my greatgrandfathers interesting story ppt

Past Simple
●Reading (Complete the text with verbs)
● Speaking (Make sentences with expressions)
● Grammar (WH questions)
● Speaking (Pair work-Ask each other)
● Reading ( Find out the correct version)


Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the past simple tense.

1
My great-grandfather had
an
2
interesting life. He was
born in
3 up in England. He
Scotland, he grew
4
moved
to France when he was 14. He
5
6
went
to university in the USA. He met
my great-grandmother there and they
7
8
got married
in Las Vegas. They moved
to many countries with their five children.

9
He worked
as a fireman in Poland, as a
policeman in England and as a farmer in
the USA. He died
10 years ago when I
10
was 2 years old.

move (2X)
work
go
meet
have
get married
grow up
be
die


Poland

England

the USA

A
C
B
● work at night

● put out fire
● feed the animals
● arrest thieves
● drive a fire
What did my great-grandfather
do
as
a
fireman,
as
a
policeman
and as a farmer?
● get up very early
● investigate
engine
● go to the market
murders
● climb up ladders
● grow crops
● catch the killers
● rescue people


My father cooked the dinner at home yesterday.

Who cooked the dinner at home yesterday? My father.
What did your father do at home yesterday?
He cooked the dinner.
What did your father cook at home yesterday?

What?
Where?
When?
Who?

The dinner.
What?

Where did your father cook the dinner yesterday?
When did your father cook the dinner at home?

At home.
Yesterday.


When was the last time you…?

Pair work

Prepare questions for the illustration and ask each other.

write

take

When?
Where?
Who?
Why?

When?
Where?
Who?
Why?

talk
When?
Where?
Who?
Why?


Fading
memories

Work in groups. Read the texts written by old friends. They may not remember
some of the facts accurately. Find out the correct version of events.

Teddy

Tony

Fred, Tony and Mark are
my oldest friends. We lived on
Green Road sixty-five years ago.
We played baseball in the park
behind the school every Friday.
When we left university we went
to the sea for two weeks. It was
the best holiday ever!

Fred, Teddy and Mark are
my oldest friends. We lived on
Park Road sixty-five years ago.
We played cricket in the park
behind the school every Sunday.
When we left university we went
to the sea for a week. It was the
best holiday ever!

Mark

Fred

Fred, Tony and Teddy
are my oldest friends. We lived
on Park Road fifty-five years
ago. We played baseball in the
park near the school every
Friday. When we left university
we went to the sea for a week. It
was the best holiday ever!

Teddy, Tony and Mark
are my oldest friends. We lived
on Park Road sixty-five years
ago. We played baseball in the
park behind the school every
Friday. When we left high school
we went to London for a week. It

was the best holiday ever!


They lived on Park Road. (Teddy was
incorrect.)
They lived there sixty-five years ago. (Mark
was incorrect.)
They played baseball. ( Tony was incorrect.)
The park was behind the school. (Mark was
incorrect.)
They played baseball every Friday.
(Tony was incorrect.)
After university they went to the sea. (Fred
was incorrect.)
They went to the sea for a week. (Teddy was
incorrect.)

Fred, Tony, Mark
and Teddy are old
friends. They lived
on Park Road sixtyfive years ago. They
played baseball in
the park behind the
school every Friday.
When they left
university They
went to the sea for a
week. It was their
best holiday ever!

Make WH questions using Where, What and When.

Fred, Tony, Mark
and Teddy are old
friends. They lived
on Park Road sixtyfive years ago. They
played baseball in
the park behind the
school every Friday.
When they left
university They
went to the sea for a
week. It was their
best holiday ever!

Where did they live?
What did they play?
Where did they play baseball?
Where was the park?
When did they play baseball?
Where did they go?