Teens Intermediate - End of Unit 1, Part A

HOMEWORK

1. Language Wrap Up - Page 18, all the page.

2. Please, read the information below about the Past Progressive tense.

The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of action in the past.

Form

	Positive	Negative	Question
I / he / she / it	I was speaking.	I was not speaking.	Was I speaking?
you / we / they	You were speaking.	You were not speaking.	Were you speaking?

Use of Past Progressive

• puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
  Example: He was playing football.
• two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
  Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.
• action going on at a certain time in the past
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

Signal Words of Past Progressive

• while, as long as

Past Progressive with Question words:

Now, complete the following exercises:

Was or Were?

1. The pirates waswere fighting for the treasure.
2. We waswere discussing the problem.
3. The candle waswere burning.
4. The cat waswere chasing the mice.
5. The mice waswere running away from the cat.

Write sentences in past progressive.

1. the snowman / melt / in the sun → 
2. we / explore / a new territory → 
3. the secretary / print out / a document → 
4. the girls / not / concentrate / on the task → 
5. Garth / not / practise / on the piano → 

Write questions in past progressive.

1. Jill / dance → 
2. your cousins / swim / in the lake → 
3. the student / answer / a question → 
4. William / play / the guitar → 
5. Janet / sit / on the bench →