Past Participle

Lead-in

  • What regular verbs can you think of?
  • Choose 5 of them and create sentences about your daily life.
  • Now choose two of the following and create one sentence for each.

Presentation

Pre

  • What is the best free time activity in your opinion? Why?
  • What about the worst one?

Top Down

  • What does the text talk about? Read it and find out.
  • How to take perfect action.
  • How to change your life.
  • How to take action, even if it’s not a perfect one.
  • How to take perfect action.
  • How to change your life.
  • How to take action, even if it’s not a perfect one.

I remember the first time I stumbled across the term ‘imperfect action’. It was like a lightbulb went off in my mind and everything just clicked. This is how I’d been operating for years, and I hadn’t even realized there was a name for it. And before that moment, it certainly hadn’t occurred to me it was a positive thing.

You see, while I’ve always been extremely driven, I can also be a little…chaotic. My mind works fast, always jumping from one thing to the next. From an external perspective, I’m sure it just looks like I’m always rushing. When I was at school, my report card often read ‘Emma is very bright and creative, but she makes careless mistakes.’

And yes, while I have made plenty of silly mistakes over the years (although I have been forced to develop better attention to detail over the years from working as a writer) I owe a lot to my ability to take swift action. From whipping up 10 pitches for publications in half an hour to writing my book in 4 months and even quickly cutting off relationships that weren’t working, being driven and decisive has always given me a headstart.

While I didn’t invent the term imperfect action, it has become a pivotal part of my work and life. Now, I work as an imperfect action coach for driven women, helping them overcome perfectionism and procrastination to get their creative projects out into the world. But, my favorite thing about imperfect action is that it can really be applied to any area of your life to quickly accelerate your progress towards your goals.

Source

Bottom Up

  • True or False
  1. The author invented the term “imperfect action”.
  2. The author didn’t know there was a name for the way she was used to acting.
  3. She says his body is capable of working fast but his mind is not.
  4. She is now a coach for men and women.
  5. “Imperfect action” can only be applied to a few areas of life.
  1. The author invented the term “imperfect action”. False
  2. The author didn’t know there was a name for the way she was used to acting. True
  3. She says his body is capable of working fast but his mind is not. False
  4. She is now a coach for men and women.False
  5. “Imperfect action” can only be applied to a few areas of life. False

Post

  • Thinking back on your life, what are some examples of imperfect actions you can remember?

Target Language

Irregular Verbs

Infinitive

  • Drive
  • Drink
  • Eat
  • Bite
  • Break
  • Fall
  • Give
  • Leave

Past Simple

  • Drove
  • Drank
  • Ate
  • Bit
  • Broke
  • Fell
  • Gave
  • Left

Past Participle

  • Driven
  • Drunk
  • Eaten
  • Bitten
  • Broken
  • Fallen
  • Given
  • Left

Controlled Practice

  • Change the sentences to past simple and present perfect tense.

Example: I drink a lot of water. > I drank a lot of water / I have drunk a lot of water.

  1. I always drive to work on Mondays.
  2. I eat yogurt every morning.
  3. Mosquitoes bite me on my farm.
  4. I break every crystal glass I hold.
  5. I give presents on Christmas day. 
  1. I always drove to work on Mondays. / I have always driven to work on Mondays.
  2. I ate yogurt every morning. / I have eaten yogurt every morning.
  3. Mosquitoes bit me on my farm. / Mosquitoes have bitten me on my farm.
  4. I broke every crystal glass I held. / I have broken every crystal glass I’ve held. 
  5. I gave presents on Christmas day. / I have given presents on Christmas day.

Freer Practice

  • Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the target language.
    • I have driven to…
    • I have never…
    • Once I told my mom…
    • My friend has given me… and I…
    • I have left my…

Production

  • Use the 8 verbs from the Target Language to talk about last week.

Example: Last week I drove to my old school and… 

Homework

Fill in the blanks with the correct past participle form of the verbs in parentheses.

