Mastering Past Continuous: Interrupted Actions

Mastering Past Continuous: Interrupted Actions

Learning Objective

Understand the usage and structure of the past continuous tense for interrupted actions.

What do you already know about the past continuous tense?

Recap: Past Continuous

Past continuous is formed with was/were + verb-ing and is used to describe ongoing actions in the past.

Interrupted Actions

We use past continuous for actions that were interrupted by another action in the past.

Keywords

Common keywords for interrupted actions include 'while', 'when', and 'as'.

Practice: Identifying Interruptions

Interactive activity to identify interrupted actions in given sentences.

Creating Sentences

Guided task to create their own sentences using the past continuous for interrupted actions.

Listening Comprehension

Listen to a short audio clip and identify the interrupted actions in the story.

Application in Context

Discuss how past continuous for interrupted actions is used in real-life situations.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.