2. The English lesson
George was sitting in his English class.
It was a hot afternoon and he was
feeling sleepy.
It was a grammar lesson and George was
also bored.
He hated grammar.
He wanted to leave school and work.
He wanted to be a gardener.
3. The English lesson
George loved flowers and trees.
George looked out of the window.
He looked at the trees and flowers.
Then he started day-dreaming.
4. The English lesson
After 10 minutes the teacher stopped
talking.
She asked the students to do a grammar
exercise in their books.
The students took out their exercise
books and their pencils and they started
writing.
The teacher looked at George.
5. The English lesson
She saw he wasn’t writing so she said:
“Why aren’t you writing, George?”
George stopped dreaming and said:
“What, Miss?”
“Wake up, George!” The teacher said.
“Why AREN’T you
writing?”
6. The English lesson
George thought for a moment and
replied,
“I ain’t got no pencil”
The teacher looked at George and said,
“You ain’t got no pencil??? You mean:
I don’t have a pencil”
George did not understand
the English teacher so he said,
“Sorry, Miss!”
7. The English lesson
The teacher said in an angry voice,
“I don’t have a pencil.
You don’t have a pencil.
She doesn’t have a pencil.
He doesn’t have a pencil.
We don’t have pencils
They don’t have pencils!!!!!!!!
NOW George do you understand?”
8. The English lesson
George looked at the teacher for a
moment and then said,
“My goodness!!!! What
happened to all those
pencils Miss?”
9. Past continuous
George was sitting in his English
class ….
I was writing
You were writing
He/she was writing
We/you/they were writing
10. Past continuous - QUESTIONS
Was George writing ?
Yes, he was
No, he wasn’t
11. Past continuous - QUESTIONS
Was George writing ?
Was I writing?
Were you writing?
Was he/she writing?
Were we/you/they
writing?
12. Past continuous - NEGATIVE
George wasn’t writing ….
I wasn’t writing
You weren’t writing
He/she wasn’t writing
We/you/they weren’t writing
14. What was he/she doing yesterday at
5 o’clock?
Homer was eating
Bart was skateboarding
Marge was phoning
Lisa was reading
15. What were they doing yesterday at 6
o’clock?
They WERE sitting on the sofa.
16. Yesterday at 6 o’clock ……
WHILE they were watching TV
…..
someone ….
knocked on the door!
Finish the story!!!!!
Who was it?
What did he say?
…..
17. Grammar exercise
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/inenglish/preint/a_grammar/ine_preintermediate_grammar07 /
Past simple / past continuous
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1 This time last week I ____________ (lie) on the beach.
2 I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm
____________ (go) off.
3 When the teacher ____________ (arrive) all the students
stood up.
4 He ____________ (see) the accident while he was
walking to work.
5 The phone rang while we ____________ (have) dinner.
6 When the phone rang, I ____________ (get) up to answer
it.
