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past continuous
Past continuous
Related language points
narrative tenses - generalpast simple
past perfect continuous
past perfect simple
Past time expressions and tenses - board game
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
board game
speaking cues
Past simple and past continuous error correction
B1-B2
20-30 min
groups: 3-4
Past simple and past continuous dominoes
B1-B2
20 mins
groups: 3-4
Past simple and continuous - anecdote - the Donkey Dog
Short anecdote about a frightening experience, gapped for past continuous and past simple plus 'enormous' and 'the biggest'
Short anecdote about a frightening experience, gapped for past continuous and past simple plus 'enormous' and 'the biggest'
Global Intermediate Coursebook
Unit 2 Lives and Legends Page 19 Past simple & past continuous
Unit 4 Adrenalin Pages 36 - 38
(1) 'Have you ever..?' questions (2) Listening: 'Have you ever + short anecdote. (3) Gap fill. (4) Reference notes p 38.
(1) 'Have you ever..?' questions (2) Listening: 'Have you ever + short anecdote. (3) Gap fill. (4) Reference notes p 38.
Consolidation modules 6 - 10 Page 96
Gapped story
Gapped story
Module 10 Take care Pages 92 - 93
Listening about a man with a lot of lucky escapes Speaking: describing car accidents
Listening about a man with a lot of lucky escapes Speaking: describing car accidents
Consolidation modules 11 - 15 Page 138
Tense identification exercise
Tense identification exercise
Module 3 Adventures and mishap Page 37 Language focus
Pictures with multiple-choice captions / speech bubbles. Analysis of examples. Follow up multiple-choice exercise. Listening - students guess the questions and then ask partner
Pictures with multiple-choice captions / speech bubbles. Analysis of examples. Follow up multiple-choice exercise. Listening - students guess the questions and then ask partner
8 - Alien Page 8
Witnesses role play. Each S is a witness to an alien visitation. Task is to put info together to find out what happened.
Witnesses role play. Each S is a witness to an alien visitation. Task is to put info together to find out what happened.
Memory 3 page 17 Pages 17 - 52
Large classroom pic. Memorize and answer true / false questions. 'Was there anybody doing a test?' Can be adapted for more straightforward past simple questions. 'How many people were reading?' etc.
Large classroom pic. Memorize and answer true / false questions. 'Was there anybody doing a test?' Can be adapted for more straightforward past simple questions. 'How many people were reading?' etc.
Memory quiz 4 page 22 Page 22
Large office pic. Memorize what everyone was doing when the boss came in.
Large office pic. Memorize what everyone was doing when the boss came in.
Developing Grammar in Context
5 The past continuous and the past simple Pages 23 - 28
31b A dream Page 32
Students write a dream using picture prompts (28 cards)
Students write a dream using picture prompts (28 cards)
32 Strange things happen Page 32
Students order 14 sentences to tell the story of a spooky experience while driving at night.
Students order 14 sentences to tell the story of a spooky experience while driving at night.
