D-08.02 Use Regular & Irregular Simple-Past Verbs in Affirmative & Negative Statements & Questions

Parts One, Two, & Three of Chapter 7 (“Work”) of WorkLife English Grammar 2: English in Everyday Life, pages 100-114 15 pages Who It’s For: (Self) Teachers & Helpers at Beginning Learning Levels       Why It’s Useful: Within the world of work, there are many situations that require recognition or use of simple-past-tense verbs. When looking for employment, it helps to hear or read what successful job seekers did.  To complain about how hard a job search is, you’ll have to name the steps you took that didn’t work or the actions you didn’t take.  When you answer the question “How was your day?” you might narrate the tasks you completed or didn’t get around to. And if you do have a job interview, you’ll probably describe your past work experience.  These and other realistic work-related situations provide context for these two excerpted chapter Parts.    What You’ll Do:  [1] With participants, pantomime and read aloud the page 101 Part One: Narrative “He needed a job.” Not