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1 TELLING
TALES
In this lesson you will:
• Learn how to tell a traditional story;
• Identify and use conjuctions like As, when and
while with past simple and past continuous.

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LANGUAGE FOCUS
The language focus of this lesson are the Main event Background event
conjunctions such as: when, while and as. A
conjunction is a part of speech that connects
words, phrases, or clauses The hunter heard As He was passing the
some stranges noises. When window.
While
As, when and while are conjuctions. We can use
them to talk about a background event that was
in progress at the same time that a main event
happened. We often use the past continuous for
the background event.

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 TELLING STORIES
Stories such as Pinocchio, Aladdin, or Red
Words Phrase Riding Hood are examples of tales that use
1 ago time a long a long time ago conjunctions to articulate fluid and capturing
narratives.

2 lived after happily they ever In addition to conjunction this stories also use
expressions or phrases that help with the
narrative.
3 time upon once a
Put in order the words on the left side to make
some of these sentences or phrases.

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LANGUAGE FOCUS
We can also use as, when and while to connect Main event Background event
two past statements.
Red Riding Hood As She walked in the
As emphasizes that the two events happened talked to the wolf forest.
at the same time.
The hunter killed the When He saw it.
When can mean that the main event happened wolf
at the same time as, or just after, the background He thought of Red While He waited.
event. Riding Hood
While is used only if the background event
took some time to complete.

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EXERCISE

• Underline the conjunctions that are possible in each sentence below. Sometimes more than one is possible.

a. As / When / While she was walking in the forest, Snow White met some little men.

b. Cinderella was leaving the party as / when / while she lost her shoe.

c. A forest grew up around the castle as / when / while Sleeping Beauty was sleeping.

d. Snow White looked after the little men as as / when / while she lived with them.

e. As / when / while Pinocchio told the lie, his nose started to grow.

f. As / when / while Snow White bit the apple, she fell asleep.

g. Aladdin found the lamp as / when / while he was in the cave.

h. The frog turned into a prince as / when / while she gave him to a kiss.

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RED RIDING HOOD STORY

1. Write letters to match the captions with the pictures.

2. Look again at the captions and find examples of each

use of as, when and while.

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BONUS

Sequencers

Sequencers are words than can also help organize the

events in a story.

Turn CC
option to
see the
captions

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IT’S TIME TO
PRACTICE

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