3H week 52 - Recap past simple vs past continuous + the/a/an

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Welcome

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Goals for this class
At the end of this class the student has refreshed their knowledge on...
the past simple 
the past continuous
Articles (a/an/the)
Used to
Vocabulary

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Planning
Past simple (2 minutes) 
Past continuous (2 minutes)
Past simple vs past continuous (5 minutes)
The/an/a/0 (5 minutes)
Used to (10 minutes)
Vocabulary revision (10 minutes)
Short survey (5 minutes)
Ending

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Past simple

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Past simple
When it's important when something happened in the past
Often with words like:  yesterday, this morning, last month, before -> things that clearly indicate a past time
We went to Spain last month.
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

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Past simple
Base form of verb + ed
Play -> Played
Walk -> Walked

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Past continuous

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Past continuous
When something was going on at a specific time during the past
I was watching a movie when the phone rang
Why were they late for class?
Because they were playing a game until 9:18.

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Past continuous 
was/wereing-form of a verb
was playing
were working

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Past simple vs past continuous 
We use the past simple when it's important when something happened in a past time.
We use the past continuous when talking about something that was going on at that time in the past or what you were doing

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Compare
At 4pm last Tuesday, I was working in the office (I was still working, so past continuous, action not completed)
At 4pm last Monday, I finished work early and went home (I had finished working, action has been completed)

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Compare
It rained yesterday. (clear indication of past time)
It was raining when I walked the dog (talking about what I was doing in the past)

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Practice
What: Do exercises "Grammar test 1" and "Grammar test 2"
Help: The teacher
Time: 3 minutes
Result: You finished both assignments
Done: check your answers and inform me if you had more than 40% incorrect.

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The/a/an/0 (articles)

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Definite article: The
We use 'the' when referring to something specific:
The summer of 2023
The lunch we had today
This is the London Hospital. They built the hospital in 1985.  
Could you pass me the salt?

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a or an

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a or an
Remember that this rule works based on sound
an hour(our)
a job

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Compare
Jobs that a single person does do not get a/an: she is prime minister of Great Britain
she is an actress

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When do we not use articles?
When talking about things in general:
Birds eat worms
Water freezes at 0C

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Practice
What: Do exercises "Grammar test 1" and "Grammar test 2"
Help: The teacher
Time: 3 minutes
Result: You finished both assignments
Done: check your answers and inform me if you had more than 40% incorrect.

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Used to

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Used to
Used to + verb to talk about things that happened in the past, but not anymore

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Examples
We used to go on vacation a lot when I was younger
Long ago, they used to force children to work in factories

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In questions
When used in questions, we use did and get rid of the 'd'
Did you really use to work as a clown?
Did you use to live in Iceland?

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Negation (ontkenning)
With negation we use didn't use to + verb
Our cat didn't use to be so mean, but now she scratches us all the time.
I didn't even use to like vegetables, but now I'm a vegetarian

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Practice
What: Do exercises "Grammar test 1" and "Grammar test 2"
Help: The teacher
Time: 6 minutes
Result: You finished both assignments
Done: check your answers and inform me if you had more than 40% incorrect.

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Vocabulary practice

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That was it!
Thank you for your participation as always.
Enjoy your Christmas break and see you in the new year!

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