Week 2: January 13th - 16th
The Old and New Decade
decade: ten years past decade: 2010 - 2019 new decade: 2020 - 2029
A: Happy New Year!
B: To you too. I can’t believe it’s 2020, a whole new decade.
A: A lot happened in the past ten years. I graduated from high school, got married and moved to the United States. How about you?
B: I had two children and started to learn English.
A: I hope the new decade is a good one.
B: Me too.
What happened in your life in the past decade?
Choose one life event in the past decade to describe in detail.
Grammar Practice
Past Verbs
Regular Verbs: happened graduated started moved
Irregular Verbs: got had
A Few Life Events
get married
have a baby
graduate
move
Listening: Personal Profile from Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Past Now Future
Project: Find out what SMART Goals are
The Old and New Decade
decade: ten years past decade: 2010 - 2019 new decade: 2020 - 2029
A: Happy New Year!
B: To you too. I can’t believe it’s 2020, a whole new decade.
A: A lot happened in the past ten years. I graduated from high school, got married and moved to the United States. How about you?
B: I had two children and started to learn English.
A: I hope the new decade is a good one.
B: Me too.
What happened in your life in the past decade?
Choose one life event in the past decade to describe in detail.
Grammar Practice
Past Verbs
Regular Verbs: happened graduated started moved
Irregular Verbs: got had
A Few Life Events
get married
have a baby
graduate
move
Listening: Personal Profile from Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Past Now Future
Project: Find out what SMART Goals are