Developing Communicative Skills (17)

 Developing Communicative Skills (17)



Objective:

By the end of this class, we will be able to talk about our daily routines and hobbies by using the past progressive and simple past.

 

Agenda:  

  • Review simple present and spelling rules.  

  • Grammar: past progressive. 

  • Listening.  

  • Speaking. 




Task 1: Warm up! - Review the Simple Past


  1. To practice the simple past, let’s create some sentences and questions. 


"she / watch / a movie yesterday." - She watched a movie yesterday. 


"he / play / soccer on Saturday." - _________________________________.


"Maria / call / you last night?" - _________________________________.


"they / visit / their grandparents last Sunday." - ____________________________.


"she / finish / her homework on time?" - _________________________________.




  1. What about negative sentences? Transform the next positive sentences into negative sentences. 




Carlos read a book last month. - _________________________________.


Kevin and Lucy ran in the park yesterday. - _________________________________.


I wrote an article about this poem. - _________________________________.


We ate lasagna last weekend. - _________________________________.


They studied Portuguese last month. - _________________________________.


She had a party with her friends. - _________________________________.





Task 2: Warm up! - Review the Simple Past

  1. Do you remember the spelling rules? 

  2. Click HERE and choose the correct form of the verb. 

  3. Then, have a conversation with your partner. Click HERE. 





Task 3: Grammar: past progressive



REMEMBER: 

Is = was   |   are = were



  1. Read the next sentences and make the corrections: 


You was cooking the turkey. - _________________________________.

He was play soccer when it started to rain. - _________________________________.

They was watching TV at 8 pm last night. - _________________________________.

I were studying in the library when you called me. - ____________________________.

She wasn’t writing a letter when the lights went out. - ___________________________.

We was listening to music while eating dinner. - ______________________________.

Were you talking on the phone when the teacher arrived? - ______________________.

The children weren’t played outside when it started raining. - _____________________.



Task 4: Grammar: past progressive

  1. Click HERE to practice the structure of the past progressive. 

  2. Then, read the next story. HERE. 

  3. Answer the questions you will find in the document. 




Task 5: Grammar: past progressive | Timeline!

  1. Create a timeline about what you were doing yesterday or the last weekend. 

  2. Look at the example: 


My Busy Day: 

  • Yesterday, at 8 am I was having breakfast. 

  • At 9 am, I was teaching an English class. 

  • At 10:30 am, on my break, I was walking with my dog. 

  • At 1 pm, I was having lunch. 

  • At 1:30 pm, I was working again at my second job. 

  • At 3:30 pm, I was watching TV. 

  • At 4 pm, I was drinking coffee. 


Take notes, so in the main room you can talk about your routine. 



Task 6: Listening: past progressive 


  1. Are you good at resolving mysteries? Let’s see, click HERE. 

  2. Then, watch another video. 

  3. Watch it until minute 03:37. Click HERE.

  4. Answer the next questions.


  • What were people in Centerville talking about the next day?

  • What were the first man and his wife doing when the lights went out?

  • How did the teenager manage to listen to music during the blackout?

  • What explanation did Fred Watts give about the cause of the blackout?

  • What were Bob and his wife doing when the lights went out?

  • What happened to Mr. and Mrs. Green during the blackout?


Before watching, check out this important vocabulary: 


Blackout: A period when there is no electricity in an area.

Lights went out: A phrase meaning that the lights stopped working because of a power outage.

Laundromat: A place with coin-operated machines where people can wash and dry their clothes.

The power company: A business responsible for supplying electricity to homes and businesses.






Task 7: Grammar: demonstrative adjectives



Let’s practice in the main room, click HERE. 

Look at the pictures and create sentences. 

Then, let’s complete another LINK together. 



Task 8: Grammar: demonstrative adjectives

  1. Click HERE. 

  2. Then, complete this extra link: HERE. 





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