ESL Conversation about the Past

ESL Conversation about the Past is a fun lesson for ESL students to learn mixed grammar, the past simple, past continuous, vocabulary, phrases and expressions for having a conversation about the past.

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Warm Up Questions

1. How would you describe your past?
2. What’s the best memory you have from your high school or university days?
3. Do you keep in touch with your childhood friends?  

ESL Video on Having a Conversation about the Past

Watch the following YouTube video:

ESL Listening Questions

1. What did Samantha find?
2. What does, “straightforward” mean?
3. When was the picture from?
4. What does, “good old days” mean?
5. What does Tony mean by the expression, “best shape of my life”?
6. Did Tony have good friends back then?
7. What did Tony say that made Samantha a bit angry at first?
8. How often did Tony hang out with his friends?
9. What does, “ages ago” mean?
10. According to Samantha, how often did Tony party?

Matching – A Conversation about the Past

Match the words and expressions on the left with the meanings on the right.

ESL Discussion Questions

1. Did you often hang out with friends after school and on the weekend?
2. How has your life changed?
3. Do you agree that life is stress free when you are younger compared to when you are older?

ESL Conversation about the Past

Samantha: Look at this old picture book I found Tony.

Tony: Wow, that was ages ago, wasn’t it? 

Samantha: Yes, but I remember it like it was yesterday.

Tony: This was in Chocodamia Park, right?

Samantha: (Laugh) Yes, we were still in university. You look so young in this picture.

Tony: Yes, I was in the best shape of my life back then. I used to work out every day.

Samantha: Yeah, right. You went out with your friends and partied every weekend.

Tony: That’s not totally true. I mean sure we drank sometimes, but we all played soccer and studied hard. We were inseparable back then.

Samantha: Yes, you sure were. We couldn’t go out on a date without one of your friends coming along.

Tony: Those were the good old days.

Samantha: What do you mean by that?

Tony: I didn’t mean it like that. What I meant was that things were very different back then.

Samantha: Go ahead.

Tony: There were no obligations. We didn’t have to be anywhere, and we didn’t have to worry about paying any bills.

Samantha: Yes, I kind of see your point, I guess.

Tony: Everything was a breeze. It was really stress free.

Samantha: Yes, I guess it was all pretty straightforward in those days, wasn’t it?

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