Questions ……..? 

 

1

  

Ask a different classmate each of the questions. Make notes of 
their answers. 

 

a)  Where were you yesterday evening? 
b)  Who was your favourite teacher at school? 
c)  Where were you yesterday morning? 
d)  How old were you in 2000? 
e)  What was Charles Dickens famous for? 
f)  Who was your best friend at school? 
g)  Where were you born? 
h)  Where were you a week ago? 

 

2

   Write each answer in the space below. 

 

a) 

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b) 

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c) 

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d) 

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e) 

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f) 

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g) 

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h)  ______________________________________________________ 

 

3

   Choose three of the time expressions below. Tell your partner 

where you were. 

 
 

I was on holiday five months ago. 

 

last night 

  last month           last year  

     five months ago 

     

two days ago           a week ago 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Questions ……..? 

TEACHER’S NOTES: 

 

Aim:  to provide further practice of talking about past experiences.  

This warmer is designed to be used in conjunction with unit 9. 

Time: 40 minutes 
Materials: copies of the worksheet for each student 

 
 

1

   Students find a different student to ask each question to. They make 

notes of the answers. 

 

2

   Students write down the answers to the questions asked in exercise 1. 

Ask for class feedback. All answers are variable except e) Charles Dickens 
was famous for his books. 

 

3 

 Students choose three of the time expressions and tell their partner 

where they were at this time. Monitor to check correct use of language. 
Ask for class feedback.