Lesson 67: Unit 122 - Past Tenses (Listening and Speaking)
A reading, listening and speaking lesson with past tenses in English – through two authentic texts about Howard and Jerry Baldwin.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will read and listen to two engaging texts in English – one about a man who woke up in hospital with no memories, and the other about a fan of gangster films named Jerry Baldwin. You will practise recognising and using the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect. You will answer questions about the texts, finish sentences and fill in words from the text. The lesson develops skills in reading comprehension, talking about past events and accurate use of the past tenses in English.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Recognise and understand the Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect in authentic texts.
- Answer questions about what you have read or heard in English using the correct past tense.
- Finish sentences using words and phrases from the texts.
- Recognise key vocabulary from the two texts – hospital, weapons, cinema and details.
- Talk about past events naturally, using the correct form of the verb.
Lesson vocabulary
- telephone Somewhere a telephone had been ringing for quite a long time.
- dream He had heard it in his dream, but it didn't wake him up.
- terrified He was terrified. He looked behind… He could see it!
- bedclothes The bedclothes were nearly off the bed.
- pole Beside the bed, there were two metal poles.
- accident Maybe he had been in an accident.
- hospital ward He was in a hospital ward, a long room full of beds and other patients.
- guard Was he a guard?
- rattle off Jerry would rattle off all the details of that movie.
- collection Jerry had a home collection of over 1,000 gangster videos.
- ammunition He also bought a couple of boxes of ammunition.
- revolver He went to a gun store and bought a used 38 caliber revolver for $300.
- limp Jerry now walks with a limp and a cane, just like some gangsters.
- cane Jerry now walks with a limp and a cane.
- plot He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the plot.
In other languages: Български