4 ESO

 There is a very interesting text in the 3rd ESO Page!

Click on the picture and read this interesting text about slavery.

Slae

slave

slave-trade

slaveryry

Interesting links:

·The complete works of William Shakespeare

Grammar

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS USE

– We use the past simple for things that happened in the past (finished actions)

AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT + VERB IN PAST

-> REGULAR VERBS -> INFINITIVE + -ED

-> IRREGULAR VERBS – CHECK THE PAST FORM

Ex: I travelled to London two years ago / I won the lottery

NEGATIVE

SUBJECT + DIDN’T + INFINITIVE

Ex: He didn’t go to school when he was a child

QUESTIONS

DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE

Ex: Did he use a mobile phone?

SHORT ANSWERS

YES, HE DID / NO, HE DIDN’T

PAST CONTINUOUS

USE

– We use the Past Continuous to talk about an action in progress in the past

FORM

WAS/ WERE + _____ING -> I /he /she /it was reading

You /we /they were reading

AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + VERB WITH –ING

Ex: I was singing in the shower yesterday at 10 o’clock

NEGATIVE

SUBJECT + WASN’T/WEREN’T + VERB WITH –ING

Ex: He wasn’t sleeping when the thieves broke in, so he fought against them.

QUESTIONS

WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + –ING form?

Ex: Were you sleeping when the phone rang?

SHORT ANSWERS

YES, I WAS/WERE

NO, I WASN’T/WEREN’T

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