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This is not only a classic activity for the Past Continuous, but also an all time classic TEFL game. Students are given a list of strange actions and ask their ...

Teaching ideas for past continuous Function #1 should include giving examples of this function. Here are some examples. Example 1: "Last night at eleven o'clock, the teacher was still preparing his Past Continuous lesson plan." In this example, the teacher started preparing his ESL lesson before eleven o'clock and was still preparing it at ...

INTRODUCE THE PAST CONTINUOUS. Tell students what you usually do late at night and lead in to the past continuous: I always go to bed at 11pm. So, last ...

The form of the past continuous: ; The affirmative form: I, he, she, it, was, playing. you, we, they ; The interrogative form: Was, I, he, she, it, Playing? were ...

In this past continuous memory game, students study a picture for three minutes and then write past continuous sentences about what was happening in the picture ...

24.09.2014 · In Past-Continuous-3 we start with a review of the positive and negative forms, and move to a simple analysis of the different uses of the tense (actions in the past and interruptions).For interruptions, we introduce the use of conjunctions (when and while) to join the clauses containing the activities that were happening (past continuous) and the interruptions …

The past continuous is another tense that is commonly taught to beginners, usually after they've learned the past simple. Although it has its nuances, ...

This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. In this video, we take a look at the past ...

09.11.2010 · The past continuous is another tense that is commonly taught to beginners, usually after they’ve learned the past simple. Although it has its nuances, we usually use it talk about actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past.We also use it in conjunction with the past simple when talking about interruptions (I was doing my homework when the phone rang).

We also demonstrate how some state verbs (e.g. to think) can be used in both simple and continuous tenses, yet carry different meanings. We finish with a ...

Teaching Grammar: The Past Continuous The lesson focuses on grammar in context, with an emphasis on narrative frameworks and some skimming and speaking practice for your students. All of this is practised within the context of learning about one of football's biggest rivalries: Argentina v England.