Introduction
Ask a partner the following questions and write down the answers.
Past simple - subject + verb(ed) + object
What did you do yesterday?
_____________________________________________________________
Past continuous - subject + was/were + verb-ing + object
What were you doing yesterday at 9am?
_________________________________________________________________
What were you doing yesterday at 3pm?
_________________________________________________________________
What were you doing yesterday at 7pm?
_________________________________________________________________
Once you have all your answers, share the information with another two people in the class.
He / She _____________________________________________ (past simple).
He / She was ____________________________________at 9am (past continuous).
He / She was ____________________________________at 3pm (past continuous).
He / She was ____________________________________at 7pm (past continuous).
dictionary: Cambridge Dictionary | English Dictionary, Translations & Thesaurus
Task
TASK ONE
What was the teacher doing yesterday?
folding / writing / looking / sitting / taking / playing / listening
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TASK TWO
Look at the jigsaw puzzle and put the pieces together then answer the questions.
Jigsaw puzzle: Mis rompecabezas - Jigsaw puzzles - What were they doing (jigsawplanet.com)
1. Who was sitting at the same table as Ania? ________________________________________________.
2. Who was taking a tray to their table? _____________________________________________________.
3. Who was looking at the computer screen? ________________________________________________.
4. Ania was folding some paper, what colour was it? __________________________________________.
5. Who was writing on a piece of paper?____________________________________________________.
6. Who was playing with the building blocks?_________________________________________________.
7. Who was listening to the teacher? ________________________________________________________.
Once you have finished, compare your answers with a partner and then share them with the teacher.
dictionary: Cambridge Dictionary | English Dictionary, Translations & Thesaurus
Process
because / After that / Although / two minutes later / The next day
but / suddenly / but / so / One evening in October
1______________________, me and my friend travelled to Budapest to do a marathon 2__________ we wanted to see if it was difficult.
We arrived at the bus station and 3____________ realized that we didn't have our running shoes because they were in a different
bag. We didn't have any money 4______ we did have our bank cards 5__ we quickly went to the shopping centre to buy some new
trainers. 6___________, we went to the hotel because we were tired. 7_______________, we were sleepy, we were also excited. We
went to bed and 8_________________ we fell asleep. 9_______________, we were ready for the competition. We ran as fast as we
could 10____ we didn't win the race. It was no problem because we had fun and learned a lot from the experience.
Evaluation
Conclusion
/t/ /d/ /id/
In pairs – write down as many regular verbs that you can think of.
Once you have a few, all of the class must stand in a circle.
We are going to play pass the ball.