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Past continuous
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narrative tenses - generalpast simple
past perfect continuous
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Past time expressions and tenses - board game
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
board game
speaking cues
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Past simple and past continuous error correction
B1-B2
20-30 min
groups: 3-4
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Past simple and past continuous dominoes
B1-B2
20 mins
groups: 3-4
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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'
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Global Intermediate Coursebook
Unit 2 Lives and Legends Page 19 Past simple & past continuous
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Developing Grammar in Context
5 The past continuous and the past simple Pages 23 - 28
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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.