Stranded

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You need your novel and your grammar notebook 

At the end of this lesson you can: 

1.  Read and understand your novel

2. Talk/write about longer actions in the past.

3. Predict the outcome of a story

Read your novel:

Continue reading in your novel; for 15 minutes

Look at the pictures and
guess what the story is about?

Shipwreck

a desert island

You are going to read a story about three brothers who were shipwrecked on a desert island 

Last October, three brothers 1) set off from Florida in their cabin cruiser. They wanted to sail to Nassau in the Bahamas. However, while they 2) were sailing there, a storm blew up and they were shipwrecked on a desert island....

1) shipwreck: (the destruction

of a ship in an accident) 

2) Desert island : a small tropical island that is far away from other places and has no people living on it)

Last October, three brothers 1) set off from Florida in their cabin cruiser. The underlined form is 

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. past perfect
4. present continuous

while they 2) were sailing there, a storm blew up

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. past perfect
4. present continuous

Sometimes stories are a good way to explain why you want to do something.

So today we’re looking at narrative tenses that will help you write a good story: past simple and past continuous. Why do we use the past continuous when we’re writing stories? Why not use the past simple all the time?

Great question. The past simple works well when we want to list things that happened. But stories get more interesting when we use the past continuous too, so the past simple AND continuous.

Why’s that?

The past continuous brings stories alive. It adds extra information and helps us paint pictures in our mind

Past simple (Last October, three brothers set off from Florida) refers to...

1. a finished event
2. an action already in progress when something else happened

When to use past simple?

to describe an action that happened and finished in the past. We commonly use it to give the order of events in a narrative.

E.g. 

• When I lived on the island, I enjoyed walking on the beach in the early morning with my best friend.
• When the car stopped, we all got out.
• Two weeks ago, something very strange happened 

while they were sailing there, a storm blew up. Past continous is used here to describe...

1. a finished event
2. an action already in progress when something else happened

When to use past continuous 

1)  for background information and to describe a scene or situation that continued for some time.

E.g. 

• At 6 o’clock that evening my dog was still missing
• It was a hot day and the sun was shining.

2) We often use the past simple and past continuous together when one action (past simple) interrupts another (past continuous)

E.g 

• She was watching the news when she heard the loud noise outside.
•  I was walking on the pavement when I saw a cat in the tree
• While I was listening to music, my mother called me

WHILE VS. WHEN

"when" is most often followed by the verb tense Simple Past,  

"while" is usually followed by Past Continuous. "While" expresses the idea of "during that time."

When to use past continuous 

3. Parrarel actions

• While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.
• I was studying while he was making dinner.

Quiz 

Last Sunday, Adam and Sophie were walking in the forest when they....(find) a cave

1. found
2. were finding

We were watching TV when the power.....(go) off

1. went
2. was going

Complete this sentence: I was studying when...........

Complete this sentece: While the three brothers were searching for food.......

Stranded

Last October, three brothers 1) set off from Florida in their cabin cruiser. They wanted to sail to Nassau in the Bahamas. However, while they 2) were sailing there, a storm blew up and they were shipwrecked on a desert island..............

1) shipwreck: (the destruction

of a ship in an accident) 

2) Desert island : a small tropical island that is far away from other places and has no people living on it)

Could you predict what happens next?

To do in groups of 5 

(break out room,  20 min)

Finish the story!

Last October, three brothers set off from Florida in their cabin cruiser. They wanted to sail to Nassau in the Bahamas. However, while they were sailing there, a storm blew up and they were shipwrecked on a desert island. ...............................................................................................................................................................................

Instruction

1) You should write your story   

To create a post, double click/double tap anywhere on the padlet 

3) Write the names of your members

4) Write an intersting ending together.

5) Your writing should consist of 80-100 words, 

past simple and past continuous 

6) Finished writing? Proof read your writing. Check your spellling, punctuation, and grammar (click on the 'pen' icon to edit it)

7) Go back to the main channel. 

Evalution

• Read your classmates’ stories and comment. Say what you like about their stories (e.g I think the best thing about your work is....) and suggest improvements (next time try to...., you might want to add/delete.......) 
• Vote for the best story. How? Click on the heart icon. 
  

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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