English Form One Notes – Talking About Past Events and Activities
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TALKING ABOUT PAST
EVENTS/ACTIVITIES
Expressing Past Activities
Narrating One’s Character
We closed school for the holidays and I was both excited and nervous. I was anxious 1 see my
father and mother so I called my mother to tell her that 1 would be leaving for home Friday
‘morning, The joumey home went well and I saw beautiful landscapes like Mount Usambara, We
arrived in Arusha City a 4:30 pm and found my father and young brother waiting for me atthe
bus station. I was very happy to see them! Once home, I did many activites such as going to
shamba, washing dishes, watering the garden and visting my fiends. I really enjoyed my
holiday!
Taking About the Past
Narrating Past Events
Narrate past events
[An event is an action‘ctivity that happened, is happening or is going to happen. Some actions
are planned and others are unplanned/unexpected. In 1929-33 there was a great economic
depression which started in the U.S.A and spread all across the world, These events can be
counted in terms of days, hours, weeks, months, years and ete. and can be recorded onto
magazines, gazettes, video tapes, etc. There are different words used when talking about past
events. These are words such as; “last [week, month, yea],” “yesterday”. In addition, the verb
“be” tums into; was and were For instance, “last week I was playing football.”
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‘Write a short passage about your past events in not more than one page
