🎯 By the end of this 5 minutes, you can:

use past simple (regular and irregular) to tell a coherent short story with correct time markers.

The past simple has two patterns:

Negative: didn’t + base verb (NOT the -ed form): I didn’t know ✅ not I didn’t knew ❌

Question: Did you + base verb: Did you fly direct?

Time markers that signal past simple: yesterday / last year / in 2005 / when I was / at first / then / after that / finally

Task 1: Regular or irregular?

Write the past simple form of these verbs:
arrive · fly · decide · meet · pack · know · travel · leave · start · go

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arrived · flew · decided · met · packed · knew · travelled · left · started · went

Task 2: Fix the errors

Find the mistakes:
1. I didn’t flew to Sydney. · 2. She leaved at midnight. · 3. We didn’t arrived on time.

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1. I didn’t fly · 2. She left · 3. We didn’t arrive

Task 3: Sequence the story

Put these sentences in a logical order using: first, then, after that, finally.
a) I found a flat in Strathfield. b) I landed in Sydney. c) I packed my bags in Chittagong. d) I started my new job.

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First, c (I packed). Then b (I landed). After that, a (I found a flat). Finally, d (I started work).

Write a short story (5–6 sentences) about a journey or a move you made — or imagine one. Use at least 4 irregular past simple verbs and at least 3 time markers (first, then, after that, finally).