MODULE 4 • LESSON 31

🕰️ Talking about the Past

Tell clearer stories about past experiences using time expressions and past verbs.

🎧 Listening🗣 Speaking📖 Reading✍️ Writing🌎 Culture
01 • Vocabulary

Listen and Repeat

yesterday
yesterday
last week
last week
last year
last year
ago
two days ago
went
go → went
saw
see → saw
visited
visit → visited
enjoyed
enjoy → enjoyed
02 • English in Real Life

Listen to the Dialogue

E
Emma: What did you do last weekend?
A
Alex: I went to a music festival with my cousins.
E
Emma: Did you enjoy it?
A
Alex: Yes! We saw two bands and took lots of photos.
E
Emma: That sounds fun!
03 • Grammar in Context

Language Focus

Use the Simple Past with time expressions such as yesterday, last weekend, two days ago. Combine events with then, after that and finally.
04 • English & Culture

🌎 Culture Corner — Telling Our Stories

People tell stories about celebrations, trips, family events and ordinary days. Personal stories help us understand experiences from different communities and generations.

🌍 And where you live...?

What kinds of past experiences do people like to talk about where you live?

05 • Reading & Listening

📖 A Weekend to Remember

Read the text. Listen to the complete reading. Then answer the five questions.

A Weekend to Remember

Last month, Ethan visited his grandparents in a small coastal town. On Saturday morning, his grandfather took him to a local market near the harbor. They bought fruit and talked to people who worked there. After lunch, Ethan and his grandmother walked along the beach and collected interesting shells. In the evening, the family prepared dinner together and looked at old photographs. Ethan heard stories about his mother's childhood that he had never heard before. On Sunday, he returned home with photos, a few shells and many new family stories. He realized that a short visit can become an important memory.

Reading Comprehension

1. Who did Ethan visit?

2. Where did his grandfather take him?

3. What did Ethan do on the beach?

4. What did the family look at?

5. What did Ethan learn?

06 • Speaking & Final Challenge

🚀 Your Mission

  1. Tell a short story about a past day.
  2. Use then, after that and finally.
  3. Ask a partner about a memorable weekend.
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