2B- Past Tense Contrast

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

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What do you need this lesson?

- Your student's book

- Your workbook

- Your notebook

- A pen

- Smartphone (on quiet)

- Earbuds/headphones

- Food/drinks (this means water as well)

- Gum

* Bags on the floor

- Jackets/Coats + caps/hats

On your desk:

In your bag (not pockets):

In your locker:

What do you always have to do?

Only speak English!

Take notes!

• Always take a notebook with you to class. 
• Write down the grammar rules in your notebook.
• Write other important stuff in your notebook.

No notebook (or an empty one) means that you've forgotten your work.

Vocabulary list

Create a vocabulary list at the end of your notebook. This broadens your vocabulary and helps you remember more. 

Always do your homework + don't forget to bring your homework, books, pen and notebook with you.

Learning goals

• I can describe a memorable experience using different past tenses;
• I know what the past simple is;
  
• I know what the past  continuous is;
• I know what the past perfect is;
• I can use these tenses in a sentence;
• I know the difference between these tenses;
• I know where these tenses are on a timeline;

Watch the following clips about the present simple and present continuous

00:15

While she was preparing lunch, the phone..............(ring)

00:34

He.............(walk) in, sat down and started to text his friend.

00:53

I'm just curious, who............. you ...............(talk) to when I saw you yesterday?

01:12

The teacher was giving important instructions, while the students ................(perparing) for the test.

01:31

I................(not go) with you yesterday because I had already seen the film.

01:50

While he................(leave) his flat, he slipped on a banana peel and fell.

02:09

While they ................. (play) basketball, the crowd was cheering them on.

02:28

Luckily, I.................(save) all my work on the computer before it crashed.

Exercise 2: 

Look at the verbs in red in the text. What tense are they?

- Past simple

- Past continuous

- Past perfect

Find an affirmative and a negative example of each tense.  -> notebook

Exercise 3:

Read and complete the Learn This! box with the names of the tenses. Find examples of each rule in the text. 

- Use your notes

- Use page 111 (grammar builder SB)

Past tense contrast exercises - Student book, page 15.

Discuss the difference in meaning 

1. When we got to the main stage, Muse played my favourite song.
2. When we got to the main stage, Muse were playing my favourite song.
3. When we got the main stage, Muse had played my favourite song. 

Exercise 6: Complete the questions about Julie's story using one of the past tenses.

Remember use:

- did - past simple

- had - past perfect

- was/were - past continuous

What have you learned

• I can describe a memorable experience using different past tenses;
• I know what the past simple is;
  
• I know what the past  continuous is;
• I know what the past perfect is;
• I can use these tenses in a sentence;
• I know the difference between these tenses;
• I know where these tenses are on a timeline;

Homework

Exercises:

• Workbook page 15: Exercises 1 till 4
• No homework = extra work in the afternoon.

Study:

- past tense contrast page 111 + 112 (student book)