ontrast: past simple andpast continuous

Aims:
To review and practise the past simple and pastcontinuous with
as
,
while
and
when
.
Time:
󰀱󰀰–󰀱󰀵 minutes
Materials:
󰀱 handout for each student
Exercise 󰀱
•
Give each student a handout and ask them to doexercise 󰀱. Tell them to think about
the subject of eachsentence as this will help them to find the matchinghalf.
KEY
󰀱
b
󰀲
d
󰀳
f
󰀴
e
󰀵
g
󰀶
a
󰀷
h
󰀸
c
Exercise 󰀲
•
If necessary, remind students that we usually use thepast continuous after
as
and
while
, and the past simpleafter
when
. Go through the first and second sentenceswith the whole class. Students can then
continue towork individually or in pairs. Check answers with thewhole class.
KEY
󰀲
was blowing
󰀳
was walking
󰀴
saw
󰀵
stopped
󰀶
flashed
󰀷
heard
󰀸
was running
󰀹
fell
󰀱󰀰
stepped
Exercise 󰀳
•
Students work in pairs to create their own ending to thestory. Encourage them to
use the ideas given, or theirown ideas if they prefer. Ask one or two pairs of
studentsto read oleted stories to the rest of theclass.