Past Simple Time Expressions with Forrest Gump
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Past Simple Time Expressions with Forrest Gump

This lesson plan focuses on improving reading and grammar skills through engaging exercises. Students will read a short text about Forrest Gump, complete sentence gap-fills, match sentence halves, and unscramble words to practice past time expressions. The lesson also includes a writing task where learners use target vocabulary to describe past events.

Skills

  • Can understand texts describing people, places, everyday life and culture, provided they use simple language.
  • Can give very short, basic descriptions of events, past activities and personal experiences.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Have you ever seen the movie Forrest Gump?

If so, what are some events that happened in the main character's life? If not, what do you think the story is about? Look at the picture below to help you make your predictions.
2

Read the story about Forrest Gump. Are there any facts about his life that surprise you?

3

Complete the sentences with the phrases from the text.

4

Read the rule about past simple time expressions.

5

Match the halves to make sentences using past simple time expressions.

6

Unscramble the words to make sentences.

7

Choose a topic and complete the writing task using the time expressions below.

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