEN AND NOW, SIDE B

DIRECTIONS: As you listen to a classmate share their information, record it in the table below.

	IN HIS/HER COUNTRY… (past tense)	IN NEW YORK CITY… (present tense)
Family
Job
Home
Friends
Health
Neighborhood
Happiness
Love
Children
Free Time
School

Name: ___________________________________________ Class: _______ Date: ___________

WRITING ASSIGNMENT: THEN AND NOW

In the first paragraph, write about your life in your country—remember to use past tense! In the second paragraph, write about your life now—use present tense! Please double-space.

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“Yesterday” by the Beatles

Yesterday,
All my ________________ seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,

I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday ________________ suddenly.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.

I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,

Love was such an _______________ game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.

I said
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,

Love was such an easy __________________ to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
QUESTIONS:
1. Is this a sad song or a happy song? Why do you say that?
2. Who is the “she” in this song?
3. What happened to him and her?
4. Do you think about the past a lot? Are they sad memories or happy memories?
5. Circle all the past tense verbs you see in this song.
Find Someone Who Past Tense

A sheet:

Hint: Did you . . .?

Find someone who:

drank coffee this morning.

watched TV yesterday.

grew up in the country.

played basketball or soccer in the last week.

who skipped breakfast.

took the bus to school.

cut their hair in the last month.

had a date in the last week.

took a trip last summer.

went shopping on the weekend.

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Find Someone Who Past Tense

B sheet:

Hint: Did you . . .?

Find someone who:

read the newspaper this morning.

watched the news yesterday.

grew up in the city.

played a computer game in the last week.

who ate breakfast.

took the subway to school.

fixed something in the last month.

had a drink with friends in the last week.

went to the beach last summer.

went hiking on the weekend.

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Find Someone Who Past Tense

C sheet:

Hint: Did you . . .?

Find someone who:

ate toast this morning.

watched TV yesterday.

lived with their grandmother when they grew up.

caught a cold in the last month.

who ate fish yesterday.

took a taxi to school.

bought a CD in the last month.

had a test in the last week.

found money on the ground in the last month.

went fishing last summer.

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Irregular Past Tense Verbs Cloze

Fill in the blanks below with one of the 15 irregular past tense verbs in the box.

ate came did

drank gave got

made met ran

read saw swam

took went rode

(1) He _________________ his homework before he went to school.

(2) It was cold so we _________________ some hot chocolate.

(3) I _________________ a sandcastle when I went to the beach.

(4) It was a hot day so she _________________ in the lake yesterday.

(5) His car had a flat tire so he _________________ the bus to work.

(6) I _________________ a horse last summer when I went to my uncle's farm.

(7) I was late for class so I _________________ to school.

(8) I _________________ two hamburgers so I am full.

(9) I _________________ a good book before I went to bed.

(10) She _________________ a lion when she went to the zoo.

(11) A letter _________________ in the mail today.

(12) They _________________ hiking yesterday.

(13) I _________________ my brother a game for his birthday.

(14) She _________________ a good report card so her mom was happy.

(15) I _________________ my friends when we went to the park.

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Irregular Past Tense Verbs Cloze

Fill in the blanks below with one of the 15 irregular past tense verbs in the box.

began blew bought

brought caught drew

grew heard knew

said sang sat

sent slept threw

(1) Last year, we _________________ carrots and tomatoes in our garden.

(2) She _________________ the ball to her friend.

(3) The wind _________________ the signs down.

(4) He _________________ a song for the class.

(5) She _________________ some milk at the store.

(6) I was tired so I _________________ all morning.

(7) He _________________ a fish at the lake.

(8) We _________________ pictures in art class.

(9) I _________________ the answer so I put up my hand.

(10) He _________________ an email to his classmates.

(11) I _________________ on the floor because there were no chairs.

(12) My mom _________________ a pie to the picnic.

(13) She _________________ a noise outside.

(14) He _________________, "I will help you."

(15) It was a warm day so the snow _________________ to melt.

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Irregular Verb Past Tense Word Search

					Write the past tense next to each of the verbs below. Then, find the past tense of the verb in the grid to the lift.
begin		get		say
blow		give		see
bring		go		send
buy		grow		sing
catch		hear		sit
come		know		sleep
do		make		swim
draw		meet		take
drink		read		throw
eat		run		write

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ________ Date: __________

Write about one of the following topics:

1. Describe your first day in America.

2. Describe the happiest day of your life.