📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about life choices using the past simple tense. You will read about real decisions people have made, practice new vocabulary, and write about your own important choices.
🧠 Grammar Focus
We use the past simple tense to talk about decisions and actions that happened and finished in the past. This tense is common when we explain life events, experiences, or important moments. The basic structure is: subject + verb in past form. For regular verbs, we add -ed (e.g., I decided), and for irregular verbs, the form changes (e.g., She chose). We use past simple for: 1) actions that happened once in the past, 2) finished events with a time in the past, 3) a series of past events, 4) completed choices or decisions. Examples: I moved to a new city last year. She chose to study engineering. They worked hard to reach their goals. We changed jobs last month. He didn’t like his old job. Did you decide your future plan?
📖 Short Reading
Anna had many options after she finished school. She chose to study medicine because she wanted to help people. Last year, she moved to a new city for university. It was a difficult decision because she missed her family. Anna worked hard to pass all her exams. She also met new friends and learned new skills. Last weekend, she decided to join a health volunteer group. She thought it would give her good experience. Anna’s life choices have made her happy and confident. She knows that every decision shapes her future.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. She ____ (decide / decides / decided) to study medicine last year.
2. Last month, they ____ (move / moved / moving) to a new city.
3. He ____ (choose / chose / choosing) the volunteer group for experience.
4. Anna ____ (work / worked / works) hard to pass her exams.
5. We ____ (didn’t attend / don’t attend / aren’t attending) the meeting yesterday.
6. Did you ____ (decide / decides / decided) what to do next?
7. They ____ (join / joined / joining) the university in September.
8. She ____ (meet / met / meets) many new friends last year.
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. chose medicine
2. moved to a new city
3. joined the volunteer group
4. worked hard
5. felt confident
6. decided last weekend
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. Why did Anna choose to study medicine?
2. When did Anna move to a new city?
3. What did Anna do to pass her exams?
4. Why did Anna join a volunteer group?
5. How does Anna feel after her decisions?
6. What tense do we use to talk about finished life choices?
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write about an important decision you made last year. Explain why you made this choice and how it affected you.
2. Describe a time when you moved to a new place or changed something in your life. What did you do and how did you feel?
3. Write about a skill or experience you gained from a choice you made. How did this affect your future plans?
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| option | a choice or possibility |
| decide | to make a choice |
| move | to change your place or home |
| university | a school for higher education |
| exam | a test to check knowledge |
| volunteer | a person who works without pay |
| experience | knowledge or skill from doing something |
| skill | the ability to do something well |
| confident | feeling sure about yourself |
| shape | to influence or change something |
| future | time that will come |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.decided 2.moved 3.chose 4.worked 5.didn’t attend 6.decide 7.joined 8.met
- exercise_2_matching: 1.chose medicine – because she wanted to help people 2.moved to a new city – for university studies 3.joined the volunteer group – to gain good experience 4.worked hard – to pass all exams 5.felt confident – after making good decisions 6.decided last weekend – to try new activities
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.Because she wanted to help people 2.Last year 3.She worked hard 4.To get good experience 5.Happy and confident 6.Past simple
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