Writing past

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-3

Today's planning

• Past tenses recap
• Practise
• Writing
•  Homework 
• B;theme words/C;reading

Lesson goals

• At the end of the lesson, the students can write at least 5 sentences in the past tense. 

What do we know

Past simple - When something started and also ended in the past. 

Past continuous - To say that something was going on for a longer period of time. Can also happen during something else.

Present perfect - When something happened in the past but you don't know when.

For example

• Past simple - He played tennis last week.

Regelm. Ww.: werkwoord + ed (walk = walked) | Onregelm. Ww.: Buy = Bought, Sing = Sang

• Past continuous - When the phone rang, she was writing a letter. 

I/he/she/it + was + werkwoord + ing | You/we/they + were + werkwoord + ing

• Present perfect - He has played a tennis match.

She/he/it + has + volt. Deelw. |  I/you/we/they + have + volt. Deelw.

Last year, I ... Paris and Rome. (visit)

1. was visiting
2. visited
3. were visiting
4. visitted

He ... the ball. (catch)

1. Caught
2. catching
3. has caught
4. have caught

When the phone rang, she ... a letter. (write)

1. was writing
2. writed
3. were writing
4. writted

While we ... the picnic, it started to rain. (have)

He ... shoes last week. (buy)

Let's practice 1

What: You are going to write a review on the website of the hotel you have visited. Write about who you are, how long you have stayed there, and with who. Also, Give 2 positive and 2 negative points of the hotel. Pay attention to your past forms.

How: You will do this individually.

Time: 10 minutes.

Done: hand in: [e-mail]

Let's practice 2

What: You are going to write a little made up story using the following words. Choose a minimum of 5 words from the list below to create your story of at least 50 words. Choose the tense of your story: past or present.

Embarrassing, exception, stupid, behavior, recognize, ability, Hostile, Furious, to argue, stubborn

How: You will do this individually. (10 min)

Done: hand in: [e-mail]