SESIÓN DE APRENDIZAJE N° 06

PAST TENSE

My name is Christian. I am ten years old. I

like to play. I learned how to ride a bike when
I was six.

This is my cousin Lucy. She is from New York.

She likes to read books. Her favorite book is
“Harry Potter.” She learned how to read
when she was four.

His name is Anthony. He is very friendly. He

always goes to the playground. He can do a
handstand, a somersault and a cartwheel. He
learned how to do a somersault when he was five
years old.

He is George. He swims two hours a day. He

likes to swim with his family and friends. Every
summer he swims in the beach. He is swimming
now in a swimming pool. He learned how to swim
when he was three years old.

Charisse is my younger sister. She is shorter

than me. She has brown straight hair.
She is two years old. Last year, she learned how
to walk.

Reading Activity “Childhood Memories and

Milestones”

Match the sentences to the pictures.

1.
2.

3.

4.

5.

Write your own “Childhood Memories and Milestones”

 IRREGULAR VERB
PRESENT PAST Examples
Write Wrote My sister wrote a small poem
Speak Spoke They spoke all the class
Buy Bought Camila bought a lot of bottles of milk
Go Went The geese went to the south
Eat Ate My horses ate hay

My childhood memories
A) Instructions: Complete the following text with a word. Then check your answers with
 your partner.

Hello, my name is Paola. When I __________ 1 a child I was a very shy girl. My family and I lived in a
small __________2 in Oaxaca, Mexico. I remember my ______________ 3 friend at elementary
school ______________4 Manuel. When we met he was eight years ______________5 and I was
nine. We were in the same ______________6 at school. We sat together and always played in the
break, we call it recreo here in Mexico.
______________7 family was very nice and they lived near my house, so we spent a lot time
together. We watched cartoons on TV, ______________8 games, and did our homework together. In
summer we were together too, we went swimming in the river when the weather was hot, we played
with our toys, and played video games a lot – our favorite was Mario Bros.- When his family moved to
another city, I ______________9 very sad. The time we spent together ________ fantastic!.

B) Instructions: complete the following statements about the information in the text.

1. Paola is from… ______________________________________________________________

2. Paola’s best friend’s name was… ________________________________________________
3. Paola and his friend met at… ___________________________________________________
4. They watched…on TV. _________________________________________________________
5. They went swimming in… ______________________________________________________
6. They played…a lot.____________________________________________________________
7. Their favorite video game was…_________________________________________________
8. Manuel’s family moved to…____________________________________________________
9. She felt…when Manuel left._____________________________________________________
10. Paola’s childhood was…_______________________________________________________