V3d - 15th of November 2021

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Unit 3 

15-11-2021

Today's programme

- Grammar

- Listening

- Animal Farm

- FCE Trainer (part 4)

Write down an example sentence in the past simple.

Write down an example sentence in the past continuous.

Write down an example sentence in the past perfect simple.

Write down an example sentence in the past perfect continuous.

Which tense?

They had never worked this hard their entire life.

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

Some were working, some were having fun.

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

The researchers hadn't tried using those new techniques.

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

For quite some time Jamie was watching their every move.

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

It took her forever to pay them back.

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

Zoë had been listening to that podcast for three hours straight.

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

Did you know?

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

Joey had had these symptoms before.

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

I can't believe the kids got away with so much.

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

Narrative tenses

When you narrate a story, fiction or non-fiction, you describe situations and actions. We use different tenses in different situations.

Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect simple

Past perfect continuous

Jack ate.

Jack was eating.

Jack had eaten.

Jack had been eating.

Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect simple

Past perfect continuous

Finished actions, situations or habits when there is a definite time or context in the past.

To describe an activity that was in progress at a particular moment in the past, or to provide general background information.

If we want to focus on the duration or repeated nature of an activity, we use the....

The past before another situation/action in the past, focusses on completion.

Practise using these tenses

Page 30, ex. 1a, 1b, 2 and 3 

In 15 minutes we'll discuss these exercises.

Exercise 1

1a

1. past continuous, past continuous

2. past simple, past simple

3. past perfect continuous

4. past simple, past continuous

5. past perfect simple

6. past continuous

7. past continuous

Exercise 1

1b

all these situations need a past continuous

Exercise 2

1. underwent

2. was holding // went

3. had been // erupted // wiped

4. had been // located

5. were shooting

6. realised // had been going

7. were still running

8. had been // was

Exercise 3

a. happened

b. had discovered

c. had lain / had been lying

d. emerged

e. was suffering

f. were decaying / had decayed

g. had hunted / had been hunting

h. had brought

i. had been gathering

j. was returning

How might studying history at school or university help you in your career?

Listening

Please turn to page 34 - we're going to do exercise 2.

Listening

Please turn to page 34 - we're going to do exercise 2.

Animal farm

Please turn to page 23 - we'll listen/read a bit together.

FCE trainer

Work on part 4