2E1 Past Continuous recap

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

2E1 Recap

Today's Class

• Learning Objectives
• Holes
• Where does Halloween come from?
• Reading
• Past continuous recap
• Writing

Today's learning objectives

• At the end of this lesson, I know where Halloween came from.
• At the end of this lesson, I have practiced writing about the past.

Holes

What do you think of Halloween?

What do you know about the history of Halloween?

Do you know what these words mean?

• The people worshipped pagan Gods.
• Halloween is a Celtic tradition.
• The famine caused a lot of people to die.
• I do not like turnips.

Your answersheet:

https://forms.office.com/r/M1mL4bvfSF

Checking the answers

What do you remember about the past continuous?

When do we use the past continuous?

• The past continuous is used to describe that something was going on for a while.

• The past continuous is used to describe that something was happening at a precise time in the past.

Past continuous: How do we form it?

• Past form of 'to be' + -ing.
• Two verbs are needed to form the past continuous.

A few examples:

Regular:                                    Negative:

• I was working.                 I was not working.    

Question:                                  Past continuous + past simple:

• Was he cooking?            When he phoned, I was watching TV. 

Let's write some sentences together!

How can we recognise the past continuous?

1. There are always two verbs.
2. There are one or two verbs.

What about signal words?

Past simple and continuous in one sentence

Past simple:

• interruption or event that was already completed in the past.

Past continuous:

• The event that was going on for a while or was happening at a precise time in the past.

Time to practice!

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Past simple or Past continuous?

She ate an apple yesterday.

1. Past continuous
2. Psat simple

Fill in the gap

• In each sentence, there are a few words missing.
• Decide between the past simple and past continuous.

Past Simple or Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

Past Simple or Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do)
when you called him yesterday?

Past Simple or Past Continuous
What ___ Leo ___ (do)
when you called him yesterday?

Lulu is Scared of Cats

• You are going to read a story about Lulu, who is scared of cats.
• Whilst reading, you must fill in the gaps.
• You have 5 minutes to do so. 
• Work quietly, on your own.

Checking the answers

Scary Short Stories

You have two options:

1. Complete one of the two short stories. Use atleast 200 words to complete the story.
2. Use the past simple and past continuous.
3. Write your own short horror story. Use atleast 250 words to complete the story.
4. Hand it in on Itslearning, on 31 October.

My Scary Short Story

What did you learn from today's lesson?