WELCOME TO LESSON 4.

Good afternoon, dear students.

Let's continue with lesson 4. It is related to the past continuous. Do the exercises given. Remember that we have studied this topic in class. If you have problems, you can ask questions in our next English class.
See you!!

LESSON 4: PAST CONTINUOUS.

1. Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs.

a. I ______________________ (make) my dog his dinner when you called.

b. My grandmother _____________ (dance) to a Michael Jackson CD when I arrived.

c. The cats _______________ (sit) on top of the piano, so I couldn´t play.

d. I _____________________(draw) a picture of the teacher on the board when he came into the room.

e. We ___________ (laugh) loudly, so we didn’t hear the bell.

f. Mum and Dad____________________ (kiss) when we opened the door.

g. Nigel ___________________( try) to do his homework on the bus.

2. Write the questions. Use the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

a. I phoned you on Sunday night, but there was no answer. What _________________? (You/do)

b. I saw you in the game Centre yesterday. What ___________________? (You/play)

c. I saw your mum and dad with lots of bags. Where ________________________? (They/go)

d. You put the phone down very quickly when I came in! Who ______________ to? (You/talk)

e. I thought John didn’t like Maria! Why _____________________hands with her? (He/hold)

3. Connect the words on the left and the right with the words in the middle.

Traffic light /eating /Biros

Camera/ driving /TV

Typewriter/ hair /crisps

Potatoes / writing / cat’s eyes

Wig /pictures / hair dye

Complete the sentences using words from the last exercise.

1. A French chemist invented ____________________

2. John Logie Baird was a Scotsman. He invented ____________________

3. A Hungarian reporter invented ___________________________

4. One dark night, an Englishman had the idea for _______________________

5. George Crum, an American cook, invented ___________________

Put the words in the box in the correct columns. Use a dictionary if you need to.

Dry to school angry an idea confused tired a present a surprise cold Wet an illness home homework close

GET + NOUN	GET + ADJECTIVE
A PRESENT GET	DRY GET

Visit the following website:

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english/en29punc/game/en29punc-game-blown-away/splattergrammer_hair.swf

WELCOME TO LESSON 3.

Hi, dear students.

Let's enjoy the lesson 3 about an important review of verbal tenses. Visit the websites. They have really good exercises.

LESSON 3.

PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE / REVIEW

RULE: Use the present ____________ for permanent situations and routines. · Use the present _______________ to talk about actions happening now, or around now. · We use the ________________________ to talk about events in the past which are separate from now. (The moment of speaking)

TIME EXPRESSIONS CHART

SIMPLE PRESENT	PRESENT PROGRESSIVE	SIMPLE PAST
*write/ *writes every day Monday week month etc. on Mondays weekends etc. always usually often generally sometimes occasionally once in a while rarely seldom hardly ever never	*am, are, is/ Writing now at this moment for the moment currently at the present temporarily this week semester month etc. today	*wrote yesterday last night week month etc. the last time the first time ago a day two weeks etc. earlier today this week etc.

PRACTICE

http://www.englishmaven.org/HP6/Present%20Tense%20Exercise%204.htm

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/cwdodoes.html

http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Present_vs_Progressive.htm

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past1-sw.html

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-8184.php

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past3-mw.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2562