1. COLEGIO HOGAR DE NAZARETH
GUÍA DE TRABAJO EN CLASE
ÁREA DE HUMANIDADES
ASIGNATURA: INGLES
GRADO: SEXTO
PERIODO: 4
TEMA: PAST CONTINUOUS VS. PAST SIMPLE TIEMPO: NOV.5-15
HORAS: 8
PROFESOR: MARISOL VALIENTE AGUILAR.
LOGRO: Usar el pasado continuo y el pasado simple de manera coherente de acuerdo al
contexto.
PROPÓSITO: usar el verbo to be y los verbos en progresivo en el pasado continuo y los
verbos regulares e irregulares en el psasdo simple al momento de escribir un texto
adecuadamente.
DESARROLLO DE LA CLASE
1. AMBIENTACION
Se realiza el saludo respectivo, oración, llamado a lista, y una pequeña reflexión
sobre los adverbios de frecuencia.
2. MOTIVACION
Se realiza una dinámica de memoria en donde cada estudiante va diciendo un verbo
en español, el mismo en inglés y una oración en pasado simple según sea asignado
por la docente. Esta actividad se realiza con varios verbos.
3. CONCEPTUALIZACION
La Docente realiza un mapa conceptual del pasado simple.
PAST CONTINUOUS
vs. PAST SIMPLE
NEGATIVE
AFFIRMATIVE
The verb TO BE is used
in past, with the verb in
ING. My mother was
playing tennis.
The verb is used in past,
with the regular add
“ed”. My mother played
tennis.
The verb TO BE is used
in past in negative form
WASN´T or WEREN´T,
with the verb in ING.
My mother wasn´t
playing tennis.
The verb is used in
present and the
auxiliary didn´t.
My mother didn´t play
tennis.
.
INTERROGATIVE
The verb TO BE is used
in past, with the verb
in ING. Was my
mother playing tennis?
The verb is used in
present, with the
auxiliary did.
Did my mother play
tennis?

2. AFIANZAMIENTO
Se elaboran ejercicios orales y escritos teniendo en cuenta el nuevo vocabulario para
que los estudiantes se familiaricen con los términos, se solicita la realización de las
guías, se comenta sobre las tareas que se dejaron, se realiza un taller de
afianzamiento.
4. EVALUACION
Se tendrá en cuenta las actitudes en clase, la participación, la presentación de guías y
tareas asignadas, se realizara un ejercicio que se tendrá en cuenta como evaluación
oral, quiz escrito.
5. ACTIVIDADES: Guías de ausencia propuestas por el docente
Writing: Desarrollo de las actividades en el cuaderno y en la guía.
Speaking: De acuerdo a las actividades dadas, los estudiantes dirán una breve
oración en pasado progresivo y en pasado simple.
Reading: lectura de Marco Polo
Listening: students are going to listen some sentences about past continuous
and past simple and they are going to write them in their notebooks.
1. I was watching TV when she called.
2. When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.
3. While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
4. What were you doing when the earthquake started?
5. I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.
6. She was a doctor.
7. The keys were in the drawer.
8. I wanted to dance.
9. He learned English.
10. They believed him.
Observaciones:
Reviso:
Fecha de entrega:

3. COLEGIO HOGAR DE NAZARETH
GUÍA DE TRABAJO EN CLASE
ÁREA DE HUMANIDADES
GUIDE Nº 21
A. Look at the forms in italics in the text below. Decide which forms are Past
Simple and which ones are Past Continuous.
Turing [1] continued working with machines and electronics and in 1944 he [2] talked
about ‘building a brain’. Turing [3] had an idea for an electronic ‘universal machine’ that
could do any logical task. In 1948, while he [4] was working at Manchester University,
he [5] created the ‘Manchester Baby’. It [6] was Turing’s second great invention and
the world’s first digital computer.
Past Simple: ……………………….
Past Continuous: ……………………….
B. Fill in the gaps with Past Simple or Past Continuous.
a. The ………………………. describes a completed past action
b. The ………………………. describes an action that happened before AND after
another action in the past.
C. Correct the mistakes in the sentences
1. James met Sabine in 1998. He living in New York at the time.
2. I wanted to work in marketing. So I was joining a marketing company.
3. I were listening to the radio when you called.
4. I saw Jess a minute ago. She talked to Sam.
5. Why weren’t you answer the phone when I called?
D. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the
verb in brackets
1. While Diana ………………………. (watch) her favourite television programme, there
………………………. (be) a power cut.
2. Who ………………………. (drive) the car at the time of the accident?
3. I ………………………. (do) some shopping yesterday when I ……………………….
(see) that Dutch
friend of yours
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4. What exactly ………………………. (you/do) when I ………………………. (come) into
your office
yesterday?
5. While I ………………………. (try) to get my car started, a man ……………………….
(offer) to help me
6. Although it rained a lot, I ………………………. (enjoy) my holiday last year

4. 7. I ………………………. (phone) you yesterday but you ………………………. (not
answer). What
………………………. (you/do)?
E. Below there is a short biography of Bill Gates. Complete the text using the
verbs in the box either in the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
Be, be born, make, grow up, drop out, started (2), go, study, work, grow into, sell,
meet
Bill Gates story ……………….. in 1955. He ……………….. in Seattle, where he
……………….. with his parents and two sisters. His father ……………….. a lawyer and
his mother a teacher. When he was thirteen, he ……………….. to become interested in
computers and the development of computer software. In 1972 he ……………….. his
first big profit of $4,200 when he ……………….. timetable software to his school.
Bill Gates ……………….. to Harvard University and while he ……………….. there he
started Microsoft.
It was obvious that the new business was going to be a great success so, in 1976, he
………………..after doing three years of a four-year course. Microsoft ………………..
an enormous international company that employs 54,000 people all over the world.
Gates ……………….. his wife, Melinda, in 1987 when she ……………….. for Microsoft.
They got married in 1994 and now have two children.
F. Look at the answers, based on the text in exercise D, and complete the
questions.
1. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?
In 1955.
2. What ………………………………………………………………………….. ?
His father was a lawyer and his mother a teacher.
3. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?
When he was thirteen.
4. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?
In 1976
5. When ………………………………………………………………………….. ?
When she was working for Microsoft.