English classes 4H week 40 21-22

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

Planning

• Lesson aims
• Homework check ex. 14/15 and 37 t/m 39
• Exam training 'Computer Games' - 20 min.
• Checking your work - 10 min.
  
• End of class

Lesson aims

I have practised reading in English and have actively trained my reading comprehension skills

I have continued to study the irregular verbs.

Planning

• Lesson aims
• Warming up
• Grammar explanation
• Working individually
• Working on formative 
  assessment week 40
  or continue reading

Lesson aims

At the end of this class I know how to form, when to use and how to apply the past continuous tense (onvoltooid verleden tijd) in English.

I practise with all the different tenses we've studied:

- past simple

- present perfect

- past continuous

Warming up

Listen to the song.
While listening:
Complete the gaps in the text

After listening:
Take 2-3 minutes to write down the different forms of the verbs in bold

Working individually

Work on ex. 14/15 (past continuous),
                          19 (present perfect revision)

10 minutes

Afterwards we'll check your answers

Question? Please ask a classmate first and then ask the teacher.

Past continuous

Past continuous - use

Past Continuous: 'Verleden tijd in duurvorm'
 --> past tense with focus on duration

We use the Past continuous to emphasize (US) / emphasise (UK) that an action was ongoing for a certain amount of time in the past.

We were telling each other jokes.
You were texting him all day.

Past continuous - form

Step 1: Either one of the following verbs:
 Was/were 

was > I, he, she, it.
were > you, we, you, they.

Step 2: Infinitive + ing 

were/was communicating, responding, inquiring

Past continuous - form x and ?

 Was/were (not)    (was > I, he, she, it, were > you, we, you, they)

Were you listening when I told you the news?

You weren't listening just now, were you?

Past simple & past continuous

An action that took place in the past for a certain amount of time (past continuous 1) got interrupted by another action (past simple 2).

I was taking (1) a shower when the phone rang (2).

They were talking (1) when I walked (2) into the room.

Past continuous & past continuous

Past continuous x 2 > two events taking place within the same short period of time in the past

I was taking (1) a shower while my mother was doing (1) the dishes.

They were preparing (1) supper as I was leaving (1) to go to ballet class.

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