Grammar: Tenses (I)
- Present Simple & Progressive
- Past Simple & Progressive
Homework:
- You have been given two "picture cards" in our lesson.
(If you weren't here, you can choose any two cards from here.)
Using your cards, write a short story, using Past Simple & Past Progressive.
(You can also add your own ideas.)
You should use the following three situations:
- Two or more actions that happened ONE AFTER ANOTHER:
|---1---| + |---2---| + |---3---|
(1) He woke up,
(2) got out of bed and
(3) had a shower.
- A SHORTER action interrupting a LONGER action:
|--------------------------------| (1)
X (2)
(1) The sun was shining(2) when I woke up.
- Two (or more) actions happening simultaneously (=at the same time):
|-------------------------------------| (1)
|--------------------------------| (2)
|--------------| (3)
(1) While Sandy was having a shower,
(2) Tom was watching TV and
(3) Alicia was chatting with the neighbour.
Downloads:
- grammar exercises (tenses) with answer key
- present simple questions: "Peter Lockwood"
- complete set of "picture cards" (for the homework)
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