
What Happened This Year? - December 04, 2023
Holiday Lesson Set - Lesson 01e
A continuation of the previous three lessons, How Was This Year? Use this lesson before December 31 to discover how this year compares to other years. (See the above How Was Last Year after January 1st.)
Two students interview each other by asking and answering questions as to how their School or Job, Family, Friends, Health, Love or Romance and Money compare to other years. Because students are talking about their own lives, they will inherently become highly involved with the questions and answers.
The grammatical focus of this lesson is on the practice of past tense as well as on superlatives and comparatives.
All EFL / ESL students, no matter what their age or ability really enjoy this lesson.
For other New Years lessons, see:
New Year Predictions (See New Years Lesson 01a above)
How Was Last Year? (See New Years Lesson 01b above)
What Plans This Year? (See New Years Lesson 01c above) -and-
What Will Happen Next Year? (See New Years Lesson 01d above).
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