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PRACTICE FORMAT

Unit: I Major: Group: C Grade:3°

Practice’s name: Describing a story! (reading/writing)

Practice’s number: 1.2
Topic: Description: Simple Past & Past Progressive
Student’s name: Rachell Hernández Becerra
Teacher’s name: Blanca Román Ortiz
Practice’s objective: The students will be able to use the simple past & past progressive
to write a story.

● Pre- Task
INSTRUCTIONS: Watch the following video about the use of the simple past & past progressive and
take notes in your notebook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLj-Dbz-CWk
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● While-writing
I. AUDIO ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: PAST CONTINOUS Listen to the audio with the name
Practice 1.2 and you are going to find the audio file in the platform and listen and complete each
sentence or question with the past continuous tense. Some verbs are negative.

1. I ___was_____ ___working_____ this morning.

2. . What ____were____ you ____doing____ when I called you?

3. Bill heard about the report as he ___was_____ ___listening_____ to the radio.

4. Who ___was _____ ____making____ all thatnoise last night?

5. The machines ____work____ ____rained____ properly.

6. Joe and Lisa ____worked___and_ ____lived____ in New York in the 1980s.

7. The driver ___wasn’t_____ ____doing____ a good job, so he was fired.

8. A security guard ___was_____ ____watched____ us while we were in the store.

9. A woman tripped as she ___was_____ ____getted____ onto the bus.

10. The accident was caused by a man who _______taked_ while he drived

2. After that, you are going to SKILL BOOST A2 BOOK . Choose the “Reading 10: The story
of Goldie” answer the exercises and take a picture about your grade and put at the end of this
exercise.
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● Post Task
INSTRUCTIONS: Write a short story for “Miracle on the Hudson” Write a draft using headings 1-4
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Include when and while and the yellow connectors. Check the
example.
Finally you should send your practice to the platform.
EXAMPLE

Information “ Miracle on the Hudson”

Write this information to write your story! Write your story 80 -100 wordsWrite your story 80 -100
words with the information to the photograph (key
words). Check the Example.

January 15th, 2009 was normal, sunny day in new work.

The airport guard took off at 7:00 a.m.

The plane began to fly over manhattan when in hit birds

that ended up inthe engine and started the game.

The pilot wants the guard to return the plane to the

airport but there is no time to waste, so they decided to
land on the Hudson river land.
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The 155 passengers are waiting for the rescue ships to

arrive to rescue them.