Stateverbs

1. Copy the Routine in your Notebook
• Date (example: April 13th, 2020, Monday).
• Class 12 Ead
• Challenge Answer
• Past Continuous

2. Challenge Answer
We can use ING with state verbs to:
• show irritation for repeated actions that annoy us:
I am forever understanding things too late to do anything.
• make questions less direct/ be more polite:
Sorry to interrupt. I was wanting to borrow some money.
• emphasize a strong feeling at the moment of speaking:
“I’m loving it”. Therefore, Mc Donald’s slogan can’t be considered incorrect.
Copy in your
notebook

3. • We use the PAST CONTINUOUS:
- to describe and action in progress in the past.
- to describe an action that was in progress and was interrupted.
• We use the PAST SIMPLE:
- to describe situations that finished in the past.
- to describe an action that interrupted an action in progress.
REMEMBER! Copy in your
notebook

4. Describe the
actions in the
scene by using
the Past
Continuous.
Make at least 8
sentences in
your notebook.
Copy in your
notebook

5. List 8 things that were happening in the scene
Example: The old lady was holding a box full of presents.
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Make the sentences
in your notebook