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What _______the manager ________ at 7:00 pm yesterday? (do)
Tina and Shelly ____________ to the hotel when it _________ to rain. (walk/start)
When Donny _________ the room, everyone ______________. (enter/talk)
I _________ in the sales department when I first _________ Sofie. (work/meet)
My brother ______the computer while I ______ for my trip. (use/pack)
______ you ______ attention when the teacher ______ your name? (pay/call)
We ______ TV when the lighting ________. (watch/ strike)
She _______ about me behind my back, wasn’t she? (whisper)
______ the client really ______out while Troy ______ the proposal? (walk / present)
Answers:
1. was/doing
2. were walking/started
3. entered/was talking
4. was working/met
5. was using/was packing
6. Were/paying/called
7. were watching/struck
8. was whispering
9. Did/walk/was presenting
10. was eating/knocked
HTTP://WWW.GINGERSOFTWARE.COM/CONTENT/GRAMMAR-RULES/VERBS/THE-PAST-PROGRESSIVE-TENSE/

Places

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7 years

by AIDA LOPEZ EDO in Speaking

Describe the following places:

Longyearbyen, Svallbard, Norway

Wroclaw-Poland

Blue hour at Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy

Burano Island, Italy

Feria de Abril, Barcelona

La Patum, Berga

Sitges

Premià de Mar

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Past Continuous and Past Simple: THEORY

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7 years

by AIDA LOPEZ EDO in Grammar

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0KEWALU6c24/hqdefault.jpg

PAST CONTINUOUS: USE

http://hortensiaribas.blogspot.com.es/2011/02/past-continuous.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kwi84snRLVE/U49WlCEYs3I/AAAAAAAAEC4/Yw75C8RnXVo/s1600/simple-past-past-continuous.jpg

http://starsandstripesenglish.com/diagram-past-continuous/

PAST SIMPLE

Past Simple: Form

https://english-primary-3rd-cycle.wikispaces.com/file/view/Wiki_English_Explain_Past_Simple_03.png/207714228/720×307/Wiki_English_Explain_Past_Simple_03.png

http://faraheybbel.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/simple-past-and-past-continous-tense.html

Uses of the Past Simple

	Past Simple Boy
Uses		Examples
Actions that started and finished in the past Acciones que comenzaron y terminaron en el pasado (normalmente se indica cuándo ocurrió, es decir, hay un adverbio de tiempo que lo indica)		I didn’t go to the beach last Sunday
Actions that happened one after the other in the past (like in a story) Acciones que suceden una detrás de otra en el pasado, como sucede cuando contamos una historia.		I went into the disco and Isaw my favourite girl, then Iasked her to dance,………
With the Past Continuous to refer to a short action that interrupts a longer one. Con el Past Continuous para referirnos a una acción corta que interrumpe a otra más larga.		The TV broke when she was watching the football match

Thanks to Isabel Perez:

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/use/pastuse.htm

https://martazafraingles.wikispaces.com/file/view/simplepastandcontinuous(sppc)%20contrast.png/487468350/simplepastandcontinuous(sppc)%20contrast.png https://martazafraingles.wikispaces.com/Past+Simple+vs.+Past+Continuous

YOUTUBE VIDEO ABOUT PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

1ST VIDEO: PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

2OND VIDEO: PAST SIMPLE AND MR BEAN

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_SRx1GBJHw[/youtube]

Remember that stative verbs are not used in the Past Continuous:

Verbs not normally used in the continuous form
We use the continuous tenses, both past and present, with actions but notwith verbs that refer to states and feelings. The simple past tense andsimple present tense are used for such stative verbs. Some of the stative verbs include: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, believe, doubt, forget, know,understand, wish, like, love, desire, notice, remember, and want..

Example: I forgot your name. (NOT I was forgetting your name.)
Example: He believes what I say. (NOT He is believing what I say.)
Example: We understood the instructions. (NOT We were understanding the instructions.)
Example: Do you hear that noise? (NOT: Are you hearing that noise?)
Example: Did you hear that noise? (NOT: Were you hearing that noise?)

ADVERBS USED WITH THE PAST SIMPLE AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST & PAST PROGRESSIVE ADVERBS
Past tense verbs are used with adverbs specifying a past time or frequency of occurence. The emphasis is on action.
AT, IN, ON	AGO, LAST	THIS, THAT
A specific time in the past (clendar or clock times)	A past time based on quantity or calendar units	A past time before the current time (near, far)
at 6:00 AM(at noon, at midnight)	a day ago (second, minute, hour, , week, month, year)	this monday (week, month, year) “the near, recent one”
on January 10 (Thursday)	last night (week, month, winter, year)	that monday (week, month, year)
in January (month) / in 2006 (year) /	yesterday	these/ those weeks (days, months, years)
in the 1960s (the 1800s, the early times)

PAST PROGRESSIVE
Adverbs used with past progressive tense tend to emphasize frequency, duration or repetition.
The volcano was erupting for over month. (indefinite quantity of time)
A journalist was photographing the event from April to December. (time range)
People were often wondering when it would stop. (emphasis on frequency)
Airplanes were not flying while it was happening. (relative time)

Simple past tense

The simple past tense is commonly used with time expressions referring to the past. Examples are: yesterday, last year, ago, in 2006 etc.

My father came here yesterday.
I saw him last week.
His father died two years ago.

