It's a long story

It's a long story

objectives

​- Tell stories

​- Use the past continuous for an action in progress in the past and the simple past for an action that interrupts it.

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​Organize the "events"

​I decided to visit the Art Institute of Chicago, Next, the airline lost my luggage, so I had to wait for two hours at the airport while they tracked it down. To start off, my flight was delayed. Last week, I visited Chicago to attend a business conference. While I was there, Unexpectedly, the luggage had been set aside and forgotten.

​Organize the "events"

Last week, I visited Chicago to attend a business conference. While I was there, I decided to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. To start off, my flight was delayed. Next, the airline lost my luggage, so I had to wait for two hours at the airport while they tracked it down. Unexpectedly, the luggage had been set aside and forgotten.

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​VOCABULARY

​ADVERBS USED IN STORYTELLING

UNEXPECTEDLY: NO EXPECTED (NO WAITING FOR THAT)

COINCIDENTALLY: (AT THE SAME TIME), NOT PLANNED

​STRANGELY: IN A SURPRISING WAY, INUSUAL

​FORTUNATELY / UNFORTUNATELY: HAPPENING BECAUSE OF GOOD LUCK

​LUCKILY: A GOOD THING

​MIRACULOUSLY: EXTREMELY LUCKY, YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT COULD HAPPEN

​SADLY: UNHAPPY, BAD SITUATION

​SUDDENLY: QUICKLY, FAST

​SURPRISINGLY: CAUSES SURPRISE

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Multiple Choice

_____________ the medicine does not work for all patients

• luckily

• fortunately

• sadly

Multiple Choice

_____________ She got another Job!

• miraculously

• fortunately

• sadly

Multiple Choice

He had been ______________ saved from almost certain death.

• miraculously

• fortunately

• sadly

​Past Continuous

​For an action in progress in the past

​Past Continuous

​For an action in progress in the past

How to combine the past continuous with simple past.

​- to connect both tenses I can use "while", "When" and "But".

​- the purpose it's to talk about two actions. an action that happened when the other was in progress

​example: the teacher was explaining the lesson when the lights went out.

Multiple Choice

I ____________________(sit) in a cafe when you _________________(call)

• was calling / sat

• was sitting / called

• sat / called

• sat / was calling

tell your own story

​tell a short story to your partner.

​add adverbs

​add while when or but

​past continuous / simple past

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REVIEW

​PAST CONTINUOUS WITH SIMPLE PAST.

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​TELL ME A SENTENCE IN PAST CONTINOUOS.

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REVIEW

DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS

​PLAY BASKETBALL, FALL DOWN

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1. ​PAST CONTINUOUS - WHEN - SIMPLE PAST

2. ​WHILE, PAST CONTINUOUS - SIMPLE PAST

3. ​WHEN - SIMPLE PAST - PAST CONTINUOUS

4. ​PAST CONTINUOUS - WHILE - PAST CONTINUOUS

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WEEK 11. UNIT 12. LESSON 2

​PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

​PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

​- USE THE PPC FOR ACTIONS THAT START IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE INTO THE PRESENT

​PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

​- USE THE PPC FOR ACTIONS THAT START IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE INTO THE PRESENT.

​PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

​- I have been working out lately

Have / has + been + verb (ing)

​PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

​- I have been working out lately

Have / has + been + verb (ing)

what have you been doing lately?​

​I HAVE BEEN _____________ (ING) LATELY

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​HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ____________?

​I HAVE BEEN ___________________ FOR / SINCE ______________.

Multiple Choice

FORMULA FOR THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

• HAVE + BEEN + VERB

• HAVE + BEEN + VERB (ING)

• HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• HAVE + SIMPLE PAST

Multiple Choice

4 MONTHS

• SINCE 4 MONTHS

• FOR 4 MONTHS

Multiple Choice

3 DAYS

• SINCE 3 DAYS

• FOR 3 DAYS

Multiple Choice

1998

• SINCE 1998

• FOR 1998

Multiple Choice

LAST MONTH

• SINCE LAST MONTH

• FOR LAST MONTH

Multiple Select

HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING MORE WATER LATELY?

• YES, I DO

• YES, I HAVE

• NO, I HAVEN'T

• YES, I AM

Fill in the Blanks

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING RECENTLY?

Fill in the Blanks

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STUDYING ENGLISH?

Fill in the Blanks

HAVE YOU BEEN SAVING MONEY?

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