This document provides an English lesson on using the past progressive, past simple, and adverbs to describe past events in 3 sentences or less. It includes examples of each grammar concept and exercises for students to practice identifying and using these concepts when summarizing pictures and stories about people's past activities.

1. UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA LOS ANDES
ENGLISH IV
UNIT 2: What happened?
Objective:
To understand the use of the Past Progressive, Past simple and use of adverbs to tell a past story.
Past Progressive:
*Look at the pictures to explain how the Past Progressive works:
Structure: was/were + V-ing
Examples:
What were you doing at 11.30 yesterday? Were you working?
'What did he say?' 'I don't know. I wasn't listening.'
It was raining so we didn't go out.
In 2009 we were living in Canada.
Today she's wearing a skirt, but yesterday she was wearing trousers.
I woke up early yesterday. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were singing.

2. UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA LOS ANDES
ENGLISH IV
UNIT 2: What happened?
Spelling: live -» living run —> running lie -» lying
Exercise:
Look at the pictures. Where were these people at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? And what were they doing?
Write two sentences for each picture.
1. Rachel was at home. She was watching TV.
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. ___________________________________
5. ___________________________________
Sarah did a lot of things yesterday morning. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
At 8:45 she was washing her car.
At 10.45 she ___________________________________
At 8 o'clock ____________________________________
At 12.10 _______________________________________
At 7.15 ________________________________________
At 9.30 ________________________________________
Grammar 2: Past Progressive vs. Past Simple

3. UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA LOS ANDES
ENGLISH IV
UNIT 2: What happened?
What happened? His phone rang, (past simple)
What was Jack doing when his phone rang? Past Progressive
He was reading a book.
What did he do when his phone rang?
He stopped reading and answered his phone. Past Simple
Look at the differences between the two tenses
Examples:
Past progressive
Past Simple

4. UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA LOS ANDES
ENGLISH IV
UNIT 2: What happened?
I started work at 9 o'clock and finished at 4.30. At 2.30 I was working.
It was raining when we went out. (= it started raining before we went out)
I saw Lucy and Steve this morning. They were waiting at the bus stop.
Kelly fell asleep while she was reading.
Exercise
Look at the pictures. Put the verbs in the correct form, past continuous or past simple.
Lucy broke (break) her arm last week. It ________ (happen)
when she ________ (paint) her room. She __________ (fall)
off the ladder.
The train _________ (arrive) at the station and Paula
_______ (get) off. Two friends of hers, Jon and Rachel,
__________ (wait) to meet her.
Yesterday Sue _________ (walk) along the road when she
__________ (meet) James. He ________ (go) to the station
to catch a train and he __________ (carry) a bag. They
_________ (stop) to talk for a few minutes.
Grammar 3: Adverbs

5. UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA LOS ANDES
ENGLISH IV
UNIT 2: What happened?
Adverbs tell you how something happens or how somebody does something:
 The train stopped suddenly.
 I opened the door slowly.
 Please listen carefully.
 I understand you perfectly.
Compare:

6. UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA LOS ANDES
ENGLISH IV
UNIT 2: What happened?
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with these adverbs:
1. It's raining heavily. 4. She shouted at me __________________
2. He sings very _____________________ 5. She can run very ____________________
3. They came in _____________________ 6. He was driving ______________________
Which is right?
1. Don't eat so quick /quickly. It's not good for you. (quickly is right)
2. Why are you angry /angrily? I haven't done anything.
3. Can you speak slow /slowly, please?
4. Come on, Dave! Why are you always so slow /slowly?
5. Sam is a very careful /carefully driver.
6. Amy is studying hard /hardly for her examinations.
7. 'Where's Anna?' 'She was here, but she left sudden / suddenly.'
8. Please be quiet /quietly. I'm studying.
9. Some companies pay their workers very bad / badly.
10. Those oranges look nice / nicely. Can I have one?
11. I don't remember much about the accident. Everything happened quick / quickly.