| 1.2 | Activity 2 Listen to the following statements and decide whether each statement refers to an activity that takes place now or took place last summer in London.
Now Last summer [sentences heard by learners] (1) □ □ People worked overtime at work. (2) □ □ People visit London for the first time. (3) □ □ People celebrated different festivals.
(Benati, A. G., & Lee, J. F. (2008). Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction: Secondary and Cumulative Effects (p. 178). Bristol/Buffalo: Multilingual Matters.)
In this activity, students are asked to listen to ten sentences containing past tense or present tense. Time adverbials (e.g. “yesterday”, “last night”) are absent from the sentences so that students do not rely on the adverbial phrases but verb endings (e.g. -ed, -es, -s) to decide whether the activity takes place now or occurred last summer. | 1 2 3 4 5 | ||
| 1.3 | Activity 3 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer your questions.
A: Were you busy last weekend? B: Yes, I was. On Saturday morning, I went hiking. Then, … /No, I wasn’t. On Saturday morning, I woke up late. Then, …
(Booker, R., & Daswani, R. (2012). Longman Activate: Grammar Book
Students ask and answer the questions in turns using the given clues. The answers are based on students’ authentic situations and therefore unknown to the other person. There is no right or wrong answer. | 1 2 3 4 5 | ||
| 1.4 | Activity 4 Mark is asking Nicole about what she did at the weekend. Complete their conversation with suitable pronouns and the correct form of the verbs in the hint box.
(Poles, R. (2007). Longman Elect: Book
Firstly, based on the context, students need to select correct verbs from the left column. Next, the selected verb should be converted into appropriate verb forms according to the content of the dialogue. In order to do this, students have to understand the meaning of verbs and the context. In this activity, there is only one correct answer. | 1 2 3 4 5 | ||
| 1.5 | Activity 5 Read the following activities and indicate whether you did the same or different things at the last New Year celebrations: Yes No 1) I visited my relatives. □ □ 2) I received gifts. □ □ 3) I mailed New Year cards to friends. □ □
(Benati, A. G., & Lee, J. F. (2008). Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction: Secondary and Cumulative Effects (p. 180). Bristol/Buffalo: Multilingual Matters.)
In this activity, students are asked to read ten sentences which describe the activities at the last New Year celebrations. Students should share their opinions accordingly. As there are no adverbial phrases (e.g. “yesterday”, “last night”) functioning as hints, students should pay attention to the past tense marker -ed. | 1 2 3 4 5 |