ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO

UNIDAD DE NIVELACIN Y ADMISIN

PERIOD: MARCH-AUGUST 2014

ENGLISH CENTER

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

WEBQUEST FOR ENGLISH II STUDENTS

ENGLISH

Designed by: Martha Lara

mlaraf@espoch.edu.ec

Riobamba Ecuador

1. INTRDUCTION
We are going to go on a very interesting trip, remember good memories and situations that
will always remind in our brain and heart. Ready to talk about your best holiday, vacation
and all the experiences you lived.

2. TASK
During this exciting trip you are going to work on the following:
1. Revising the Past Simple Tense.
2. Reading a comprehension passage using The Simple Past.
3. Extracting the past form of verbs.
4. Playing with verbs.
5. Listening to songs.
3. PROCESS
A: Review
Review the Past Simple Tense by watching this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2jRfFe82Y

B: Act
1) Read the passage and make 2 lists of past form verbs: regular and irregular.
http://www.eslgold.com/writing/sample_past.html

2) Listen to the song Set Fire by Adele, visit the following URL
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/6485/Quiz
and complete the quiz. Enjoy!
C: Play
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb2-irregularverbs.html

4. EVALUACIN

Collaborative Work Skills : Past Simple Tense

Teacher Name: Mrs. Lara

Student Name:

________________________________________

CATEGORY
Focus on the task

4 Excellent
Consistently stays
focused on the task
and what needs to
be done. Very selfdirected.

3 Good
Focuses on the task
and what needs to
be done most of the
time. Other group
members can count
on this person.

Quality of Work

Provides work of
the highest quality.

Provides high
quality work.

Problem-solving

Actively looks for

and suggests
solutions to
problems.

Refines solutions
suggested by
others.

Working with
Others

Almost always
listens to, shares
with, and supports
the efforts of
others. Tries to
keep people
working well
together.

Usually listens to,

shares, with, and
supports the efforts
of others. Does not
cause \"waves\" in
the group.

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2 Average
Focuses on the task
and what needs to
be done some of
the time. Other
group members
must sometimes
nag, prod, and
remind to keep this
person on-task.
Provides work that
occasionally needs
to be
checked/redone by
other group
members to ensure
quality.
Does not suggest or
refine solutions, but
is willing to try out
solutions suggested
by others.

1 Poor
Rarely focuses on
the task and what
needs to be done.
Lets others do the
work.

Often listens to,

shares with, and
supports the efforts
of others, but
sometimes is not a
good team
member.

Rarely listens to,

shares with, and
supports the efforts
of others. Often is
not a good team
player.

Provides work that

usually needs to be
checked/redone by
others to ensure
quality.

Does not try to

solve problems or
help others solve
problems. Lets
others do the work.

5. CONCLUSIN
Even though most students nowadays find hard to identify regular verbs, it is important to
remember he Simple Past function which is to show an action that started and finished in
the past. Therefore regular verbs can be identified by adding ed or d, but the irregular
verbs are different in so many ways. Now we can see that we can fun while learning.
6. DIDACTIC GUIDE
The main purpose of this web quest is to guide students to use the language in an
accurate way by developing fun activities while using technology, since grammar is one of
the aspect students have difficulty with. Below there is some on line bibliography you could
review if needed.
Bibliography:
http://www.engvid.com/
http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/grammar-vocabulary-andpronunciation/english-grammar-use-4th-edition
http://www.azargrammar.com/