In the past

1.

What does this
phrase mean?
In the past
The way things
were a long
time ago.

2.

clean
deserted
quite
beautiful
crowded
busy
ugly
polluted

3.

чистый
clean
занятой,
busy
суетливый
красивый
beautiful
переполненный
crowded
Match the opposites.
clean
crowded
busy
beautiful
уродливый
ugly
загрязненный
polluted
пустынный
deserted
тихий
quiet
polluted
quiet
ugly
deserted

4.

Then, ask and answer questions about the picture.
Was
Mineral
Park
polluted
a in
Was
Was
Was
Was
Was
Mineral
Mineral
Mineral
Mineral
Mineral
Park
Park
Park
Park
Park
beautiful
crowded
quiet
busy
ugly
in
in
Were the streets quiet?
deserted
town
in1871?
1871?in 1871?
Yes,
itwasn’t.
was.
We
see
No,
itit
There
weren’t
No,
wasn’t
wasn’t.
There
it
was
were
very
No,
Yes,
it
wasn’t.
it was.
It
Itcan
was
was
very
a a
No,
it wasn’t.
Yes,
they
verynice/fantastic
many
people.
There
were
railway
station,
awere.
hotel
and
many
clean.
people.
beautiful.
town.
no cars
or buses.
a saloon.

5.

Describe the town to your partner.
There was a ….
There weren’t any ….

6.

What is a ghost town?
2
1
2
1
3
3
1. a town ghosts live in
2. a town which does not exist
any more
3. a town in which people lived
but now there aren’t any
3

7.

Read and give each
paragraph a title.
Then, explain the
words in bold.
Ghost Town
Mineral Park in the Past
Life in Mineral Park
The End of Mineral Park

8.

Read and give each
paragraph a title.
Then, explain the
words in bold.
Разрушенный
Еженедельная газета
Шахты
Здоровый
Получить
представление

9.

IsDid
this
the
sentence
action finish
aboutinnow
theor
When did event happen?
the
past?
past?
Columbus discovered America in 1492.
About
the past.
InYes.
1492.

10.

List the verbs which express an action in
the past in the text.
worked
was
travelled
closed
moved
tried
lived
liked
stopped
started

11.

Past Simple
Verbs
regular
live – lived
work – worked
start - started
Key words:
Spelling
rules for
adding -ed
Yesterday – вчера
Last night/week/year –
прошлой ночью/неделю/год
Three days ago – три дня назад
irregular
go – went
build – built
come - came
To be

12.

Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets.
Sharon moves to San Francisco.
(last month)
Sharon moved to San Francisco
last month.
The town is busy. (50 years ago)
The town was busy 50 years ago.
His father works in a mine.
(in 1995)
His father worked in a mine in
1995.
She often visits her grandma.
(yesterday)
She visited her grandma
yesterday.

13.

Write the past simple of the verbs in the correct box.
Listen and check.
/ıd/
/t/
/d/
want
open
wash
work
carry
cook
clean
watch
play
visit
travel
listen

14.

Use the verbs in the past simple to make sentences about yourself.
I visited…
I washed…
I played …
I cooked..
I carried …
I watched …
I cleaned …
I opened …
*last night
*yesterday
*last
weekend
*last summer
*yesterday
afternoon
want
open
wash
work
carry
cook
clean
watch
play
visit
travel
listen

15.

Work in pairs. Imagine you are interviewing a person who lived in Mineral Park.
Use the prompts to ask and answer questions.
work / mines
travel / by cars
move / other towns
live / blocks of flats
No,
Yes,they
theydidn’t.
did. There
They
No,
they
didn’t.
Yes,
they
did.
was
travelled
a railway
on horses.
station.
Did
Did
Did
people
people
move
work
to
in
by
Didpeople
peopletravel
live in
other
thecars?
mines?
towns?
blocks
of
flats?

16.

Listen and repeat. Can you think of
more words that have the same
pronunciation but different spelling?
where
Pskov
were
Where were you born?
Write a short paragraph about
what your town was like 100
years ago. Think about: shops,
streets, transports.
Moscow
Saint-Petersburg

17.

Match the pictures to the places in the
list.
• School
Workbook
• Post office
• Saloon
• Restaurant
• Newsagent’s
• Railway station
Railway
Newsagents
School
station
Restaurant
Saloon
Post
office

18.

Choose the correct item.

19.

Look at Becky’s weekend ‘to do’ list. Ask and answer, as in the example.
Did Becky tidy her room?
Yes, she did.
Did Becky wash her dad’s car?
Yes, she did.
Did Becky clean the house?
Yes, she did.
Did Becky work on her computer?
No, she didn’t
Did Becky finish her homework?
No, she didn’t
Did Becky visit her grandparents?
No, she didn’t

20.

Find and circle the past
simple forms of the
verbs below.