Lesson 11

Daily and Weekly Routines

Objective: I will learn to talk about what someone did in the past.

Personal Study

Prepare for your conversation group by completing activities A through E.

Study the Principle of Learning: Exercise Faith in Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ can help me do all things as I exercise faith in Him.

Nephi was a prophet in the Book of Mormon. When he was younger, Nephi and his brothers were commanded to get a sacred book. This book was important because it taught about God’s plan and the role of Jesus Christ. The book was owned by a wicked man named Laban. Nephi and his brothers tried asking for it. Laban said no. Nephi and his brothers tried to buy it. Laban said no and stole all their money. After failing twice, Nephi’s brothers were mad and wanted to quit.

Nephi encouraged his brothers by saying, “Let us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than all the earth” (1 Nephi 4:1).

Nephi’s trust in God helped him try a third time. This time, with God’s help, he was successful in getting the sacred book. Nephi’s experience teaches us that trying and sometimes failing are part of doing something difficult. Learning a new language is difficult and takes hundreds of hours. Maybe you have tried to learn English before, and it didn’t go well. Maybe you missed your weekly meeting or forgot to study. Try again when you fail. As you exercise faith in Jesus Christ, He can turn failure into success.

Ponder

• How can we be like Nephi and keep trying when we fail?

• How can our faith in Jesus Christ help us learn from our failures?

Memorize Vocabulary

Learn the meaning and pronunciation of each word before your conversation group. Try using words from the “Memorize Vocabulary” section in your daily practice.

do/did

Verbs Present/Verbs Past

clean/cleaned my house
cook/cooked dinner
eat/ate dessert
exercise/exercised
go/went to work
make/made bread
play/played soccer
read/read a newspaper
stay/stayed home
study/studied
visit/visited my family
watch/watched a movie
work/worked

Time

a week ago
during the weekend
last Monday
last week
yesterday

Practice Pattern 1

Practice using the patterns until you can confidently ask and answer questions. You can replace the underlined words with words in the “Memorize Vocabulary” section.

Q: What did you do (time)?A: I (verb past) (time).

Questions

Answers

Examples

Q: What did you do yesterday?A: I went to work yesterday.

Q: What did he do during the weekend?A: He played soccer during the weekend.

Practice Pattern 2

Practice using the patterns until you can confidently ask and answer questions. Try understanding the rules in the patterns. Think about how English is similar to or different from your language.

Q: When was the last time you (verb past)?A: I (verb past) (time).

Questions

Answers

Examples

Q: When was the last time you watched a movie?A: I watched a movie a week ago.

Q: When was the last time he ate dessert?A: He ate dessert yesterday.

Q: When was the last time you visited your family?A: We visited my family last Sunday.

Use the Patterns

Write four questions you can ask someone. Write an answer to each question. Read them aloud.

Additional Activities

Complete the lesson activities and assessments online at englishconnect.org/learner/resources or in the EnglishConnect 2 Workbook.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

Continue to practice English daily. Use your “Personal Study Tracker.” Review your study goal and evaluate your efforts.

Conversation Group

Discuss the Principle of Learning: Exercise Faith in Jesus Christ

(20–30 minutes)

• Read the principle of learning for this lesson aloud.

• Discuss the questions.

Activity 1: Practice the Patterns

(10–15 minutes)

Review the vocabulary list with a partner.

Practice pattern 1 with a partner:

• Practice asking questions.

• Practice answering questions.

• Practice a conversation using the patterns.

Repeat for pattern 2.

Activity 2: Create Your Own Sentences

(10–15 minutes)

Part 1

Look at the pictures. Ask and answer questions about Robyn’s life. Take turns.

Example: Saturday

• A: What did Robyn do on Saturday?

• B: She read the newspaper.

Image 1: last year

Image 2: last week

Image 3: during the weekend

Image 4: yesterday

Part 2

Look at the pictures in part 1. Ask and answer questions about when you did each activity. Take turns.

Example

• A: When was the last time you read the newspaper?

• B: I read the newspaper a week ago.

Activity 3: Create Your Own Conversations

(15–20 minutes)

Ask and answer questions about what you did. Talk about each time on the list below. Say as much as you can. Take turns.

Example

• A: What did you do yesterday?

• B: I ate dessert yesterday.

Times

• yesterday

• during the weekend

• a week ago

• a month ago

• a year ago

• last night

• last Monday

• last Friday

Evaluate

(5–10 minutes)

Evaluate your progress on the objectives and your efforts to practice English daily.

Evaluate Your Progress

I can:

• Ask what others did in the past.

  

• Talk about what I and others did in the past.

  

Evaluate Your Efforts

Evaluate your efforts to:

1. Study the principle of learning.

2. Memorize Vocabulary.

3. Practice the patterns.

4. Practice daily.

Set a goal. Consider the study suggestions in the “Personal Study Tracker.”

Share your goal with a partner.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

“Because of Jesus Christ, our failures do not have to define us. They can refine us” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “God among Us,” Liahona, May 2021, 9).