My first day at school

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5True or false?Reading comprehension
6. 6Read and thinkReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Luke's first dayListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find the -ed verbsGrammar exercise
11. 11The past simpleGrammar rule
12. 12YesterdayGrammar exercise
13. 13Say it rightSpeaking practice
14. 14My day yesterdaySpeaking practice
15. 15Let's talkDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which place?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: last SaturdayGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my first dayDiscussion

Words

• classroom/ˈklæsruːm/

  a room in a school where you have classes

• hallway/ˈhɔːlweɪ/

  a long, narrow way inside a building, with doors to the rooms

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  cafeteria/ˌkæfəˈtɪriə/

  a place in a school or an office where you buy and eat food

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  library/ˈlaɪbreri/

  a place with a lot of books; you can take them home and bring them back later

• office/ˈɔːfɪs/

  a room where people work at desks

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  restroom/ˈrestruːm/

  a room with toilets in a public building (in American English)

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  gym/dʒɪm/

  a big room or a place for sports and exercise

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  parking lot/ˈpɑːrkɪŋ ˌlɑːt/

  a place outside where people leave their cars

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  schedule/ˈskedʒuːl/

  a list of the days and times of your classes or your work

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  student card/ˈstuːdnt ˌkɑːrd/

  a card with your photo and name; it shows you are a student at a school

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about school.

1. Where do you study English: at home, online or at a school?
2. Do you remember your first day at a new school or a new job?
3. What is important in a good school?

Grammar rule

The past simple

For finished actions in the past

	Examples
most verbs: + -ed	walk → walked, talk → talked, play → played
e at the end: + -d	arrive → arrived, like → liked
the same for every person	I walked, she walked, they walked

Six verbs with a different past

go → went · have → had · see → saw · get → got · eat → ate · do → did

I went home. We had dinner. I saw my friends. She got a message. They ate pizza. I did the dishes.

Time words: yesterday, last night, last week, this morning, two days ago.