F5 Life's Great Mysteries L9

F5 Life's Great Mysteries L9

Poll

Give yourself a rating of your past simple tenses and past continuous tenses.

• 1 star - Poor

• 2 stars - Below Average

• 3 stars - Average

• 4 stars - Above Average

• 5 stars - Excellent

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Write the past tense of this verb:

haunt

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Write the past tense of this verb:

scare

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Write the past tense of this verb:

go

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Write the past tense of this verb:

be

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Write the past tense of this verb:

have/has

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Write the past tense of this verb:

bring

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Write the past tense of this verb:

know

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Write the past tense of this verb:

make

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Write the past tense of this verb:

fly

Open Ended

What did you do yesterday? *try to use the right tense

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE : Match the uses to the sentences

1.Sarah lived in Connecticut

• 1.Something finished at one time in the past

• 2.Past routines and habits

• 3. Situations or states that were true in the past but no longer true

• 4. Actions that happened one after the other in the past

• 5.Past actions which won't happen again

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE : Match the uses to the sentences

2.In 1884, Sarah bought a small unfinished farmhouse

• 1.Something finished at one time in the past

• 2.Past routines and habits

• 3. Situations or states that were true in the past but no longer true

• 4. Actions that happened one after the other in the past

• 5.Past actions which won't happen again

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE : Match the uses to the sentences

3. Sarah never slept in the same bedroom two nights in a row

• 1.Something finished at one time in the past

• 2.Past routines and habits

• 3. Situations or states that were true in the past but no longer true

• 4. Actions that happened one after the other in the past

• 5.Past actions which won't happen again

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE : Match the uses to the sentences

4. They build the house over a hundred years ago

• 1.Something finished at one time in the past

• 2.Past routines and habits

• 3. Situations or states that were true in the past but no longer true

• 4. Actions that happened one after the other in the past

• 5.Past actions which won't happen again

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE : Match the uses to the sentences

5. She left her home, went to California, bought a house and employed builders to extend it.

• 1.Something finished at one time in the past

• 2.Past routines and habits

• 3. Situations or states that were true in the past but no longer true

• 4. Actions that happened one after the other in the past

• 5.Past actions which won't happen again

Multiple Choice

PAST CONTINUOUS : Match the uses to the sentences

1. The wind was blowing and the trees were swaying

• 1.Actions that were in progress at a stated time in the past

• 2.Two or more actions that were in progress at the same time in the past

• 3.Giving background information in a story

• 4.An action that was in progress in the past that was interrupted by another

Multiple Choice

PAST CONTINUOUS : Match the uses to the sentences

2. Mrs. Smith was brushing her teeth while her husband was putting on his pyjamas

• 1.Actions that were in progress at a stated time in the past

• 2.Two or more actions that were in progress at the same time in the past

• 3.Giving background information in a story

• 4.An action that was in progress in the past that was interrupted by another

Multiple Choice

PAST CONTINUOUS : Match the uses to the sentences

3. Mr and Mrs Smith were sleeping when they heard a bell ring loudly at midnight

• 1.Actions that were in progress at a stated time in the past

• 2.Two or more actions that were in progress at the same time in the past

• 3.Giving background information in a story

• 4.An action that was in progress in the past that was interrupted by another

Multiple Choice

PAST CONTINUOUS : Match the uses to the sentences

4. The neighbours were getting ready for bed at ten o'clock last night

• 1.Actions that were in progress at a stated time in the past

• 2.Two or more actions that were in progress at the same time in the past

• 3.Giving background information in a story

• 4.An action that was in progress in the past that was interrupted by another

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

1. Peter (wasn't watching / didn't watch) a scary programme at seven o'clock yesterday

• wasn't watching

• didn't watch

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

2. Alfred Hitchcock (was directing/directed) many remarkable films.

• was directing

• directed

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

3. Every year, Pat (brought/was bringing) me a mysterious box and we (were opening/opened) it together

• brought, were opening

• brought, opened

• was bringing, were opening

• was bringing, opened

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

4. Lara (read/was reading) a book of myths while Tyler (surfed/was surfing) the Net.

• read, surfed

• read, was surfing

• was reading, surfed

• was reading, was surfing

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

5. (Did they solve/ Were they solving) the mystery in 1990?

• Did they solve

• Were they solving

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

6. Tom (knew/ was knowing) about the bizarre event.

• knew

• was knowing

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct words to complete the sentences

7. The spirit (was coming/came) out of the castle, (walked/was walking) down to the lake and (disappeared/was disappearing)

• was coming, was walking, was disappearing

• was coming, walked, was disappearing

• came, walked, disappeared

• came, was walking, disappeared

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

According to the Greek myth, there once 1.

(live) a man called Hephaestus.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

One day, while he 2.

(work), Zeus (tell) Hephaestus to make him a daughter.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

One day, while he (work), Zeus 3.

(tell) Hephaestus to make him a daughter.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

He 4.

(listen) to Zeus, (make) a beautiful woman and (name) her Pandora.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

He (listen) to Zeus, 5.

(make) a beautiful woman and (name) her Pandora.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

He (listen) to Zeus, (make) a beautiful woman and 6.

(name) her Pandora.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

Zeus 7.

(send) Pandora to marry Epimetheus, who was the brother of Prometheus.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

Prometheus had given people the gift of fire and Zeus 8.

(want) to get revenge.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

Zeus 9.

(give) Pandora a box and (order) her never to open it.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

Zeus (give) Pandora a box and 10.

(order) her never to open it.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

However, Pandora was very curious, so one night while her husband 11.

(sleep), she (open) the box and all kinds of terrible things came out: hate, crime, disease ... .

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

However, Pandora was very curious, so one night while her husband (sleep), she 12.

(open) the box and all kinds of terrible things came out: hate, crime, disease ... .

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

When Epimetheus 13.

(wake up), Pandora (cry).

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

When Epimetheus (wake up), Pandora 14.

(cry).

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

She 15.

(open) the box to show Epimetheus it was empty and (see) a small insect inside.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

She (open) the box to show Epimetheus it was empty and 16.

(see) a small insect inside.

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

'My name is Hope,' it said. Hope 17.

(thank) Pandora for opening the box and (fly away) to help the world

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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous

'My name is Hope,' it said. Hope (thank) Pandora for opening the box and 18.

(fly away) to help the world

Poll

DID YOU ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS CRITERIAS?

• 1. Match 3/5 past simple situations correctly

• 2. Match 2/4 past continuous situations correctly

• 3. Pick 4/7 tenses in sentences

• 4. Write 9/18 tenses correctly in a rational cloze

Poll

After the exercises, what is your rating of

past simple tense & past continuous tense

• 1 star - Poor

• 2 stars - Below Average

• 3 stars - Average

• 4 stars - Above Average

• 5 stars - Excellent

Open Ended

Give me your opinion on today's lesson.

I think today's lesson was _______ because___________