Презентация к уроку In the Past

The Past Simple tense

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Time markers : yesterday, last night (weekend), two weeks (5 days) ago, in 1871

Forming

Affirmative (+) 700 people lived in the town Mineral Park was a busy town

Negative (-) 700 people didn’t live in the town Mineral Park wasn’t a busy town

Question (?) Did 700 people live in the town? Was Mineral Park a busy town?

Pay attention to the reading of the ending ed

[t]

[d]

[id]

called

worked

Lived

liked

Travelled

stopped

Moved

Closed

Wanted

Visited

Fill in the appropriate form of the verb in the Past Simple tense

My granny … (want) to visit a ghost town.

The shop … (open) two years ago.

He … (not wash) his car yesterday.

Their grandparents ….(live) in that hotel in 1999?

The town … (be) busy in 2010.

Our friends …. (not travel) to the US last summer.

Girls …. (not work) in that family.

Boys ….. (like) stories about old towns.

Your family …(move) to Arizona?

The shops .. (close) down in 1887?

New words

change

a weekly newspaper

ruin

mine

wealthy

get an idea

Fill in the words:

get an idea, ruined, wealthy, mines, weekly newspaper

1.People visit the museum to …. of what like was like in the past

2.today, there are only a few … buildings left.

3.There was a school, a saloon, a restaurant and even a ….

4.Lots of people worked in …..

5. Everyone was happy and …..

What is a ghost town?

A town ghosts live in

A town which does not exist any more

A town in which people lived

but now there aren’t any

Mineral Park is a town in the United States. It is called a 'ghost town' because no one lives there anymore. It … (be) a different town in the past though.

In 1871, 700 people … (live) in Mineral Park. There … (be) a school, lots of shops, a post office, saloons, a doctor's, a hotel, a restaurant and even a weekly newspaper. It … (be) a very busy town with lots of people but no cars. People … (travel) by train and on horses.

Lots of the people from Mineral Park ..(work) in the mines. After work they .. (like) to spend their free time in the saloons and restaurant. Everyone … (be) happy and wealthy, but all that .. (stop).

After 1887 Mineral Park … (start) to change into a quiet town. Many families … (move) to other towns and the shops … (close) down. Some people …(try) to stay but there … (be) nothing for them to do. By 1912, the town … (be) nearly empty. Today, there are only a few ruined buildings left. People still visit Mineral Park though to get an idea of what life … (be) like in the past.

Name

Its current state

Description of the buildings, people who lived/live there.