The adverbs never, always, seldom, often, frequently, occasionally, once, twice, thrice etc., can also be used with the simple past tense.

He never invited me to his parties.
I met him once.
She seldom stepped out of her home.
She frequently changed jobs.

Past continuous tense

The past continuous tense is used to talk about actions and situations that were in progress at a particular point of time in the past. When we use the past continuous tense we usually also state when that particular activity was in progress. For this purpose, we use a time expression or a time clause.

The children were doing their homework when their dad returned home from work.
The light went off when I was reading.
http://www.englishgrammar.org/tenses-time-adverbs/

EXERCISES TO PRACTISE PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTIUOUS

Exercises on past simple:

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/past_mistakes.htm

Exercises on past continuous:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-continuous-exercise-1.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-1

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-continuous-quiz.htm

Contrast past simple and past continuous:

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/past_cont_3.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/pasts_pastper.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/past_perfect.htm

Exercises – Past Progressive

Fill in the correct form of the verb in Past Progressive (Continuous) or Past Simple as in the examples.

Tom was wrapping the gift when I walked in the room. (wrap / walk)
Did he comfort her while she was crying? (comfort / cry)
What were you doing when the accident occurred? (do / occur)

What _______the manager ________ at 7:00 pm yesterday? (do)
Tina and Shelly ____________ to the hotel when it _________ to rain. (walk/start)
When Donny _________ the room, everyone ______________. (enter/talk)
I _________ in the sales department when I first _________ Sofie. (work/meet)
My brother ______the computer while I ______ for my trip. (use/pack)
______ you ______ attention when the teacher ______ your name? (pay/call)
We ______ TV when the lighting ________. (watch/ strike)
She _______ about me behind my back, wasn’t she? (whisper)
______ the client really ______out while Troy ______ the proposal? (walk / present)
This morning, while I ________ breakfast, someone _______ on the door. (eat /knock)

Answers:

was/doing
were walking/started
entered/was talking
was working/met
was using/was packing
Were/paying/called
were watching/struck
was whispering
Did/walk/was presenting
was eating/knocked

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/the-past-progressive-tense/

Writing plan for Compositions.

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7 years

by AIDA LOPEZ EDO in Writing

When you write the composition, use the following writing plan.

WRITING PLAN (made by English Department from IPM, Institut Premià de Mar, Premià de Mar, Barcelona)

CONTENT

TITLE:

MAIN IDEAS:

1.

2.

3.

ORGANISATION (DRAFT)

NUMBER OF PARAGRAPHS: ____

INTRODUCTION:

BODY:

CONCLUSION:

SPECIFIC CONNECTORS:

LANGUAGE

VERB TENSE I HAVE TO USE:

SPECIFIC VOCABULARY:

CHECKLIST (tick the box) √

I CHECKED GRAMMAR

I CHECKED WORD ORDER (subject+verb+object)

I CHECKED SPELLING

I CHECKED PUNCTUATION

I CHECKED LAYOUT

I CHECKED LENGTH (number of words: ______)

Song to practise the Present Simple: Cheerleader.

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7 years

by AIDA LOPEZ EDO in General

Uses of the Present Simple.

Look at the song and comment the uses of the Present Simple.

Adverbs that usuallly appear in the Present Simple. Find some of these adverbs in the song.

Lyrics inside the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc8H_68oEoo

OMI LYRICS

Descarga el Tono “Cheerleader (Felix …” a tu Móvil

“Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)”

[Verse 1:]
When I need motivation
My one solution is my queen
‘Cause she stays strong
Yeah, yeah
She is always in my corner
Right there when I want her
All these other girls are tempting
But I’m empty when you’re gone
And they say[Pre-hook:]
Do you need me?
Do you think I’m pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
I’m like no, not really ’cause[Hook:]
Oh, I think that I’ve found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I’ve found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her

[Verse 2:]
She walks like a model
She grants my wishes
Like a genie in a bottle
Yeah, yeah
‘Cause I’m the wizard of love
And I got the magic wand
All these other girls are tempting
But I’m empty when you’re gone
And they say

[Pre-hook:]
Do you need me?
Do you think I’m pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
I’m like no, not really ’cause

[Hook:]
Oh, I think that I’ve found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I’ve found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge:]
She gives me love and affection
Baby, did I mention
You’re the only girl for me
No, I don’t need a next one
Mama loves you too
She thinks I made the right selection
Now all that’s left to do
Is just for me to pop the question

[Hook:]
Oh, I think that I’ve found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I’ve found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her

Grammar unit 1: Present Continuous

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7 years

by AIDA LOPEZ EDO in General

Present Continuous (also known as Present Progressive: també anomenat Present Progressive)

The present progressive puts emphasis on the course or duration of an action.

Exercises on Present Continuous:

Affirmative sentences:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form02

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Past Continuous and Past Simple: EXERCISES

Exercises – Past Progressive

HTTP://WWW.GINGERSOFTWARE.COM/CONTENT/GRAMMAR-RULES/VERBS/THE-PAST-PROGRESSIVE-TENSE/

Places

Longyearbyen, Svallbard, Norway

Past Continuous and Past Simple: THEORY

Exercises – Past Progressive

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/the-past-progressive-tense/

Writing plan for Compositions.

Song to practise the Present Simple: Cheerleader.

Uses of the Present Simple.

Lyrics inside the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc8H_68oEoo

OMI LYRICS

Grammar unit 1: Present Continuous

Grammar Practice

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