RESOURCE FOR TEACHING PAST SIMPLE TO TEENAGERS

Students at this stage have a general knowledge of the structures and rules of the past simple.

Teacher can use this resource to strengthening listening skill and revising past simple in context.

First students listening the audio two times: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40568792/LISTENINGS/33%20Track%2033.mp3

Teacher goes over some unfamiliar vocabulary

Students receive their workshop

I Part. Multiple Choice.

1. When did Maggie fly to Puerto Rico?

a) July 23^th            b) August 4^th                   c) July 22^nd

2. Who was worried on the plane?

a) Maggie               b) Pablo                          c) his friend

3. When did Maggie meet her host family?

a) July 23^th            b) August 4^th                   c) July 22^nd

4. What language did Pablo and Sonia speak?

a) English               b) Puerto Rican                c) Spanish

5. Maggie felt _____________ because she didn’t understand them.

a) excited              b) frustrated                  c) exhausted

6. On August 4^th Maggie __________________.

a)    wrote on her diary                                   c) flew back home

b)   wasn’t exhausted

Instructions: Maggie kept a diary of her trip.  Listen,then, choose the correct alternative

Reference

Islcollective.(2012). Retrieved November 5, from : https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/listening_simple_past_exercise/past-simple-simple/25094