Lesson 1: Past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

1. Period 2: What to expect

2. Past continuous

3. Planner - new 

4. Newsround

AIM: I can apply the past continuous

What to expect:

1. Planner

2. Chapter 2 vocabulary test

3. Chapter 2/3 grammar + ch 3 vocab test

Translate to English:
Ik was naar de supermarkt aan het lopen

Ik was aan het schoonmaken toen mijn dochter haar drinken liet vallen

Examples

- She was studying for her math test when her friends called her to hang out.

- We were watching a movie when the power went out unexpectedly.

- They were driving to the beach while it was raining heavily.

- I was reading a book all afternoon because I wanted to finish it.

- He was cooking dinner when he realized he was out of ingredients.

Activity 

Look at the picture/text. Where can you spot the past continuous?

Do it yourself

Talk about yesterday.

- What did you do? -

- Morning, afternoon, evening?

- What was fun, or less exciting?

- Did you plan things or was it spontaneous?

+ recap in class

Use the past simple and continuous

1 min per person, later other person can reflect on their peers weekend

Planner

1. Get a NEW planner: what is in there?

2. Choose an exercise 

3. Write down the date of today in your planner

--> at the exercise you have done today.

4. Check yourself

5. ''Signature''

www.bbc.co.uk

Summarize the Newsround

Homework

1. Page 85, exercise 3, 4

2. Page 87 + do exercise 8

3. Leer de woorden op p.122

AIM: I can apply the past continuous