This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 30 min
Items in this lesson
Past simple and past continuous
Slide 1 - Slide
What do you remember about the past simple? give an example!
Slide 2 - Mind map
Past simple
We use the past simple to talk about things that happened and finished in the past.
I walked the dog this morning.
I went to the supermarket yesterday.
Slide 3 - Slide
Which sentence is correct?
A
We ate dinner when my dad came home
B
We were eating dinner when my dad came home.
C
We were eating dinner when my dad comes home.
D
We ate dinner when my dad was coming home
Slide 4 - Quiz
Which sentence is correct?
A
I wore my favorite shoes when I fell into the mud.
B
I was wearing my favorite shoes when I was falling in the mud.
C
I wore my favorite shoes when I was falling into the mud.
D
I was wearing my favorite shoes when I fell into the mud.
Slide 5 - Quiz
Which sentence is correct?
A
When Jim knocked on the door, I was watching TV.
B
When Jim knocked on the door, I watched TV.
C
When Jim was knocking on the door, I watched TV.
D
When Jim knocks on the door, I was watching TV.
Slide 6 - Quiz
Past continuous
Used to talk about actions happening at a particular time in the past.
Was/were + verb + ing
I was doing my homework while my dad was doing the laundry.
Slide 7 - Slide
Past simple and Past continuous
Can be used in the same sentence when an action was already in progress when another action happened.
I was walking down the street when it started to rain.
Slide 8 - Slide
Alibi game
Last night at around 3 AM a group of students snuck into the classroom and stole your test results, that you have worked so hard on. They are nowhere to be found. But luckily the detectives in this class are going to figure out who did it.
Slide 9 - Slide
The detectives
go around the classroom in pairs
ask the suspect questions
(use the past simple and past continuous)
Write down which group they suspect the most
Slide 10 - Slide
The suspects
come up with an alibi where you all did something together last night
answer the detectives' questions (use the past simple and past continuous)
Slide 11 - Slide
the game
The suspects have 3 minutes to come up with an alibi
The detectives have 3 minutes to question each group.
After 3 minutes the detectives go to the next group.
After the detectives have questioned each group they write down which group they suspect the most.
Slide 12 - Slide
for the rest of the lesson
do the exercises on the worksheet
you are allowed to work together with your neighbor if you like