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Activity 20
• Go through Remember
and use body language to
help students understand the
differences between the
two tenses.
• Have students perform
several actions using simple
past and past continuous.
• Don’t forget to read the
fragment as well, so the
examples can be set within a
context, instead of providing
isolated sentences.
Activity 21
• Remind students of the
importance of going back to
previous activities and to use
what they have already done.
• Discuss the difference
between the sentences in the
fragment and the answers to
the questions with them.
What changed?
• Tell students they should work
with another person on their
team, so they both know the
tale and they will be able to
answer the questions about it.
• Encourage them to use the
expressions they already
know and provide a pleasant
environment for them to feel
confident using English.
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20. Look at the fragment below from The Milkmaid and Her Pail. In what hat
.
In w
tense are the verbs in italics? Discuss with your partner.
A milkmaid had been out to milk the cows and was returning from the field
with the shining milk pail balanced nicely on her head. As she walked along, Remember
her pretty head was busy with plans for the days to come. But then she Verbs in past
Verb tense: past. Verb form: progressive tossed her head scornfully , and the pail of milk fell down to the ground. progressive
describe actions
over a prolonged or
a repeated period
21. Go back to Activity 16 and read the fragment one more time. of time in the past.
A milkmaid was
• Answer the questions below. returning from the
field (prolonged
(1) Did the cat run along with the King’s coach or did when the pail
action in the past),
when the pail fell to
he run ahead? action in the past).
the ground
the ground (specific
action in the past).
action in the past).
(2) Why was the cat overjoyed?
session 6 (3) What did the cat say to the countrymen?
(4) What did they answer when the king asked them
about the lands?
(5) What did the marquis say to the King?
(6) What did the King ask when he encountered the reapers?
What did the King ask when he encountered the reapers?
Remember
(7) Was the King pleased with the Marquis' lands? The simple past
expresses an
action in the past
taking place once,
(8) Did the cat stop there? never or several
times. It can also
be used for actions
taking place one
(9) How did the King feel after seeing the estates of the after another or
in the middle of
Marquis of Carabas? another action. To
form the simple
• Answer the questions about the tale you selected in past, just add –ed
to regular verbs.
your notebook.
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