4DA ENG D4 City versus country

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4DA ENG D4 City versus country

Learning objective

Students can choose correctly between past simple, past continuous and present perfect in context.
They can use irregular verbs correctly when writing about city life and country life.

Write a sentence with 'to meet a friend' in the past simple.

Where do they live?

What happened in this episode of Friends?

e.g.

The lights went out.

People panicked.

The restaurant closed.

Write one sentence.

What were people doing when the blackout happened?

Take a sheet of paper or a new page in your notebook.

You will watch an intro of a different series.

Write down everything you see in the video.

nouns (with adjectives)

verbs

Theory refresh: 1 Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple

• finished actions in the past

• specific time or place

• short actions

Signal words:

• yesterday

• last night

• in 2018

• when + short action

Examples:

• The lights went out.

• Ross shouted.

• The restaurant closed.

Theory refresh: Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Continuous

We use the past continuous for:

• background actions

• longer actions in progress

• actions interrupted by another action

Examples:

• People were eating when the lights went out.

• Ross was carrying the couch.

• Chandler was sitting in the ATM room.

When do we use both?

Past Continuous = background
Past Simple = interrupting action

Examples:

• They were having dinner when the blackout started.

• He was riding his horse when it started to rain.

Theory refresh: 2 Present Perfect vs Past Simple

We use past simple when:

• the time is finished

• we mention a specific time

Signal words:

• yesterday

• last week

• in 2020

• two days ago

Examples:

• Colt returned to the ranch in 2019.

• They moved to New York last year.

• The blackout happened in 1994.

Theory refresh: 2 Present Perfect vs Past Simple

We use present perfect when:

• the time is NOT finished

• we talk about experience

• the exact time is not important

• the action continues now

Structure:
have/has + past participle

Signal words: ever, never, for, since, already, yet

Examples:

• I have lived in a small town before.

• Ross has never lived on a ranch.

• They have worked on the ranch for ten years.

Important difference

❌ I have visited New York in 2020.
✅ I visited New York in 2020.

❌ I lived in the countryside for five years. (if still true)
✅ I have lived in the countryside for five years.

What tense is used for background actions?

A

Past Simple

B

Future Simple

C

Present Perfect

D

Past Continuous

Which sentence is correct?

A

I have visited New York in 2020.

B

I visited New York in 2020.

C

I was visiting New York in 2020.

D

I visit New York in 2020.

What tense interrupts background actions?

A

Future Continuous

B

Past Continuous

C

Past Simple

D

Present Simple

When do we use Past Simple?

A

Actions interrupted by another action

B

Specific time or place

C

Background actions

D

Finished actions in the past

When do we use Present Perfect?

A

Experience

B

Specific time is mentioned

C

Finished time period

D

Action continues now

Which is an example of Past Continuous?

A

The blackout happened in 1994.

B

They were having dinner when the blackout started.

Which sentence uses Past Simple correctly?

A

They moved to New York last year.

B

I have lived in a small town.

Choose:

• basic

• advanced

Some time left? Irregular Verbs

Challenge.