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3 When are you happy? Exchange your information from exercise 2c with a partner.
Ask questions and give answers.
4 a Read the dialogue with a partner.
A: Hi? Are you new here?
B: Hi. Yes, I am.
A: Oh, then – welcome to our school.
B: Thank you.
A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from York. We moved here last week.
A: Oh, cool. Do you miss York?
B: Yes, I do. Can you tell me when the next lesson starts?
A: Of course. The next lesson starts at 9.35.
B: Thank you, so we have ten more minutes.
A: Who is your form teacher?
B: I think his name is Mr Smith.
A: Ah, that’s my form teacher, too. So we’re in the same class.
B: Great!
b Act out different versions of the dialogue. Imagine that the new pupil is sad, curious, excited, nervous, happy, friendly, rude, confident, upset or polite.
Add phrases which fit your dialogue.
c You meet a new pupil at school. Create a dialogue with your partner. Write it in your exercise book and act it out. Try to speak clearly and loudly and keep eye contact.
5 a Look for two other classmates and present your dialogue to them. Also listen to theirs and give feedback. Fill in a smiley for each category.
speak clearly and loudly
keep eye contact
funny
creative
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b In a group of four read the following dialogue.
A: Who’s that?
B: I think that’s the new pupil.
C: He / She looks very sad.
A: Shall we say hello?
B: Why should we do that? He / She can say hello first.
C: Yes, but he / she is new and doesn’t know anybody. Maybe we can help.
A + B: OK.
A: Hi. Are you new here?
D: Yes, I am.
B: What’s your name?
D: My name is .
C: Nice to meet you. My name is and
these are and .
D: Nice to meet you. Can you tell me where the cafeteria is?
A: Come with us. We are on the way to the cafeteria.
c Continue the dialogue. Write it in your exercise book and act it out to your class.
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2 What did you do at school last week?
Write down your activities for each day of the week. Write short notes.
3 Write an essay about your school activities last week. Write it in your exercise book.
Your notes from exercise two might help you. Remember to use the simple past:
go – went eat – ate play – played write – wrote help – helped meet – met ask – asked see – saw
4 Be creative and complete this dialogue. Write it in your exercise book.
A: Hi . How was your school day?
B: Oh, it was a really day. (hard, easy, interesting, terrible …)
…
A: Well, that sounds … Go on.
Monday
Thursday
Wednesday
Friday Tuesday
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5 a Work together with a partner. Write down the name of your speed dating partner and act out the dialogue above. Use this chart to take notes about your partner’s school day.
your partner’s name his / her school day
b A school day in the life of …
Choose one or two classmates that you’ve talked to. Write an essay about his / her school day in your exercise book.
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1 The following words are signal words for the simple past. Match the correct translations.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 Complete this table of irregular verbs.
infinitive simple past form (second form)
past participle (third form)
German
been meet
spoken sleep
done lose
ridden leave
1. yesterday
3. last year
5. two days ago
7. in 2003
9. two months ago 2. last month
4. the day before yesterday
6. one year ago
8. last week
10. three hours ago
a) im Jahre 2003
c) vorgestern
e) vor zwei Monaten
g) vor zwei Tagen
i) gestern
b) vor drei Stunden
d) letzten Monat
f) letzte Woche
h) letztes Jahr
j) vor einem Jahr
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3 a Complete the sentences with the correct form of the simple past. Colour the signal words (expressions of time).
1. My best friend and I (trinken) a coke yesterday.
2. Last week I (verpassen) the school bus.
3. My mother and I (einkaufen) this morning.
4. Felix (vergessen) his homework last Monday.
5. You (sauber machen) your bedroom yesterday.
6. I (treffen) my friend last weekend.
b Put the parts of the sentences in the correct order. Put the verbs into simple past.
Write the sentences in your exercise book and underline the signal words.
1. win / yesterday / the school team / the hockey match
2. a computer game / my friend and I / play / the day before yesterday 3. go / Harry / yesterday / to the shops
4. lunch / have / I / last Monday / at the canteen
5. take / our form teacher / last month / to Frankfurt / the train
c Translate the sentences into simple past. Underline the signal words.
1. Emily hat mir vor einer Stunde bei meinen Hausaufgaben geholfen.
2. Meine beste Freundin hat uns letzten Sommer besucht, weil sie uns vermisst hat.
3. Gestern hatte meine Freundin Tanzunterricht.
4. Ihr wart gestern toll.
5. Letzte Woche waren wir im Kino.
d Work with a partner. Look at exercises 3 a–c and create a new exercise with statements in the simple past. Write it on an extra sheet of paper.
4 a Put the following parts of the sentences in the correct order.
Form negative sentences in the simple past.
1. not sing / my classmates / for me / a birthday song 2. not be / my friends / crazy / last week
3. not be / school / yesterday / funny 4. I / not clean / our classroom 5. not get up / early / Sarah
b Write down negative statements in the simple past.
1. My sister played with my classmates.
2. We did our homework.
3. They liked the theatre play.
4. Tim waited in the park.
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c Translate the following sentences into English. Use the simple past.
1. Ich habe gestern keine Hausaufgaben gemacht.
2. Wir sind letzten Dienstag nicht schwimmen gegangen.
3. Sabine hat gestern ihr Frühstück nicht vergessen.
4. Wir haben letzte Woche nicht Computer gespielt.
5. Sie haben am Wochenende nicht ferngesehen.
d Work with a partner. Look at exercises 4 a–c and create a new exercise for negative sentences in the simple past. Write it on an extra sheet of paper.
5 a Write down questions with the verb be in the simple past and answer them.
1. Christopher / be / at the football training? (no) 2. they / be / at the concert? (yes)
3. you / be / at school? (no) 4. it / be / good? (yes)
b Put the parts of the questions in the correct order and answer the questions with short forms.
1. work / at the computer / Kelly / did? (no) 2. follow / did / you / my instructions? (yes) 3. invite / you / Emilia / did / to her party? (no) 4. did / enjoy / your friend / the party? (yes) c Ask for the underlined words.
1. We took the train yesterday.
2. My best friend was in Wales.
3. My training starts at 7.30.
4. We danced in the gym.
d Work with a partner. Look at exercises 5 a–c and create a new exercise with questions in the simple past. Write it on an extra sheet of paper.
6 a What did you do last week? Write down short notes into the table.
Monday Tuesday Wednes- day
Thurs- day
Friday Saturday Sunday
