LESSON PLAN

TOPIC: PAST CONTINUOUS.

AIM: By the end of the class the students will be able to know the past continuous
tense in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms and are able to make use of it in real life
situation.

GRAMMAR AND
CAPACITIES AIMS
VOCABULARY CONTENT
CONCEPTUAL To recognize the form of Past
GRAMMAR CONTENT:
CAPACITY: Continuous in affirmative,
Past Continuous
negative and interrogative form
PRACTICAL
To describe past events. VOCABULARY: Verbs
CAPACITY:
QUALITIES AND
To work in team respectfully REVISION: Present Continuous
VALUES:

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GEESS A
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ROOO
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MAAN
NAAG
GEEM
MEEN
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AIMS ACTIVITY MATERIALS TIME

To introduce a game WARM UP: Wall chard 10
related to the topic. The teacher greets the students and minutes
shows them wall chart about verbs. After
seeing at wall chart, the teacher asks
students about what they think will be
the class of the day.
To introduce questions PRESENTATION: 20
and answers about a) T shows flash card with pictures Pictures on minutes
requests. about verbs. flash cards
b) T writes and pronounces sentences Wall chard
with students. with drills
d) T teaches the structures with drills Board
e) T asks students give more examples. Marker

To practice the new PRACTICE: Photocopy 20

structure in pairs. Teacher organizes the class in groups to minutes
work with the given exercises.
Teacher gives students a photocopy with
drills to practice in pairs.
To act out using the new PRODUCTION: 20
structure about requests. Teacher provides students photocopies Boards minutes
and asks them to complete some Markers
activities by themselves using the new Photocopies
structure. Finally, students role play their
dialogues in pairs changing turns taking
into account one point for correct
pronunciation, intonation, security and
respect for their classmates during the
oral presentation.
CONSOLIDATION WRAP UP: 10
EXERCISES: Teacher analyzes with the students what Wall chard minutes
a) WRAP UP: they have learnt and how they can use with drills
b) HOMEWORK: every day this structure.
The teacher shows students a structure
learned, that sums up everything learned.
Teacher says goodbye to students.
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Forms of Past Continuous Tense

I, He, She, It: was + present participle = past continuous

We, You, They: were + present participle = past continuous

Examples:
 She was cleaning the room (Ella estaba limpiando la habitación)
 He was finishing his homework (El estaba terminando su tarea para la casa)
 They were waiting for the bus (Ellos estaban esperando el autobús)
 We were listening to the music (Nosotros estabamos escuchando música)

When can we use the Past Continuous Tense? (Cuando usar?)

 We use the past continuous tense to describe a past action that happened over a period of time.
(Usamos el tiempo pasado continuo para describir una acción que inició en el pasado - no
sabemos si ya finalizó - y que ocurrió durante un periodo de tiempo)

PRACTICE: Exercises with Past Continuous:

I. Fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the Past Continuous tense.
a. I _______________________________ letters all day yesterday (write)

b. You ____________________________ on the phone for hours and hours (talk)

c. They ____________________________ much business before lunch (do NEGATIVE)

d. She _____________________________ to me all week. Silly cow (speak NEGATIVE)

II. What they were doing yesterday? Use the Past Continuous and choose a verb from the
box and describe the pictures:
write sleep talk drink swim eat run

listen read play sing cook ride dance

............................................................. ……............................................ We ............................................

…….......................................... I .................................................. ........................................................

 PRODUCCION
1. Read the conversation.
Susie: Hello John!
John: Hi Susie. How are you?
Susie: I´m O.K. Where were you yesterday? I was calling you all day long!
John: I was at the club.
Susie: What were you doing there?
John: I was playing golf with my friends.
Susie: Were Ann and Mary there?
John: Yes, they were. They were playing soccer.
Susie: And was Peter there?
John: yes, he was. He was swimming and was riding on his bicycle. What about you?
Susie: I was in the shopping center. I was watching the movie.

2. Answer the questions about conversation.

a. Where was John yesterday?

b. What was he doing?

c. Were Ann and Mary at the club?

d. What were they doing?

e. What was Susie doing?

3. Aswer about you:

a. Where were you study last Friday?

b. What were you doing yesterday morning?

c. When were studying your lessons with your English partners?

4. Traduce the sentences in affirmative, negative and question for. Traduce las
siguientes oraciones al inglés, en afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas.

 Estaba leyendo un libro en mi habitación.

a) 1-
b) 2-
c) 3-

 Jim estaba hablando por teléfono.

a) 1-
b) 2-
c) 3-