Let’s talk about the PAST
What did you do yesterday? Conversation
What were you doing at cards
10 p.m. How is life today different from
Describe your day. yesterday evening? life 100 years ago?
Give examples.
Where were you born? When was the last time you went Think of a major news story of
Where did you grow up? on holiday? the recent past.
Talk about your childhood. Talk about it. (where, who, when, Tell it in your own words.
how long, with whom, what see/do)
Think of three things that didn’t Talk about your last birthday. Think of a relative or a celebrity
exist 20 years ago. What did What did you do? Did you have a who passed away. (=died)
people do without them? party? Who was there? Talk about them.
Could you live without them?
When was the first time you Think about the last time you Think about the first pet you
went to the cinema? had a lot of fun with friends. ever had. What was it?
Talk about this experience. What did you do? Tell the class about it.
Talk about it.
Ask a friend some questions Did you watch the 2008 Beijing Nowadays many families have a
about their last shopping trip. Olympics? What do you car. How did your grandparents
(when, how/get there, where/go, what/buy, remember? get around?
go/with who, how much/spend)
Talk about them.
Older people sometimes talk Christopher Columbus is one of ‘You have to know the past to
about ‘the good old days’. the most famous explorers ever. understand the future.’ (Carl
What do they mean? Discuss. What do you know about him? Sagan) Do you agree? Explain.
- Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future.
- No man is rich enough to buy back his past. (Oscar Wilde)
- For the majority of us, the past is a regret, the future an
experiment. (Mark Twain)
Do you agree? Discuss.
1. Yesterday, I sleeping in the morning then in the afternoon I listened to music.
2. yesterday at 10 p.m. I was playing with my brother
3. Life a hundred years ago was totally different from life today, fuel was sold in
pharmacies, they did not have electricity, there were no special days and you could not
leave after ten at night.
4. I was born in Copiapó and grew up in the same city. When I was a child, I used to have a
very happy life. We had many toys that he shared with my little brother. Every Saturday
we spend the day in one of our grandmother's houses and on Sunday in the other, I
played a lot with my cousins. During the week I went to school in the morning and
studied in the afternoon, I also had dance classes.
5. On my last vacation I spent the best days of my trip on Easter Island. We went to the
beach every day, I had a wonderful time with my boyfriend, we drank juices, and we ate
some delicious pineapples from the area. We played volleyball on the beach, and then
we went to the disco and danced all night.
We saw the amazing and beautiful sunset on the beach, we also had a bonfire and
played some drinking games, after a week, we returned to reality in my city.
6. A news story from the recent past is the disappearance of Catalina, a young woman from
Copiapo who was kidnapped and tortured by her kidnapper and it is still not possible to
find her.
7. Twenty years ago, smartphones, flat-screen TVs, and the Internet did not exist. people
lived happily without these electronic devices and they enjoyed life more. Yes, yes I could
live without those electronic devices.
8. I was in my room, it was my birthday and I was not very excited because I really don't like
getting old, anyway my family has always been at birthday parties and celebrating, so I
had no choice but to get up and go out to celebrate, they had I prepared many delicious
things, I had a great time.
9. Three years ago my paternal grandmother passed away. It was a very hard time and
very difficult to assimilate. I miss her so much.
10. The first time I went to the movies I saw an action movie, I went with friends and we ate
a lot of popcorn.
11. The last time I had fun with friends was before quarantine when we shared in a barbecue
and laughed a lot.
12. The first pet I had was a smooth long-haired mixed breed, it was medium size and very
loving.
13. Where did you go shopping?, what did you buy?, who did you go shopping with?.
14. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were held in Beijing, China. the inauguration was held on
August 8 and was held at the national stadium known as "bird's nest".
15. My grandparents moved on railways or citronetas.
16. "the good old days" means lo bueno what happened in ancient times or in past years.
17. Christopher Columbus is the navigator who discovered America.
18. Yes I agree. because he who does not remember his past history is condemned to
repeat it.
