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Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast. Today I'm going to be talking about what I did yesterday

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  1. Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast.
  2. Today I'm going to be talking about what I did yesterday
  3. using regular and irregular forms of the past simple tense.
  4. Yesterday I woke up at 9 o'clock because I was on holiday
  5. and I didn't have to go to work.
  6. After I woke up, I got up and I had my breakfast.
  7. I had some cereals and some milk.
  8. Also, I had a cup of tea.
  9. My cat was hungry too, so I gave her some food.
  10. At 9.30, I brushed my teeth, I washed my face,
  11. I got dressed and I made my bed.
  12. I wanted to make another YouTube video, so...
  13. I used my computer and my microphone to record a new video.
  14. I spent about two hours on the computer
  15. and when I finished, I decided to go for a walk.
  16. I went for a walk around my city
  17. and I visited a big park
  18. where everyone was having a picnic
  19. or taking their dogs for a walk.
  20. I sat down on the grass because the weather was beautiful.
  21. I bought a snack and a drink
  22. in one of the supermarkets because I was very hungry.
  23. After I ate my snack, I went back home.
  24. At three o'clock, I took my cat to the vet.
  25. We put her inside her carrier,
  26. which is like a bag for cats,
  27. and we walked to the vet.
  28. When we arrived, she meowed a lot.
  29. The vet said that she was very nervous
  30. and when she gave her the injection, my cat attacked the vet.
  31. It hurt a lot but I wasn't surprised
  32. because my cat was very scared.
  33. When we finished at the vet's we came home
  34. and she slept for three hours because she was tired.
  35. She was angry with us but after she slept she was happy.
  36. I started to make dinner at 5.30 so half past five
  37. and I had dinner at six o'clock.
  38. I had lasagna and it was delicious.
  39. While I was eating, I watched
  40. the eighth episode of the new Stranger Things season.
  41. I didn't watch the final episode because it was too long.
  42. It was two hours.
  43. I thought that the episode was very entertaining,
  44. but in general I think that the series is a little bit repetitive.
  45. After I finished my dinner,
  46. I decided to tidy the house a bit because it was untidy.
  47. I tidied the living room and then
  48. I washed the dishes and vacuumed the floor.
  49. I didn't mop the floor because my cat was very active
  50. and when I normally mop the floor, she walks all over it.
  51. Before I went to bed,
  52. I had a little snack which is called supper.
  53. I watched the news on TV
  54. but afterwards there was nothing else on TV.
  55. Then I played with my cat to make her tired.
  56. I put my pyjamas on, I brushed my teeth
  57. and I went to bed.
  58. So today we have talked about
  59. what I did yesterday using the past tenses.
  60. If you have enjoyed this video,
  61. please give it a like and subscribe to my channel
  62. because I will be making a lot of videos similar to this.
  63. Thank you and see you next time.