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Describing a Past Day or Experience in Sequence

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  • Communicative Objective: Learn to tell a simple story about past events in a clear chronological order.
  • 5 Core Functional Sentences:
    1. First, we met at the train station early in the morning.
    2. Then, we took a train to the city center.
    3. After that, we visited a museum and had lunch nearby.
    4. Later, we walked through the park and took some pictures.
    5. Finally, we returned home at about nine o’clock.
  • Grammar Focus: Past simple with sequencing expressions such as first, then, after that, later, and finally
  • Vocabulary Focus: first, then, afterward, later, finally
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