What a strange day! — ready-made English lesson, A2

Lesson goal: Students can tell a short story about the past using irregular verbs and ask questions with did.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- What did you do yesterday evening?
- What did you have for breakfast today?
- Did you meet anyone interesting last week?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
Match the pairsMemory
go – went · have – had · see – saw · buy – bought · eat – ate · drink – drank · come – came · get – got · make – made · write – wrote · take – took · give – gave · find – found · tell – told · meet – met
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Multiple choice
  Yesterday I ___ my old teacher in the park.
  meetmetmeeted
2. Multiple choice
  Did you ___ your keys?
  findfoundfinded
3. Multiple choice
  She ___ me a funny story last night.
  toldtelledtell
4. Multiple choice
  We didn't ___ to the party because we were tired.
  gowentgone
5. Fill the gap
  I ___ (buy) a present for my mum on Saturday.
  Answer: bought
6. Fill the gap
  He ___ an email to his boss this morning.
  Answer: wrote
7. Fill the gap
  What did you ___ for lunch?
  Answer: have / eat
8. True / false
  Read: "Yesterday was a strange day. I took the wrong bus and came to work late. At lunch I ate a sandwich, but I didn't drink my coffee because it was cold. In the evening I found fifty pounds in an old jacket!" The writer came to work on time.
  Answer: False
9. True / false
  Read: "Yesterday was a strange day. I took the wrong bus and came to work late. At lunch I ate a sandwich, but I didn't drink my coffee because it was cold. In the evening I found fifty pounds in an old jacket!" The writer found some money.
  Answer: True
10. Discussion question
  Write about your day yesterday. Use at least four irregular verbs.
  Sample answer: Yesterday I got up at seven and had breakfast. I went to work by bus and met a friend on the way. In the evening I made dinner and wrote some messages.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- What was the best thing that happened to you last week?
- Where did you go on your last holiday?
- What was the last present you gave someone?
- Tell me about a time you lost or found something.
5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz

Lesson plan

Warm-up

Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.

What did you do yesterday evening?
What did you have for breakfast today?
Did you meet anyone interesting last week?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

Match the pairsMemory

go – went · have – had · see – saw · buy – bought · eat – ate · drink – drank · come – came · get – got · make – made · write – wrote · take – took · give – gave · find – found · tell – told · meet – met

All words in the set

Exercises

The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.

Multiple choice
Yesterday I ___ my old teacher in the park.
meetmetmeeted
Multiple choice
Did you ___ your keys?
findfoundfinded
Multiple choice
She ___ me a funny story last night.
toldtelledtell
Multiple choice
We didn't ___ to the party because we were tired.
gowentgone
Fill the gap
I ___ (buy) a present for my mum on Saturday.
Answer: bought
Fill the gap
He ___ an email to his boss this morning.
Answer: wrote
Fill the gap
What did you ___ for lunch?
Answer: have / eat
True / false
Read: "Yesterday was a strange day. I took the wrong bus and came to work late. At lunch I ate a sandwich, but I didn't drink my coffee because it was cold. In the evening I found fifty pounds in an old jacket!" The writer came to work on time.
Answer: False
True / false
Read: "Yesterday was a strange day. I took the wrong bus and came to work late. At lunch I ate a sandwich, but I didn't drink my coffee because it was cold. In the evening I found fifty pounds in an old jacket!" The writer found some money.
Answer: True
Discussion question
Write about your day yesterday. Use at least four irregular verbs.
Sample answer: Yesterday I got up at seven and had breakfast. I went to work by bus and met a friend on the way. In the evening I made dinner and wrote some messages.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

What was the best thing that happened to you last week?
Where did you go on your last holiday?
What was the last present you gave someone?
Tell me about a time you lost or found something.

Review

A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.

Quiz