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PET PEEVE, Past Continuous

I was always making noise and interrupting when my sister was trying to study. She would get so annoyed because I was constantly bothering her while she was working.

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PET PEEVE, Past Continuous

I was always making noise and interrupting when my sister was trying to study. She would get so annoyed because I was constantly bothering her while she was working.

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ENGLISH A1/A1+

TEACHERS’ COURSE
WEEK 11

Date:__________________________
Objectives

Talk about your pet peeve


Differentiate past continuous vs simple past
Create a story using some images
Pet peeve

Watch the video and tell in your words what pet peeve is.
Homework What your
pet peeve is.
• Use simple and past
progressive to talk about
your pet peeve. Check
the reading you have on
Week 11 on CANVAS.
• Record a 60 seconds
video, don't forget to
tell what is your pet
peeve, how you feel and
give an example.

Example and
reaction
Have you asked yourself
when to use either past
continuous or simple
PAST CONTINUOUS= PAST PROGRESSIVE past?
SIMPLE PAST – DO VERBS
Use it when the action is over.
The auxiliary verb is “did”

subject auxiliary verb main verb

Affirmative I went to school.


sentences You worked very hard.

Negative She did not go with me.


sentences We did not work yesterday.

Interrogative Did you go to London?


Sentences Did they work at home?
Simple past practice
1.She ______________________ TV last night. (not watch)

2. They _____________________ to the concert last night (to go)

3. Carlos and Mary _____________ at home yesterday (not sleep)

4. __________________ the drinks for the party? (he, to bring)

5. _____________ in Spain last summer? (she, study)

6. The children _____________ the homework. (not do)

7. He ________________ soccer last year. (to play)


Past progressive or past continuous

I was having dinner last night at 10:10.


Infer the gramar structure for past continuous

She was having dinner last night at 10h00.

They were playing soccer yesterday afternoon.


Past progressive or past continuous

Affirmative Sentences Negative Sentences Interrogative Sentences


I was playing I was not playing Was I playing?
You were playing You were not playing Were you playing?
He was playing He wasn't playing Was he playing?
We were playing We weren't playing Were we playing?
They were playing They weren't playing Were they playing?
Present participle –ing rules
Past continuos practice

1. She ______________ to music. (to listen)

2. They _______________ the piano. (to play)

3. The students ______________ (to text).

4. I __________ in front of the shop. (to wait).

5. The cat __________ in the basket. (to sleep).


Past continuous cases

1. Interrupted action in the past


2. Specific time as an interruption
3. Parallel Actions
4. Repeated action irritating the speaker
Interrupted actions in the past WHILE = MIENTRAS
WHEN= CUANDO

Past continuous Simple past

Tom was skating when he broke his hand.


Tom broke his hand, when he was skating.

Simple past Past continuous


Use the images to talk about interrupted actions
Classwork

Talk about an accident you had.

I was playing basketball when I broke my leg.


I broke my leg when I was playing basketball.
Parallel actions

Past continuous Past continuous More Examples:


•While Hellen was reading, Tim was watching
I was studying while he was cooking dinner
television.
•Were you listening while he was talking?
•I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the
letter, so I made several mistakes.
•What were you doing while you were waiting?
•Thomas wasn't working, and I wasn't working
While I was studying, he was cooking dinner either.
Use the images to talk about parallel actions
Practice

What were you and your partner doing when the earthquake
started?

I was taking a shower while my husband was watching TV in the


living room.
Specific time in the past

The action was in progress at special time in the past

Examples:
Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
She was listening to the radio last night at 11:00 o´clock.
Practice

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


10:00 am. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 pm video 12:00 luch with 8:00 am
Dentist Piano lessons conference my mother Breakfast with
appointment my siter.

It’s Friday at 8:00 pm.


Use past continuous to talk about the things she was doing
Repeated action irritating the speaker

(with always, constantly, forever)


Susan was always coming late. (I don't like that.)

Simple Past → Andrew always came late. (Here I don't give a comment.)
Annoying someone

Go back to your childhood, think about something you used to do to


annoy someone.

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