Look at the tips for learning English

that you wrote on Teams.

Which ones do you do already?
Which ones would you like to try?
Quizlet – vocabulary learning
website/app
Topic: stories
Today, we are going to:
• Give each other tips and advice about learning
English
• Tell each other some fables (stories with a moral)
• Review the grammar for narrative tenses

So that you can:

• Speak about the past with more accuracy
 Discussion
1. Do you enjoy reading? Why? Why not?
2. Are you reading a book at the moment?
3. Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? Why?
4. Do you think it’s important to read stories
to children? Why?
5. What was your favorite story when you
were a child?
6. Can you think of any stories that have a
moral? (a message about what is right or
wrong)
This famous story is called the hare
and the tortoise. Can you predict
or remember what happens?
Arrogant (adj)
Past simple or past continuous?
Past simple or past continuous?
Past simple or past continuous?
 Narrative (past) Tenses Review
Past simple (65% ) –
finished actions at a specific time / the main actions in a
story
• I stayed at home / He watched a film… (regular verbs –
add -ed)
• I went shopping / she bought a car… (irregular verbs)
• Did you stay/watch/go/buy…? (questions – use ‘did’ +
verb 1)
• “be” verb – use was / were e.g. I was tired yesterday
 Narrative (past) Tenses Review
Past continuous (25 %)
Subject + was/were + -ing

I didn’t text you because I was doing my homework

They were sleeping when the hurricane hit.
What were you doing in town yesterday? I saw you across
the street.
Past continuous formation
 Were working Were picking up

saving stopped
had
asked
Were Were
doing (or “what have you been doing...?”
answered Was playing

Didn’t help
continued Can’t help
Choose a famous story from your culture /
childhood to tell the group.
Use past simple and past continuous