Arbeitsblatt: Past simple

Past simple Jane Goodall is zoologist Listen to the text about Jane Goodall. (Audio file on Teams) Then read the text and do the following tasks. Jane Goodall was born in London. When she was child, she loved animals. Her favourite books were about animals. When she was teenager, she wanted to study wild animals in Africa. Her ambition never changed. She finished school, and her first job was with film company. But she worked in hotel too, and she saved all her money. Then she travelled to Africa. Jane studied chimpanzees. At first, they were scared of her, so she watched them from distance. She used binoculars. But after three or four months, the animals accepted her. Then she lived in the forest and she watched the chimpanzees every day. Now Jane is famous. Shes 87 years old and she still travels all over the world. She writes and teaches. You can read about her work on the Internet. Vocabulary: ambition Ziel, Ehrgeiz forest Wald to change verändern still immer noch binoculars Fernglas to accept akzeptieren Read the eight sentences about Janes life, Put them in the right order. (Klicke auf die Kasten, um die Satzteile zu verschieben.) She arrived in Africa. When she was child, she was interested in animals. Now, shes famous and she goes all over the world. She studied chimpanzees in the forest. She worked in hotel too. She wanted to be zoologist. She worked for film company. She saved her money for ticket to Africa. Key grammar: Past simple – regular verbs Present simple work in hotel. Ich arbeite in einem Hotel. Past simple worked in hotel (last year). Ich arbeitete in einem Hotel. Present simple She wants to be zoologist. Sie will Zoologin werden. Past simple She wanted to be zoologist. Sie wollte Zoologin werden. Regular verbs in the past end in – ed: wanted work worked Look at the text about Jane Goodall again. Find more verbs in the past simple and mark them with blue colour. Then complete the table: Present work Past worked want live 1) 2) studied love travel finish use 3) 4) 5) 6)