Past continuous

By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová

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BODY MOVIN’1) Write a list of 6 actions (f.e.: making a phone call, sleeping, digging, …)

2) Start miming them, exchanging the activity after 3-5 seconds.

3) The teacher hits the whiteboard/claps their hands/shouts something/rings a bell/…

4) The students turn to their partner and ask:What were you doing when the teacher hit the whiteboard/ clapped

her/his hands/ shouted …/ rang the bell/…? 5) The teacher asks:What were you doing when I hit the whiteboard/ clapped my hands/ shouted …/ rang the bell/…?

6) The students answer one after another.

Repeat this twice or three times best.

Remember the actions!1) Choose one of the actions.2) The teacher claps her/his hands.3) Remember what you were doing.4) Start another of the 6 actions.5) The teacher does something else (rings the bell)6) Remember again.7) 6 your actions = 6 teacher‘s actionsWhich goes to which?

What were you doing when the teacher clapped their hands?Rang the bell?…

What were you doing when the teacher 1) clapped their hands?2) rang the bell?3) hit the whiteboard?4) opened the door?5) switched the lights on/off?6) shouted “Elvis is back“

Wild imaginationCan you work out possible answers?

What were they doing when…?

… their mum entered the room?… the teacher shouted?… he threw his homework from the window?… meteorite struck the Earth?… they realized that it was not worth.

School breaks!Are you a good observer?Do you know what is happening around you?Remember as many things as you can from the previous break.

Example:

As I was going to my classroom, 2 students were changing the dishes for lunch, 2 girls were …