How Was Your Day? — Student | Essential Idiomas

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Listening

10 minutes

Dialogue: Ana asks Leo about his day when he arrives home.

Ana and Leo

Here is the text from the listening. Read along and check your answers.

Hi! How was your day?

Busy! I got up at 6 today.

Six?! That's early! Did you have breakfast?

No, I didn't. I didn't have time.

So what did you do?

I went to two meetings, had lunch with my boss, and then did a presentation.

Wow. Did you take a taxi home?

No, I went home by bus. And then I did homework!

Homework? You?!

My English homework! For tomorrow's class!

Wow! What else? Did you go shopping? Did you do housework?

Yes, I did housework all morning! And I took a quick nap too.

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Comprehension:

1. What time did Leo get up?

2. Did Leo have breakfast?

3. What homework did Leo do?

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Language Focus

12 minutes

Grammar: past simple irregular verbs (get→got, go→went, have→had, do→did, take→took)

Form	Structure
Affirmative	I got up early.,She went shopping.,We had lunch.,He did homework.,They took a taxi.
Negative	I didn't get up early.,She didn't go shopping.,We didn't have lunch.
Interrogative	Did you get up early?,Did she go shopping?,Did they take a taxi?

Common Errors

I didn't went. → I didn't go.

Did you went? → Did you go?

I goed to school. → I went to school.

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Practice

15 minutes

Irregular Verbs Chart

Complete the chart with the past form, then fill in the sentences.

1. get →

2. take →

3. I (get) up at 7 this morning.

4. We (have) lunch at a nice restaurant.

5. They (take) a taxi to the airport.

Present → Past Phrases

Match the present phrase to its past form.

Column A

get up early

go shopping

have breakfast

do homework

take a taxi

go home

Column B

went home

got up early

went shopping

had breakfast

did homework

took a taxi

Leo's Day: Complete the Story

Complete the sentences about Leo's day with the correct past form.

1. Leo (get) up at 6 o'clock.

2. He (not/have) breakfast.

3. He (go) to two meetings.

4. He (have) lunch with his boss.

5. He (not/take) a taxi home.

6. He (do) his English homework.

True or False — Leo's Busy Day

Based on Ana and Leo's conversation, is each statement True (A) or False (B)?

1. Leo got up at 6 o'clock.

False

True

2. Leo had breakfast.

False

True

3. Leo went to two meetings.

True

False

4. Leo took a taxi home.

True

False

5. Leo did his English homework.

True

False

Past Tense — Tell Your Day

Read each prompt out loud. Use real memories.

1. Tell me about yesterday: I got up early. I had breakfast. I took the bus to work. I went shopping after.

2. Tell me about Saturday: I went shopping. I did housework all morning. I took a nap. I had lunch late.

3. Ask: Did you go shopping? Did you take a taxi? Did you do housework?

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Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Talking about your daily routine in the past.

1. What did you do yesterday morning?

Follow-up: Did you get up early or late?

2. Did you go shopping last weekend?

Follow-up: What did you buy? / What did you do at home?

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

✓
I can use irregular past verbs: got up, went, had, did, took.
✓
I can talk about what I did yesterday.
✓
I can ask and answer: Did you...? Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

Great work today!

Next class: directions! Is there a bank near here? Turn left, then right. How to ask and give directions.