Revise past forms of some verbs. Enable students to use them to make a list of their last school trip activities.

　　T: Do you still remember your last school trip? When was it? Where did you go?

　　Ss: ...

　　T: What did you do on the trip? Now make a list of the things you did on the trip. Remember, use the simple past tense of verbs because we are talking about the past event. Is that clear?

　　Help students to review the simple past of some verbs they have learned before.

　　Show the following chart. Let students write down the simple past of the verbs.

　　Ask a student to write the answers on the board. Then check the answer with the whole class.

　　Then let them make their own lists. Ask some students to share their lists with the class and make sure they use the correct simple past tense of the verbs.

　　The following chart shows the simple past of some irregular verbs. Students may find some useful while they are making the list.

　　Step II Listening and Oral practice (Section A 1b)

　　T: Now Tina is talking about her school trip. Do you want to know what she did? Before we listen to the tape, go through the expressions in activity 1b first.

　　Go through the expressions with students and make sure students understand their meanings. Then get them listen and circle the expressions in the box.

　　Play the recording. Students only listen and get a general idea of the conversation.

　　Play the tape a second time. Students listen and circle the activities.

　　Play the tape a third time, students listen and read after the tape.

　　Correct their pronunciation and intonation mistakes.

Step III Pairwork (Section A 1c)