Lesson-(Intermediate) Past Continuous

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To use on the board to explain to students: Putting together a PAST CONTINUOUS sentence: Some examples: Whodunnit?: Crime: The students went to their bags at 12:00pm yesterday to get their lunches and eat, but they found none! Who stole the lunches? Questions (For the ESL Teacher to ask): 1. Did you enter the classroom yesterday? 2. Where were you between 10am and 12pm yesterday? 3. How long did (alibi) take? 4. Did anyone see you doing this? 5. Is that true? 6. (Ask All Students) Who do you think did the crime? Principal (innocent) Question 1: ‘No, I didn’t enter the classroom yesterday’ Question 2: Rearrange and correct this information to make a past continuous sentence Question 3: ‘I didn’t come to school at all yesterday’ Question 4: ‘Yes, because the teacher came to bring me soup in the morning’ Apprentice (innocent) Question 5: ‘Somewhat, we prepared soup at 10:40am’ A Teacher (innocent) Question 1: ‘Yes, I entered the classroom yesterday, but only to pick up the tests from Monday’ Question 2: Rearrange and correct this information to make a past continuous sentence Question 3: ‘I was marking tests for about one and a half hours then went to teach have an early lunch’ Question 4: ‘Yes, the janitor stopped by to fix the door and saw me’ Question 5: ‘Yes, I brought the Principal soup before school started’ Janitor (innocent) Past tense of the verb ‘to be’ Present continuous Subject Time ‘I was eating dinner last night.’ ‘She was going to the movies yesterday.’ ‘You were studying English at 4pm.’ I yesterday teach (verb continuous) verb ‘to be’ (negative) (past tense) classes I morning tea mark (verb continuous) verb ‘to be’ (past tense) tests past tense of the verb ‘to be’ + verb(ing) + subject + time

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Assignment 4, Question 5

Transcript of Lesson-(Intermediate) Past Continuous

  • To use on the board to explain to students:!Putting together a PAST CONTINUOUS sentence:!

    Some examples:!!

    !Whodunnit?:!!Crime: The students went to their bags at 12:00pm yesterday to get their lunches and eat, but they found none! Who stole the lunches?!!Questions (For the ESL Teacher to ask):!1. Did you enter the classroom yesterday? !2. Where were you between 10am and 12pm yesterday?!3. How long did (alibi) take?!4. Did anyone see you doing this?!5. Is that true?!6. (Ask All Students) Who do you think did the crime?!!Principal (innocent)!Question 1: No, I didnt enter the classroom yesterday!Question 2: Rearrange and correct this information to make a past continuous sentence!

    Question 3: I didnt come to school at all yesterday!Question 4: Yes, because the teacher came to bring me soup in the morning!!Apprentice (innocent)!Question 5: Somewhat, we prepared soup at 10:40am!!A Teacher (innocent)!Question 1: Yes, I entered the classroom yesterday, but only to pick up the tests from Monday!Question 2: Rearrange and correct this information to make a past continuous sentence!

    Question 3: I was marking tests for about one and a half hours then went to teach have an early lunch!Question 4: Yes, the janitor stopped by to fix the door and saw me!Question 5: Yes, I brought the Principal soup before school started!!Janitor (innocent)!

    Past tense of the verb !to be Present continuous Subject Time

    I was eating dinner last night.

    She was going to the movies yesterday.

    You were studying English at 4pm.

    I yesterday teach (verb continuous)verb to

    be (negative)(past tense)

    classes

    I morning tea mark (verb continuous)verb to be!(past tense) tests

    past tense of the verb to be + verb(ing) + subject + time

  • Question 1: Yes, I entered the classroom to clean the floor!Question 2: Rearrange and correct this information to make a past continuous sentence!

    Question 3: It took me an hour to clean, then I cleaned the other classroom!Question 4: No, nobody was in the classroom with me!Question 5: Yes, I saw the teacher while I washed the windows!!Cook (guilty)!Question 1: Yes, I entered the classroom yesterday to pick up lunch orders!Question 2: Rearrange and correct this information to make a past continuous sentence!

    Question 3: It only took me five minutes, then I went back to the kitchen!Question 4: Yes, the apprentice helped me prepare the soup!!

    I morning sweep and mop (verb continuous)verb to be !(past tense) floors

    I morning tea mark (verb continuous)verb to be!(past tense) tests