Speakout lesson 2a: What happened?

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Speakout lesson 2a: Taletellers

To start

1. Watch the video and write down the topics they talk about.

2. Tell your classmate about a 

happy memory.

Goals of this class

Listening: 

You can understand a sequence in a narrative: 

adjectives for feelings; ed/-ing adjectives.

You can tell an anecdote: narrative tenses

Adjectives for feelings

A person can feel:

Bored

Excited

Frightened

Disappointed

Suprised

-ed ending to talk about how a person feels.

-ing ending to talk about what causes the feeling.

Adjectives for feelings

What causes the feeling?

Bored = Boring

Excited = exciting

Frightened = frightening

Disappointed = disapointing

Suprised = suprising

-ed ending to talk about how a person feels.

-ing ending to talk about what causes the feeling.

Work!

Finish assignments 2 and 3

(Student's book lesson 2a)

Finish the assignment alone, then check in pairs!

Talking about the

Narrative tenses

I had a very memorable trip to India thirty years ago.

= past simple - states and actions in the past

 I was travelling there with Jane, an Australian friend, for two months.

= past continuous - to give background information

We had booked a standard train ticket and the train was very busy.

= past perfect - to make clear an action happened earlier in the past( before another action)

Past tense

1- What is the state of action?

Use the past simple

• The girls met a young backpacker in a restaurant.

2- What is the background information?

Use the past continuous

• The boy was traveling on his own

3- What happened earlier in the past (so before this action) Use the past perfect

• The girls had seen the boy before
• , but did not speak to him then.

Past tense

1- State of action

= Past simple

2- Background information

= Past continuous

3- What happened before the action

= Past perfect

When was the last time you felt..........?

Discuss with your neighbour.

Homework

- Online practice 2a 

- Grammar bank

- Vocabulary bank