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I.E JUAN MARIA CESPEDES
STUDENT’S NAME:
DELIVERY DAY: October 18th 2024
GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS
This English learning guide for work at home was designed to help your son or daughter write about events
in the past such as holidays or birthdays, and identify how to ask questions related to these topics. For
this, your child must dedicate one hour to develop the entire guide. The work described here is related to
page 62 of the student book Way to Go 7 that is available on the Colombia learns platform. The book page
is attached at the end of the guide in case you do not have internet access. The activities in this guide are
briefly described below:
Activity 1: Relate images to sentences in the past tense.
Activity 2: Identify grammatical features through a series of true/false questions.
Activity 3: Read a text and answer some comprehension questions.
Activity 4: Describe your last vacation using the text from the previous exercise and the guide words
as a model.
Activity 5: Self-assess your learning
Each activity presents a clear example of an answer highlighted in yellow. Plus, at the end you can find
the correct answers and additional supporting resources. We appreciate your collaboration in supervising
that your child completes the indicated activities. At the end, you will be able to find a series of questions
to verify what your child learned through the development of this guide.
WELCOME TO THIS SELF-STUDY GUIDE
This self-study guide will give you some orientation about how to describe past events like your last
vacation or your last birthday. The activities presented here are based on the Way to go student’s book
7, Module 2, Unit 2. Lesson 1. It starts with a matching exercise, then you have to answer some grammar
questions (verbs in past form and the auxiliary verb used to ask questions), later you read and answer
some comprehension questions, and finally you find a writing activity about your last vacation.
Topic Skill(s) Grammar Vocabulary Function(s)
Regular and irregular Asking for and
Past tense
My last vacation Writing verbs talking about
Questions
past experiences
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GET READY
Study Resources: Textbooks Links:
time
needed: English Dictionary, notebook, pencil, PDF Way to go student’s book 7, page 62,
file of Way to go student’s book 7. exercise 6.
1 hour
LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING STRATEGIES
What will you learn /practise What can you do to achieve the objectives?
/reinforce with these activities?
Read carefully all the instructions for each task.
To identify questions with some Look at the examples given. They are provided in each of the
action verbs in the past. tasks highlighted in yellow.
To recognize some regular and Use your prior knowledge and try to infer the meaning. You
irregular verbs. should not translate word by word. Use your dictionary only if
To describe past events in written absolutely necessary.
form. Follow the model text given in the exercises to write your
own.
Write in your notebook any “new” words and their meaning in
English and an example that will help you to remember and
use it in the future.
First, read to understand the main idea; then, read to find out
specific details focusing on key words.
ACTIVITIES
1. VOCABULARY TASK (40 minutes)
A. Match the images with the sentences below. Write the corresponding sentence over the picture.
a. I was so excited. d. I visited my grandfather.
b. I took a bus to get there. e. I saw the Cauca river.
c. I took a lot of pictures. f. I went to a big city.
1. _______________ 2. 3.
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2. GRAMMAR TASK (40 minutes)
B. Check these questions and the grammar tip below. Then, choose True or False.
Grammar tip
Infinitive form Past form
Visit Visited
Travel Traveled
Regular verbs Want Wanted
Study Studied
Decide Decided
Take Took
get got
Irregular verbs
Go Went
See Saw
Ride Rode
1. We use 'did' to make questions in the past simple with all types of verbs.
a. True b. False
2. When we use ‘did’ in questions, the verb after the subject is in present.
a. True b. False
3. We use the past form of the verbs to make affirmative sentences.
a. True b. False
4. We have to add d, ed or ied to all verbs in past form.
a. True b. False
5. Irregular verbs change in their past form.
a. True b. False
6. When we make negative sentences, we use ‘did’ and the main verb in the past form.
a. True b. False
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3. READING TASKS (40 minutes)
C. Read about Michael’s school trip and order the paragraphs (a–d).
a. Then, we visited the vivarium – this was full of spiders, snakes and other
reptiles.
I saw a boa, a chameleon, and a tarantula, and I took beautiful pictures.
That was my favourite place. It was incredible!
b. Finally, we went to the planetarium, and I tried a Black Hole Flight
Simulator. We also looked at the stars and learned facts about the universe. It was terrific!
c. First, we visited the aquarium and I saw some wonderful fish there. Some of
them only exist in Colombia! It was awesome!
d. Yesterday, my class went on an amazing school trip to Parque Explora.
1. ____ 2. 3. 4.
D. Read the text about Michael’s trip again and underline the correct option.
1. What place did Michael visit first? the aquarium / Planetarium / Black Hole Flight
2. In the planetarium, he visited the aquarium / Vivarium / Black Hole Flight
3. How did Michael feel that day? tired / excited / frustrated
4. Is this text informing or telling an anecdote? Telling an anecdote / informing news
4. WRITING TASK (40 minutes)
E. Complete the blanks to tell about your last vacation.
My last vacation
In my last vacation, I went to with my . First, we visited
and saw . Then, we went to and
. It was amazing! Finally, we visited . We
and . We had a great time!
5. ASSESSMENT TASK (40 minutes)
F. Color the traffic light according to your understanding of the topic presented in this guide.
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Red: I don't understand. I need help!
Yellow: I understand but I need extra practice!
Green: I understand and I can explain the topic to others!
THIS IS THE END
Congratulations, you can do amazing things! Continue practicing how to talk about past events in
English. You can check the useful resources as well to get more ideas and extra practice. Finally, share
what you learn with your close friends and family.
USEFUL RESOURCES
Online English dictionary https://www.ldoceonline.com/es-LA/
Irregular verbs list https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/irregular-verbs
Past Simple questions British Council http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-practice/past-
simple-questions
My last holiday British Council https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/pre-intermediate-
a2/my-last-holiday
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FEEDBACK
When you have finished the guiding activities, please ask the
following questions to verify the learning process.
1. What activity did you like the most and which activity did you find most difficult?
2. Show me how you describe your last vacation
3. How long did it take you to develop the entire guide?
4. Were the instructions for each activity clear?
5. What resources did you use?
AUTHOR(S)
Name Esneyder Cuesta Mayo
Email [email protected]
School I.E. Juan María Céspedes
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