Put it all together

Dayana tells us about this remarkable day in her life. Listen to her, then answer the exercise.

Check exercise + Listening exercise

After listening to Dayana, choose the best options: T (True), F (False) or DS (Doesn't say).

  True False Doesn't say

1. Dayana had friends near home, but not at school.

2. Dayana's father was talking about how to make friends.

3. They had to go back home to pick up Dayana's lunch.

4. Dayana's classmates didn't realize she was near them.

5. At lunchtime, Dayana didn't talk to anyone because they were rude.

6. At the end of the class, Dayana asked a girl to be her friend.

7. The story had a happy ending.
Writing exercise

Listen again and make sentences using the following words and linking words. You may add extra words to make coherent sentences. Pay attention to the tense of verbs.

  1. Words Linking word
    Dayana be scared it be first day school because

    Answer: Dayana was scared because it was her first day at school.

  2. Words Linking word
    Dayana know children school near home or
    Dayana didn’t know children at school or near home.
  3. Words Linking word
    children notice Dayana they be talking because
    Children didn’t notice Dayana because they were talking.
  4. Words Linking word
    Dayana want to talk to children the class start but
    Dayana wanted to talk to the children, but the class started.
  5. Words Linking word
    a girl see that Dayana be sad she ask to be friends and
    A girl saw that Dayana was sad and she asked her to be friends.
  6. Words Linking word
    Zaira & Dayana study together high school be in touch usually but
    Zaira and Dayana didn’t study together at high school, but they are usually in touch.
Writing exercise

In the previous listening we can infer that Zaira (Dayana’s friend) had a good story related to her first day at elementary school. Imagine that you are Zaira, invent and describe a good experience about it.

Write a paragraph using the following words. (50-70 words)

  1. first day
  2. the best
  3. happy/exciting
  4. children
  5. years old
  6. not scared/not nervous
  7. new friends
  8. play
  9. break time
  10. teacher
  11. teach
  12. songs
  13. but
  14. also
  15. because
  16. or
My first day at elementary school was the best experience because I was happy and exciting to meet many children like me. I was just 6 years old, but I wasn’t scared or nervous. On the contrary I immediately started to look for new friends to play at break time, also I had a wonderful teacher who taught me many songs and…
Self evaluation

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I can easily recognize the right pronunciation of regular and irregular verbs in past with no trouble.
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I can clearly recognize the pronunciation of regular and irregular verbs in simple past as well as the contraction: didn’t.
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I can easily make questions and use negative ideas to talk about the past.
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I can efficiently order my ideas using linking words (and, or, but, also, because) to talk about past events.
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I can understand orally general and specific information about past experiences without any problem.
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I can clearly understand general and specific information in written texts dealing with past facts.
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I can doubtlessly organize my ideas and write a short paragraph using linking words (and, or, but, also, because) and time expressions to talk about past events.
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I can express several events that occurred in the past without difficulty in the spoken way.
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