The Present and the Past

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The Present
and the Past

Homework

Dict - OETA Unit 16
Pr. 3-4 passage
Pr.1-2 vocabulary

Dict corr.

21/12 (WED) - English Speaking Scheme

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Mentimeter

Simple Present

1. Facts and general truths
2. Things that are true now
3. Regular events (e.g. habits)

The Simple Present

I live in Tsing Yi.

The Simple Present

Richard wakes up at 7 a.m.

every day.

The Simple Present

We often walk our dog

after dinner.

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Water

(freeze) at 0°C.

Present Continuous

1. Actions happening at the time of speaking

2. Temporary situations around now

3. Changing situations or trends

4. Actions in photographs and pictures

5. Repeated actions that are annoying

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Look! The snow

(fall).

Present Continuous

I am learning to swim

at present.

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House husbands

(become) more popular.

Present Continuous

House husbands are

becoming more popular.

Present Continuous

He is always complaining

about his job.

Simple Past

1. Completed / ended actions in the past

Simple Past

I was born in 2003.

Simple Past

My grandpa passed away

two years ago.

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A fire

(break) out in my building yesterday.

Simple Past

A fire broke out in my

building yesterday.

Past Continuous

1. What was happening at a time in the past

2. What was happening when another action

took place

3. Two past actions that continued over the

same period of time

Past Continuous

● What was happening at a time in the past

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● to talk about two actions happening

at the same time

We can use

e.g.While Tim’s mum was talking on
the phone, Tim was studying.

while

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We must use the same tense in
both clauses.

past continuous tense

e.g.While my brother was waiting for
the bus, the sky was getting darker.

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to talk about a longer action
happening when something else
happened

We can use

when

while

or

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past continuous tense

simple past tense

incomplete longer action

complete shorter action

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When Kate and Sam were washing
the dishes, their parents opened
the door.

opened the door

washing dishes

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While the couple were arguing, the
doorbell rang.

doorbell rang

couple were arguing

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When/While

Incomplete longer action

Past continuous tense

Complete shorter action

Simple past tense

Past Continuous

We were having a
barbecue at 4pm

yesterday.

Multiple Choice

She _______(wait) for the bus when it suddenly _____(rain).

• was waiting, rained

• waited, rained

• was waiting, was raining

Past Continuous

She was waiting for the

bus when it suddenly

rained.

Multiple Choice

Fred ________(watch) TV while his mum _______(prepare) dinner.

• watched, was preparing

• was watching, prepared

• was watching,

  was preparing

Past Continuous

Fred was watching TV

while his mum was

preparing dinner.

NO continuous form

● Verbs describing non-action including

feelings, an opinion or a state

● E.g. have, know, like, see, smell, think, want

NO continuous form

Mike has one brother and

one sister.

NO continuous form

The cake smelt great.

Action of…

1. What is she thinking now?

= action of thinking

2. We were having dinner at a Japanese restaurant.

= action of eating

Writing a Story

Simple Past -

● Write a story that happened in the past

● Other past actions/events that are NOT

part of the story plot

Writing a Story - Simple Past

Once upon a time, there was a
beautiful princess who had a

kind heart.

Writing a Story - Simple Past

The film was a big hit when it

came out in 2008.

Writing a Story

Simple Present -

● Describe what happens in a story

● Writing a summary of a film/play/book

● Retelling a story

Writing a Story - Simple Present

Dora and Sam spot a shark

on the beach.

The Present and The Past

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In-class Speaking Assessment

• 1-minute Individual Response

• One question

• One minute to respond

• NO time to prepare

Some text here about the topic of discussion

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