Talking about past experiences

Tell clear stories about past experiences: use the past simple and past continuous, put events in order with sequencing words, and say -ed endings correctly, for IELTS Speaking and the TOEFL interview.

Level B1 25 min5 exercisesLesson 6 of 12 in Speaking B1

Trains: IELTS Speaking Part 1, IELTS Speaking Part 2, TOEFL iBT Speaking – Take an Interview

What you'll learn

Use the past simple for main events and the past continuous for background
Put a story in order with words like at first, then, after that and in the end
Say -ed endings correctly: /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/
Tell a short story about a past experience for up to 2 minutes

Lesson content

10 steps · 5 exercises · 25 min total

1. Warm-up2 questions
2. LearnThe skill and the strategy
3. ModelSee how it's done
4. Practice 1Put the story in order
5. Practice 2How do you say -ed?
6. Practice 3Listen and repeat: past stories
7. Practice 4IELTS Speaking Part 2: a story
8. Exam tips3 tips
9. Key vocabulary11 words
10. SummaryReview and finish

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