REVIEW OF PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

& PAST SIMPLE

Language Features of Narrative text

Past Continuous Tense

To show what somebody was doing at

a particular time in the past

I

was playing

badminton

at this time yesterday.

She

was cycling

at 9:00am yesterday.

They

were playing

table tennis at 6:30 last night.

was /
were
verb+ing

Simon _________ football at 3 pm

yesterday.

The children __________ to school

at 8 am yesterday.

Simon
3:00

yesterday

The

children

8 am

yesterday

wasplaying

were going

Derek

Mandy

Sam &
Jess

Derek

was feeding her dog

were having
breakfast

at 6 o’clock yesterday.

was swimming

at 4 o’clock yesterday.

Mandy

at 8 o’clock last
Monday.

Sam and Jess

Exerci

se.

We often use

the past continuous and past simple tenses

in the same sentence.

We do this when we want to talk about

a shorter activity (2) that happened

during a longer activity (1) in the past.

Nancy hurt herself yesterday.

But when exactly?

While peeling an apple

Nancy hurtherself.

While she was peeling an apple,

shorter action (2)

longer action (1)

Nancy hurtherself

she was peeling an apple.

while

longer action (1)
shorter action (2)

watch

TV

arrive

They _______________ TV

when I ___________.

were watching

arrived

We ____________ football
when it suddenly _______.

play

football

rain

were playing

rained

Multiple Choice

Jake _______________ (meet) the love of his life while he _______________ (travel) in Europe.

• was meeting/travelled

• met/was travelling

• were meeting/travelled

• met/travelled

Multiple Choice

When we  .............. ( see) Ken and Alex, they ............... (play ) tennis.

• were seeing,  were playing

• saw, were playing

• were seeing, played

• see, play

Multiple Choice

I _______________ (eat) lunch when I _____________ (hear) a strange noise.

• ate / was hearing

• was eating / was hearing

• was eating / heard

• ate / heard

Multiple Choice

George .................... (paint) the ceiling when he .................. (fall) off the ladder.

• fell - painted

• was painting - fell

• was painting - was falling

• was falling - painted

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of narrative text?

• To entertain the reader.

• To describe particular thing.

• To tell the past event.

• To notice someone.

Multiple Choice

1. Arrange the sentences below into a correct narrative!

(1) At the further of the wood was another pretty cottage

(2) There was once a sweet maid who lived in a pretty cottage

(3) She gave her a red clock with a hood which she always wear

(4) Where grandmother lived in

(5) Everybody loved this little girl, her grandmother loved her most of all

(6) So, people called her Red Riding Hood

The best arrangement is...

• 2-1-3-4-5-6

• 2-3-1-4-5-6

• 1-2-4-3-5-6

• 2-1-4-5-3-6

Multiple Choice

The Wolf and The Goat

A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner.

“My dear friend,” said the wolf in his sweetest voice, “aren’t you afraid you will fall down from that cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground.”

“No, thank you,” said the goat.

“Well then,” said the wolf, “aren’t you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area.”

“No, Thank you,” said the goat.

“But the grass tastes better down here!” said the exasperated wolf,”Why dine alone?”

“My dear wolf,” the goat finally said, “are you quite sure that it is My dinner you are worrying about and not your own?”

What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?

• To be his friend

• To graze on the level ground

• To climb up higher

• To be his dinner

Multiple Choice

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

We can learn that we have to ….

• Show our loves to our mother

• Buy flowers for our mothers

• Keep our mother alive

• Obey to our mother

Multiple Choice

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

What did the do after buying the red rose?

• He gave her ride to her home

• He took the girl to her mother's cemetery

• He went to his own home

• He placed the rose on his mother's grave

Multiple Choice

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted to send it to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile he was looking at sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but my money is not enough”. The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

After buying a rose flower for the girl the man offered the girl a ride to her home. She said” yes please! You can take me to my mother. She directed him to a cemetery. The girl placed the rose on her mother’s fresh grave. Knowing the girl’s mother had died the man realized that he must show his love to his mother while she was still alive. Then the man returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the flower delivery order picked up the rose flower and drove to reach his mother’s house.

The main idea of the first paragraph is....

• A sad girl was thinking of her mother

• A man helped a girl by buying her a flower

• A girl needed a man to deliver her a flower

• A man bought a flower for a girl