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My first day at the new school

My name’s Ben and I come from Poland. I came to live in England two years ago. I go to a really cool secondary school and my favourite subjects are geography and art. When I arrived here, I couldn’t speak much English. My first day at school was awful!

I remember that I got up early in the morning, put on my new school uniform and went to school by bus. I arrived early and went straight to the secretary’s office. She gave me a timetable and a map of the school. She wrote «E5» on a piece of paper and pointed to it on the map. Then she opened the door and said, «Your classroom is right there, Ben.» I heard the word «right» and left the office. I turned right and started walking. I found the canteen and the school hall, but I couldn’t find classroom E5.

An hour later I was tired and sad. A boy came up to me and asked, «Are you OK?» I wrote «E5» on a piece of paper. «It’s in front of you,» he said pointing at the door. I was very pleased but when I went into the classroom, only the teacher was there. He looked at his watch and pointed to PE on my timetable. I was late — again!

Complete the sentences with the past forms

Find the correct second forms of the verbs

Complete the sentences with the past simple forms of the verbs

Look at the picture and guess the verb. Turn over the card, name the second form of the verb

have	make	eat
drink	see	swim

sleep	go	read
run	write	meet

spend	say	get
give	lose	find
lie	stand	sit

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🔹meet new teachers
🔹have a test
🔹have 4 lessons
🔹play sports
🔹write and read
🔹do exercises
🔹talk to friends
🔹get the timetable

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✔️ On my last holiday, I went to the summer camp and met a lot of new friends there …

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Remember your first day at school

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1. What did you do?
2. What did you wear?
3. Who did you meet?
4. What did you like?
5. What didn’t you like?
6. What lessons did you have?
7. What did you do after the lessons?
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