This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 30 min
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Learning objectives
I can use the past continuous correctly; I can write about things that were happening for a while in the past.
Slide 2 - Slide
Exercise 1
Fill in the correct form of the past simple or past continuous
Slide 3 - Slide
I ______ work at 9 a.m. this morning
A
started
B
was starting
Slide 4 - Quiz
This time last year I ______ at university
A
studied
B
was studying
Slide 5 - Quiz
Sarah hurt her ankle while she _______
A
ran
B
was running
Slide 6 - Quiz
I ______ you call because I _______
A
missed - ran
B
missed - was running
C
was missing - ran
D
was missing - was running
Slide 7 - Quiz
While I ______ home, I _______ a new shop in the high street
A
walked - noticed
B
walked - was noticing
C
was walking - noticed
D
was walking - was noticing
Slide 8 - Quiz
When we ______ the crime, we _______ the police
A
saw - called
B
saw - were calling
C
were seeing - called
D
were seeing - were calling
Slide 9 - Quiz
What's next?
Did you have 1 or 0 mistakes?
Start working on the following exercises individually and in silence
Ex. 53acde, 54, 55, 56 and 57 (p. 72-75) Write Ex. 57b in your notebook.
More than 1 mistake?
Follow the instruction
Slide 10 - Slide
Tense
Active
I teach English to the students.
They are driving a car.
He painted the wall.
She was holding a meeting.
Tenses
present simple
present continuous
past simple
past continuous
Slide 11 - Drag question
Past simple
Past continuous
Past simple
Past continuous
Slide 12 - Drag question
Which one is the past simple and which one is the past continuous?
past simple
past continuous
Slide 13 - Drag question
Past Continuous
To make the past continuous, you use: was/were + a verb + -ing
You can use the past continuous and the past simple together in one sentence. Past continuous for the long activity and past simple for the short activity.
He was doing his homework when he noticed a rainbow.
Slide 14 - Slide
Past Continuous
When we use the two tenses together, it shows us that the past simple action happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in progress.
Can you see the difference in meaning of these two sentences?
When the guests arrived, Jane was cooking dinner.
When the guests arrived, Jane cooked dinner.
Slide 15 - Slide
Past Continuous
To make a question, you put was or were at the beginning of the sentence
Were you lying in bed all afternoon?
To make a negative sentence, you add not after was/were
They were not lying in bed all afternoon.
Slide 16 - Slide
Let's try again!
Slide 17 - Slide
While I _______ the dishes, I suddenly _____ a brilliant idea
A
washed - had
B
washed - was having
C
was washing - had
D
was washing - was having
Slide 18 - Quiz
I _______ the phone ring, he ______ to really loud music
A
didn't hear - listened
B
didn't hear - was listening
C
wasn't hearing - listened
D
wasn't hearing - was listening
Slide 19 - Quiz
They _______ the shop when I _______ there, so I couldn't go in and buy anything
A
already closed - got
B
already closed - was getting
C
were already closing - got
D
were already closing - was getting
Slide 20 - Quiz
The teacher _______ us to stop what we _________
A
told - did
B
told - were doing
C
was telling - did
D
was telling - were doing
Slide 21 - Quiz
Homework
- Writing and grammar: Ex. 53acde, 54, 55, 56 and 57 (p. 72-75). Write Ex. 57b in your notebook.