Where were you?
Basic Grammar Sentences
Vocabulary
Write the name of each place under each image.
1 at the park 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
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Where were you?
Basic Grammar Sentences
Target Structure
Using today’s target structure, write a
question and answer for each image below.
1. (Meg, at 3:00 pm)
Q: Where was Meg at 3:00 pm?
A: Meg was at a restaurant.
2. (he, at 8:00 am)
Q:
A:
3. (she, on Saturday morning)
Q:
A:
4. (they, at 9:00 am)
Q:
A:
5. (we, last night)
Q:
A:
6. (you, at 10:00 pm)
Q:
A:
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Basic Grammar Sentences
Work in Pairs – Partner A
Where were Ben and Danielle yesterday?
Ask your partner about the missing information.
7:00 am 12:00 pm 3:00 pm 8:00 pm 11:00 pm
Ben
Danielle
Now Work Alone
After you’ve finished the pair work above,
answer the questions below on your own.
1. Where was Ben at 7:00 am?
2. Where Danielle 3:00 pm?
3. Ben 12:00 pm?
4. Was Danielle in the bath at 8:00 pm?
5. Were you in bed at 11:00 pm last night?
6. Where were you at 8:00 am this morning?
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Basic Grammar Sentences
Work in Pairs – Partner B
Where were Ben and Danielle yesterday?
Ask your partner about the missing information.
7:00 am 12:00 pm 3:00 pm 8:00 pm 11:00 pm
Ben
Danielle
Now Work Alone
After you’ve finished the pair work above,
answer the questions below on your own.
1. Where was Ben at 7:00 am?
2. Where Danielle 3:00 pm?
3. Ben 12:00 pm?
4. Was Danielle in the bath at 8:00 pm?
5. Were you in bed at 11:00 pm last night?
6. Where were you at 8:00 am this morning?
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Where were you?
Basic Grammar Sentences
Listening
Listen to where your teacher was yesterday
throughout the day. Fill in the blanks as you listen.
7:00 am 9:00 am 12:00 pm 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm 12:00 am
Now write four sentences from your answers above.
Example: My teacher was at the park at 2:00 pm yesterday.
Class Survey
Where were all of your classmates yesterday?
Conduct this survey to find out.
Name 4:00 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 pm
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Basic Grammar Sentences
Review and Fun
A. Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions.
Try not to look at your notes.
1. school 5. the dentist’s 9. the doctor’s
2. a train 6. the mall 10. a restaurant
3. the bath 7. the shower 11. the park
4. the garden 8. bed 12. a movie
B. Unscramble the Words
Unscramble the words from today’s lesson.
1. rhoswe 5. voime
2. dbe 6. thab
3. osolhc 7. nirat
4. kpra 8. tnurretsaa
C. Word Search
Find 10 words from l s e a g a r d e n
today’s lesson in the puzzle.
b l c a t t n n t l
e e s h o w e r l g
d m b h o g g a a b
r o a t o o m t a o
t v t n h w l l a w
n i t r h s p g a r
r e s t a u r a n t
e e a c r i t c r l
a b e t b r n a l k
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Basic Grammar Sentences
Teachers’ Notes
Aim Work in Pairs
The aim is introduce students to the simple past using “be.” Have your students work in pairs to complete the information gap.
They’ll have to ask each other about where Ben and Danielle were
at different times throughout the day.
New Vocabulary
at the park, at the mall, at school, at a movie, at a restaurant, Now Work Alone
on a train, at the dentist’s, at the doctor’s, in the garden,
in the shower, in the bath, in bed When they are finished the pair work, have your students try the
follow-up activity to review their writing skills for this structure.
(Make sure they are not doing the follow-up activity and pair work
Target Structure activity at the same time. These are meant to be done separately.)
Examples:
Where were you at 10:00 last night? I was at a movie. Listening
Where was he at 4:00 pm? He was at the park.
For this task you’ll need to tell the students about where
you were at different times yesterday. Use the places from
Teaching the Class (before the handouts) today’s lesson, or use other places that your students know.
To make the task more student-centered, have your students
Use the flashcards to elicit and check your students’ call out the questions. E.g., “Where were you at 4:00 pm?”
understanding of the vocabulary and target structures.
Class Survey
After you’ve gone over the vocabulary and target structures, hand
out the worksheets. Write all the new phrases on the board and Students should walk around the class and ask as many classmates
have your students copy them down on page 1. (They should write as possible where they were at 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, and 10:00 pm
the new phrases below each image.) Then elicit the target structure yesterday. As a follow-up, you could have students write out
and write the questions and answers on the board. Have students full sentences or report some of their findings to the class.
copy down the questions and answers on page 2.
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Basic Grammar Sentences
Answer Key
Vocabulary Listening
1. at the park 5. at a restaurant 9. in the garden Answers will vary.
2. at the mall 6. on a train 10. in the shower
3. at school 7. at the dentist’s 11. in the bath
Class Survey
4. at a movie 8. at the doctor’s 12. in bed
Answers will vary.
Target Structure
Review and Fun
1. Where was Meg at 3:00 pm? Meg was at a restaurant.
2. Where was he at 8:00 am? He was on a train. A. FILL IN THE BLANKS
3. Where was she on Saturday morning? She was in the garden.
1. at 4. in 7. in 10. at
4. Where were they at 9:00 am? They were at school.
2. on 5. at 8. in 11. at
5. Where were we last night? We were at a movie.
3. in 6. at 9. at 12. at
6. Where were you at 10:00 pm? I was in bed.
B. UNSCR AMBLE THE WORDS
Work in Pairs
1. shower 5. movie
Partner A: 2. bed 6. bath
Ben was at school at 12:00 pm. 3. school 7. train
Ben was at a restaurant at 8:00 pm. 4. park 8. restaurant
Danielle was in the bath at 7:00 am.
Danielle was in the garden at 3:00 pm. C. WORD SEARCH
Danielle was at a movie at 11:00 pm.
l s e a g a r d e n garden
Partner B: b l c a t t n n t l shower
Ben was in bed at 7:00 am. e e s h o w e r l g restaurant
Ben was at the mall at 3:00 pm. bed
d m b h o g g a a b
Ben was in the shower at 11:00 pm. movie
r o a t o o m t a o
Danielle was at the park at 12:00 pm. school
t v t n h w l l a w
Danielle was on a train at 8:00 pm. train
n i t r h s p g a r
park
r e s t a u r a n t
Now Work Alone mall
e e a c r i t c r l bath
1. Ben was in bed at 7:00 am. a b e t b r n a l k
2. Where was Danielle at 3:00 pm? She was in the garden.
3. Where was Ben at 12:00 pm? He was at school.
4. No, Danielle was on a train at 8:00 pm.
5–6. Individual answers.
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