Liceo Bicentenario Enrique Ballacey

Teacher: Mrs. Yessica Sanhueza S.

Date: August 7th, 2015

English Handout N4
Class: Somphomore
Learning Objective: To identify the past continuous structure.

Past continuous V/S simple past

Past continuous structure

Activity 1 Reading and writing

Activity 2 Vocabulary in context

Write a list of activities or habits you and your friends performed in the past
on vacation or at school.
Example: Ride a bike

Activity 3 Writing
Write two ideas using the vocabulary above. Use the past continuous and
simple past tense.
Example: We were riding a bike in the park when I saw a man with a gun
Unexpected events in school or at
home

Unexpected events in school or at

home

1. When did it happen?

1. When did it happen?

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2. What were you doing?

2. What were you doing?

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3. Suddenly, what happened?

3. Suddenly, what happened?

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The use of When

We can use this word to join two ideas talking about something in the past.
Example: I was studying at school when I saw the old man in the front door.

Activity 4 Writing
Join the following ideas using when, simple past and past continuous
a) Watch T.V. /fell down the stairs
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b) broke the leg/ do exercise

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