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Welcome to Lesson 6 :
Talking About The Past
Talk about the past
Use the verb “to be” in the past (was/were)
Use the verb “to have” in the past (had)
Make sentences with regular verbs in the past (-ed)
Ask and answer questions using did/didn’t
Common past time expressions (yesterday, last week, ago, in 2025…)
Use adverbs of manner (slowly, quickly, carefully) to describe how something happened🌳✨
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Lesson 6: Interactive Activities
Exploring the Past
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Travel back in time and learn how to talk about things that have already happened.
• Past simple tense
• Past continuous tense
• Regular verbs
• Questions about the past
• Adverbs of manner and frequency
Lesson 6: Grammar Sheet 1
Using the verb "to be" in the past tense.
Using word was/were + not
Reading part of a story and answering questions
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Lesson 6: Grammar Sheet 2
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Grammar Practice Sheets
Using the verb "to be" in the past tense
Using words like was/were
Asking questions using the verb "to be"
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Lesson 6: Grammar Sheet 3
Using the verb "to have" in the past tense using the word "had"
Using the verb "to have' (past simple)
Affirmative, Negatives & Questions
Lesson 6: Grammar Sheet 4
Using various tenses Past & Present, Simple and Continuous
Practice Adverbs of Time, Place, Manner & Frequency
Review of grammar learnt in lesson 6
Talking about the past - past tense
Questions and Answers
Lesson 6: Grammar Review
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