Example: The chef has __________ (cook) a delicious meal for us tonight. > The chef has cooked a delicious meal for us tonight.

  1. She had already __________ (read) the book before the movie was released. 
  2. They have __________ (build) a new playground in the park. 
  3. The car had been __________ (repair) by the time we picked it up from the mechanic. 
  4. He had __________ (swim) in the ocean for hours before he realized it was getting dark. 
  5. By the time the firefighters arrived, the fire had already been __________ (extinguish). 
  1. She had already read the book before the movie was released. 
  2. They have built a new playground in the park. 
  3. The car had been repaired by the time we picked it up from the mechanic. 
  4. He had swum in the ocean for hours before he realized it was getting dark. 
  5. By the time the firefighters arrived, the fire had already been extinguished. 

Choose the best option for each sentence.

Example: The cookies were ______ by the children before dinner.

a) eaten     b) eat     c) ate

  1. Sarah had ______ her keys on the kitchen counter.

a) leave     b) left     c) leaves

  1. The cake was ______ by the time we got home.

a) ate     b) eaten     c) eats

  1. He has ______ his homework already.

a) do     b) did     c) done

  1. The books were ______ neatly on the shelf.

a) arrange     b) arranging     c) arranged

  1. They had ______ to the new restaurant for dinner last night.

a) go     b) goes     c) gone

  1. The movie had ______ before we arrived at the cinema.

a) begin     b) beginning     c) begun

  1. Sarah had left her keys on the kitchen counter.

a) leave     b) left     c) leaves

  1. The cake was eaten by the time we got home.

a) ate     b) eaten     c) eats

  1. He has done his homework already.

a) do     b) did     c) done

  1. The books were arranged neatly on the shelf.

a) arrange     b) arranging     c) arranged

  1. They had gone to the new restaurant for dinner last night.

a) go     b) goes     c) gone

  1. The movie had begun before we arrived at the cinema.

a) begin     b) beginning     c) begun

Rewrite the sentences by using simple past tense.

Example: She has gone to school. > She went to school.

  1. She has written a beautiful poem.
  2. They had built a magnificent castle.
  3. I have eaten all the cookies in the jar.
  4. He had read that book multiple times.
  5. We have seen that movie before.
  6. The car had broken down on the way to the party.
  1. She wrote a beautiful poem.
  2. They built a magnificent castle.
  3. I ate all the cookies in the jar.
  4. He read that book multiple times.
  5. We saw that movie before.
  6. The car broke down on the way to the party.

Put the words in the correct order.

Example: to / like / talk / again. / me / this / Never > Never talk to me like this again.

  1. served / the / was / delicious / by / chef / meal / the
  2. well / are / the / repair / being / cars / by / mechanics / skilled
  3. lost / the / game / team / last / night / our
  4. the / the / beautifully / painted / artist / canvas
  5. my / has / greatly / health / improved / since / surgery
  6. has / been / progress / significant / in / project / the / made
  1. The delicious meal was served by the chef.
  2. The cars are being repaired well by skilled mechanics.
  3. Our team lost the game last night.
  4. The artist painted the canvas beautifully.
  5. My health has greatly improved since surgery.
  6. Significant progress has been made in the project.

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: Just don’t it. > Just do it.

  1. She had ate dinner before she went to the movies. 
  2. They have took the test last week. 
  3. He has went to Paris three times. 
  4. Maria had swam in that lake many times when she was a child. 
  5. I’ve never did bungee jumping before. 
  6. We had went hiking in the mountains yesterday. 
  1. She had eaten dinner before she went to the movies.
  2. They have taken the test last week.
  3. He has gone to Paris three times.
  4. Maria had swum in that lake many times when she was a child.
  5. I’ve never done bungee jumping before.
  6. We had gone hiking in the mountains yesterday.

Writing

Write a short text about movies you have seen.

Example: The first movie I have seen was “Batutinhas” and after that…