Unit 5 News Around Us

Unit 5 News Around Us

Multiple Choice

Checkpoint 1:

Which of the following action is a longer action?

• hearing someone scream

• jumping onto the table

• singing a song

• closing the window

Multiple Choice

Checkpoint 2:

Which of the following is a shorter action?

• watched TV

• fell down

• did homework

• ran

Multiple Choice

Checkpoint 3:

Which of the following sentence is correct?

• When the teacher came in, the students jumped.

• When the teacher came in, the students were jumping.

Multiple Choice

Checkpoint 4:

Which of the following sentence is correct?

• When Ms Chan dropped her book, Tim was sleeping.

• When Ms Chan was dropping her book, Tim was sleeping.

• When Tim slept, Ms Chan was dropping her book.

• When Tim slept, Ms Chan dropped her book.

Open Ended

Checkpoint 5:

Please write a sentence by using "When ....., ......"

Conclusion

We use "When......​"

1. to talk about two actions that happened at the same time in the past.

2. use simple past tense for shorter action.

3. use past continuous tense for the longer action​.