PM ESOL Online 3-31-26

Unit: What did you do? Past Tense

Agenda (for the week)
-News and Notes
-Past Tense - reading and speaking
-Past Tense (ellii) continued
-Prepositions of Place and Direction*
*time permitting
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Practice 
1. Yes. I did have a good day today.
1. Yes. I had a good day today. 

1.  No. I did not have a good day.
1.  No. I didn't have a good day. 
1.  No. I didn't have a good day. I had a bad day.

Ex: 
How did you get to school today? 
Who did you see today? 
What did you do? 
When did you arrive at school? 
  
2. Ana maria 
Yes. I forgot my water container at work. 


Diana
Did you arrive on time today/?
Yes. I did arrive on time today. 
No. I didn't arrive on time today.
Yes. I arrived on time today. 

Karen
Did you go somewhere interesting..
Yes. I did + present verb 
Yes. I did go somewhere interesting...

Yes. I 'went' somewhere interesting...

Carol 
Did you have an appointment today?
Yes I had an appointment today. 

Did you eat in a restaurant last week? If so what did you order?  

Yes. I ate in a restaurant last week. 
I ate at Texas Road House last week. 
I ordered steak. 
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Writing
Use a notebook or your phone or computer to write 3 to 4 sentences. 

5 minutes
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Sharing
Who would like to share your sentences? 

Edmond? 
Francena

Rose
1. No. I don't have 
         do not 
       I did not have a good day. 

Diana
5. Yes. I did buy 'some' food. 
I bought fish. 

6. Yes. I went out with my friends. We enjoyed it. 

7. No. I 'did' not eat in a restaurant last week.

'not eat' is not good English
I did not eat is good English
 
We ordered Chinese food 'and ate' in 'the' parking lot. 

Dayana
2. Yes, I forgot my tips in the restaurant. 

Take a picture of the screen. 
Write sentences after class. 
Send them to the teacher in Remind or text to 774-551-6381.]
It is okay to take a picture of your notebook and send the picture. 

Any questions? 


BREAK
6:31 - 6:46

Review

anything   ----- something

Did you forget anything? 
Negative
Yes. I did forget something? 
Positive
No. I didn't forget anything? 

any -------------- some

Did you buy 'any' food this week? 
Negative
Yes. I didn't buy 'any' food this week. 
Positive
No. I did buy 'some' food this week.  

Students??? 

Sentences 

1. Did you have a good day?

x Yes I has a good day. missing past tense word
Yes, I had a good day.

x I don't have a bad day. missing a past tense verb

I didn't have a bad day. 

2.  
xYes, I forget my keys. missing a past tense verb 
Yes, I forgot my keys in the car.


3. Did you arrive on time, today? 
xYes. I has arrive on time. Missing a past tense verb. 
Yes, I arrived on time, today. 
Yes, did arrive on time, today. 

xNo. I don't has arrived on time today. Two present verbs. Too many past tense verbs and too many verbs. 

No. I didn't arrive on time today. 
      past    present
No. I arrived late today. 
 
Yes. I arrived on time, today. 


This is difficult. 
English is difficult. 
Be kind to yourself. 
Be patient with yourself. 

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Past Tense - Grammar Rules
for Regular Past Tense (ellii) 
-reviewed spelling rules for regular past tense verbs - plus exceptions
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Conversation Practice
Work Together
Break out Rooms (pairs)

source: ISL Collective

Put the verbs in the past simple. 

Review. 

Conversation
Basic conversation sentences
using regular and irregular past tense. 

Present  Past
wake     woke
get      got 
have     had
put      'put'
make     made
eat      ate
brush    brushed
comb     combed
go       went
take     took


Review. 

I woke up far too early!
Then I got up. 
After that, I had a nice hot shower.
I put my favorite clothes on. 
I made my bed to save mom some work. 
Of course, I ate my breakfast. 
And I brushed my teeth. 
I combed my hair. It's important to look nice. 
Then I went to school with my little sister. 
We took the bus down the street. 

Questions and answers.

put and put / past and present are spelled the same and pronounced the same. 

Difficult words to pronounce: 
put       poot
brushed   brush't
combed    cohm'd
took      tooooook


End Class
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