JOSEPH AND MERY HIGH SCHOOL

““AÑO DE LA UNIDAD, LA PAZ Y EL DESARROLLO”

THIRD BIMESTER

1. TEACHER: Nila Inés Núñez Almonacid

2. STUDENT: Annie Annie Bermúdez Murillo 9°- 3rd B

What were you doing while your mom was preparing breakfast?
Write your answer here
My mother prepared breakfast while I watched television.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XP4le29BAM

Watch the video and complete:

1. We use the past simple + past simple to talk about
We use a past simple for activities that were finished in the past.
2. We use the past continuous + past simple to talk about
The past continuous showing us that it was a continuing activity and the
past simple showing the interruption of that activity.
3. We use the past continuous + past continuous to describe
A past continuous is used for activities started and finished in the past.
We also use past continuous form for an ongoing action in the past
interrupted by a sudden event.

SIMPLE PAST AND PAST

PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHnXk9WYpp8

Choose the correct options.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this
fantastic song.
2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to
finish the last question.
3. While Jane took/ was taking a bath, the phone rang/was ringing three
times.
4. Mum was cooking / cooked dinner while dad watched/ was watching TV
5. When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to
school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.
 ACTIVITY
What happened?: Make sentences with when and while

1. He is painting when his partner had fallen.

2. She watched TV while he was doing his

homework.

QUIZ
Complete the text with the Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verbs in
brackets
It was raining (rain) very hard when the bus left (leave) the school. When we got
(get) home, my Aunt Carol and Uncle Arthur were waiting (wait) for us. They
told (tell) us to run into their basement. When Iooked (look) up the road, I saw
(see) that a tornado was coming (come) towards our house. We all ran (run)
towards the shelter. But it was too late. The tornado was passing (pass) over us
while we were trying (try) to get down the stairs. We were closing (close) the
door when the wind suddenly pulled (pull) it off. The noise was as loud as a
train, and it was very dark. My uncle was holding (hold) me down when
suddenly the tornado lifted (lift) him and threw him against a wall. Everybody
was screaming (scream) for help while the tornado was throwing (throw) things
on top of us. Suddenly the wind stopped (stop) It became (become) very quiet.
My uncle and sister were hur but we all survived (survive)

Good luck!!