B2_Week 5_Unit 2_Past Simple & Past Continuous

B2_Week 5_Unit 2

Open Ended

1. What did you do a few minutes ago?

Open Ended

What were we doing at 6:30 this morning?

Open Ended

What are the tenses used in the two questions?

1. What did you do a few minutes ago?

2. What were you doing at 6:30 a.m this afternoon?

Past Simple & Past Continuous

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Unit 2 - Past Simple & Past Continuous - Reading

Multiple Choice

Amber went downstairs and into the kitchen.

• one thing

  happened after another.

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past.

• finished actions

  or situations in the past.

Multiple Select

Amber put some toast into the toaster and opened the fridge.

• one thing

  happened after another.

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past.

• finished actions

  or situations in the past.

Multiple Choice

The sun was shining, and birds were singing.

• describe scenes in a story

  or description.

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past.

• finished actions

  or situations in the past.

Multiple Choice

Just as she was getting the butter out, the phone rang.

• describe scenes in a story

  or description.

• an activity in

  progress at a moment in the past.

• an activity in

  progress in the past that was interrupted by another action.

Multiple Choice

her brother was playing with their dog while her mother was preparing for her class.

• describe scenes in a story

  or description.

• 2 activities in progress at the same time

• an activity in

  progress in the past that was interrupted by another action.

​Past Simple

• ​Completed action in the past

• ​Series of actions happened in the past

• ​General truths/facts in the past

• ​An action that interrupted an action in progress in the past

​Past Continuous

• An action in progress at a moment in the past

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

• ​Describe scenes in a story or description.

• ​2 actions in progress at the same time

Multiple Choice

What is the correct sentence that uses Past Simple?

• I play football yesterday.

• I went to school everyday.

• I watched a comedy yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Which question is correct?

• Did you cooked yesterday?

• Did you visit the U.S.A last year?

• Do you joined in a language competition 3 years ago?

Multiple Choice

What is the correct sentence that uses Past Continuous?

• I were practicing the piano.

• I was reading comics at this time yesterday.

• I chatting with my friends at 8 am yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Which question is correct?

• Did you doing your homework yesterday?

• Were you playing in the garden?

• Was you going shopping today?

​How to make questions?

​1. Yes, I went to school with my friends yesterday.

​ No, I didn't go to school yesterday.

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​​2. I went to school with my friends yesterday.

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​3. I went to school with my friends yesterday.

​"used to/would"

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​Read those sentences

• ​I used to play football with my cousins.

• I would play football with my cousins.

• ​I used to have a small bike. I used to like ice-cream.​

• I would have a small bike. I would like ice-cream.

• ​I didn't use to eat broccoli. = I used not to eat broccoli.

• ​Did you use to join a football team?

• ​I would never play games a lot when I was 8.​I would not play games a lot when I was 8.

• I lived in San Francisco for a month.

• I used to live in San Francisco for a month.​

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​Unit 2 - Past Simple & Past Continuous - Quiz

Multiple Select

When I was small, I ................ have a

skateboard.

• used to

• would

Multiple Choice

My brother .......................... in France for a month.

• lived

• used to live

Multiple Choice

We ............................. walk to school, but now we do.

• didn’t use to

• wouldn’t

Multiple Select

When I was ten, I ................ play computer games for hours.

• used to

• would

Multiple Choice

Once my friend ....................... a famous actor.

• met

• would meet

Multiple Select

At primary school, I ............... go home for lunch.

• used to

• would

Multiple Choice

In the past, everything ................... be cheaper.

• used to

• would