UNIT 3

OUR MEALS
LESSON 2: GRAMMAR
PAST SIMPLE
WARM
UP
 Guessing
Irregular verbs & regular verbs
• This activity is played individually.
• There are 10 picture cards totally which show action verbs.
• Students guess the verbs in the present and in the past.
Example: Start – started.
• Teachers open the cards to show the correct answer.
• Do the activities until all the cards are opend. Have students repeat all of
these verbs.

Next
 RUN Guessing
OPEN PLAY START
START SPEAK
Irregular verbs &
RAN OPENED PLAYED STARTED SPOKE

regular verbs
WATCH EAT COOK GO TAKE
WATCHED ATE COOKED WENT TOOK
 RUN OPEN PLAY START
START SPEAK
RAN OPENED PLAYED STARTED SPOKE

WATCH EAT COOK GO TAKE

WATCHED ATE COOKED WENT TOOK
Read the sentences 1-3 and decide when they
refer to. Write past, present, or future. Then say
the words or phrases that help you choose
your answers.
 PRESENT PAST FUTURE

FUTURE
She is planning to attend a junior
cooking contest next
nextyear.
year
 PRESENT PAST FUTURE

PAST
She set up her own cafeteria three
years ago.
ago
 PRESENT PAST FUTURE

PRESENT
Some people prefer to buy canned
food because it’s affordable and
convenient .
Look at the examples. Choose the correct
usage (past habits, past facts, completed
actions in the past, a series of completed
actions in the past) to fill in the spaces. Then
underline the past time expression in each
example.
 I baked chocolate cookies last
night.
past habits
past facts
completed actions in the past
a series of completed actions in the
past
Yesterday he went home, took a
bath, and had dinner with his
family.
past habits
past facts
completed actions in the past
a series of completed actions in
the past
Grace ate ice-cream every day
when she was a child.
past habits
past facts
completed actions in the past
a series of completed actions in the
past
Two years ago, Mark didn’t like
sweet food.
past habits
past facts
completed actions in the past
a series of completed actions in the
past
Who can write the past tense of these verbs
quickly? These verbs are in the reading
passage.
 A B
pla played catc caught
y h
mak made
prep prepared
are e
use used find found
What’s
loo thelooked
difference between
eat the verbs
ate in
Column
k A and Column B? Can put
you add some
remai remained put
more
n verbs to the columns?
dr dried tak took
y
gat e
gathered sit sit
her
tr tried understunderstood
Complete the sentences with the past simple
form of the verbs from exercise 3.
 1
play use look dry try put sit

gathered for
This morning, my family ________
sat
breakfast. We ________ around the
made bánh cuốn and we
table. Mom ________
used
________ chopsticks to enjoy it.

prepare remain gather catch make

 2
play use look dry try put sit

caught a lot of
Dad went fishing and ________
dried
fish yesterday. He ________ the fish
under the sun and kept them for rainy
days.

prepare remain gather catch find

 3
play use make dry try put sit

Last summer, my sister ________ made

pickles by using cabbages, cucumbers
found
and onions. She ________ different
ways to keep the pickles fresh.

prepare remain gather catch find

 4
play use look dry try put sit

On Tết holiday last year, my family

members cooked some traditional
put
dishes and ________ them on a round
tray to honor our ancestor.

prepare remain gather catch find

 5
eat use look dry try put sit

People in the countryside usually

ate
________ rice, meat or fish, and
vegetables for breakfast many years
ago.

prepare remain gather catch find

 6
play use look dry try put sit

tried
Carla ________ a variety of local foods
when she visited Việt Nam.

prepare remain gather catch find

Change the sentences into negatives and
questions as in the example below.
 I ate burgers for lunch.

I didn’t eat burgers for lunch.

Did you eat burgers for lunch?

 I ate burgers for lunch.

I didn’t eat burgers for lunch.

Did you eat burgers for lunch?

Kerry’s mother made Vietnamese sausages
on her own.

Kerry’s mother didn’t make Vietnamese

sausages on her own.

Did Kerry’s mother make Vietnamese

sausages on her own?
My grandmother baked a birthday cake on
my last birthday.

My grandmother didn’t bake a birthday

cake on my last birthday.

Did your grandmother bake a birthday

cake on your last birthday?
Lily experienced Vietnamese dishes last
year.

Lily didn’t experience Vietnamese

dishes last year.

Did Lily experience Vietnamese dishes

last year?
She found it interesting to use chopsticks.

She didn’t find it interesting to use

chopsticks.

Did she find it interesting to use

chopsticks?
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
 Work in pairs.

1. What did your mother cook for you yesterday?

2. Did she make your favorite dish?

3. How was the food?

 EXTRA
ACTIVITIES
Do you
know?
Play Finish
Which is produced by bees?

honey

fruit

milk answer next

What is considered the staple food of
Vietnamese people?

shrimp

fish

rice answer next

In which region of Việt Nam do people add
more sugar to food more than other regions?

The South

The North

The Center answer next

What does “Bánh Chưng” symbolize for?

The sky

The Earth

The Sun answer next

Which province is “Cao Lầu” originated?

Quảng Ngãi

Bình Định

Quảng Nam answer next

What are Vietnamese sausages made of?

chicken

pork

seafood answer next

What are five taste elements in Việt Nam?
They’re spicy, sour, bitter, salty and ___.

fat

umami

sweet answer next

What do Vietnamese people usually use
to eat?

chopsticks & spoons

knives and forks
forks and spoons

answer next
What’s NOT common ingredient in
Vietnamese cuisine?

fish sauce

shrimp paste
corn flour
answer next
Which Vietnamese dish is popular
around the world?

Phở

Bánh cuốn

spring rolls answer end

WELL DONE!
WRAP
UP
 A fact about you in the present

An action
which you A plan you
completed Write 3 sentences will do in
in the past. the future
about

SAY
THANK
YOU