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Mark The Jogger

This document provides teaching notes and materials for an activity on past simple verbs. The activity involves students reading about a man named Mark's daily routine and completing sentences in the past simple tense about what he did or did not do the previous day. It includes a reading passage, gap fill sentences to practice affirmative and negative forms, and a writing exercise where students describe their own previous day in a short paragraph using past simple verbs. The goal is to practice using regular and irregular past simple verb forms in the context of a short text.

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Mark The Jogger

This document provides teaching notes and materials for an activity on past simple verbs. The activity involves students reading about a man named Mark's daily routine and completing sentences in the past simple tense about what he did or did not do the previous day. It includes a reading passage, gap fill sentences to practice affirmative and negative forms, and a writing exercise where students describe their own previous day in a short paragraph using past simple verbs. The goal is to practice using regular and irregular past simple verb forms in the context of a short text.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Mark the Jogger

Activity Type Introduction


Grammar, Reading In this past simple worksheet, students read a text about 'Mark
and Writing Exercises: the Jogger' and complete past simple affirmative and negative
gap-fill, writing a short sentences about the text.
paragraph
Procedure
Focus Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Past simple affirmative
First, students read about Mark's typical working day. This can be
and negative sentences,
done individually or as a class.
regular and irregular past
simple verb forms
Students then complete past simple affirmative and negative
sentences about what he did and didn't do yesterday.
Aim
Students do this by changing the verbs in the text into their past
To read a text and then simple form and using them in the sentences.
complete sentences
about the text in the past Exercise B - Answer key
simple tense.
1. got
2. went
Preparation 3. had
4. rode
Make one copy of the
5. took
worksheet for each
6. He started work
student.
7. He didn't have (never had)
8. He finished work
Level 9. was / arrived
10. He cooked
Elementary (A1-A2) 11. He watched
12. He didn't go
13. He went
Time 14. He slept
30 minutes
Next, students write a short paragraph about what they did
yesterday in the past simple tense using the text as a guide.

Finally, students read their paragraphs to the class.

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PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Mark the Jogger

A. Read about Mark's typical working day.

I usually get up at 6 o'clock and have a shower. Then, I go for an early morning jog in the park.

After that, I have a big breakfast and ride my bicycle to work, which usually takes me about half

an hour. I start work at 8:30 a.m. I never have lunch. I finish work at 5 o'clock. I’m always tired

when I arrive home. I usually cook a meal in the evening and then watch TV. I don’t usually go

out at night. I go to bed at about 10:30 p.m. I always sleep well.

B. Yesterday was a typical day for Mark. Use the verbs from the text to complete
the past simple affirmative and negative sentences about what he did or didn't do
yesterday. Write one word in each space.

1. He ..................... up at 6 o'clock.

2. He ..................... for an early morning jog.

3. He ..................... a big breakfast.

4. He ..................... his bicycle to work.

5. It ..................... him half an hour to get to work.

6. ..................... ..................... ..................... at 8:30 a.m.

7. ..................... ..................... ..................... lunch.

8. ..................... ..................... ..................... at 5 o'clock.

9. He ..................... tired when he ..................... home.

10. ..................... ..................... a meal yesterday evening.

11. ..................... ..................... TV.

12. ..................... ..................... ..................... out last night.

13. ..................... ..................... to bed at 10:30 p.m.

14. ..................... ..................... well last night.

C. What did you do yesterday? Write a short paragraph in the past simple.

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