WW year 3 2.2 + 2.4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Venezuela's Special Storms

After today's lesson, you will...

...know where to find the lightning capital in the 

  world.

...have talked about other strange weather effects.

...remember how to talk about things that 

   happened in the past using Past Simple.

...remember how to describe what you where 

  doing when something unexpected happened 

  using Past Continuous.

Success criteria of this lesson:

1. I can form positive sentences, negative sentences and questions in Past Simple.

2. I know the most common Past Simple time adverbials.

3. I can form positive sentences, negative sentences and questions in Past Continuous.

4. I can use Past Simple and Past Continuous in one sentence.

Have you ever been in a really big storm?

Yes

No

Study the grammar box and find examples of the Past Simple in the text.

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which national phenomenon / save / Venezuela from an 

   invasion / ?

   Ex. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from an 

   invasion?

2. How / the foreign sailors / feel / about the storm / ? 

3. How / the soldiers on land / spot / the sailors / ?

4. When / this event / take place / ?

5. How / sailors / use / these storms / long ago / ?

6. Why / the storms / stay in the same place / ?

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from an    

    invasion?

2. How / the foreign sailors / feel / about the storm / ? 

3. How / the soldiers on land / spot / the sailors / ?

4. When / this event / take place / ?

5. How / sailors / use / these storms / long ago / ?

6. Why / the storms / stay in the same place / ?

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from an 

    invasion?

2. How did the foreign soldiers feel about the storm?

3. How / the soldiers on land / spot / the sailors / ?

4. When / this event / take place / ?

5. How / sailors / use / these storms / long ago / ?

6. Why / the storms / stay in the same place / ?

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from an 

    invasion?

2. How did the foreign soldiers feel about the storm?

3. How did the soldiers on land spot the sailors?

4. When / this event / take place / ?

5. How / sailors / use / these storms / long ago / ?

6. Why / the storms / stay in the same place / ?

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from 

    an invasion?

2. How did the foreign soldiers feel about the storm?

3. How did the soldiers on land spot the sailors?

4. When did this event take place?

5. How / sailors / use / these storms / long ago / ?

6. Why / the storms / stay in the same place / ?

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from 

    an invasion?

2. How did the foreign soldiers feel about the storm?

3. How did the soldiers on land spot the sailors?

4. When did this event take place?

5. How did sailors use these storms long ago?

6. Why / the storms / stay in the same place / ?

Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1. Which natural phenomenon saved Venezuela from 

    an invasion?

2. How did the foreign soldiers feel about the storm?

3. How did the soldiers on land spot the sailors?

4. When did this event take place?

5. How did sailors use these storms long ago?

6. Why did the storms stay in the same place?

 Make questions about the text in Past Simple. After that, answer your questions (in full sentences).

1.  A storm saved Venezuela from an invasion.

2. The foreign soldiers felt scared by the storm.

3. The soldiers on land spotted the sailors in the bright light of 

    the storm.

4. This event took place/happened in 1595.

5. The sailors used the storms to help them find their way.

6. Because of the geography of the high mountains the storms 

    stayed in the same place. 

What happened to this man?

What happened to this man?

Alex Coreas was walking his dogs when a thunder storm started. 

While he was trying to get home fast, he got struck by lightning.

Good samaritans who were passing by rushed over to help Alex.

Someone who was working at the veterinary hospital 

performed CPR and saved Alex's life.

Alex Coreas was walking his dogs when a thunder storm started. 

While he was trying to get home fast, he got struck by lightning.

Good samaritans who were passing by rushed over to help Alex.

Someone who was working at the veterinary hospital 

performed CPR and saved Alex's life.

Past Simple

vs

Past Continuous

Past simple and past continuous.

I ....... (have) dinner when the doorbell ....... (ring).

1. had - was ringing
2. was having - rang

Past simple and past continuous.

It ........ (start) to rain while they .... (play) tennis.

1. started - were playing
2. was starting - played

Fill in Past Simple or Past Continuous.

Jim ..... (drive) home when he saw a car crash into a tree.

Fill in Past Simple or Past Continuous.

They were taking a break, when their boss ........ (start) yelling at them.

Fill Past Simple and Past Continuous (put a comma between both tenses).

Jenny .... (leave) the party early because she ....... (not feel) well.

Do: Wider World online, assignments 2.2 + 2.4

How: work alone and in silence.

Questions: when I'm at your desk.

Time: until the end of this lesson.

Finished: study vocab Unit 1 + 2.

Not finished: this is homework.

Look at the success criteria of again:

1. I can form positive sentences, negative sentences and questions in Past Simple.

2. I know the most common Past Simple time adverbials.

3. I can form positive sentences, negative sentences and questions in Past Continuous.

4. I can use Past Simple and Past Continuous in one sentence.

I can form sentences (+/-/?) in Past Simple.

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I can you form sentences (+/-/?) in Past Continuous.

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I can use Past Simple and Past Continuous in one sentence.

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Homework:

Do:

Wider World online, assignments 2.2 + 2.4

Study:

Vocab Unit 1 + 2 (in Classroom)

All irregular verbs!