OW starter: past tenses

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OW Starter: Past tenses

Focus on the news

You know when 

to use which 

past tense 

I used to have porridge for breakfast as a kid, now I cannot even stand its smell....

1. This sentence has a past tense
2. This sentence has NO past tense

Complete: Before I went to visit her at the hospital, I ...

1. bought her a present.
2. had bought her a present.
3. used to buy her a present

Which statement is false?

1. This sentence contains a passive past tense.
2. This sentence contains a past continuous.
3. This sentence contains a past perfect.

Something happened regularly or habitually in the past

would 

My granny was wonderful. Each time we stayed at her place, she would hide treats under our pillow.

used to

As a teenager I used to walk to my friends, nowadays I always go by car.

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Want to practise some more?

Watch the video by clicking the Qr code on p. 16 (OW)

Check the grammar explanation on p. 198 (OW) 

https://www.grammarbank.com/verb-tenses-mixed-exercise.html

      Anecdotes

The following anecdotes (source: bored Panda) have something in common? What is it?

Have you ever experienced such a situation yourself?

My friend and I went grocery shopping, she bought like 5 milks, she saw my questioning face and she said they drank a lot of milk so I shrugged it off. A week or so later she tells me all of the milk has spoiled. Took a while to figure out what went wrong, and when we finally did, I couldn't believe it. She didn't know there was fresh milk that needs to be refrigerated, and shelf-stable that does not. She of course bought the fresh milk, not knowing any better, and put it in the pantry. Apparently her mom only ever bought shelf-stable milk and she had no idea that any other kind even existed. We were in our early twenties and she had a pretty sheltered life so it wasn't THAT surprising, but I teased her about it for years.

I was watching a sunset at the beach with a friend when she asked me why the ocean doesn't extinguish the sun when the sun goes under the water. She was young, but an adult. Had a short conversation about the sun, the earth, and the rotation of the earth.

My friend and I (both 30 at the time) were decorating for a party. I was blowing up balloons. She asked me why they weren't floating up to the ceiling. I was like what do you mean? She genuinely thought all balloons should behave like helium balloons. I had to explain the difference to her.

Write an anecdote about something that happened in the past. Use at least 60 words.

For next class

Study page 198 and do ex 1.

Then turn to page 9 and do ex. 2, 3 and 4.

Now,

Turn to page 10. Together we'll do exerccise 1. 

Then,

with your neighbour(s), take 4 minutes and discuss the questions of Reading ex. 1. Then do ex. 4, 5 and 6

What strategies do you use to learn new words?

Some useful vocab:

infuriating

to retain

to plummet

te prevent

to reveal

an attempt

a steep curve

een steile curve

behouden

een poging

ergerlijk/gekmakend

kelderen

voorkomen

onthullen

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Week task!

In your week task you'll find:

'Exam Vocabulary unit 1'

Find the document in your studiewijzer and download it.

Print it and make a booklet of it.

How will you learn your vocabulary?

!!!  Question:

For next class

Do the exercises 2 and 3 on page 13