Unit 8: Sports and games
Lesson 4: Communication
With teacher Ha

Past simple tense
V

--->

V_ed / V_past

Play Played
went
go

Score Scored

do

watch watched

did

have had

1. Listen and read the short conversation below, paying
attention to the highlighted parts.

Duong: Last week I
played table tennis with
Duy, and I won for the
first time.
Mai: Congratulations!
Duong: Thank you, Mai.
Mai: So you're our class

2. Work in pairs. Student A has won a prize in the school's
singing contest / sports competition. Student B
congratulates him / her. Make a similar dialogue. Remember
to use the highlighted sentences in 1. Then change roles.

• I won the first prize of
my

school's

contest./

I

singing
played

badminton and I won
for the first time.
2. So you're a

new

school's idol. / So you're
class champion now

A: Last week
(1).........................
B: Congratulations!
A: Thank you, B.
B: So you're

2. Work in pairs. Student A has won a prize in the school's
singing contest / sports competition. Student B
congratulates him / her. Make a similar dialogue. Remember
to use the highlighted sentences in 1. Then change roles.

A: Last week (1) I won the first
1. I won the first prize of
my

school's

contest./

I

singing
played

badminton and I won for
the first time.
2. So you're

a

new

school's idol now. / So
you're
now

class

champion

prize of my school's singing
contest
B: Congratulations!
A: Thank you, B.
B: So you're (2) So you're a

3.

Work in pairs. Do the
quiz.

1. How many players are there in a football
match?
=> There are usually 22 players (11 on
each side).

2. How long does a football match last?
=>

It normally lasts 90 minutes (divided into

two halves).

3. How often do the Olympic Games take
place?
=> They take place every four years.

3.

Work in pairs. Do the
quiz.

4. How long is a marathon?

=> A marathon is 42.195 kilometres long.

5. Where did the first Olympic
Games take place?
=>

They took place in Olympia

(in Ancient Greece) (in 776 BC).

4. Work in groups. Interview your partners
using the following questions. You may ask for
more information.

interview
• What sports / games do you play
in your free time? Do you play
them well? When and how often
do you play them?
• Which sport / game do you like
watching on TV?
• Did you join any clubs?
• If you don't play sport, what do

homework
• Prepare the next lesson: Skills 1
• Learn by heart: the form of Past simple
tense