November 23

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

English lesson

Monday November 23rd

Planning

Lesson goals

Check I+L

Explanation Past simple/ Past Continuous

Do exercises 1+2+3 pages 19+20 booklet

Finished? Study vocabulary on Quizlet or grammar on Learnbeat

Check goals

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know the difference between the past simple and the past continuous

Alquin

Check I+L

Past simple - When to use:

1. a finished action in the past. You know when it happened

2.  Actions which follow each other in a story

3. A past situation or habit

1. We met in 1987

2. Mary walked into the room and stopped. She listened carefully.

3. As a child, I used to play with barbies.

	affirmative	negative
I	talked	didn't talk
He/she it	talked	didn't talk
we	talked	didn't talk
you	talked	didn't talk
they	talked	didn't talk

Regular verbs = verb + = -ed

Irregular verbs = list

	Question
Did	I	talk
Did	he/she/it	talk
Did	we	talk
Did	you	talk
Did	they	talk

Past Continuous

Often combined with the Past Simple. Usually the PC refers to longer, 'background' activities, whilst the PS refers to shorter actions.

Use

1. Duration - to express an activity in progress before, and probably after, a particular time in the past

2. To indicate something took long, or at least it felt that way.

3. To express an interrupted past activity or habit

4. Scene descriptions in a story.

Use - examples

1. At 7.00 this morning, I was having breakfast.

2. The dentist was drilling for 3 minutes!

3. When the phone rang, I was having a bath.

    I was going out with Jack when I first met Harry

4. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

	affirmative	negative
I	was talking	wasn't talking
He/she it	was talking	wasn't talking
we	were talking	weren't talking
you	were talking	weren't talking
they	were talking	weren't talking

	Question
Was	I	talking
Was	he/she/it	talking
Were	we	talking
Were	you	talking
Were	they	talking

Pamela ........ (read) a book when her mother .......... (arrive).

1. is reading / arrived
2. read / was arriving
3. was reading / arrived
4. read / arrived

When her dad ....... (come) in, Jaimy ........ (eat) crisps.

1. came / was eating
2. was coming / ate
3. was coming / was eating
4. came / ate

Brendon ........ (repair) his motorbike when his mother ..... (call) for dinner.

1. repaired / called
2. was repairing / called
3. was repairing / was calling
4. repaired / was calling

When my mother ..... (open) the door, my friend and I ..... (kiss) in the hall.

1. opened / were kissing
2. opened / kissed
3. was opening / were kissing
4. was opening / were kissing

We ...... (drive) to Glasgow when we ....... (run) out of petrol.

1. drove / ran
2. drove / were running
3. were driving / were running
4. were driving / ran

I ........ (have) a shower when the telephone ....... (ring).

1. had / rang
2. was having / rang
3. had / was ringing
4. was having / was ringing

To do

Do exercises 1+2+3 pages 19+20 booklet

Finished? Study vocabulary on quizlet or practise grammar on learnbeat

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know the difference between the past simple and the past continuous

Homework

Thursday

Do exercises 1+2+3 pages 19+20 grammar booklet

Study vocabulary B left column page 21