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Past simple vs past continuous
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Past simple vs past continuous

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Today
Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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Goal
I know the difference between Past simple and Past continuous.
I can form a past simple sentence with regular verbs.
I can form a past simple sentence with irregular verbs.
I can form a past continuous sentence .

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I ALREADY KNOW THE PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
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Slide 4 - Poll

Past continuous

It was snowing yesterday
I wasn't writing a letter
Were you celebrating a festival? 
Past simple

I saw him yesterday
We didn't leave him behind.
Did she clean her room?
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wasn't/weren't + ww + ing
didn't + ww (no -ed!)
ww + -ed
was/were + ww + -ing
Did + (pronoun) + ww (no -ed!)
Was(n't)/were(n't) + (pronoun) + ww + -ing

Slide 5 - Drag question

Past continuous.
Events that happened in the past and continued for a while
Past simple
Short events that happened in the past
It was snowing yesterday.
I wasn't writing a letter.
Were you celebrating a festival?
I saw him yesterday.
We didn't leave him behind.
Did she clean her room?

Slide 6 - Drag question

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

He lived in Fiji in 1976.

A
Past Simple
B
Past Continuous

Slide 7 - Quiz

Past simple or past continuous?

We sang that song yesterday
A
Past simple
B
Past continuous

Slide 8 - Quiz

Past Simple or Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.
A
enjoyed
B
was enjoying

Slide 9 - Quiz

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I was having a shower.
A
Past Simple
B
Past Continuous

Slide 10 - Quiz

Past simple and past continuous
Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

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Past simple and past continuous
Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Now let's combine them!

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Past simple and past continuous
Look at these two sentences:

They were watching a film                                          I arrived

Which one is the past simple and which one the past continuous?

Now let's combine them!

They were watching a film when I arrived.

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Past simple and past continuous
They were watching a film when I arrived.

Where would you place these events in the timeline?

Past
Present
Future

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Past simple and past continuous
When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

Where would you place these events in the timeline?

Past
Present
Future

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Past simple and past continuous
They were watching a film when I arrived.
When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

What do you notice when you look at the grammar rules and their place in time?


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Past simple and past continuous
They were watching a film when I arrived.
When I woke up this morning, it was snowing.

What do you notice when you look at the grammar rules and their place in time?

The first event that started is the past continuous! 


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Past simple vs Past Continuous

When Mike and Jane _____ (paint) the walls, their dog _____ (knock) over the paint pot.
A
painted - was knocking
B
were painting - was knocking
C
painted - knocked
D
were painting - knocked

Slide 18 - Quiz

Past simple and past continuous.

I ....... (have) dinner when the doorbell ....... (ring).
A
had - was ringing
B
was having - rang

Slide 19 - Quiz

Fill in the correct form of Past Simple and Past Continuous: They .....(drive) to school when suddenly an accident ...... (happen)
A
drove - was happening
B
were driving - was happening
C
were driving - happened
D
drove - happened

Slide 20 - Quiz

Use past simple and past continuous...

We .......... for English when the book ........
A
was studying - fell
B
was studying - falled
C
were studying - falled
D
were studying - fell

Slide 21 - Quiz

Fill in the Past Continuous and the Past Simple:
Linda ____ (clean) her room when she ____ (hear) a loud noise.
A
cleaned / was hearing
B
was cleaning / heard
C
was cleaning / was hearing
D
cleaned / heard

Slide 22 - Quiz


Draw this sentence on your own time:

I was doing my homework when my brother came in.
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Slide 23 - Open question

Let's write a sentence
You will get two events that happened in the past.
Form a correct sentences.

These are the two events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)
- To walk down the street

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Write a sentence with these events:
- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)
- To walk down the street

Slide 25 - Open question


Write a sentence with these events:
- To be asleep
- To receive a call from your parents

Slide 26 - Open question

Let's write a sentence
You will get two events that happened in the past.
Form a correct sentences.

These are the two events:

- To see a celebrity (choose one yourself!)
- To walk down the street

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Have you achieved the lesson goal?

I know the difference between Past simple and Past continuous.

😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 28 - Poll

Exit ticket
What is the difference?

How do we use both in one sentence?

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