5TSO Unit 4 Step 3: Whodunnit?

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Step 3 Whodunnit?

Describing past situations

ex. 1, p. 189

Read the short summary of Catch Me If You Can. Then write questions to the answers below.

a ---- ?

He partied in every capital in Europe.

a Where did he party?

He partied in every capital in Europe.

b ---- ?

He had four aliases: Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams and Ringo Monjo.

b How many aliases did he have?

c He had four aliases: Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams and Ringo Monjo.

c ----?

The police called him the Skywayman.

c What did police call him?

The police called him the Skywayman.

ex. 2

Here are a few sentences from the summary in exercise 1.

e.g. He cashed over $ 2.5 million in forged checks.

The law caught up with him.

a What tense is used?

b What is the difference between the two verb forms?

ex. 2

a What tense is used? The past simple.

b What is the difference between the two verb forms?

The verb in sentence 1 is regular (cash --> cashed).

The verb in sentence 2 is irregular (catch --> caught)

What is the correct negative form of the past simple (e.g. to see)

1. I don't see
2. I don't saw
3. I didn't see
4. I didn't saw

What is the correct interrogative form of the past simple (e.g. to find)

1. Do you find?
2. Have you found?
3. Did you find?
4. Did you found?

c Do you remember how to form this tense for regular verbs? Complete the grid.

Did

ex. 3

Complete the text using the past simple form of the verb. Mind the irregular verbs! Check the grammar in the Summary of Unit 2 (p. 93) if you are not sure.

Work together with your shoulder partner.

Take turns: A fills in the correct form for 1st verb, B for the 2nd verb etc.

Timing: 5 min.

correction: diddit

ex. 4

Read the extract of Catch Me If You Can (p. 191-192) and answer the questions. Indicate in the text where you found the answer.

a) How did Frank convince the sales representative to give him more information about the ID?

b) What information is carried on a Pan Am ID?

c) How did he resolve the problem of the missing logo and company name?

a) How did Frank convince the sales representative to give him more information about the ID?

b) What information is carried on a Pan Am ID?

c) How did he resolve the problem of the missing logo and company name?

ex. 6, p. 193

Look at this sentence from the text in exercise 4.

e.g. I was wondering how to resolve the problem when a display in the window of a hobby shop caught my eye.

a) How many verbs are used? Highlight them and then draw them on the timeline. 

b) Which tenses are used in the example sentence? Add the names to the timeline.

ex. 6, p. 193

I was wondering how to resolve the problem when a display in the window of a hobby shop caught my eye.

c) In exercise 2, the form of the past simple is explained. Look at exercise a and complete the grid with how to form the past continuous.

Which tense is used to describe short, completed actions in the past?

1. past simple
2. past continuous

Which tense is used to describe a longer action going on in the past?

1. past simple
2. past continuous

Which tense is used to describe an action that interrupts a longer background action in the past?

1. past simple
2. past continuous

Benny was texting while he was driving when a police officer pulled him over.

Which conjunction(s) often introduce(s) a past continuous tense?

1. when
2. as
3. while

Which conjunction(s) (verbindingswoorden) often introduce(s) a past simple tense?

1. while
2. when (all of a sudden)
3. as

d Complete the grammar box with information on when to use these 2 past tenses.

d Complete the grammar box with information on when to use these 2 past tenses.

Ex. 7, p. 194

Look at the pictures from the trailer of Catch Me If You Can and write sentences with the given verbs. Use past simple and past continuous correctly.

First, let's watch the trailer.

1 (to walk – to ask)

2 (to kiss – to call)

3 (to give a speech –
to start to giggle)

Practice test

Go to Smartschool > Engels 5TSO > Oefeningen > Unit 4 preparation test voc/gram to check whether you 

• can name crimes, criminals, related nouns and verbs
• can formulate questions correctly
• can form and use past simple and past continuous